Papers

Light-steerable locomotion using zero-elastic-energy modes

Journal: Nature Materials

Authors: Zixuan Deng (ESR-11), Kai Li, Arri Priimagi and Hao Zeng

Date of publication: October 4, 2024

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Human interactive liquid crystal fiber arrays

Journal: Science Advances

Authors: Samuël A. M. Weima, Reza Norouzikudiani (ESR-6), Jaeryang Baek, Jaques A. Peixoto, Thierry K. Slot, Dirk J. Broer, Antonio DeSimone and Danqing Liu

Date of publication: September 6, 2024

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Localized and Limited-Dispersive Delivery of Thermal Stimuli to Liquid Crystal Oligomer Networks Through Radio-Frequency Media

Journal: Advanced Functional Materials

Authors: Mert O. Astam (ESR-8), Demian Verheesen, Pengrong Lyu, Samuël A.M. Weima and Danqing Liu

Date of publication: June 28, 2024

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Photonic cognition of liquid crystal polymers for unlocking electrical motion

Journal: Matter

Authors: Mert O. Astam (ESR-8), Samuël A.M. Weima, Ting-Hsuan Lee, Amy van Bezouw and Danqing Liu

Date of publication: March 29, 2024

Access publication: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2024.03.001

Spontaneous snap-through of strongly buckled liquid crystalline networks

Journal: Extreme Mechanics Letters

Authors: Duygu Sezen Polat (ESR-9), Michał Zmyślony (ESR-7), John S. Biggins and Danqing Liu

Date of publication: March 11, 2024

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Dual-Responsive Gradient Structured Actuator via Photopolymerization-Induced Diffusion

Journal: Chemistry – A European Journal

Authors: Duygu Sezen Polat (ESR-9), Vera E. Buurman, Dirk J. Mulder and Danqing Liu

Date of publication: March 08, 2024

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Photochemically Induced Propulsion of a 4D Printed Liquid Crystal Elastomer Biomimetic Swimmer

Journal: Advanced Science

Authors: Paolo Sartori (ESR-4), Rahul Singh Yadav (ESR-2), Jesús del Barrio, Antonio DeSimone and Carlos Sánchez-Somolinos

Date of publication: April 08, 2024

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Multimodal and Multistimuli 4D-Printed Magnetic Composite Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuators

Journal: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Authors: Erick R. Espíndola-Pérez (ESR-3), Javier Campo and Carlos Sánchez-Somolinos

Date of publication: December 27, 2023

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Liquid Crystal Networks Meet Water: It’s Complicated!

Journal: Advanced Materials

Authors: Natalie P. Pinchin, Hongshuang Guo, Henning Meteling, Zixuan Deng (ESR-11), Arri Priimagi and Hamed Shahsavan

Date of publication: July 01, 2023

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Equilibrium and transient response of photo-actuated Liquid Crystal Elastomer beams

Journal: Mechanics Research Communications

Authors: Reza Norouzikudiani (ESR-6), Alessandro Lucantonio and Antonio DeSimone

Date of publication: May 13, 2023

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A Scalable, Incoherent-Light-Powered, Omnidirectional Self-Oscillator

Journal: Advanced Intelligent Systems

Authors: Yasaman Nemati (ESR-10), Zixuan Deng (ESR-11), Haotian Pi, Hongshuang Guo, Hang Zhang, Arri Priimagi and Hao Zeng

Date of publication: April 18, 2023

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Light-driven peristaltic pumping by an actuating splay-bend strip

Journal: Nature Communications

Authors: Klaudia Dradrach, Michał Zmyślony (ESR-7), Zixuan Deng (ESR-11), Arri Priimagi, John Biggins and Piotr Wasylczyk

Date of publication: April 04, 2023

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Robotic Pick-and-Place Operations in Multifunctional Liquid Crystal Elastomers

Journal: Advanced Intelligent Systems

Authors: Pengrong Lyu, Mert Orhan Astam (ESR-8), Carlos Sánchez-Somolinos and Danqing Liu

Date of publication: November 26, 2022

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Light-Fueled Nonreciprocal Self-Oscillators for Fluidic Transportation and Coupling

Journal: Advanced Materials

Authors: Zixuan Deng (ESR-11), Hang Zhang, Arri Priimägi and Hao Zeng

Date of publication: December 16, 2022

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Self-regulating electrical rhythms with liquid crystal oligomer networks in hybrid circuitry

Journal: Soft Matter

Authors: Mert O. Astam (ESR-8), Pengrong Lyu, Jacques Peixoto and Danqing Liu

Date of publication: September 10, 2022

Access publication: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SM01117D

Active Surfaces Formed in Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks

Journal: Applied Materials and Interfaces

Authors: Mert O. Astam (ESR-8), Yuanyuan Zhan, Thierry K. Slot and Danqing Liu

Date of publication: February 10, 2022

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