In the last decade, there has been a growing trend towards flexible body wave energy
converters (WECs) enabled by rubber-like elastomeric composite membrane structures that …

Dielectric elastomer generator systems (DEGSs) are a class of electrostatic soft‐transducers
capable of converting oscillating mechanical power from different sources into usable …

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 …

In materials of all types, hysteresis and toughness are usually correlated. For example, a
highly stretchable elastomer or hydrogel of a single polymer network has low hysteresis and …

Current synthetic elastomers suffer from the well‐known trade‐off between toughness and
stiffness. By a combination of multiscale experiments and atomistic simulations, a …

Jellyfish are among the widely distributed nature creatures that can effectively control the
fluidic flow around their transparent soft body, thus achieving movements in the water and …

In the past decade, the development of theory has deeply revealed the electromechanical
coupling deformation mechanism of dielectric elastomer (DE). Many theoretical predictions …

Solvent‐free elastomers, unlike gels, do not suffer from solvent evaporation and leakage in
practical applications. However, it is challenging to realize the preparation of high …

Many living tissues achieve functions through architected constituents with strong adhesion.
An Achilles tendon, for example, transmits force, elastically and repeatedly, from a muscle to …

Soft polymeric materials such as elastomers and hydrogels have played a significant role in
recent interdisciplinary research. They are subjected to large stretch and high cyclic loading …