Stimuli-responsive cylindrical hydrogels mimic intestinal peristalsis to propel a solid object

Skins and Sleeves for Soft Robotics: Inspiration from Nature and Architecture

(2015) Constantina Lekakou et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS

Nanoporous Substrate-Infiltrated Hydrogels: a Bioinspired Regenerable Surface for High Load Bearing and Tunable Friction

(2015) Shuanhong Ma et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Friction of hydrogels with controlled surface roughness on solid flat substrates

(2014) Shintaro Yashima et al.   Soft Matter

Coupling pH-Responsive Polymer Brushes to Electricity: Switching Thickness and Creating Waves of Swelling or Collapse

(2013) Gary J. Dunderdale et al.   LANGMUIR

Micromechanics of temperature sensitive microgels: dip in the Poisson ratio near the LCST

(2013) Panayiotis Voudouris et al.   Soft Matter

Force and stroke of a hydrogel actuator

(2013) Widusha R. K. Illeperuma et al.   Soft Matter

Soft Robotics: A Perspective—Current Trends and Prospects for the Future

(2013) Carmel Majidi   Soft Robotics

Autonomous Intestine-Like Motion of Tubular Self-Oscillating Gel

(2012) Yusuke Shiraki et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Mechanics of stretchable electronics and soft machines

(2012) Zhigang Suo   MRS BULLETIN

Lubricity of Surface Hydrogel Layers

(2012) Alison C. Dunn et al.   TRIBOLOGY LETTERS

Investigation of friction and surface degradation of innovative boundary lubricant functionalized hydrogel material for use as artificial articular cartilage

(2012) Michelle M. Blum et al.   WEAR

Multipurpose smart hydrogel systems

(2011) Yu Samchenko et al.   ADVANCES IN COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Soft Robotics for Chemists

(2011) Filip Ilievski et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Swelling behavior and structural characteristics of polyvinyl alcohol/montmorillonite nanocomposite hydrogels

(2011) M. Sirousazar et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE

Electrochemically controlled drug delivery based on intrinsically conducting polymers

(2010) Darren Svirskis et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE

Copying from nature: Designing adaptive, chemoresponsive gels

(2010) Olga Kuksenok et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

Emerging applications of stimuli-responsive polymer materials

(2010) Martien A. Cohen Stuart et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Self-driven gel conveyer: Autonomous transportation by peristaltic motion of self-oscillating gel

(2010) Yoko Murase et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Earthworm inspired locomotive motion from fast swelling hybrid hydrogels

(2009) Hitesh Arora et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Using Light to Guide the Self-Sustained Motion of Active Gels

(2009) Pratyush Dayal et al.   LANGMUIR

Peristaltic Motion of Polymer Gels

(2008) Shingo Maeda et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Design of a Mass Transport Surface Utilizing Peristaltic Motion of a Self-Oscillating Gel

(2008) Yoko Murase et al.   LANGMUIR

Control of the Dynamic Motion of a Gel Actuator Driven by the Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction

(2008) Shingo Maeda et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Biomimetic Soft Multifunctional Miniature Aquabots

(2008) Gu Han Kwon et al.   Small

Stimuli-responsive hydrogel thin films

(2008) Ihor Tokarev et al.   Soft Matter