Stimuli-responsive fiber/fabric actuators for intelligent soft robots: From current progress to future opportunities

M Zheng, M Liu, Y Cheng, W Chen, L Wang, X Qin - Nano Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Bioinspired soft actuators with adaptive, reconfigurable, and multifunctional features have
gained increasing attention in soft-robotic applications of intelligent responsive devices …

50th anniversary perspective: Networks and gels: Soft but dynamic and tough

C Creton - Macromolecules, 2017 - ACS Publications
Soft polymer networks have seen an explosion of recent developments motivated by new
high tech applications in the biomedical field or in engineering. We present a candid and …

Dual ratiometric fluorescence monitoring of mechanical polymer chain stretching and subsequent strain-Induced crystallization

K Suga, T Yamakado, S Saito - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Tracking the behavior of mechanochromic molecules provides valuable insights into force
transmission and associated microstructural changes in soft materials under load. Herein …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-modal investigation of the bone micro-and ultrastructure, and elemental distribution in the presence of Mg-xGd screws at mid-term healing stages

K Iskhakova, H Cwieka, S Meers, H Helmholz… - Bioactive Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Magnesium (Mg)–based alloys are becoming attractive materials for medical applications as
temporary bone implants for support of fracture healing, eg as a suture anchor. Due to their …

Strain-induced crystallization of natural rubber and cross-link densities heterogeneities

N Candau, R Laghmach, L Chazeau, JM Chenal… - …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Strain-induced crystallization (SIC) of natural rubber (NR) is characterized during a cyclic
deformation at room temperature and low strain rate (∼ 10–3 s–1) using in situ wide angle X …

Strain-induced crystallization in natural rubber

PA Albouy, P Sotta - Polymer crystallization II: from chain microstructure to …, 2015 - Springer
Rather than an exhaustive review of the numerous reported studies of strain-induced
crystallization (SIC) in natural rubber, this chapter discusses some aspects of the physical …

Fatigue of natural rubber under different temperatures

B Ruellan, JB Le Cam, I Jeanneau, F Canévet… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Natural rubbers have extraordinary physical properties, typically the ability to crystallize
under tension that is assumed to be responsible for their high fatigue resistance. Strain …

Actuating fibers: design and applications

GV Stoychev, L Ionov - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2016 - ACS Publications
Actuators are devices capable of moving or controlling objects and systems by applying
mechanical force on them. Among all kinds of actuators with different shapes, fibrous ones …

Frustrating strain-induced crystallization of natural rubber with biaxial stretch

X Chen, L Meng, W Zhang, K Ye, C **e… - … applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The supreme mechanical performance of natural rubber (NR) is commonly attributed to
strain-induced crystallization (SIC). The SIC of NR during uniaxial stretch has been …

Elastocaloric effect in vulcanized natural rubber and natural/wastes rubber blends

N Candau, E Vives, AI Fernández, ML Maspoch - Polymer, 2021 - Elsevier
Vulcanized natural/wastes rubber blends were prepared and their elastocaloric properties
were analysed. A thermodynamic frame was used to discriminate the contributions of …