Swimming Microrobots: Soft, Reconfigurable, and Smart

Steering and Control of Miniaturized Untethered Soft Magnetic Grippers With Haptic Assistance

(2018) Claudio Pacchierotti et al.   IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Shape memory and self-healing materials from supramolecular block polymers

(2018) Jiuyang Zhang et al.   POLYMER

Small-scale soft-bodied robot with multimodal locomotion

(2018) Wenqi Hu et al.   NATURE

Effects of Cross-Linking Density on Interfacial Polymerization and Scaffold Formation in Functionalized Polymer Beads

(2017) Kristin M. Hutchins et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Sol–gel synthesis of collagen-inspired peptide hydrogel

(2017) Cécile Echalier et al.   Materials Today

Dynamic Switching of Helical Microgel Ribbons

(2017) Hang Zhang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Medical microbots need better imaging and control

(2017) Mariana Medina-Sánchez et al.   NATURE

Field responsive materials: photo-, electro-, magnetic- and ultrasound-sensitive polymers

(2017) Theodore Manouras et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Stimuli-responsive polymers and their applications

(2017) Menglian Wei et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Hybrid nanocomposites based on electroactive hydrogels and cellulose nanocrystals for high-sensitivity electro–mechanical underwater actuation

(2017) Tommaso Santaniello et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Neutrophil-inspired propulsion in a combined acoustic and magnetic field

(2017) Daniel Ahmed et al.   Nature Communications

Hydrogel Based Sensors for Biomedical Applications: An Updated Review

(2017) Javad Tavakoli et al.   Polymers

Mechanically robust and shape-memory hybrid aerogels for super-insulating applications

(2017) Jinrong Wu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

A Review of the State of Dry Adhesives: Biomimetic Structures and the Alternative Designs They Inspire

(2017) Jeffrey Eisenhaure et al.   Micromachines

In-Gel Direct Laser Writing for 3D-Designed Hydrogel Composites That Undergo Complex Self-Shaping

(2017) Akihiro Nishiguchi et al.   Advanced Science

Reprogrammable Logic Gate and Logic Circuit Based on Multistimuli-Responsive Raspberry-like Micromotors

(2016) Lina Zhang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Motion-Based pH Sensing Based on the Cartridge-Case-like Micromotor

(2016) Yajun Su et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Recent Advances in Shape Memory Soft Materials for Biomedical Applications

(2016) Benjamin Qi Yu Chan et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Hole-Programmed Superfast Multistep Folding of Hydrogel Bilayers

(2016) Georgi Stoychev et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Soft Microrobots Employing Nonequilibrium Actuation via Plasmonic Heating

(2016) Ahmed Mourran et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Dynamic Polymeric Microtubes for the Remote-Controlled Capture, Guidance, and Release of Sperm Cells

(2016) Veronika Magdanz et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Soft Actuators for Small-Scale Robotics

(2016) Lindsey Hines et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Fabrication of Chemically Tunable, Hierarchically Branched Polymeric Nanostructures by Multi-branched Anodic Aluminum Oxide Templates

(2016) Hanju Jo et al.   LANGMUIR

Origami MEMS and NEMS

(2016) John Rogers et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Reconfigurable OR and XOR logic gates based on dual responsive on–off–on micromotors

(2016) Yonggang Dong et al.   Nanoscale

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

(2016) Michael Wehner et al.   NATURE

Structured light enables biomimetic swimming and versatile locomotion of photoresponsive soft microrobots

(2016) Stefano Palagi et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Recent advances in magnetic hydrogels

(2016) Junxue Zhang et al.   POLYMER INTERNATIONAL

Shape-programmable magnetic soft matter

(2016) Guo Zhan Lum et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reactive Inkjet Printing of Biocompatible Enzyme Powered Silk Micro-Rockets

(2016) David A. Gregory et al.   Small

Magnetic actuated pH-responsive hydrogel-based soft micro-robot for targeted drug delivery

(2016) Hao Li et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Soft micromachines with programmable motility and morphology

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

Light-Driven Soft Robot Mimics Caterpillar Locomotion in Natural Scale

(2016) Mikołaj Rogóż et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Ultrastructural Characterization of the Lower Motor System in a Mouse Model of Krabbe Disease

(2016) Valentina Cappello et al.   Scientific Reports

Tough Al-alginate/Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Hydrogel with Tunable LCST for Soft Robotics

(2015) Wen Jiang Zheng et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Self-Folding Thermo-Magnetically Responsive Soft Microgrippers

(2015) Joyce C. Breger et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Spiropyran-Decorated SiO2–Pt Janus Micromotor: Preparation and Light-Induced Dynamic Self-Assembly and Disassembly

(2015) Qilu Zhang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Biomimetic Microelectronics for Regenerative Neuronal Cuff Implants

(2015) Daniil Karnaushenko et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Controlled In Vivo Swimming of a Swarm of Bacteria-Like Microrobotic Flagella

(2015) Ania Servant et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

An efficient polymeric micromotor doped with Pt nanoparticle@carbon nanotubes for complex bio-media

(2015) Yana Li et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Quantum dot imaging in the second near-infrared optical window: studies on reflectance fluorescence imaging depths by effective fluence rate and multiple image acquisition

(2015) Yebin Jung et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS

Classification, processing and application of hydrogels: A review

(2015) Faheem Ullah et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

Investigations on the frequency and temperature effects on mechanical properties of a shape memory polymer (Veriflex)

(2015) P. Butaud et al.   MECHANICS OF MATERIALS

Cellular Cargo Delivery: Toward Assisted Fertilization by Sperm-Carrying Micromotors

