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Ultrastretchable, transparent triboelectric nanogenerator as electronic skin for biomechanical energy harvesting and tactile sensing Open
Stretchable, transparent nanogenerator enabled by ionic hydrogel converts motion energy into electricity and senses touch pressure.
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Skin-inspired hydrogel–elastomer hybrids with robust interfaces and functional microstructures Open
Inspired by mammalian skins, soft hybrids integrating the merits of elastomers and hydrogels have potential applications in diverse areas including stretchable and bio-integrated electronics, microfluidics, tissue engineering, soft robotic…
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PEDOT:PSS for Flexible and Stretchable Electronics: Modifications, Strategies, and Applications Open
Substantial effort has been devoted to both scientific and technological developments of wearable, flexible, semitransparent, and sensing electronics (e.g., organic/perovskite photovoltaics, organic thin‐film transistors, and medical senso…
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Flexible Electronics: Stretchable Electrodes and Their Future Open
Flexible electronics, as an emerging and exciting research field, have brought great interest to the issue of how to make flexible electronic materials that offer both durability and high performance at strained states. With the advent of …
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Poly(vinyl alcohol) Hydrogels with Broad‐Range Tunable Mechanical Properties via the Hofmeister Effect Open
Hydrogels, exhibiting wide applications in soft robotics, tissue engineering, implantable electronics, etc., often require sophisticately tailoring of the hydrogel mechanical properties to meet specific demands. For examples, soft robotics…
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Stretchable Hydrogel Electronics and Devices Open
Stretchable hydrogel electronics and devices are designed by integrating stretchable conductors, functional chips, drug-delivery channels, and reservoirs into stretchable, robust, and biocompatible hydrogel matrices. Novel applications inc…
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Quadruple H-Bonding Cross-Linked Supramolecular Polymeric Materials as Substrates for Stretchable, Antitearing, and Self-Healable Thin Film Electrodes Open
Herein, we report a de novo chemical design of supramolecular polymer materials (SPMs-1-3) by condensation polymerization, consisting of (i) soft polymeric chains (polytetramethylene glycol and tetraethylene glycol) and (ii) strong and rev…
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Silk Fibroin for Flexible Electronic Devices Open
Flexible electronic devices are necessary for applications involving unconventional interfaces, such as soft and curved biological systems, in which traditional silicon‐based electronics would confront a mechanical mismatch. Biological pol…
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Flexible and Stretchable Devices Open
Wearable electronics not only enrich daily lives by providing enhanced smart functions, but also provide health information by monitoring body conditions. For example, compliant wearable sensor systems have the potential to better interfac…
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3D Printed Stretchable Tactile Sensors Open
The development of methods for the 3D printing of multifunctional devices could impact areas ranging from wearable electronics and energy harvesting devices to smart prosthetics and human–machine interfaces. Recently, the development of st…
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Self-assembled three dimensional network designs for soft electronics Open
Low modulus, compliant systems of sensors, circuits and radios designed to intimately interface with the soft tissues of the human body are of growing interest, due to their emerging applications in continuous, clinical-quality health moni…
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Flexible and stretchable power sources for wearable electronics Open
Compliant battery design strategy for wearable power sources with high degree of flexibility and stretchability.
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Plasticizing Silk Protein for On‐Skin Stretchable Electrodes Open
Soft and stretchable electronic devices are important in wearable and implantable applications because of the high skin conformability. Due to the natural biocompatibility and biodegradability, silk protein is one of the ideal platforms fo…
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Stretchable electronics: functional materials, fabrication strategies and applications Open
The primary developing trends in flexible and stretchable electronics involve the innovation of material synthesis, mechanical design, and fabrication strategies that employ soft substrates. The biggest challenge is that the entire electro…
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Intrinsically stretchable and transparent thin-film transistors based on printable silver nanowires, carbon nanotubes and an elastomeric dielectric Open
Thin-film field-effect transistor is a fundamental component behind various mordern electronics. The development of stretchable electronics poses fundamental challenges in developing new electronic materials for stretchable thin-film trans…
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A skin-attachable, stretchable integrated system based on liquid GaInSn for wireless human motion monitoring with multi-site sensing capabilities Open
This paper introduces a liquid-metal integrated system that combines soft electronics materials and engineering designs with advanced near-field-communication (NFC) functionality for human motion sensing. All of the active components, that…
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Controlled Mechanical Buckling for Origami‐Inspired Construction of 3D Microstructures in Advanced Materials Open
Origami is a topic of rapidly growing interest in both the scientific and engineering research communities due to its promising potential in a broad range of applications. Previous assembly approaches for origami structures at the micro/na…
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Standalone real-time health monitoring patch based on a stretchable organic optoelectronic system Open
A skin-like electronic health care patch is demonstrated with a stretchable organic light-emitting diode display and photodiode.
