Hydrogel interfaces for merging humans and machines

H Yuk, J Wu, X Zhao - Nature Reviews Materials, 2022 - nature.com
The last few decades have witnessed unprecedented convergence between humans and
machines that closely operate around the human body. Despite these advances, traditional …

Electronic textiles for wearable point-of-care systems

G Chen, X Xiao, X Zhao, T Tat, M Bick… - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Traditional public health systems are suffering from limited, delayed, and inefficient medical
services, especially when confronted with the pandemic and the aging population. Fusing …

Soft wearable devices for deep-tissue sensing

M Lin, H Hu, S Zhou, S Xu - Nature Reviews Materials, 2022 - nature.com
Wearable devices with skin-like mechanical properties enable continuous monitoring of the
human body. However, wearable device design has mainly focused on recording superficial …

Hydrogel-based strong and fast actuators by electroosmotic turgor pressure

H Na, YW Kang, CS Park, S Jung, HY Kim, JY Sun - Science, 2022 - science.org
Hydrogels are promising as materials for soft actuators because of qualities such as
softness, transparency, and responsiveness to stimuli. However, weak and slow actuations …

Engineered living materials for sustainability

B An, Y Wang, Y Huang, X Wang, Y Liu, D Xun… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Recent advances in synthetic biology and materials science have given rise to a new form of
materials, namely engineered living materials (ELMs), which are composed of living matter …

Bioadhesive technology platforms

SJ Wu, X Zhao - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Bioadhesives have emerged as transformative and versatile tools in healthcare, offering the
ability to attach tissues with ease and minimal damage. These materials present numerous …

Progress in wearable electronics/photonics—Moving toward the era of artificial intelligence and internet of things

Q Shi, B Dong, T He, Z Sun, J Zhu, Z Zhang, C Lee - InfoMat, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The past few years have witnessed the significant impacts of wearable electronics/photonics
on various aspects of our daily life, for example, healthcare monitoring and treatment …

Materials-driven soft wearable bioelectronics for connected healthcare

S Gong, Y Lu, J Yin, A Levin, W Cheng - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
In the era of Internet-of-things, many things can stay connected; however, biological
systems, including those necessary for human health, remain unable to stay connected to …

Soft bioelectronics based on nanomaterials

KW Cho, SH Sunwoo, YJ Hong, JH Koo… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Recent advances in nanostructured materials and unconventional device designs have
transformed the bioelectronics from a rigid and bulky form into a soft and ultrathin form and …

Hydrogel machines

X Liu, J Liu, S Lin, X Zhao - Materials Today, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …