Animals exploit the deformability of soft structures to move efficiently in complex natural
environments. These soft structures are inherently compliant and enable large strains in …

Intelligence of physical agents, such as human-made (eg, robots, autonomous cars) and
biological (eg, animals, plants) ones, is not only enabled by their computational intelligence …

Demands for next‐generation soft and responsive materials have sparked recent interest in
the development of shape‐changing particles and particle assemblies. Over the last two …

Stratified coatings are used to provide properties at a surface, such as hardness or refractive
index, which are different from underlying layers. Although time-savings are offered by self …

We study elastic snap-through induced by a control parameter that evolves dynamically. In
particular, we study an elastic arch subject to an end-shortening that evolves linearly with …

Light-driven actuators that directly convert light into mechanical work have attracted
significant attention due to their wireless advantage and ability to be easily controlled …

The thermodynamic properties of fluids play a crucial role in many engineering applications,
particularly in the context of energy. Fluids with multistable thermodynamic properties may …

Bistable structures featuring two stable shapes are commonplace in natural and engineered
systems. They can quickly snap from one stable state to the other in response to certain …

Many applications in tissue engineering, flexible electronics, and soft robotics call for
approaches that are capable of producing complex 3D architectures in soft materials. Here …

Charged fluorescent bowl‐shaped colloids consisting of a polystyrene core surrounded by a
poly (N‐isopropylmethacrylamide) shell are obtained by nanoengineering spherical …