Harnessing the Power of Stimuli‐Responsive Polymers for Actuation

Dielectric Elastomer Artificial Muscle: Materials Innovations and Device Explorations

(2019) Yu Qiu et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Entanglement-Based Thermoplastic Shape Memory Polymeric Particles with Photothermal Actuation for Biomedical Applications

(2018) Qiongyu Guo 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

Dual Salt- and Thermoresponsive Programmable Bilayer Hydrogel Actuators with Pseudo-Interpenetrating Double-Network Structures

(2018) Shengwei Xiao et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Polyampholyte Hydrogels with pH Modulated Shape Memory and Spontaneous Actuation

(2018) Yuancheng Zhang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Shape Reconfiguration of a Biomimetic Elastic Membrane with a Switchable Janus Structure

(2018) Jing Bai et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Actuating and memorizing bilayer hydrogels for a self-deformed shape memory function

(2018) Li Wang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Humidity-responsive Bilayer Actuators Comprised of Porous and Nonporous Poly(acrylic acid)/Poly(allylamine hydrochloride) Films

(2018) Miao Zheng et al.   CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE

Microfluidic fabrication of highly stretchable and fast electro-responsive graphene oxide/polyacrylamide/alginate hydrogel fibers

(2018) Li Peng et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

Utilizing tension reduction in a dielectric elastomer actuator to produce compression for physiological application

(2018) Hamza Edher et al.   JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES

A Novel Anisotropic Hydrogel with Integrated Self-Deformation and Controllable Shape Memory Effect

(2018) Xiao-xia Le et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Dynamic actuation of glassy polymersomes through isomerization of a single azobenzene unit at the block copolymer interface

(2018) Mijanur Rahaman Molla et al.   Nature Chemistry

Development of polypyrrole based solid-state on-chip microactuators using photolithography

(2018) Yong Zhong et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Electroresponsive Homogeneous Polyelectrolyte Complex Hydrogels from Naturally Derived Polysaccharides

(2018) Qingye Liu et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

TiO2-pattern-modulated actuation of an agarose@CNT/agarose bilayer induced by light and humidity

(2018) Yaqing Tu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

A multi-responsive bidirectional bending actuator based on polypyrrole and agar nanocomposites

(2018) Taoping Wang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Mimosa inspired bilayer hydrogel actuator functioning in multi-environments

(2018) Jing Zheng et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Bionic intelligent hydrogel actuators with multimodal deformation and locomotion

(2018) Qian Zhao et al.   Nano Energy

Humidity-sensitive polymer xerogel actuators prepared by biaxial pre-stretching and drying

(2018) Jie Zhou et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

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

(2018) Peidi Zhou et al.   Nanoscale

Polypyrrole/carbide-derived carbon composite in organic electrolyte: Characterization as a linear actuator

(2018) Zane Zondaka et al.   REACTIVE & FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS

Automated and programmable electromagnetically actuated valves for microfluidic applications

(2018) Aarathi Pradeep et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Smart composite hydrogel with pH-, ionic strength- and temperature-induced actuation

(2018) Jiaojiao Shang et al.   Soft Matter

Programmable helical twisting in oriented humidity-responsive bilayer films generated by spray-coating of a chiral nematic liquid crystal

(2018) Rob C. P. Verpaalen et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

A Hydrophilic/Hydrophobic Janus Inverse-Opal Actuator via Gradient Infiltration

(2018) Dajie Zhang et al.   ACS Nano

An Anisotropic Hydrogel Actuator Enabling Earthworm-Like Directed Peristaltic Crawling

(2018) Zhifang Sun et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Photomodulated Tricolor-Changing Artificial Flowers

(2018) Bo Zuo et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Wireless Electromechanical Readout of Chemical Information

(2018) Lin Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Solvent-Free Photoresponsive Artificial Muscles Rapidly Driven by Molecular Machines

(2018) Shinji Ikejiri et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

pH and Thermo Dual-Responsive Fluorescent Hydrogel Actuator

(2018) Bao-Yi Wu et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Ionoprinting controlled information storage of fluorescent hydrogel for hierarchical and multi-dimensional decryption

(2018) Xiao-Xia Le et al.   Science China-Materials

Sundew-Inspired Simultaneous Actuation and Adhesion/Friction Control for Reversibly Capturing Objects Underwater

(2018) Yanfei Ma et al.   Advanced Materials Technologies

Thermomechanical effects in the torsional actuation of twisted nylon 6 fiber

(2017) Shazed Aziz et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE

Modeling and simulation of hydrogels for the application as finger grippers

(2017) Abdolhamid Attaran et al.   JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES

Multitemperature Responsive Self-Folding Soft Biomimetic Structures

(2017) Kunihiko Kobayashi et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Effect of anisotropic thermal expansion on the torsional actuation of twist oriented polymer fibres

(2017) Shazed Aziz et al.   POLYMER

Characterization and optimization of actuating poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate/acrylic acid hydrogels as artificial muscles

