Raman spectroscopy is now an extremely important technique for the analysis of carbon-
based materials. It is demonstrated how it can be used to give a unique insight into …

Triggered by the growing needs of developing semiconductor devices at ever‐decreasing
scales, strain engineering of 2D materials has recently seen a surge of interest. The goal of …

Self-assembled peptide and protein amyloid nanostructures have traditionally been
considered only as pathological aggregates implicated in human neurodegenerative …

Achieving nanocomposites with simultaneous highly anisotropic thermal and electrical
conductivities using carbon materials remains challenging as carbon material tends to form …

Monolayer two-dimensional (2D) crystals exhibit a host of intriguing properties, but the most
exciting applications may come from stacking them into multilayer structures. Interlayer and …

Graphene oxide (GO), which has many oxygen functional groups, is a promising candidate
for use in moisture‐responsive sensors and actuators due to the strong water–GO …

Twisted-fiber artificial muscles, a new type of soft actuator, exhibit significant potential for use
in applications related to lightweight smart devices and soft robotics. Fiber twisting …

Optical lenses driven by dielectric elastomer (DE) actuators with tunable focal lengths are
presented here. They are inspired by the architecture of the crystalline lens and the ciliary …

Converting natural graphite to high-performance graphene films is very attractive due to
graphite's abundance. However, this conversion is challenging to do inexpensively and …

Fiber-based artificial muscles with excellent actuation performance are gaining great
attention as soft materials for flexible actuators; however, current advances in fiber-based …