Nature Materials, ISSN 1476-1122, 02/2010, Volume 9, Issue 2, pp. 159 - 164
Surfaces with physicochemical properties that can be modulated using external stimuli offer great promise for designing responsive or adaptive materials. Here,...
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Advanced Materials, ISSN 0935-9648, 06/2019, Volume 31, Issue 24, pp. e1901216 - n/a
While most photomechanical materials developed to date have relied on free‐space illumination to drive actuation, this strategy fails when direct line‐of‐site...
liquid crystal elastomers | photoresponsive materials | actuators | GOLD NANOPARTICLES | PHYSICS, CONDENSED MATTER | PHYSICS, APPLIED | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | LIGHT | CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL | NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY | CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | SILVER NANOPARTICLES | FILMS | Waveguides | Actuators | Elastomers | Nanoparticles | Chemical reduction | Gold | Organic chemistry | Deformation | Nanocomposites | Light | Actuation | Liquid crystals
liquid crystal elastomers | photoresponsive materials | actuators | GOLD NANOPARTICLES | PHYSICS, CONDENSED MATTER | PHYSICS, APPLIED | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | LIGHT | CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL | NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY | CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | SILVER NANOPARTICLES | FILMS | Waveguides | Actuators | Elastomers | Nanoparticles | Chemical reduction | Gold | Organic chemistry | Deformation | Nanocomposites | Light | Actuation | Liquid crystals
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Physical Review Letters, ISSN 0031-9007, 10/2018, Volume 121, Issue 15
We present a new class of tunable light-driven oscillators based on mm-scale objects adsorbed at fluid interfaces. A fixed light source induces photothermal...
Luminous intensity | Hydrogels | Nanocomposites | Incident light | Surface tension | Curvature | Oscillators
Luminous intensity | Hydrogels | Nanocomposites | Incident light | Surface tension | Curvature | Oscillators
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Advanced Materials, ISSN 0935-9648, 09/2019, Volume 31, Issue 39, pp. e0193006 - n/a
Self‐folding is a powerful approach to fabricate materials with complex 3D forms and advanced properties using planar patterning steps, but suffers from...
origami | self‐folding | programmable deformation | hydrogels | stimuli responsive | PHYSICS, CONDENSED MATTER | COMPLEX | DESIGN | PHYSICS, APPLIED | self-folding | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL | NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY | CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | Automation | Hydrogels | Swelling | Manufacturing engineering | Actuation | Bifurcations | Metamaterials | Morphing | High temperature | Robotics | Complexity | Apexes | Folding
origami | self‐folding | programmable deformation | hydrogels | stimuli responsive | PHYSICS, CONDENSED MATTER | COMPLEX | DESIGN | PHYSICS, APPLIED | self-folding | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL | NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY | CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | Automation | Hydrogels | Swelling | Manufacturing engineering | Actuation | Bifurcations | Metamaterials | Morphing | High temperature | Robotics | Complexity | Apexes | Folding
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Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, ISSN 1359-0294, 04/2019, Volume 40, pp. 70 - 86
Shape transformation of thin two-dimensional sheets into three-dimensional structures using light is of great interest for remotely controlled fabrication,...
Actuators | Photomechanics | Light-responsive materials | Shape morphing | Polymers | Soft materials | Thin film mechanics | Thin films | Dielectric films
Actuators | Photomechanics | Light-responsive materials | Shape morphing | Polymers | Soft materials | Thin film mechanics | Thin films | Dielectric films
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Macromolecules, ISSN 0024-9297, 2019, Volume 52, Issue 7, pp. 2642 - 2650
Randomly end-linked copolymer networks (RECNs) provide a robust route to cocontinuous nanoscale structures, yielding opportunities to integrate desirable and...
POLYMERS | ORDER | POLYMER SCIENCE | BLOCK-COPOLYMERS | BEHAVIOR | CONETWORKS | SOL-GEL | POLYDISPERSITY | NANOPOROUS MATERIALS | MICROPHASE SEPARATION | SCATTERING
POLYMERS | ORDER | POLYMER SCIENCE | BLOCK-COPOLYMERS | BEHAVIOR | CONETWORKS | SOL-GEL | POLYDISPERSITY | NANOPOROUS MATERIALS | MICROPHASE SEPARATION | SCATTERING
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Advanced Functional Materials, ISSN 1616-301X, 11/2019, Volume 29, Issue 48, pp. 1905273 - n/a
A photocrosslinkable poly(N, N′‐diethylacrylamide) copolymer allows for the photolithographic fabrication of hydrogel sheets with nonuniform crosslinking...
