Reversible shape-shifting in polymeric materials

Dynamic Optical Gratings Accessed by Reversible Shape Memory

(2015) Cary A. Tippets 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

Stimuli-responsive liquid crystal elastomers for dynamic cell culture

(2015) Aditya Agrawal et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Grafting Poly(OEGMA) Brushes from a Shape Memory Elastomer and Subsequent Wrinkling Behavior

(2015) Anne-Martine S. Jackson et al.   LANGMUIR

Hydrogen-Bonding Toughened Hydrogels and Emerging CO2-Responsive Shape Memory Effect

(2015) Bing Xu et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Copolymer Networks From Oligo(ε-caprolactone) andn-Butyl Acrylate Enable a Reversible Bidirectional Shape-Memory Effect at Human Body Temperature

(2015) Mersa Saatchi et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Metallo-, Thermo-, and Photoresponsive Shape Memory and Actuating Liquid Crystalline Elastomers

(2015) Brian T. Michal et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Reversible Thermosensitive Biodegradable Polymeric Actuators Based on Confined Crystallization

(2015) Vladislav Stroganov et al.   NANO LETTERS

Programmable and adaptive mechanics with liquid crystal polymer networks and elastomers

(2015) Timothy J. White et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Isothermal programming of triple shape memory

(2015) Jing Zhou et al.   POLYMER

Voxelated liquid crystal elastomers

(2015) Taylor H. Ware et al.   SCIENCE

Shape-shifting liquid crystals

(2015) Rafael Verduzco   SCIENCE

Shape transformations of soft matter governed by bi-axial stresses

(2015) Héloïse Thérien-Aubin et al.   Soft Matter

Hydrogel Walkers with Electro-Driven Motility for Cargo Transport

(2015) Chao Yang et al.   Scientific Reports

Shape Actuation via Internal Stress-Induced Crystallization of Dual-Cure Networks

(2015) Yuan Meng et al.   ACS Macro Letters

A reactive azobenzene liquid-crystalline block copolymer as a promising material for practical application of light-driven soft actuators

(2015) Jiu-an Lv et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Shape-Controlled, Self-Wrapped Carbon Nanotube 3D Electronics

(2015) Huiliang Wang et al.   Advanced Science

Sequential Self-Folding Structures by 3D Printed Digital Shape Memory Polymers

(2015) Yiqi Mao et al.   Scientific Reports

Switchable Micropatterned Surface Topographies Mediated by Reversible Shape Memory

(2014) Sara A. Turner et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Internalization of Red Blood Cell-Mimicking Hydrogel Capsules with pH-Triggered Shape Responses

(2014) Veronika Kozlovskaya et al.   ACS Nano

Understanding and Controlling the Self-Folding Behavior of Poly (N-Isopropylacrylamide) Microgel-Based Devices

(2014) Xue Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

pH-Stimulated DNA Hydrogels Exhibiting Shape-Memory Properties

(2014) Weiwei Guo et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Supramolecular Lego Assembly Towards Three-Dimensional Multi-Responsive Hydrogels

(2014) Chunxin Ma et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

4D Printing: dawn of an emerging technology cycle

(2014) Eujin Pei   ASSEMBLY AUTOMATION

Polymeric Actuators

(2014) Leonid Ionov   LANGMUIR

Photoluminescent nematic liquid crystalline elastomer actuators

(2014) R.B. Wei et al.   LIQUID CRYSTALS

Biocompatible, Biodegradable and Porous Liquid Crystal Elastomer Scaffolds for Spatial Cell Cultures

(2014) Anshul Sharma et al.   MACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE

Shapeshifting: Reversible Shape Memory in Semicrystalline Elastomers

(2014) Jing Zhou et al.   MACROMOLECULES

New directions in the chemistry of shape memory polymers

(2014) Gayla J. Berg et al.   POLYMER

Active origami by 4D printing

(2014) Qi Ge et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Thermally activated reversible shape switch of polymer particles

