Advancement in Soft Hydrogel Grippers: Comprehensive Insights into Materials, Fabrication Strategies, Grasping Mechanism, and Applications DOI Creative Commons
Xiaoxiao Dong, Chen Wang, Haoxin Song

et al.

Biomimetics, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 9(10), P. 585 - 585

Published: Sept. 27, 2024

Soft hydrogel grippers have attracted considerable attention due to their flexible/elastic bodies, stimuli-responsive grasping and releasing capacity, novel applications in specific task fields. To create soft with robust of various types objects, high load capability, fast grab response, long-time service life, researchers delve deeper into materials, fabrication strategies, underlying actuation mechanisms. This article provides a systematic overview materials used grippers, focusing on composition, chemical functional groups, characteristics the strategies for integrating these responsive including one-step polymerization, additive manufacturing, structural modification are reviewed detail. Moreover, ongoing research about actuating mechanisms (e.g., thermal/electrical/magnetic/chemical) is summarized. Some remaining challenges future perspectives also provided. work highlights recent advances which useful insights development new generation grippers.

Language: Английский

Electrospun Green Fluorescent-Highly Anisotropic Conductive Janus-Type Nanoribbon Hydrogel Array Film for Multiple Stimulus Response Sensors DOI
Haina Qi,

Xuelian Jing,

Yaolin Hu

et al.

Composites Part B Engineering, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 288, P. 111933 - 111933

Published: Nov. 2, 2024

Language: Английский

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18

Fundamentals and Advances in Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogels and Their Applications: A Review DOI Creative Commons
Iryna Protsak, Yevhenii M. Morozov

Gels, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 11(1), P. 30 - 30

Published: Jan. 2, 2025

This review summarizes the fundamental concepts, recent advancements, and emerging trends in field of stimuli-responsive hydrogels. While numerous reviews exist on this topic, continues to evolve dynamically, certain research directions are often overlooked. To address this, we classify hydrogels based their response mechanisms provide an in-depth discussion key properties mechanisms, including swelling kinetics, mechanical properties, biocompatibility/biodegradability. We then explore hydrogel design, synthesis, structural engineering, followed by overview applications that relatively well established from a scientific perspective, biomedical uses (biosensing, drug delivery, wound healing, tissue engineering), environmental (heavy metal phosphate removal environment polluted water), soft robotics actuation. Additionally, highlight unconventional such as local micro-thermometers cell mechanotransduction. concludes with current challenges future prospects field, aiming inspire further innovations advancements bring them closer societal needs.

Language: Английский

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6

pH‐Sensitive Janus Hydrogels with Bidirectional Bending Behaviors DOI Open Access
Zhongrui Wang, Yuwen Meng, Sun Nan

et al.

Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 5, 2025

Abstract This study introduces a novel design for pH‐sensitive bilayer Janus hydrogels with bidirectional bending capabilities, achieved through the layer‐by‐layer polymerization of two distinct hydrogel layers. The upper layer, composed P(HEMA ‐co‐ 4VP), swells in acidic environments due to protonation pyridine groups, inducing toward one side. Conversely, lower made AA), expands alkaline conditions by deprotonation, causing opposite direction. demonstrates significant shape deformations, influenced variations layer thickness and pH conditions. Detailed analyses swelling behaviors, compressive toughness, rheological properties reveal that unique composition ensures tunable mechanical responses. Furthermore, fabricated into complex geometries, such as flower‐ starfish‐shaped structures, showcase practical applications soft robotics biomimetic devices. versatility is further confirmed substituting 4VP) DMAEMA), which maintained responses under both research theoretical understanding stimulus‐responsive offers an innovative platform designing intelligent actuators adaptable diverse dynamic environments.

Language: Английский

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0

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

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0

Magnetically actuated soft small-scale robot for undulating swimming DOI
Chenjun Wu, Jinyou Yang

Physics of Fluids, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 37(4)

Published: April 1, 2025

Small-scale soft robots, capable of undulatory swimming propelled by distributed magnetic body torques, are numerically investigated under underwater conditions. These robots composed a stiff frame and sheet. The secures the ends sheet, preventing curling or rolling during swimming. To evaluate impact on dynamics, we systematically modulate frequency driving field, magnetization profiles robot, material mechanical properties fluid environment properties, wall proximity. Results indicate that all these factors significantly affect robot's velocity directional stability. Higher frequencies reduce velocity, while decreasing Regarding profiles, increasing number periods reduces segmented stability maintaining high velocity. Robots designed with stiffer materials concentrated near two exhibit faster robot maintains relatively stable motion achieves in very close proximity to wall, but it struggles maintain at even slightly greater distances. In shear-thinning fluids, higher due low-viscosity corridors surrounding its experiences reduced findings provide significant insights for design optimization small-scale controlled swimming, potential applications fields such as targeted drug delivery minimally invasive surgery.

Language: Английский

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A Soft Robot Based on Charged Spiropyran Amphiphilic Supramolecular Nanoassembly for Macroscopic Actuation DOI
R. Hung, Wai‐Ki Wong, Ming‐Hin Chau

et al.

ACS Applied Nano Materials, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 18, 2025

Language: Английский

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0

Capillary-assisted printing of droplets at a solid-like liquid-liquid interface DOI

Anshu Thapa,

Robert Malinowski, Matthew O. Blunt

et al.

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 137665 - 137665

Published: April 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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0

Advancement in Soft Hydrogel Grippers: Comprehensive Insights into Materials, Fabrication Strategies, Grasping Mechanism, and Applications DOI Creative Commons
Xiaoxiao Dong, Chen Wang, Haoxin Song

et al.

Biomimetics, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 9(10), P. 585 - 585

Published: Sept. 27, 2024

Soft hydrogel grippers have attracted considerable attention due to their flexible/elastic bodies, stimuli-responsive grasping and releasing capacity, novel applications in specific task fields. To create soft with robust of various types objects, high load capability, fast grab response, long-time service life, researchers delve deeper into materials, fabrication strategies, underlying actuation mechanisms. This article provides a systematic overview materials used grippers, focusing on composition, chemical functional groups, characteristics the strategies for integrating these responsive including one-step polymerization, additive manufacturing, structural modification are reviewed detail. Moreover, ongoing research about actuating mechanisms (e.g., thermal/electrical/magnetic/chemical) is summarized. Some remaining challenges future perspectives also provided. work highlights recent advances which useful insights development new generation grippers.

Language: Английский

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0