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An interface nanostructured array guided high performance electrochemical actuator

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Core-Sheath Carbon Nanostructured Fibers for Efficient Wire-Shaped Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

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Hierarchical chirality transfer in the growth of Towel Gourd tendrils

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Responsive Polymer Welds via Solution Casting for Stabilized Self-Assembly

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Preparation and Application of Aligned Carbon Nanotube/Polymer Composite Material

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A Novel Electromechanical Actuation Mechanism of a Carbon Nanotube Fiber

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Functional Organic Materials Based on Polymerized Liquid-Crystal Monomers: Supramolecular Hydrogen-Bonded Systems

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The application of graphene based materials for actuators

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The hierarchical structure and mechanics of plant materials

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

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“Vegetable Dynamicks”: The Role of Water in Plant Movements

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Hierarchically Structured Free-Standing Hydrogels with Liquid Crystalline Domains and Magnetic Nanoparticles as Dual Physical Cross-Linkers

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Fiber-Directed Conjugated-Polymer Torsional Actuator: Nonlinear Elasticity Modeling and Experimental Validation

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Large Effective-Strain Piezoelectric Actuators Using Nested Cellular Architecture With Exponential Strain Amplification Mechanisms

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Hygromorphs: from pine cones to biomimetic bilayers

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The transpiration of water at negative pressures in a synthetic tree

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