Humidity- and Photo-Induced Mechanical Actuation of Cross-Linked Liquid Crystal Polymers

Photocontrol of fluid slugs in liquid crystal polymer microactuators

(2016) Jiu-an Lv et al.   NATURE

Giving Direction to Motion and Surface with Ultra-Fast Speed Using Oriented Hydrogel Fibers

(2015) Li Liu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Directed Motility of Hygroresponsive Biomimetic Actuators

(2015) Lidong Zhang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Sensing Solvents with Ultrasensitive Porous Poly(ionic liquid) Actuators

(2015) Qiang Zhao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Toward a New Generation of Electrically Controllable Hygromorphic Soft Actuators

(2015) Silvia Taccola et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Mechanically Actuating Carbon-Nanotube Fiber in Response to Water and Moisture

(2015) Sisi He et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Programmable and adaptive mechanics with liquid crystal polymer networks and elastomers

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

Hierarchically arranged helical fibre actuators driven by solvents and vapours

(2015) Peining Chen et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Voxelated liquid crystal elastomers

(2015) Taylor H. Ware et al.   SCIENCE

Erratum: Photogated humidity-driven motility

(2015) Lidong Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

A multi-responsive water-driven actuator with instant and powerful performance for versatile applications

(2015) Jiuke Mu et al.   Scientific Reports

Sensitive Humidity-Driven Reversible and Bidirectional Bending of Nanocellulose Thin Films as Bio-Inspired Actuation

(2015) Miao Wang et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Self-assembled Dynamic 3D Fingerprints in Liquid-Crystal Coatings Towards Controllable Friction and Adhesion

(2014) Danqing Liu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Biomimetic photo-actuation: sensing, control and actuation in sun-tracking plants

(2014) M P M Dicker et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Humidity-Responsive Liquid Crystalline Polymer Actuators with an Asymmetry in the Molecular Trigger That Bend, Fold, and Curl

(2014) Laurens T. de Haan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Conversion of light into macroscopic helical motion

(2014) Supitchaya Iamsaard et al.   Nature Chemistry

Bacillus spores as building blocks for stimuli-responsive materials and nanogenerators

(2014) Xi Chen et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Accordion-like Actuators of Multiple 3D Patterned Liquid Crystal Polymer Films

(2013) Laurens T. de Haan et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Humidity-Sensitive Polypyrrole Films for Electro-Active Polymer Actuators

(2013) Hidenori Okuzaki et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Microstructured Nematic Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Surfaces with Switchable Wetting Properties

(2013) Zi Liang Wu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Polymer-Based Muscle Expansion and Contraction

(2013) Molla R. Islam et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Liquid-Crystalline Ordering as a Concept in Materials Science: From Semiconductors to Stimuli-Responsive Devices

(2013) Eva-Kristina Fleischmann et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Graphene Fibers with Predetermined Deformation as Moisture-Triggered Actuators and Robots

(2013) Huhu Cheng et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A liquid crystal polymer based single layer chemo-responsive actuator

(2013) Tahseen Kamal et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Red-Light-Controllable Liquid-Crystal Soft Actuators via Low-Power Excited Upconversion Based on Triplet–Triplet Annihilation

(2013) Zhen Jiang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Bio-Inspired Polymer Composite Actuator and Generator Driven by Water Gradients

(2013) M. Ma et al.   SCIENCE

A cellulose liquid crystal motor: a steam engine of the second kind

(2013) Yong Geng et al.   Scientific Reports

Functional Organic Materials Based on Polymerized Liquid-Crystal Monomers: Supramolecular Hydrogen-Bonded Systems

(2012) Dirk J. Broer 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

On the Thermally Reversible Dynamic Hydration Behavior of Oligo(ethylene glycol) Methacrylate-Based Polymers in Water

(2012) Shengtong Sun et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Photodeformable polymer gels and crosslinked liquid-crystalline polymers

(2012) Jia Wei et al.   Soft Matter

NIR-Light-Induced Deformation of Cross-Linked Liquid-Crystal Polymers Using Upconversion Nanophosphors

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

Geometry and Mechanics in the Opening of Chiral Seed Pods

(2011) S. Armon et al.   SCIENCE

Visible light induced bending and unbending behavior of crosslinked liquid-crystalline polymer films containing azotolane moieties

(2010) Futao Cheng et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Fully plastic microrobots which manipulate objects using only visible light

(2010) Futao Cheng et al.   Soft Matter

Humido- and Thermo-Responsive Free-Standing Films Mimicking the Petals of the Morning Glory Flower

(2009) Ying Ma et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

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

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

Liquid crystalline polymer cantilever oscillators fueled by light

(2009) Svetlana Serak et al.   Soft Matter

Two-dimensional correlation ATR-FTIR studies on PEO–PPO–PEO tri-block copolymer and its phosphorylcholine derivate as thermal sensitive hydrogel systems

(2008) Sheng Meng et al.   POLYMER