Organogels versus hydrogels: advantages, challenges, and applications

MA Kuzina, DD Kartsev… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Organogels are an important class of gels, and are comparable to hydrogels owing to their
properties as liquid‐infused soft materials. Despite the extensive choice of liquid media and …

Preparation methods and research progress of super-hydrophobic anti-icing surface

Q He, Y Xu, F Zhang, Y Jia, Z Du, G Li, B Shi… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The problem of surface icing poses a serious threat to people's economy and safety,
especially in the fields of aerospace, wind power generation and circuit transmission. Super …

Biomimetic and durably superhydrophobic nanofibrous membranes for high‐performance waterproof and breathable textiles

X Gong, Y Ji, X Liu, J Yu, S Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Man‐made superhydrophobic membranes are of interest for various applications in energy,
environment, and medical fields. However, simultaneously achieving durable …

Hydrogels for underwater adhesion: adhesion mechanism, design strategies and applications

X Ma, X Zhou, J Ding, B Huang, P Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
A hydrogel is a polymer material with a porous network structure, which allows the hydrogel
to swell rapidly underwater without dissolving. This unique property of hydrogels lays the …

Neural network‐inspired polyurea ionogel with mechanical robustness, low hysteresis, and high transparency for soft iontronics

Z Zhang, L Qian, J Cheng, C Ma… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Concurrently achieving mechanical robustness, low hysteresis, and high transparency are
essential for ionogels to enhance their reliability and satisfy the requirements in soft …

A fully hydrophobic ionogel enables highly efficient wearable underwater sensors and communicators

J Wei, Y Zheng, T Chen - Materials Horizons, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Underwater sensing has extraordinary significance in ocean exploration (eg, marine
resources development, marine biology research, and marine environment …

Gel-based triboelectric nanogenerators for flexible sensing: principles, properties, and applications

P Lu, X Liao, X Guo, C Cai, Y Liu, M Chi, G Du, Z Wei… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2024 - Springer
The rapid development of the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence technologies has
increased the need for wearable, portable, and self-powered flexible sensing devices …

Bioinspired multifunctional hybrid hydrogel promotes wound healing

G Chen, Y Yu, X Wu, G Wang, J Ren… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Inspired by the coordinated multiple healing mechanism of the organism, a four‐armed
benzaldehyde‐terminated polyethylene glycol and dodecyl‐modified chitosan hybrid …

Highly efficient photothermal icephobic/de‐icing MOF‐based micro and nanostructured surface

L Zhang, B Luo, K Fu, C Gao, X Han, M Zhou… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Photothermal materials have gained considerable attention in the field of anti‐/de‐icing due
to its environmental friendliness and energy saving. However, it is always significantly …

Recent advances of bioinspired functional materials with specific wettability: from nature and beyond nature

Y Sun, Z Guo - Nanoscale Horizons, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Through 3.7 billion years of evolution and natural selection, plants and animals in nature
have ingeniously fulfilled a broad range of fascinating functions to achieve optimized …