Advanced Electronic Materials,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
10(10)
Published: March 19, 2024
Abstract
Because
of
the
weak
interfacial
bonding
between
substrates
and
active
materials,
most
stretchable
electronics
often
face
problem
performance
destabilization
functional
failure,
especially
under
large
strains.
Herein,
a
super‐elastic,
high
conductive
core‐shell
nanofibrous
helix
based
on
polyurethane
(PU),
silk
fibroin
(SF)
liquid
metal
(LM)
is
fabricated.
Compared
with
traditional
membrane,
that
LM@PU/SF
fibrous
shows
wider
range
workable
strain
(1500%)
reversible
elasticity
(600%)
accompany
conductivity
found.
SF
acted
as
“glue”
to
strengthen
PU
LM.
The
good
helical
structure
polymer
well
fluidity
LM
improve
stretchability,
conductor.
Furthermore,
an
alarming
monitoring
apparatus
using
unit
multiscale
fracture
engineered.
This
composite
ultra‐high
elasticity,
making
it
promising
candidate
for
electronic
devices.
Materials & Design,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
241, P. 112913 - 112913
Published: April 2, 2024
This
research
presents
the
design,
manufacturing,
and
macroscopic
characterization
of
flexible
mechanical
metamaterials
with
tunable
elastic
properties.
The
constants
were
given
using
energy
principle
Castigliano's
second
theorem,
results
validated
through
static
simulations
tensile
experiments,
showing
good
agreement.
Then
complete
parametric
study
was
conducted
to
demonstrate
possibility
extensively
customizing
Poisson
effect
stiffness.
Additionally,
comparison
between
developed
star-shaped
cellular
structures
on
properties
six
groups
samples.
demonstrated
that
exhibited
remarkable
superiority
in
deformability,
sensitivity,
auxeticity.
Furthermore,
an
innovative
experiment
is
devised
characterize
responses
coupling
system
complemented
numerical
modeling,
similar
phenomenon
also
observed
other
metamaterials.
proposed
design
offered
a
way
induce
system's
profile
occurring
wavy
deformation.
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
36(23)
Published: Feb. 28, 2024
Abstract
Shape
morphing
in
bistable
kirigami
enables
remarkable
functionalities
appealing
to
a
diverse
range
of
applications
across
the
spectrum
length
scale.
At
core
their
shape
shifting
lies
architecture
repeating
unit,
where
highly
deformable
slits
and
quasi‐rigid
rotating
units
often
exhibit
multiple
symmetries
that
confer
isotropic
deployment
obeying
uniform
scaling
transformation.
In
this
work,
symmetry
breaking
is
investigated
access
geometric
frustration
anisotropic
morphing,
enabling
arbitrarily
scaled
planar
spatial
domains.
With
an
analysis
on
properties
complemented
by
systematic
investigation
integrating
semi‐analytical
derivations,
numerical
simulations,
experiments
elastic
sheets,
work
unveils
fundamental
relations
between
slit
symmetry,
frustration,
deployment.
Furthermore,
asymmetric
are
leveraged
flat‐to‐3D
demonstrations
showcase
pivotal
role
shear
deformation
achieving
target
shapes
functions
so
far
unattainable
with
uniformly
stretchable
kirigami.
The
insights
provided
unveil
controlling
soft
metamaterials,
enriching
achievable
for
spanning
deployable
space
structures,
wearable
technologies,
machines.
Science Advances,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
10(17)
Published: April 24, 2024
With
the
rapid
development
of
micro/nanofabrication
technologies,
concept
transformable
kirigami
has
been
applied
for
device
fabrication
in
microscopic
world.
However,
most
nano-kirigami
structures
and
devices
were
typically
fabricated
or
transformed
at
fixed
positions
restricted
to
limited
mechanical
motion
along
a
single
axis
due
their
small
sizes,
which
significantly
limits
functionalities
applications.
Here,
we
demonstrate
precise
shaping
position
control
microrotors.
Metallic
microrotors
with
size
~10
micrometers
deliberately
released
from
substrates
readily
manipulated
through
multimode
actuation
controllable
speed
direction
using
an
advanced
optoelectronic
tweezers
technique.
The
underlying
mechanisms
versatile
interactions
between
electric
field
are
uncovered
by
theoretical
modeling
systematic
analysis.
This
work
reports
novel
methodology
fabricate
manipulate
micro/nanorotors
well-designed
sophisticated
morphologies,
providing
new
solutions
future
micro/nanomachinery.
Science Advances,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
10(32)
Published: Aug. 7, 2024
Chronic
wounds
affect
~2%
of
the
U.S.
population
and
increase
risks
amputation
mortality.
