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Yang Wang
Researcher at University of California, San Diego
Publications - 17
Citations - 740
Yang Wang is an academic researcher from University of California, San Diego. The author has contributed to research in topics: Actuator & Soft robotics. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 12 publications receiving 259 citations.
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Electrically controlled liquid crystal elastomer–based soft tubular actuator with multimodal actuation
TL;DR: This work designs and constructs soft tubular actuators using an emerging artificial muscle material that can be easily patterned with programmable strain: liquid crystal elastomer and builds a multifunctional soft gripper and an untethered soft robot.
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Three-dimensional printing of functionally graded liquid crystal elastomer.
TL;DR: A simple strategy to print functionally graded LCEs is proposed, which greatly increases the design space for creating active morphing structures and mitigation of stress concentration near the interface between an actuatable LCE tube and a rigid glass plate through gradient printing.
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Electrospun liquid crystal elastomer microfiber actuator.
Qiguang He,Zhijian Wang,Yang Wang,Zijun Wang,Chenghai Li,Raja Annapooranan,Jian Zeng,Renkun Chen,Shengqiang Cai +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, a liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) micro-fiber actuator was fabricated using a facile electrospinning technique, which can generate large actuation strain and high power density.
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Recyclable and Self-Repairable Fluid-Driven Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuator.
TL;DR: A fluid-driven disulfide LCE actuator that can generate large cyclic actuation at a frequency around 1 Hz and can also operate in a wide range of temperature is developed through facile laminate manufacturing enabled by dynamic bonds exchange reaction.
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Programmable actuation of liquid crystal elastomers via "living" exchange reaction
TL;DR: This article synthesizes a LCE with dynamic disulfide bonds and proposes a facile room-temperature mechanical programming method via a "living" exchange reaction without requiring additional stimuli and catalysts, and reveals the "living", for the first time, exchange reaction of disulfides at room temperature in a bulk polymer.