A paradigm shift from hard to flexible, organic-based optoelectronics requires fast and
reversible mechanical response from actuating materials that are used for conversion of
heat or light into mechanical motion. As the limits in the response times of polymer-based
actuating materials are reached, which are inherent to the less-than-optimal coupling
between the light/heat and mechanical energy in them, a conceptually new approach to
mechanical actuation is required to leapfrog the performance of organic actuators. Herein …