Soft robots have garnered interest for real-world applications because of their intrinsic safety
embedded at the material level. These robots use deformable materials capable of shape …

Soft electronics are intensively studied as the integration of electronics with dynamic
nonplanar surfaces has become necessary. Here, a discussion of the strategies in materials …

Wearable contact lenses which can monitor physiological parameters have attracted
substantial interests due to the capability of direct detection of biomarkers contained in body …

Printable elastic conductors promise large-area stretchable sensor/actuator networks for
healthcare, wearables and robotics. Elastomers with metal nanoparticles are one of the best …

The field of flexible electronics has rapidly expanded over the last decades, pioneering
novel applications, such as wearable and textile integrated devices, seamless and …

Electronic skins (ie, stretchable sheets of distributed sensors) report signals using electrons,
whereas natural skins report signals using ions. Here, ionic conductors are used to create a …

Human skin is a remarkable organ. It consists of an integrated, stretchable network of
sensors that relay information about tactile and thermal stimuli to the brain, allowing us to …

Flexible pressure sensors are essential parts of an electronic skin to allow future biomedical
prostheses and robots to naturally interact with humans and the environment. Mobile …

Electronic skin (e-skin) presents a network of mechanically flexible sensors that can
conformally wrap irregular surfaces and spatially map and quantify various stimuli …

An important trend in electronics involves the development of materials, mechanical designs
and manufacturing strategies that enable the use of unconventional substrates, such as …