Soft fiber/textile actuators: from design strategies to diverse applications

E Xue, L Liu, W Wu, B Wang - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Fiber/textile-based actuators have garnered considerable attention due to their distinctive
attributes, encompassing higher degrees of freedom, intriguing deformations, and enhanced …

Advanced design of fibrous flexible actuators for smart wearable applications

C Fang, B Xu, M Li, J Han, Y Yang, X Liu - Advanced Fiber Materials, 2024 - Springer
Smart wearables equipped with integrated flexible actuators possess the ability to
autonomously respond and adapt to changes in the environment. Fibrous textiles have been …

Electrochemically actuated microelectrodes for minimally invasive peripheral nerve interfaces

C Dong, A Carnicer-Lombarte, F Bonafè, B Huang… - Nature Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Electrode arrays that interface with peripheral nerves are used in the diagnosis and
treatment of neurological disorders; however, they require complex placement surgeries that …

Hydrogel-assisted microfluidic spinning of stretchable fibers via fluidic and interfacial self-adaptations

G Zhao, T Wu, R Wang, Z Li, Q Yang, L Wang… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Stretchable polymeric fibers have enormous potential, but their production requires rigorous
environmental controls and considerable resource consumption. It's also challenging for …

Self-Poled Piezoelectric Nanocomposite Fiber Sensors for Wireless Monitoring of Physiological Signals

MM Hasan, M Rahman, MSB Sadeque… - ACS applied materials …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Self-powered sensors have the potential to enable real-time health monitoring without
contributing to the ever-growing demand for energy. Piezoelectric nanogenerators (PENGs) …

Aesthetic Cellulose Filaments with Water-Triggered Switchable Internal Stress and Customizable Polarized Iridescence Toward Green Fashion Innovation

X Fu, Z Liu, C Jiao, P Chen, Z Long, D Ye - ACS nano, 2024 - ACS Publications
Healthy, convenient, and aesthetic hair dyeing and styling are essential to fashion trends
and personal–social interactions. Herein, we fabricate green, scalable, and aesthetic …

Magnetic fiber robots with multiscale functional structures at the distal end

J Fan, S Ren, B Han, R He, Z Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic fiber robots have revealed great potential for future minimally invasive robotic
surgery. However, with the miniaturization of fiber robots, the integration of functional …

Water-Based Continuous Fabrication of Highly Elastic Electromagnetic Fibers

X Gao, J Su, C Xu, S Cao, S Gu, W Sun, Z You - ACS nano, 2024 - ACS Publications
Elastic electromagnetic fibers are promising building blocks for next-generation flexible
electronics. However, fabrication of elastic fibers is still difficult and usually requires organic …

Multimaterial fibers for multifunctional sensing applications

M Du, S Lv, J Qiu, T Guo, S Zhou - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Multimaterial fibers, as a new generation and rapidly developed fiber materials, have been
widely used in advanced photonic and optoelectronic devices, energy conversion …

Recent Advances in Next‐Generation Textiles

Y Tian, R Ding, SS Yoon, S Zhang, J Yu… - Advanced …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Textiles have played a pivotal role in human development, evolving from basic fibers into
sophisticated, multifunctional materials. Advances in material science, nanotechnology, and …