In contrast to conventional hard actuators, soft actuators offer many vivid advantages, such
as improved flexibility, adaptability, and reconfigurability, which are intrinsic to living …

The effects of electromagnetic (EM) radiation have received increased attention, closely
associated with the widespread use of electronics and wireless communication. A significant …

The emergence of human-motion-based energy harvesters is a reflection of the need to
develop future energy supplies for small-scale human-motion-based self-powered and self …

Because of the environmental and economic casualties of biofouling on maritime navigation,
modern studies have been devoted toward formulating advanced nanoscale composites in …

A pressing need to develop low‐cost, environmentally friendly, and sensitive sensors has
arisen with the advent of the always‐connected paradigm of the internet‐of‐things (IoT). In …

In the past decade, the development of theory has deeply revealed the electromechanical
coupling deformation mechanism of dielectric elastomer (DE). Many theoretical predictions …

Soft actuators have received intensive attention in the fields of soft robots, sensors,
intelligent control, artificial intelligence, and visual intelligence. By combination of tensile …

Compared to traditional robots, soft robots have more intriguing performance. Dielectric
elastomer actuators (DEAs) are the key components of soft robots. Analyzing various …

Abstract Shape-memory-polymers (SMPs) have displayed many attractive features,
especially in some shape memory composites that are able to respond swiftly to one or …

Polymer-based nanocomposite foams containing carbonic fillers have greatly facilitated
scientific research efforts in electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding, as well as …