Stimuli-responsive fiber/fabric actuators for intelligent soft robots: From current progress to future opportunities

M Zheng, M Liu, Y Cheng, W Chen, L Wang, X Qin - Nano Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Bioinspired soft actuators with adaptive, reconfigurable, and multifunctional features have
gained increasing attention in soft-robotic applications of intelligent responsive devices …

Modeling spider silk supercontraction as a hydration-driven solid–solid phase transition

V Fazio, G Florio, NM Pugno, G Puglisi - … of the Mechanics and Physics of …, 2025 - Elsevier
Spider silks have attracted significant interest due to their exceptional mechanical
properties, which include a unique combination of high strength, ultimate strain, and …