Soft actuators for real-world applications

M Li, A Pal, A Aghakhani, A Pena-Francesch… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Inspired by physically adaptive, agile, reconfigurable and multifunctional soft-bodied
animals and human muscles, soft actuators have been developed for a variety of …

Functional fiber materials to smart fiber devices

C Chen, J Feng, J Li, Y Guo, X Shi, H Peng - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The development of fiber materials has accompanied the evolution of human civilization for
centuries. Recent advances in materials science and chemistry offered fibers new …

Bistable and multistable actuators for soft robots: Structures, materials, and functionalities

Y Chi, Y Li, Y Zhao, Y Hong, Y Tang… - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Snap‐through bistability is often observed in nature (eg, fast snap** to closure of Venus
flytrap) and the life (eg, bottle caps and hair clippers). Recently, harnessing bistability and …

Advanced fiber materials for wearable electronics

C Zhu, J Wu, J Yan, X Liu - Advanced Fiber Materials, 2023 - Springer
Fiber materials are highly desirable for wearable electronics that are expected to be flexible
and stretchable. Compared with rigid and planar electronic devices, fiber-based wearable …

Materials for smart soft actuator systems

I Apsite, S Salehi, L Ionov - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
In contrast to conventional hard actuators, soft actuators offer many vivid advantages, such
as improved flexibility, adaptability, and reconfigurability, which are intrinsic to living …

Electrospun liquid crystal elastomer microfiber actuator

Q He, Z Wang, Y Wang, Z Wang, C Li… - Science robotics, 2021 - science.org
Fibers capable of generating axial contraction are commonly seen in nature and
engineering applications. Despite the broad applications of fiber actuators, it is still very …

Twisting for soft intelligent autonomous robot in unstructured environments

Y Zhao, Y Chi, Y Hong, Y Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Soft robots that can harvest energy from environmental resources for autonomous
locomotion is highly desired; however, few are capable of adaptive navigation without …

Soft fiber electronics based on semiconducting polymer

F Sun, H Jiang, H Wang, Y Zhong, Y Xu, Y **ng… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Fibers, originating from nature and mastered by human, have woven their way throughout
the entire history of human civilization. Recent developments in semiconducting polymer …

Advances in high‐performance autonomous energy and self‐powered sensing textiles with novel 3D fabric structures

K Dong, X Peng, R Cheng, C Ning, Y Jiang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The seamless integration of emerging triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) technology with
traditional wearable textile materials has given birth to the next‐generation smart textiles, ie …

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 …