Technology roadmap for flexible sensors

Y Luo, MR Abidian, JH Ahn, D Akinwande… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Humans rely increasingly on sensors to address grand challenges and to improve quality of
life in the era of digitalization and big data. For ubiquitous sensing, flexible sensors are …

Advances in harvesting water and energy from ubiquitous atmospheric moisture

W Lu, WL Ong, GW Ho - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Atmospheric moisture contains huge amounts of water and energy potential, which,
benefiting from the advances of nanomaterials, hold great promise in delivering circular …

A moisture‐driven actuator based on polydopamine‐modified MXene/bacterial cellulose nanofiber composite film

L Yang, J Cui, L Zhang, X Xu, X Chen… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As a new 2D material, MXene (Ti3C2Tx) shows great potential as a smart multifunctional
humidity‐responsive actuator due to its high hydrophilicity and conductivity but suffers from …

Multistimuli-responsive actuators derived from natural materials for entirely biodegradable and programmable untethered soft robots

Z Chen, B Gao, P Li, X Zhao, Q Yan, Z Liu, L Xu… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Untethered soft robots have attracted growing attention due to their safe interaction with
living organisms, good flexibility, and accurate remote control. However, the materials …

Design of untethered soft material micromachine for life-like locomotion

XQ Wang, GW Ho - Materials Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Living organisms composed of composite materials with complex structures support
autonomous and intelligent behaviors, such as motility, perception and response to changes …

Unperceivable motion mimicking hygroscopic geometric reshaping of pine cones

F Zhang, M Yang, X Xu, X Liu, H Liu, L Jiang… - Nature Materials, 2022 - nature.com
The hygroscopic deformation of pine cones, featured by opening and closing their scales
depending on the environmental humidity, is a well-known stimuli-responsive model system …

Pollen‐Based Magnetic Microrobots are Mediated by Electrostatic Forces to Attract, Manipulate, and Kill Cancer Cells

CC Mayorga‐Martinez, M Fojtů… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Naturally occurring micro/nanoparticles provide an incredible array of potential sources
when preparing hybrid micro/nanorobots and their intrinsic properties can be exploited as …

Nacre-inspired composite film with mechanical robustness for highly efficient actuator powered by humidity gradients

J Wei, S Jia, C Ma, J Guan, C Yan, L Zhao… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Exploring and fabricating smart actuating materials that strike the perfect balance between
humidity response and mechanical integrity (especially wet tensile strength) via reasonable …

Facile preparation of a 3D porous aligned graphene-based wall network architecture by confined self-assembly with shape memory for artificial muscle, pressure …

Z Peng, C Yu, W Zhong - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022 - ACS Publications
The development of a novel preparation strategy for 3D porous network structures with an
aligned channel or wall is always in challenge. Herein, a 3D porous network composed of …

Humidity-and water-responsive torsional and contractile lotus fiber yarn artificial muscles

Y Wang, Z Wang, Z Lu… - … applied materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Materials that dynamically respond to their environment have diverse applications in artificial
muscles, soft robotics, and smart textiles. Inspired by biological systems, humidity-and water …