Photoresponsive Actuators Built from Carbon‐Based Soft Materials

Ultrafast yet Controllable Dual-Responsive All-Carbon Actuators for Implementing Unusual Mechanical Movements

(2019) Hao Li et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Photothermal Nanocomposite Hydrogel Actuator with Electric-Field-Induced Gradient and Oriented Structure

(2018) Yang Yang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

The alignment of thermally conducting nanotubes making high-performance light-driving motors

(2018) Meng Liao et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Stimuli-Driven Control of the Helical Axis of Self-Organized Soft Helical Superstructures

(2018) Hari Krishna Bisoyi et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Photochromism into nanosystems: towards lighting up the future nanoworld

(2018) Ling Wang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Graphene oxide/poly ( N -isopropylacrylamide) hybrid film-based near-infrared light-driven bilayer actuators with shape memory effect

(2018) Ze Chen et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Sunlight-driven eco-friendly smart curtain based on infrared responsive graphene oxide-polymer photoactuators

(2018) Leeladhar et al.   Scientific Reports

Soft Materials Driven by Photothermal Effect and Their Applications

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

Programmable Light-Activated Gradient Materials Based on Graphene-Polymer Composites

(2018) Yuanyuan Zhang et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Carbon-Based Photothermal Actuators

(2018) Bing Han et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Humidity- and light-driven actuators based on carbon nanotube-coated paper and polymer composite

(2018) Peidi Zhou et al.   Nanoscale

Small-scale soft-bodied robot with multimodal locomotion

(2018) Wenqi Hu et al.   NATURE

Bioinspired multi-responsive soft actuators controlled by laser tailored graphene structures

(2018) Heng Deng et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Graphene-Based Actuator with Integrated-Sensing Function

(2018) Luzhuo Chen et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Nanoarchitectonics of Nanoporous Carbon Materials from Natural Resource for Supercapacitor Application

(2017) Lok Kumar Shrestha et al.   Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials

“The phactalysts”: carbon nanotube/TiO2 composites as phototropic actuators for wireless remote triggering of chemical reactions and catalysis

(2017) Irene Vassalini et al.   Nanoscale

Multi-responsive actuators based on a graphene oxide composite: intelligent robot and bioinspired applications

(2017) Luzhuo Chen et al.   Nanoscale

A small graphene oxide sheet/polyvinylidene fluoride bilayer actuator with large and rapid responses to multiple stimuli

(2017) Guochuang Xu et al.   Nanoscale

Graphene as a photothermal actuator for control of lipid mesophase structure

(2017) Matthew D. J. Quinn et al.   Nanoscale

Making waves in a photoactive polymer film

(2017) Anne Helene Gelebart et al.   NATURE

Experimental soft-matter science

(2017) Sidney R. Nagel   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

Smart biomimetic micro/nanostructures based on liquid crystal elastomers and networks

(2017) Hamed Shahsavan et al.   Soft Matter

A new function for thermal phase transition-based polymer actuators: autonomous motion on a surface of constant temperature

(2017) Feijie Ge et al.   Chemical Science

Optical manipulation from the microscale to the nanoscale: fundamentals, advances and prospects

(2017) Dongliang Gao et al.   Light-Science & Applications

Graphene-Based Polymer Bilayers with Superior Light-Driven Properties for Remote Construction of 3D Structures

(2017) Zhenhua Tang et al.   Advanced Science

Self-Assembled Graphene-Based Architectures and Their Applications

(2017) Zhongke Yuan et al.   Advanced Science

Maximizing the performance of photothermal actuators by combining smart materials with supplementary advantages

(2017) Tongyu Wang et al.   Science Advances

Ultrathin thermoresponsive self-folding 3D graphene

(2017) Weinan Xu et al.   Science Advances

One Single Graphene Oxide Film for Responsive Actuation

(2016) Huhu Cheng et al.   ACS Nano

Multiresponsive Bidirectional Bending Actuators Fabricated by a Pencil-on-Paper Method

(2016) Mingcen Weng et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A Novel Photoelectric Conversion Yarn by Integrating Photomechanical Actuation and the Electrostatic Effect

(2016) Xinghai Yu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Light-Activated Rapid-Response Polyvinylidene-Fluoride-Based Flexible Films

(2016) Yanlong Tai et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Photoactuators for Direct Optical-to-Mechanical Energy Conversion: From Nanocomponent Assembly to Macroscopic Deformation