(2017) Daniel P. Browe et al.   POLYMER

Kinetics of the temperature-induced volume phase transition in poly(2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl methacrylate) hydrogels of various topologies

(2017) Marcin Pastorczak et al.   POLYMER

Photo-responsive polymers: synthesis and applications

(2017) Olivier Bertrand et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Improved electromechanical response in acrylic rubber by different carbon-based fillers

(2017) Alexandra Shakun et al.   POLYMER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE

Advances in dielectric elastomer actuation technology

(2017) NianFeng Wang et al.   Science China-Technological Sciences

Spiropyran based hydrogels actuators—Walking in the light

(2017) Wayne Francis et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Investigation of electrochemical actuation by polyaniline nanofibers

(2017) Shayan Mehraeen et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Hydraulic hydrogel actuators and robots optically and sonically camouflaged in water

(2017) Hyunwoo Yuk et al.   Nature Communications

Reversible bidirectional bending of hydrogel-based bilayer actuators

(2017) Xue Li et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Bilayered polyurethane/dipole–dipole and H-bonding interaction reinforced hydrogels as thermo-responsive soft manipulators

(2017) Haiyan Jia et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Complex shape deformations of homogeneous poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)/graphene oxide hydrogels programmed by local NIR irradiation

(2017) Xin Peng et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Motion-based glucose sensing based on a fish-like enzymeless motor

(2017) Mingtong Li et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Supramolecular hydrogen-bonded photodriven actuators based on an azobenzene-containing main-chain liquid crystalline poly(ester-amide)

(2017) Juyin Nie et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Enzyme-Triggered Folding of Hydrogels: Toward a Mimic of the Venus Flytrap

(2016) Jasmin C. Athas et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Thermally Driven Photonic Actuator Based on Silica Opal Photonic Crystal with Liquid Crystal Elastomer

(2016) Huihui Xing et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

A Multiresponsive Anisotropic Hydrogel with Macroscopic 3D Complex Deformations

(2016) Chunxin Ma et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Understanding the Shape Memory Behavior of Self-Bending Materials and Their Use as Sensors

(2016) Xue Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Ultrafast Digital Printing toward 4D Shape Changing Materials

(2016) Limei Huang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

(2016) Li Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Reversible Modulation of DNA-Based Hydrogel Shapes by Internal Stress Interactions

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

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

Multifaceted thermoresponsive poly(N-vinylcaprolactam) coupled with carbon dots for biomedical applications

(2016) Thangavelu Kavitha et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

A color-changing plasmonic actuator based on silver nanoparticle array/liquid crystalline elastomer nanocomposites

(2016) Yang Shi et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

New twist on artificial muscles

(2016) Carter S. Haines et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Poly( N -vinylcaprolactam), a comprehensive review on a thermoresponsive polymer becoming popular

(2016) Norma A. Cortez-Lemus et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Low-voltage electrically driven homeostatic hydrogel-based actuators for underwater soft robotics

(2016) Lorenzo Migliorini et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Tough and responsive oppositely charged nanocomposite hydrogels for use as bilayer actuators assembled through interfacial electrostatic attraction

(2016) Shuhui Liu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Elastomers with tunable dielectric and electromechanical properties

(2016) Simon J. Dünki et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

High-ampacity conductive polymer microfibers as fast response wearable heaters and electromechanical actuators

(2016) Jian Zhou et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

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

(2016) Dowan Kim et al.   Scientific Reports

Highly Magneto-Responsive Elastomeric Films Created by a Two-Step Fabrication Process

(2015) Sophie Marchi et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Large-Scale Solvent Driven Actuation of Polyelectrolyte Multilayers Based on Modulation of Dynamic Secondary Interactions

(2015) Yuanqing Gu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Self-Folding Thermo-Magnetically Responsive Soft Microgrippers

(2015) Joyce C. Breger et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Unusual and Superfast Temperature-Triggered Actuators

(2015) Shaohua Jiang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Molecular Design of Light-Responsive Hydrogels, For in Situ Generation of Fast and Reversible Valves for Microfluidic Applications

(2015) Jeroen ter Schiphorst et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Biological Imaging and Sensing with Multiresponsive Microgels

(2015) Qiang Matthew Zhang et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Polydimethylsiloxane–barium titanate composites: Preparation and evaluation of the morphology, moisture, thermal, mechanical and dielectric behavior

(2015) Adrian Bele et al.   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

High Strength Self-Healing Magnetic Elastomers With Shape Memory Effect

(2015) Xian Qi Feng et al.   MACROMOLECULAR MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING

pH- and Sugar-Induced Shape Memory Hydrogel Based on Reversible Phenylboronic Acid-Diol Ester Bonds

(2015) Hao Meng et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Dielectric silicone elastomers with mixed ceramic nanoparticles

(2015) George Stiubianu et al.   MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN

Thermoresponsive actuation enabled by permittivity switching in an electrostatically anisotropic hydrogel

(2015) Youn Soo Kim et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Tailoring of viscoelastic properties and light-induced actuation performance of triblock copolymer composites through surface modification of carbon nanotubes

