[HTML][HTML] Advances in 3D/4D printing of mechanical metamaterials: From manufacturing to applications

X Zhou, L Ren, Z Song, G Li, J Zhang, B Li, Q Wu… - Composites Part B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mechanical metamaterials are a class of functional materials with designability and
extraordinary mechanical properties. Due to the manufacturing limitation of traditional …

Materials-driven soft wearable bioelectronics for connected healthcare

S Gong, Y Lu, J Yin, A Levin, W Cheng - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
In the era of Internet-of-things, many things can stay connected; however, biological
systems, including those necessary for human health, remain unable to stay connected to …

Photocontrollable Elongation Actuation of Liquid Crystal Elastomer Films with Well‐Defined Crease Structures

Y Huang, Y Xu, HK Bisoyi, Z Liu, J Wang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) have demonstrated various applications in
artificial muscles and soft robotics, their inherent flexibility and orientation‐dependent forces …

Physically intelligent autonomous soft robotic maze escaper

Y Zhao, Y Hong, Y Li, F Qi, H Qing, H Su, J Yin - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
Autonomous maze navigation is appealing yet challenging in soft robotics for exploring
priori unknown unstructured environments, as it often requires human-like brain that …

[HTML][HTML] Space deployable mechanics: A review of structures and smart driving

B Wang, J Zhu, S Zhong, W Liang, C Guan - Materials & Design, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Space deployable structures are able to be deployed from a folded state to a
predetermined or desired configuration. They are superior in terms of spatial packaging …

The design, manufacture and application of multistable mechanical metamaterials-a state-of-the-art review

R Xu, C Chen, J Sun, Y He, X Li, MH Lu… - International Journal of …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Multistable mechanical metamaterials are a type of mechanical metamaterials with special
features, such as reusability, energy storage and absorption capabilities, rapid deformation …

Octopi tentacles‐inspired architecture enables self‐healing conductive rapid‐photo‐responsive materials for soft multifunctional actuators

X Shi, K Zhang, J Chen, H Qian… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
To mimic biological systems' healing mechanism and sensory motion, the combination of
self‐healing, perception, and actuation in a singular soft artificial material is required, which …

Snap** for high-speed and high-efficient butterfly stroke–like soft swimmer

Y Chi, Y Hong, Y Zhao, Y Li, J Yin - Science Advances, 2022 - science.org
Natural selection has tuned many flying and swimming animals to share the same narrow
design space for high power efficiency, eg, their dimensionless Strouhal numbers St that …

Piezoresistive pressure sensor based on a conductive 3D sponge network for motion sensing and human–machine interface

W Cao, Y Luo, Y Dai, X Wang, K Wu, H Lin… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Flexible sensors have attracted increasing attention owing to their important applications in
human activity monitoring, medical diagnosis, and human–machine interaction. However …

Adaptive hierarchical origami-based metastructures

Y Li, A Di Lallo, J Zhu, Y Chi, H Su, J Yin - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Shape-morphing capabilities are crucial for enabling multifunctionality in both biological and
artificial systems. Various strategies for shape morphing have been proposed for …