Soft fiber electronics based on semiconducting polymer

F Sun, H Jiang, H Wang, Y Zhong, Y Xu, Y ** zero–global warming potential refrigerants has emerged as one area that helps
address global climate change concerns. Various high-efficiency caloric cooling techniques …

High-entropy polymer produces a giant electrocaloric effect at low fields

X Qian, D Han, L Zheng, J Chen, M Tyagi, Q Li, F Du… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
More than a decade of research on the electrocaloric (EC) effect has resulted in EC
materials and EC multilayer chips that satisfy a minimum EC temperature change of 5 K …

Temperature-dependent dual-mode thermal management device with net zero energy for year-round energy saving

Q Zhang, Y Lv, Y Wang, S Yu, C Li, R Ma… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Reducing needs for heating and cooling from fossil energy is one of the biggest challenges,
which demand accounts for almost half of global energy consumption, consequently …

Functional fibers and fabrics for soft robotics, wearables, and human–robot interface

J **ong, J Chen, PS Lee - Advanced materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

An elastomer with ultrahigh strain-induced crystallization

CM Hartquist, S Lin, JH Zhang, S Wang… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Strain-induced crystallization (SIC) prevalently strengthens, toughens, and enables an
elastocaloric effect in elastomers. However, the crystallinity induced by mechanical …

Caloric materials for cooling and heating

X Moya, ND Mathur - Science, 2020 - science.org
Magnetically driven thermal changes in magnetocaloric materials have, for several decades,
been exploited to pump heat near room temperature. By contrast, their electrocaloric and …