Soft sensors and actuators for wearable human–machine interfaces

J Park, Y Lee, S Cho, A Choe, J Yeom, YG Ro… - Chemical …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Haptic human–machine interfaces (HHMIs) combine tactile sensation and haptic feedback
to allow humans to interact closely with machines and robots, providing immersive …

Piezoelectric nanogenerators for personalized healthcare

W Deng, Y Zhou, A Libanori, G Chen, W Yang… - Chemical Society …, 2022‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The development of flexible piezoelectric nanogenerators has experienced rapid progress
in the past decade and is serving as the technological foundation of future state-of-the-art …

Self-healing polymers for electronics and energy devices

Y Zhou, L Li, Z Han, Q Li, J He, Q Wang - Chemical Reviews, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Polymers are extensively exploited as active materials in a variety of electronics and energy
devices because of their tailorable electrical properties, mechanical flexibility, facile …

Integrated actuation and sensing: Toward intelligent soft robots

S Zhou, Y Li, Q Wang, Z Lyu - Cyborg and Bionic Systems, 2024‏ - spj.science.org
Soft robotics has received substantial attention due to its remarkable deformability, making it
well-suited for a wide range of applications in complex environments, such as medicine …

Underwater communication and optical camouflage ionogels

Z Yu, P Wu - Advanced Materials, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Marine animals, such as leptocephalus and jellyfish, can sense external stimuli and achieve
optical camouflage in the aquatic environment. Fabricating an intelligent soft sensor that can …

Self-powered and self-sensing devices based on human motion

Z Lai, J Xu, CR Bowen, S Zhou - Joule, 2022‏ - cell.com
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 …

Control strategies for soft robot systems

J Wang, A Chortos - Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Soft robots have recently attracted increased attention because their characteristics of low‐
cost fabrication, durability, and deformability make them uniquely suited for applications in …

Cellulose nanofibrils enhanced, strong, stretchable, freezing‐tolerant ionic conductive organohydrogel for multi‐functional sensors

Y Ye, Y Zhang, Y Chen, X Han… - Advanced Functional …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
To date, ionic conducting hydrogel attracts tremendous attention as an alternative to the
conventional rigid metallic conductors in fabricating flexible devices, owing to their intrinsic …

Hydrogels for underwater adhesion: adhesion mechanism, design strategies and applications

X Ma, X Zhou, J Ding, B Huang, P Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022‏ - pubs.rsc.org
A hydrogel is a polymer material with a porous network structure, which allows the hydrogel
to swell rapidly underwater without dissolving. This unique property of hydrogels lays the …

Self‐powered flexible sensor array for dynamic pressure monitoring

L Wu, J Xue, J Meng, B Shi, W Sun… - Advanced Functional …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Flexible pressure sensors are valuable in applications such as electronic skin, smart robots,
artificial prosthetics, and wearable electronics. In this study, a fully packaged, flexible, self …