Functional fibers and fabrics for soft robotics, wearables, and human–robot interface

J Xiong, J Chen, PS Lee - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Soft robotics inspired by the movement of living organisms, with excellent adaptability and
accuracy for accomplishing tasks, are highly desirable for efficient operations and safe …

A comprehensive review on batteries and supercapacitors: Development and challenges since their inception

A Dutta, S Mitra, M Basak, T Banerjee - Energy Storage, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The chemistry underlying the storage phenomena in batteries and supercapacitors has
been known to mankind for quite some time now. Nonetheless, a holistic apprehension of …

Electrospinning and electrospun nanofibers: Methods, materials, and applications

J Xue, T Wu, Y Dai, Y Xia - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Electrospinning is a versatile and viable technique for generating ultrathin fibers.
Remarkable progress has been made with regard to the development of electrospinning …

Artificial muscles: Mechanisms, applications, and challenges

SM Mirvakili, IW Hunter - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The area of artificial muscle is a highly interdisciplinary field of research that has evolved
rapidly in the last 30 years. Recent advances in nanomaterial fabrication and …

Carbon nanotubes: Synthesis, properties and engineering applications

N Gupta, SM Gupta, SK Sharma - Carbon Letters, 2019 - Springer
Carbon nanotubes (CNT) represent one of the most unique materials in the field of
nanotechnology. CNT are the allotrope of carbon having sp 2 hybridization. CNT are …

Piezoelectric transducer-based structural health monitoring for aircraft applications

X Qing, W Li, Y Wang, H Sun - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Structural health monitoring (SHM) is being widely evaluated by the aerospace industry as a
method to improve the safety and reliability of aircraft structures and also reduce operational …

Soft actuators for small‐scale robotics

L Hines, K Petersen, GZ Lum, M Sitti - Advanced materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This review comprises a detailed survey of ongoing methodologies for soft actuators,
highlighting approaches suitable for nanometer‐to centimeter‐scale robotic applications …

Shape morphing smart 3D actuator materials for micro soft robot

H Kim, S Ahn, DM Mackie, J Kwon, SH Kim, C Choi… - Materials Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Stimuli-responsive materials have been used in major applications such as sensors,
actuators, wearable devices, and biomedical devices owing to their ability to respond to …

Graphene-based smart materials

X Yu, H Cheng, M Zhang, Y Zhao, L Qu… - Nature Reviews Materials, 2017 - nature.com
The high specific surface area and the excellent mechanical, electrical, optical and thermal
properties of graphene make it an attractive component for high-performance stimuli …

Unipolar stroke, electroosmotic pump carbon nanotube yarn muscles

H Chu, X Hu, Z Wang, J Mu, N Li, X Zhou, S Fang… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Success in making artificial muscles that are faster and more powerful and that provide
larger strokes would expand their applications. Electrochemical carbon nanotube yarn …