(2016) Ying Hu 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

Sensitive Room-Temperature H2S Gas Sensors Employing SnO2 Quantum Wire/Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites

(2016) Zhilong Song et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Making and Remaking Dynamic 3D Structures by Shining Light on Flat Liquid Crystalline Vitrimer Films without a Mold

(2016) Yang Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Multi-Stimuli Responsive Carbon Nanotube Incorporated Polysiloxane Azobenzene Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Composites

(2016) Meng Wang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

An ab initio study of the nickel-catalyzed transformation of amorphous carbon into graphene in rapid thermal processing

(2016) Shuang Chen et al.   Nanoscale

Polydopamine coated shape memory polymer: enabling light triggered shape recovery, light controlled shape reprogramming and surface functionalization

(2016) Zhen Li et al.   Chemical Science

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

(2016) Dowan Kim et al.   Scientific Reports

Reversible Bending Behaviors of Photomechanical Soft Actuators Based on Graphene Nanocomposites

(2016) Dong Niu et al.   Scientific Reports

Bioinspired Smart Actuator Based on Graphene Oxide-Polymer Hybrid Hydrogels

(2015) Tao Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Shape-Switching Microrobots for Medical Applications: The Influence of Shape in Drug Delivery and Locomotion

(2015) Stefano Fusco et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

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

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

Light-Powered Tumbler Movement of Graphene Oxide/Polymer Nanocomposites

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

Increasing Efficiency, Speed, and Responsivity of Vanadium Dioxide Based Photothermally Driven Actuators Using Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Thin-Films

(2015) Tongyu Wang et al.   ACS Nano

Large-Strain, Multiform Movements from Designable Electrothermal Actuators Based on Large Highly Anisotropic Carbon Nanotube Sheets

(2015) Qingwei Li et al.   ACS Nano

Reversible and Rapid Laser Actuation of Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Micropillars with Inclusion of Gold Nanoparticles

(2015) Xiyang Liu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A Graphene-Based Bimorph Structure for Design of High Performance Photoactuators

(2015) Ying Hu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Graphene-Enabled Superior and Tunable Photomechanical Actuation in Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Nanocomposites

(2015) Yingkui Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Tunable Photothermal Actuators Based on a Pre-programmed Aligned Nanostructure

(2015) Jue Deng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Lipid Liquid-Crystal Phase Change Induced through near-Infrared Irradiation of Entrained Graphene Particles

(2015) Matthew D. J. Quinn et al.   LANGMUIR

Reversible Photo Actuated Bulk Nanocomposite with Nematic Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Matrix

(2015) Chensha Li et al.   MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS

Recent developments in superhydrophobic graphene and graphene-related materials: from preparation to potential applications

(2015) Jian-Nan Wang et al.   Nanoscale

Macroscopic and direct light propulsion of bulk graphene material

(2015) Tengfei Zhang et al.   Nature Photonics

Micromotors with asymmetric shape that efficiently convert light into work by thermocapillary effects

(2015) Claudio Maggi et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2015) Jiuke Mu et al.   Scientific Reports

Highly Efficient Electronic Sensitization of Non-oxidized Graphene Flakes on Controlled Pore-loaded WO3 Nanofibers for Selective Detection of H2S Molecules

(2015) Seon–Jin Choi et al.   Scientific Reports

Multi-shape-memory effects in a wavelength-selective multicomposite

(2015) Li Yu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Optical visualization and polarized light absorption of the single-wall carbon nanotube to verify intrinsic thermal applications

(2015) Xiao Zhang et al.   Light-Science & Applications

Nanoparticle-Hydrogel Composites: Concept, Design, and Applications of These Promising, Multi-Functional Materials

(2015) Praveen Thoniyot et al.   Advanced Science

Origami-inspired active graphene-based paper for programmable instant self-folding walking devices

(2015) J. Mu et al.   Science Advances

Unconventional Terahertz Carrier Relaxation in Graphene Oxide: Observation of Enhanced Auger Recombination Due to Defect Saturation

(2014) Jaeseok Kim et al.   ACS Nano

Photoresponsive Soft-Robotic Platform: Biomimetic Fabrication and Remote Actuation

(2014) Weitao Jiang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

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

(2014) Mingyang Ji et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Hydrogel-based actuators: possibilities and limitations

(2014) Leonid Ionov   Materials Today

Thermal Conductivity of Graphene and Graphite: Collective Excitations and Mean Free Paths

