Polymer science

A Review of Shape Memory Polymers and Composites: Mechanisms, Materials, and Applications

Yuliang Xia, Yang He, Fenghua Zhang, Yanju Liu, Jinsong Leng

Citations: 1221 • 2020

Mechanoresponsive self-growing hydrogels inspired by muscle training

Takahiro Matsuda, Runa Kawakami, Ryo Namba, Tasuku Nakajima, Jian Ping Gong

Citations: 841 • 2019

3D Printing of Liquid Crystal Elastomeric Actuators with Spatially Programed Nematic Order

Arda Kotikian, Ryan L. Truby, J. William Boley, Timothy J. White, Jennifer A. Lewis

Citations: 744 • 2018

Novel Materials for 3D Printing by Photopolymerization

Michael Layani, Xiaofeng Wang, Shlomo Magdassi

Citations: 537 • 2018

4D Printing with Mechanically Robust, Thermally Actuating Hydrogels

Shannon E. Bakarich, Robert Gorkin, Marc in het Panhuis, Geoffrey M. Spinks

Citations: 518 • 2015

Rehealable, fully recyclable, and malleable electronic skin enabled by dynamic covalent thermoset nanocomposite

Zhanan Zou, Chengpu Zhu, Yan Li, Xingfeng Lei, Wei Zhang, Jianliang Xiao

Citations: 500 • 2018

Introduction to protein crystallization

Alexander McPherson

Citations: 488 • 2013

Artificial Skin Perception

Ming Wang, Yifei Luo, Ting Wang, Changjin Wan, Liang Pan, Shaowu Pan, Ke He, Aden Neo, Xiaodong Chen

Citations: 444 • 2020

Photomobile polymer materials—various three-dimensional movements

Munenori Yamada, Mizuho Kondo, Ryo Miyasato, Yumiko Naka, Jun‐ichi Mamiya, Motoi Kinoshita, Atsushi Shishido, Yanlei Yu, Christopher J. Barrett, Tomiki Ikeda

Citations: 379 • 2008

4D Printed Actuators with Soft‐Robotic Functions

María López‐Valdeolivas, Danqing Liu, Dirk J. Broer, Carlos Sánchez‐Somolinos

Citations: 365 • 2017

Dielectric Elastomer Artificial Muscle: Materials Innovations and Device Explorations

Yu Qiu, Elric Zhang, Roshan Plamthottam, Qibing Pei

Citations: 365 • 2019

3D Printing Materials for Soft Robotics

Ela Sachyani Keneth, Alexander Kamyshny, Massimo Totaro, Lucia Beccai, Shlomo Magdassi

Citations: 350 • 2020

Transition-metal coordinate bonds for bioinspired macromolecules with tunable mechanical properties

Eesha Khare, Niels Holten‐Andersen, Markus J. Buehler

Citations: 338 • 2021

Anisotropically Fatigue‐Resistant Hydrogels

Xiangyu Liang, Guangda Chen, Shaoting Lin, Jiajun Zhang, Liu Wang, Pei Zhang, Zeyu Wang, Zongbao Wang, Yang Lan, Qi Ge, Ji Liu

Citations: 320 • 2021

Electroactive Polymers for Robotic Applications

Citations: 263 • 2007

Mechanoresponsive Polymerized Liquid Metal Networks

Carl J. Thrasher, Zachary J. Farrell, Nicholas J. Morris, Carson L. Willey, Christopher E. Tabor

Citations: 246 • 2019

Highly Damping and Self‐Healable Ionic Elastomer from Dynamic Phase Separation of Sticky Fluorinated Polymers

Huai Xiang, Xiaoxia Li, Baohu Wu, Shengtong Sun, Peiyi Wu

Citations: 234 • 2023

Architectural Code for Rubber Elasticity: From Supersoft to Superfirm Materials

Sergei S. Sheiko, Andrey V. Dobrynin

Citations: 211 • 2019

Bottlebrush Elastomers: A New Platform for Freestanding Electroactuation

Mohammad Vatankhah‐Varnoosfaderani, William F. M. Daniel, Alexandr P. Zhushma, Qiaoxi Li, Benjamin J. Morgan, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Daniel P. Armstrong, Richard J. Spontak, Andrey V. Dobrynin, Sergei S. Sheiko

Citations: 194 • 2016

Energy Harvesting and Storage with Soft and Stretchable Materials

Veenasri Vallem, Yasaman Sargolzaeiaval, Mehmet C. Öztürk, Ying‐Chih Lai, Michael D. Dickey

Citations: 190 • 2021