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Light Robots

Go beyond robotics through responsive materials dynamism

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2024

  1. H Guo*, TP Ruoko, H Zeng, A Priimagi*, Hydrogen‐Bonded Liquid Crystal Elastomers Combining Shape Memory Programming and Reversible Actuation. Adv. Func. Mater. 2024, 34, 2312068.
  2. Amanda Eklund, Shanming Hu, Yuhuang Fang, Henri Savolainen, Haotian Pi, Hao Zeng, Arri Priimagi, Olli Ikkala, Hang Zhang*, Bright and Switchable Whiteness in Macro‐Crosslinked Hydrogels. Adv. Opt. Mater. 2024, 12, 2302487.
  3. Jianfeng Yang, M Ravi Shankar, Hao Zeng*, Photochemically responsive polymer films enable tunable gliding flights. Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 4684. Open access raw data, https://doi.org/10.23729/186697c2-0ff7-416f-901f-631685ff8e3f
  4. Zixuan Deng, Kai Li, Arri Priimagi, Hao Zeng*, Light-steerable locomotion using zero-energy modes, Nat. Mater. 2024, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41563-024-02026-4.

2023

  1. Z. Deng, H. Zhang, A. Priimagi*, H. Zeng*, Light‐fueled Non‐reciprocal Self‐oscillators for Fluidic Transportation and Coupling. Adv.Mater.2023, 2209683.
  2. Y. Nemati, Z. Deng, H. Pi, H. Guo, H. Zhang, A. Priimagi, H. Zeng*, A scalable, incoherent-light-powered, omnidirectional self-oscillator, Adv. Intell. Syst. 2023, 2300054.
  3. H Guo*, C Liang, TP Ruoko, H Meteling, B Peng, H Zeng, A Priimagi*, Programmable and Self‐Healable Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuators Based on Halogen Bonding. Angew. Chem., 2023, 62, e202309402.

2022

  1. H. Zhang, H. Zeng*, A. Eklund, H. Guo, A. Priimagi, O. Ikkala*. Feedback-controlled hydrogels with homeostatic oscillations and dissipative signal transduction. Nat. Nanotechnol. 17, pages 1303–1310 (2022)
  2. J. Liu, H. Zeng, M. Zeng, Z. Wang, J. Wang, M. Cen, D. Luo, A. Priimagi*, Y. J. Liu*, Photoelastic plasmonic metasurfaces with ultra-large near infrared spectral tuning. Mater. Horiz. 2022, 10.1039/D1MH01377G
  3. M. Cheng, H. Zeng*, Y. Li, J. Liu, D. Luo, A. Priimagi, Y. J. Liu*, Light fueled polymer film capable of directional crawling, friction-controlled climbing and self-sustained motion on a human hair. Adv. Sci. 2022, 9, 2103090.
  4. J. Yang, H. Zhang, A. Berdin, W. Hu, H. Zeng*, Dandelion-Inspired, Wind-Dispersed Polymer-Assembly Controlled by Light. Adv. Sci. 2022, 2206752.
  5. Q. Yang, H. Shahsavan, Z. Deng, H. Guo, H. Zhang, H. Liu,* C. Zhang, A. Priimagi, X. Zhang, H. Zeng*. Semi-Crystalline Rubber as a Light-Responsive, Programmable, Resilient Robotic Material. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, 2206939.
  6. H Guo, A Priimagi*, H Zeng*,  Optically Controlled Latching and Launching in Soft Actuators. Adv. Func. Mater. 2022, 10.1002/adfm.202108919
  7. H. Guo, R. Puttreddy*, T. Salminen, A. Lends, K. Jaudzems, H. Zeng, A. Priimagi*. Halogen-bonded shape memory polymers. Nat. Commun. 2022, 13, 7436.
  8. H. Guo*, Hao Zeng, A. Priimagi*, Optically controlled grasping-slipping robot moving on tubular surfaces. Multifunct. Mater. 2022, 5 024001.

2021

  1. S. Yang, J. D. Harris, A. Lambai, L. L. Jeliazkov, G. Mohanty, H. Zeng, Arri Priimagi, Ivan Aprahamian*, Multistage reversible tg photomodulation and hardening of hydrazone-containing polymers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 16348.
  2. Z. Liu, H. Zeng, K.-L. Yang*, D. Luo*, Thermo- and chemical-triggered overhand and reef knots based on liquid crystal gels. J. Mater. Chem. C doi.org/10.1039/D1TC03615G
  3. H. Zhang, H. Zeng, A. Priimagi*, O. Ikkala*, Pavlovian materials—functional biomimetics inspired by classical conditioning. Advanced Materials, 2020, 1906619.
  4. D. Li, S. Wang, J. He, H. Zeng, K. Yao, Z. Gao, M. Wu, Y. Liu, L. Wang, Z. Xie, X. Yu*, Bioinspired Ultrathin Piecewise Controllable Soft Robots. Adv. Mater. Technol., 2021, 2001095.
  5. P. Xue, H. Bisoyi, Y. Chen, H. Zeng, J. Yang, X. Yang, P. Lv, X. Zhang, A. Priimagi, L. Wang*, Q. Li*, Near‐infrared light‐driven shape‐morphing of programmable anisotropic hydrogels enabled by Mxene nanosheets. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 3390.
  6. Y. Chen, J. Yang, X. Zhang, Y. Feng, H. Zeng, L. Wang, W. Feng, Light-driven bimorph soft actuators: design, fabrication, and properties. Mater. Horiz., 2021, 8, 728.
  7. P. Lv, X. Yang, H. K. Bisoyi, H. Zeng, X. Zhang, Y. Chen, P. Xue, S. Shi, A. Priimagi, L. Wang*, W. Feng*, Q. Li*, Stimulus-driven liquid metal and liquid crystal network actuators for programmable soft robotics. Mater. Horiz. 2021, 8, 2475.