(2014) Tao Gong et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Microstructured Shape Memory Polymer Surfaces with Reversible Dry Adhesion

(2013) Jeffrey D. Eisenhaure et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Stimuli-Responsive Topological Change of Microstructured Surfaces and the Resultant Variations of Wetting Properties

(2013) Zi Liang Wu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Humidity-Responsive Bilayer Actuators Based on a Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Network

(2013) Mian Dai et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Accordion-like Actuators of Multiple 3D Patterned Liquid Crystal Polymer Films

(2013) Laurens T. de Haan et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Deformable, Programmable, and Shape-Memorizing Micro-Optics

(2013) Hangxun Xu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Reversible Bidirectional Shape-Memory Polymers

(2013) Marc Behl et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Polymer-Based Muscle Expansion and Contraction

(2013) Molla R. Islam et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Liquid-Crystalline Ordering as a Concept in Materials Science: From Semiconductors to Stimuli-Responsive Devices

(2013) Eva-Kristina Fleischmann et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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

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

Active materials by four-dimension printing

(2013) Qi Ge et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Magnetic responsive polymer composite materials

(2013) Julie Thévenot et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Light-triggered self-healing and shape-memory polymers

(2013) Damien Habault et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

It Is the Outside That Counts: Chemical and Physical Control of Dynamic Surfaces

(2013) Sarah M. Brosnan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Polymeric shape memory materials and actuators

(2013) L. Sun et al.   LIQUID CRYSTALS

Shape-Memory Effect in Polymers

(2013) Andreas Lendlein et al.   MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Actuators based on liquid crystalline elastomer materials

(2013) Hongrui Jiang et al.   Nanoscale

Mouldable liquid-crystalline elastomer actuators with exchangeable covalent bonds

(2013) Zhiqiang Pei et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Review of chemo‐responsive shape change/memory polymers

(2013) H.B. Lu et al.   Pigment & Resin Technology

A review of stimuli-responsive shape memory polymer composites

(2013) Harper Meng et al.   POLYMER

Temperature-memory polymer actuators

(2013) M. Behl et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bio-Inspired Polymer Composite Actuator and Generator Driven by Water Gradients

(2013) M. Ma et al.   SCIENCE

Thermomechanical behavior of a two-way shape memory composite actuator

(2013) Qi Ge et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Electro-actuated hydrogel walkers with dual responsive legs

(2013) Daniel Morales et al.   Soft Matter

Soft robotics: a bioinspired evolution in robotics

(2013) Sangbae Kim et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Three-dimensional shape transformations of hydrogel sheets induced by small-scale modulation of internal stresses

(2013) Zi Liang Wu et al.   Nature Communications

Thermally Activated Composite with Two-Way and Multi-Shape Memory Effects

(2013) Abdul Basit et al.   Materials

Mechanically Tough, Thermally Activated Shape Memory Hydrogels

(2013) Jinkun Hao et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Reversible switching transitions of stimuli-responsive shape changing polymers

(2013) Harper Meng et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Microactuators from a main-chain liquid crystalline elastomer via thiol–ene “click” chemistry

(2013) Eva-Kristina Fleischmann et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Temperature-Memory Effect of Copolyesterurethanes and their Application Potential in Minimally Invasive Medical Technologies

(2012) Karl Kratz et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A General Approach Towards Thermoplastic Multishape-Memory Polymers via Sequence Structure Design

(2012) Yingwu Luo et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Nematic Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Grating and Microwire Fabricated by Micro-Molding in Capillaries

(2012) Renbo Wei et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Light-Switchable Behavior of a Microarray of Azobenzene Liquid Crystal Polymer Induced by Photodeformation

(2012) Zeng Yan et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Two-way reversible shape memory behaviour of crosslinked poly(ε-caprolactone)

(2012) S. Pandini et al.   POLYMER

Switching periodic membranes via pattern transformation and shape memory effect

(2012) Jie Li et al.   Soft Matter

Mechanisms of multi-shape memory effects and associated energy release in shape memory polymers

