Light-fuelled freestyle self-oscillators

A soft ring oscillator

(2019) Daniel J. Preston et al.   Science Robotics

Soft phototactic swimmer based on self-sustained hydrogel oscillator

(2019) Yusen Zhao et al.   Science Robotics

Light or thermally-powered autonomous rolling of an elastomer rod

(2018) Chihyung Ahn et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Multifunctional Dye-doped Liquid Crystal Polymer Actuator: Light-guided Transportation, Turning in Locomotion and Autonomous Motion

(2018) Feijie Ge et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Motorizing fibres with geometric zero-energy modes

(2018) Arthur Baumann et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Does flutter prevent drag reduction by reconfiguration?

(2018) T. Leclercq et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Optically Driven Soft Micro Robotics

(2018) Sara Nocentini et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

In-built thermo-mechanical cooperative feedback mechanism for self-propelled multimodal locomotion and electricity generation

(2018) Xiao-Qiao Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Oscillations, travelling fronts and patterns in a supramolecular system

(2018) Jorge Leira-Iglesias et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Reconfigurable photoactuator through synergistic use of photochemical and photothermal effects

(2018) Markus Lahikainen et al.   Nature Communications

Near-Infrared Chromophore Functionalized Soft Actuator with Ultrafast Photoresponsive Speed and Superior Mechanical Property

(2017) Li Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

4D Printed Actuators with Soft-Robotic Functions

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

Making waves in a photoactive polymer film

(2017) Anne Helene Gelebart et al.   NATURE

Beam steering by liquid crystal elastomer fibres

(2017) S. Nocentini et al.   Soft Matter

A four-blade light-driven plastic mill based on hydrazone liquid-crystal networks

(2017) G. Vantomme et al.   TETRAHEDRON

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

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

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

(2016) Kamlesh Kumar et al.   Soft Matter

Photomotility of polymers

(2016) Jeong Jae Wie et al.   Nature Communications

A chaotic self-oscillating sunlight-driven polymer actuator

(2016) Kamlesh Kumar et al.   Nature Communications

Optical Pendulum Generator Based on Photomechanical Liquid-Crystalline Actuators

(2015) Rong Tang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Leaf flutter by torsional galloping: Experiments and model

(2015) Loïc Tadrist et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUIDS AND STRUCTURES

Programmable and adaptive mechanics with liquid crystal polymer networks and elastomers

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

Light-induced crawling of crystals on a glass surface

(2015) Emi Uchida et al.   Nature Communications

Photoactuators and motors based on carbon nanotubes with selective chirality distributions

(2014) Xiaobo Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Pneumatic oscillator circuits for timing and control of integrated microfluidics

(2013) P. N. Duncan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Synthetic homeostatic materials with chemo-mechano-chemical self-regulation

(2012) Ximin He et al.   NATURE

Self-oscillation

(2012) Alejandro Jenkins   PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS LETTERS

Photodriven, Flexural-Torsional Oscillation of Glassy Azobenzene Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks

(2011) Kyung Min Lee et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Liquid Crystalline Elastomers as Actuators and Sensors

(2010) Christian Ohm et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Liquid crystalline polymer cantilever oscillators fueled by light

(2009) Svetlana Serak et al.   Soft Matter

Design principles of biochemical oscillators

(2008) Béla Novák et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

A high frequency photodriven polymer oscillator

(2008) Timothy J. White et al.   Soft Matter