Composite Polymeric Membranes with Directionally Embedded Fibers for Controlled Dual Actuation

Bilayer-type fluorescence hydrogels with intelligent response serve as temperature/pH driven soft actuators

(2018) Yu Cheng et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

pH/thermo-responsive poly( N -isopropylacrylamide- co -maleic acid) hydrogel with a sensor and an actuator for biomedical applications

(2017) Gheorghe Fundueanu et al.   POLYMER

pH-Responsive polymers

(2017) G. Kocak et al.   Polymer Chemistry

A programmable soft chemo-mechanical actuator exploiting a catalyzed photochemical water-oxidation reaction

(2017) P. Yuan et al.   Soft Matter

Effect of Nanofibrillated Cellulose Content on the Temperature and Near Infrared Responses of Polyvinyl Butyral Nanofibers-Containing Bilayer Hydrogel System

(2017) Qian Zhao et al.   Polymers

Reversible bidirectional bending of hydrogel-based bilayer actuators

(2017) Xue Li et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

One-Component Dual Actuation: Poly(NIPAM) Can Actuate to Stable 3D Forms with Reversible Size Change

(2016) Li Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Magnetic actuated pH-responsive hydrogel-based soft micro-robot for targeted drug delivery

(2016) Hao Li et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

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

(2015) Li Liu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Unusual and Superfast Temperature-Triggered Actuators

(2015) Shaohua Jiang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

The design of pH-sensitive chitosan-based formulations for gastrointestinal delivery

(2015) Hongliang Du et al.   DRUG DISCOVERY TODAY

Oxygen reduction reaction induced pH-responsive chemo-mechanical hydrogel actuators

(2015) Cunjiang Yu et al.   Soft Matter

Solvent-driven temperature memory and multiple shape memory effects

(2015) Rui Xiao et al.   Soft Matter

High strength nanocomposite hydrogel bilayer with bidirectional bending and shape switching behaviors for soft actuators

(2015) Bo Xu et al.   RSC Advances

Hydrogel-based actuators: possibilities and limitations

(2014) Leonid Ionov   Materials Today

pH-sensitive polymeric nanoparticles for tumor-targeting doxorubicin delivery: concept and recent advances

(2014) Fenghua Meng et al.   Nanomedicine

pH- and electro-response characteristics of bacterial cellulose nanofiber/sodium alginate hybrid hydrogels for dual controlled drug delivery

(2014) Xiangning Shi et al.   RSC Advances

Photo-switchable control of pH-responsive actuators via pH jump reaction

(2012) Prapatsorn Techawanitchai et al.   Soft Matter

Self-folding all-polymer thermoresponsive microcapsules

(2011) Georgi Stoychev et al.   Soft Matter

A Pendulum-Like Motion of Nanofiber Gel Actuator Synchronized with External Periodic pH Oscillation

(2011) Hiroki Nakagawa et al.   Polymers

Delivery of basic fibroblast growth factor with a pH-responsive, injectable hydrogel to improve angiogenesis in infarcted myocardium

(2010) Jessica C. Garbern et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Photolithographically patterned smart hydrogel based bilayer actuators

(2010) Noy Bassik et al.   POLYMER

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

(2010) Svetlana Zakharchenko et al.   Soft Matter

Optimization of Electroactive Hydrogel Actuators

(2009) Megan L. O’Grady et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Molecular design of novel pH/temperature-sensitive hydrogels

(2009) Dai Phu Huynh et al.   POLYMER