Elastic fibers/fabrics for wearables and bioelectronics

Y Zhang, J Zhou, Y Zhang, D Zhang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Wearables and bioelectronics rely on breathable interface devices with bioaffinity,
biocompatibility, and smart functionality for interactions between beings and things and the …

Soft Fiber/Textile Actuators: From Design Strategies to Diverse Applications

E Xue, L Liu, W Wu, B Wang - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Fiber/textile-based actuators have garnered considerable attention due to their distinctive
attributes, encompassing higher degrees of freedom, intriguing deformations, and enhanced …

Mechanical energy harvesters with tensile efficiency of 17.4% and torsional efficiency of 22.4% based on homochirally plied carbon nanotube yarns

M Zhang, W Cai, Z Wang, S Fang, R Zhang, H Lu… - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
Improved methods are needed for harvesting mechanical energy. Coiled carbon nanotube
yarns, termed twistrons, use stretch-induced changes in electrochemical capacitance to …

Comprehensive adsorption and spectroscopic studies on the interaction of carbon nanotubes with diclofenac anti-inflammatory

CF de Azevedo, FM Machado, NF de Souza… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The adsorption of medicine from wastewater by carbon nanotubes (CNT) is an issue of
growing experimental interest. These nanomaterials show fascinating structures for …

SoJel–A 3D printed jellyfish-like robot using soft materials for underwater applications

PS Matharu, Z Wang, JH Costello, SP Colin… - Ocean …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mass manufactured, biologically inspired soft robots are needed for safe robot-animal
interactions. The key challenges are the design and manufacture of high-performance …

Omnidirectional energy harvesting fleeces

CL Park, B Goh, SH Kim, J Choi - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Underwater mechanical energy harvesters are of rising interest due to their potential for
various applications, such as self-powered ocean energy harvesters, monitoring devices …

Self‐Powered Smart Textile Based on Dynamic Schottky Diode for Human‐Machine Interactions

P Deng, Y Wang, R Yang, Z He, Y Tan… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The growing demand for sustained self‐powered devices with multifunctional sensing
networks is one of the main challenges for smart textiles, which are the critical elements for …

Recent advances in carbon nanotube‐based energy harvesting technologies

X Hu, X Bao, M Zhang, S Fang, K Liu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
There has been enormous interest in technologies that generate electricity from ambient
energy such as solar, thermal, and mechanical energy, due to their potential for providing …

Strategies for enhancing low-frequency performances of triboelectric, electrochemical, piezoelectric and dielectric elastomer energy harvesting: recent progress and …

X Xiahou, S Wu, G Chen, DN Futaba, X Guo, H Li… - Science Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
Mechanical energy harvesting transforms various forms of mechanical energy, including
ocean waves, wind, and human motion, into electrical energy, providing a viable solution to …

Enhanced energy harvester performance by a tension annealed carbon nanotube yarn at extreme temperatures

X Hu, X Bao, J Wang, X Zhou, H Hu, L Wang, S Rajput… - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon nanotube (CNT) yarns generate electrical energy when they were stretched in an
electrolyte, and they have been exploited for diverse applications such as self-powered …