Flexible stimuli-responsive materials are deformable, stretchable, light-weight, and desirable
for smart personal protective equipment (PPE), and as the primarily functional components …

Electrospun polymeric fibers present an emerging alternative for the development of flexible
electronics, enabling applications in wearable sensors and biosensors for continuous …

Electroactive polymers (EAPs), materials that present size/shape alteration in response to an
electrical stimulus, are currently being explored regarding advanced smart devices, namely …

A non-conventional, bioinspired device based on polypyrrole coated electrospun fibrous
microstructures, which simultaneously works as artificial muscle and mechanical sensor is …

Nature has always been a source of inspiration for the development of novel materials and
devices. In particular, polymer actuators that mimic the movements and functions of natural …

Fibres of poly (methyl methacrylate) were obtained by electrospinning, subjected to coating
with a gold layer and then attached on a thin polyethylene terephthalate substrate in order to …

Both carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and polyaniline (PANI), because of their unique structures
and properties, have been used individually in diverse applications. On the other hand …

Designing complex electrochemical artificial muscles aims towards novel devices which
besides excellent actuation capabilities should also present the ability to self-sense the …

Conductive polymer-based artificial muscles have attracted enormous interest in various
fields due to their unique properties such as electroactivity and biocompatibility. In this study …

In the present study, the electrochemical polymerization was carried out to coat the surface
of electrospun polyurethane (PU) nanofibers with conductive electroactive polypyrrole (PPy) …