Bioinspired hydrogel actuator for soft robotics: Opportunity and challenges
Natural organisms offer abundant inspiration for designing and fabricating hydrogel robots
with autonomous and intelligent behaviors, including motion, perception, and response to …
with autonomous and intelligent behaviors, including motion, perception, and response to …
Beyond the visible: bioinspired infrared adaptive materials
Infrared (IR) adaptation phenomena are ubiquitous in nature and biological systems. Taking
inspiration from natural creatures, researchers have devoted extensive efforts for developing …
inspiration from natural creatures, researchers have devoted extensive efforts for developing …
Bioinspired phototropic MXene‐reinforced soft tubular actuators for omnidirectional light‐tracking and adaptive photovoltaics
Endowing artificial advanced materials and systems with biomimetic self‐regulatory
intelligence is of paramount significance for the development of somatosensory soft robotics …
intelligence is of paramount significance for the development of somatosensory soft robotics …
Mechanochromic, shape‐programmable and self‐healable cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers enabled by dynamic covalent boronic ester bonds
J Ma, Y Yang, C Valenzuela, X Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Endowing a cholesteric liquid crystal elastomer (CLCE) exhibiting a helicoidal nanostructure
with dynamically tailorable functionalities is of paramount significance for its emerging …
with dynamically tailorable functionalities is of paramount significance for its emerging …
Recent advances in 4D printing of liquid crystal elastomers
Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are renowned for their large, reversible, and anisotropic
shape change in response to various external stimuli due to their lightly cross‐linked …
shape change in response to various external stimuli due to their lightly cross‐linked …
Light-driven dandelion-inspired microfliers
Y Chen, C Valenzuela, X Zhang, X Yang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
In nature, many plants have evolved diverse flight mechanisms to disperse seeds by wind
and propagate their genetic information. Inspired by the flight mechanism of the dandelion …
and propagate their genetic information. Inspired by the flight mechanism of the dandelion …
Sunlight-powered self-excited oscillators for sustainable autonomous soft robotics
As the field of soft robotics advances, full autonomy becomes highly sought after, especially
if robot motion can be powered by environmental energy. This would present a self …
if robot motion can be powered by environmental energy. This would present a self …
Liquid crystal-templated chiral nanomaterials: from chiral plasmonics to circularly polarized luminescence
X Zhang, Y Xu, C Valenzuela, X Zhang… - Light: Science & …, 2022 - nature.com
Chiral nanomaterials with intrinsic chirality or spatial asymmetry at the nanoscale are
currently in the limelight of both fundamental research and diverse important technological …
currently in the limelight of both fundamental research and diverse important technological …
Nanocellulose‐based functional materials: from chiral photonics to soft actuator and energy storage
P Lv, X Lu, L Wang, W Feng - Advanced Functional Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nanocellulose is currently in the limelight of extensive research from fundamental science to
technological applications owing to its renewable and carbon‐neutral nature, superior …
technological applications owing to its renewable and carbon‐neutral nature, superior …
Engineered exosomes from different sources for cancer-targeted therapy
M Zhang, S Hu, L Liu, P Dang, Y Liu, Z Sun… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Exosome is a subgroup of extracellular vesicles, which has been serving as an efficient
therapeutic tool for various diseases. Engineered exosomes are the sort of exosomes …
therapeutic tool for various diseases. Engineered exosomes are the sort of exosomes …