Over the past two decades, the development of hydrogels with high mechanical strength and
toughness shows both fundamental and practical significances. It is challenging yet highly …

Natural organisms, such as lobsters, lotus, and humans, exhibit exceptional mechanical
properties due to their ordered structures. However, traditional hydrogels have limitations in …

Hydrogels are promising as materials for soft actuators because of qualities such as
softness, transparency, and responsiveness to stimuli. However, weak and slow actuations …

Hydrogels are three-dimensional (3D) cross-linked molecular networks, generally polymers,
capable of holding large amounts of water. The network of a hydrogel is established via …

Integration, being lightweight, and intelligence are important orientations for the future
advancement of soft robots. However, existing soft robots are generally hydrogels or silicone …

Stimuli-responsive shape-changing hydrogels are attractive candidates for use as
underwater soft robots. The bottleneck lies in the low actuation speed inherently limited by …

Hydrogels are used in wound dressings because of their tissue‐like softness and
biocompatibility. However, the clinical translation of hydrogels remains challenging because …

The molecular chemical structure has a decisive influence on physicochemical properties of
polymer materials, which becomes more complex for hydrogels with dense associative …

As a kind of soft smart material, hydrogel actuators have extensive development prospects,
but it is still difficult for these actuators to integrate multiresponsiveness, multiple remote …

Amid the ever-advancing landscape of industrial robotics, soft robots in particular have
attracted substantial attention due to their remarkable structural adaptability and high …