Repeatable and Reprogrammable Shape Morphing from Photoresponsive Gold Nanorod/Liquid Crystal Elastomers

Solvent-Assisted Self-Assembly of Gold Nanorods into Hierarchically Organized Plasmonic Mesostructures

(2019) Christoph Hanske et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Intelligently Actuating Liquid Crystal Elastomer‐Carbon Nanotube Composites

(2019) Hyun Kim et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Non-Hermitian topological light steering

(2019) Han Zhao et al.   SCIENCE

Photodeformable Azobenzene‐Containing Liquid Crystal Polymers and Soft Actuators

(2019) Xinlei Pang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Visible and infrared three-wavelength modulated multi-directional actuators

(2019) Bo Zuo et al.   Nature Communications

Monolithic shape-programmable dielectric liquid crystal elastomer actuators

(2019) Zoey S. Davidson et al.   Science Advances

Soft Ultrathin Electronics Innervated Adaptive Fully Soft Robots

(2018) Chengjun Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Liquid-Crystalline Dynamic Networks Doped with Gold Nanorods Showing Enhanced Photocontrol of Actuation

(2018) Xili Lu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Instant Locking of Molecular Ordering in Liquid Crystal Elastomers by Oxygen-Mediated Thiol-Acrylate Click Reactions

(2018) Yu Xia et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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

Universal inverse design of surfaces with thin nematic elastomer sheets

(2018) Hillel Aharoni et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Small-scale soft-bodied robot with multimodal locomotion

(2018) Wenqi Hu et al.   NATURE

Light-Driven, Caterpillar-Inspired Miniature Inching Robot

(2017) Hao Zeng et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Photomechanical Motion of Liquid-Crystalline Fibers Bending Away from a Light Source

(2017) Zhangxiang Cheng et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Spiropyran based hydrogels actuators—Walking in the light

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

A light-driven artificial flytrap

(2017) Owies M. Wani et al.   Nature Communications

High-Performance Multiresponsive Paper Actuators

(2016) Morteza Amjadi et al.   ACS Nano

Waveguiding Microactuators Based on a Photothermally Responsive Nanocomposite Hydrogel

(2016) Ying Zhou et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Soft Actuators for Small-Scale Robotics

(2016) Lindsey Hines et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Guided Folding of Nematic Liquid Crystal Elastomer Sheets into 3D via Patterned 1D Microchannels

(2016) Yu Xia et al.   ADVANCED 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

Reconfiguring Nanocomposite Liquid Crystal Polymer Films with Visible Light

(2016) Adam W. Hauser et al.   MACROMOLECULES

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

(2016) Meng Wang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Photocontrol of fluid slugs in liquid crystal polymer microactuators

(2016) Jiu-an Lv et al.   NATURE

Structured light enables biomimetic swimming and versatile locomotion of photoresponsive soft microrobots

(2016) Stefano Palagi et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Light-Driven Soft Robot Mimics Caterpillar Locomotion in Natural Scale

(2016) Mikołaj Rogóż et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

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

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

Large-Deformation Curling Actuators Based on Carbon Nanotube Composite: Advanced-Structure Design and Biomimetic Application

(2015) Luzhuo Chen et al.   ACS Nano

Amplified Photoacoustic Performance and Enhanced Photothermal Stability of Reduced Graphene Oxide Coated Gold Nanorods for Sensitive Photoacoustic Imaging

(2015) Hyungwon Moon 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

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

(2015) Yingkui Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Near infrared light-driven liquid crystal phase transition enabled by hydrophobic mesogen grafted plasmonic gold nanorods

(2015) Karla G. Gutierrez-Cuevas et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Near-infrared-responsive gold nanorod/liquid crystalline elastomer composites prepared by sequential thiol-click chemistry

(2015) Hong Yang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Programmable and adaptive mechanics with liquid crystal polymer networks and elastomers

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

Voxelated liquid crystal elastomers

(2015) Taylor H. Ware et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2015) J. Mu et al.   Science Advances

Tilted Pillars on Wrinkled Elastomers as a Reversibly Tunable Optical Window

(2014) Elaine Lee et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Conversion of light into macroscopic helical motion

(2014) Supitchaya Iamsaard et al.   Nature Chemistry

Accordion-like Actuators of Multiple 3D Patterned Liquid Crystal Polymer Films

(2013) Laurens T. de Haan et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Shape- and Symmetry-Dependent Mechanical Properties of Metallic Gold and Silver on the Nanoscale

(2013) Mahmoud A. Mahmoud et al.   NANO LETTERS

Optical manipulation of shape-morphing elastomeric liquid crystal microparticles doped with gold nanocrystals

(2012) Yaoran Sun et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Gold Nanorod−Photosensitizer Complex for Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging and Photodynamic/Photothermal Therapy In Vivo

(2011) Boseung Jang et al.   ACS Nano

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

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

Growth, geometry, and mechanics of a blooming lily

(2011) H. Liang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Harnessing Surface Wrinkle Patterns in Soft Matter

(2010) Shu Yang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Newton's law of cooling revisited

(2009) M Vollmer   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Tuning optical properties of gold nanorods in polymer films through thermal reshaping

(2009) Yu Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Giant-Stroke, Superelastic Carbon Nanotube Aerogel Muscles

(2009) A. E. Aliev et al.   SCIENCE