Reversible and Rapid Laser Actuation of Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Micropillars with Inclusion of Gold Nanoparticles

The Most Effective Gold Nanorod Size for Plasmonic Photothermal Therapy: Theory and In Vitro Experiments

(2014) Megan A. Mackey et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Wavelength-Selective, IR Light-Driven Hinges Based on Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Composites

(2013) Ryan R. Kohlmeyer et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Size-Dependent Photothermal Conversion Efficiencies of Plasmonically Heated Gold Nanoparticles

(2013) Ke Jiang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Shape Matters: A Gold Nanoparticle Enabled Shape Memory Polymer Triggered by Laser Irradiation

(2013) Zhiwei Xiao et al.   PARTICLE & PARTICLE SYSTEMS CHARACTERIZATION

Effect of molecular parameters on thermomechanical behavior of side-on nematic liquid crystal elastomers

(2013) Renbo Wei et al.   POLYMER

Optical manipulation of shape-morphing elastomeric liquid crystal microparticles doped with gold nanocrystals

(2012) Yaoran Sun et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Multi-functional dielectric elastomer artificial muscles for soft and smart machines

(2012) Iain A. Anderson et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Enhanced thermomechanical properties of a nematic liquid crystal elastomer doped with gold nanoparticles

(2012) Reza Montazami et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Liquid Crystalline Elastomers as Actuators and Sensors

(2010) Christian Ohm et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Nanosized Shape-Changing Colloids from Liquid Crystalline Elastomers

(2010) Sönke Haseloh et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Self-Alignment of Plasmonic Gold Nanorods in Reconfigurable Anisotropic Fluids for Tunable Bulk Metamaterial Applications

(2010) Qingkun Liu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Mapping Heat Origin in Plasmonic Structures

(2010) Guillaume Baffou et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Template-Based Fabrication of Nanometer-Scaled Actuators from Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers

(2010) Christian Ohm et al.   Small

Micron-sized liquid crystalline elastomer actuators

(2010) Hong Yang et al.   Soft Matter

A Continuous Flow Synthesis of Micrometer-Sized Actuators from Liquid Crystalline Elastomers

(2009) Christian Ohm et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

The exfoliation of SWCNT bundles examined by simultaneous Raman scattering and photoluminescence spectroscopy

(2009) Tao Liu et al.   CARBON

Optical properties and biomedical applications of plasmonic nanoparticles

(2009) Nikolai G. Khlebtsov et al.   JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER

Micron-Sized Main-Chain Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Actuators with Ultralarge Amplitude Contractions

(2009) Hong Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Light-to-Heat Conversion and Collective Heating Effects in Metal Nanoparticle Solutions

(2009) Hugh H. Richardson et al.   NANO LETTERS

Printed artificial cilia from liquid-crystal network actuators modularly driven by light

(2009) Casper L. van Oosten et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Reversible Infrared Actuation of Carbon Nanotube-Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Nanocomposites

(2008) Liqiang Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Magnetoactive liquid crystal elastomer nanocomposites

(2008) Andreas Kaiser et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Liquid crystal elastomer–nanoparticle systems for actuation

(2008) Martin Chambers et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY