Tethering of twisted-fiber artificial muscles

X Leng, G Mei, G Zhang, Z Liu, X Zhou - Chemical society reviews, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Twisted-fiber artificial muscles, a new type of soft actuator, exhibit significant potential for use
in applications related to lightweight smart devices and soft robotics. Fiber twisting …

Advances in harvesting water and energy from ubiquitous atmospheric moisture

W Lu, WL Ong, GW Ho - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Atmospheric moisture contains huge amounts of water and energy potential, which,
benefiting from the advances of nanomaterials, hold great promise in delivering circular …

Understanding the mechanical and conductive properties of carbon nanotube fibers for smart electronics

X Zhang, W Lu, G Zhou, Q Li - Advanced Materials, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
The development of fiber‐based smart electronics has provoked increasing demand for high‐
performance and multifunctional fiber materials. Carbon nanotube (CNT) fibers, the 1D …

Sheath-run artificial muscles

J Mu, M Jung de Andrade, S Fang, X Wang, E Gao… - Science, 2019‏ - science.org
Although guest-filled carbon nanotube yarns provide record performance as torsional and
tensile artificial muscles, they are expensive, and only part of the muscle effectively …

Moisture sensitive smart yarns and textiles from self‐balanced silk fiber muscles

T Jia, Y Wang, Y Dou, Y Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Smart textiles that sense, interact, and adapt to environmental stimuli have provided exciting
new opportunities for a variety of applications. However, current advances have largely …

High-performance cellulose nanofibers/carbon nanotubes composite for constructing multifunctional sensors and wearable electronics

Y Liu, S Zhang, L Li, N Li - Advanced Fiber Materials, 2024‏ - Springer
The green preparation of highly dispersed carbon nanotube (CNT) conductive inks remains
a critical challenge in the field of flexible electronics. Herein, a waterborne CNT dispersion …

The power of fiber twist

X Zhou, S Fang, X Leng, Z Liu… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Conspectus Nature's evolution over billions of years has led to the development of different
kinds of twisted structures in a variety of biological species. Twisted fibers from nanoscale-to …

Textiles in soft robots: Current progress and future trends

C Fu, Z **a, C Hurren, A Nilghaz, X Wang - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Soft robotics have substantial benefits of safety, adaptability, and cost efficiency compared to
conventional rigid robotics. Textiles have applications in soft robotics either as an auxiliary …

Advanced functional carbon nanotube fibers from preparation to application

F Wang, S Zhao, Q Jiang, R Li, Y Zhao, Y Huang… - Cell Reports Physical …, 2022‏ - cell.com
Carbon nanotube fibers (CNTFs) have attracted extensive interest and are desirable
building blocks for advanced functional fibers because of their extraordinary tensile strength …

Spider silk supercontraction-inspired cotton-hydrogel self-adapting textiles

AQ Khan, K Yu, J Li, X Leng, M Wang, X Zhang… - Advanced Fiber …, 2022‏ - Springer
Smart textiles are able to self-adapt to an irregular surface. So, they found new applications
in intelligent clothes and equipments, where the properties and functionality of traditional …