In recent decades, origami has been explored to aid in the design of engineering structures.
These structures span multiple scales and have been demonstrated to be used toward …

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are renowned for their large, reversible, and anisotropic
shape change in response to various external stimuli due to their lightly cross‐linked …

Color is a property directly discernible by our eyes, making it perceptually conspicuous.
Changes in color, whether achromatic (from white to black) or chromatic (from colorless to …

Animals can modify their body shape and/or color for protection, camouflage and
communication. This adaptability has inspired fabrication of actuators with structural color …

Additive manufacturing with stimuli‐responsive materials—4D printing—is a rapidly growing
field, with direct ink writing allowing deposition of a wide variety of materials. The synthesis …

Liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) is a typical thermally responsive soft material, which is an
ideal candidate for fabricating programmable shape changing structures. The anisotropic …

Despite the fascinating developments in design and synthesis of artificial molecular
machines operating at the nanoscales, translating molecular motion along multiple length …

Recent years have seen major advances in the additive manufacturing of stimuli‐responsive
materials, also known as “4D printing,” among which liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) play …

Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) have emerged as an important class of functional
materials that are suitable for a wide range of applications, such as sensors, actuators, and …

Soft actuators with stimuli-responsive and reversible deformations have shown great
promise in soft robotics. However, some challenges remain in existing actuators, such as the …