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Biohybrid Tendons Enhance the Power‐to‐Weight Ratio and Modularity of Muscle‐Powered Robots

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Biohybrid robots powered by skeletal muscle actuators are capable of dynamically adapting to environmental cues. This study takes inspiration from native muscle–tendon architecture by leveraging tough hydrogels as synthetic tendons for muscle actuators to enhance the power‐to‐weight ratio and modularity of biohybrid machines.
Nicolas Castro, Ronald Heisser, Maheera Bawa, Bastien Aymon, Sarah Wu, Annika Marschner, Sonika Kohli, Angel Bu, Laura Rosado, Martin Culpepper, Xuanhe Zhao, Ritu Raman   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multiscale instabilities in soft heterogeneous dielectric elastomers. [PDF]

Proc Math Phys Eng Sci, 2014
Rudykh S, Bhattacharya K, Debotton G.
europepmc   +1 more source

4D Printing of Magnetically Responsive Shape Memory Polymers: Toward Sustainable Solutions in Soft Robotics, Wearables, and Biomedical Devices

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Merging 4D printing with magneto‐responsive shape memory polymers opens new avenues for intelligent, reconfigurable systems. This review navigates cutting‐edge fabrication techniques, magnetic fillers, and smart polymer matrices, unveiling their potential in soft robotics, biomedical devices, and wearable tech.
Kiandokht Mirasadi, Mohammad Amin Yousefi, Liuchao Jin, Davood Rahmatabadi, Majid Baniassadi, Wei‐Hsin Liao, Mahdi Bodaghi, Mostafa Baghani   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pushing the boundaries of dielectric permittivity in polysiloxanes: polar dipole modifications enable amorphous pyroelectric polymers. [PDF]

Mater Horiz
Danner PM, Raman Venkatesan T, von Szczepanski J, Owusu F, Opris DM.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Heat Transfer in Dielectric Elastomers - Simulating thermal breakdown in multilayered dielectric elastomers

, 2019
Dielectric elastomers are an interesting type of electro-mechanical transducers that can operate both as actuators, generators and sensors. They are composed of an elastomer layer sandwiched between two compliant electrodes and may be arranged in various configurations, including multilayered stacks.
openaire   +1 more source

Ionic–Bionic Interfaces: Advancing Iontronic Strategies for Bioelectronic Sensing and Therapy

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Ionic–bionic interfaces for bioelectronics leverage ions as multifunctional mediators that combine mechanical compliance, ionic and electronic functionalities, and therapeutic effects. These systems offer real‐time biosignal transduction, effective wound dressing, responsive drug delivery, and seamless interaction between soft tissues and electronic ...
Yun Goo Ro, Yoojin Chang, Jeeyoon Kim, Seungjae Lee, Sangyun Na, Cheolhong Park, Hyunhyub Ko   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thermally Drawn Soft Dielectric Elastomer Actuator Fibers. [PDF]

ACS Omega
Akimoto Y, Coativy G, Cavaillé JY, Adrien J, Maire E, Guo Y.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Role of Ionic Liquids at the Biological Interfaces in Bioelectronics

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Ionic liquids (ILs) are highlighted as key artificial ionic materials that bridge biological ion‐based signaling and electronic devices. By understanding their composition, structure, function relationships, and mechanisms, ILs can advance from high performance electrolyte to core materials enabling integrated, multifunctional bioelectronics for ...
Yeong‐sinn Ye, Young Jin Jo, Ji Yeon Oh, Ju Yeon Jeong, Lili Guo, Tae‐il Kim   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recent Advances in Decoupling Strategies for Soft Sensors

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This review provides an overview of recent advances in decoupling strategies for soft sensors. It summarizes single‐modal sensors that are insensitive to stretching, bending, crosstalk, and other environmental interferences, and highlights emerging multimodal decoupling methods enabled by spatiotemporal information and machine learning.
Yangbo Yuan, Wanqing Zhang, Jia‐Yu Yang, Manqi Peng, Huanyu Cheng   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatiotemporally programmed dielectric liquid crystal elastomer: Electro-reversible 3D morphing via inverse 4D printing. [PDF]

Sci Adv
Zhao H, Chen Z, Li J, Luo Y, Peng Z, Mao G, Xiao R, Mao J.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source