A Review of Recent Advances in Electrically Driven Polymer‐Based Flexible Actuators: Smart Materials, Structures, and Their Applications

J Ahn, J Gu, J Choi, C Han, Y Jeong… - Advanced Materials …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Polymer‐based flexible actuators have recently attracted significant attention owing to their
great potentials in soft robotics, wearables, haptics, and medical devices. In particular …

Developments and challenges of miniature piezoelectric robots: A review

J Li, J Deng, S Zhang, W Chen, J Zhao… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Miniature robots have been widely studied and applied in the fields of search and rescue,
reconnaissance, micromanipulation, and even the interior of the human body benefiting from …

Highly stretchable supercapacitors via crumpled vertically aligned carbon nanotube forests

C Cao, Y Zhou, S Ubnoske, J Zang… - Advanced Energy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Stretchable supercapacitors have received increasing attention due to their broad
applications in developing self‐powered stretchable electronics for wearable electronics …

Superhydrophobic graphene-based materials with self-cleaning and anticorrosion performance: An appraisal of neoteric advancement and future perspectives

A Jishnu, JS Jayan, A Saritha, AS Sethulekshmi… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lotus like materials having superhydrophobicity is attaining greater demand due to the
possibility of molding them into different high end applications. The major issue related to …

A comprehensive categorization of micro/nanomechanical resonators and their practical applications from an engineering perspective: a review

N Ghaemi, A Nikoobin… - Advanced Electronic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Micro/nanoelectromechanical systems (M/NEMS), especially micro/nanomechanical
resonators, provide an unprecedented platform for investigating a wide range of applications …

Thin‐film‐shaped flexible actuators

W Pang, S Xu, L Liu, R Bo… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Human‐like and creature‐like systems are one of the most representative imaginary
blueprints of future robots. To fulfill this blueprint, the development of high‐performance …

Rolling Stone Gathers Moss: Rolling Microneedles Generate Meta Microfluidic Microneedles (MMM)

Q Zhou, K Dong, M Wei, B He… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Microfluidic chips play crucial roles while lack satisfactory controllability and comprehensive
functionality. Inspired by biological systems, this study proposes a method utilizing rolling …

Programmable stimulation and actuation in flexible and stretchable electronics

H Luan, Y Zhang - Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Flexible and stretchable electronics represent a rapidly growing class of microsystem
technologies that are revolutionizing human lives with pioneering applications in digital …

Recent Advances in Self-Powered Tactile Sensing for Wearable Electronics

LF Liu, T Li, QT Lai, G Tang, QJ Sun - Materials, 2024 - mdpi.com
With the arrival of the Internet of Things era, the demand for tactile sensors continues to
grow. However, traditional sensors mostly require an external power supply to meet real …

Capacitive Lamé Mode Resonators in -Thick Monocrystalline Silicon Carbide with Q-Factors Exceeding 20 Million

J Yang, B Hamelin, F Ayazi - 2020 IEEE 33rd International …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reports on the implementation of a capacitive in-plane Lamé mode resonator in
65 μm-thick monocrystalline 4H silicon carbide on insulator (SiCOI) with ultra-low …