Liquid crystals have been intensively studied as functional materials. Recently, integration of
various disciplines has led to new directions in the design of functional liquid‐crystalline …

Interest in additive manufacturing (AM) of polymers has intensified significantly in recent
years as various industrial and research sectors begin to recognize the benefits of the …

Many creatures have the ability to traverse challenging environments by using their active
muscles with anisotropic structures as the motors in a highly coordinated fashion. However …

Owing to their water‐rich structures, which are similar to those of biological tissues,
hydrogels have long been regarded as promising scaffolds for artificial tissues and organs …

In the human body, many soft tissues with hierarchically ordered composite structures, such
as cartilage, skeletal muscle, the corneas, and blood vessels, exhibit highly anisotropic …

Global population growth and industrialization have exacerbated the nonrenewable energy
crises and environmental issues, thereby stimulating an enormous demand for producing …

Living organisms use musculatures with spatially distributed anisotropic structures to actuate
deformations and locomotion with fascinating functions. Replicating such structural features …

Artificial muscles are promising as an intelligent material that can replace conventional
power systems to reproduce the motion of a living organism. Among various building …

Reported here is a multi‐response anisotropic poly (N‐isopropylacrylamide) hydrogel
developed by using a rotating magnetic field to align magnetic double stacks (MDSs) that …

By using an independent self-assembly process that is occasionally controlled by
evaporation, cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) may create films (pure or in conjunction with …