photolithography | shape morphing | hydrogels | temperature responsiveness | curvature
photolithography | shape morphing | hydrogels | temperature responsiveness | curvature
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Angewandte Chemie International Edition, ISSN 1433-7851, 02/2008, Volume 47, Issue 11, pp. 2113 - 2116
Blooming block copolymers! Uniform droplets of solvent that contain amphiphilic polystyrene–poly(ethylene oxide) diblock copolymers are prepared using a...
block copolymers | electron microscopy | microparticles | emulsions | microfluidics | Emulsions | Electron microscopy | Block copolymers | Microfluidics | Microparticles | DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS | POLYMERS | DRUG-DELIVERY | VESICLES | STABILITY | MORPHOLOGIES | CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | OF-THE-ART | SOLVENT | SPONTANEOUS EMULSIFICATION | Particle Size | Emulsions - chemistry | Solvents - chemistry | Micelles | Surface Properties | Water - chemistry | Polyethylene Glycols - chemistry | Polymers - chemistry | Surface-Active Agents - chemistry | Polystyrenes - chemistry
block copolymers | electron microscopy | microparticles | emulsions | microfluidics | Emulsions | Electron microscopy | Block copolymers | Microfluidics | Microparticles | DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS | POLYMERS | DRUG-DELIVERY | VESICLES | STABILITY | MORPHOLOGIES | CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | OF-THE-ART | SOLVENT | SPONTANEOUS EMULSIFICATION | Particle Size | Emulsions - chemistry | Solvents - chemistry | Micelles | Surface Properties | Water - chemistry | Polyethylene Glycols - chemistry | Polymers - chemistry | Surface-Active Agents - chemistry | Polystyrenes - chemistry
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ISSN 1944-8244, 10/2018, Volume 10, Issue 39, pp. 33353 - 33359
Numerous examples of field-effect transistor (FET) biosensors and chemical sensors with good sensitivity and selectivity have now been developed. However,...
Research | artificial olfactory system | chemical sensing | eight dimensional responses | chemical discrimination | orthogonal ambipolar semiconductor | CHEMIRESISTIVE SENSORS | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | SENSITIVITY | NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY | NANOSTRUCTURES | FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS | LABEL-FREE DETECTION | CARBON NANOTUBES | GROWTH | SELECTIVE DETECTION | NANOWIRES | WATER
Research | artificial olfactory system | chemical sensing | eight dimensional responses | chemical discrimination | orthogonal ambipolar semiconductor | CHEMIRESISTIVE SENSORS | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | SENSITIVITY | NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY | NANOSTRUCTURES | FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS | LABEL-FREE DETECTION | CARBON NANOTUBES | GROWTH | SELECTIVE DETECTION | NANOWIRES | WATER
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Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics, ISSN 0887-6266, 01/2016, Volume 54, Issue 2, pp. 152 - 158
A simple method to achieve dispersion of nanoparticles (NPs) within polymer matrices by solution-state photografting of benzophenone (BP)-containing random...
nanoparticles | dispersions | photochemistry | nanocomposites | GOLD NANOPARTICLES | ATTACHMENT | POLYMER SCIENCE | BEHAVIOR | NANOCRYSTALS | GRAFTED-NANOPARTICLES | SIMULATION | COMPOSITES PHASE-STABILITY | BENZOPHENONE | MORPHOLOGY | SURFACES | Nanoparticles | Particulate composites | Ligands | Attachment | Dispersions | Chains (polymeric) | Polymers | Grafting
nanoparticles | dispersions | photochemistry | nanocomposites | GOLD NANOPARTICLES | ATTACHMENT | POLYMER SCIENCE | BEHAVIOR | NANOCRYSTALS | GRAFTED-NANOPARTICLES | SIMULATION | COMPOSITES PHASE-STABILITY | BENZOPHENONE | MORPHOLOGY | SURFACES | Nanoparticles | Particulate composites | Ligands | Attachment | Dispersions | Chains (polymeric) | Polymers | Grafting
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Chemical Communications : Chem Comm, ISSN 1359-7345, 01/2019, Volume 55, Issue 12, pp. 1833 - 1836
We introduce an approach to synthesize polymer-stabilized CsPbBr3 perovskite nanoparticles (NPs) using ammonium bromide-functionalized polymers as both bromide...
