The integration of functional nanomaterials and heterostructures with photonic architectures
has laid the foundation for important photonic and optoelectronic applications. The advent of …

Over the last decade, extensive efforts have been made on utilizing advanced materials and
structures to improve the properties and functionalities of flexible electronics. While the …

Architected flexible electronic devices with rationally designed 3D geometries have found
essential applications in biology, medicine, therapeutics, sensing/imaging, energy, robotics …

The challenges of developing neuromorphic vision systems inspired by the human eye
come not only from how to recreate the flexibility, sophistication, and adaptability of animal …

Spherical geometry, adaptive optics, and highly dense network of neurons bridging the eye
with the visual cortex, are the primary features of human eyes which enable wide field-of …

Human eyes possess exceptional image-sensing characteristics such as an extremely wide
field of view, high resolution and sensitivity with low aberration. Biomimetic eyes with such …

Conventional imaging and recognition systems require an extensive amount of data storage,
pre-processing, and chip-to-chip communications as well as aberration-proof light focusing …

Three-dimensional (3D) curvy electronics has wide-ranging application in biomedical health
care, soft machine, and high-density curved imager. Limited by material properties, complex …

High-performance photodetecting materials with intrinsic stretchability and colour sensitivity
are key requirements for the development of shape-tunable phototransistor arrays. Another …

Once merely ancient arts, origami (ie, paper folding) and kirigami (ie, paper cutting) have in
recent years also become popular for building mechanical metamaterials and now provide …