Distributed Electric Field Induces Orientations of Nanosheets to Prepare Hydrogels with Elaborate Ordered Structures and Programmed Deformations

Biomimetic Nonuniform, Dual-Stimuli Self-Morphing Enabled by Gradient Four-Dimensional Printing

(2020) Zhengyi Song et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Spontaneous Alignment of Graphene Oxide in Hydrogel during 3D Printing for Multistimuli‐Responsive Actuation

(2020) Mingchao Zhang et al.   Advanced Science

Kirigami‐Design‐Enabled Hydrogel Multimorphs with Application as a Multistate Switch

(2020) Xing Peng Hao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Layered nanocomposites by shear-flow-induced alignment of nanosheets

(2020) Chuangqi Zhao et al.   NATURE

Asymmetric elastoplasticity of stacked graphene assembly actualizes programmable untethered soft robotics

(2020) Shuai Wang et al.   Nature Communications

A Light-activated Polymer Composite Enables On-demand Photocontrol of Biomimetic Swimming Towards Transportation at Liquid/Air Interface

(2019) Haifeng Yu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Microstructured Actuation of Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks

(2019) Feijie Ge et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Light‐Driven Shape Morphing, Assembly, and Motion of Nanocomposite Gel Surfers

(2019) Hyunki Kim et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Bioinspired 2D Nanomaterials for Sustainable Applications

(2019) Yuanwen Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Bioinspired Design of Light‐Powered Crawling, Squeezing, and Jumping Untethered Soft Robot

(2019) Chihyung Ahn et al.   Advanced Materials Technologies

Programmed Diffusion Induces Anisotropic Superstructures in Hydrogels with High Mechano‐Optical Sensitivity

(2019) Laicong Qiao et al.   Advanced Materials Technologies

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

Facile Anisotropic Deswelling Method for Realizing Large‐Area Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Elastomers with Uniform Structural Color and Broad‐Range Mechanochromic Response

(2019) Rijeesh Kizhakidathazhath et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Surface Aligned Main-Chain Liquid Crystalline Elastomers: Tailored Properties by the Choice of Amine Chain Extenders

(2018) Hyeong-Ho Yoon et al.   MACROMOLECULES

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

3D printing of robotic soft actuators with programmable bioinspired architectures

(2018) Manuel Schaffner et al.   Nature Communications

Liquid crystal elastomer coatings with programmed response of surface profile

(2018) Greta Babakhanova et al.   Nature Communications

Muscle-Inspired Highly Anisotropic, Strong, Ion-Conductive Hydrogels

(2018) Weiqing Kong et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

An Anisotropic Hydrogel Actuator Enabling Earthworm-Like Directed Peristaltic Crawling

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

Sequentially Controlled Deformations of Patterned Hydrogels into 3D Configurations with Multilevel Structures

(2018) Peiyuan Ma et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Two-Step Delamination of Highly Charged, Vermiculite-like Layered Silicates via Ordered Heterostructures

(2017) Matthias Daab et al.   LANGMUIR

A light-driven artificial flytrap

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

Cooperative deformations of periodically patterned hydrogels

(2017) Zhi Jian Wang et al.   Science Advances

Photoinduced Topographical Feature Development in Blueprinted Azobenzene-Functionalized Liquid Crystalline Elastomers

(2016) Suk-kyun Ahn et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Highly Conductive and Thermally Stable Ion Gels with Tunable Anisotropy and Modulus

(2016) Ying Wang 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

Additive manufacturing of biologically-inspired materials

(2016) André R. Studart   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

In-Depth Insights into the Key Steps of Delamination of Charged 2D Nanomaterials

(2016) Sabine Rosenfeldt et al.   LANGMUIR

Photocontrol of fluid slugs in liquid crystal polymer microactuators

(2016) Jiu-an Lv et al.   NATURE

Biomimetic 4D printing

(2016) A. Sydney Gladman et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

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

(2016) Stefano Palagi et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Photonic water dynamically responsive to external stimuli

(2016) Koki Sano et al.   Nature Communications

Localized soft elasticity in liquid crystal elastomers

(2016) Taylor H. Ware et al.   Nature Communications

Light-Driven Soft Robot Mimics Caterpillar Locomotion in Natural Scale

(2016) Mikołaj Rogóż et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Thermoresponsive actuation enabled by permittivity switching in an electrostatically anisotropic hydrogel

(2015) Youn Soo Kim et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

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

Magnetically Induced Anisotropic Orientation of Graphene Oxide Locked by in Situ Hydrogelation

(2014) Linlin Wu et al.   ACS Nano

Photo-Induced Anomalous Deformation of Poly(N-Isopropylacrylamide) Gel Hybridized with an Inorganic Nanosheet Liquid Crystal Aligned by Electric Field

(2014) Takumi Inadomi et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Photothermally Targeted Thermosensitive Polymer-Masked Nanoparticles

(2014) Aoune Barhoumi et al.   NANO LETTERS

Control superstructure of rigid polyelectrolytes in oppositely charged hydrogels via programmed internal stress

(2014) Riku Takahashi et al.   Nature Communications

Remote control of volume phase transition of hydrogels containing graphene oxide by visible light irradiation

(2014) Dowan Kim et al.   RSC Advances

Responsive Photonic Hydrogels Based on Nanocrystalline Cellulose

(2013) Joel A. Kelly et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Liquid crystalline inorganic nanosheets for facile synthesis of polymer hydrogels with anisotropies in structure, optical property, swelling/deswelling, and ion transport/fixation

(2013) Nobuyoshi Miyamoto et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Nanoplatelets of Sodium Hectorite Showing Aspect Ratios of ≈20 000 and Superior Purity

(2013) Matthias Stöter et al.   LANGMUIR

Light-Controlled Graphene-Elastin Composite Hydrogel Actuators

(2013) Eddie Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Self-shaping composites with programmable bioinspired microstructures

(2013) Randall M. Erb et al.   Nature Communications

Liquid–crystalline properties of aqueous suspensions of natural clay nanosheets

(2013) E. Paineau et al.   Liquid Crystals Reviews

Local Switching of Chemical Patterns through Light-Triggered Unfolding of Creased Hydrogel Surfaces

(2012) Jinhwan Yoon et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Electric-Field-Induced Perfect Anti-Nematic Order in Isotropic Aqueous Suspensions of a Natural Beidellite Clay

(2011) I. Dozov et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Unidirectional Alignment of Lamellar Bilayer in Hydrogel: One-Dimensional Swelling, Anisotropic Modulus, and Stress/Strain Tunable Structural Color

(2010) Md. Anamul Haque et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Hydrogels with Cylindrically Symmetric Structure at Macroscopic Scale by Self-Assembly of Semi-rigid Polyion Complex

(2010) Zi Liang Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A self-assembly pathway to aligned monodomain gels

(2010) Shuming Zhang et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Self-Assembly of Large and Small Molecules into Hierarchically Ordered Sacs and Membranes

(2008) R. M. Capito et al.   SCIENCE