A flexible metallic actuator using reduced graphene oxide as a multifunctional component

Soft electrothermal actuators using silver nanowire heaters

(2017) Shanshan Yao et al.   Nanoscale

Graphene-Based Polymer Bilayers with Superior Light-Driven Properties for Remote Construction of 3D Structures

(2017) Zhenhua Tang et al.   Advanced Science

A Solution-Processed High-Temperature, Flexible, Thin-Film Actuator

(2016) Chengwei Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Soft Actuators for Small-Scale Robotics

(2016) Lindsey Hines et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Photoactuators for Direct Optical-to-Mechanical Energy Conversion: From Nanocomponent Assembly to Macroscopic Deformation

(2016) Ying Hu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Single-material solvent-sensitive actuator from poly(ionic liquid) inverse opals based on gradient dewetting

(2016) Hua Wu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Switchable molecule-based materials for micro- and nanoscale actuating applications: Achievements and prospects

(2016) María D. Manrique-Juárez et al.   COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Flexible, All-Inorganic Actuators Based on Vanadium Dioxide and Carbon Nanotube Bimorphs

(2016) He Ma et al.   NANO LETTERS

Photocontrol of fluid slugs in liquid crystal polymer microactuators

(2016) Jiu-an Lv et al.   NATURE

An integrated design and fabrication strategy for entirely soft, autonomous robots

(2016) Michael Wehner et al.   NATURE

An autonomous actuator driven by fluctuations in ambient humidity

(2016) Hiroki Arazoe et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

A chaotic self-oscillating sunlight-driven polymer actuator

(2016) Kamlesh Kumar et al.   Nature Communications

Bioinspired Graphene Actuators Prepared by Unilateral UV Irradiation of Graphene Oxide Papers

(2015) Dong-Dong Han et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Versatile Soft Grippers with Intrinsic Electroadhesion Based on Multifunctional Polymer Actuators

(2015) Jun Shintake et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Nanomaterial-Enabled Stretchable Conductors: Strategies, Materials and Devices

(2015) Shanshan Yao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Design, fabrication and control of soft robots

(2015) Daniela Rus et al.   NATURE

Voxelated liquid crystal elastomers

(2015) Taylor H. Ware et al.   SCIENCE

Materials that couple sensing, actuation, computation, and communication

(2015) M. A. McEvoy et al.   SCIENCE

Electrochemically prepared cuprous oxide film for photo-catalytic oxygen evolution from water oxidation under visible light

(2015) Zhen Zhang et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Erratum: Photogated humidity-driven motility

(2015) Lidong Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Graphitic carbon nitride nanosheet electrode-based high-performance ionic actuator

(2015) Guan Wu et al.   Nature Communications

A multi-responsive water-driven actuator with instant and powerful performance for versatile applications

(2015) Jiuke Mu et al.   Scientific Reports

Low voltage actuator using ionic polymer metal nanocomposites based on a miscible polymer blend

(2015) Varij Panwar et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Origami-inspired active graphene-based paper for programmable instant self-folding walking devices

(2015) J. Mu et al.   Science Advances

Photochromism of Diarylethene Molecules and Crystals: Memories, Switches, and Actuators

(2014) Masahiro Irie et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Multifunctional wearable devices for diagnosis and therapy of movement disorders

(2014) Donghee Son et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Ambient Fabrication of Large-Area Graphene Films via a Synchronous Reduction and Assembly Strategy

(2013) Xuebo Cao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

(2013) M. Ma et al.   SCIENCE

Fluorescent Actuator Based on Microporous Conjugated Polymer with Intramolecular Stack Structure

(2012) Wang-Eun Lee et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A rationally-designed synergetic polypyrrole/graphene bilayer actuator

(2012) Jia Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Large-area high-throughput synthesis of monolayer graphene sheet by Hot Filament Thermal Chemical Vapor Deposition

(2012) Ranjit Hawaldar et al.   Scientific Reports

Soft Robotics for Chemists

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

An Asymmetrically Surface-Modified Graphene Film Electrochemical Actuator

(2010) Xuejun Xie et al.   ACS Nano