Localized Self-Growth of Reconfigurable Architectures Induced by a Femtosecond Laser on a Shape-Memory Polymer

Programming a crystalline shape memory polymer network with thermo- and photo-reversible bonds toward a single-component soft robot

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Stretchable surfaces with programmable 3D texture morphing for synthetic camouflaging skins

(2017) J. H. Pikul et al.   SCIENCE

Sequential self-folding of polymer sheets

(2017) Ying Liu et al.   Science Advances

Photocontrol of fluid slugs in liquid crystal polymer microactuators

(2016) Jiu-an Lv et al.   NATURE

Biomimetic 4D printing

(2016) A. Sydney Gladman et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

“ 2D or not 2D”: Shape-programming polymer sheets

(2016) Ying Liu et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Programming the shape-shifting of flat soft matter: from self-rolling/self-twisting materials to self-folding origami

(2016) S. Janbaz et al.   Materials Horizons

Programmable and adaptive mechanics with liquid crystal polymer networks and elastomers

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

Three-dimensional folding of pre-strained polymer sheets via absorption of laser light

(2014) Ying Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Turning heads: The biology of solar tracking in sunflower

(2014) Joshua P. Vandenbrink et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

A method for building self-folding machines

(2014) S. Felton et al.   SCIENCE

From nature to synthetic systems: shape transformation in soft materials

(2014) Ravindra Kempaiah et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Cuttlefish skin papilla morphology suggests a muscular hydrostatic function for rapid changeability

(2013) Justine J. Allen et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Multiple Shape Transformations of Composite Hydrogel Sheets

(2013) Héloïse Thérien-Aubin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Light-Controlled Graphene-Elastin Composite Hydrogel Actuators

(2013) Eddie Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Three-dimensional shape transformations of hydrogel sheets induced by small-scale modulation of internal stresses

(2013) Zi Liang Wu et al.   Nature Communications

Self-shaping composites with programmable bioinspired microstructures

(2013) Randall M. Erb et al.   Nature Communications

Self-folding polymeric containers for encapsulation and delivery of drugs

(2012) Rohan Fernandes et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

Robotic Tentacles with Three-Dimensional Mobility Based on Flexible Elastomers

(2012) Ramses V. Martinez et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Biomimetic 3D self-assembling biomicroconstructs by spontaneous deformation of thin polymer films

(2012) Leonid Ionov   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Designing Responsive Buckled Surfaces by Halftone Gel Lithography

(2012) Jungwook Kim et al.   SCIENCE

A review of stimuli-responsive polymers for smart textile applications

(2012) Jinlian Hu et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Shrink-Film Configurable Multiscale Wrinkles for Functional Alignment of Human Embryonic Stem Cells and their Cardiac Derivatives

(2011) Aaron Chen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Growth, geometry, and mechanics of a blooming lily

(2011) H. Liang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Multigait soft robot

(2011) R. F. Shepherd et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Self-folding of polymer sheets using local light absorption

(2011) Ying Liu et al.   Soft Matter

Photolithographically patterned smart hydrogel based bilayer actuators

(2010) Noy Bassik et al.   POLYMER

Tunable Nanowrinkles on Shape Memory Polymer Sheets

(2009) Chi-Cheng Fu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Formation of micro protrusion arrays atop shape memory polymer

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Shrinky-Dink microfluidics: 3D polystyrene chips

(2008) Chi-Shuo Chen et al.   LAB ON A CHIP