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Localised Actuation in Composites Containing Carbon Nanotubes and Liquid Crystalline Elastomers
2011
Photo‐Switchable Surface Topologies in Chiral Nematic Coatings
2011
Synthetic Molecular Motors and Mechanical Machines
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Visible‐Light‐Activated Molecular Switches
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Organic Photomechanical Materials
2014
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2005
Opto‐Mechanical Effect in Photoactive Nematic Side‐Chain Liquid‐Crystalline Elastomers
2011
Liquid Crystalline Elastomers as Actuators and Sensors
2010
Nematic Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Grating and Microwire Fabricated by Micro‐Molding in Capillaries
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Fast liquid-crystal elastomer swims into the dark
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Photomechanics of Liquid‐Crystalline Elastomers and Other Polymers
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Photomobile Polymer Materials: Towards Light‐Driven Plastic Motors
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Light‐Driven Molecular‐Crystal Actuators: Rapid and Reversible Bending of Rodlike Mixed Crystals of Diarylethene Derivatives
2011
Electrically driven directional motion of a four-wheeled molecule on a metal surface
2011 StandoutNatureNobel
Three‐Dimensional Photomobility of Crosslinked Azobenzene Liquid‐Crystalline Polymer Fibers
2009
Programmable and adaptive mechanics with liquid crystal polymer networks and elastomers
2015 Standout
Light-induced shape-memory polymers
2005 StandoutNature
Photo-mechanical effects in azobenzene-containing soft materials
2007
Soft Actuators Based on Liquid‐Crystalline Elastomers
2006
Glassy photomechanical liquid-crystal network actuators for microscale devices
2007
Conversion of light into macroscopic helical motion
2014
Mouldable liquid-crystalline elastomer actuators with exchangeable covalent bonds
2013
Directed bending of a polymer film by light
2003 StandoutNature
Self-healing and thermoreversible rubber from supramolecular assembly
2008 StandoutNature
Geometry of Thin Nematic Elastomer Sheets
2014
Photostimulated and Photosuppressed Phase Transitions in Liquid Crystals
2012
Role of polarization and alignment in photoactuationof nematic elastomers
2007
Photoinduced shape changes of diarylethene single crystals: correlation between shape changes and molecular packing
2010
Engineering of Complex Order and the Macroscopic Deformation of Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks
2012
uv manipulation of order and macroscopic shape in nematic elastomers
2002
Thermal diffusion and bending kinetics in nematic elastomer cantilever
2008
Rotational Reorganization of Doped Cholesteric Liquid Crystalline Films
2006 StandoutNobel
Recent advances in shape memory polymers and composites: a review
2007
Adjustable Receptor Based on a [3]Rotaxane Whose Two Threaded Rings Are Rigidly Attached to Two Porphyrinic Plates: Synthesis and Complexation Studies
2009 StandoutNobel
Functional Supramolecular Polymers
2012 StandoutScience
Voxelated liquid crystal elastomers
2015 Science
Is chemical crosslinking necessary for the photoinduced bending of polymer films?
