Self‐Regulating Capabilities in Photonic Robotics

Light or thermally-powered autonomous rolling of an elastomer rod

(2018) Chihyung Ahn et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Multifunctional Dye-doped Liquid Crystal Polymer Actuator: Light-guided Transportation, Turning in Locomotion and Autonomous Motion

(2018) Feijie Ge et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Multitemperature Memory Actuation of a Liquid Crystal Polymer Network over a Broad Nematic–Isotropic Phase Transition Induced by Large Strain

(2018) Rong Yang et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Structured Optical Materials Controlled by Light

(2018) Sara Nocentini et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Optically Driven Soft Micro Robotics

(2018) Sara Nocentini et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Light-Powered Micro/Nanomotors

(2018) Hongxu Chen et al.   Micromachines

Three-Dimensional Photonic Circuits in Rigid and Soft Polymers Tunable by Light

(2018) Sara Nocentini et al.   ACS Photonics

Bioinspired microrobots

(2018) Stefano Palagi et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Shape Changing Hydrogels and Their Applications as Soft Actuators

(2018) Xin Peng et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

Multifunctional and self-propelled spherical Janus nano/micromotors: recent advances

(2018) Amir Masoud Pourrahimi et al.   Nanoscale

Making waves in a photoactive polymer film

(2017) Anne Helene Gelebart et al.   NATURE

Liquid Crystalline Networks toward Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Repair

(2017) Daniele Martella et al.   Small

Beam steering by liquid crystal elastomer fibres

(2017) S. Nocentini et al.   Soft Matter

A four-blade light-driven plastic mill based on hydrazone liquid-crystal networks

(2017) G. Vantomme et al.   TETRAHEDRON

A light-driven artificial flytrap

(2017) Owies M. Wani et al.   Nature Communications

Generation of 3-dimensional polymer structures in liquid crystalline devices using direct laser writing

(2017) C. C. Tartan et al.   RSC Advances

Light activated non-reciprocal motion in liquid crystalline networks by designed microactuator architecture

(2017) D. Martella et al.   RSC Advances

Sequential self-folding of polymer sheets

(2017) Ying Liu et al.   Science Advances

Soft Actuators for Small-Scale Robotics

(2016) Lindsey Hines et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Light-Driven Liquid Crystalline Materials: From Photo-Induced Phase Transitions and Property Modulations to Applications

(2016) Hari Krishna Bisoyi et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Photocontrol of fluid slugs in liquid crystal polymer microactuators

(2016) Jiu-an Lv et al.   NATURE

Structured light enables biomimetic swimming and versatile locomotion of photoresponsive soft microrobots

(2016) Stefano Palagi et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

A chaotic self-oscillating sunlight-driven polymer actuator

(2016) Kamlesh Kumar et al.   Nature Communications

Photoresist Design for Elastomeric Light Tunable Photonic Devices

(2016) Sara Nocentini et al.   Materials

Light-Driven Soft Robot Mimics Caterpillar Locomotion in Natural Scale

(2016) Mikołaj Rogóż et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

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

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

Light-Fueled Microscopic Walkers

(2015) Hao Zeng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Alignment engineering in liquid crystalline elastomers: Free-form microstructures with multiple functionalities

(2015) Hao Zeng et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Design, fabrication and control of soft robots

(2015) Daniela Rus et al.   NATURE

Programmable and adaptive mechanics with liquid crystal polymer networks and elastomers

(2015) Timothy J. White et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Voxelated liquid crystal elastomers

(2015) Taylor H. Ware et al.   SCIENCE

Materials that couple sensing, actuation, computation, and communication

(2015) M. A. McEvoy et al.   SCIENCE

High-Resolution 3D Direct Laser Writing for Liquid-Crystalline Elastomer Microstructures

(2014) Hao Zeng 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

Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks: Preparation, Properties, and Applications of Films with Patterned Molecular Alignment

(2014) Danqing Liu et al.   LANGMUIR

Programmed morphing of liquid crystal networks

(2014) Laurens T. de Haan et al.   POLYMER

A liquid crystal polymer based single layer chemo-responsive actuator

(2013) Tahseen Kamal et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Soft robotics: a bioinspired evolution in robotics

(2013) Sangbae Kim et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Soft Robotics: A Perspective—Current Trends and Prospects for the Future

(2013) Carmel Majidi   Soft Robotics

Direct Sun-Driven Artificial Heliotropism for Solar Energy Harvesting Based on a Photo-Thermomechanical Liquid-Crystal Elastomer Nanocomposite

(2012) Chensha Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Autonomous Intestine-Like Motion of Tubular Self-Oscillating Gel

(2012) Yusuke Shiraki et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The challenges ahead for bio-inspired 'soft' robotics

(2012) Rolf Pfeifer et al.   COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM

Photochemical Mechanism and Photothermal Considerations in the Mechanical Response of Monodomain, Azobenzene-Functionalized Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks

(2012) Kyung Min Lee et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Light-Induced Formation of Dynamic and Permanent Surface Topologies in Chiral–Nematic Polymer Networks

(2012) Danqing Liu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Shape selection of twist-nematic-elastomer ribbons

(2011) Y. Sawa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Self-Oscillating Gels Driven by the Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction as Novel Smart Materials

(2010) Ryo Yoshida   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Liquid Crystalline Elastomers as Actuators and Sensors

(2010) Christian Ohm et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Fully plastic microrobots which manipulate objects using only visible light

(2010) Futao Cheng et al.   Soft Matter

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

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

Liquid crystalline polymer cantilever oscillators fueled by light

(2009) Svetlana Serak et al.   Soft Matter

A high frequency photodriven polymer oscillator

(2008) Timothy J. White et al.   Soft Matter