An overview of capacitive technologies based on carbon materials (energy storage in
electrical double-layer capacitors (EDLCs), capacitive deionization (CDI), energy harvesting …

The global energy crisis and an increase in environmental pollution in the recent years have
drawn the attention of the scientific community towards the development of efficient …

Electrically activated soft actuators capable of large deformation are powerful and broadly
applicable in multiple fields. However, designing soft actuators that can withstand a high …

Bioinspired methods allowing artificial actuators to perform controllably are potentially
important for various principles and may offer fundamental insight into chemistry and …

Electroactive actuators have received enormous interest for a variety of biomimetic
technologies ranging from robotics and microsensors to artificial muscles. Major challenges …

Atomic-scale friction in graphene oxide is investigated using density functional theory
calculation including a long-range dispersion correction (DFT-D). The sliding behaviors …

Ionic electromechanically active polymers (IEAP) are laminar composites that can be
considered attractive candidates for soft actuators. Their outstanding properties such as low …

Although the basic laws of friction are simple enough to be taught in elementary physics
classes and although friction has been widely studied for centuries, in the current state of …

Block copolymer–ionic liquid composite materials emerge as promising candidates for
electromechanical transducer applications. Herein, a novel imidazolium sulfonate …

This review is intended to provide an overview of the design and fabrication of ionic liquid-
based ionic electroactive polymer (IL-iEAP) transducers for advanced applications in …