The last few decades have witnessed unprecedented convergence between humans and
machines that closely operate around the human body. Despite these advances, traditional …

Flexible conductive materials with intrinsic structural characteristics are currently in the
spotlight of both fundamental science and advanced technological applications due to their …

Advancements of virtual reality technology pave the way for developing wearable devices to
enable somatosensory sensation, which can bring more comprehensive perception and …

Hydrogels are polymer networks infiltrated with water. Many biological hydrogels in animal
bodies such as muscles, heart valves, cartilages, and tendons possess extreme mechanical …

Silica-based distributed fiber-optic sensor (DFOS) systems have been a powerful tool for
sensing strain, pressure, vibration, acceleration, temperature, and humidity in inextensible …

As polymer networks infiltrated with water, hydrogels constitute the major components of the
human body; and hydrogels have been widely used in applications that closely interact with …

With the rapidly growing attention to human-robot interfaces, soft robotics has attracted a
great deal of interest. Soft robots have diverse advantages, including compliancy and safety …

As one of the most outstanding materials, the analysis of the structure and function of
hydrogels has been extensively carried out to tailor and adapt them to various fields of …

Recent advances in the design and implementation of wearable resistive, capacitive, and
optical strain sensors are summarized herein. Wearable and stretchable strain sensors have …

With the continuous appearance and expansion of high-strength hydrogels in emerging
fields such as industry, medicine, and green development, the synthesis and application of …