Soft Microrobots Employing Nonequilibrium Actuation via Plasmonic Heating

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

(2016) Stefano Palagi et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Biomedical Applications of Untethered Mobile Milli/Microrobots

(2015) Metin Sitti et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE

Hydrogel-based actuators: possibilities and limitations

(2014) Leonid Ionov   Materials Today

Edge-defined metric buckling of temperature-responsive hydrogel ribbons and rings

(2014) Jinhye Bae et al.   POLYMER

Self-Propelled Microswimmer Actuated by Stimuli-Sensitive Bilayered Hydrogel

(2014) Svetoslav V. Nikolov et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Future of the Particle Replication in Nonwetting Templates (PRINT) Technology

(2013) Jing Xu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Living Crystals of Light-Activated Colloidal Surfers

(2013) J. Palacci et al.   SCIENCE

Autonomous movement of platinum-loaded stomatocytes

(2012) Daniela A. Wilson et al.   Nature Chemistry

Tunable helical ribbons

(2011) Z. Chen et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Hydrogel-actuated integrated responsive systems (HAIRS): Moving towards adaptive materials

(2011) Philseok Kim et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN SOLID STATE & MATERIALS SCIENCE

Edge Effects Determine the Direction of Bilayer Bending

(2011) Silas Alben et al.   NANO LETTERS

Microrobots for Minimally Invasive Medicine

(2010) Bradley J. Nelson et al.   Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Sedimentation and Effective Temperature of Active Colloidal Suspensions

(2010) Jérémie Palacci et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Biomaterial systems for mechanosensing and actuation

(2009) Peter Fratzl et al.   NATURE

The hydrodynamics of swimming microorganisms

(2009) Eric Lauga et al.   REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS

Biomimetic Soft Multifunctional Miniature Aquabots

(2008) Gu Han Kwon et al.   Small