An acid-responsive N-heteroacene-based material has been prepared, which shows a blue emission color in a film. The protonation of this material in a thin film gives rise to remarkable changes in luminescent color compared to that in solution states. As the protonation of N-heteroacene molecules in films gradually occurs, their emission color can be tuned by adjusting the exposure time of the t...

Polymers with large and reversible light-induced deformation offer a plethora of opportunities for the wireless control small-scale soft robots. However, their widespread adoption in real-world applications is hindered, mainly due to intrinsic softening upon illumination. Such limitation has detrimental effects on achievable stress, durability, precise positional actuators after multiple cycles...

Strategic structures designs to develop organic multi-stimuli-responsive fluorescent materials are highly desired, but hard achieve. We report here a novel multi-stimuli responsive luminescent material TXENE (1,2-Di(9H-thioxanthen-9-ylidene)ethane) composed of double...

Multi-stimuli-responsive soft materials introduce a new dimension in the design and control of machines, enhancing their use complex applications. In article number 2100336, Metin Sitti co-workers report bimorph material with uncoupled integration magnetic-responsive elastomer liquid crystal elastomer. This enables heterogeneous properties local addressability for independent separate parts wit...

ACADIA 2007 The distinction between matter (mechanics) and information (electronics) in the context of responsive building skins has promoted unique design protocols for integrating sensor technologies into material components. Such a distinction results in applications of remote sensing after the process of material fabrication. Sensors are commonly perceived as electronic patches which initia...

We report a microfluidic approach to produce monodisperse pH-responsive microcapsules with precisely controlled release behavior. The solid microcapsule shells are composed of a biocompatible pH-responsive polymer and robustly encapsulate an active material; however, when exposed to a trigger pH, the shells degrade and ultimately release the microcapsule contents. We control the trigger pH by u...

Intelligent, stimuli-responsive hydrogels have great utility in various fields spanning biomedical technology, separations, and catalysis. Their overall response to surrounding fluids may be further tailored to a specific application by incorporation of one or more intelligent responses within one material, known as multiresponsive hydrogels. This is a report on the facile synthesis and charact...