Mechanically-guided 3D assembly for architected flexible electronics

R Bo, S Xu, Y Yang, Y Zhang - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Architected flexible electronic devices with rationally designed 3D geometries have found
essential applications in biology, medicine, therapeutics, sensing/imaging, energy, robotics …

Active materials for functional origami

S Leanza, S Wu, X Sun, HJ Qi, RR Zhao - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In recent decades, origami has been explored to aid in the design of engineering structures.
These structures span multiple scales and have been demonstrated to be used toward …

Bio‐inspired structure‐editing fluorescent hydrogel actuators for environment‐interactive information encryption

R Wang, Y Zhang, W Lu, B Wu, S Wei… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Many living organisms have the superb structure‐editing capacity for better adaptation in
dynamic environments over the course of their life cycle. However, it's still challenging to …

Instant protection spray for anti‐infection and accelerated healing of empyrosis

W Guan, C Gong, S Wu, Z Cui, Y Zheng, Z Li… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Distinct from common injuries, deep burns often require a chronic recovery cycle for healing
and long‐term antibiotic treatment to prevent infection. The rise of drug‐resistant bacteria …

Metalized polyamide heterostructure as a moisture-responsive actuator for multimodal adaptive personal heat management

X Li, B Ma, J Dai, C Sui, D Pande, DR Smith… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Personal thermal management textile/wearable is an effective strategy to expand the indoor
temperature setpoint range to reduce a building's energy consumption. Usually …

Stimuli‐Responsive Peptide Self‐Assembly to Construct Hydrogels with Actuation and Shape Memory Behaviors

Y Xiang, C Liu, S Ma, X Wang, L Zhu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogel actuators, capable of generating reversible deformation in response to external
stimulus, are widely considered as new emerging intelligent materials for applications in soft …

Multiscale bilayer hydrogels enabled by macrophase separation

D Zhang, Y Tang, K Zhang, Y Xue, SY Zheng, B Wu… - Matter, 2023 - cell.com
Bilayer hydrogels with intelligent functions have been considered as the ideal candidates for
mimicking soft tissues and robots to adapt their shapes or motions in response to external …

Light‐Fueled Nonequilibrium and Adaptable Hydrogels for Highly Tunable Autonomous Self‐Oscillating Functions

X Yang, W Shi, Z Chen, M Du, S Xiao… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nonequilibrium oscillation fueled by dissipating chemical energy is ubiquitous in living
systems for realizing a broad range of complex functions. The design of synthetic materials …

Strong, ultrafast, reprogrammable hydrogel actuators with muscle-mimetic aligned fibrous structures

Z Jiang, SM Seraji, X Tan, X Zhang, T Dinh… - Chemistry of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hydrogel actuators displaying programmable shape transformations promise to be core
components in future biomedical and soft robotic devices. However, current hydrogel …

Polyelectrolyte hydrogel: A versatile platform for mechanical-electric conversion and self-powered sensing

X Pan, Q Wang, D Benetti, Y Ni, F Rosei - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
There is an urgent need to develop self-powered technologies for portable strain/pressure
sensors. In this work, inspired by salinity-gradient electricity generation, we report the design …