Green flexible electronics: natural materials, fabrication, and applications

Z Hui, L Zhang, G Ren, G Sun, HD Yu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of plastic electronics satisfies the increasing demand for flexible electronics.
However, it has caused severe ecological problems. Flexible electronics based on natural …

Sensing in soft robotics

C Hegde, J Su, JMR Tan, K He, X Chen, S Magdassi - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Soft robotics is an exciting field of science and technology that enables robots to manipulate
objects with human-like dexterity. Soft robots can handle delicate objects with care, access …

Self-powered and self-sensing devices based on human motion

Z Lai, J Xu, CR Bowen, S Zhou - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
The emergence of human-motion-based energy harvesters is a reflection of the need to
develop future energy supplies for small-scale human-motion-based self-powered and self …

Bioinspired hydrogel actuator for soft robotics: Opportunity and challenges

Y Chen, Y Zhang, H Li, J Shen, F Zhang, J He, J Lin… - Nano Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural organisms offer abundant inspiration for designing and fabricating hydrogel robots
with autonomous and intelligent behaviors, including motion, perception, and response to …

Recent advances in the additive manufacturing of stimuli‐responsive soft polymers

A Tariq, ZU Arif, MY Khalid, M Hossain… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Stimuli‐responsive polymers (SRPs) are special types of soft materials, which have been
extensively used for developing flexible actuators, soft robots, wearable devices, sensors …

Underwater soft robotics: A review of bioinspiration in design, actuation, modeling, and control

SM Youssef, MA Soliman, MA Saleh, MA Mousa… - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nature and biological creatures are some of the main sources of inspiration for humans.
Engineers have aspired to emulate these natural systems. As rigid systems become …

A review on high‐frequency dielectric elastomer actuators: materials, dynamics, and applications

C Tang, B Du, S Jiang, Z Wang, XJ Liu… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) as a typical class of electroactive polymers have been
developed rapidly in the last two decades due to their advantages such as large strain, high …

Liquid metal droplets enabled soft robots

L Zheng, S Handschuh‐Wang, Z Ye, B Wang - Applied Materials Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Soft robots have attracted significant interest due to their suitability for applications in a
variety of engineering and biomedical applications. Particularly, fluid-based soft robots, such …

[HTML][HTML] Dielectric constant, dielectric loss, conductivity, capacitance and model analysis of electronic electroactive polymers

H Wang, L Yang - Polymer Testing, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, the dielectric constant, dielectric loss, conductivity and capacitance of the
electronic electroactive polymer (EEAP) were systematically tested experimentally, and the …

Bioinspired and Hierarchically Textile‐Structured Soft Actuators for Healthcare Wearables

M Yang, J Wu, W Jiang, X Hu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Soft pneumatic actuators possess the increasing potential for various healthcare
applications, such as smart wearable devices, safe human‐robot interaction, and flexible …