High-strength hydrogels: Fabrication, reinforcement mechanisms, and applications

H Huang, Z Dong, X Ren, B Jia, G Li, S Zhou, X Zhao… - Nano Research, 2023 - Springer
With the continuous appearance and expansion of high-strength hydrogels in emerging
fields such as industry, medicine, and green development, the synthesis and application of …

Active materials for functional origami

S Leanza, S Wu, X Sun, HJ Qi, RR Zhao - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In recent decades, origami has been explored to aid in the design of engineering structures.
These structures span multiple scales and have been demonstrated to be used toward …

Nanoconfined polymerization limits crack propagation in hysteresis-free gels

W Li, X Wang, Z Liu, X Zou, Z Shen, D Liu, L Li, Y Guo… - Nature Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Consecutive mechanical loading cycles cause irreversible fatigue damage and residual
strain in gels, affecting their service life and application scope. Hysteresis-free hydrogels …

Lignin nanosphere‐modified MXene activated‐rapid gelation of mechanically robust, environmental adaptive, highly conductive hydrogel for wearable sensors …

ZF Zeng, YQ Yang, XW Pang, B Jiang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Advanced conductive hydrogels demonstrate substantial potential for wearable devices.
Nevertheless, the transformative advance in soft electronics raises harsh requirements on …

Hydrogels for bioinspired soft robots

CS Park, YW Kang, H Na, JY Sun - Progress in Polymer Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Amid the ever-advancing landscape of industrial robotics, soft robots in particular have
attracted substantial attention due to their remarkable structural adaptability and high …

Wide‐humidity range applicable, anti‐freezing, and healable zwitterionic hydrogels for ion‐leakage‐free iontronic sensors

Y Zhao, N Yang, X Chu, F Sun, MU Ali… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogels have entered the spotlight for applications in soft electronics. It is essential and
challenging to obtain hydrogels that can function properly under varying environmental …

Multimodal soft robotic actuation and locomotion

DR Yao, I Kim, S Yin, W Gao - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Diverse and adaptable modes of complex motion observed at different scales in living
creatures are challenging to reproduce in robotic systems. Achieving dexterous movement …

Environmentally adaptive polymer hydrogels: maintaining wet‐soft features in extreme conditions

K Lei, M Chen, P Guo, J Fang, J Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogels have been widely explored to adapt to different application circumstances. As
typical wet‐soft materials, the high‐water content of hydrogels is beneficial to their wide …

Self-regulated reversal deformation and locomotion of structurally homogenous hydrogels subjected to constant light illumination

K Guo, X Yang, C Zhou, C Li - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Environmentally adaptive hydrogels that are capable of reconfiguration in response to
external stimuli have shown great potential toward bioinspired actuation and soft robotics …

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 …