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Rubbery electronics and sensors from intrinsically stretchable elastomeric composites of semiconductors and conductors Open
Stretchable rubber-like electronics from intrinsically stretchable semiconductors and conductors are demonstrated.
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3D Printing Technologies for Flexible Tactile Sensors toward Wearable Electronics and Electronic Skin Open
3D printing has attracted a lot of attention in recent years. Over the past three decades, various 3D printing technologies have been developed including photopolymerization-based, materials extrusion-based, sheet lamination-based, binder …
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How to tailor flexible silicone elastomers with mechanical integrity: a tutorial review Open
The tutorial aims to equip the beginners in silicone research with the knowledge to formulate recipes and process elastomer networks, targeting specific properties related to soft applications such as stretchable electronics without compro…
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Simple and cost-effective method of highly conductive and elastic carbon nanotube/polydimethylsiloxane composite for wearable electronics Open
The development of various flexible and stretchable materials has attracted interest for promising applications in biomedical engineering and electronics industries. This interest in wearable electronics, stretchable circuits, and flexible…
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Stretchable self-healable semiconducting polymer film for active-matrix strain-sensing array Open
Skin-inspired semiconductor that is intrinsically stretchable, self-healable, and strain-sensitive for advanced sensory devices.
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Assembly of Advanced Materials into 3D Functional Structures by Methods Inspired by Origami and Kirigami: A Review Open
Origami and kirigami, the ancient techniques for making paper works of art, also provide inspiration for routes to structural platforms in engineering applications, including foldable solar panels, retractable roofs, deployable sunshields,…
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Shaping a Soft Future: Patterning Liquid Metals Open
This review highlights the unique techniques for patterning liquid metals containing gallium (e.g., eutectic gallium indium, EGaIn). These techniques are enabled by two unique attributes of these liquids relative to solid metals: 1) The fl…
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All‐Printed, Stretchable Zn‐Ag<sub>2</sub>O Rechargeable Battery via Hyperelastic Binder for Self‐Powering Wearable Electronics Open
While several stretchable batteries utilizing either deterministic or random composite architectures have been described, none have been fabricated using inexpensive printing technologies. In this study, the authors printed a highly stretc…
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Electrospun nanofiber-based soft electronics Open
Electrospun nanofibers have received considerable attention in the field of soft electronics owing to their promising advantages and superior properties in flexibility and/or stretchability, conductivity, and transparency; furthermore, the…
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Stretchable Organic Semiconductor Devices Open
Stretchable electronics are essential for the development of intensely packed collapsible and portable electronics, wearable electronics, epidermal and bioimplanted electronics, 3D surface compliable devices, bionics, prosthesis, and robot…
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Winding-Locked Carbon Nanotubes/Polymer Nanofibers Helical Yarn for Ultrastretchable Conductor and Strain Sensor Open
Wearable and stretchable electronics including various conductors and sensors are featured with their lightweight, high flexibility, and easy integration into functional devices or textiles. However, most flexible electronic materials are …
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Transparent Electronics for Wearable Electronics Application Open
Recent advancements in wearable electronics offer seamless integration with the human body for extracting various biophysical and biochemical information for real-time health monitoring, clinical diagnostics, and augmented reality. Enormou…