Guided Folding of Nematic Liquid Crystal Elastomer Sheets into 3D via Patterned 1D Microchannels

Three-dimensional control of the helical axis of a chiral nematic liquid crystal by light

(2016) Zhi-gang Zheng et al.   NATURE

Stimuli-Directing Self-Organized 3D Liquid-Crystalline Nanostructures: From Materials Design to Photonic Applications

(2015) Ling Wang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A Robust Smart Window: Reversibly Switching from High Transparency to Angle-Independent Structural Color Display

(2015) Dengteng Ge et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

(2015) Hao Zeng et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Voxelated liquid crystal elastomers

(2015) Taylor H. Ware et al.   SCIENCE

Foldable supercapacitors from triple networks of macroporous cellulose fibers, single-walled carbon nanotubes and polyaniline nanoribbons

(2015) Dengteng Ge et al.   Nano Energy

Light-Directing Chiral Liquid Crystal Nanostructures: From 1D to 3D

(2014) Hari Krishna Bisoyi et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Tilted Pillars on Wrinkled Elastomers as a Reversibly Tunable Optical Window

(2014) Elaine Lee et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Programming Reversibly Self-Folding Origami with Micropatterned Photo-Crosslinkable Polymer Trilayers

(2014) Jun-Hee Na et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Light-Directing Omnidirectional Circularly Polarized Reflection from Liquid-Crystal Droplets

(2014) Jing Fan et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Self-assembled Dynamic 3D Fingerprints in Liquid-Crystal Coatings Towards Controllable Friction and Adhesion

(2014) Danqing Liu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Programmed morphing of liquid crystal networks

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

Tactile device based on opto-mechanical actuation of liquid crystal elastomers

(2014) N. Torras et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Photoresponsive Monodisperse Cholesteric Liquid Crystalline Microshells for Tunable Omnidirectional Lasing Enabled by a Visible Light-Driven Chiral Molecular Switch

(2014) Lujian Chen et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Deformable, Programmable, and Shape-Memorizing Micro-Optics

(2013) Hangxun Xu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Modeling the Photoinduced Reconfiguration and Directed Motion of Polymer Gels

(2013) Olga Kuksenok et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Red, Green and Blue Reflections Enabled in an Optically Tunable Self-Organized 3D Cubic Nanostructured Thin Film

(2013) Tsung-Hsien Lin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Carbon Nanotube and Graphene-based Bioinspired Electrochemical Actuators

(2013) Lirong Kong et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Topography from Topology: Photoinduced Surface Features Generated in Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks

(2013) Michael E. McConney et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

(Photo-)Thermally Induced Formation of Dynamic Surface Topographies in Polymer Hydrogel Networks

(2013) Danqing Liu et al.   LANGMUIR

Digital cameras with designs inspired by the arthropod eye

(2013) Young Min Song et al.   NATURE

Temperature-memory polymer actuators

(2013) M. Behl et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Stretchable, Transparent, Ionic Conductors

(2013) C. Keplinger et al.   SCIENCE

Reversible patterning and actuation of hydrogels by electrically assisted ionoprinting

(2013) Etienne Palleau et al.   Nature Communications

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

Engineering of Complex Order and the Macroscopic Deformation of Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks

(2012) Laurens T. de Haan et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Batch fabrication of optical actuators using nanotube–elastomer composites towards refreshable Braille displays

(2012) C J Camargo et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

Stretchable organic integrated circuits for large-area electronic skin surfaces

(2012) Tsuyoshi Sekitani et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Mechanics of stretchable electronics and soft machines

(2012) Zhigang Suo   MRS BULLETIN

Designing Responsive Buckled Surfaces by Halftone Gel Lithography

(2012) Jungwook Kim et al.   SCIENCE

Paper supercapacitors by a solvent-free drawing method

(2011) Guangyuan Zheng et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Carbon coated textiles for flexible energy storage

(2011) Kristy Jost et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

A large deflection light-induced bending model for liquid crystal elastomers under uniform or non-uniform illumination

(2011) Lihua Jin et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

Solar to electrical conversion via liquid crystal elastomers

(2011) T. Hiscock et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Hierarchically Structured Free-Standing Hydrogels with Liquid Crystalline Domains and Magnetic Nanoparticles as Dual Physical Cross-Linkers

(2011) Yuxiang Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Superfast-Response and Ultrahigh-Power-Density Electromechanical Actuators Based on Hierarchal Carbon Nanotube Electrodes and Chitosan

(2011) Jinzhu Li et al.   NANO LETTERS

Blueprinting nematic glass: Systematically constructing and combining active points of curvature for emergent morphology

(2011) C. D. Modes et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Epidermal Electronics

(2011) D.-H. Kim et al.   SCIENCE

Graphene-Cellulose Paper Flexible Supercapacitors

(2011) Zhe Weng et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Control of the Properties of Micrometer-Sized Actuators from Liquid Crystalline Elastomers Prepared in a Microfluidic Setup

(2010) Christian Ohm et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Liquid Crystalline Elastomers as Actuators and Sensors

(2010) Christian Ohm et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Photodeformable CLCP material: study on photo-activated microvalve applications

(2010) Maolin Chen et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING

Curvature in nematic elastica responding to light and heat

(2010) M. Warner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Can sunlight drive the photoinduced bending of polymer films?

(2009) Ruoyuan Yin et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Micron-Sized Main-Chain Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Actuators with Ultralarge Amplitude Contractions

(2009) Hong Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

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

Modeling autonomously oscillating chemo-responsive gels

(2009) Victor V. Yashin et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Local liquid crystal alignment on patterned micrograting structures photofabricated by two photon excitation direct laser writing

(2008) Chee Heng Lee et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS