Mechanical metamaterials enable the creation of structural materials with unprecedented
mechanical properties. However, thus far, research on mechanical metamaterials has …

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 …

Rationally designed architected materials have attained previously untapped territories in
materials property space. The properties and behaviours of architected materials need not …

Advances in additive manufacturing techniques have enabled the creation of stimuli-
responsive materials with designed three-dimensional (3D) architectures. Unlike biological …

Self-powered devices and micro-sensors are in high demand for intelligent electronics and
flexible wearables for applications in medical healthcare and human–computer interactive …

Micro/nano functional devices featuring deep integration, intelligence, and miniaturization
have attracted considerable attention in frontier areas of research, such as micro/nano …

Highlights Various morphological structures in pressure sensors with the resulting advanced
sensing properties are reviewed comprehensively. Relevant manufacturing techniques and …

Trauma-and disease-related skeletal defects and illnesses are plaguing millions of people
especially in an ageing globe. Recently, the convergence of additive manufacturing (AM) …

Smart materials are a kind of functional materials which can sense and response to
environmental conditions or stimuli from optical, electrical, magnetic mechanical, thermal …

Textiles have been concomitant of human civilization for thousands of years. With the
advances in chemistry and materials, integrating textiles with energy harvesters will provide …