Microstructured Nematic Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Surfaces with Switchable Wetting Properties

Bioinspired Actuated Adhesive Patterns of Liquid Crystalline Elastomers

(2012) Jiaxi Cui et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Optical manipulation of shape-morphing elastomeric liquid crystal microparticles doped with gold nanocrystals

(2012) Yaoran Sun et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Bio-inspired variable structural color materials

(2012) Yuanjin Zhao et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Direct preparation of nematic liquid crystalline elastomer actuators by electron beam irradiation polymerization

(2012) Qiang Qian et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

One-piece micropumps from liquid crystalline core-shell particles

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

Superhydrophobic-Superoleophilic Polythiophene Films with Tunable Wetting and Electrochromism

(2011) Roderick B. Pernites et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Photocontrollable Liquid-Crystalline Actuators

(2011) Haifeng Yu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Vinyl carbonates, vinyl carbamates, and related monomers: synthesis, polymerization, and application

(2011) Branislav Husár et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

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

Shape selection of twist-nematic-elastomer ribbons

(2011) Y. Sawa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Extreme wettability and tunable adhesion: biomimicking beyond nature?

(2011) Xinjie Liu et al.   Soft Matter

Control of the Properties of Micrometer-Sized Actuators from Liquid Crystalline Elastomers Prepared in a Microfluidic Setup

(2010) Christian Ohm et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Liquid Crystalline Elastomers as Actuators and Sensors

(2010) Christian Ohm et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Photo-Controlled Wettability Switching by Conformal Coating of Nanoscale Topographies with Ultrathin Oxide Films

(2010) Jari Malm et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Vinylcarbonates and vinylcarbamates: Biocompatible monomers for radical photopolymerization

(2010) Christian Heller et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

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

Reversible Switching of Water-Droplet Mobility on a Superhydrophobic Surface Based on a Phase Transition of a Side-Chain Liquid-Crystal Polymer

(2009) Chao Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

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

Photo-Crosslinked Side-Chain Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers for Microsystems

(2009) Antoni Sánchez-Ferrer et al.   MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Biomaterial systems for mechanosensing and actuation

(2009) Peter Fratzl et al.   NATURE

Printed artificial cilia from liquid-crystal network actuators modularly driven by light

(2009) Casper L. van Oosten et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Smart responsive surfaces switching reversibly between super-hydrophobicity and super-hydrophilicity

(2009) Fan Xia et al.   Soft Matter

Wetting, adhesion and friction of superhydrophobic and hydrophilic leaves and fabricated micro/nanopatterned surfaces

(2008) Bharat Bhushan et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER

Progess in superhydrophobic surface development

(2007) Paul Roach et al.   Soft Matter