Flexible self-charging power sources

R Liu, ZL Wang, K Fukuda, T Someya - Nature Reviews Materials, 2022 - nature.com
Power supply is one of the bottlenecks to realizing untethered wearable electronics, soft
robotics and the internet of things. Flexible self-charging power sources integrate energy …

A review of shape memory polymers and composites: mechanisms, materials, and applications

Y Xia, Y He, F Zhang, Y Liu, J Leng - Advanced materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past decades, interest in shape memory polymers (SMPs) has persisted, and
immense efforts have been dedicated to developing SMPs and their multifunctional …

Wearable triboelectric visual sensors for tactile perception

D Lu, T Liu, X Meng, B Luo, J Yuan, Y Liu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Tactile sensors with visible light feedback functions, such as wearable displays and
electronic skin and biomedical devices, are becoming increasingly important in various …

[HTML][HTML] Nanogenerators for smart cities in the era of 5G and Internet of Things

X Zhao, H Askari, J Chen - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
Summary 5G has taken off at a brisk speed over the years, bringing significant benefits to the
Internet of Things (IoT) devices and wireless sensor nodes. The launching of 5G technology …

A breathable, biodegradable, antibacterial, and self-powered electronic skin based on all-nanofiber triboelectric nanogenerators

X Peng, K Dong, C Ye, Y Jiang, S Zhai, R Cheng… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Mimicking the comprehensive functions of human sensing via electronic skins (e-skins) is
highly interesting for the development of human-machine interactions and artificial …

Towards enduring autonomous robots via embodied energy

CA Aubin, B Gorissen, E Milana, PR Buskohl… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Autonomous robots comprise actuation, energy, sensory and control systems built from
materials and structures that are not necessarily designed and integrated for …

Progress in wearable electronics/photonics—Moving toward the era of artificial intelligence and internet of things

Q Shi, B Dong, T He, Z Sun, J Zhu, Z Zhang, C Lee - InfoMat, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The past few years have witnessed the significant impacts of wearable electronics/photonics
on various aspects of our daily life, for example, healthcare monitoring and treatment …

Highly adhesive and self-healing γ-PGA/PEDOT: PSS conductive hydrogels enabled by multiple hydrogen bonding for wearable electronics

C Zhang, M Wang, C Jiang, P Zhu, B Sun, Q Gao… - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Biocompatible conductive hydrogels are progressively showing great significance in
bioelectronics because of the porous structure, electronic transport capability, tunable …

Fiber/fabric‐based piezoelectric and triboelectric nanogenerators for flexible/stretchable and wearable electronics and artificial intelligence

K Dong, X Peng, ZL Wang - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Integration of advanced nanogenerator technology with conventional textile processes
fosters the emergence of textile‐based nanogenerators (NGs), which will inevitably promote …

A review of single electrode triboelectric nanogenerators

W Akram, Q Chen, G Xia, J Fang - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) play a prominent role in steadily developing the
Internet of Things (IoT) and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (fusion of progression in IoT …