Royal Society of Chemistry, Journal of Materials Chemistry B: Materials for biology and medicine, 16(5), p. 2883-2887
DOI: 10.1039/c6tb02198k
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A same hybrid hydrogel sheet rapidly transforms into various shapes under near-infrared light irradiation. The transformation relies on the photo-thermal-induced asymmetric shrinking of the hydrogel material, which is further verified by finite element modeling.