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light-driven actuation

Description: Light-driven actuation is the production of movement or mechanical change in a material or system in response to illumination.
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Printed artificial cilia from liquid-crystal network actuators modularly driven by light
2009 · Casper L. van Oosten, Cees W. M. Bastiaansen, et al. · Nature Materials · 972
Expansion–contraction of photoresponsive artificial muscle regulated by host–guest interactions
2012 · Yoshinori Takashima, Shogo Hatanaka, et al. · Nature Communications · 726
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A light-driven artificial flytrap
2017 · Owies M. Wani, Hao Zeng, et al. · Nature Communications · 704
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Soft Actuators for Soft Robotic Applications: A Review
2020 · Nazek El-Atab, Rishabh B. Mishra, et al. · Advanced Intelligent Systems · 556
Light‐Fueled Microscopic Walkers
2015 · Hao Zeng, Piotr Wasylczyk, et al. · Advanced Materials · 448
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Soft phototactic swimmer based on self-sustained hydrogel oscillator
2019 · Yusen Zhao, Chen Xuan, et al. · Science Robotics · 426
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Light‐Driven Soft Robot Mimics Caterpillar Locomotion in Natural Scale
2016 · Mikołaj Rogóż, Hao Zeng, et al. · Advanced Optical Materials · 375
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Bioinspired underwater locomotion of light-driven liquid crystal gels
2020 · Hamed Shahsavan, Amirreza Aghakhani, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 372
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Somatosensory actuator based on stretchable conductive photothermally responsive hydrogel
2021 · Yusen Zhao, Chiao-Yueh Lo, et al. · Science Robotics · 318
Light-steered locomotion of muscle-like hydrogel by self-coordinated shape change and friction modulation
2020 · Qing Li Zhu, Cong Du, et al. · Nature Communications · 254
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Photomotility of polymers
2016 · Jeong Jae Wie, M. Ravi Shankar, et al. · Nature Communications · 253
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Light‐Driven, Caterpillar‐Inspired Miniature Inching Robot
2017 · Hao Zeng, Owies M. Wani, et al. · Macromolecular Rapid Communications · 250
Glassy photomechanical liquid-crystal network actuators for microscale devices
2007 · C. L. van Oosten, K. D. Harris, et al. · The European Physical Journal E · 248
Bioinspired Design of Light‐Powered Crawling, Squeezing, and Jumping Untethered Soft Robot
2019 · Chihyung Ahn, Xudong Liang, et al. · Advanced Materials Technologies · 241
Highly Conductive MXene/PEDOT:PSS‐Integrated Poly(N‐Isopropylacrylamide) Hydrogels for Bioinspired Somatosensory Soft Actuators
2023 · Pan Xue, Cristian Valenzuela, et al. · Advanced Functional Materials · 232
In-air fast response and high speed jumping and rolling of a light-driven hydrogel actuator
2020 · Mingtong Li, Xin Wang, et al. · Nature Communications · 231
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Photoresponsive Soft‐Robotic Platform: Biomimetic Fabrication and Remote Actuation
2014 · Weitao Jiang, Dong Niu, et al. · Advanced Functional Materials · 229
Miniaturized Swimming Soft Robot with Complex Movement Actuated and Controlled by Remote Light Signals
2015 · Chaolei Huang, Jiu-an Lv, et al. · Scientific Reports · 221
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Highly Stretchable and Conductive MXene‐Encapsulated Liquid Metal Hydrogels for Bioinspired Self‐Sensing Soft Actuators
2023 · Shaoshuai Ma, Pan Xue, et al. · Advanced Functional Materials · 206
Optical manipulation with metamaterial structures
2022 · Yuzhi Shi, Qinghua Song, et al. · Applied Physics Reviews · 188
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Light or Thermally Powered Autonomous Rolling of an Elastomer Rod
2018 · Chihyung Ahn, Kai Li, et al. · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · 185
Optically Driven Soft Micro Robotics
2018 · Sara Nocentini, Camilla Parmeggiani, et al. · Advanced Optical Materials · 170
Photonic Microhand with Autonomous Action
2017 · Daniele Martella, Sara Nocentini, et al. · Advanced Materials · 169
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Fabrication of Light‐Triggered Soft Artificial Muscles via a Mixed‐Matrix Membrane Strategy
2018 · Qi Yu, Xiaojie Yang, et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 159
Photoresponsive Fiber Array: Toward Mimicking the Collective Motion of Cilia for Transport Applications
2016 · Anne Helene Gelebart, Matthew Mc Bride, et al. · Advanced Functional Materials · 144
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Citation count: 15,210
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