Unfortunately,
treatments
for
such
are
often
expensive,
complex,
only
moderately
effective.
Electrotherapy
represents
a
cost-effective
treatment;
however,
its
reliance
on
bulky
equipment
limits
clinical
use.
Here,
we
introduce
water-powered,
electronics-free
dressings
(WPEDs)
that
offer
unique
solution
to
this
issue.
The
WPED
performs
even
under
harsh
conditions-situations
wherein
many
present
fail.
It
uses
flexible,
biocompatible
magnesium-silver/silver
chloride
battery
pair
stimulation
electrodes;
upon
addition
water,
creates
radial
electric
field.
Experiments
in
diabetic
mice
confirm
WPED's
ability
accelerate
wound
closure
promote
healing
by
increasing
epidermal
thickness,
modulating
inflammation,
promoting
angiogenesis.
Across
preclinical
models,
WPED-treated
group
heals
faster
than
control
with
rates
comparable
requiring
expensive
biologics
and/or
complex
electronics.
results
demonstrate
potential
as
an
effective
more
practical
treatment
dressing.
Stimuli-responsive
shape-changing
layered
hydrogels
were,
for
the
first
time,
prepared
via
solid-phase
polymerization,
where
halogen
bond-based
radical
polymerization
was
utilized.
Monomer
cocrystals
were
assembled
to
form
predetermined
structures
before
and
all
layers
are
polymerized
at
one
time.
AB
bilayer
ABA
ABC
trilayer
hydrogel
sheets
that
consisted
of
temperature-
pH-responsive
prepared.
The
obtained
responsive
temperature
pH
in
dual
manners
relatively
wide
ranges
(5-65
°C)
(2.0-11.0).
exhibited
bending
upon
stimuli.
angle
tunable,
direction
(negative
positive
directions)
also
switchable
response
pH.
concave,
trapezoid,
convex
shape
changes
with
modulated
angles,
which
unprecedented
changes.
Because
ease
operation
monomer
scope
(using
bonding),
present
method
offers
a
facile
versatile
approach
fabricate
stimuli-responsive
materials.
Small,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
20(11)
Published: Dec. 11, 2023
Abstract
Stretchable
electronics
have
attracted
tremendous
attention
amongst
academic
and
industrial
communities
due
to
their
prospective
applications
in
personal
healthcare,
human‐activity
monitoring,
artificial
skins,
wearable
displays,
human‐machine
interfaces,
etc.
Other
than
mechanical
robustness,
stable
performances
under
complex
strains
these
devices
that
are
not
for
strain
sensing
equally
important
practical
applications.
Here,
a
comprehensive
summarization
of
recent
advances
stretchable
with
strain‐resistive
performance
is
presented.
First,
detailed
overviews
intrinsically
materials,
including
conductors,
semiconductors,
insulators,
given.
Then,
systematic
representations
advanced
structures,
helical,
serpentine,
meshy,
wrinkled,
kirigami‐based
summarized.
Next,
arrays
circuits
performance,
integrate
multiple
functionalities
enable
behaviors,
introduced.
This
review
presents
overview
progress
provides
guideline
the
future
development
electronics.
Advanced Electronic Materials,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
9(10)
Published: July 26, 2023
Abstract
Since
the
discovery
of
conducting
polyacetylene
in
1970s,
intrinsically
polymers
(ICPs)
have
attracted
great
attention
because
their
interesting
structure,
properties,
and
applications.
Notably
different
from
conventional
conductors
such
as
metals
doped
semiconductors,
ICPs
high
mechanical
flexibility
are
light
weight.
In
addition,
properties
can
be
easily
tuned
by
controlling
doping
level,
modifying
chemical
or
forming
composites
with
organic
inorganic
materials.
Their
application
bioelectronics
is
particularly
they
good
biocompatibility
matching
biological
tissues.
this
article,
methods
to
increase
stretchability
first
reviewed
often
required
for
bioelectronic
applications
while
pristine
generally
limited
stretchability.
The
stretchable
electrodes
epidermal
biopotential
detection
neural
interfaces
discussed.
Then,
employment
sensing
material
sensors
reviewed.
They
also
important
controllable
drug
delivery.
Last,
wearable
energy
harvesting
storage
devices
including
thermoelectric
generators
supercapacitors
covered.
Materials Chemistry Frontiers,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
7(23), P. 5989 - 6034
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
Programmable
3D
shape
morphing
of
stimuli-responsive
hydrogels
is
great
interest
for
the
fabrication
soft
actuators
and
robots.
The
corporation
hydrogel
matrices
functional
additives
discussed
in
this
review.