An Untethered Magnetic- and Light-Responsive Rotary Gripper: Shedding Light on Photoresponsive Liquid Crystal Actuators

Soft Robotic Grippers

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Soft Materials Driven by Photothermal Effect and Their Applications

(2018) Hari Krishna Bisoyi et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Optically Driven Soft Micro Robotics

(2018) Sara Nocentini et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

A solar actuator based on hydrogen-bonded azopolymers for electricity generation

(2018) Yubing Xiong et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Small-scale soft-bodied robot with multimodal locomotion

(2018) Wenqi Hu et al.   NATURE

4D Printed Actuators with Soft-Robotic Functions

(2017) María López-Valdeolivas et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

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

(2017) Zhangxiang Cheng et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Making waves in a photoactive polymer film

(2017) Anne Helene Gelebart et al.   NATURE

Humidity-responsive actuators from integrating liquid crystal networks in an orienting scaffold

(2017) Alexander Ryabchun et al.   Soft Matter

A light-driven artificial flytrap

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

Multi-responsive, bidirectional, and large deformation bending actuators based on borax cross-linked polyvinyl alcohol derivative hydrogel

(2017) Liang Gao et al.   RSC Advances

Thermally Active Liquid Crystal Network Gripper Mimicking the Self-Peeling of Gecko Toe Pads

(2016) Hamed Shahsavan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Soft Actuators for Small-Scale Robotics

(2016) Lindsey Hines et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Magneto-responsive liquid crystalline elastomer nanocomposites as potential candidates for dynamic cell culture substrates

(2016) Stephany Herrera-Posada et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

Photocontrol of fluid slugs in liquid crystal polymer microactuators

(2016) Jiu-an Lv et al.   NATURE

Magnetic actuated pH-responsive hydrogel-based soft micro-robot for targeted drug delivery

(2016) Hao Li et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

A remotely driven and controlled micro-gripper fabricated from light-induced deformation smart material

(2016) Chaolei Huang et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Regulating the modulus of a chiral liquid crystal polymer network by light

(2016) Kamlesh Kumar et al.   Soft Matter

NIR–Vis–UV Light-Responsive Actuator Films of Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal/Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites

(2015) Zhangxiang Cheng et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Submolecular Plasticization Induced by Photons in Azobenzene Materials

(2015) Jaana Vapaavuori et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Twists and Turns in Glassy, Liquid Crystalline Polymer Networks

(2015) Jeong Jae Wie et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Programmable and adaptive mechanics with liquid crystal polymer networks and elastomers

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

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

(2015) Jiuke Mu et al.   Scientific Reports

Nanoindentation studies to separate thermal and optical effects in photo-softening of azo polymers

(2015) James M. Harrison et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

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

Simultaneous Analysis of Optical and Mechanical Properties of Cross-Linked Azobenzene-Containing Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Films

(2011) Aki Shimamura et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Relationship between the Photomechanical Response and the Thermomechanical Properties of Azobenzene Liquid Crystalline Polymer Networks

(2010) Kyung Min Lee et al.   MACROMOLECULES