(2014) Giorgia Fugallo et al.   NANO LETTERS

Estimating Young’s modulus of graphene with Raman scattering enhanced by micrometer tip

(2014) Shao-Wei Weng et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Programmed morphing of liquid crystal networks

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

Photoactuators and motors based on carbon nanotubes with selective chirality distributions

(2014) Xiaobo Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Synthesis of Photoactuating Acrylic Thermoplastic Elastomers Containing Diblock Copolymer-Grafted Carbon Nanotubes

(2014) Markéta Ilčíková et al.   ACS Macro Letters

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

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

Recent twists in photoactuation and photoalignment control

(2014) Arri Priimagi et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Photomechanical response of polymer-dispersed liquid crystals/graphene oxide nanocomposites

(2014) Li Yu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Infrared-Actuated Recovery of Polyurethane Filled by Reduced Graphene Oxide/Carbon Nanotube Hybrids with High Energy Density

(2013) Yiyu Feng et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Biomimetic Hydrogel-Based Actuating Systems

(2013) Leonid Ionov   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

3D Graphene Oxide-Polymer Hydrogel: Near-Infrared Light-Triggered Active Scaffold for Reversible Cell Capture and On-Demand Release

(2013) Wen Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

All-Graphene Core-Sheath Microfibers for All-Solid-State, Stretchable Fibriform Supercapacitors and Wearable Electronic Textiles

(2013) Yuning Meng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Driving Force for Oxygen-Atom Transfer by Heme-Thiolate Enzymes

(2013) Xiaoshi Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Self-Propelled Micromotors Driven by the Magnesium-Water Reaction and Their Hemolytic Properties

(2013) Fangzhi Mou et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Light-triggered self-healing and shape-memory polymers

(2013) Damien Habault et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Depolymerization-Powered Autonomous Motors Using Biocompatible Fuel

(2013) Hua Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Meso- and Microscopic Motions in Photoresponsive Liquid Crystalline Polymer Films

(2013) Takahiro Seki   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Light-Controlled Graphene-Elastin Composite Hydrogel Actuators

(2013) Eddie Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Stimuli-responsive nanocarriers for drug delivery

(2013) Simona Mura et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Assembly of Carbon Nanotubes on Polymer Particles: Towards Rapid Shape Change by Near-Infrared Light

(2013) Xiaopeng Huang et al.   PARTICLE & PARTICLE SYSTEMS CHARACTERIZATION

Thermal conduction phenomena in carbon nanotubes and related nanostructured materials

(2013) Amy M. Marconnet et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

Hydrodynamics of soft active matter

(2013) M. C. Marchetti et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

Nanocomposite photoactuators based on an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer filled with carbon nanotubes

(2013) Klaudia Czaniková et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Environmentally Responsive Graphene Systems

(2013) Jing Zhang et al.   Small

Graphene/elastomer composite-based photo-thermal nanopositioners

(2013) James Loomis et al.   Scientific Reports

Recent advances in photoresponsive liquid-crystalline polymers containing azobenzene chromophores

(2013) Haifeng Yu   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

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

(2013) Carmel Majidi   Soft Robotics

Functionalization of Graphene for Efficient Energy Conversion and Storage

(2012) Liming Dai   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Pseudonegative Thermal Expansion and the State of Water in Graphene Oxide Layered Assemblies

(2012) Jian Zhu et al.   ACS Nano

Strong, Conductive, Lightweight, Neat Graphene Aerogel Fibers with Aligned Pores

(2012) Zhen Xu et al.   ACS Nano

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

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

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

Enhanced Thermal Conductivity of Epoxy-Graphene Composites by Using Non-Oxidized Graphene Flakes with Non-Covalent Functionalization

(2012) Sung Ho Song et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Light-Driven Chiral Molecular Switches or Motors in Liquid Crystals

(2012) Yan Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Layer dependent mechanical responses of graphene composites to near-infrared light

(2012) James Loomis et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Nanocomposites and macroscopic materials: assembly of chemically modified graphene sheets

(2012) Dongqing Wu et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Photo-actuating materials based on elastomers and modified carbon nanotubes

(2012) Klaudia Czaniková et al.   Journal of Nanophotonics

Optical Motion Control of Maglev Graphite

(2012) Masayuki Kobayashi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Graphene–Multilayer Graphene Nanocomposites as Highly Efficient Thermal Interface Materials

