All forms of energy follow the law of conservation of energy, by which they can be neither
created nor destroyed. Light-to-heat conversion as a traditional yet constantly evolving …

The surge in advanced manufacturing techniques has led to a paradigm shift in the realm of
material design from developing completely new chemistry to tailoring geometry within …

Abstract 4D printing of liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) via direct ink writing has opened up
great opportunities to create stimuli‐responsive actuations for applications such as soft …

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCE) and magnetic soft materials are promising active materials
in many emerging fields, such as soft robotics. Despite the high demand for developing …

Recent experiments have revealed a new end-to-end ribbon spiral structure capable of
demonstrating two interconnected periodic zero-energy-mode self-rotation-eversion in …

Untethered soft robots have attracted growing attention due to their safe interaction with
living organisms, good flexibility, and accurate remote control. However, the materials …

Ring‐opening of phenol in wastewater is the pivotal step in photocatalytic degradation. The
highly selective generation of catalytical active species (• OH) to facilitate this process …

Active materials hold substantial potential for self-sustaining motion, however, the
dependency on movable light or extensive area illumination in current structures often …

Self-oscillation is to draw energy from a stable external environment to maintain its own
continuous motion, making it a highly relevant concept for intelligent materials, soft robots …

Self-sustaining systems can generate and maintain periodic or chaotic motion under
constant external stimulation, and has potential applications in fields such as soft robotics …