Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs), owing to their intrinsic anisotropic property and capability
of generating programmable complex morphologies under heat, have been widely used for …

Liquid crystals are the basis of a pervasive technology of the modern era. Yet, as the display
market becomes commoditized, researchers in industry, government and academia are …

High efficiency combined with transformative roll-to-roll (R2R) printability makes metal
halide perovskite-based solar cells the most promising solar technology to address the …

Liquid crystal polymers (LCPs) have emerged as a material of choice for soft actuators, for
which applications have been envisioned in many areas. In contrast to the actuators based …

In this manuscript, a new vitrimer chemistry strategy (boronic transesterification) is
introduced into liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) to allow catalyst‐free bond exchange to …

The emerging field of optical-triggered actuators based on polymeric nanocomposite
continues to be the focus of considerable research in recent years because of their scientific …

This chapter presents the developments on soft materials driven by photothermal effect of
various photothermal agents. It discusses the combination of well‐known soft materials such …

Crosslinked liquid‐crystalline polymer materials that macroscopically deform when
irradiated with light have been extensively studied in the past decade because of their …

The accessible compendium of polymers in carbon nanotubes (CNTs) Carbon nanotubes
(CNTs)—extremely thin tubes only a few nanometers in diameter but able to attain lengths …

Photoresponsive soft actuators with photomechanical energy conversion and flexibility have
attracted significant interest in recent years owing to their unique merits of flexibility …