High-performance electrically responsive artificial muscle materials for soft robot actuation

L Yang, H Wang - Acta Biomaterialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Traditional robotic devices are often bulky and rigid, making it difficult for them to adapt to the
soft and complex shapes of the human body. In stark contrast, soft robots, as a burgeoning …

Soft Sensors and Actuators for Wearable Human–Machine Interfaces

J Park, Y Lee, S Cho, A Choe, J Yeom, YG Ro… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Haptic human–machine interfaces (HHMIs) combine tactile sensation and haptic feedback
to allow humans to interact closely with machines and robots, providing immersive …

Fabrication of triboelectric polymer films via repeated rheological forging for ultrahigh surface charge density

Z Liu, Y Huang, Y Shi, X Tao, H He, F Chen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Triboelectric polymer with high charge density is the foundation to promote the wide range of
applications of triboelectric nanogenerators. This work develops a method to produce …

Short hydrogen-bond network confined on COF surfaces enables ultrahigh proton conductivity

B Shi, X Pang, S Li, H Wu, J Shen, X Wang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The idea of spatial confinement has gained widespread interest in myriad applications.
Especially, the confined short hydrogen-bond (SHB) network could afford an attractive …

Visual growth of nano-HOFs for low‐power memristive spiking neuromorphic system

C Zhang, Y Li, F Yu, G Wang, K Wang, C Ma, X Yang… - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Memristors showcasing progressive conductance modulation are now recognized as one of
the most promising candidates to act like electronic synapses inside computer circuits …

Polysulfonated covalent organic framework as active electrode host for mobile cation guests in electrochemical soft actuator

M Mahato, M Garai, VH Nguyen, S Oh, S Nam… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Tailoring transfer dynamics of mobile cations across solid-state electrolyte-electrode
interfaces is crucial for high-performance electrochemical soft actuators. In general …

Engineering Covalent Organic Frameworks with Polyethylene Glycol as Self‐Sustained Humidity‐Responsive Actuators

T Mao, Z Liu, X Guo, Z Wang, J Liu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Regarding the global energy crisis, it is of profound significance to develop spontaneous
power generators that harvest natural energy. Fabricating humidity‐responsive actuators …

A dual‐responsive magnetoactive and electro–ionic soft actuator derived from a nickel‐based metal–organic framework

M Mahato, WJ Hwang, R Tabassian, S Oh… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
There is growing demand for multiresponsive soft actuators for the realization of natural,
safe, and complex motions in robotic interactions. In particular, soft actuators simultaneously …

Functionalized MXene Films with Substantially Improved Low‐Voltage Actuation

S Chen, SF Tan, H Singh, L Liu, M Etienne… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Ti3C2Tx MXene film is promising for low‐voltage electrochemical actuators (ECAs)
due to its excellent electrical conductivity, volumetric capacitance, and mechanical …

[HTML][HTML] Progress and prospective of electrochemical actuator materials

Q Deng, H Jia, C An, S Wu, S Zhao, N Hu - Composites Part A: Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
Similar to biological muscles, electrochemical actuators can function as artificial muscles by
directly converting an external stimulus in the form of electrical or chemical energy into a …