(2015) Markéta Ilčíková et al.   POLYMER

Increasing the performance of dielectric elastomer actuators: A review from the materials perspective

(2015) L.J. Romasanta et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Magnetic field assisted programming of particle shapes and patterns

(2015) Wenwen Xu et al.   Soft Matter

Synthesis of silicone elastomers containing trifluoropropyl groups and their use in dielectric elastomer transducers

(2015) Mihaela Dascalu et al.   RSC Advances

Hydrogel Walkers with Electro-Driven Motility for Cargo Transport

(2015) Chao Yang et al.   Scientific Reports

Synergistic effect of a r-GO/PANI nanocomposite electrode based air working ionic actuator with a large actuation stroke and long-term durability

(2015) Qing Liu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Photoswitchable Ratchet Surface Topographies Based on Self-Protonating Spiropyran–NIPAAM Hydrogels

(2014) Jelle E. Stumpel et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Synthesis and Characterization of Gelatin-Based Magnetic Hydrogels

(2014) Maria Helminger et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Novel Hydrogel Actuator Inspired by Reversible Mussel Adhesive Protein Chemistry

(2014) Bruce P. Lee et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

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

Artificial Muscles from Fishing Line and Sewing Thread

(2014) C. S. Haines et al.   SCIENCE

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

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

Light switchable optical materials from azobenzene crosslinked poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-based microgels

(2014) Qiang Matthew Zhang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Polymer-Based Muscle Expansion and Contraction

(2013) Molla R. Islam et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Magnetic responsive polymer composite materials

(2013) Julie Thévenot et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Light-Controlled Graphene-Elastin Composite Hydrogel Actuators

(2013) Eddie Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Synthesis of a graphene oxide–polyacrylic acid nanocomposite hydrogel and its swelling and electroresponsive properties

(2013) Zhixin Tai et al.   RSC Advances

An aluminum nanoparticle–acrylate copolymer nanocomposite as a dielectric elastomer with a high dielectric constant

(2013) Wei Hu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Shape-Programmed Folding of Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Bilayers

(2012) Georgi Stoychev et al.   ACS Nano

Metal Nanoparticles Acting as Light-Activated Heating Elements within Composite Materials

(2012) Somsubhra Maity et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Temperature- and light-responsive smart polymer materials

(2012) Florian D. Jochum et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

A tissue-engineered jellyfish with biomimetic propulsion

(2012) Janna C Nawroth et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Mechanical, Dielectric, and Actuated Strain of Silicone Elastomer Filled with Various Types of TiO2

(2012) Haoliang Liu et al.   SOFT MATERIALS

Interface assisted synthesis of complex hydrogel particles

(2012) Liang Hu et al.   Soft Matter

Photodeformable polymer gels and crosslinked liquid-crystalline polymers

(2012) Jia Wei et al.   Soft Matter

New Silicone Composites for Dielectric Elastomer Actuator Applications In Competition with Acrylic Foil

(2011) Dorina M. Opris et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Reflection Order Selectivity of Color-Tunable Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Microgel Based Etalons

(2011) Courtney D. Sorrell et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Modeling of Temperature-Sensitive Polyelectrolyte Gels by the Use of the Coupled Chemo-Electro-Mechanical Formulation

(2011) Karsten Keller et al.   MECHANICS OF ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES

Geometry and Mechanics in the Opening of Chiral Seed Pods

(2011) S. Armon et al.   SCIENCE

Actuator materials based on graphene oxide/polyacrylamide composite hydrogels prepared by in situ polymerization

(2011) Nana Zhang et al.   Soft Matter

High Breakdown Field Dielectric Elastomer Actuators Using Encapsulated Polyaniline as High Dielectric Constant Filler

(2010) Martin Molberg et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Liquid Crystalline Elastomers as Actuators and Sensors

(2010) Christian Ohm et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Controlled actuation of alternating magnetic field-sensitive tunable hydrogels

(2010) Santaneel Ghosh et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Emerging applications of stimuli-responsive polymer materials

(2010) Martien A. Cohen Stuart et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

What's on the mind of a jellyfish? A review of behavioural observations on Aurelia sp. jellyfish

(2010) David J. Albert   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Photolithographically patterned smart hydrogel based bilayer actuators

(2010) Noy Bassik et al.   POLYMER

Effect of concentration of photoactive chromophores on photomechanical properties of crosslinked azobenzene liquid-crystalline polymers

(2009) Mizuho Kondo et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Hygromorphs: from pine cones to biomimetic bilayers

(2009) E. Reyssat et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Ionogel-based light-actuated valves for controlling liquid flow in micro-fluidic manifolds

(2009) Fernando Benito-Lopez et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Silicone–Poly(hexylthiophene) Blends as Elastomers with Enhanced Electromechanical Transduction Properties

(2008) F. Carpi et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Photomobile Polymer Materials: Towards Light-Driven Plastic Motors

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

Dielectrophoresis force and deflection of electroactive poly(p-phenylene vinylene)/polydimethylsiloxane blends

(2008) Sumonman Niamlang et al.   Smart Materials and Structures