Biomimetic soft actuator: Rapid response to multiple stimuli with programmable control

W Yan, Y Feng, J Song, Z Hong, K Cui, AC Brannan… - Carbon, 2025 - Elsevier
Stimuli-responsive soft actuators have attracted increasing attention in multiple fields since
they exhibit unique advantages in safe interaction with humans and adaptability to dynamic …

Graphene oxide and low-density polyethylene based highly sensitive biomimetic soft actuators powered by multiple clean energies of humidity and light

Y Zhang, R Wang, W Tan, L Yang, X Lv… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Soft actuators based on smart materials can utilize external stimuli, especially clean energy
sources such as light and humidity in nature, to achieve controllable actuation and …

Ultrafast response and programmable locomotion of liquid/vapor/light-driven soft multifunctional actuators

M Wang, L Zhou, W Deng, Y Hou, W He, L Yu, H Sun… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
External-stimuli-driven soft actuators overcome several limitations inherent in traditional
mechanical-driven technology considering the coming age of flexible robots, which might …

Wax-Coated Graphene Oxide Films as Moisture-Responsive Actuators

XY Fu, P Song, W Wang, JN Ma - ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2024 - ACS Publications
Recently, soft actuators with the capabilities of stimuli response have attracted great
attention and shown potential application prospects in soft robots. The critical factor of soft …

Multi-stimuli-response programmable soft actuators with site-specific and anisotropic deformation behavior

Y Dong, L Wang, N Xia, Y Wang, S Wang, Z Yang… - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Biological systems with the capabilities of multi-stimuli response and delicate structural
changes have inspired the design of soft actuators and robots by either creating anisotropic …

Responsive soft actuator: harnessing multi-vapor, light, and magnetic field stimuli

V Kumar, DK Satapathy - Soft Matter, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Bioinspired soft actuators, capable of undergoing shape deformation in response to external
triggers, hold great potential in fields such as soft robotics, artificial muscles, drug delivery …

Multistimulus-Responsive Graphene Oxide/Fe3O4/Starch Soft Actuators

H Chathuranga, I Marriam, S Chen… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Soft actuators that respond to external stimuli like moisture, magnetism, light, and
temperature have received tremendous attention owing to their promising potential in many …

Multi-stimuli responsive soft actuator with locally controllable and programmable complex shape deformations

J Zhang, Y Wang, Y Sun, S Sun, Z Xu, J Li… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The soft actuators capable of responding to multiple stimuli and adapting to changing
environments have attracted growing interest in the flexible multifunctional materials …

Dual‐Responsive Soft Actuator Based on Aligned Carbon Nanotube Composite/Graphene Bimorph for Bioinspired Applications

H Li, R Li, K Wang, Y Hu - Macromolecular Materials and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nanocarbon‐based polymer actuators have attracted significant attention because of their
excellent actuation performance. In this study, a soft bimorph actuator composed of an …

Vapor and Light Responsive Biocompatible Soft Actuator

V Kumar, DK Satapathy - Langmuir, 2024 - ACS Publications
Bioinspired smart polymeric materials that undergo three-dimensional shape deformation in
response to specific stimuli have gained significant attention in the field of soft robotics and …