Hierarchically structured bioinspired nanocomposites

D Nepal, S Kang, KM Adstedt, K Kanhaiya… - Nature materials, 2023 - nature.com
Next-generation structural materials are expected to be lightweight, high-strength and tough
composites with embedded functionalities to sense, adapt, self-repair, morph and restore …

Skin-inspired soft bioelectronic materials, devices and systems

C Zhao, J Park, SE Root, Z Bao - Nature Reviews Bioengineering, 2024 - nature.com
Bioelectronic devices and components made from soft, polymer-based and hybrid electronic
materials form natural interfaces with the human body. Advances in the molecular design of …

[HTML][HTML] Programmable multi-physical mechanics of mechanical metamaterials

P Sinha, T Mukhopadhyay - Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Mechanical metamaterials are engineered materials with unconventional mechanical
behavior that originates from artificially programmed microstructures along with intrinsic …

Flexible and stretchable light-emitting diodes and photodetectors for human-centric optoelectronics

S Chang, JH Koo, J Yoo, MS Kim, MK Choi… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Optoelectronic devices with unconventional form factors, such as flexible and stretchable
light-emitting or photoresponsive devices, are core elements for the next-generation human …

Mechanically-guided 3D assembly for architected flexible electronics

R Bo, S Xu, Y Yang, Y Zhang - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Architected flexible electronic devices with rationally designed 3D geometries have found
essential applications in biology, medicine, therapeutics, sensing/imaging, energy, robotics …

Stretchable origami robotic arm with omnidirectional bending and twisting

S Wu, Q Ze, J Dai, N Udipi, GH Paulino… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - pnas.org
Inspired by the embodied intelligence observed in octopus arms, we introduce magnetically
controlled origami robotic arms based on Kresling patterns for multimodal deformations …

Flexible and stretchable electrochemical sensors for biological monitoring

Y Zhao, KQ **, JD Li, KK Sheng… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The rise of flexible and stretchable electronics has revolutionized biosensor techniques for
probing biological systems. Particularly, flexible and stretchable electrochemical sensors …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical metamaterials based on origami and kirigami

Z Zhai, L Wu, H Jiang - Applied Physics Reviews, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Once merely ancient arts, origami (ie, paper folding) and kirigami (ie, paper cutting) have in
recent years also become popular for building mechanical metamaterials and now provide …

Wireless battery-free and fully implantable organ interfaces

A Bhatia, J Hanna, T Stuart, KA Kasper… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Advances in soft materials, miniaturized electronics, sensors, stimulators, radios, and battery-
free power supplies are resulting in a new generation of fully implantable organ interfaces …

Smart windows: electro‐, thermo‐, mechano‐, photochromics, and beyond

Y Ke, J Chen, G Lin, S Wang, Y Zhou… - Advanced Energy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A smart window that dynamically modulates light transmittance is crucial for building energy
efficiently, and promising for on‐demand optical devices. The rapid development of …