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Anisotropic stimuli-responsive polymeric materials: chemistry and applications

Frontiers in Materials
Anisotropic stimuli-responsive polymeric materials (ASRPM) exhibit distinct physical and chemical properties along various orientations and can respond to external stimuli, demonstrating exceptional adaptability and functional integration capabilities ...
Yuan Zhang, Yuan Zhang, Zhimin Lu, Changming Wu, Yang Xu   +4 more
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Humidity-responsive bilayer actuators based on a liquid-crystalline polymer network

, 2013
A humidity-responsive bilayer actuator has been developed that consists of an oriented polyamide-6 substrate and a liquid-crystalline polymer coating. The oriented substrate acts as an alignment layer for the liquid crystal.
Haan, de, L.T., Bastiaansen, C.W.M., Schenning, A.P.H.J.; id_orcid, Verjans, J.M.N., Dai, M., Schenning, A.P.H.J., Picot, O.T., Peijs, Ton   +7 more
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Vector-stimuli-responsive magnetorheological fibrous materials

Nature
Abstract Fibrous materials that provide reversible actuation 1,2 or adapt mechanical properties 3,4 in response to external stimuli hold great promise for smart textiles 5 , soft robotics
Junhong Pu, Haiqiong Li, Jin Liu, Ke Li, Xiaoming Tao   +4 more
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Multi-Responsive Microrobots Enabled by Chemistry and Materials Design

CHIMIA
At the microscale, robotic intelligence cannot rely on circuits or processors; instead, it must emerge directly from responsive materials. Chemistry provides the means: polymers, catalytic and magnetic materials enable single responsive mechanisms such ...
Minghan Hu
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Dual stimuli-responsive Fe3O4 graft poly(acrylic acid)-block-poly(2-methacryloyloxyethyl ferrocenecarboxylate) copolymer micromicelles: surface RAFT synthesis, self-assembly and drug release applications

Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2017
Background Stimuli-responsive polymer materials are a new kind of intelligent materials based on the concept of bionics, which exhibits more significant changes in physicochemical properties upon triggered by tiny environment stimuli, hence providing a ...
Yuan Wang, Xue-Yin Zhang, Yan-Ling Luo, Feng Xu, Ya-Shao Chen, Yu-Yu Su   +5 more
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On Untethered, Dual Magneto- and Photoresponsive Liquid Crystal Bilayer Actuators Showing Bending and Rotating Motion [PDF]

, 2019
The integration of untethered, multi-stimuli responsive actuation into soft microrobotic devices is a goal in the development of “smart” materials. This manuscript reports on a dual-stimuli responsive bilayer actuator consisting of a light responsive ...
Engels, Tom A.P., Pilz da Cunha, Marina, Foelen, Yari (author), Tom A. P. Engels, Michael G. Debije, Papamichou, K. (author), Michiel Hagenbeek, Engels, Tom A.P. (author), Debije, Michael G. (author), Hagenbeek, Michiel, Schenning, Albert P.H.J., Schenning, Albert P.H.J.; id_orcid, Papamichou, K., Foelen, Yari, Albert P. H. J. Schenning, Debije, Michael G.; id_orcid, Hagenbeek, M., Debije, Michael G., Papamichou, Kleopatra, Kleopatra Papamichou, Engels, Tom A.P.; id_orcid, Yari Foelen, Schenning, Albert P.H.J. (author), Hagenbeek, M. (author), Marina Pilz da Cunha, Pilz da Cunha, Marina (author)   +25 more
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Stimuli-responsive membranes—mechanisms, materials and future directions

npj Clean Water
The development of stimuli-responsive membranes, often stated as smart membranes, has garnered increasing attention in recent years owing to their potential in various industrial separation processes and their ability to mimic natural biological systems.
Fatima Mumtaz, Mohammad Faraz, Hari Kalathil Balakrishnan, Rahul Nair, Ludovic F. Dumée   +4 more
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Stimuli-responsive antimicrobial polymer systems: From structural design to biomedical applications

Giant
Bacterial infections and drug-resistant evolution have seriously threatened public health. Stimuli-responsive antimicrobial materials have been rapidly developed to address the evolving challenges posed by multi-drug-resistant bacteria.
Jia Guo, Yaqi Tao, Zhen Du, Siqi Zhang, Wei Zheng, Zhibo Wang, Zhuomin Yi, Yangqing Gou, Wen Tang   +8 more
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Easily Processable Temperature-Responsive Infrared-Reflective Polymer Coatings [PDF]

, 2017
A temperature-responsive near-infrared reflective coating was fabricated based on a side-chain liquid crystal siloxane polymer using a simple wired-bar method.
Laurens T. de Haan, Guofu Zhou, Albertus P. H. J. Schenning, Schenning, A.P.H.J.; id_orcid, Weixin Zhang, Stijn Kragt, Schenning, A.P.H.J., Zhang, W., de Haan, L.T., Zhou, G., Kragt, S.   +10 more
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MXene-based stimuli-responsive and autonomous intelligent materials

Communications Materials
MXenes, a rapidly growing class of two-dimensional transition metal carbides and nitrides, have emerged as powerful building blocks for stimuli-responsive materials (SRMs) owing to their high conductivity, tunable surface chemistry, mechanical compliance,
Arash Adhami, Mohammad Mozafari, Masoud Soroush   +2 more
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