From nature to synthetic systems: shape transformation in soft materials

Biomimetic Hydrogel-Based Actuating Systems

(2013) Leonid Ionov   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Triple-Shape Effect in Polymer-Based Composites by Cleverly Matching Geometry of Active Component with Heating Method

(2013) M. Y. Razzaq et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Materials and Optimized Designs for Human-Machine Interfaces Via Epidermal Electronics

(2013) Jae-Woong Jeong et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Multi-stimuli responsive macromolecules and their assemblies

(2013) Jiaming Zhuang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Advances in smart materials: Stimuli-responsive hydrogel thin films

(2013) Evan M. White et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

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

Fabrication and application of flexible, multimodal light-emitting devices for wireless optogenetics

(2013) Jordan G McCall et al.   Nature Protocols

3D Microfabrication using Stimuli-Responsive Self-Folding Polymer Films

(2013) Leonid Ionov   Polymer Reviews

A Tissue-Like Printed Material

(2013) G. Villar et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2013) M. Ma et al.   SCIENCE

The metric description of elasticity in residually stressed soft materials

(2013) Efi Efrati et al.   Soft Matter

Reconfigurable and actuating structures from soft materials

(2013) Ren Geryak et al.   Soft Matter

A shape memory hydrogel induced by the interactions between metal ions and phosphate

(2013) Akram Yasin 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

Reversible patterning and actuation of hydrogels by electrically assisted ionoprinting

(2013) Etienne Palleau et al.   Nature Communications

Shape-Programmed Folding of Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Bilayers

(2012) Georgi Stoychev et al.   ACS Nano

Programmable Light-Controlled Shape Changes in Layered Polymer Nanocomposites

(2012) Zhichen Zhu et al.   ACS Nano

Self-folding polymeric containers for encapsulation and delivery of drugs

(2012) Rohan Fernandes et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

Elastomeric Origami: Programmable Paper-Elastomer Composites as Pneumatic Actuators

(2012) Ramses V. Martinez et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Hierarchical Multi-Step Folding of Polymer Bilayers

(2012) Georgi Stoychev et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Electronically Programmable, Reversible Shape Change in Two- and Three-Dimensional Hydrogel Structures

(2012) Cunjiang Yu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Robotic Tentacles with Three-Dimensional Mobility Based on Flexible Elastomers

(2012) Ramses V. Martinez et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Biopsy with Thermally-Responsive Untethered Microtools

(2012) Evin Gultepe et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Biomimetic 3D self-assembling biomicroconstructs by spontaneous deformation of thin polymer films

(2012) Leonid Ionov   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Controlled Synthesis of Cell-Laden Microgels by Radical-Free Gelation in Droplet Microfluidics

(2012) Torsten Rossow et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Emergence of Spontaneous Twist and Curvature in Non-Euclidean Rods: Application toErodiumPlant Cells

(2012) Hillel Aharoni et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Swell Approaches for Changing Polymer Shapes

(2012) Eran Sharon   SCIENCE

Designing Responsive Buckled Surfaces by Halftone Gel Lithography

(2012) Jungwook Kim et al.   SCIENCE

Mechanics of morphological instabilities and surface wrinkling in soft materials: a review

(2012) Bo Li et al.   Soft Matter

Thermally responsive rolling of thin gel strips with discrete variations in swelling

(2012) Jungwook Kim et al.   Soft Matter

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

(2012) Yoshinori Takashima et al.   Nature Communications

Stimuli responsive self-folding using thin polymer films

(2012) David H Gracias   Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering

Photoresponsive hydrogels for biomedical applications

(2011) Itsuro Tomatsu et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

Three-Dimensional Chemical Patterns for Cellular Self-Organization

(2011) Yevgeniy V. Kalinin et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Modular Design in Natural and Biomimetic Soft Materials

(2011) Aaron M. Kushner et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Controlled Shape Transformation of Polymersome Stomatocytes

(2011) Silvie A. Meeuwissen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Soft Robotics for Chemists

(2011) Filip Ilievski et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Controlled Origami Folding of Hydrogel Bilayers with Sustained Reversibility for Robust Microcarriers

(2011) Tae Soup Shim et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Biomimetic Platforms for Human Stem Cell Research

(2011) Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Ion Diffusion Coefficients Through Polyelectrolyte Multilayers: Temperature and Charge Dependence

