An Autonomous Soft Actuator with Light‐Driven Self‐Sustained Wavelike Oscillation for Phototactic Self‐Locomotion and Power Generation

Photothermal Bimorph Actuators with In‐Built Cooler for Light Mills, Frequency Switches, and Soft Robots

(2019) Jingjing Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Design and Development of a New Cable-Driven Parallel Robot for Waist Rehabilitation

(2019) Qiao Chen et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Soft phototactic swimmer based on self-sustained hydrogel oscillator

(2019) Yusen Zhao et al.   Science Robotics

Artificial phototropism for omnidirectional tracking and harvesting of light

(2019) Xiaoshi Qian et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Light-fuelled freestyle self-oscillators

(2019) Hao Zeng et al.   Nature Communications

Light or thermally-powered autonomous rolling of an elastomer rod

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

Biomimetic Color Changing Anisotropic Soft Actuators with Integrated Metal Nanowire Percolation Network Transparent Heaters for Soft Robotics

(2018) Hyeonseok Kim et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

True Low-Power Self-Locking Soft Actuators

(2018) Seung Jae Kim et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

Morphology, crystallization and rigid amorphous fraction in PDMS adsorbed onto carbon nanotubes and graphite

(2018) Panagiotis Klonos et al.   POLYMER

Molecular-channel driven actuator with considerations for multiple configurations and color switching

(2018) Jiuke Mu et al.   Nature Communications

Self-Sensing Paper Actuators Based on Graphite-Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Films

(2018) Morteza Amjadi et al.   Advanced Science

Carbon-Based Photothermal Actuators

(2018) Bing Han et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

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

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

Plasmonic‐Assisted Graphene Oxide Artificial Muscles

(2018) Bing Han et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

(2017) Luzhuo Chen et al.   Nanoscale

Making waves in a photoactive polymer film

(2017) Anne Helene Gelebart et al.   NATURE

Metallic molybdenum disulfide nanosheet-based electrochemical actuators

(2017) Muharrem Acerce et al.   NATURE

Soft material for soft actuators

(2017) Aslan Miriyev et al.   Nature Communications

Light activated non-reciprocal motion in liquid crystalline networks by designed microactuator architecture

(2017) D. Martella et al.   RSC Advances

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

(2017) Zhenhua Tang et al.   Advanced Science

One Single Graphene Oxide Film for Responsive Actuation

(2016) Huhu Cheng et al.   ACS Nano

High-Performance Multiresponsive Paper Actuators

(2016) Morteza Amjadi et al.   ACS Nano

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

(2016) Mingcen Weng et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Electrically Activated Paper Actuators

(2016) Mahiar M. Hamedi et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A Solution-Processed High-Temperature, Flexible, Thin-Film Actuator

(2016) Chengwei Wang 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

High performance triboelectric nanogenerators with aligned carbon nanotubes

(2016) Huan Wang et al.   Nanoscale

An integrated design and fabrication strategy for entirely soft, autonomous robots

(2016) Michael Wehner et al.   NATURE

An autonomous actuator driven by fluctuations in ambient humidity

(2016) Hiroki Arazoe et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

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

A plant tendril mimic soft actuator with phototunable bending and chiral twisting motion modes

(2016) Meng Wang et al.   Nature Communications

A decision underlies phototaxis in an insect

(2016) E. Axel Gorostiza et al.   Open Biology

Light-Powered Tumbler Movement of Graphene Oxide/Polymer Nanocomposites

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

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

(2015) Ying Hu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Light-Fueled Microscopic Walkers

(2015) Hao Zeng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Design, fabrication and control of soft robots

(2015) Daniela Rus et al.   NATURE

Triboelectric Nanogenerator Based on Fully Enclosed Rolling Spherical Structure for Harvesting Low-Frequency Water Wave Energy

(2015) Xiaofeng Wang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Theoretical systems of triboelectric nanogenerators

(2015) Simiao Niu et al.   Nano Energy

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

(2015) J. Mu et al.   Science Advances

Photoactuators and motors based on carbon nanotubes with selective chirality distributions

(2014) Xiaobo Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

An instant multi-responsive porous polymer actuator driven by solvent molecule sorption

(2014) Qiang Zhao et al.   Nature Communications

SWCNT/Graphite Nanoplatelet Hybrid Thin Films for Self-Temperature-Compensated, Highly Sensitive, and Extensible Piezoresistive Sensors

(2013) Sida Luo et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Jellyfish nervous systems

(2013) Takeo Katsuki et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Theoretical study of contact-mode triboelectric nanogenerators as an effective power source

(2013) Simiao Niu et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Graphene/elastomer composite-based photo-thermal nanopositioners

(2013) James Loomis et al.   Scientific Reports

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

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

Multiwalled carbon nanotube films as small-sized temperature sensors

(2009) A. Di Bartolomeo et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Liquid crystalline polymer cantilever oscillators fueled by light

(2009) Svetlana Serak et al.   Soft Matter

CH-π Interactions as the Driving Force for Silicone-Based Nanocomposites with Exceptional Properties

(2008) A. Beigbeder et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Fabrication of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) pulsating heat pipe

(2008) Yu-Hsing Lin et al.   APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING

A high frequency photodriven polymer oscillator

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