Sensitive Humidity-Driven Reversible and Bidirectional Bending of Nanocellulose Thin Films as Bio-Inspired Actuation

Molecular Robots with Sensors and Intelligence

(2014) Masami Hagiya et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Thin, Tough, pH-Sensitive Hydrogel Films with Rapid Load Recovery

(2014) Sina Naficy et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Interfacial Material System Exhibiting Superwettability

(2014) Ye Tian et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Humidity-Responsive Liquid Crystalline Polymer Actuators with an Asymmetry in the Molecular Trigger That Bend, Fold, and Curl

(2014) Laurens T. de Haan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Shape-Morphing Nanocomposite Origami

(2014) Christine M. Andres et al.   LANGMUIR

Bioinspired structural materials

(2014) Ulrike G. K. Wegst et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Tough Nanocomposite Ionogel-based Actuator Exhibits Robust Performance

(2014) Xinhua Liu et al.   Scientific Reports

Modifying Native Nanocellulose Aerogels with Carbon Nanotubes for Mechanoresponsive Conductivity and Pressure Sensing

(2013) Miao Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Carbon Nanotube and Graphene-based Bioinspired Electrochemical Actuators

(2013) Lirong Kong et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Wavelength-Selective, IR Light-Driven Hinges Based on Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Composites

(2013) Ryan R. Kohlmeyer et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Graphene Fibers with Predetermined Deformation as Moisture-Triggered Actuators and Robots

(2013) Huhu Cheng et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Creating bio-inspired hierarchical 3D–2D photonic stacks via planar lithography on self-assembled inverse opals

(2013) Ian B Burgess et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Slow, fast and furious: understanding the physics of plant movements

(2013) Yoël Forterre   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Bio-Inspired Polymer Composite Actuator and Generator Driven by Water Gradients

(2013) M. Ma et al.   SCIENCE

Bioinspired materials that self-shape through programmed microstructures

(2013) André R. Studart et al.   Soft Matter

Self-shaping composites with programmable bioinspired microstructures

(2013) Randall M. Erb et al.   Nature Communications

Reversible switching between superhydrophobic states on a hierarchically structured surface

(2012) T. Verho et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Photonic Crystal Light Collectors in Fish Retina Improve Vision in Turbid Water

(2012) M. Kreysing et al.   SCIENCE

How the Cucumber Tendril Coils and Overwinds

(2012) S. J. Gerbode et al.   SCIENCE

Expansion–contraction of photoresponsive artificial muscle regulated by host–guest interactions

(2012) Yoshinori Takashima et al.   Nature Communications

Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films for Building Energetic Walking Devices

(2011) Ying Ma et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Nanocelluloses: A New Family of Nature-Based Materials

(2011) Dieter Klemm et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

How wet paper curls

(2011) E. Reyssat et al.   EPL

Tilted cellulose arrangement as a novel mechanism for hygroscopic coiling in the stork's bill awn

(2011) Y. Abraham et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Bioinspired self-repairing slippery surfaces with pressure-stable omniphobicity

(2011) Tak-Sing Wong et al.   NATURE

Actuator materials based on graphene oxide/polyacrylamide composite hydrogels prepared by in situ polymerization

(2011) Nana Zhang et al.   Soft Matter

A Facile Template-Free Approach to Magnetodriven, Multifunctional Artificial Cilia

(2010) Jaakko V. I. Timonen et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Large-Area, Lightweight and Thick Biomimetic Composites with Superior Material Properties via Fast, Economic, and Green Pathways

(2010) Andreas Walther et al.   NANO LETTERS

Free-standing mesoporous silica films with tunable chiral nematic structures

(2010) Kevin E. Shopsowitz et al.   NATURE

Temperature controlled encapsulation and release using partially biodegradable thermo-magneto-sensitive self-rolling tubes

(2010) Svetlana Zakharchenko et al.   Soft Matter

Bioinspired Electrochemically Tunable Block Copolymer Full Color Pixels

(2009) Joseph J. Walish et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Humido- and Thermo-Responsive Free-Standing Films Mimicking the Petals of the Morning Glory Flower

(2009) Ying Ma et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Hygromorphs: from pine cones to biomimetic bilayers

(2009) E. Reyssat et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Printed artificial cilia from liquid-crystal network actuators modularly driven by light

(2009) Casper L. van Oosten et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Biomimetics: lessons from nature-an overview

(2009) B. Bhushan   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Actuation systems in plants as prototypes for bioinspired devices

(2009) I. Burgert et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Graphene-Based Actuators

(2009) Sungjin Park et al.   Small

Wetting and Roughness

(2008) David Quéré   Annual Review of Materials Research

Multifunctional surface structures of plants: An inspiration for biomimetics

(2008) Kerstin Koch et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Bioinspired Design and Assembly of Platelet Reinforced Polymer Films

(2008) L. J. Bonderer et al.   SCIENCE

Tough, Bio-Inspired Hybrid Materials

(2008) E. Munch et al.   SCIENCE

Biological materials: Structure and mechanical properties

(2007) Marc André Meyers et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE