Progress in the Field of Water- and/or Temperature-Triggered Polymer Actuators

Dual Salt- and Thermoresponsive Programmable Bilayer Hydrogel Actuators with Pseudo-Interpenetrating Double-Network Structures

(2018) Shengwei Xiao et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Combining 3D Printing with Electrospinning for Rapid Response and Enhanced Designability of Hydrogel Actuators

(2018) Tingting Chen et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Thermally induced reversible and reprogrammable actuation of tough hydrogels utilising ionoprinting and iron coordination chemistry

(2018) Anna B. Baker et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Tailoring the Morphology of Responsive Bioinspired Bicomponent Fibers

(2017) Marvin Gernhardt et al.   MACROMOLECULAR MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING

Quantifying the bending of bilayer temperature-sensitive hydrogels

(2017) Chenling Dong et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Hydraulic hydrogel actuators and robots optically and sonically camouflaged in water

(2017) Hyunwoo Yuk et al.   Nature Communications

Reversible bidirectional bending of hydrogel-based bilayer actuators

(2017) Xue Li et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

In-Gel Direct Laser Writing for 3D-Designed Hydrogel Composites That Undergo Complex Self-Shaping

(2017) Akihiro Nishiguchi et al.   Advanced Science

One-Component Dual Actuation: Poly(NIPAM) Can Actuate to Stable 3D Forms with Reversible Size Change

(2016) Li Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Biomimetic 4D printing

(2016) A. Sydney Gladman et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Buckling and unraveling Poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide)-Thermoplastic Polyurethane bilayers

(2016) Alexander L. Yarin et al.   POLYMER

Bending of Responsive Hydrogel Sheets Guided by Field-Assembled Microparticle Endoskeleton Structures

(2016) Daniel Morales et al.   Small

4D sequential actuation: combining ionoprinting and redox chemistry in hydrogels

(2016) Anna B Baker et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Highly bendable bilayer-type photo-actuators comprising of reduced graphene oxide dispersed in hydrogels

(2016) Dowan Kim et al.   Scientific Reports

Reversible Bending Behaviors of Photomechanical Soft Actuators Based on Graphene Nanocomposites

(2016) Dong Niu et al.   Scientific Reports

3D Printed Reversible Shape Changing Components with Stimuli Responsive Materials

(2016) Yiqi Mao et al.   Scientific Reports

Giving Direction to Motion and Surface with Ultra-Fast Speed Using Oriented Hydrogel Fibers

(2015) Li Liu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Directed Motility of Hygroresponsive Biomimetic Actuators

(2015) Lidong Zhang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

3D-Printed Artificial Microfish

(2015) Wei Zhu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Unusual and Superfast Temperature-Triggered Actuators

(2015) Shaohua Jiang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Applications of three-dimensional (3D) printing for microswimmers and bio-hybrid robotics

(2015) M. M. Stanton et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Reversibly Cross-Linkable Thermoresponsive Self-Folding Hydrogel Films

(2015) Yaoming Zhang et al.   LANGMUIR

Polyvinylpyridinium-type gradient porous membranes: synthesis, actuation and intrinsic cell growth inhibition

(2015) Karoline Täuber et al.   Polymer Chemistry

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

(2015) Lei Wang et al.   Advanced Science

Studies on thermoresponsive polymers: Phase behaviour, drug delivery and biomedical applications

(2015) Arijit Gandhi et al.   Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Polymer origami: programming the folding with shape

(2014) Leonid Ionov   E-POLYMERS

Shape-Shifting 3D Protein Microstructures with Programmable Directionality via Quantitative Nanoscale Stiffness Modulation

(2014) Mian Rong Lee et al.   Small

Hybrid hydrogel sheets that undergo pre-programmed shape transformations

(2014) Zengjiang Wei et al.   Soft Matter

Photoactuators and motors based on carbon nanotubes with selective chirality distributions

(2014) Xiaobo Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Multiple Shape Transformations of Composite Hydrogel Sheets

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

Reconfigurable and actuating structures from soft materials

(2013) Ren Geryak et al.   Soft Matter

Reversible patterning and actuation of hydrogels by electrically assisted ionoprinting

(2013) Etienne Palleau et al.   Nature Communications

Self-shaping composites with programmable bioinspired microstructures

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

A cellulose liquid crystal motor: a steam engine of the second kind

(2013) Yong Geng et al.   Scientific Reports

Bio-Origami Hydrogel Scaffolds Composed of Photocrosslinked PEG Bilayers

(2013) Mustapha Jamal et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

In Vivo Targeted Deep-Tissue Photodynamic Therapy Based on Near-Infrared Light Triggered Upconversion Nanoconstruct

(2012) Sisi Cui et al.   ACS Nano

Polymers with Upper Critical Solution Temperature in Aqueous Solution

(2012) Jan Seuring et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Designing Responsive Buckled Surfaces by Halftone Gel Lithography

(2012) Jungwook Kim et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2012) Jungwook Kim et al.   Soft Matter

Stimuli responsive self-folding using thin polymer films

(2012) David H Gracias   Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering

Nearly Single-Chirality Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Produced via Orthogonal Iterative Density Gradient Ultracentrifugation

(2011) Alexander A. Green et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films for Building Energetic Walking Devices

(2011) Ying Ma 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

Artful interfaces within biological materials

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

Edge Effects Determine the Direction of Bilayer Bending

(2011) Silas Alben et al.   NANO LETTERS

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

(2011) Xiaobo Zhang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Self-folding of polymer sheets using local light absorption

(2011) Ying Liu et al.   Soft Matter

Differentially photo-crosslinked polymers enable self-assembling microfluidics

(2011) Mustapha Jamal et al.   Nature Communications

A Pendulum-Like Motion of Nanofiber Gel Actuator Synchronized with External Periodic pH Oscillation

(2011) Hiroki Nakagawa et al.   Polymers

Harnessing Surface Wrinkle Patterns in Soft Matter

(2010) Shu Yang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Active Polymer Gel Actuators

(2010) Shingo Maeda et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

A Brief Review of Stimulus-active Polymers Responsive to Thermal, Light, Magnetic, Electric, and Water/Solvent Stimuli

(2010) Harper Meng et al.   JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES

Capture/release ability of thermo-responsive polymer particles

(2010) Brian Simpson et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Solvent induced transition from wrinkles to creases in thin film gels with depth-wise crosslinking gradients

(2010) Murat Guvendiren et al.   Soft Matter

Tetherless thermobiochemically actuated microgrippers

(2009) Timothy G. Leong et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fabrication of Temperature-Responsive Bending Hydrogels with a Nanostructured Gradient

(2008) Taka-aki Asoh et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties Evaluation of Methylcoumarin End-Functionalized Poly(methyl methacrylate) for Photoinduced Drug Release

(2008) Carsten Sinkel et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Thin Film Stress Driven Self-Folding of Microstructured Containers

(2008) Timothy G. Leong et al.   Small