Materials for smart soft actuator systems
In contrast to conventional hard actuators, soft actuators offer many vivid advantages, such
as improved flexibility, adaptability, and reconfigurability, which are intrinsic to living …
as improved flexibility, adaptability, and reconfigurability, which are intrinsic to living …
Fabrication of biomedical scaffolds using biodegradable polymers
Degradable polymers are used widely in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
Maturing capabilities in additive manufacturing coupled with advances in orthogonal …
Maturing capabilities in additive manufacturing coupled with advances in orthogonal …
Bioinspired light-driven soft robots based on liquid crystal polymers
MP Da Cunha, MG Debije… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Nature is a constant source of inspiration for materials scientists, fueling the dream of
mimicking life-like motion and tasks in untethered, man-made devices. Liquid crystalline …
mimicking life-like motion and tasks in untethered, man-made devices. Liquid crystalline …
Recent progress in active mechanical metamaterials and construction principles
Active mechanical metamaterials (AMMs)(or smart mechanical metamaterials) that combine
the configurations of mechanical metamaterials and the active control of stimuli‐responsive …
the configurations of mechanical metamaterials and the active control of stimuli‐responsive …
Photodeformable azobenzene‐containing liquid crystal polymers and soft actuators
X Pang, J Lv, C Zhu, L Qin, Y Yu - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Photodeformable liquid crystal polymers (LCPs) that adapt their shapes in response to light
have aroused a dramatic growth of interest in the past decades, since light as a stimulus …
have aroused a dramatic growth of interest in the past decades, since light as a stimulus …
Stimuli‐responsive hydrogels: fabrication and biomedical applications
Due to their similarity to some bio‐architectures, for example, extracellular matrix, hydrogels
are considered as bio‐inspired networks with bio‐mimetic and bio‐functional properties …
are considered as bio‐inspired networks with bio‐mimetic and bio‐functional properties …
Smart polymers and nanocomposites for 3D and 4D printing
Smart materials, also known as intelligent materials, which are responsive to the external
stimuli including heat, moisture, stress, pH, and magnetic fields, have found extensive …
stimuli including heat, moisture, stress, pH, and magnetic fields, have found extensive …
Liquid crystal materials for biomedical applications
Liquid crystal is a state of matter being intermediate between solid and liquid. Liquid crystal
materials exhibit both orientational order and fluidity. While liquid crystals have long been …
materials exhibit both orientational order and fluidity. While liquid crystals have long been …
Bioinspired colloidal photonic composites: fabrications and emerging applications
M Li, Q Lyu, B Peng, X Chen, L Zhang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Organisms in nature have evolved unique structural colors and stimuli‐responsive functions
for camouflage, warning, and communication over millions of years, which are essential to …
for camouflage, warning, and communication over millions of years, which are essential to …
Bioinspired synergistic photochromic luminescence and programmable liquid crystal actuators
Bioinspired smart materials with synergistic allochroic luminescence and complex
deformation are expected to play an important role in many areas of science and …
deformation are expected to play an important role in many areas of science and …