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Light-Driven Soft Robot Mimics Caterpillar Locomotion in Natural Scale

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Photochemical Mechanism and Photothermal Considerations in the Mechanical Response of Monodomain, Azobenzene-Functionalized Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks

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