Thermomechanical liquid crystalline elastomer capillaries with biomimetic peristaltic crawling function

Photocontrol of fluid slugs in liquid crystal polymer microactuators

(2016) Jiu-an Lv et al.   NATURE

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

(2016) Stefano Palagi et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Stimuli-responsive cylindrical hydrogels mimic intestinal peristalsis to propel a solid object

(2016) V. Nistor et al.   Soft Matter

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

(2015) Zhangxiang Cheng 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

Highly transparent triethoxysilane-terminated copolyimide and its SiO2 composite with enhanced thermal stability and reduced thermal expansion

(2015) Seong-Ku Kim et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

Voxelated liquid crystal elastomers

(2015) Taylor H. Ware et al.   SCIENCE

Liquid-Crystalline Elastomer-Nanoparticle Hybrids with Reversible Switch of Magnetic Memory

(2013) Johannes M. Haberl et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Topography from Topology: Photoinduced Surface Features Generated in Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks

(2013) Michael E. McConney et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Effect of molecular parameters on thermomechanical behavior of side-on nematic liquid crystal elastomers

(2013) Renbo Wei et al.   POLYMER

Batch fabrication of optical actuators using nanotube–elastomer composites towards refreshable Braille displays

(2012) C J Camargo et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

Nematic Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Grating and Microwire Fabricated by Micro-Molding in Capillaries

(2012) Renbo Wei et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

One-piece micropumps from liquid crystalline core-shell particles

(2012) Eva-Kristina Fleischmann et al.   Nature Communications

Microfluidic Synthesis of Highly Shape-Anisotropic Particles from Liquid Crystalline Elastomers with Defined Director Field Configurations

(2011) Christian Ohm et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Liquid Crystalline Elastomers as Actuators and Sensors

(2010) Christian Ohm et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Micron-sized liquid crystalline elastomer actuators

(2010) Hong Yang et al.   Soft Matter

A Continuous Flow Synthesis of Micrometer-Sized Actuators from Liquid Crystalline Elastomers

(2009) Christian Ohm et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Three-Dimensional Photomobility of Crosslinked Azobenzene Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Fibers

(2009) Taiki Yoshino et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

An underground explorer robot based on peristaltic crawling of earthworms

(2009) Hayato Omori et al.   Industrial Robot-The International Journal of Robotics Research and Application

Micron-Sized Main-Chain Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Actuators with Ultralarge Amplitude Contractions

(2009) Hong Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

Reversible Infrared Actuation of Carbon Nanotube-Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Nanocomposites

(2008) Liqiang Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Liquid crystal elastomer–nanoparticle systems for actuation

(2008) Martin Chambers et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY