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

Moisture-Driven Ceramic Bilayer Actuators from a Biotemplating Approach

(2016) Daniel Van Opdenbosch 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

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

(2016) Alexander L. Yarin et al.   POLYMER

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

(2016) Dowan Kim et al.   Scientific Reports

Air Ambient-Operated pNIPAM-Based Flexible Actuators Stimulated by Human Body Temperature and Sunlight

(2015) Yuki Yamamoto et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

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

Unusual and Superfast Temperature-Triggered Actuators

(2015) Shaohua Jiang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Toward a New Generation of Electrically Controllable Hygromorphic Soft Actuators

(2015) Silvia Taccola et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Thermoresponsive actuation enabled by permittivity switching in an electrostatically anisotropic hydrogel

(2015) Youn Soo Kim et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Caterpillar-Inspired Design and Fabrication of A Self-Walking Actuator with Anisotropy, Gradient, and Instant Response

(2015) Bin Li et al.   Small

Mechanically programmed shape change in laminated elastomeric composites

(2015) Jaimee M. Robertson et al.   Soft Matter

High strength nanocomposite hydrogel bilayer with bidirectional bending and shape switching behaviors for soft actuators

(2015) Bo Xu et al.   RSC Advances

A multi-responsive water-driven actuator with instant and powerful performance for versatile applications

(2015) Jiuke Mu et al.   Scientific Reports

Near-Infrared Light-Driven, Highly Efficient Bilayer Actuators Based on Polydopamine-Modified Reduced Graphene Oxide

(2014) Mingyang Ji et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Polymer origami: programming the folding with shape

(2014) Leonid Ionov   E-POLYMERS

Chemo-responsive bilayer actuator film: fabrication, characterization and actuator response

(2014) Yuvaraj Haldorai et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) microgel-based thin film actuators for humidity sensing

(2014) Molla R. Islam et al.   RSC Advances

Humidity-Responsive Bilayer Actuators Based on a Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Network

(2013) Mian Dai et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

In Situ Self-Folding Assembly of a Multi-Walled Hydrogel Tube for Uniaxial Sustained Molecular Release

(2013) Kwanghyun Baek et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Redox-Triggered Self-Rolling Robust Hydrogel Tubes for Cell Encapsulation

(2013) Lu Liu et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Light-Controlled Graphene-Elastin Composite Hydrogel Actuators

(2013) Eddie Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Self-shaping composites with programmable bioinspired microstructures

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

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

(2011) Xiaobo Zhang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Programming magnetic anisotropy in polymeric microactuators

(2011) Jiyun Kim et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Curling instability induced by swelling

(2011) Stéphane Douezan et al.   Soft Matter

An Asymmetrically Surface-Modified Graphene Film Electrochemical Actuator

(2010) Xuejun Xie et al.   ACS Nano

Anisotropic mechanical properties of magnetically aligned fibrin gels measured by magnetic resonance elastography

(2009) Ravi Namani et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Fabrication of Temperature-Responsive Bending Hydrogels with a Nanostructured Gradient

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