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Self‐Powered Neuromorphic Touch Sensors Based on Triboelectric Devices: Current Approaches and Open Challenges

Small, Volume 22, Issue 16, 17 March 2026.
This review outlines how triboelectric self‐powered tactile sensors can be integrated with neuromorphic devices to emulate human touch. It summarizes current coupling strategies, operational modes, and synaptic functions enabled by triboelectric nanogerator (TENG)‐based systems, while highlighting key mechanisms, performance considerations, and future ...
Fabrizio Torricelli, Giuseppina Pace
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Energizing Change: Liquid‐Metal‐Enabled Nanogenerators for Smart Textiles

Small Structures, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2026.
This review highlights how liquid metals (LMs) improve energy‐harvesting smart textiles through flexible, conductive, and stable electrodes, enhancing the performance of piezoelectric and triboelectric nanogenerators. It explores LM chemistry, device innovations, textile compatibility, and future challenges, offering a roadmap for practical ...
Kamyar Shirvanimoghaddam, Peng Wu, Ilhan Ozen, Nauman Ali Choudhry, Minoo Naebe   +4 more
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Ionic Control of Microstructure and Lubrication in Charged, Physically Cross‐Linked Hydrogels

Advanced Functional Materials, Volume 36, Issue 13, 12 February 2026.
Here, charged, physically cross‐linked poly(methacrylamide‐co‐methacrylic acid) hydrogels stabilized by a short‐range attractive, long‐range repulsive potential is investigated. This work uncovers how salt addition alters not only swelling, but also the microstructure and dynamics, near‐surface stiffness and charge, and ultimately, its lubricity. Salts
Alexander Deptula, Rosa M. Espinosa‐Marzal   +1 more
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Functional Materials for Environmental Energy Harvesting in Smart Agriculture via Triboelectric Nanogenerators

Advanced Functional Materials, Volume 36, Issue 13, 12 February 2026.
This review explores functional and responsive materials for triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) in sustainable smart agriculture. It examines how particulate contamination and dirt affect charge transfer and efficiency. Environmental challenges and strategies to enhance durability and responsiveness are outlined, including active functional layers ...
Rafael R. A. Silva, Giulio Fatti, Emanuel Carlos, Guilherme Ferreira, Sumita Goswami, Suman Nandy, Luiz H. C. Mattoso, Elvira Fortunato, Caio G. Otoni, Rodrigo Martins   +9 more
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Electrically Tunable Friction: From Sticky to Slippery with Ionic Hydrogels

Advanced Materials, Volume 38, Issue 8, 6 February 2026.
This work demonstrates electrically tunable friction “from sticky to slippery” using ionic hydrogels, achieving reversible more‐than‐fifty‐fold modulation without liquid lubricants. An electric field extracts a salt‐rich interfacial layer that dramatically reduces friction.
Chenxu Liu, Yuan Yao, Yuanyuan Wang, Qi Zhou, Ziqian Zhao, Chenyu Qiao, Yongxiang Sun, Yonggang Meng, Yu Tian, Hongbo Zeng   +9 more
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Flexible Sensor‐Based Human–Machine Interfaces with AI Integration for Medical Robotics

Advanced Robotics Research, Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2026.
This review explores how flexible sensing technology and artificial intelligence (AI) significantly enhance human–machine interfaces in medical robotics. It highlights key sensing mechanisms, AI‐driven advancements, and applications in prosthetics, exoskeletons, and surgical robotics.
Yuxiao Wang, Zhipeng Jiang, Sun Hwa Kwon, Matthew Ibrahim, Alexander Dang, Lin Dong   +5 more
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Electron Compensation Enhanced Triboelectric Sensor Assisted by Machine Learning for Tactile Perception Recognition

Advanced Functional Materials, Volume 36, Issue 3, 8 January 2026.
Integrating polyethyleneimine and carbon black into polyurethane enhances electron transport and mechanical durability. The resulting sensor achieves significantly improved electrical signal and sensitivity, enabling efficient machine learning‐based tactile signal recognition in bionic applications.
Xiangkun Bo, Wei Wang, Hong Zhao, Ruiqin Zhang, Walid A. Daoud   +4 more
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Tribo‐Charge Induced Wetting (TCW): A New Wettability Control Mechanism for Electric‐Free Droplet Manipulation

Advanced Science, Volume 13, Issue 1, 5 January 2026.
Tribo‐charge induced wetting (TCW) is introduced as an electric‐free mechanism for dynamic wettability modulation. TCW utilizes surface charges generated through contact electrification to modulate surface wettability via electrostatic induction across a dielectric layer.
Yeonwoo Lee, Sung‐Yong Park
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Flexible Thermoelectrics for Wearable Electronics: Trends and Benchmarks in Solid‐State and Ionic Materials, Textile Architectures, Interface Engineering, and Device Performance

Advanced Electronic Materials, Volume 12, Issue 2, 21 January 2026.
Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) convert waste heat into electricity for self‐powered and wearable electronics. This review highlights advances in flexible, hybrid, and ionic thermoelectric materials, emphasizing ionic thermopower control, textile integration, and hybrid TEG–supercapacitor systems for combined harvesting, sensing, and storage.
Kaliyannan Manojkumar, Moparthi Haritha, Arunmetha Sundaramoorthy, Xiaowen Ruan, Sai Kishore Ravi, Venkateswaran Vivekananthan   +5 more
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Comparison of Chemical and Electrochemical Approaches to Abacavir Oxidative Stability Testing. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel), 2023
Pražáková L, Fischer J, Taylor A, Kubíčková A.   +3 more
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