Recent progress in artificial muscles for interactive soft robotics

J Wang, D Gao, PS Lee - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Artificial muscles are the core components of the smart and interactive soft robotic systems,
providing the capabilities in shape morphing, manipulation, and mobility. Intense research …

Flexible hybrid electronics for digital healthcare

Y Ma, Y Zhang, S Cai, Z Han, X Liu, F Wang… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in material innovation and structural design provide routes to flexible
hybrid electronics that can combine the high‐performance electrical properties of …

Skin electronics: next‐generation device platform for virtual and augmented reality

JJ Kim, Y Wang, H Wang, S Lee… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are overcoming the physical limits of real‐life
using advances in devices and software. In particular, the recent restrictions in transportation …

Stretchable, transparent, ionic conductors

C Keplinger, JY Sun, CC Foo, P Rothemund… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Existing stretchable, transparent conductors are mostly electronic conductors. They limit the
performance of interconnects, sensors, and actuators as components of stretchable …

Graphene-based wearable sensors

Y Qiao, X Li, T Hirtz, G Deng, Y Wei, M Li, S Ji, Q Wu… - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The human body is a “delicate machine” full of sensors such as the fingers, nose, and
mouth. In addition, numerous physiological signals are being created every moment, which …

Graphene as transparent electrodes: fabrication and new emerging applications

Y Xu, J Liu - Small, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Graphene has been regarded as a promising candidate for a new generation of transparent
electrodes (TEs) due to its prominent characteristics including high optical transmittance …

Electro-responsive actuators based on graphene

YL Zhang, JC Li, H Zhou, YQ Liu, DD Han, HB Sun - The Innovation, 2021 - cell.com
Electro-responsive actuators (ERAs) hold great promise for cutting-edge applications in e-
skins, soft robots, unmanned flight, and in vivo surgery devices due to the advantages of fast …

Biodegradable, electro-active chitin nanofiber films for flexible piezoelectric transducers

K Kim, M Ha, B Choi, SH Joo, HS Kang, JH Park, B Gu… - Nano Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Since the conventional fluorine-based electro-active polymers release toxic residues into the
environment during their syntheses and decomposition processes, eco-friendly piezoelectric …

Single-digit-micrometer thickness wood speaker

W Gan, C Chen, HT Kim, Z Lin, J Dai, Z Dong… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Thin films of several microns in thickness are ubiquitously used in packaging, electronics,
and acoustic sensors. Here we demonstrate that natural wood can be directly converted into …

Graphene/Cu nanoparticle hybrids fabricated by chemical vapor deposition as surface-enhanced Raman scattering substrate for label-free detection of adenosine

S Xu, B Man, S Jiang, J Wang, J Wei, S Xu… - … applied materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We present a graphene/Cu nanoparticle hybrids (G/CuNPs) system as a surface-enhanced
Raman scattering (SERS) substrate for adenosine detection. The Cu nanoparticles wrapped …