A Bioinspired Swimming and Walking Hydrogel Driven by Light-Controlled Local Density

Photoresponsive Soft-Robotic Platform: Biomimetic Fabrication and Remote Actuation

(2014) Weitao Jiang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Near-Infrared Light-Driven, Highly Efficient Bilayer Actuators Based on Polydopamine-Modified Reduced Graphene Oxide

(2014) Mingyang Ji et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Converting Chemical Energy Into Electricity through a Functionally Cooperating Device with Diving-Surfacing Cycles

(2014) Mengmeng Song et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Stimuli-Responsive Microjets with Reconfigurable Shape

(2014) Veronika Magdanz et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Polymeric Actuators

(2014) Leonid Ionov   LANGMUIR

Hydrogel-based actuators: possibilities and limitations

(2014) Leonid Ionov   Materials Today

Hybrid hydrogel sheets that undergo pre-programmed shape transformations

(2014) Zengjiang Wei et al.   Soft Matter

Wireless powering of e -swimmers

(2014) Jérome Roche et al.   Scientific Reports

Biomimetic Hydrogel-Based Actuating Systems

(2013) Leonid Ionov   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Smart Transportation Between Three Phases Through a Stimulus-Responsive Functionally Cooperating Device

(2013) Guannan Ju et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Stimulus-responsive graphene systems towards actuator applications

(2013) Yang Zhao et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Multiple Shape Transformations of Composite Hydrogel Sheets

(2013) Héloïse Thérien-Aubin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Light-Controlled Graphene-Elastin Composite Hydrogel Actuators

(2013) Eddie Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

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

(2013) M. Ma et al.   SCIENCE

Combining the Marangoni Effect and the pH-Responsive Superhydrophobicity-Superhydrophilicity Transition to Biomimic the Locomotion Process of the Beetles of GenusStenus

(2013) Meng Xiao et al.   Small

Swelling-driven rolling and anisotropic expansion of striped gel sheets

(2013) Myunghwan Byun et al.   Soft Matter

Electro-actuated hydrogel walkers with dual responsive legs

(2013) Daniel Morales et al.   Soft Matter

Three-dimensional shape transformations of hydrogel sheets induced by small-scale modulation of internal stresses

(2013) Zi Liang Wu et al.   Nature Communications

How to make a cylinder roll uphill

(2012) Dipabali Hore et al.   Soft Matter

Magnetic field responsive silicone elastomer loaded with short steel wires having orientation distribution

(2012) Tsunehisa Kimura et al.   Soft Matter

Programmable responsive shaping behavior induced by visible multi-dimensional gradients of magnetic nanoparticles

(2012) Yang Liu et al.   Soft Matter

Optically- and Thermally-Responsive Programmable Materials Based on Carbon Nanotube-Hydrogel Polymer Composites

(2011) Xiaobo Zhang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Diving-Surfacing Cycle Within a Stimulus-responsive Smart Device Towards Developing Functionally Cooperating Systems

(2010) Yongfeng Gao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

First jump of microgel; actuation speed enhancement by elastic instability

(2010) Howon Lee et al.   Soft Matter

Photoregulated Wormlike Motion of a Gel

(2008) Shu-ichi Shinohara et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION