Hydrogen-bonded liquid crystalline polymers have emerged as promising “smart”
supramolecular functional materials with stimuli-responsive, self-healing, and recyclable …

Soft robotics inspired by the movement of living organisms, with excellent adaptability and
accuracy for accomplishing tasks, are highly desirable for efficient operations and safe …

Shape-morphing systems can be found in many areas, including smart textiles, autonomous
robotics, biomedical devices, drug delivery and tissue engineering. The natural analogues …

Light-and ink-based three-dimensional (3D) printing methods allow the rapid design and
fabrication of materials without the need for expensive tooling, dies or lithographic masks …

Research into 4D printing has attracted unprecedented interest since 2013 when the idea
was first introduced. It is based on 3D printing technology, but requires additional stimulus …

Personal thermal management (PTM) is a promising approach for maintaining the thermal
comfort zone of the human body while minimizing the energy consumption of indoor …

Shape memory polymers (SMPs) represent a highly interesting class of materials. As one
representative of the intelligent polymeric systems, these materials gained significant …

The past decade has witnessed remarkable advances in stimuli-responsive shape memory
polymers (SMPs) with potential applications in biomedical devices, aerospace, textiles, civil …

Hydrogels based on cellulose comprising many organic biopolymers including cellulose,
chitin, and chitosan are the hydrophilic material, which can absorb and retain a huge …

The human body absorbs and loses heat largely through infrared radiation centering around
a wavelength of 10 micrometers. However, neither our skin nor the textiles that make up …