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 …

Bioinspired synergistic fluorescence‐color‐switchable polymeric hydrogel actuators

S Wei, W Lu, X Le, C Ma, H Lin, B Wu… - Angewandte …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Many living organisms have amazing control over their color, shape, and morphology for
camouflage, communication, and even reproduction in response to interplay between …

Bioinspired anisotropic hydrogel actuators with on–off switchable and color‐tunable fluorescence behaviors

C Ma, W Lu, X Yang, J He, X Le, L Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
An effective approach to develop a novel macroscopic anisotropic bilayer hydrogel actuator
with on–off switchable fluorescent color‐changing function is reported. Through combining a …

Cephalopod-inspired chromotropic ionic skin with rapid visual sensing capabilities to multiple stimuli

Y Wang, X Cao, J Cheng, B Yao, Y Zhao, S Wu, B Ju… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Biological skin systems can perceive various external stimuli through ion transduction.
Especially, the skin of some advanced organisms such as cephalopods can further promptly …

Bioinspired stimuli‐responsive color‐changing systems

G Isapour, M Lattuada - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Stimuli‐responsive colors are a unique characteristic of certain animals, evolved as either a
method to hide from enemies and prey or to communicate their presence to rivals or mates …

Bioinspired MXene-based user-interactive electronic skin for digital and visual dual-channel sensing

W Cao, Z Wang, X Liu, Z Zhou, Y Zhang, S He, D Cui… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2022 - Springer
User-interactive electronic skin (e-skin) that could convert mechanical stimuli into
distinguishable outputs displays tremendous potential for wearable devices and health care …

Biological material interfaces as inspiration for mechanical and optical material designs

J Ren, Y Wang, Y Yao, Y Wang, X Fei, P Qi… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The extraordinary properties of biological materials often result from their sophisticated
hierarchical structures. Through multilevel and cross-scale structural designs, biological …

Adaptive optoelectronic camouflage systems with designs inspired by cephalopod skins

C Yu, Y Li, X Zhang, X Huang… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Octopus, squid, cuttlefish, and other cephalopods exhibit exceptional capabilities for visually
adapting to or differentiating from the coloration and texture of their surroundings, for the …

Dynamic pigmentary and structural coloration within cephalopod chromatophore organs

TL Williams, SL Senft, J Yeo, FJ Martín-Martínez… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Chromatophore organs in cephalopod skin are known to produce ultra-fast changes in
appearance for camouflage and communication. Light-scattering pigment granules within …

Dynamic acylhydrazone bonds cross-linked chromotropic photonic-ionic skin with self-healing and high resilience for interactive human-machine interface

Y Sun, X Li, T Hu, S Zhang, W Niu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Advanced skin systems realize perception and interaction with the environment through
synergistic electrical and color signals generated by transmitting ions and manipulating …