In recent decades, origami has been explored to aid in the design of engineering structures.
These structures span multiple scales and have been demonstrated to be used toward …

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Real-time monitoring of strain/stress in polymers is a big challenge to date. Herein, we for
the first time report an ESIPT (excited-state intramolecular proton transfer)-based …

Shape-shifting of flat materials into the desired 3D configuration is an alternative design
route for fabrication of complex 3D shapes, which provides many benefits such as access to …

Shape memory polymers are at the forefront of recent materials research. Although the basic
concept has been known for decades, recent advances in the research of shape memory …

Covalent adaptable networks (CANs; also known as dynamic covalent networks or vitrimers)
are appealing for developing simple and efficient techniques for recycling thermosetting …

Photo-origami uses the dynamic control of the molecular architecture of a polymer by a
combination of mechanical and non-contact optical stimuli to design and program spatially …

Dynamic covalent network (or covalent adaptable network) polymers can rearrange their
macromolecular chain network by bond exchange reactions (BERs) where an active unit …

Light‐driven actuation of synthetic polymers is an emerging field of interest because it offers
simple remote addressing without complicated hydraulic, electric, or magnetic systems …

A polymer network can imbibe copious amounts of solvent and swell, the resulting state is
known as a gel. Depending on its constituents, a gel is able to deform under the influence of …