Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are polymer networks exhibiting anisotropic liquid
crystallinity while maintaining elastomeric properties. Owing to diverse polymeric forms and …

Precise control over molecular movement is of fundamental and practical importance in
physics, biology, and chemistry. At nanoscale, the peculiar functioning principles and the …

Direct ink writing of liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) offers a new opportunity to program
geometries for a wide variety of shape transformation modes toward applications such as …

Light has been recently intensively explored to power robots. However, most existing light‐
driven robots have limited locomotion modalities, with constrained locomotion capabilities. A …

Shape‐changing polymers are an emerging class of smart stimuli‐responsive materials.
Among the different stimuli that could be used for polymer actuation, light has several …

The illumination of azobenzene molecules with UV/visible light efficiently converts the
molecules between trans and cis isomerization states. Isomerization is accompanied by a …

Beyond their colorful appearances and versatile geometries, flowers can self‐shape‐morph
by adapting to environmental changes. Such responses are often regulated by a delicate …

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are shape-morphing materials that demonstrate reversible
actuation when exposed to external stimuli, such as light or heat. The actuation's complexity …

This article reviews recent progress in the use of stimuli-responsive polymers for soft
robotics. First, we introduce different types of representative stimuli-responsive polymers …

Smart polymers that are capable of controlled shape transformations under external stimuli
have attracted significant attention in the recent years due to the resemblance of this …