Light-activated shape morphing and light-tracking materials using biopolymer-based programmable photonic nanostructures

Pros and Cons: Magnetic versus Optical Microrobots

(2020) Metin Sitti et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Bioinspired underwater locomotion of light-driven liquid crystal gels

(2020) Hamed Shahsavan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Supramolecular–covalent hybrid polymers for light-activated mechanical actuation

(2020) Chuang Li et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

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

It's Not a Bug, It's a Feature: Functional Materials in Insects

(2018) Thomas B. H. Schroeder et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Biodegradable Electronic Systems in 3D, Heterogeneously Integrated Formats

(2018) Jan-Kai Chang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Biodegradable near-infrared-photoresponsive shape memory implants based on black phosphorus nanofillers

(2018) Hanhan Xie et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Designing the Iridescences of Biopolymers by Assembly of Photonic Crystal Superlattices

(2018) Yu Wang et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Bioinspired microrobots

(2018) Stefano Palagi et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Programming a crystalline shape memory polymer network with thermo- and photo-reversible bonds toward a single-component soft robot

(2018) Binjie Jin et al.   Science Advances

Flexible magnetic composites for light-controlled actuation and interfaces

(2018) Meng Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biomaterial-Based “Structured Opals” with Programmable Combination of Diffractive Optical Elements and Photonic Bandgap Effects

(2018) Yu Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Making waves in a photoactive polymer film

(2017) Anne Helene Gelebart et al.   NATURE

Sequential self-folding of polymer sheets

(2017) Ying Liu et al.   Science Advances

Maximizing the performance of photothermal actuators by combining smart materials with supplementary advantages

(2017) Tongyu Wang et al.   Science Advances

Light Manipulation by Guanine Crystals in Organisms: Biogenic Scatterers, Mirrors, Multilayer Reflectors and Photonic Crystals

(2016) Dvir Gur et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Light-Activated Rapid-Response Polyvinylidene-Fluoride-Based Flexible Films

(2016) Yanlong Tai et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

High-Performance Photothermal Conversion of Narrow-Bandgap Ti2O3Nanoparticles

(2016) Juan Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

(2016) Stefano Palagi et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Circadian regulation of sunflower heliotropism, floral orientation, and pollinator visits

(2016) Hagop S. Atamian et al.   SCIENCE

Self-organized cholesteric liquid crystal polymer films with tunable photonic band gap as transparent and flexible back-reflectors for dye-sensitized solar cells

(2016) Yumin Liu et al.   Nano Energy

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

(2015) Ying Hu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Photogated humidity-driven motility

(2015) Lidong Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Wavelength-selective and rebound-able bimorph photoactuator driven by a dynamic mass transport process

(2015) T. Lan et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Chemically Tunable, Biocompatible, and Cost-Effective Metal–Insulator–Metal Resonators Using Silk Protein and Ultrathin Silver Films

(2015) Hyunsoo Kwon et al.   ACS Photonics

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

(2015) J. Mu et al.   Science Advances

Near-Infrared Light-Triggered “On/Off” Motion of Polymer Multilayer Rockets

(2014) Zhiguang Wu et al.   ACS Nano

Photoactuators and motors based on carbon nanotubes with selective chirality distributions

(2014) Xiaobo Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Biomimetic optical materials: Integration of nature’s design for manipulation of light

(2013) Kuilong Yu et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Direct Sun-Driven Artificial Heliotropism for Solar Energy Harvesting Based on a Photo-Thermomechanical Liquid-Crystal Elastomer Nanocomposite

(2012) Chensha Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Interplay of Resonant Cavity Modes with Localized Surface Plasmons: Optical Absorption Properties of Bragg Stacks Integrating Gold Nanoparticles

(2011) Olalla Sánchez-Sobrado et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Fabrication of wafer-scale polystyrene photonic crystal multilayers via the layer-by-layer scooping transfer technique

(2011) Jeong Rok Oh et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

A Convenient Method to Produce Close- and Non-close-Packed Monolayers using Direct Assembly at the Air-Water Interface and Subsequent Plasma-Induced Size Reduction

(2011) Nicolas Vogel et al.   MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Materials fabrication from Bombyx mori silk fibroin

(2011) Danielle N Rockwood et al.   Nature Protocols

GaAs photovoltaics and optoelectronics using releasable multilayer epitaxial assemblies

(2010) Jongseung Yoon et al.   NATURE

Silicon Photovoltaics Using Conducting Photonic Crystal Back-Reflectors

(2008) Paul G. O'Brien et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS