Recent Progress in Biomimetic Anisotropic Hydrogel Actuators

Soft Robotic Manipulation and Locomotion with a 3D Printed Electroactive Hydrogel

(2018) Daehoon Han et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Mechanochemical Regulated Origami with Tough Hydrogels by Ion Transfer Printing

(2018) Xiaohu Zhou et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

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

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

Synthesis of Anisotropic Hydrogels and Their Applications

(2018) Koki Sano et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Actuating and memorizing bilayer hydrogels for a self-deformed shape memory function

(2018) Li Wang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

A Novel Anisotropic Hydrogel with Integrated Self-Deformation and Controllable Shape Memory Effect

(2018) Xiao-xia Le et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Softening and Shape Morphing of Stiff Tough Hydrogels by Localized Unlocking of the Trivalent Ionically Cross-Linked Centers

(2018) Jiahui Wang et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Charged End-Group Terminated Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-b-poly(carboxylic azo) with Unusual Thermoresponsive Behaviors

(2018) Hao Ren et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Programming the shape-shifting of flat soft matter

(2018) Teunis van Manen et al.   Materials Today

Bilayer-type fluorescence hydrogels with intelligent response serve as temperature/pH driven soft actuators

(2018) Yu Cheng et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Mimosa inspired bilayer hydrogel actuator functioning in multi-environments

(2018) Jing Zheng et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Photomechanical Motion of Liquid-Crystalline Fibers Bending Away from a Light Source

(2017) Zhangxiang Cheng et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Hydraulic hydrogel actuators and robots optically and sonically camouflaged in water

(2017) Hyunwoo Yuk et al.   Nature Communications

“Freezing”, morphing, and folding of stretchy tough hydrogels

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

Smart Hydrogels with Inhomogeneous Structures Assembled Using Nanoclay-Cross-Linked Hydrogel Subunits as Building Blocks

(2016) Chen Yao et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

A Multiresponsive Anisotropic Hydrogel with Macroscopic 3D Complex Deformations

(2016) Chunxin Ma et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Electrically Controllable Actuators Based on Supramolecular Peptide Hydrogels

(2016) Bin Xue et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Waveguiding Microactuators Based on a Photothermally Responsive Nanocomposite Hydrogel

(2016) Ying Zhou et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Tough Hydrogels with Programmable and Complex Shape Deformations by Ion Dip-Dyeing and Transfer Printing

(2016) Xin Peng et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Hole-Programmed Superfast Multistep Folding of Hydrogel Bilayers

(2016) Georgi Stoychev et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Ultrafast Digital Printing toward 4D Shape Changing Materials

(2016) Limei Huang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Synergistic action of thermoresponsive and hygroresponsive elements elicits rapid and directional response of a bilayer actuator

(2016) Lidong Zhang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Programmable Volume Phase Transition of Hydrogels Achieved by Large Thermal Hysteresis for Static-Motion Bilayer Actuators

(2016) Dowan Kim et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Fast response dry-type artificial molecular muscles with [c2]daisy chains

(2016) Kazuhisa Iwaso et al.   Nature Chemistry

Biomimetic 4D printing

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

Multi-responsive fluorescence of amphiphilic diblock copolymer containing carboxylate azobenzene and N -isopropylacrylamide

(2016) Hao Ren et al.   POLYMER

Three dimensional conjugation of recombinant N-cadherin to a hydrogel for in vitro anisotropic neural growth

(2016) Johana C. M. Vega L. et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

A bioinspired reversible snapping hydrogel assembly

(2016) Qian Zhao et al.   Materials Horizons

Tough Al-alginate/Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Hydrogel with Tunable LCST for Soft Robotics

(2015) Wen Jiang Zheng et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Light-Powered Tumbler Movement of Graphene Oxide/Polymer Nanocomposites

(2015) Li Yu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Gradient Porous Elastic Hydrogels with Shape-Memory Property and Anisotropic Responses for Programmable Locomotion

(2015) Rongcong Luo et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-Clay Nanocomposite Hydrogels with Responsive Bending Property as Temperature-Controlled Manipulators

(2015) Chen Yao et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Stimulus-responsive hydrogels: Theory, modern advances, and applications

(2015) Michael C. Koetting et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING R-REPORTS

An anisotropic hydrogel with electrostatic repulsion between cofacially aligned nanosheets

(2015) Mingjie Liu et al.   NATURE

Thermoresponsive actuation enabled by permittivity switching in an electrostatically anisotropic hydrogel

(2015) Youn Soo Kim et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Hydrogel Walkers with Electro-Driven Motility for Cargo Transport

(2015) Chao Yang et al.   Scientific Reports

Novel Hydrogel Actuator Inspired by Reversible Mussel Adhesive Protein Chemistry

(2014) Bruce P. Lee et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Supramolecular Lego Assembly Towards Three-Dimensional Multi-Responsive Hydrogels

(2014) Chunxin Ma et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Tough Nanocomposite Ionogel-based Actuator Exhibits Robust Performance

(2014) Xinhua Liu et al.   Scientific Reports

Smart hydrogels as functional biomimetic systems

(2014) Han L. Lim et al.   Biomaterials Science

Infrared-driving actuation based on bilayer graphene oxide-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) nanocomposite hydrogels

(2014) Enzhong Zhang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

From nature to synthetic systems: shape transformation in soft materials

(2014) Ravindra Kempaiah et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Biomimetic Hydrogel-Based Actuating Systems

(2013) Leonid Ionov   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

25th Anniversary Article: Reversible and Adaptive Functional Supramolecular Materials: “Noncovalent Interaction” Matters

(2013) Kai Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Responsive hydrogels – structurally and dimensionally optimized smart frameworks for applications in catalysis, micro-system technology and material science

(2013) Artjom Döring et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

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

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

Reversible patterning and actuation of hydrogels by electrically assisted ionoprinting

(2013) Etienne Palleau et al.   Nature Communications

Recent advances in photoresponsive liquid-crystalline polymers containing azobenzene chromophores

(2013) Haifeng Yu   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Photothermally Sensitive Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)/Graphene Oxide Nanocomposite Hydrogels as Remote Light-Controlled Liquid Microvalves

(2012) Chun-Hua Zhu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

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

(2012) Cunjiang Yu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Stimuli-responsive supramolecular polymeric materials

(2012) Xuzhou Yan et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Anisotropic volume change of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-based hydrogels with an aligned dual-network microstructure

(2012) Jingjun Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Designing Responsive Buckled Surfaces by Halftone Gel Lithography

(2012) Jungwook Kim et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2012) Yang Liu et al.   Soft Matter

Preparation of poly(ethylene glycol) aligned porous cryogels using a unidirectional freezing technique

(2012) Jingjun Wu et al.   Soft Matter

Anisotropic tough poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) hydrogels fabricated by directional freezing redox polymerization

(2012) Jintang Zhu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

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

“Vegetable Dynamicks”: The Role of Water in Plant Movements

(2011) Jacques Dumais et al.   Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Characteristic Swelling–Deswelling of Polymer/Clay Nanocomposite Gels

(2011) Huai-yin Ren et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Geometry and Mechanics in the Opening of Chiral Seed Pods

(2011) S. Armon et al.   SCIENCE

Artificial muscular microfibers: hydrogel with high speed tunable electroactivity

(2011) Maria Bassil et al.   Soft Matter

Dynamic Electromechanical Hydrogel Matrices for Stem Cell Culture

(2010) Han L. Lim et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Fabrication of Temperature-Responsive Bending Hydrogels with a Nanostructured Gradient

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