A self-healing composite actuator for multifunctional soft robot via photo-welding

4D printed electro-induced continuous carbon fiber reinforced shape memory polymer composites with excellent bending resistance

(2020) Chengjun Zeng et al.   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

NIR-light-induced thermoset shape memory polyurethane composites with self-healing and recyclable functionalities

(2020) Weining Du et al.   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

Repeatable and Reprogrammable Shape Morphing from Photoresponsive Gold Nanorod/Liquid Crystal Elastomers

(2020) Yuchen Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Scalable synthesis of robust and stretchable composite wound dressings by dispersing silver nanowires in continuous bacterial cellulose

(2020) Yizao Wan et al.   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

Shape memory textile composites with multi-mode actuations for soft morphing skins

(2020) Min-Woo Han et al.   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

Asymmetric elastoplasticity of stacked graphene assembly actualizes programmable untethered soft robotics

(2020) Shuai Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Rational design of fast recoverable shape-memory photoelectric spring in response to tiny deformation for monitoring underwater microvibration

(2020) Zhengpeng Yang et al.   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

Bioinspired fiber-regulated composite with tunable permanent shape and shape memory properties via 3d magnetic printing

(2019) Luquan Ren et al.   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

Soft Robotics: Plasmonic-Assisted Graphene Oxide Artificial Muscles (Adv. Mater. 5/2019)

(2019) Bing Han et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

DNA-Based Hydrogels Loaded with Au Nanoparticles or Au Nanorods: Thermoresponsive Plasmonic Matrices for Shape-Memory, Self-Healing, Controlled Release, and Mechanical Applications

(2019) Chen Wang et al.   ACS Nano

Preparation of electroactive shape memory polyurethane/graphene nanocomposites and investigation of relationship between rheology, morphology and electrical properties

(2019) Reza Lotfi Mayan Sofla et al.   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

Modeling strategy for dynamic-modal mechanophore in double-network hydrogel composites with self-growing and tailorable mechanical strength

(2019) Haibao Lu et al.   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

Multi-triggered Supramolecular DNA/Bipyridinium Dithienylethene Hydrogels Driven by Light, Redox, and Chemical Stimuli for Shape-Memory and Self-Healing Applications

(2018) Ziyuan Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Soft grasping mechanisms composed of shape memory polymer based self-bending units

(2018) Wei Wang et al.   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

High-Temperature Shape Memory Behavior of Novel All-Aromatic (AB)n-Multiblock Copoly(ester imide)s

(2017) Qingbao Guan et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Photomechanical Motion of Liquid-Crystalline Fibers Bending Away from a Light Source

(2017) Zhangxiang Cheng et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Stimuli-directed self-organized chiral superstructures for adaptive windows enabled by mesogen-functionalized graphene

(2017) Ling Wang et al.   Materials Today

Sequential self-folding of polymer sheets

(2017) Ying Liu et al.   Science Advances

Near-Infrared Light Triggered Soft Actuators in Aqueous Media Prepared from Shape-Memory Polymer Composites

(2016) Liang Fang et al.   MACROMOLECULAR MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING

Enhanced Optoelectronic Conversion Efficiency of CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dot/Graphene/Silver Nanowire Hybrid Thin Films

(2016) Bo-Tau Liu et al.   Nanoscale Research Letters

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

(2016) Stefano Palagi et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Enhanced Optoelectronic Conversion Efficiency of CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dot/Graphene/Silver Nanowire Hybrid Thin Films

(2016) Bo-Tau Liu et al.   Nanoscale Research Letters

Optical Pendulum Generator Based on Photomechanical Liquid-Crystalline Actuators

(2015) Rong Tang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

NIR–Vis–UV Light-Responsive Actuator Films of Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal/Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites

(2015) Zhangxiang Cheng et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Light-Powered Tumbler Movement of Graphene Oxide/Polymer Nanocomposites

(2015) Li Yu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Reversible and Rapid Laser Actuation of Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Micropillars with Inclusion of Gold Nanoparticles

(2015) Xiyang Liu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Light-Fueled Microscopic Walkers

(2015) Hao Zeng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Design, fabrication and control of soft robots

(2015) Daniela Rus et al.   NATURE

Recent twists in photoactuation and photoalignment control

(2014) Arri Priimagi et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Biomimetic Hydrogel-Based Actuating Systems

(2013) Leonid Ionov   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Temperature-memory polymer actuators

(2013) M. Behl et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Recent advances in photoresponsive liquid-crystalline polymers containing azobenzene chromophores

(2013) Haifeng Yu   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Fluorescent Actuator Based on Microporous Conjugated Polymer with Intramolecular Stack Structure

(2012) Wang-Eun Lee et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Remote Controlled Multishape Polymer Nanocomposites with Selective Radiofrequency Actuations

(2011) Zhengwang He et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

(2011) Xiaobo Zhang et al.   NANO LETTERS

An Asymmetrically Surface-Modified Graphene Film Electrochemical Actuator

(2010) Xuejun Xie et al.   ACS Nano

Temperature controlled encapsulation and release using partially biodegradable thermo-magneto-sensitive self-rolling tubes

(2010) Svetlana Zakharchenko et al.   Soft Matter

Shape Memory Polymer Research

(2009) Patrick T. Mather et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research