High-Speed, Heavy-Load, and Direction-Controllable Photothermal Pneumatic Floating Robot

Hydrogen Bond Enhances Photomechanical Swing of Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Bilayer Films

(2021) Jianchuang Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

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

(2020) Lulu Yang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Plasmonic‐Assisted Graphene Oxide Films with Enhanced Photothermal Actuation for Soft Robots

(2020) Yuanyuan Yang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Near‐Infrared Photodriven Self‐Sustained Oscillation of Liquid‐Crystalline Network Film with Predesignated Polydopamine Coating

(2020) Ruochen Lan 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

Light-Driven Expansion of Spiropyran Hydrogels

(2020) Chuang Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Leveraging elastic instabilities for amplified performance: Spine-inspired high-speed and high-force soft robots

(2020) Yichao Tang et al.   Science Advances

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

Multilayer Polypyrrole Nanosheets with Self‐Organized Surface Structures for Flexible and Efficient Solar–Thermal Energy Conversion

(2019) Xu Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Surface Functionalized Modified Copper Sulfide Nanoparticles Enhance Checkpoint Blockade Tumor Immunotherapy by Photothermal Therapy and Antigen-Capturing

(2019) Ruoping Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Photoresponsive Actuators Built from Carbon‐Based Soft Materials

(2019) Meijia Yang et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Graphene oxide foam fabricated with surfactant foaming method for efficient solar vapor generation

(2019) Wei Fang et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

Superhydrophobic Photothermal Paper Based on Ultralong Hydroxyapatite Nanowires for Controllable Light-Driven Self-Propelled Motion

(2019) Ri-Long Yang et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Millimeter-scale flexible robots with programmable three-dimensional magnetization and motions

(2019) Tianqi Xu et al.   Science Robotics

A Bio‐Inspired Photothermal Pneumatic Device Enabling Optical Manipulation of Microfluid towards Precise Control of Micro Reactions

(2019) Xuande Lv et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS

Soft phototactic swimmer based on self-sustained hydrogel oscillator

(2019) Yusen Zhao et al.   Science Robotics

Plasmonic photothermal heating of gold nanostars in a real-size container: multiscale modelling and experimental study

(2019) Ana Maria Mihaela Gherman et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Graphene-Based Standalone Solar Energy Converter for Water Desalination and Purification

(2018) Yang Yang et al.   ACS Nano

Dendritic Fe3 O4 @Poly(dopamine)@PAMAM Nanocomposite as Controllable NO-Releasing Material: A Synergistic Photothermal and NO Antibacterial Study

(2018) Siming Yu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Photogravitactic Microswimmers

(2018) Dhruv P. Singh et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Chemotactic droplet swimmers in complex geometries

(2018) Chenyu Jin et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER

Ultrathin Polypyrrole Nanosheets via Space-Confined Synthesis for Efficient Photothermal Therapy in the Second Near-Infrared Window

(2018) Xu Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Soft Materials Driven by Photothermal Effect and Their Applications

(2018) Hari Krishna Bisoyi et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

3D printing of shape changing composites for constructing flexible paper-based photothermal bilayer actuators

(2018) Dechuan Hua et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Phase-Change Material Packaged within Hollow Copper Sulfide Nanoparticles Carrying Doxorubicin and Chlorin e6 for Fluorescence-Guided Trimodal Therapy of Cancer

(2018) Qian Li et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

A Light-Powered Ultralight Tensegrity Robot with High Deformability and Load Capacity

(2018) Zhijian Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Surface swimmers, harnessing the interface to self-propel

(2018) G. Grosjean et al.   EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E

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

A Bioinspired Swimming and Walking Hydrogel Driven by Light-Controlled Local Density

(2015) Lei Wang et al.   Advanced Science

Miniaturized Swimming Soft Robot with Complex Movement Actuated and Controlled by Remote Light Signals

(2015) Chaolei Huang et al.   Scientific Reports

In Vitro and In Vivo Near-Infrared Photothermal Therapy of Cancer Using Polypyrrole Organic Nanoparticles

(2012) Kai Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Multigait soft robot

(2011) R. F. Shepherd et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Graphene in Mice: Ultrahigh In Vivo Tumor Uptake and Efficient Photothermal Therapy

(2010) Kai Yang et al.   NANO LETTERS