Nanoparticles | Optoelectronics | Perovskites | Polymers | Ammonium bromides
Nanoparticles | Optoelectronics | Perovskites | Polymers | Ammonium bromides
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Journal of the American Chemical Society, ISSN 0002-7863, 06/2008, Volume 130, Issue 23, pp. 7496 - 7502
We introduce a method for the formation of block copolymer micelles through interfacial instabilities of emulsion droplets. Amphiphilic...
Polystyrenes - chemical synthesis | Nanoparticles - chemistry | Micelles | Spectrometry, Fluorescence | Polyethylene Glycols - chemistry | Polyethylene Glycols - chemical synthesis | Polymethyl Methacrylate - chemical synthesis | Magnetics | Polymethyl Methacrylate - chemistry | Polystyrenes - chemistry | Hydrophobic effect | Emulsions | Research | Analysis
Polystyrenes - chemical synthesis | Nanoparticles - chemistry | Micelles | Spectrometry, Fluorescence | Polyethylene Glycols - chemistry | Polyethylene Glycols - chemical synthesis | Polymethyl Methacrylate - chemical synthesis | Magnetics | Polymethyl Methacrylate - chemistry | Polystyrenes - chemistry | Hydrophobic effect | Emulsions | Research | Analysis
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Macromolecules, ISSN 0024-9297, 04/2010, Volume 43, Issue 8, pp. 3577 - 3584
Block copolymers have the capacity to self-organize into a myriad of aggregate structures when placed in selective solvents, offering great promise for the...
DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS | TETRABLOCK COPOLYMER | POLYMER SCIENCE | MULTIPLE MORPHOLOGIES | MULTICOMPARTMENT MICELLES | DRUG-DELIVERY | SPONTANEOUS EMULSIFICATION | ABC TRIBLOCK COPOLYMER | OF-THE-ART | POLYMER VESICLES | INTERFACIAL INSTABILITIES
DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS | TETRABLOCK COPOLYMER | POLYMER SCIENCE | MULTIPLE MORPHOLOGIES | MULTICOMPARTMENT MICELLES | DRUG-DELIVERY | SPONTANEOUS EMULSIFICATION | ABC TRIBLOCK COPOLYMER | OF-THE-ART | POLYMER VESICLES | INTERFACIAL INSTABILITIES
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Advanced Optical Materials, ISSN 2195-1071, 08/2019, Volume 7, Issue 16, pp. 1900224 - n/a
Multiaddressable architectures comprising light‐responsive photochromic molecules and different stimuli‐responsive components are appealing platforms for...
orthogonal control | multiaddressable systems | photoswitches | stimuli‐responsive components | photoacids | PHOTOINDUCED ORIENTATION | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | ANNIHILATION UP-CONVERSION | STIMULI-RESPONSIVE POLYMERS | stimuli-responsive components | AZOBENZENE GROUPS | VISIBLE-LIGHT | SWITCHES | DIARYLETHENE | REDOX | ENERGY-TRANSFER | PHOTO | OPTICS | Molecular machines | Organic chemistry | Photochromism | Crosstalk | Smart materials
orthogonal control | multiaddressable systems | photoswitches | stimuli‐responsive components | photoacids | PHOTOINDUCED ORIENTATION | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | ANNIHILATION UP-CONVERSION | STIMULI-RESPONSIVE POLYMERS | stimuli-responsive components | AZOBENZENE GROUPS | VISIBLE-LIGHT | SWITCHES | DIARYLETHENE | REDOX | ENERGY-TRANSFER | PHOTO | OPTICS | Molecular machines | Organic chemistry | Photochromism | Crosstalk | Smart materials
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Soft Matter, ISSN 1744-683X, 01/2018, Volume 14, Issue 42, pp. 8545 - 8551
An elastic bilayer composed of a stiff film bonded to a soft substrate forms wrinkles under compression. While these uniform and periodic wrinkles initially...
Finite element method | High aspect ratio | Compression | Broken symmetry | Amplitudes | Bifurcations | Period doubling | Ridges | Substrates
Finite element method | High aspect ratio | Compression | Broken symmetry | Amplitudes | Bifurcations | Period doubling | Ridges | Substrates
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Science, ISSN 0036-8075, 08/2014, Volume 345, Issue 6197, pp. 647 - 650
Although broadly admired for its aesthetic qualities, the art of origami is now being recognized also as a framework for mechanical metamaterial design....