2007
Carbon-nanotube sensitized nematic elastomer composites for IR-visible photo-actuation
2011
Reversible white-light actuation of carbon nanotube incorporated liquid crystalline elastomer nanocomposites
2011
Effect of concentration of photoactive chromophores on photomechanical properties of crosslinked azobenzene liquid-crystalline polymers
2009
Chain conformation of liquid-crystalline polymers studied by small-angle neutron scattering
1997
Liquid crystal elastomers, networks and gels: advanced smart materials
2005
Molecular relaxations in a glass of cholesteric liquid crystal
1982 Nature
Increased Speed of Rotation for the Smallest Light-Driven Molecular Motor
2003 StandoutNobel
Liquid crystal elastomer–nanoparticle systems for actuation
2008
Polydomain−Monodomain Transition of Randomly Disordered Nematic Elastomers with Different Cross-Linking Histories
2009
Melting and superheating of crystalline solids: From bulk to nanocrystals
2007
Artificial muscles based on nematic gels
1997 Nobel
Cooperative light-induced molecular movements of highly ordered azobenzene self-assembled monolayers
2007 StandoutNobel
Models of the glass transition
1986
Polarization-controlled, photodriven bending in monodomain liquid crystal elastomer cantilevers
2008
Biomimetic 4D printing
2016 Standout
MHz Unidirectional Rotation of Molecular Rotary Motors
2008 StandoutNobel
Photochemical Switching Behavior of Liquid-Crystalline Networks: Effect of Molecular Structure of Azobenzene Molecules
2001
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Amphiphilic Bistable [2]Rotaxane Langmuir Monolayers at the Air/Water Interface
2005 StandoutNobel
Light to work transduction and shape memory in glassy, photoresponsive macromolecular systems: Trends and opportunities
2012
Photochromism and Molecular Mechanical Devices
2008
Novel Cross-Linking Concept of Polymer Network: Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of Slide-Ring Gels with Freely Movable Junctions
2007
Combined One-Way and Two-Way Shape Memory in a Glass-Forming Nematic Network
2008
Isolation by crystallization of translational isomers of a bistable donor-acceptor [2]catenane
2010 StandoutNobel
A Light-Gated STOP−GO Molecular Shuttle
2009 StandoutNobel
Amphiphilic Molecular Motors for Responsive Aggregation in Water
2015 StandoutNobel
Shape selection of twist-nematic-elastomer ribbons
2011
Experimental studies of the mechanisms of photomechanical effects in a nematic liquid crystal elastomer
2011
Self-Assembled Polymer Films for Controlled Agent-Driven Motion
2005
High-Convertible Photochromism of a Diarylethene Single Crystal Accompanying the Crystal Shape Deformation
2011
Artificial muscles based on liquid crystal elastomers
2006
Optimizing rotary processes in synthetic molecular motors
2009 StandoutNobel
Photoinduced Motions in Azo-Containing Polymers
2002 Standout
Anisotropic Bending and Unbending Behavior of Azobenzene Liquid‐Crystalline Gels by Light Exposure
2003
Structure-Based Design of Functional Amyloid Materials
2014 StandoutNobel
Soft shape memory in main-chain liquid crystalline elastomers
2010
Reversible Solid-to-Liquid Phase Transition of Coordination Polymer Crystals
2014 StandoutNobel
Organogel Formation by a Cholesterol-Stoppered Bistable [2]Rotaxane and Its Dumbbell Precursor
2008 StandoutNobel
Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy of Azobenzene Polymers: Switching Elasticity of Single Photochromic Macromolecules
2003
Photogenerating work from polymers
2008
Amphidynamic Character of Crystalline MOF-5: Rotational Dynamics of Terephthalate Phenylenes in a Free-Volume, Sterically Unhindered Environment
2008 StandoutNobel
Evaluation of synthetic linear motor-molecule actuation energetics
2006 StandoutNobel
Photomechanical mechanism and structure-property considerations in the generation of photomechanical work in glassy, azobenzene liquid crystal polymer networks
2011
Formation of Glasses from Liquids and Biopolymers
1995 StandoutScience
A Redox-Active Bistable Molecular Switch Mounted inside a Metal–Organic Framework
2016 StandoutNobel
Towards the molecular workshop: entropy-driven designer molecules, entropy activation, and nanomechanical devices
2002
Crystal Structures and Photophysical Properties of 9-Anthracene Carboxylic Acid Derivatives for Photomechanical Applications
2011
Can sunlight drive the photoinduced bending of polymer films?
2009
Orientation effects in monodomain nematic liquid crystalline polysiloxane elastomers
1998 StandoutNobel
Reversible Photocontrol of Biological Systems by the Incorporation of Molecular Photoswitches
2013 StandoutNobel
A Redox-Switchable α-Cyclodextrin-Based [2]Rotaxane
2008 StandoutNobel
Self‐Assembled Shape‐Memory Fibers of Triblock Liquid‐Crystal Polymers
2006
Photomobile polymer materials: from nano to macro
2011
Linear Artificial Molecular Muscles
2005 StandoutNobel
Artificial Molecular Machines
2015 Standout
Structures and Properties of Self-Assembled Monolayers of Bistable [2]Rotaxanes on Au (111) Surfaces from Molecular Dynamics Simulations Validated with Experiment
2005 StandoutNobel
Light-Controlled Supramolecular Helicity of a Liquid Crystalline Phase Using a Helical Polymer Functionalized with a Single Chiroptical Molecular Switch
2008 StandoutNobel
Reversible Infrared Actuation of Carbon Nanotube–Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Nanocomposites
2008
Efficient fully functionalized photorefractive polymethacrylates with infrared sensitivity and different spacer lengths
2002
Organic Photorefractives: Mechanisms, Materials, and Applications
2004 StandoutNobel
Large amplitude light-induced motion in high elastic modulus polymer actuators
2005
Bending kinetics of a photo-actuating nematic elastomer cantilever
2011
Weiche Aktuatoren auf der Basis flüssigkristalliner Elastomere
2006
Diarylethene microcrystals make directional jumps upon ultraviolet irradiation
2007
Exceptional rigidity and biomechanics of amyloid revealed by 4D electron microscopy
2013 Nobel
Photodeformable CLCP material: study on photo-activated microvalve applications
2010
Designed amyloid fibers as materials for selective carbon dioxide capture
2013 StandoutNobel
o-Fluoroazobenzenes as Readily Synthesized Photoswitches Offering Nearly Quantitative Two-Way Isomerization with Visible Light
2012 Standout
Selected Issues in Liquid Crystal Elastomers and Gels
2007
Photochemical Mechanism and Photothermal Considerations in the Mechanical Response of Monodomain, Azobenzene-Functionalized Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks
2012
Tack energy and switchable adhesion of liquid crystal elastomers
2012
Driving Unidirectional Molecular Rotary Motors with Visible Light by Intra- And Intermolecular Energy Transfer from Palladium Porphyrin
2012 StandoutNobel
Deformation Coupled to Director Rotation in Swollen Nematic Elastomers under Electric Fields
2006
Metal Nanoparticles Functionalized with Molecular and Supramolecular Switches
2009 StandoutNobel
Supercooled liquids and the glass transition
2001 StandoutNature
Allosteric Regulation of the Rotational Speed in a Light-Driven Molecular Motor
2016 StandoutNobel
Topography from Topology: Photoinduced Surface Features Generated in Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks
2013
Liquid Crystal Elastomers with Magnetic Actuation
2010
Single-Molecule Optomechanical Cycle
2002 Science
Modeling the mechanisms of the photomechanical response of a nematic liquid crystal elastomer
2011
Monodomain Liquid Crystal Main Chain Elastomers by Photocrosslinking
2007
Redox Switchable Daisy Chain Rotaxanes Driven by Radical–Radical Interactions
2014 StandoutNobel
Photochromism of Diarylethene Molecules and Crystals: Memories, Switches, and Actuators
2014 Standout
A Diarylethene Cocrystal that Converts Light into Mechanical Work
2010
NIR-Light-Induced Deformation of Cross-Linked Liquid-Crystal Polymers Using Upconversion Nanophosphors
2011
Acid−Base Actuation of [c2]Daisy Chains
2009 StandoutNobel
Reversible Photoinduced Twisting of Molecular Crystal Microribbons
2011
Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks: Preparation, Properties, and Applications of Films with Patterned Molecular Alignment
2014
Batch fabrication of optical actuators using nanotube–elastomer composites towards refreshable Braille displays
2012
Efficient Templated Synthesis of Donor−Acceptor Rotaxanes Using Click Chemistry
2006 StandoutNobel
Polymer film with optically controlled form and actuation
2005
Reversible Photoinduced Shape Changes of Crystalline Organic Nanorods
2007
Pre-vitrification by viscosity feedback