(2011) Ramy A. Ghostine et al.   LANGMUIR

Artful interfaces within biological materials

(2011) John W.C. Dunlop et al.   Materials Today

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

(2011) Xiaobo Zhang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Self-folding immunoprotective cell encapsulation devices

(2011) Christina L. Randall et al.   Nanomedicine-Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine

Materials for multifunctional balloon catheters with capabilities in cardiac electrophysiological mapping and ablation therapy

(2011) Dae-Hyeong Kim et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Formation of droplet networks that function in aqueous environments

(2011) Gabriel Villar et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Flexible, foldable, actively multiplexed, high-density electrode array for mapping brain activity in vivo

(2011) Jonathan Viventi et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Programmed buckling by controlled lateral swelling in a thin elastic sheet

(2011) M. A. Dias et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Wrinkling Hierarchy in Constrained Thin Sheets from Suspended Graphene to Curtains

(2011) Hugues Vandeparre et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Surface Wrinkling Patterns on a Core-Shell Soft Sphere

(2011) Bo Li et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Growth, geometry, and mechanics of a blooming lily

(2011) H. Liang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Generating Helices in Nature

(2011) Y. Forterre et al.   SCIENCE

Geometry and Mechanics in the Opening of Chiral Seed Pods

(2011) S. Armon et al.   SCIENCE

Epidermal Electronics

(2011) D.-H. Kim et al.   SCIENCE

Polymer delamination: towards unique three-dimensional microstructures

(2011) Elliot J. Smith et al.   Soft Matter

Curling instability induced by swelling

(2011) Stéphane Douezan et al.   Soft Matter

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

(2011) Nana Zhang et al.   Soft Matter

An infrared-light responsive graphene-oxide incorporated poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) hydrogel nanocomposite

(2011) Chi-Wei Lo et al.   Soft Matter

Soft microorigami: self-folding polymer films

(2011) Leonid Ionov   Soft Matter

Bending and twisting of soft materials by non-homogenous swelling

(2011) Douglas P. Holmes et al.   Soft Matter

Self-folding all-polymer thermoresponsive microcapsules

(2011) Georgi Stoychev et al.   Soft Matter

Self-folding of polymer sheets using local light absorption

(2011) Ying Liu et al.   Soft Matter

Structure and Function of Plant Photoreceptors

(2010) Andreas Möglich et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Swelling instability of surface-attached gels as a model of soft tissue growth under geometric constraints

(2010) Martine Ben Amar et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Geometry Effect on the Strain-Induced Self-Rolling of Semiconductor Membranes

(2010) Ik Su Chun et al.   NANO LETTERS

Directional Roll-up of Nanomembranes Mediated by Wrinkling

(2010) Peter Cendula et al.   NANO LETTERS

Direct observation of the temporal and spatial dynamics during crumpling

(2010) Hillel Aharoni et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Emerging applications of stimuli-responsive polymer materials

(2010) Martien A. Cohen Stuart et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Photolithographically patterned smart hydrogel based bilayer actuators

(2010) Noy Bassik et al.   POLYMER

Programmable matter by folding

(2010) E. Hawkes et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The mechanics of non-Euclidean plates

(2010) Eran Sharon et al.   Soft Matter

Buckling patterns of thin films on curved compliant substrates with applications to morphogenesis and three-dimensional micro-fabrication

(2010) Xi Chen et al.   Soft Matter

Directed growth of fibroblasts into three dimensional micropatterned geometries via self-assembling scaffolds

(2009) Mustapha Jamal et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Thin Film Elastic Modulus of Degradable Tyrosine-Derived Polycarbonate Biomaterials and Their Blends

(2009) Khaled A. Aamer et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Self-assembly and transformation of hybrid nano-objects and nanostructures under equilibrium and non-equilibrium conditions

(2009) Stephen Mann   NATURE MATERIALS

Buckling transition and boundary layer in non-Euclidean plates

(2009) Efi Efrati et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

The shape of a long leaf

(2009) Haiyi Liang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tensioning the helix: a mechanism for force generation in twining plants

(2009) S. Isnard et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Crosslinking Metal Nanoparticles into the Polymer Backbone of Hydrogels Enables Preparation of Soft, Magnetic Field-Driven Actuators with Muscle-Like Flexibility

(2009) Roland Fuhrer et al.   Small

Elastic theory of unconstrained non-Euclidean plates

(2008) E. Efrati et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Thin Film Stress Driven Self-Folding of Microstructured Containers

(2008) Timothy G. Leong et al.   Small