(2015) Mariana Medina-Sánchez et al.   NANO LETTERS

Design, fabrication and control of soft robots

(2015) Daniela Rus et al.   NATURE

Self-propelled screen-printable catalytic swimmers

(2015) Rajan Kumar et al.   RSC Advances

Hydrogel: Preparation, characterization, and applications: A review

(2015) Enas M. Ahmed   Journal of Advanced Research

Autonomous Motion and Temperature-Controlled Drug Delivery of Mg/Pt-Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Janus Micromotors Driven by Simulated Body Fluid and Blood Plasma

(2014) Fangzhi Mou et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Biodegradable Protein-Based Rockets for Drug Transportation and Light-Triggered Release

(2014) Zhiguang Wu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Near-Infrared Light-Triggered “On/Off” Motion of Polymer Multilayer Rockets

(2014) Zhiguang Wu et al.   ACS Nano

Stimuli-Responsive Microjets with Reconfigurable Shape

(2014) Veronika Magdanz et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

SoftCubes: Stretchable and self-assembling three-dimensional soft modular matter

(2014) Sehyuk Yim et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH

Bio-Hybrid Cell-Based Actuators for Microsystems

(2014) Rika Wright Carlsen et al.   Small

Synthesis and characterization of biobased isosorbide-containing copolyesters as shape memory polymers for biomedical applications

(2014) Hailan Kang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

An Integrated Microrobotic Platform for On-Demand, Targeted Therapeutic Interventions

(2013) Stefano Fusco et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Assessment of cytotoxicity of (N-isopropyl acrylamide) and Poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide)-coated surfaces

(2013) Marta A Cooperstein et al.   Biointerphases

Molecularly Imprinted Polymer-Based Catalytic Micromotors for Selective Protein Transport

(2013) Jahir Orozco et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Organized Self-Assembly of Janus Micromotors with Hydrophobic Hemispheres

(2013) Wei Gao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Transition between Collective Behaviors of Micromotors in Response to Different Stimuli

(2013) Wentao Duan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A review of shape memory alloy research, applications and opportunities

(2013) Jaronie Mohd Jani et al.   MATERIALS & DESIGN

Nano-sized SiC particle reinforced NiTi alloy matrix shape memory composite

(2013) H.J. Jiang et al.   MATERIALS LETTERS

Asymmetric drag in oscillatory motion: Ratchet effect without an asymmetric potential

(2013) Vladimir M. Fomin et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

3D Microfabrication using Stimuli-Responsive Self-Folding Polymer Films

(2013) Leonid Ionov   Polymer Reviews

Swelling-driven rolling and anisotropic expansion of striped gel sheets

(2013) Myunghwan Byun et al.   Soft Matter

Shape-Programmed Folding of Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Bilayers

(2012) Georgi Stoychev et al.   ACS Nano

Autonomous Movement of Controllable Assembled Janus Capsule Motors

(2012) Yingjie Wu et al.   ACS Nano

Development of bacteria-based microrobot using biocompatible poly(ethylene glycol)

(2012) Sunghoon Cho et al.   BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES

Reduced models of swelling-induced bending of gel bars

(2012) A. Lucantonio et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

Self-folding thin-film materials: From nanopolyhedra to graphene origami

(2012) Vivek B. Shenoy et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Polymer-based tubular microbots: role of composition and preparation

(2012) Wei Gao et al.   Nanoscale

Adhesion of nickel–titanium shape memory alloy wires to thermoplastic materials: theory and experiments

(2012) F C Antico et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Moving from static to dynamic complexity in hydrogel design

(2012) Jason A. Burdick et al.   Nature Communications

Shrinkable Hydrogel-Based Magnetic Microrobots for Interventions in the Vascular Network

(2011) Seyed Nasr Tabatabaei et al.   ADVANCED ROBOTICS

Tuning of Lower Critical Solution Temperature (LCST) of Poly(N-Isopropylacrylamide-co-Acrylic acid) Hydrogels

(2011) Shingjiang Jessie Lue et al.   Journal of Macromolecular Science Part B-Physics

Highly Efficient Catalytic Microengines: Template Electrosynthesis of Polyaniline/Platinum Microtubes

(2011) Wei Gao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Dynamics of radial-magnetized microhelix coils

(2011) Vladimir M. Fomin et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Cell-laden microengineered gelatin methacrylate hydrogels

(2010) Jason W. Nichol et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Emerging applications of stimuli-responsive polymer materials

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

Drop-Off of Colloidal Cargo Transported by Catalytic Pt-Au Nanomotors via Photochemical Stimuli

(2010) Shakuntala Sundararajan et al.   Small

Artificial bacterial flagella: Fabrication and magnetic control

(2009) Li Zhang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

A review of shape memory polymer composites and blends

(2009) Qinghao Meng et al.   COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING

Three-dimensional real-timein vivomagnetic particle imaging

(2009) J Weizenecker et al.   PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY

Versatile Approach for Integrative and Functionalized Tubes by Strain Engineering of Nanomembranes on Polymers

(2008) Yongfeng Mei et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Microwave, Photo- and Thermally Responsive PNIPAm−Gold Nanoparticle Microgels

(2008) Bridgette M. Budhlall et al.   LANGMUIR

PEG Hydrogels for the Controlled Release of Biomolecules in Regenerative Medicine

(2008) Chien-Chi Lin et al.   PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH

Biomimetic Soft Multifunctional Miniature Aquabots

(2008) Gu Han Kwon et al.   Small

Synthesis and photopolymerization kinetics of benzophenone piperazine one-component initiator

(2007) Pu Xiao et al.   POLYMERS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES