Tannic acid: A crosslinker leading to versatile functional polymeric networks: A review

C Chen, H Yang, X Yang, Q Ma - RSC advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
With the thriving of mussel-inspired polyphenol chemistry as well as the demand for low-cost
analogues to polydopamine in adhesive design, tannic acid has gradually become a …

Smart eutectic gallium–indium: from properties to applications

Z Zhao, S Soni, T Lee, CA Nijhuis… - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Eutectic gallium–indium (EGaIn), a liquid metal with a melting point close to or
below room temperature, has attracted extensive attention in recent years due to its …

Vascular smooth muscle-inspired architecture enables soft yet tough self-healing materials for durable capacitive strain-sensor

FY Sun, LF Liu, T Liu, XB Wang, Q Qi, ZS Hang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Catastrophically mechanical failure of soft self-healing materials is unavoidable due to their
inherently poor resistance to crack propagation. Here, with a model system, ie, soft self …

Shape-controlled fabrication of MnO/C hybrid nanoparticle from waste polyester for solar evaporation and thermoelectricity generation

Z Fan, J Ren, H Bai, P He, L Hao, N Liu, B Chen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The integration of freshwater and electricity cogeneration through photothermal effect is
regarded as a new and promising strategy for high-efficiency solar energy utilization …

Ultrarobust subzero healable materials enabled by polyphenol nano-assemblies

N Wang, X Yang, X Zhang - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Bio-inspired self-healing materials hold great promise for applications in wearable
electronics, artificial muscles and soft robots, etc. However, self-healing at subzero …

A review on photothermal conversion of solar energy with nanomaterials and nanostructures: from fundamentals to applications

P Cheng, D Wang, P Schaaf - Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Solar energy is a green, sustainable, and de facto inexhaustible energy source for mankind.
The conversion of solar energy into other forms of energy has attracted extensive research …

Hofmeister effect mediated hydrogel evaporator for simultaneous solar evaporation and thermoelectric power generation

J Ren, L Chen, J Gong, J Qu, R Niu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Porous hydrogel with intrinsic hydrophilicity and reduced vaporization enthalpy has
emerged as a rising star for solar-driven interfacial water distillation and desalination …

Mechanoluminescent-triboelectric bimodal sensors for self-powered sensing and intelligent control

B Zhou, J Liu, X Huang, X Qiu, X Yang, H Shao… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2023 - Springer
Self-powered flexible devices with skin-like multiple sensing ability have attracted great
attentions due to their broad applications in the Internet of Things (IoT). Various methods …

Polymerizable deep eutectic solvent‐based skin‐like elastomers with dynamic schemochrome and self‐healing ability

X Li, J Liu, Q Guo, X Zhang, M Tian - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Animal skin is a huge source of inspiration when it comes to multifunctional sensing
materials. Bioinspired sensors integrated with the intriguing performance of skin‐like steady …

Robust, healable, self-locomotive integrated robots enabled by noncovalent assembled gradient nanostructure

Y Wang, G Su, J Li, Q Guo, Y Miao, X Zhang - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Integration, being lightweight, and intelligence are important orientations for the future
advancement of soft robots. However, existing soft robots are generally hydrogels or silicone …