Recent advances of biomass-based smart hydrogel Actuators: A review

M Yang, Y Liu, G Duan, Z Liang, Y Huang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to the characteristics of a large amount of water inside, good softness, and ability to
respond to various external stimuli, smart hydrogels have attracted great attention in the field …

Progress in stimuli-responsive hydrogel composites for digital technologies

O Ejeromedoghene, AO Omoniyi, E Akor… - Applied Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
The global demand for data storage and information security has risen to frightening levels.
This is due to the global population's paradigm shift toward digital technologies. Over the …

Super‐Tough, Non‐Swelling Zwitterionic Hydrogel Sensor Based on the Hofmeister Effect for Potential Motion Monitoring of Marine Animals

J Ren, G Chen, H Yang, J Zheng, S Li, C Zhu… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogel‐based electronic devices in aquatic environments have sparked widespread
research interest. Nevertheless, the challenge of develo** hydrogel electronics …

Sodium alginate supramolecular nanofibers in synergy with surface crack engineering to prepare tough and highly sensitive hydrogels

Y Zhang, Z Chen, J Zou, P Feng, X **g - International Journal of Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Soft and wet hydrogels often struggle to achieve both toughness and high sensitivity
simultaneously, limiting their usefulness in flexible devices. To tackle this challenge, we …

Solvent-adaptive hydrogels with lamellar confinement cellular structure for programmable multimodal locomotion

X Yao, H Chen, H Qin, QH Wu, HP Cong… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Biological organisms can perform flexible and controllable multimodal motion under external
stimuli owing to the hierarchical assembly of anisotropic structures across multiple length …

Enhancement and mechanism of mechanical properties and functionalities of polyacrylamide/polyacrylic acid hydrogels by 1D and 2D nanocarbon

X Zhang, Y Yao, Y Wu, W Liu, X Wang, P Feng… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Highly flexible hydrogels are widely used in fields such as agriculture, drug delivery, and
tissue engineering. However, the simultaneous integration of excellent mechanical …

Mutable Collagenous Tissue: A Concept Generator for Biomimetic Materials and Devices

MD Candia Carnevali, M Sugni, F Bonasoro, IC Wilkie - Marine Drugs, 2024 - mdpi.com
Echinoderms (starfish, sea-urchins and their close relations) possess a unique type of
collagenous tissue that is innervated by the motor nervous system and whose mechanical …

[HTML][HTML] All-cellulose hydrogel with ultrahigh stretchability exceeding 40000%

Y Zhang, X Sun, Y Ye, H Oguzlu, Y Zhu, J Zhu, K Le… - Materials Today, 2024 - Elsevier
While cellulose-based stretchable hydrogels have been extensively explored in recent
years, all-cellulose hydrogels continue to face the limitation of low stretchability (less than …

Cellulose Nanocrystal-in-Solvent Processing for Efficient One-Pot Upcycling of Commercial Polymeric PFAS

J Park, Y Kim, SY Kwak - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024 - ACS Publications
Upcoming regulations aim to ban per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), including
commercial polymeric PFAS, or fluoropolymers, such as poly (tetrafluoroethylene)(PTFE) …

Self‐healing polymers for soft actuators and robots

X Qiu, X Zhang - Journal of Polymer Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in artificial intelligence technology bring a rising demand on stimuli responsive
actuating materials and soft actuators. By the virtue of easy deformation and mechanical …