A new paper titled “Electric Field Driven Soft Morphing Matter” authored by Ciqun Xu (former joint PhD student with Bristol Robotic Laboratory), Charl Faul, Majid Taghavi, and Jonathan Rossiter, is now published Open Access in Advanced Materials!

This study demonstrated an electric field-driven soft morphing matter, termed electro-morphing gel (e-MG), with extremely high morphological adaptability and complex multimodal electric field response. The remote-control strategy opens a wide range of applications in soft and bio-inspired robotics, dexterous manipulation, and space exploration. Check the supporting video for a cool swinging gymnast for more details!