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Supramolecular photoresponsive polyurethane with movable crosslinks based on photoisomerization of azobenzene

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Light‐driven actuators are widely used for smart devices such as soft robots. One of the main challenges for actuators is achieving rapid responsiveness, in addition to ensuring favorable mechanical properties.
Xin Zhou, Ryohei Ikura, Changming Jin, Kenji Yamaoka, Junsu Park, Yoshinori Takashima   +5 more
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Liquid Crystalline Elastomers in Soft Robotics: Assessing Promise and Limitations

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are programmable soft materials that undergo large, anisotropic deformation in response to external stimuli. Their molecular alignment encodes directional actuation in a monolithic structure, making them long‐standing candidates for soft robotic systems.
Justin M. Speregen, Timothy J. White
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Recent advances in photoresponsive-based triazole sensors and their applications in biomaterials

Results in Chemistry
The photoresponsive nature of the triazole sensors introduces a dynamic element to biomaterial sensing, enabling precise control and modulation of their response.
Mani Rajasekar, Chiterasu Narendran, Jennita Mary, Meenamigai Sivakumar, Masilamani Selvam   +4 more
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Evaluating Nanoshells and a Potent Biladiene Photosensitizer for Dual Photothermal and Photodynamic Therapy of Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells

Nanomaterials, 2018
Light-activated therapies are ideal for treating cancer because they are non-invasive and highly specific to the area of light application. Photothermal therapy (PTT) and photodynamic therapy (PDT) are two types of light-activated therapies that show ...
Rachel S. Riley, Rachel K. O’Sullivan, Andrea M. Potocny, Joel Rosenthal, Emily S. Day   +4 more
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Functional Fibers in Soft Robotics: Advances in Material, Structural, and Systemic Tactics

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Fiber‐form robotic systems offer a scalable pathway toward embodied intelligence in soft robotics. This review surveys functional fibers as material, structural, and systemic elements, highlighting advances in responsive materials, architectural programing, and fabrication strategies.
Joonhee Won, Jaehyun Jang, Hyeonseo Kim, Inyoung Choi, Steve Park, Seongjun Park   +5 more
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Molecular Nanomagnets with Photomagnetic Properties: Design Strategies and Recent Advances

Magnetochemistry
The magnetic properties of molecular nanomagnets can be finely modulated by light, which provides great potential in optical switches, smart sensors, and data storage devices.
Xiaoshuang Gou, Xinyu Sun, Peng Cheng, Wei Shi   +3 more
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Advances in Electroactive Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Intelligent Robotics and Electronics

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Electroactive liquid crystal elastomers (eLCEs) integrate molecular anisotropy with electrical functionality to enable programmable actuation and reconfigurable electronics. This review classifies eLCEs into robotic actuators and adaptive electronics, summarizes key actuation mechanisms, and highlights fabrication strategies that bridge materials to ...
Kavita Ramesh Rathod, Sena Chon, Jae Hyuk Hwang, Sung Hyuk Park, Woohwa Lee, Joonmyung Choi, Shi Hyeong Kim, Seung Hwan Ko, Changsoon Choi, Seon Jeong Kim, Dong‐Gyun Kim, Habeom Lee, Kyung Gook Cho, Woon‐Hong Yeo, Hyun Kim   +14 more
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Learning‐Based Soft Robotic Grasping: Recent Progress and Remaining Challenges

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review analyzes learning‐based soft robotic grasping from a pipeline‐oriented perspective, encompassing soft gripper design, multimodal sensing, and learning‐based planning and control. It surveys key neural network architectures and benchmark datasets and identifies critical challenges such as sim‐to‐real transfer, generalization, and continual ...
Arnab Majumder, Jelizaveta Konstantinova, Graham Deacon, Kaspar Althoefer   +3 more
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An On‐Demand Neuromorphic Vision System Enabled by a Multi‐Paradigm Neuromorphic Device and Hierarchical Reconfigurability Designed from Device to System Level

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
An on‐demand ultra‐reconfigurable intelligent vision system with hierarchical reconfigurability from device to system levels is demonstrated. Through co‐design of a multi‐paradigm device, reconfigurable circuits, and adaptive system architecture/algorithms, the system enables seamless switching among spiking, non‐spiking, neuromorphic imaging (NI), and
Biyi Jiang, Jiayi Xu, Liang Ran, Xinhe Feng, Khalil Harrabi, Yida Li, Longyang Lin, Feichi Zhou   +7 more
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Theoretical study on the alkyl chain length impact of azobenzene-based photoresponsive ionic liquids

BMC Chemistry
The light-modulated isomerization and aggregation behavior of ionic liquids (ILs) in aqueous solutions holds fundamental and technological significance. Although several azobenzene-based photoresponsive ILs have been synthesized, there is still a lack of
Liyao Ying, Zhaoyang Ju, Chunjin Lin, Pin Wang, Haixiang Cheng, Liyong Ding, Tianshu Chu, Chunxiao Gong, Bing Zhou, Mengting Yu, Chengsheng Ge   +10 more
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