1983
Operating Molecular Elevators
2006 StandoutNobel
Photodriven, Flexural–Torsional Oscillation of Glassy Azobenzene Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks
2011
Liquid crystalline polymer cantilever oscillators fueled by light
2009
Photopharmacology: Beyond Proof of Principle
2014 StandoutNobel
Unraveling the Photoswitching Mechanism in Donor–Acceptor Stenhouse Adducts
2016 StandoutNobel
Random-matrix physics: spectrum and strength fluctuations
1981 Standout
Relationship between the Photomechanical Response and the Thermomechanical Properties of Azobenzene Liquid Crystalline Polymer Networks
2010
Light‐Driven Side‐On Nematic Elastomer Actuators
2003
Control of Surface Wettability Using Tripodal Light-Activated Molecular Motors
2014 StandoutNobel
Large-Area Three-Dimensional Molecular Ordering of a Polymer Brush by One-Step Processing
2010 Science
Photoinduced Macroscopic Morphological Transformation of an Amphiphilic Diarylethene Assembly: Reversible Dynamic Motion
2015
Controlling Motion at the Nanoscale: Rise of the Molecular Machines
2015
Magnetoactive liquid crystal elastomer nanocomposites
2008
Light-activated shape memory of glassy, azobenzene liquid crystalline polymer networks
2011
Torsional mechanical responses in azobenzene functionalized liquid crystalline polymer networks
2013
Works of M. Warner being referenced
Mechanical response of smectic-C
2008
Hairpin rubber elasticity
2005
Blueprinting nematic glass: Systematically constructing and combining active points of curvature for emergent morphology
2011
Nonlinear Photoresponse of Disordered Elastomers
2006
Photoinduced Deformations of Beams, Plates, and Films
2004
Linear and Nonlinear Photoinduced Deformations of Cantilevers
2007
Cholesteric elastomers: Deformable photonic solids
2001
Electromechanical Fredericks effects in nematic gels
1999
Anisotropic response of glassy splay-bend and twist nematic cantilevers to light and heat
2010
Mechanical frustration and spontaneous polygonal folding in active nematic sheets
2012
Bleaching and stimulated recovery of dyes and of photocantilevers
2008
Elasticity of smectic-A
2005
Disclination-mediated thermo-optical response in nematic glass sheets
2010
Anomalous Viscoelastic Response of Nematic Elastomers
2001
A New Opto-Mechanical Effect in Solids
2001
Polarization dependence of optically driven polydomain elastomer mechanics
2008
Theory of nematic networks
1988
The swelling of nematic elastomers by nematogenic solvents
1997
Phase equilibria of swollen nematic elastomers
1992
Responsive nematic solid shells: Topology, compatibility, and shape
2012
Nematic Main Chain Polymers with Head-to-Tail Structure: Synthesis and Enhanced NLO Response
1998
Soft Rubber Elasticity
1995
“Soft elasticity” — deformation without resistance in liquid crystal elastomers
1994
Elasticity of entangled networks
1981
Thermal and photo‐actuation in nematic elastomers
2003
Layer-network coupling in smectic elastomers
1994
Statics and dynamics of hairpins in worm-like main chain nematic polymer liquid crystals
1990
Solar to electrical conversion via liquid crystal elastomers
2011
Gaussian curvature from flat elastica sheets
2010
Rod to coil transitions in nematic polymers
1985
Bending Dynamics and Directionality Reversal in Liquid Crystal Network Photoactuators
2008
Theory of nematic backbone polymer phases and conformations
1986
Nematic elastomers—A new state of matter?
1996
The elastic anisotropy of nematic elastomers
2001
Changing liquid crystal elastomer ordering with light – a route to opto-mechanically responsive materials
2009
Layer Hopping by Chains in Polymeric Smectics?
1986
Suppression of curvature in nematic elastica
2010
A dislocation theory of crystal melting and of glasses
1979
The activated morphology of grain boundaries in nematic solid sheets
2012
Orientation of nematic elastomers and gels by electric fields
1994
Curvature in nematic elastica responding to light and heat
2010
The effect of disorder on the spectrum of a Hermitian matrix
1980
Liquid crystalline elastomers: dynamics and relaxation of microstructure
2003
Nonlinear dynamics of optical absorption of intense beams
2008
Mechanical and order rigidity of nematic elastomers
2001