Two‐photon polymerization lithography for optics and photonics: fundamentals, materials, technologies, and applications

H Wang, W Zhang, D Ladika, H Yu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid development of additive manufacturing has fueled a revolution in various research
fields and industrial applications. Among the myriad of advanced 3D printing techniques …

Synthesis and alignment of liquid crystalline elastomers

KM Herbert, HE Fowler, JM McCracken… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are crosslinked polymer networks that combine the
elastic properties of rubber with the anisotropic properties of liquid crystals. Multifunctionality …

Recent advances in 4D printing of liquid crystal elastomers

M Chen, M Gao, L Bai, H Zheng, HJ Qi… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

3D‐Printed Photoresponsive Liquid Crystal Elastomer Composites for Free‐Form Actuation

Y Wang, R Yin, L Jin, M Liu, Y Gao… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Direct ink writing of liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) offers a new opportunity to program
geometries for a wide variety of shape transformation modes toward applications such as …

Photodeformable azobenzene‐containing liquid crystal polymers and soft actuators

X Pang, J Lv, C Zhu, L Qin, Y Yu - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Photodeformable liquid crystal polymers (LCPs) that adapt their shapes in response to light
have aroused a dramatic growth of interest in the past decades, since light as a stimulus …

[HTML][HTML] Fabrication, properties and applications of polymer composites additively manufactured with filler alignment control: A review

K Markandan, CQ Lai - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Interest in additive manufacturing (AM) of polymers has intensified significantly in recent
years as various industrial and research sectors begin to recognize the benefits of the …

Pros and cons: Magnetic versus optical microrobots

M Sitti, DS Wiersma - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Mobile microrobotics has emerged as a new robotics field within the last decade to create
untethered tiny robots that can access and operate in unprecedented, dangerous, or hard‐to …

4D printing of liquid crystals: what's right for me?

M Del Pozo, JAHP Sol, APHJ Schenning… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recent years have seen major advances in the developments of both additive
manufacturing concepts and responsive materials. When combined as 4D printing, the …

A light-driven artificial flytrap

OM Wani, H Zeng, A Priimagi - Nature communications, 2017 - nature.com
The sophistication, complexity and intelligence of biological systems is a continuous source
of inspiration for mankind. Mimicking the natural intelligence to devise tiny systems that are …

Light-driven liquid crystalline materials: from photo-induced phase transitions and property modulations to applications

HK Bisoyi, Q Li - Chemical Reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Light-driven phenomena both in living systems and nonliving materials have enabled truly
fascinating and incredible dynamic architectures with terrific forms and functions. Recently …