Photothermally and magnetically controlled reconfiguration of polymer composites for soft robotics

Multifunctional Janus Microplates Arrays Actuated by Magnetic Fields for Water/Light Switches and Bio‐Inspired Assimilatory Coloration

(2019) Shaojun Jiang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Investigation of Magnetotaxis of Reconfigurable Micro-Origami Swimmers with Competitive and Cooperative Anisotropy

(2018) Hen-Wei Huang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Printing ferromagnetic domains for untethered fast-transforming soft materials

(2018) Yoonho Kim et al.   NATURE

Small-scale soft-bodied robot with multimodal locomotion

(2018) Wenqi Hu et al.   NATURE

Flexible magnetic composites for light-controlled actuation and interfaces

(2018) Meng Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Conductive polymer-based nanoparticles for laser-mediated photothermal ablation of cancer: synthesis, characterization, and in vitro evaluation

(2017) Travis Cantu et al.   International Journal of Nanomedicine

Biomarkerless targeting and photothermal cancer cell killing by surface-electrically-charged superparamagnetic Fe3O4composite nanoparticles

(2017) Xiao Han et al.   Nanoscale

Direct 4D printing via active composite materials

(2017) Zhen Ding et al.   Science Advances

Magnetic Driving Flowerlike Soft Platform: Biomimetic Fabrication and External Regulation

(2016) Wei Gao et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Duality of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in Cancer Therapy: Amplification of Heating Efficiency by Magnetic Hyperthermia and Photothermal Bimodal Treatment

(2016) Ana Espinosa et al.   ACS Nano

Vibration analysis of bi-stable composite cross-ply laminates using refined shape functions

(2016) A Firouzian-Nejad et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS

Bistable compliant mechanism using magneto active elastomer actuation

(2016) Adrienne Crivaro et al.   JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES

Selective and directional actuation of elastomer films using chained magnetic nanoparticles

(2016) Sumeet R. Mishra et al.   Nanoscale

Shape-programmable magnetic soft matter

(2016) Guo Zhan Lum et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Self-Folding Thermo-Magnetically Responsive Soft Microgrippers

(2015) Joyce C. Breger et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Multistable Architected Materials for Trapping Elastic Strain Energy

(2015) Sicong Shan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Buckling of Elastomeric Beams Enables Actuation of Soft Machines

(2015) Dian Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Photothermally Reprogrammable Buckling of Nanocomposite Gel Sheets

(2015) Adam W. Hauser et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Fe3O4 nanoparticles as robust photothermal agents for driving high barrier reactions under ambient conditions

(2015) Robert J. G. Johnson et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Design, fabrication and control of soft robots

(2015) Daniela Rus et al.   NATURE

Shape memory polymers: Past, present and future developments

(2015) Martin D. Hager et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Remote, fast actuation of programmable multiple shape memory composites by magnetic fields

(2015) F. H. Zhang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

The synergistic effect of the combined thin multi-walled carbon nanotubes and reduced graphene oxides on photothermally actuated shape memory polyurethane composites

(2014) Dong Hun Yi et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Shapeshifting: Reversible Shape Memory in Semicrystalline Elastomers

(2014) Jing Zhou et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Smart polyaniline nanoparticles with thermal and photothermal sensitivity

(2014) Silvestre Bongiovanni Abel et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Shape memory polymers and their composites in aerospace applications: a review

(2014) Yanju Liu et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Polymers with Dual Light-Triggered Functions of Shape Memory and Healing Using Gold Nanoparticles

(2013) Hongji Zhang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Reversible Bidirectional Shape-Memory Polymers

(2013) Marc Behl et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Light Polarization-Controlled Shape-Memory Polymer/Gold Nanorod Composite

(2013) Hongji Zhang et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Magnetic field-directed self-assembly of magnetic nanoparticles

(2013) Joseph B. Tracy et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Anisotropic Thermal Processing of Polymer Nanocomposites via the Photothermal Effect of Gold Nanorods

(2013) Somsubhra Maity et al.   PARTICLE & PARTICLE SYSTEMS CHARACTERIZATION

Engineered skeletal muscle tissue for soft robotics: fabrication strategies, current applications, and future challenges

(2013) Rebecca M. Duffy et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology

Reversible switching transitions of stimuli-responsive shape changing polymers

(2013) Harper Meng et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Soft Robot Arm Inspired by the Octopus

(2012) Cecilia Laschi et al.   ADVANCED ROBOTICS

Soft Robotics for Chemists

(2011) Filip Ilievski et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Programming magnetic anisotropy in polymeric microactuators

(2011) Jiyun Kim et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Investigating new symmetry classes in magnetorheological elastomers: cantilever bending behavior

(2011) P von Lockette et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Cylindrical magnets and ideal solenoids

(2010) Norman Derby et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Biomedical applications of thermally activated shape memory polymers

(2010) Ward Small et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Universal robotic gripper based on the jamming of granular material

(2010) E. Brown et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

First jump of microgel; actuation speed enhancement by elastic instability

(2010) Howon Lee et al.   Soft Matter

Crosslinking Metal Nanoparticles into the Polymer Backbone of Hydrogels Enables Preparation of Soft, Magnetic Field-Driven Actuators with Muscle-Like Flexibility

(2009) Roland Fuhrer et al.   Small

Soft robotics: Biological inspiration, state of the art, and future research

(2008) Deepak Trivedi et al.   Applied Bionics and Biomechanics