Hydrogel actuators displaying programmable shape transformations are particularly
attractive for integration into future soft robotics with safe human–machine interactions …

The most pressing challenges for light‐driven hydrogel actuators include reliance on UV
light, slow response, poor mechanical properties, and limited functionalities. Now, a …

Achieving multifunctional shape‐changing hydrogels with synergistic and engineered
material properties is highly desirable for their expanding applications, yet remains an …

Polymeric gel‐based artificial muscles exhibiting tissue‐matched Young's modulus (10 Pa–
1 MPa) promise to be core components in future soft machines with inherently safe human …

Well-defined block copolymers have been widely used as emulsifiers, stabilizers, and
dispersants in the chemical industry for at least 50 years. In contrast, nature employs …

We present a new multi-responsive hydrogel based on oligo (ethylene glycol) methacrylate
(OEGMA) and incorporating the photosensitive monomer 4-acetoxystyrene (AOST). Light …

It is highly desirable but challenging to develop humidity-responsive polymers with
simultaneously improved mechanical properties and 3D printability, while still displaying …

P olyisocyanides and their block copolymers have widespread applications in many fields
due to their unique helix and self-assembly properties. At first, the latest progress in the …

A series of terpolymers of styrene, oligoethylene glycol methyl ether methacrylate and 2, 2, 2-
trifluoroethyl acrylate were synthesized by free radical polymerization. The lower critical …

Aqueous solution properties of polystyrene-b-poly (styrene-r-acrylic acid), PS-bP (Sr-AA),
block–random copolymers (BRC) as a function of pH and ionic strength are reported using …