Microactuators provide controllable driving forces for precise positioning, manipulation and
operation at the microscale. Development of microactuators using active materials is often …

This paper presents interactive liquid crystal fiber arrays that can actuate in a way
perceptible by human touch. The fibers are actuated via a computer interface, enabling …

Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are stimuli‐responsive materials that transduce an
input energy into a mechanical response. LCE composites prepared with photothermal …

Although the finding of superelasticity and ferroelasticity in organic crystals has been
serendipitous, an increasing number of organic crystals with such deformation properties …

Liquid crystals with their unique ordered mesophases and anisotropic physical properties,
such as optical, magnetic and dielectric anisotropy, have found wide opto-electronic …

Multimaterial 3-D printing (3DP) of isotropic (IsoE) and liquid crystalline elastomers (LCE)
yields spatially programmed elements that undergo a cuboidal shape transformation upon …

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) with photo‐responsive properties, typically driven by either
photochemical or photothermal mechanisms, have found extensive applications as, for …

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are promising candidates for creating adaptive textile‐
based devices that can actively and reversibly respond to the environment for sensing and …

Small soft amphibious robots have the potential to be used in the exploration of underwater
pipelines, surface defect detection of underwater equipment, and underwater biological …

Wireless energy transmission (WET) promises to enhance device mobility through selective
and untethered energy delivery. In this paper, WET principles are harnessed to directly and …