Beyond the visible: bioinspired infrared adaptive materials

J Yang, X Zhang, X Zhang, L Wang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Infrared (IR) adaptation phenomena are ubiquitous in nature and biological systems. Taking
inspiration from natural creatures, researchers have devoted extensive efforts for develo** …

Controlling mass and energy diffusion with metamaterials

F Yang, Z Zhang, L Xu, Z Liu, P **, P Zhuang… - Reviews of Modern …, 2024 - APS
Diffusion driven by temperature or concentration gradients is a fundamental mechanism of
energy and mass transport that inherently differs from wave propagation in both physical …

Highly stretchable electroluminescent skin for optical signaling and tactile sensing

C Larson, B Peele, S Li, S Robinson, M Totaro… - science, 2016 - science.org
Cephalopods such as octopuses have a combination of a stretchable skin and color-tuning
organs to control both posture and color for visual communication and disguise. We present …

Ultrahigh-efficient material informatics inverse design of thermal metamaterials for visible-infrared-compatible camouflage

W **, YJ Lee, S Yu, Z Chen, J Shiomi, SK Kim… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Multispectral camouflage technologies, especially in the most frequently-used visible and
infrared (VIS-IR) bands, are in increasing demand for the ever-growing multispectral …

Hydraulic hydrogel actuators and robots optically and sonically camouflaged in water

H Yuk, S Lin, C Ma, M Takaffoli, NX Fang… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Sea animals such as leptocephali develop tissues and organs composed of active
transparent hydrogels to achieve agile motions and natural camouflage in water. Hydrogel …

Biomimetic chameleon soft robot with artificial crypsis and disruptive coloration skin

H Kim, J Choi, KK Kim, P Won, S Hong… - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Development of an artificial camouflage at a complete device level remains a vastly
challenging task, especially under the aim of achieving more advanced and natural …

Thermal camouflaging metamaterials

R Hu, W **, Y Liu, K Tang, J Song, X Luo, J Wu… - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermal camouflage technologies, which aim at blending the infrared (IR) signature of
targets into the background to counter the IR detection, have witnessed increasing …

Nature-inspired structural materials for flexible electronic devices

Y Liu, K He, G Chen, WR Leow, X Chen - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Exciting advancements have been made in the field of flexible electronic devices in the last
two decades and will certainly lead to a revolution in peoples' lives in the future. However …

Skin-touch-actuated textile-based triboelectric nanogenerator with black phosphorus for durable biomechanical energy harvesting

J **ong, P Cui, X Chen, J Wang, K Parida… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Textiles that are capable of harvesting biomechanical energy via triboelectric effects are of
interest for self-powered wearable electronics. Fabrication of conformable and durable …

A chameleon-inspired stretchable electronic skin with interactive colour changing controlled by tactile sensing

HH Chou, A Nguyen, A Chortos, JWF To, C Lu… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Some animals, such as the chameleon and cephalopod, have the remarkable capability to
change their skin colour. This unique characteristic has long inspired scientists to develop …