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Programming liquid crystal elastomers for multistep ambidirectional deformability
Ambidirectionality, which is the ability of structural elements to move beyond a reference state in two opposite directions, is common …
Yuxing Yao, Atalaya Milan Wilborn, Baptiste Lemaire, Foteini Trigka, Friedrich Stricker, Alan H Weible, Shucong Li, Robert KA Bennett, Tung Chun Cheung, Alison Grinthal, Mikhail Zhernenkov, Guillaume Freychet, Patryk Wąsik, Boris Kozinsky, Michael M Lerch, Xiaoguang Wang, Joanna Aizenberg
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Programming hierarchical anisotropy in microactuators for multimodal actuation
Microactuators, capable of executing tasks typically repetitive, hazardous, or impossible for humans, hold great promise across fields …
Shiyu Wang, Shucong Li, Wenchang Zhao, Ying Zhou, Liqiu Wang, Joanna Aizenberg, Pingan Zhu
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Programming Deformations of 3D Microstructures; Opportunities Enabled by Magnetic Alignment of Liquid Crystalline Elastomers
Synthetic structures that undergo controlled movement are crucial building blocks for developing new technologies applicable to …
Shucong Li, Michael Aizenberg, Michael Lerch, Joanna Aizenberg
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Staggered circular nanoporous graphene converts electromagnetic waves into electricity
Harvesting largely ignored and wasted electromagnetic (EM) energy released by electronic devices and converting it into direct current …
Hualiang Lv, Yuxing Yao, Shucong Li, Guanglei Wu, Biao Zhao, Xiaodi Zhou, Robert L. Dupont, Ufuoma I. Kara, Yimin Zhou, Shibo Xi, Bo Liu, Renchao Che, Jincang Zhang, Hongbin Xu, Solomon Adera, Renbing Wu, Xiaoguang Wang
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Self-regulated non-reciprocal motions in single-material microstructures
Living cilia stir, sweep and steer via swirling strokes of complex bending and twisting, paired with distinct reverse arcs. Efforts to …
Shucong Li, Michael M Lerch, James T Waters, Bolei Deng, Reese S Martens, Yuxing Yao, Do Yoon Kim, Katia Bertoldi, Alison Grinthal, Anna C Balazs, Joanna Aizenberg
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Wettability-based ultrasensitive detection of amphiphiles through directed concentration at disordered regions in self-assembled monolayers
Wettability-based molecular detection is emerging to enable portable and fast chemical detection within droplets. However, current …
Yuxing Yao, Robert K. A. Bennett, Yang Xu, Adil M. Rather, Shucong Li, Tung Chun Cheung, Alisha Bhanji, Michael J. Kreder, Dan Daniel, Solomon Adera, Joanna Aizenberg, Xiaoguang Wang
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Liquid-induced topological transformations of cellular microstructures
The fundamental topology of cellular structures—the location, number and connectivity of nodes and compartments—can profoundly affect …
Shucong Li, Bolei Deng, Alison Grinthal, Alyssha Schneider-Yamamura, Jinliang Kang, Reese S Martens, Cathy T Zhang, Jian Li, Siqin Yu, Katia Bertoldi, Joanna Aizenberg
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Controlling Liquid Crystal Orientations for Programmable Anisotropic Transformations in Cellular Microstructures
Geometric reconfigurations in cellular structures have recently been exploited to realize adaptive materials with applications in …
Shucong Li, Gabriele Librandi, Yuxing Yao, Austin J. Richard, Alyssha Schneider-Yamamura, Joanna Aizenberg, Katia Bertoldi
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From Appendage to Crosslinker – Unusual Swelling Behavior in Spiropyran-Modified Hydrogels
Stimuli-responsive materials typically contain responsive molecular units that couple an external trigger to a defined macroscale …
Michael M Lerch, Ankita Shastri, Thomas B.H. Schroeder, Amos Meeks, Shucong Li, Anna V. Shneidman, Michael Aizenberg, Joanna Aizenberg
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Twist again; Dynamically and reversibly controllable chirality in liquid crystalline elastomer microposts
Photoresponsive liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) constitute ideal actuators for soft robots because their light-induced macroscopic …
James T. Waters, Shucong Li, Yuxing Yao, Michael M. Lerch, Michael Aizenberg, Joanna Aizenberg, Anna C. Balazs
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