International journal of biological macromolecules
Feb 15, 2024
To develop ecofriendly multifunctional gel materials for sustainable flexible electronic devices, composite organohydrogels of gellan gum (GG) and polypyrrole (PPy) with an interpenetrating network structure (IPN-GG/PPy organohydrogels) were develope...
ACS applied materials & interfaces
Feb 9, 2024
Soft robots have great potential applications in manufacturing, disaster rescue, medical treatment, etc. Artificial muscle is one of the most important components of a soft robot. In previous years, hydrogel actuators that can be controllably deforme...
Science advances
Feb 2, 2024
3D soft bioscaffolds have great promise in tissue engineering, biohybrid robotics, and organ-on-a-chip engineering applications. Though emerging three-dimensional (3D) printing techniques offer versatility for assembling soft biomaterials, challenges...
Nature communications
Jan 3, 2024
Soft robots capable of efficiently implementing tasks in fluid-immersed environments hold great promise for diverse applications. However, it remains challenging to achieve robotization that relies on dynamic underwater adhesion and morphing capabili...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Dec 20, 2023
Human-machine interaction (HMI) technology shows an important application prospect in rehabilitation medicine, but it is greatly limited by the unsatisfactory recognition accuracy and wearing comfort. Here, this work develops a fully flexible, confor...
Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Oct 31, 2023
The conductive hydrogel as a flexible sensor not only has certain mechanical flexibility but also can be used in the field of human health detection and human-computer interaction. Herein, by introduction of tannic acid (TA) with MXene into the polya...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Oct 25, 2023
Realization of interactive human-machine interfaces (iHMI) is improved with development of soft tissue-like strain sensors beyond hard robotic exosuits, potentially allowing cognitive behavior therapy and physical rehabilitation for patients with bra...
Science advances
Oct 20, 2023
Mechanosensing, the transduction of extracellular mechanical stimuli into intracellular biochemical signals, is a fundamental property of living cells. However, endowing synthetic materials with mechanosensing capabilities comparable to biological le...
Physical biology
Oct 19, 2023
The interactions between cells and the extracellular matrix are vital for the self-organisation of tissues. In this paper we present proof-of-concept to use machine learning tools to predict the role of this mechanobiology in the self-organisation of...
International journal of biological macromolecules
Sep 6, 2023
Conductive hydrogels have attracted considerable interest for potential applications in soft robotics, electronic skin and human monitoring. However, insufficient mechanical characteristics, low adhesion and unsatisfactory electrical conductivity sev...