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Twisted-and-Coiled Actuators with Free Strokes Enable Soft Robots with Programmable Motions

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Topology, Geometry, and Mechanics of Strongly Stretched and Twisted Filaments: Solenoids, Plectonemes, and Artificial Muscle Fibers

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An autonomous untethered fast soft robotic insect driven by low-voltage dielectric elastomer actuators

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Dynamic and Progressive Control of DNA Origami Conformation by Modulating DNA Helicity with Chemical Adducts

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A 3D micromechanical study of hygroscopic coiling deformation in Pelargonium seed: from material and mechanics perspective

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Intercalation-Based Single-Molecule Fluorescence Assay To Study DNA Supercoil Dynamics

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

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Determination of the protonation enthalpy of humic acid by calorimetric titration technique

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Hierarchically arranged helical fibre actuators driven by solvents and vapours

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The impact of DNA intercalators on DNA and DNA-processing enzymes elucidated through force-dependent binding kinetics

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Moisture-Activated Torsional Graphene-Fiber Motor

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Artificial Muscles from Fishing Line and Sewing Thread

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Electrically, Chemically, and Photonically Powered Torsional and Tensile Actuation of Hybrid Carbon Nanotube Yarn Muscles

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A biomimetic jellyfish robot based on ionic polymer metal composite actuators

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