(2012) Kai Yu et al.   Soft Matter

pH-triggered shape response of cubical ultrathin hydrogel capsules

(2012) Veronika Kozlovskaya et al.   Soft Matter

Fabrication of a shape memory hydrogel based on imidazole–zinc ion coordination for potential cell-encapsulating tubular scaffold application

(2012) Wenjing Nan et al.   Soft Matter

Temperature-Memory Polymer Networks with Crystallizable Controlling Units

(2011) Karl Kratz et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Shape-Memory Surface with Dynamically Tunable Nano-Geometry Activated by Body Heat

(2011) Mitsuhiro Ebara et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Photocontrollable Liquid-Crystalline Actuators

(2011) Haifeng Yu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Dynamic Topographical Control of Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Culture on Responsive Poly(ϵ-caprolactone) Surfaces

(2011) Duy M. Le et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Shape-Memory Effects in Biopolymer Networks with Collagen-Like Transient Nodes

(2011) Paulina J. Skrzeszewska et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Dynamic cell behavior on shape memory polymer substrates

(2011) Kevin A. Davis et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Shape switching of hollow layer-by-layer hydrogel microcontainers

(2011) Veronika Kozlovskaya et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

One-Way and Reversible Dual-Shape Effect of Polymer Networks Based on Polypentadecalactone Segments

(2011) Marc Behl et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL ORGANS

Thermo-, Photo-, and Chemo-Responsive Shape-Memory Properties from Photo-Cross-Linked Metallo-Supramolecular Polymers

(2011) Justin R. Kumpfer et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Bioinspired Mechanically Adaptive Polymer Nanocomposites with Water-Activated Shape-Memory Effect

(2011) Julie Mendez et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Semi-crystalline two-way shape memory elastomer

(2011) Junjun Li et al.   POLYMER

Two-way reversible shape memory effects in a free-standing polymer composite

(2011) Kristofer K Westbrook et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Harnessing Surface Wrinkle Patterns in Soft Matter

(2010) Shu Yang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Multifunctional Shape-Memory Polymers

(2010) Marc Behl et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Liquid Crystalline Elastomers as Actuators and Sensors

(2010) Christian Ohm et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Chitosan-based responsive hybrid nanogels for integration of optical pH-sensing, tumor cell imaging and controlled drug delivery

(2010) Weitai Wu et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Properties and mechanism of two-way shape memory polyurethane composites

(2010) Shaojun Chen et al.   COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Mechanical bistability in liquid crystal elastomer-wire composite actuators

(2010) Y. Y. Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Triple-shape polymers

(2010) Marc Behl et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

A review of actively moving polymers in textile applications

(2010) Jinlian Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Tunable polymer multi-shape memory effect

(2010) Tao Xie   NATURE

Micron-sized liquid crystalline elastomer actuators

(2010) Hong Yang et al.   Soft Matter

Design and Application of Nanoscale Actuators Using Block-Copolymers

(2010) Joshua M. G. Swann et al.   Polymers

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

(2009) Christian Ohm et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Shape Memory Polymer Research

(2009) Patrick T. Mather et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

Light-responsive wires from side-on liquid crystalline azo polymers

(2009) Wei Deng et al.   LIQUID CRYSTALS

Revealing Triple-Shape Memory Effect by Polymer Bilayers

(2009) Tao Xie et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

A Biomimetic Actuator Based on an Ionic Networking Membrane of Poly(styrene-alt-maleimide)-Incorporated Poly(vinylidene fluoride)

(2008) Jun Lu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Elongation Behavior of a Main-Chain Smectic Liquid Crystalline Elastomer

(2008) Ryohei Ishige et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Two-way shape memory effect in polymer laminates

(2008) Shaojun Chen et al.   MATERIALS LETTERS

Two-Way Reversible Shape Memory in a Semicrystalline Network

(2007) Taekwoong Chung et al.   MACROMOLECULES