Hydrogel-Based Continuum Soft Robots DOI Creative Commons
Honghong Wang, Jingli Du, Yi Mao

et al.

Gels, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 11(4), P. 254 - 254

Published: March 27, 2025

This paper comprehensively reviews the latest advances in hydrogel-based continuum soft robots. Hydrogels exhibit exceptional flexibility and adaptability compared to traditional robots reliant on rigid structures, making them ideal as biomimetic robotic skins platforms for constructing highly accurate, real-time responsive sensory interfaces. The article systematically summarizes recent research developments across several key dimensions, including application domains, fabrication methods, actuator technologies, sensing mechanisms. From an perspective, span healthcare, manufacturing, agriculture. Regarding techniques, extensively explores crosslinking additive microfluidics, other related processes. Additionally, categorizes thoroughly discusses various actuators solute/solvent variations, pH, chemical reactions, temperature, light, magnetic fields, electric hydraulic/electro-osmotic stimuli, humidity. It also details strategies designing implementing diverse sensors, strain, pressure, humidity, conductive, magnetic, thermal, gas, optical, multimodal sensors. Finally, offers in-depth discussion of prospective applications robots, particularly emphasizing their potential medical industrial fields. Concluding remarks include a forward-looking outlook highlighting future challenges promising directions.

Language: Английский

Engineering Smart Composite Hydrogels for Wearable Disease Monitoring DOI Creative Commons
Jianye Li,

Qiongling Ding,

Hao Wang

et al.

Nano-Micro Letters, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 15(1)

Published: April 15, 2023

Growing health awareness triggers the public's concern about problems. People want a timely and comprehensive picture of their condition without frequent trips to hospital for costly cumbersome general check-ups. The wearable technique provides continuous measurement method monitoring by tracking person's physiological data analyzing it locally or remotely. During process, different kinds sensors convert signals into electrical optical that can be recorded transmitted, consequently playing crucial role in techniques. Wearable application scenarios usually require possess excellent flexibility stretchability. Thus, designing flexible stretchable with reliable performance is key technology. Smart composite hydrogels, which have tunable properties, mechanical biocompatibility, multi-stimulus sensitivity, are one best sensitive materials monitoring. This review summarizes common synthetic optimization strategies smart hydrogels focuses on current field

Language: Английский

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Novel Wearable Optical Sensors for Vital Health Monitoring Systems—A Review DOI Creative Commons
Baljinder Kaur, Santosh Kumar, Brajesh Kumar Kaushik

et al.

Biosensors, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 13(2), P. 181 - 181

Published: Jan. 23, 2023

Wearable sensors are pioneering devices to monitor health issues that allow the constant monitoring of physical and biological parameters. The immunity towards electromagnetic interference, miniaturization, detection nano-volumes, integration with fiber, high sensitivity, low cost, usable in harsh environments corrosion-resistant have made optical wearable sensor an emerging sensing technology recent year. This review presents progress development novel for vital systems. details different substrates, platforms, biofluids used target molecules discussed detail. technologies could increase quality systems at a nominal cost enable continuous early disease diagnosis. Various principles, including surface-enhanced Raman scattering, colorimetric, fluorescence, plasmonic, photoplethysmography, interferometric-based sensors, detail applications. performance utilizing two-dimensional materials is also discussed. Future challenges associated point-of-care applications clinical diagnosis been thoroughly

Language: Английский

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Empowerment of AI algorithms in biochemical sensors DOI

Zhongzeng Zhou,

Tailin Xu, Xueji Zhang

et al.

TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 173, P. 117613 - 117613

Published: Feb. 29, 2024

Language: Английский

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Cellulose-Based Conductive Hydrogels for Emerging Intelligent Sensors DOI
Xue Yao, Sufeng Zhang, Ning Wei

et al.

Advanced Fiber Materials, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: June 14, 2024

Language: Английский

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High‐Conductivity, Self‐Healing, and Adhesive Ionic Hydrogels for Health Monitoring and Human‐Machine Interactions Under Extreme Cold Conditions DOI Creative Commons
Fei Han, Shumeng Chen, Fei Wang

et al.

