Reconfigurable Three‐Dimensional Mesotructures of Spatially Programmed Liquid Crystal Elastomers and Their Ferromagnetic Composites

Remotely Controlled, Reversible, On-Demand Assembly and Reconfiguration of 3D Mesostructures via Liquid Crystal Elastomer Platforms

(2021) Yi Li et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

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

Seamless multimaterial 3D liquid-crystalline elastomer actuators for next-generation entirely soft robots

(2020) Yubai Zhang et al.   Science Advances

Reactive 3D Printing of Shape-Programmable Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuators

(2020) Morgan Barnes et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Liquid‐Crystal‐Elastomer‐Based Dissipative Structures by Digital Light Processing 3D Printing

(2020) Nicholas A. Traugutt et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

3D Microstructures of Liquid Crystal Networks with Programmed Voxelated Director Fields

(2020) Yubing Guo et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Three-dimensional printing of functionally graded liquid crystal elastomer

(2020) Zijun Wang et al.   Science Advances

Reconfigurable shape-morphing dielectric elastomers using spatially varying electric fields

(2019) Ehsan Hajiesmaili et al.   Nature Communications

Reprogrammable recovery and actuation behaviour of shape-memory polymers

(2019) Andreas Lendlein et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Shining Light on Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks: Preparing, Reconfiguring, and Driving Soft Actuators

(2019) Zhi‐Chao Jiang et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Harnessing the interface mechanics of hard films and soft substrates for 3D assembly by controlled buckling

(2019) Yuan Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Buckling and twisting of advanced materials into morphable 3D mesostructures

(2019) Hangbo Zhao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Electrohydraulic Actuator for a Soft Gripper

(2019) Tongil Park et al.   Soft Robotics

Photothermally and magnetically controlled reconfiguration of polymer composites for soft robotics

(2019) Jessica A.-C. Liu et al.   Science Advances

3D Printable and Reconfigurable Liquid Crystal Elastomers with Light‐Induced Shape Memory via Dynamic Bond Exchange

(2019) Emily C. Davidson et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Nanomagnetic encoding of shape-morphing micromachines

(2019) Jizhai Cui et al.   NATURE

Electrically controlled liquid crystal elastomer–based soft tubular actuator with multimodal actuation

(2019) Qiguang He et al.   Science Advances

Magnetic Shape Memory Polymers with Integrated Multifunctional Shape Manipulation

(2019) Qiji Ze et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

3D Printing of Liquid Crystal Elastomeric Actuators with Spatially Programed Nematic Order

(2018) Arda Kotikian et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Morphable 3D mesostructures and microelectronic devices by multistable buckling mechanics

(2018) Haoran Fu et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Layered liquid crystal elastomer actuators

(2018) Tyler Guin et al.   Nature Communications

Miniature soft robots — road to the clinic

(2018) Metin Sitti   Nature Reviews Materials

Printing ferromagnetic domains for untethered fast-transforming soft materials

(2018) Yoonho Kim et al.   NATURE

Small-scale soft-bodied robot with multimodal locomotion

(2018) Wenqi Hu et al.   NATURE

Freestanding 3D Mesostructures, Functional Devices, and Shape-Programmable Systems Based on Mechanically Induced Assembly with Shape Memory Polymers

(2018) Xueju Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Novel ink for ambient condition printing of liquid crystal elastomers for 4D printing

(2018) Devin J Roach et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

High strain actuation liquid crystal elastomers via modulation of mesophase structure

(2017) Mohand O. Saed et al.   Soft Matter

Sequential self-folding of polymer sheets

(2017) Ying Liu et al.   Science Advances

Direct 4D printing via active composite materials

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Biomimetic 4D printing

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Thermomechanical liquid crystalline elastomer capillaries with biomimetic peristaltic crawling function

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Shape memory polymer network with thermally distinct elasticity and plasticity

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Self-Folding Thermo-Magnetically Responsive Soft Microgrippers

(2015) Joyce C. Breger et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

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

(2015) Yingkui Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Alignment engineering in liquid crystalline elastomers: Free-form microstructures with multiple functionalities

(2015) Hao Zeng et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Voxelated liquid crystal elastomers

(2015) Taylor H. Ware et al.   SCIENCE

Assembly of micro/nanomaterials into complex, three-dimensional architectures by compressive buckling

(2015) S. Xu et al.   SCIENCE

Shapeshifting: Reversible Shape Memory in Semicrystalline Elastomers

(2014) Jing Zhou et al.   MACROMOLECULES

An Integrated Microrobotic Platform for On-Demand, Targeted Therapeutic Interventions

(2013) Stefano Fusco et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Mouldable liquid-crystalline elastomer actuators with exchangeable covalent bonds

(2013) Zhiqiang Pei et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Biaxially stretched nematic liquid crystalline elastomers

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Surface wrinkling in liquid crystal elastomers

(2012) Aditya Agrawal et al.   Soft Matter

Photoalignment of liquid crystals: basics and current trends

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Self-folding of polymer sheets using local light absorption

(2011) Ying Liu et al.   Soft Matter

Liquid Crystalline Elastomers as Actuators and Sensors

(2010) Christian Ohm et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Active scaffolds for on-demand drug and cell delivery

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