Naturally sourced hydrogels: emerging fundamental materials for next-generation healthcare sensing

Z Wang, H Wei, Y Huang, Y Wei, J Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The flourishing development of flexible healthcare sensing systems is inseparable from the
fundamental materials with application-oriented mechanical and electrical properties …

Bioadhesive technology platforms

SJ Wu, X Zhao - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Bioadhesives have emerged as transformative and versatile tools in healthcare, offering the
ability to attach tissues with ease and minimal damage. These materials present numerous …

A decade retrospective of medical robotics research from 2010 to 2020

PE Dupont, BJ Nelson, M Goldfarb, B Hannaford… - Science robotics, 2021 - science.org
Robotics is a forward-looking discipline. Attention is focused on identifying the next grand
challenges. In an applied field such as medical robotics, however, it is important to plan the …

Soft pneumatic actuators: A review of design, fabrication, modeling, sensing, control and applications

MS Xavier, CD Tawk, A Zolfagharian, J Pinskier… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft robotics is a rapidly evolving field where robots are fabricated using highly deformable
materials and usually follow a bioinspired design. Their high dexterity and safety make them …

Self-enhancing sono-inks enable deep-penetration acoustic volumetric printing

X Kuang, Q Rong, S Belal, T Vu, AM López López… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Volumetric printing, an emerging additive manufacturing technique, builds objects with
enhanced printing speed and surface quality by forgoing the stepwise ink-renewal step …

Electrical bioadhesive interface for bioelectronics

J Deng, H Yuk, J Wu, CE Varela, X Chen, ET Roche… - Nature materials, 2021 - nature.com
Reliable functions of bioelectronic devices require conformal, stable and conductive
interfaces with biological tissues. Integrating bioelectronic devices with tissues usually relies …

Soft bioelectronics for the management of cardiovascular diseases

SH Sunwoo, SI Han, CS Park, JH Kim… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
The motions of the heart are regulated by electrophysiological signals, which can be
monitored and altered by bioelectronic devices for the diagnosis and treatment of …

Hydrogel machines

X Liu, J Liu, S Lin, X Zhao - Materials Today, 2020 - Elsevier
As polymer networks infiltrated with water, hydrogels constitute the major components of the
human body; and hydrogels have been widely used in applications that closely interact with …

Dry double-sided tape for adhesion of wet tissues and devices

H Yuk, CE Varela, CS Nabzdyk, X Mao, RF Padera… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Two dry surfaces can instantly adhere upon contact with each other through intermolecular
forces such as hydrogen bonds, electrostatic interactions and van der Waals interactions …

Skin-inspired, sensory robots for electronic implants

L Zhang, S **ng, H Yin, H Weisbecker, HT Tran… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Drawing inspiration from cohesive integration of skeletal muscles and sensory skins in
vertebrate animals, we present a design strategy of soft robots, primarily consisting of an …