(2012) Khan M. F. Shahil et al.   NANO LETTERS

Dimensional dependence of photomechanical response in carbon nanostructure composites: a case for carbon-based mixed-dimensional systems

(2012) James Loomis et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Graphene-nanoplatelet-based photomechanical actuators

(2012) James Loomis et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Optically induced 'negative forces'

(2012) Aristide Dogariu et al.   Nature Photonics

Recent advances in shape–memory polymers: Structure, mechanism, functionality, modeling and applications

(2012) Jinlian Hu et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Electrically, Chemically, and Photonically Powered Torsional and Tensile Actuation of Hybrid Carbon Nanotube Yarn Muscles

(2012) M. D. Lima et al.   SCIENCE

Vapour-driven Marangoni propulsion: continuous, prolonged and tunable motion

(2012) Hua Jin et al.   Chemical Science

Photocontrollable Liquid-Crystalline Actuators

(2011) Haifeng Yu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Localised Actuation in Composites Containing Carbon Nanotubes and Liquid Crystalline Elastomers

(2011) Carlos J. Camargo et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Negative Thermal Expansion Coefficient of Graphene Measured by Raman Spectroscopy

(2011) Duhee Yoon et al.   NANO LETTERS

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

(2011) Xiaobo Zhang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Thermal properties of graphene and nanostructured carbon materials

(2011) Alexander A. Balandin   NATURE MATERIALS

Giant broadband nonlinear optical absorption response in dispersed graphene single sheets

(2011) Geok-Kieng Lim et al.   Nature Photonics

Torsional Carbon Nanotube Artificial Muscles

(2011) J. Foroughi et al.   SCIENCE

Reversible white-light actuation of carbon nanotube incorporated liquid crystalline elastomer nanocomposites

(2011) Chensha Li et al.   Soft Matter

Carbon-nanotube sensitized nematic elastomer composites for IR-visible photo-actuation

(2011) Jean E. Marshall et al.   Soft Matter

Brownian Motion of Graphene

(2010) Onofrio M. Maragó et al.   ACS Nano

Liquid Crystalline Elastomers as Actuators and Sensors

(2010) Christian Ohm et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Dispersion and Alignment of Carbon Nanotubes in Liquid Crystalline Polymers and Elastomers

(2010) Yan Ji et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Non-contact actuation of triple-shape effect in multiphase polymer network nanocomposites in alternating magnetic field

(2010) U. Narendra Kumar et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Assembly of chemically modified graphene: methods and applications

(2010) Yuxi Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Kinetics of Photoactuation in Single Wall Carbon Nanotube−Nafion Bilayer Composite

(2010) Elana A. Viola et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Anisotropic Carbon Nanotube Films Fabricated from a Lyotropic Liquid-Crystalline Polymer

(2010) Kunihiko Okano et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Stable optical lift

(2010) Grover A. Swartzlander et al.   Nature Photonics

Giant Optical Manipulation

(2010) Vladlen G. Shvedov et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Vertically aligned ZnO nanorods and graphene hybrid architectures for high-sensitive flexible gas sensors

(2010) Jaeseok Yi et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Fully plastic microrobots which manipulate objects using only visible light

(2010) Futao Cheng et al.   Soft Matter

Temperature controlled encapsulation and release using partially biodegradable thermo-magneto-sensitive self-rolling tubes

(2010) Svetlana Zakharchenko et al.   Soft Matter

Hydrogel nanocomposites: a review of applications as remote controlled biomaterials

(2010) Nitin S. Satarkar et al.   Soft Matter

Honeycomb Carbon: A Review of Graphene

(2009) Matthew J. Allen et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Insulator to Semimetal Transition in Graphene Oxide

(2009) Goki Eda et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Surface Tension Mediated Conversion of Light to Work

(2009) David Okawa et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Flash Reduction and Patterning of Graphite Oxide and Its Polymer Composite

(2009) Laura J. Cote et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

NIR Laser-Driven Reversible Volume Phase Transition of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube/Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Composite Gels

(2008) Tsuyohiko Fujigaya et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Reversible Infrared Actuation of Carbon Nanotube-Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Nanocomposites

(2008) Liqiang Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Photomobile Polymer Materials: Towards Light-Driven Plastic Motors

(2008) Munenori Yamada et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synthesis of a New Photoactive Nanovehicle:  A Nanoworm

(2008) Takashi Sasaki et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS