Light-driven phenomena both in living systems and nonliving materials have enabled truly
fascinating and incredible dynamic architectures with terrific forms and functions. Recently …

The idea of 3D printing ever since 1980's has agitated the research domains challenging the
conventional techniques with its inordinate efficiency in the utility of material, superior …

Shape‐switching behavior, where a transient stimulus induces an indefinitely stable
deformation that can be recovered on exposure to another transient stimulus, is critical to …

Recent years have seen a considerable growth of research interests in developing novel
technologies that permit designable manufacture and controllable manipulation of actuators …

Crosslinked liquid‐crystalline polymer materials that macroscopically deform when
irradiated with light have been extensively studied in the past decade because of their …

The emerging field of soft robotics demands the core actuators and related responsive
functional materials with rapid responsiveness and controllable accurate deformation. Here …

Solar thermal fuels (STFs) harvest and store solar energy in a closed cycle system through
conformational change of molecules and can release the energy in the form of heat on …

The ability to topographically structure and fast controllably actuate hydrogel in two and
three dimensions is the key for their promising applications in soft robots, microfluidic valves …

Liquid crystal polymer networks respond with an anisotropic deformation to a range of
external stimuli. When doped with molecular photoswitches, these materials undergo …

When photochromic molecules are organized in a crystal, the small-scale forces generated
by molecular photoisomerization events can combine together to generate work on micro-or …