Photochromic polymer is defined as a series of materials based on photochromic units in
polymer chains, which produces reversible color changes under irradiation with a particular …

Digitization has brought a new era to the world, liberating information from physical media.
The material structure–property relation is high‐dimensional and nonlinear, and the …

Liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) photoactuators offer a versatile platform for executing
complicated tasks through precisely controlled bending directions and amplitudes. Optical …

Existing hyperelastic models require a large number of material constants to fully describe
the mechanical behavior of compressible polymers, indicating that existing hyperelastic …

Photoresponsive semicrystalline polymers, although promising as photomechanical
materials thanks to their high degree of molecular ordering and large phase transition …

Solar water evaporation has been considered as a promising method to solve the global
water scarcity due to its low energy consumption, environmental friendly, as well as high …

This work controlled the polymerization reaction, melting, and mixing processing of a mixture
including epoxy resin and polyethylene glycol (PEG) by a pulverizer, to effectively develop …

Light‐responsive shape‐changing polymers are photonastic materials: they can convert
light into mechanical energy through macroscopic transformations. Indeed, photochromic …