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Biological and Biologically Inspired Functional Nanostructures: Insights into Structural, Optical, Thermal, and Sensing Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, Volume 37, Issue 51, December 23, 2025.
Biological and biologically‐inspired functional nanostructures with structural, thermal, optical, and sensing applications are reviewed. The role of nanoscale features in biological materials on performance is described, and their blueprints are used for bio‐inspired nanomaterials, synthesized using advanced techniques (i.e., photolithography, bio ...
Chao Hsuan (Joseph) Sung   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advanced Materials in Responsible Electronics: Innovations for Sustainability, Health, and Circularity

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, Volume 10, Issue 23, December 3, 2025.
Contemporary electronic devices produce significant waste, harming ecosystems. Innovation in design, consumption, materials, and end‐of‐life management is crucial. This review explores advanced materials for sustainable and responsible electronics, highlighting their potential to reduce environmental and health hazards while improving device ...
Rawan Omar   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Smart Hydrogel Tactile Sensors and Systems: A Comprehensive Review

open access: yesSmartSys, Volume 1, Issue 4, December 2025.
ABSTRACT The rise of wearable electronics and intelligent robotics has created an urgent demand for tactile sensors that are soft, biocompatible, and responsive. Hydrogels, with high water content and mechanical compliance such as biological tissues, provide a unique platform for constructing next‐generation tactile sensors that mimic human skin’s ...
Yong Long   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conformal electronics: Materials, fabrication, and emerging applications

open access: yesFlexMat, Volume 2, Issue 3, Page 341-364, October 2025.
To promote the development of wearable technology, conformal electronics have attracted widespread attention in recent years due to their higher measurement accuracy, higher stability, and greater adaptability and comfort. We introduced the strategies to cope with different surfaces and advanced manufacturing technologies of conformal electronics, and ...
Jiayu Pan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Magnetic micro-protrusion arrays with wrinkled polypyrrole surfaces for enhancing the performance of flexible pressure sensors

open access: yesAPL Materials
Flexible sensing technology has been developed and improved rapidly in recent years, attracting widespread attention and research. Magnetic composites have great potential in the field of flexible sensing due to their excellent conductivity and magnetic ...
Ruixue Sun   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Finite element modeling of dielectric elastomer actuators for space applications [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
A special actuator device with passive sensing capability based on dielectric elastomer was studied and specialized to be used in space applications. The work illustrates the research project modeling procedure adopted to simulate the mechanical behavior
LAMPANI, LUCA
core  

Textile Pressure Sensors: Innovations and Intellectual Property Landscape [PDF]

open access: yes
Textile pressure sensors represent a recent field area of development within the field of wearable technology and smart textiles. The potential applications of these sensors are diverse, spanning healthcare, sports, and other domains.
Andreoni, Giuseppe, Barbieri, Massimo
core   +1 more source

Advanced Materials and Assembly Strategies for Wearable Biosensors: A Review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Recent technological advances of soft functional materials and their assembly into wearable (i.e., on-skin) biosensors lead to the development of ground-breaking biomedical applications ranging from wearable health monitoring to drug delivery and to ...
Lee, Chi Hwan   +2 more
core   +1 more source

From Single Sensors to Sensor Arrays: Leveraging Supervised Machine Learning to Read Multiple Soft Capacitive Sensors with a Single Pair of Wires

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 7, July 2025.
The study presents a method for detecting touch location and force magnitude on soft capacitive sensors without complex electrode patterning. Multifrequency impedance measurements are combined with machine learning to accurately classify five sensing zones and estimate applied force with low error.
Samuel Belk   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wearable Biomonitoring with 2D Carbon‐Based Nanocomposite Hydrogels

open access: yesAdvanced Physics Research, Volume 4, Issue 6, June 2025.
This review critically examines recent advancements in nanocomposite hydrogels, emphasizing the reinforcement mechanisms offered by 2D carbon‐based nanomaterials and exploring the various applications of these hydrogels. Furthermore, it discusses the current challenges and potential avenues for future development and practical implementation of ...
Ning Li   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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