The pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has made biotextiles, including
face masks and protective clothing, quite familiar in our daily lives. Biotextiles are one broad …

Electrochemical power tools are regarded as essential keys in a world that is becoming
increasingly reliant on fossil fuels in order to meet the challenges of rapidly depleting fossil …

Flexible wearable textiles have attracted increasing attention, due to their potential
applications in human motion detection, electric heating and humidity monitoring. However …

Similar to biological muscles, electrochemical actuators can function as artificial muscles by
directly converting an external stimulus in the form of electrical or chemical energy into a …

Abstract Liquid-crystal-elastomer (LCE) fiber actuators capable of reversible, large-scale,
programmable deformation in response to external stimuli have great potential in many …

Functional and low-cost switching materials are necessary to sustain the development of
data storage and brain-inspired computing technologies. Polypyrrole (PPy) is one of the …

Electroactive polymers (EAPs) are an advanced family of polymers that change their shape
through electric stimulation and have been a point of interest since their inception. This …

Conducting polymers are, without question, outstanding materials. Their unique combination
between metal-like, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties and the processability of …

Poly (glycerol sebacate)(PGS) is an attractive polymer that has many applications in medical
fields, especially in tissue engineering. In this study, the influence of solvent system on …

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 …