Qing Li Zhu

TL;DR: A hydrogel-based, biomimetic soft robot capable of multimodal locomotion fueled and steered by light irradiation that combines dynamic synergy of localized shape-changing and friction manipulation under spatiotemporal light stimuli is reported.

TL;DR: A facile strategy is reported to fabricate hydrogels with elaborate ordered structures of nanosheets oriented under a distributed electric field, applicable to gels, elastomers, and thermosets loaded with other anisotropic particles or liquid crystals, for the design of biomimetic/bioinspired materials with specific functionalities.

TL;DR: In this paper , the fundamental principles for controllable deformations and motions of hydrogels, with a focus on the structure designs and responsive functions of corresponding soft actuators and robots.

TL;DR: In this article, a facile strategy to fabricate morphing hydrogels with elaborately ordered structures of nanosheets, which are oriented under distributed electric field and immobilized by polymerization to form a poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) matrix, is proposed.

TL;DR: In this paper , a multi-response anisotropic poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) hydrogel was developed by using a rotating magnetic field to align magnetic double stacks (MDSs) that are fixed by polymerization.