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“2D or not 2D”: Shape-programming polymer sheets
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In this article, a review summarizes progress toward programming two-dimensional (2D) polymer sheets which respond to a variety of external stimuli to form 3D shapes or topographical features on macroscopically planar sheets.About:
This article is published in Progress in Polymer Science.The article was published on 2016-01-01. It has received 296 citations till now.read more
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Soft Actuators for Small-Scale Robotics.
TL;DR: A detailed survey of ongoing methodologies for soft actuators, highlighting approaches suitable for nanometer- to centimeter-scale robotic applications, including both the development of new materials and composites, as well as novel implementations leveraging the unique properties of soft materials.
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Soft matter with hard skin : From skin wrinkles to templating and material characterization
Jan Genzer,Jan Groenewold +1 more
TL;DR: This paper discusses how and why wrinkles/buckles form in various materials, and describes several examples from everyday life that demonstrate that wrinkling or buckling is indeed a commonplace phenomenon that spans a multitude of length scales.
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A review of 4D printing
TL;DR: A comprehensive review of the 4D printing process is presented in this article, which summarizes the practical concepts and related tools that have a prominent role in this field and summarizes the unimportant aspects.
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Printing, folding and assembly methods for forming 3D mesostructures in advanced materials
TL;DR: A review of the latest progress and trends in methods for fabricating 3D mesostructures, beginning with the development of advanced material inks for nozzle-based approaches to 3D printing and new schemes for 3D optical patterning, can be found in this article.
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Properties and Applications of the β Phase Poly(vinylidene fluoride).
TL;DR: The basic knowledge and character methods for PVDF fabrication are discussed and an overview of recent advances on the phase modification and recent applications of the β phase PVDF are reported to provide an insight for the development and utilization of βphase PVDF nanofilms in future electronics.
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Emerging applications of stimuli-responsive polymer materials
Martien A. Cohen Stuart,Wilhelm T. S. Huck,Jan Genzer,Marcus Müller,Christopher K. Ober,Manfred Stamm,Gleb B. Sukhorukov,Igal Szleifer,Vladimir V. Tsukruk,Marek W. Urban,Françoise M. Winnik,Stefan Zauscher,Igor Luzinov,Sergiy Minko +13 more
TL;DR: This work reviews recent advances and challenges in the developments towards applications of stimuli-responsive polymeric materials that are self-assembled from nanostructured building blocks and provides a critical outline of emerging developments.
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Environment-sensitive hydrogels for drug delivery
Yong Qiu,Kinam Park +1 more
TL;DR: Development of environmentally sensitive hydrogels with a wide array of desirable properties can be made is a formidable challenge, however, if the achievements of the past can be extrapolated into the future, it is highly likely that responsive hydrogelWith such properties can been made.
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Hydrogels in Biology and Medicine: From Molecular Principles to Bionanotechnology†
TL;DR: This work highlights recent developments in engineering uncrosslinked and crosslinked hydrophilic polymers for biomedical and biological applications and shows how such systems' intelligent behavior can be used in sensors, microarrays, and imaging.
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Designing materials for biology and medicine
Robert Langer,David A. Tirrell +1 more
TL;DR: New challenges and directions in biomaterials research are discussed, including synthetic replacements for biological tissues, designing materials for specific medical applications, and materials for new applications such as diagnostics and array technologies.
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"Dip-Pen" Nanolithography
TL;DR: A direct-write "dip-pen" nanolithography (DPN) has been developed to deliver collections of molecules in a positive printing mode, making DPN a potentially useful tool for creating and functionalizing nanoscale devices.