PROGRAMMABLE MATTER | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | Origami | Nanoparticles | Synthetic products | Usage | Materials research | Design and construction | Materials science | Mechanical engineering | Robots | Design engineering | Unit cell | Tunnels (transportation) | Buildings | Flats | Metamaterials | Folding
PROGRAMMABLE MATTER | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | Origami | Nanoparticles | Synthetic products | Usage | Materials research | Design and construction | Materials science | Mechanical engineering | Robots | Design engineering | Unit cell | Tunnels (transportation) | Buildings | Flats | Metamaterials | Folding
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Nature materials, ISSN 1476-1122, 05/2015, Volume 14, Issue 5, p. 540
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Mimicking dynamic in vivo environments with stimuli-responsive materials for cell culture
Trends in Biotechnology, ISSN 0167-7799, 2012, Volume 30, Issue 8, pp. 426 - 439
Traditional synthetic substrates and matrices for cell culture have proven to be of only limited utility in efforts to understand and control cell behavior, in...
Internal Medicine | 3-DIMENSIONAL HYDROGELS | SPATIOTEMPORAL CONTROL | SURFACE-TOPOGRAPHY | DRUG-DELIVERY | BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY | GROWTH-FACTORS | MECHANICAL STIMULATION | EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES | GEOMETRIC CONTROL | MESENCHYMAL STEM-CELLS | NONLINEAR ELASTICITY | Animals | Extracellular Matrix | Models, Biological | Humans | Cell Physiological Phenomena | Cell Culture Techniques - methods | Tissue Engineering | Environmental engineering | Bioengineering | Cell culture | Temperature | Peptides | Surface chemistry | Mechanical properties | Cell adhesion & migration | Signal transduction | Biomedical materials | Adsorption | Synthetic products | Behavior | Deoxyribonucleic acid--DNA
Internal Medicine | 3-DIMENSIONAL HYDROGELS | SPATIOTEMPORAL CONTROL | SURFACE-TOPOGRAPHY | DRUG-DELIVERY | BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY | GROWTH-FACTORS | MECHANICAL STIMULATION | EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES | GEOMETRIC CONTROL | MESENCHYMAL STEM-CELLS | NONLINEAR ELASTICITY | Animals | Extracellular Matrix | Models, Biological | Humans | Cell Physiological Phenomena | Cell Culture Techniques - methods | Tissue Engineering | Environmental engineering | Bioengineering | Cell culture | Temperature | Peptides | Surface chemistry | Mechanical properties | Cell adhesion & migration | Signal transduction | Biomedical materials | Adsorption | Synthetic products | Behavior | Deoxyribonucleic acid--DNA
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Soft Matter, ISSN 1744-683X, 01/2018, Volume 14, Issue 42, pp. 8636 - 8642
We study the origins of multiple mechanically stable states exhibited by an elastic shell comprising multiple conical frusta, a geometry common to...
Angles (geometry) | Deformation | Conical shells | Stability | Bistability | Straw | Computed tomography | Deformation analysis | Deformation effects | Elastic shells | Curvature | Residual stress | Reconfigurable control systems
Angles (geometry) | Deformation | Conical shells | Stability | Bistability | Straw | Computed tomography | Deformation analysis | Deformation effects | Elastic shells | Curvature | Residual stress | Reconfigurable control systems
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Science, ISSN 0036-8075, 3/2012, Volume 335, Issue 6073, pp. 1201 - 1205
Self-actuating materials capable of transforming between three-dimensional shapes have applications in areas as diverse as biomedicine, robotics, and tunable...
Spherical caps | Copolymers | Composite materials | Swelling | Gels | Lithography | REPORTS | Materials | Polymers | Curvature | Buckling | MECHANICS | BEHAVIOR | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | LEAVES | FABRICATION | ACTUATORS | SHEETS | THIN | Amides | Composition | Usage | Advanced materials | Production processes | Materials science | Offset printing | Hydrogels
Spherical caps | Copolymers | Composite materials | Swelling | Gels | Lithography | REPORTS | Materials | Polymers | Curvature | Buckling | MECHANICS | BEHAVIOR | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | LEAVES | FABRICATION | ACTUATORS | SHEETS | THIN | Amides | Composition | Usage | Advanced materials | Production processes | Materials science | Offset printing | Hydrogels
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