Smart Soft Materials with Multiscale Architecture and Dynamic Surface Topographies

CONSPECTUS:Smart soft materials have one or more characteristics that can be significantly altered in convertible fashions by external stimuli,such as light,moisture,mechanical force,temperature,electric/magnetic fields,pH,and so on.These materials can lead to widespread application in multifunctional smart devices.Recently,various smart soft materials have been developed under the inspiration of the intriguing multiscale structures,adaptive mechanisms,and dynamic responses of natural life,with an aim to further design advanced material systems with novel,intriguing,and unprecedented properties.