[HTML][HTML] Hydrogel soft robotics

Y Lee, WJ Song, JY Sun - Materials Today Physics, 2020 - Elsevier
With the rapidly growing attention to human-robot interfaces, soft robotics has attracted a
great deal of interest. Soft robots have diverse advantages, including compliancy and safety …

Rational design of thermoresponsive polymers in aqueous solutions: A thermodynamics map

C Zhao, Z Ma, XX Zhu - Progress in Polymer Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Temperature variations may induce changes in solution properties for thermoresponsive
polymers, which have drawn much research attention due to their potential applications in …

Tailoring the stability and kinetics of Zn anodes through trace organic polymer additives in dilute aqueous electrolyte

M Yan, N Dong, X Zhao, Y Sun, H Pan - ACS Energy Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
High electrochemical stability and reaction kinetics of Zn anodes are crucial for
rechargeable aqueous zinc batteries. Develo** low-cost aqueous electrolytes is highly …

Manipulating cation-water chemistry to inhibit hydrogen evolution of zinc metal anodes

M He, J Chen, A Hu, Z Yan, L Cao, J Long - Energy Storage Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The electrochemical behavior of zinc metal anodes is dominated by the interfacial chemistry
between the anode and the electrolyte. The local enrichment of cation-solvent complexes …

Tunable, ultrasensitive pH‐responsive nanoparticles targeting specific endocytic organelles in living cells

K Zhou, Y Wang, X Huang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, multifunctional nanoparticles have received considerable attention in many
applications such as biosensors, diagnostic nanoprobes, and targeted drug delivery.[1] …

Multicolored pH-tunable and activatable fluorescence nanoplatform responsive to physiologic pH stimuli

K Zhou, H Liu, S Zhang, X Huang, Y Wang… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Tunable, ultra-pH responsive fluorescent nanoparticles with multichromatic emissions are
highly valuable in a variety of biological studies, such as endocytic trafficking …

Thermoresponsive gels

MJ Taylor, P Tomlins, TS Sahota - Gels, 2017 - mdpi.com
Thermoresponsive gelling materials constructed from natural and synthetic polymers can be
used to provide triggered action and therefore customised products such as drug delivery …

Infrared Spectroscopic Insight into Hydration Behavior of Poly(N-vinylcaprolactam) in Water

S Sun, P Wu - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2011 - ACS Publications
IR spectroscopy in combination with two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy (2DCOS)
and the perturbation correlation moving window (PCMW) technique is employed to illustrate …

Theta temperature depression of mechanically interlocked polymers:[2] catenane as a model polymer

H Guo, K Qian, M Tsige - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polycatenanes have recently attracted considerable attention due to their potential for many
applications and as model systems for understanding the role of mechanical interlocking in …

Biasing Buckling Direction in Shape‐Programmable Hydrogel Sheets with Through‐Thickness Gradients

Y Zhou, CM Duque, CD Santangelo… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract A photocrosslinkable poly (N, N′‐diethylacrylamide) copolymer allows for the
photolithographic fabrication of hydrogel sheets with nonuniform crosslinking density and …