Hydrogel‐based flexible electronics

L Hu, PL Chee, S Sugiarto, Y Yu, C Shi… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Flexible electronics is an emerging field of research involving multiple disciplines, which
include but not limited to physics, chemistry, materials science, electronic engineering, and …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] 4D bioprinting of smart polymers for biomedical applications: Recent progress, challenges, and future perspectives

ZU Arif, MY Khalid, A Zolfagharian… - Reactive and Functional …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract 4D bioprinting is the next-generation additive manufacturing-based fabrication
platform employed to construct intricate, adaptive, and dynamic soft and hard tissue …

Miniature optoelectronic compound eye camera

ZY Hu, YL Zhang, C Pan, JY Dou, ZZ Li, ZN Tian… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Inspired by insect compound eyes (CEs) that feature unique optical schemes for imaging,
there has recently been growing interest in developing optoelectronic CE cameras with …

Light-triggered multi-joint microactuator fabricated by two-in-one femtosecond laser writing

C Xin, Z Ren, L Zhang, L Yang, D Wang, Y Hu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Inspired by the flexible joints of humans, actuators containing soft joints have been
developed for various applications, including soft grippers, artificial muscles, and wearable …

Stimuli-responsive functional micro-/nanorobots: a review

Y Zhou, M Ye, C Hu, H Qian, BJ Nelson, X Wang - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Stimuli-responsive functional micro-/nanorobots (srFM/Ns) are a class of intelligent, efficient,
and promising microrobots that can react to external stimuli (such as temperature, light …

Microscopic robots with onboard digital control

MF Reynolds, AJ Cortese, Q Liu, Z Zheng, W Wang… - Science Robotics, 2022 - science.org
Autonomous robots—systems where mechanical actuators are guided through a series of
states by information processing units to perform a predesigned function—are expected to …

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 …

Physics-aware differentiable design of magnetically actuated kirigami for shape morphing

L Wang, Y Chang, S Wu, RR Zhao, W Chen - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Shape morphing that transforms morphologies in response to stimuli is crucial for future
multifunctional systems. While kirigami holds great promise in enhancing shape-morphing …

Responsive magnetic nanocomposites for intelligent shape-morphing microrobots

Y Liu, G Lin, M Medina-Sánchez, M Guix, D Makarov… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
With the development of advanced biomedical theragnosis and bioengineering tools, smart
and soft responsive microstructures and nanostructures have emerged. These structures …