Advanced Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 28, 2025

Abstract Ionic conductive hydrogels (ICHs) are emerging as key materials for advanced human‐machine interactions and health monitoring systems due to their unique combination of flexibility, biocompatibility, electrical conductivity. However, a major challenge remains in developing ICHs that simultaneously exhibit high ionic conductivity, self‐healing, strong adhesion, particularly under extreme low‐temperature conditions. In this study, novel ICH composed sulfobetaine methacrylate, methacrylic acid, TEMPO‐oxidized cellulose nanofibers, sodium alginate, lithium chloride is presented. The hydrogel designed with hydrogen‐bonded chemically crosslinked network, achieving excellent conductivity (0.49 ± 0.05 S m −1 ), adhesion (36.73 2.28 kPa), self‐healing capacity even at −80 °C. Furthermore, the maintain functionality over 45 days, showcasing outstanding anti‐freezing properties. This material demonstrates significant potential non‐invasive, continuous monitoring, adhering conformally skin without signal crosstalk, enabling real‐time, high‐fidelity transmission cryogenic These offer transformative next generation multimodal sensors, broadening application possibilities harsh environments, including weather outer space.

Language: Английский

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Smart contact Lenses: From rational design strategies to wearable health monitoring DOI
Fei Han, Pingshu Ge,

Fei Wang

et al.

Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 497, P. 154823 - 154823

Published: Aug. 13, 2024

Language: Английский

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An Optoelectronic Sensing Real‐Time Glucose Detection Film Using Photonic Crystal Enhanced Rare Earth Fluorescence and Additive Manufacturing DOI Open Access

Ziyue Ju,

Min Wang,

Yitong Chen

et al.

Small, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 2, 2025

In this research, a novel detection method employing rare-earth upconversion nanoparticle (UCNP) as the core, coated with MnO

Language: Английский

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Advances in Photonic Materials and Integrated Devices for Smart and Digital Healthcare: Bridging the Gap Between Materials and Systems DOI Creative Commons
Seunghyeb Ban, Hoon Yi, Jaejin Park

et al.

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 4, 2025

Abstract Recent advances in developing photonic technologies using various materials offer enhanced biosensing, therapeutic intervention, and non‐invasive imaging healthcare. Here, this article summarizes significant technological advancements materials, devices, bio‐interfaced systems, which demonstrate successful applications for impacting human healthcare via improved therapies, advanced diagnostics, on‐skin health monitoring. The details of required necessary properties, device configurations are described next‐generation followed by an explanation the working principles light‐based therapeutics diagnostics. Next, paper shares recent examples integrated systems focusing on translation immediate clinical studies. In addition, limitations existing devices future directions smart discussed. Collectively, review focus trends new nanomaterials, light delivery methods, system designs, mechanical structures, material functionalization, to advance digital

Language: Английский

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Anti-freezing multifunctional conductive hydrogels: from structure design to flexible electronic devices DOI
Chao Xu, Kexin Yang, Guoyin Zhu

et al.

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 8(2), P. 381 - 403

Published: Oct. 25, 2023

In this review, we systematically provide an overview of anti-freezing multifunctional conductive hydrogel-based flexible electronics and summarize the design strategies, properties, applications perspectives.

Language: Английский

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Antiswellable, Conductive, and Recyclable Coacervate Polyacrylamide/Tannic Acid Composite Hydrogel for Underwater Wearable Sensors DOI
Zuwu Tang, Xinxing Lin, Meiqiong Yu

et al.

ACS Applied Polymer Materials, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 6(1), P. 806 - 816

Published: Dec. 19, 2023

Hydrogel-based sensors have attracted increasing attention as fascinating materials for various applications in biomedicine and bioelectronics. However, the application of strain underwater remains a great challenge due to swelling hydrogels an aqueous environment. Herein, we report coacervate conductive polyacrylamide/tannic acid (PAM/TA) composite hydrogel with strong antiswellable properties. The PAM/TA exhibits good electrical performance, where conductivity is found be 2.7 × 10–4 S/cm, which stable during recycling, excellent stretchability 1000% at tensile strength 1.5 MPa. shows biocompatibility behavior maintains long-term stability monitor human movements. In addition, environmentally friendly can recycled repeatedly. antiswelling stability, remarkable has potential wearable sensors.

Language: Английский

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