Self-powered sensing in wearable electronics─ a paradigm shift technology

W Tang, Q Sun, ZL Wang - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
With the advancements in materials science and micro/nanoengineering, the field of
wearable electronics has experienced a rapid growth and significantly impacted and …

Design and synthesis of triboelectric polymers for high performance triboelectric nanogenerators

X Tao, X Chen, ZL Wang - Energy & Environmental Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Triboelectric polymer materials are the essential element for triboelectric nanogenerator
(TENG). Designing and synthesizing strategy of triboelectric polymers is the foundation for …

Artificial tactile perception smart finger for material identification based on triboelectric sensing

X Qu, Z Liu, P Tan, C Wang, Y Liu, H Feng, D Luo… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Tactile perception includes the direct response of tactile corpuscles to environmental stimuli
and psychological parameters associated with brain recognition. To date, several artificial …

Development of conductive hydrogels for fabricating flexible strain sensors

G Li, C Li, G Li, D Yu, Z Song, H Wang, X Liu, H Liu… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Conductive hydrogels can be prepared by incorporating various conductive materials into
polymeric network hydrogels. In recent years, conductive hydrogels have been developed …

Touchless interactive teaching of soft robots through flexible bimodal sensory interfaces

W Liu, Y Duo, J Liu, F Yuan, L Li, L Li, G Wang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
In this paper, we propose a multimodal flexible sensory interface for interactively teaching
soft robots to perform skilled locomotion using bare human hands. First, we develop a …

Non‐equilibrium‐Growing Aesthetic Ionic Skin for Fingertip‐Like Strain‐Undisturbed Tactile Sensation and Texture Recognition

H Qiao, S Sun, P Wu - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Humans use periodically ridged fingertips to precisely perceive the characteristics of objects
via ion‐based fast‐and slow‐adaptive mechanotransduction. However, designing artificial …

[HTML][HTML] Electrospun nanofiber based TENGs for wearable electronics and self-powered sensing

A Babu, I Aazem, R Walden, S Bairagi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
There has been much recent interest in develo** triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) to
scavenge freely available mechanical energy to address future requirements for clean and …

From contact electrification to triboelectric nanogenerators

ZL Wang - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Although the contact electrification (CE)(or usually called'triboelectrification') effect has been
known for over 2600 years, its scientific mechanism still remains debated after decades …

Emerging beyond-graphene elemental 2D materials for energy and catalysis applications

FR Fan, R Wang, H Zhang, W Wu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Elemental two-dimensional (2D) materials have emerged as promising candidates for
energy and catalysis applications due to their unique physical, chemical, and electronic …

Pursuing the tribovoltaic effect for direct-current triboelectric nanogenerators

C Xu, J Yu, Z Huo, Y Wang, Q Sun… - Energy & Environmental …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The shortage of fossil energy and global climate change have driven humankind to find a
new type of renewable, accessible, and clean energy. The triboelectric nanogenerator …