2020

  1. Y.C. Cheng*, H.C. Lu, X. Lee, H. Zeng*, A. Priimagi, Kirigami‐Based Light‐Induced Shape‐Morphing and Locomotion. Advanced Materials 2020, 32, 1906233.
  2. A. Eklund, H. Zhang*, H. Zeng, A. Priimagi, O. Ikkala*, Fast switching of bright whiteness in channeled hydrogel networks. Advanced Functional Materials, 2020, 2000754.
  3. H. Shahsavan, A. Aghakhani, H. Zeng, Y. Guo, Z.S. Davidson, A. Priimagi, M. Sitti*, Bioinspired underwater locomotion of light-driven liquid crystal gels. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020, 117, 5125.
  4. M. Lahikainen, K. Kuntze, H. Zeng*, S. Helantera, S. Hecht, A. Priimagi*, Tunable photomechanics in diarylethene-driven liquid crystal network actuators. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 12, 47939.
  5.  Zeng, H. Zhang, O. Ikkala*, A. Priimagi*, Associative learning by classical conditioning in liquid crystal network actuators. Matter (Cell Press), 2020, 2, 194.
  6. M. Lahikainen, H Zeng*, A Priimagi*, Design principles for non-reciprocal photomechanical actuation. Soft Matter, 2020,16, 5951.

2019

  1. H. Zeng*, M. Lahikainen, L. Liu, Z. Ahmed, O.M. Wani, M. Wang, H. Yang, A. Priimagi*, Light-fuelled freestyle self-oscillators. Nature Communications, 2019, 10, 5057.
  2. H. Zhang, H. Zeng, A. Priimagi*, O. Ikkala*, Programmable responsive hydrogels inspired by classical conditioning algorithm, Nature communications. 2019, 10, 3267.
  3. O.M. Wani, R. Verpaalen, H. Zeng, A. Priimagi*, A.P.H.J. Schenning*, An artificial nocturnal flower via humidity‐gated photoactuation in liquid crystal networks.Advanced Materials 2019, 31, 1805985.

2018

  1. M. Lahikainen, H. Zeng*, A. Priimagi*, Reconfigurable photoactuator through synergistic use of photochemical and photothermal effects. Nature communications. 2018, 9, 4148.
  2. Owies M. Wani, H. Zeng*, P. Wasylczykb, Arri Priimagi*, Programming photo-response in liquid crystal polymer actuators with laser projector. Advanced Optical Materials 2018, 6, 1700949.
  3. Hao Zeng*, Piotr Wasylczyk, Diederik S. Wiersma and Arri Priimagi*, Light robots: bridging the gap between micro-robotics and photomechanics in soft materials. Advanced Materials 2018, 30, 1703554.

2017

  1. H. Zeng*, O. M. Wani, P. Wasylczyk, R. Kaczmarek, A. Priimagi*, Self-regulating iris based on light-actuated liquid-crystal elastomer. Advanced Materials 2017, 29, 1701814.
  2. Hao Zeng*, Owies M. Wani, Piotr Wasylczyk, Arri Priimagi*, Light-driven, caterpillar-inspired miniature inching robot. Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2017, 1700224.
  3. Owies M. Wani, Hao Zeng*, Arri Priimagi*, A light-driven artificial flytrap. Nature Communications 2017, 8, 15546.

Selected papers before 2017 (period in LENS – European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy)

  1. H. Zeng*, P. Wasylczyk, C. Parmeggiani, D. Martella, M. Burresi, D. S. Wiersma*, Light-fueled microscopic walkers. Advanced Materials 2015, 27, 3883.
  2. H. Zeng, D. Martella, P. Wasylczyk, G. Cerretti, J.-C. G. Lavocat, C.-H. Ho, C. Parmeggiani*, D. S. Wiersma*, High-resolution 3D direct laser writing for liquid-crystalline elastomer microstructures. Advanced Materials 2014, 26 2319-2322.
  3. S. Palagi, A. G. Mark, S. Y. Reigh, K. Melde, T. Qiu, H. Zeng, C. Parmeggiani, D. Martella, A. S. Castillo, N. Kapernaum, F. Giesselmann, D. S. Wiersma, E. Lauga, P. Fischer*, Structured light enables biomimetic swimming and versatile locomotion of photoresponsive soft microrobots. Nature Materials 2016, 15, 647.
  4. M. Rogóż, H. Zeng, C. Xuan, D. S. Wiersma, P. Wasylczyk*, Light-driven soft robot mimics caterpillar locomotion in natural scale. Advanced Optical Materials 2016, 4, 1689.