Phototriggered Selective Actuation and Self-Oscillating in Dual-Phase Liquid Crystal Photonic Actuators

Photomechanical Motion of Liquid-Crystalline Fibers Bending Away from a Light Source

(2017) Zhangxiang Cheng et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Making waves in a photoactive polymer film

(2017) Anne Helene Gelebart et al.   NATURE

A light-driven artificial flytrap

(2017) Owies M. Wani et al.   Nature Communications

Photothermal Surface Plasmon Resonance and Interband Transition-Enhanced Nanocomposite Hydrogel Actuators with Hand-Like Dynamic Manipulation

(2017) Qing Shi et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

PVDF-Based Ferroelectric Polymers in Modern Flexible Electronics

(2017) Xin Chen et al.   Advanced Electronic Materials

Infrared actuation-induced simultaneous reconfiguration of surface color and morphology for soft robotics

(2017) Seyedali Banisadr et al.   Scientific Reports

Thermally Driven Photonic Actuator Based on Silica Opal Photonic Crystal with Liquid Crystal Elastomer

(2016) Huihui Xing et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Photoinduced Topographical Feature Development in Blueprinted Azobenzene-Functionalized Liquid Crystalline Elastomers

(2016) Suk-kyun Ahn et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Photoresponsive Fiber Array: Toward Mimicking the Collective Motion of Cilia for Transport Applications

(2016) Anne Helene Gelebart et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

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

(2016) Ying Hu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Light-Driven Liquid Crystalline Materials: From Photo-Induced Phase Transitions and Property Modulations to Applications

(2016) Hari Krishna Bisoyi et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Making and Remaking Dynamic 3D Structures by Shining Light on Flat Liquid Crystalline Vitrimer Films without a Mold

(2016) Yang Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Photocontrol of fluid slugs in liquid crystal polymer microactuators

(2016) Jiu-an Lv et al.   NATURE

A color-changing plasmonic actuator based on silver nanoparticle array/liquid crystalline elastomer nanocomposites

(2016) Yang Shi et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Thermo-responsive shape and optical memories of photonic composite films enabled by glassy liquid crystalline polymer networks

(2016) Wanyuan Wei et al.   Soft Matter

A bio-inspired cellulose nanocrystal-based nanocomposite photonic film with hyper-reflection and humidity-responsive actuator properties

(2016) Tianhang Wu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

NIR–Vis–UV Light-Responsive Actuator Films of Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal/Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites

(2015) Zhangxiang Cheng et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Nanostructures: Graphene-Enabled Superior and Tunable Photomechanical Actuation in Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Nanocomposites (Adv. Mater. 41/2015)

(2015) Yingkui Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Programmable and adaptive mechanics with liquid crystal polymer networks and elastomers

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

Bio-inspired thermal-responsive inverse opal films with dual structural colors based on liquid crystal elastomer

(2015) Huihui Xing et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

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

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

Polymeric Actuators

(2014) Leonid Ionov   LANGMUIR

Photopiezoelectric Composites of Azobenzene-Functionalized Polyimides and Polyvinylidene Fluoride

(2014) Jeong Jae Wie et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Conversion of light into macroscopic helical motion

(2014) Supitchaya Iamsaard et al.   Nature Chemistry

Programmed morphing of liquid crystal networks

(2014) Laurens T. de Haan et al.   POLYMER

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

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

Mouldable liquid-crystalline elastomer actuators with exchangeable covalent bonds

(2013) Zhiqiang Pei et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Fluorescent Actuator Based on Microporous Conjugated Polymer with Intramolecular Stack Structure

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

Unusual Reversible Photomechanical Actuation in Polymer/Nanotube Composites

(2012) Xuemei Sun et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Photoinduced Deformation of Crosslinked Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Film Oriented by a Highly Aligned Carbon Nanotube Sheet

(2012) Wei Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Photocontrollable Liquid-Crystalline Actuators

(2011) Haifeng Yu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Simultaneous surface functionalization and reduction of graphene oxide with octadecylamine for electrically conductive polystyrene composites

(2011) Wenjuan Li et al.   CARBON

Liquid Crystalline Elastomers as Actuators and Sensors

(2010) Christian Ohm et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Colour-tunable spiral photonic actuators

(2009) Kwang-Un Jeong et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Printed artificial cilia from liquid-crystal network actuators modularly driven by light

(2009) Casper L. van Oosten et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Reversible Infrared Actuation of Carbon Nanotube-Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Nanocomposites

(2008) Liqiang Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS