Hybrid hydrogel sheets that undergo pre-programmed shape transformations

From nature to synthetic systems: shape transformation in soft materials

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

Multiple Shape Transformations of Composite Hydrogel Sheets

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

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

(2013) Zi Liang Wu et al.   Nature Communications

Reversible patterning and actuation of hydrogels by electrically assisted ionoprinting

(2013) Etienne Palleau et al.   Nature Communications

In Vitro Biosynthesis of Metal Nanoparticles in Microdroplets

(2012) Kyoung G. Lee et al.   ACS Nano

Programmable Light-Controlled Shape Changes in Layered Polymer Nanocomposites

(2012) Zhichen Zhu et al.   ACS Nano

Self-Healing Supramolecular Gels Formed by Crown Ether Based Host-Guest Interactions

(2012) Mingming Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Photo-origami—Bending and folding polymers with light

(2012) Jennie Ryu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

A New Approach for Creating Polymer Hydrogels with Regions of Distinct Chemical, Mechanical, and Optical Properties

(2012) Stephen J. Banik et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Synthetic homeostatic materials with chemo-mechano-chemical self-regulation

(2012) Ximin He et al.   NATURE

Rapid self-healing hydrogels

(2012) A. Phadke et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Designing Responsive Buckled Surfaces by Halftone Gel Lithography

(2012) Jungwook Kim et al.   SCIENCE

Photo-switchable control of pH-responsive actuators via pH jump reaction

(2012) Prapatsorn Techawanitchai et al.   Soft Matter

Thermally responsive rolling of thin gel strips with discrete variations in swelling

(2012) Jungwook Kim et al.   Soft Matter

Controlled Origami Folding of Hydrogel Bilayers with Sustained Reversibility for Robust Microcarriers

(2011) Tae Soup Shim et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Optically- and Thermally-Responsive Programmable Materials Based on Carbon Nanotube-Hydrogel Polymer Composites

(2011) Xiaobo Zhang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Nanoparticle-crosslinked hydrogels as a class of efficient materials for separation and ion exchange

(2011) Peter C. Thomas et al.   Soft Matter

Self-folding of polymer sheets using local light absorption

(2011) Ying Liu et al.   Soft Matter

Electrically-driven hydrogel actuators in microfluidic channels: fabrication, characterization, and biological application

(2010) Gu Han Kwon et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Directed growth of fibroblasts into three dimensional micropatterned geometries via self-assembling scaffolds

(2009) Mustapha Jamal et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Inhomogeneous swelling of a gel in equilibrium with a solvent and mechanical load

(2009) Wei Hong et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

Patterning Thin Film Mechanical Properties to Drive Assembly of Complex 3D Structures

(2008) Noy Bassik et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Redox-Responsive Gel−Sol/Sol−Gel Transition in Poly(acrylic acid) Aqueous Solution Containing Fe(III) Ions Switched by Light

(2008) Fei Peng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Structure of Nanocomposite Hydrogel Investigated by Means of Contrast Variation Small-Angle Neutron Scattering

(2008) Hitoshi Endo et al.   MACROMOLECULES

The development of microgels/nanogels for drug delivery applications

(2008) Jung Kwon Oh et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Nanocomposites Inspired by the Sea Cucumber Dermis

(2008) J. R. Capadona et al.   SCIENCE