Temperature-Responsive Multistable Metamaterials

Harnessing transition waves to realize deployable structures

(2020) Ahmad Zareei et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Guided transition waves in multistable mechanical metamaterials

(2020) Lishuai Jin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2020) Xing Peng Hao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Transition Waves and Formation of Domain Walls in Multistable Mechanical Metamaterials

(2020) H. Yasuda et al.   Physical Review Applied

Pulse-driven robot: Motion via solitary waves

(2020) Bolei Deng et al.   Science Advances

Phase transformations in substrate-free dissipative multistable metamaterials

(2020) Romik Khajehtourian et al.   Extreme Mechanics Letters

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

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

Recyclable and Self-Repairable Fluid-Driven Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuator

(2020) Qiguang He et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

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

(2020) Yuchen Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Untethered control of functional origami microrobots with distributed actuation

(2020) Larissa S. Novelino et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reversible actuation for self-folding modular machines using liquid crystal elastomer

(2020) Adriane F Minori et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Dome‐Patterned Metamaterial Sheets

(2020) Jakob A. Faber et al.   Advanced Science

Bifurcation-based embodied logic and autonomous actuation

(2019) Yijie Jiang et al.   Nature Communications

Untethered soft robotic matter with passive control of shape morphing and propulsion

(2019) Arda Kotikian et al.   Science Robotics

Stiff reconfigurable polygons for smart connecters and deployable structures

(2019) Zeang Zhao et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCES

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

(2019) Qiguang He et al.   Science Advances

Programmable active kirigami metasheets with more freedom of actuation

(2019) Yichao Tang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2018) Arda Kotikian et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Harnessing bistability for directional propulsion of soft, untethered robots

(2018) Tian Chen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Origami mechanologic

(2018) Benjamin Treml et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bioinspired spring origami

(2018) Jakob A. Faber et al.   SCIENCE

A simple analytical thermo-mechanical model for liquid crystal elastomer bilayer structures

(2018) Yun Cui et al.   AIP Advances

Molecularly-Engineered, 4D-Printed Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuators

(2018) Mohand O. Saed et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

4D Printed Actuators with Soft-Robotic Functions

(2017) María López-Valdeolivas et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Dual-responsive, shape-switching bilayers enabled by liquid crystal elastomers

(2017) J. M. Boothby et al.   Soft Matter

Origami-based tunable truss structures for non-volatile mechanical memory operation

(2017) Hiromi Yasuda et al.   Nature Communications

Bistable compliant mechanism using magneto active elastomer actuation

(2016) Adrienne Crivaro et al.   JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES

Stable propagation of mechanical signals in soft media using stored elastic energy

(2016) Jordan R. Raney et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A three-dimensional actuated origami-inspired transformable metamaterial with multiple degrees of freedom

(2016) Johannes T.B. Overvelde et al.   Nature Communications

Origami tubes assembled into stiff, yet reconfigurable structures and metamaterials

(2015) Evgueni T. Filipov et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A method for building self-folding machines

(2014) S. Felton et al.   SCIENCE

A Resilient, Untethered Soft Robot

(2014) Michael T. Tolley et al.   Soft Robotics

Smart metamaterials with tunable auxetic and other properties

(2013) Joseph N Grima et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Shape-responsive liquid crystal elastomer bilayers

(2013) Aditya Agrawal et al.   Soft Matter

Magneto-elastic buckling of a soft cellular solid

(2012) C. R. Tipton et al.   Soft Matter