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Design Strategies and Emerging Applications of High‐Performance Flexible Piezoresistive Pressure Sensors

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Flexible piezoresistive pressure sensors underpin wearable and soft electronics. This review links sensing physics, including contact resistance modulation, quantum tunneling and percolation, to unified materials/structure design. We highlight composite and graded architectures, interfacial/porous engineering, and microstructured 3D conductive networks
Feng Luo, Artur Ciesielski, Paolo Samorì   +2 more
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Scalable High‐Force Zipping Electrostatic Actuators

Advanced Intelligent Systems
Electrostatic actuators are well suited for integration in soft and wearable robotics due to their speed, energy efficiency, self‐sensing, and direct electrical drive.
Fabio Caruso, Amir Firouzeh, Herbert Shea   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cyclic Olefin Copolymers as Versatile Materials for Advanced Engineering Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Cyclic olefin copolymers (COCs) are presented as highly versatile materials combining tunable synthesis, excellent optical properties, and mechanical robustness. Their potential spans microfluidics, bioengineering, and advanced electronics, while emerging self‐healing and sustainable solutions highlight future opportunities.
Giulia Fredi, Norma Mallegni, Andrea Dorigato, Mario Milazzo   +3 more
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Temperature-modulated surface features of neem seed biochar for sustainable thermal energy storage applications

Biochar
Addressing the surging global energy demand while mitigating environmental degradation necessitates a paradigm shift from conventional energy systems to sustainable alternatives.
Soumen Mandal, Avinash C. Mendhe, Taejoon Park, Han Seung Lee   +3 more
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A Multifunctional Wearable Device with a Graphene/Silver Nanowire Nanocomposite for Highly Sensitive Strain Sensing and Drug Delivery

C, 2019
Advances in wearable, highly sensitive and multifunctional strain sensors open up new opportunities for the development of wearable human interface devices for various applications such as health monitoring, smart robotics and wearable therapy.
Ge Shi, Tianqing Liu, Zlatko Kopecki, Allison Cowin, Ivan Lee, Jing-Hong Pai, Sean E. Lowe, Yu Lin Zhong   +7 more
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Wearable and Stretchable Strain Sensors: Materials, Sensing Mechanisms, and Applications

Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2020
Recent advances in the design and implementation of wearable resistive, capacitive, and optical strain sensors are summarized herein. Wearable and stretchable strain sensors have received extensive research interest due to their applications in ...
Hamid Souri, Hritwick Banerjee, Ardian Jusufi, Norbert Radacsi, Adam A. Stokes, Inkyu Park, Metin Sitti, Morteza Amjadi   +7 more
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Texoskeletons: Developing the Fundamental Technologies for Creating Intelligent Soft Robotic Clothing With Integrated 1D Sensors and Actuators

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Traditional wearable exoskeletons rely on rigid structures, which limit comfort, flexibility, and everyday usability. This work introduces the fundamental technologies to create the first soft, lightweight, intelligent textile‐based exoskeletons (Texoskeletons) built using 1D sensors and actuators.
Amy Lukomiak, Rameesh Bulathsinghala, Jack Varga, Shuxin Meng, Kalana Marasinghe, Imaad Refai, Biyon Fernando, Amitkumar Patel, Chamika M. Halloluwa‐Arachchige, Carlos Oliveira, Arash M. Shahidi, Zahra Rahemtulla, Alexander Turner, Ziyun Ding, Bernard X. W. Liew, Andy Kerr, Ezio Preatoni, Theo Hughes‐Riley, Ishara Dharmasena, Pasindu Lugoda   +19 more
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A supramolecular biomimetic skin combining a wide spectrum of mechanical properties and multiple sensory capabilities

Nature Communications, 2018
Biomimetic skin finds wide application in robotics and smart wearable devices but materials mimicking mechanical properties of skin and responding at the same time to multiple stimuli are rarely realized.
Zhouyue Lei, Peiyi Wu
doaj   +1 more source

Machine Learning‐Assisted Inverse Design of Soft and Multifunctional Hybrid Liquid Metal Composites

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A machine learning framework is presented for inverse design of synthesizable multifunctional composites containing both liquid metal and solid inclusions. By integrating physics‐based modeling, data‐driven prediction, and Bayesian optimization, the approach enables intelligent design of experiments to identify optimal compositions and realize these ...
Lijun Zhou, Yunsik Ohm, Ren‐Mian Chin, Olivia Kerr, Krithika Manohar, Mohammad H. Malakooti   +5 more
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Ionic Transportation Induced Electric Field Modulation in Porous Ecoflex/PTFE with Confined Liquid for High‐Performance Contact Electrification Power Generation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Porous Ecoflex/PTFE composite with encapsulated liquid generates electricity through ionic migration induced by dynamic pore deformation, creating non‐uniform electric fields that drive charge induction on electrodes. This mechanism enhances charge transfer and ensures stable contact electrification performance, achieving 12 V and 4 nC with consistent ...
Xiangkun Bo, Juyang Wei, Zihua Li, Yuejiao Chen, Hong Fu, Bingang Xu   +5 more
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