Nature-inspired structural materials for flexible electronic devices

Y Liu, K He, G Chen, WR Leow, X Chen - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Exciting advancements have been made in the field of flexible electronic devices in the last
two decades and will certainly lead to a revolution in peoples' lives in the future. However …

Stretchable, skin‐mountable, and wearable strain sensors and their potential applications: a review

M Amjadi, KU Kyung, I Park… - Advanced Functional …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
There is a growing demand for flexible and soft electronic devices. In particular, stretchable,
skin‐mountable, and wearable strain sensors are needed for several potential applications …

Wireless soft millirobots for climbing three-dimensional surfaces in confined spaces

Y Wu, X Dong, J Kim, C Wang, M Sitti - Science Advances, 2022 - science.org
Wireless soft-bodied robots at the millimeter scale allow traversing very confined
unstructured terrains with minimal invasion and safely interacting with the surrounding …

From grasping to manipulation with gecko-inspired adhesives on a multifinger gripper

W Ruotolo, D Brouwer, MR Cutkosky - Science Robotics, 2021 - science.org
Anthropomorphic robotic manipulators have high grasp mobility and task flexibility but
struggle to match the practical strength of parallel jaw grippers. Gecko-inspired adhesives …

New insights and perspectives into biological materials for flexible electronics

L Wang, D Chen, K Jiang, G Shen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Biological materials have robust hierarchical structures capable of specialized functions and
the incorporation of natural biologically active components, which have been finely tuned …

Nano/micro‐manufacturing of bioinspired materials: a review of methods to mimic natural structures

C Zhang, DA Mcadams, JC Grunlan - Advanced Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Through billions of years of evolution and natural selection, biological systems have
developed strategies to achieve advantageous unification between structure and bulk …

Parallel microcracks-based ultrasensitive and highly stretchable strain sensors

M Amjadi, M Turan, CP Clementson… - ACS applied materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
There is an increasing demand for flexible, skin-attachable, and wearable strain sensors
due to their various potential applications. However, achieving strain sensors with both high …

Biological materials: Structure and mechanical properties

MA Meyers, PY Chen, AYM Lin, Y Seki - Progress in materials science, 2008 - Elsevier
Most natural (or biological) materials are complex composites whose mechanical properties
are often outstanding, considering the weak constituents from which they are assembled …

A reversible wet/dry adhesive inspired by mussels and geckos

H Lee, BP Lee, PB Messersmith - Nature, 2007 - nature.com
The adhesive strategy of the gecko relies on foot pads composed of specialized keratinous
foot-hairs called setae, which are subdivided into terminal spatulae of approximately 200 nm …

3D printing of elastomeric bioinspired complex adhesive microstructures

CB Dayan, S Chun, N Krishna‐Subbaiah… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bioinspired elastomeric structural adhesives can provide reversible and controllable
adhesion on dry/wet and synthetic/biological surfaces for a broad range of commercial …