Stimuli‐responsive photonic actuators for integrated biomimetic and intelligent systems

J Gao, Y Tang, D Martella, J Guo… - Responsive …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Photonic actuators, serving as an emerging kind of intelligent stimuli‐responsive material,
can exhibit the abilities to change their structural colors/fluorescence and shapes under …

Nanomaterials with supramolecular assembly based on AIE luminogens for theranostic applications

N Song, Z Zhang, P Liu, YW Yang, L Wang… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
One of the major pursuits of biomedical science is to develop advanced strategies for
theranostics, which is expected to be an effective approach for achieving the transition from …

Cluster‐Triggered Self‐Luminescence, Rapid Self‐Healing, and Adaptive Reprogramming Liquid Crystal Elastomers Enabled by Dynamic Imine Bond

Q Fan, Y Tang, H Sun, D Guo, J Ma… - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The integration of advanced functions and diverse practical applications calls for
multifunctional liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs); however, the structure‐intrinsic …

Human-muscle-inspired single fibre actuator with reversible percolation

IH Kim, S Choi, J Lee, J Jung, J Yeo, JT Kim… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Artificial muscles are indispensable components for next-generation robotics capable of
mimicking sophisticated movements of living systems. However, an optimal combination of …

Interpenetrating liquid-crystal polyurethane/polyacrylate elastomer with ultrastrong mechanical property

HF Lu, M Wang, XM Chen, BP Lin… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Liquid-crystal elastomer (LCE) materials, which have been developed and investigated for 4
decades, still lack real industrial applications. The fundamental obstacle is the modest force …

Humidity‐responsive liquid crystalline network actuator showing synergistic fluorescence color change enabled by aggregation induced emission luminogen

R Lan, Y Gao, C Shen, R Huang, J Bao… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Imitating the structures and behaviors of natural creatures is of great significance to
scientists to explore novel materials for practical applications. However, the design and …

Smart chiral liquid crystal elastomers: Design, properties and application

Y Liu, J Ma, Y Yang, C Valenzuela, X Zhang… - Smart …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Smart chiral liquid crystal elastomers are a class of soft photonic crystals with periodic
nanostructures. There are two kinds of chiral liquid crystal elastomers with structural colors …

Mesogens with aggregation‐induced emission properties: materials with a bright future

J Voskuhl, M Giese - Aggregate, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Within the past two decades, chromophores, which show aggregation‐induced emission
(AIE), have gained considerable attention with respect to the development of luminescent …

Bio-inspired liquid crystal actuator materials

Y Shang, J Wang, T Ikeda, L Jiang - Journal of Materials chemistry C, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Liquid crystal elastomers, serving as a new kind of intelligent material, have demonstrated
important application in the fields of microactuators, artificial muscles, microfluid …

Structure‐induced Intelligence of Liquid Crystal Elastomers

ZZ Nie, M Wang, H Yang - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are active soft matter‐based materials with strong stimulus
responsiveness and reversible, large‐shape morphing capabilities. LCEs have …