Magnetically directed soft actuators driven by moisture

Highly Flexible and Resilient Elastin Hybrid Cryogels with Shape Memory, Injectability, Conductivity, and Magnetic Responsive Properties

(2016) Yuqing Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Ultra-pH-Responsive and Tumor-Penetrating Nanoplatform for Targeted siRNA Delivery with Robust Anti-Cancer Efficacy

(2016) Xiaoding Xu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Photocontrol of fluid slugs in liquid crystal polymer microactuators

(2016) Jiu-an Lv et al.   NATURE

An autonomous actuator driven by fluctuations in ambient humidity

(2016) Hiroki Arazoe et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Soft micromachines with programmable motility and morphology

(2016) Hen-Wei Huang et al.   Nature Communications

A self-sustaining pyroelectric nanogenerator driven by water vapor

(2016) Fengxian Gao et al.   Nano Energy

Self-Sensing, Ultralight, and Conductive 3D Graphene/Iron Oxide Aerogel Elastomer Deformable in a Magnetic Field

(2015) Xiang Xu et al.   ACS Nano

Giving Direction to Motion and Surface with Ultra-Fast Speed Using Oriented Hydrogel Fibers

(2015) Li Liu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Directed Motility of Hygroresponsive Biomimetic Actuators

(2015) Lidong Zhang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Sensing Solvents with Ultrasensitive Porous Poly(ionic liquid) Actuators

(2015) Qiang Zhao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Self-Healing, Expansion-Contraction, and Shape-Memory Properties of a Preorganized Supramolecular Hydrogel through Host-Guest Interactions

(2015) Kohei Miyamae et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Tunable Photothermal Actuators Based on a Pre-programmed Aligned Nanostructure

(2015) Jue Deng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

An aptamer-functionalized chemomechanically modulated biomolecule catch-and-release system

(2015) Ankita Shastri et al.   Nature Chemistry

Hierarchically arranged helical fibre actuators driven by solvents and vapours

(2015) Peining Chen et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Photogated humidity-driven motility

(2015) Lidong Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Scaling up nanoscale water-driven energy conversion into evaporation-driven engines and generators

(2015) Xi Chen et al.   Nature Communications

Remote, fast actuation of programmable multiple shape memory composites by magnetic fields

(2015) F. H. Zhang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

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

(2014) Xue Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Tunable Mesoporous Bilayer Photonic Resins with Chiral Nematic Structures and Actuator Properties

(2014) Mostofa K. Khan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Moisture-Activated Torsional Graphene-Fiber Motor

(2014) Huhu Cheng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Giant Volume Change of Active Gels under Continuous Flow

(2014) Ye Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Humidity-Responsive Liquid Crystalline Polymer Actuators with an Asymmetry in the Molecular Trigger That Bend, Fold, and Curl

(2014) Laurens T. de Haan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Conjugated polymer composite artificial muscle with solvent-induced anisotropic mechanical actuation

(2014) Xin Lu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Polymer-Based Muscle Expansion and Contraction

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

Graphene Fibers with Predetermined Deformation as Moisture-Triggered Actuators and Robots

(2013) Huhu Cheng et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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

(2013) M. Ma et al.   SCIENCE

Memory-effects of magnetic nanocomposites

(2012) Muhammad Yasar Razzaq et al.   Nanoscale