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Light‐Driven Continual Oscillatory Rocking of a Polymer Film

ChemistryOpen, 2020
Achieving oscillatory motion in polymers without requiring on/off switching of stimuli is a current challenge. Hereby, a free‐standing liquid crystal polymer (LCP) is demonstrated to undergo a sustained oscillatory motion when triggered by light, moving ...
Marina Pilz da Cunha, Akhil R. Peeketi, Adithya Ramgopal, Prof. Ratna K. Annabattula, Prof. Albert P. H. J. Schenning   +4 more
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Temperature‐Responsive Photonic Devices Based on Cholesteric Liquid Crystals

Advanced Photonics Research, 2021
Cholesteric liquid crystals (CLCs) are a major class of photonic materials that display selective reflection properties arising from their helical ordering.
Weixin Zhang, Arne A. F. Froyen, Albertus P. H. J. Schenning, Guofu Zhou, Michael G. Debije, Laurens T. de Haan   +5 more
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Stimuli-Responsive Photonic Crystals

Applied Sciences, 2021
Recently, tunable photonic crystals (PhCs) have received great research interest, thanks to the wide range of applications in which they can be employed, such as light emission and sensing, among others.
Liliana Moscardi, Guglielmo Lanzani, Giuseppe M. Paternò, Francesco Scotognella   +3 more
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Precise antibacterial therapeutics based on stimuli-responsive nanomaterials

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2023
Bacterial infection refers to the process in which bacteria invade, grow, reproduce, and interact with the body, ultimately causing a series of pathological changes.
Ziqi Wu, Ran Nie, Yao Wang, Qihui Wang, Xiang Li, Yuguang Liu   +5 more
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Recent research progress on the stimuli-responsive smart membrane: A review

Nanotechnology Reviews, 2023
The smart membrane is a new type of functional membrane. The performance of this membrane is changed according to the variations in external physical and chemical signals.
Pan Yi, Liu Yapeng, Yang Shuangchun, Zhang Changqing, Ullah Zain   +4 more
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Recent Advances in Stimuli-Responsive Metallogels

Molecules, 2023
Recently, stimuli-responsive supramolecular gels have received significant attention because their properties can be modulated through external stimuli such as heat, light, electricity, magnetic fields, mechanical stress, pH, ions, chemicals and enzymes.
Zhixiong Liu, Xiaofang Zhao, Qingkai Chu, Yu Feng   +3 more
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Stimuli-responsive materials based on interpenetrating polymer liquid crystal hydrogels [PDF]

, 2015
Stimuli-responsive materials based on interpenetrating liquid crystal-hydrogel polymer networks are fabricated. These materials consist of a cholesteric liquid crystalline network that reflects color and an interwoven poly(acrylic acid) network that ...
Spoelstra, A.B., Bastiaansen, C.W.M., Broer, D.J., Schenning, A.P.H.J.; id_orcid, Broer, D.J.; id_orcid, Stumpel, J.E., Schenning, A.P.H.J., Gil, E.R.   +7 more
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Stimuli-responsive hydrogel sponge for ultrafast responsive actuator

Supramolecular Materials, 2022
With the ability to deform in response to specific stimuli, polymeric hydrogel actuators are important bionic materials. However, because shape deformation is derived from the diffusion of water molecules, the response rate of hydrogel actuators is ...
Yukun Jian, Baoyi Wu, Xuxu Yang, Yu Peng, Dachuan Zhang, Yang Yang, Huiyu Qiu, Huanhuan Lu, Jiawei Zhang, Tao Chen   +9 more
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Stimuli‐Responsive Antibacterial Materials: Molecular Structures, Design Principles, and Biomedical Applications

Advanced Science, 2022
Infections are regarded as the most severe complication associated with human health, which are urgent to be solved. Stimuli‐responsive materials are appealing therapeutic platforms for antibacterial treatments, which provide great potential for accurate
Xianghong Wang, Mengyao Shan, Shike Zhang, Xin Chen, Wentao Liu, Jinzhou Chen, Xuying Liu   +6 more
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Stimuli-responsive photonic polymer coatings [PDF]

, 2014
This feature article focuses on the highlights in the development of photonic polymer coatings that can change their volume or surface topology in a reversible, dynamic fashion when exposed to an external stimulus.
Stumpel, JE Jelle, Schenning, APHJ Albert, Broer, D.J., Schenning, A.P.H.J.; id_orcid, Broer, D.J.; id_orcid, Stumpel, J.E., Schenning, A.P.H.J., Broer, DJ Dirk=Dick   +7 more
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