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Direct‐Printed Textile Circuits for Smart Gloves With Enhanced Integration
14/10/2026 - A one‐step direct‐printing strategy on a single textile substrate enables a highly integrated, breathable smart glove with monolithically integrated sensors and circuits. The glove delivers...
Enabling Lightweight Piezoelectric Sensing Composites Through Polyvinylidene Fluoride‐Coated Hollow Microparticles
14/10/2026 - This study develops lightweight piezoelectric composites by integrating PVDF‐coated hollow glass microspheres into an elastomer matrix through 3D printing. The hybrid composites outperform control...
Elastomeric 3D‐Printed Microenvironments Enable Nanonewton Force Measurements in Healthy and Diseased Human Pluripotent Stem Cell‐Derived Neuroepithelial Cells (Adv. Mater. 56/2026)
08/10/2026 - Elastomeric 3D‐Printed MicroenvironmentsIn their Research Article (DOI: 10.1002/adma.74596), Pieter F. J. van Altena, Lucia Castillo Ransanz, Vivi M. Heine, Angelo Accardo, and co‐workers...
Supramolecular Elastomer Based Switchable Adhesives Regulated by Soft Confinement Induced Nano‐Rod Crystals
05/10/2026 - A soft‐confinement‐regulated nanorod crystallization strategy is proposed to construct a supramolecular elastomer (PTA‐PCL). Benefiting from this hierarchical structural design, the PTA‐PCL...
Intrinsically Stretchable Neuromorphic Vision Arrays for Conformal Polarization Imaging and Adaptive Perception
05/10/2026 - An intrinsically stretchable neuromorphic vision transistor array based on a QD‐polymer composite integrates light adaptation, strain‐enhanced polarization sensing, and mechanically tunable...
Mechanically Robust and Self‐Healing Sustainable Solid‐State Ion‐Conductive Elastomer for Near‐Infrared‐Driven Noncontact Sensing
29/09/2026 - Mechanically robust and self‐healing sustainable solid‐state ion‐conductive elastomers are developed by constructing a dynamic three‐dimensional interconnected framework within a natural...
Eucommia Ulmoides Gum‐Inspired Topological Confinement Enables Direct Spinning of All‐Solid‐State Ionic Conductive Elastomers
29/09/2026 - A Eucommia ulmoides gum (EUG)‐inspired topological confinement strategy is developed to construct all‐solid‐state ionic conductive elastomers featuring a hyperbranched‐nanocluster‐bridged...
High Optical Transparency in the Alicyclic Poly(Ether‐b‐amide) Copolymer Induced by Multiscale Structure via Weak Microphase Separation (Adv. Mater. 54/2026)
25/09/2026 - Highly Transparent, Flexible PEBA‐Based FilmFrom the molecular scale to the macroscopic scale, weak micro phase separation forms sub wavelength domains containing a large number of mutually...
Electrostimulus Phase‐Transition Mediated Robust Adhesive Hydrogels
20/09/2026 - A super strong adhesive hydrogel based on lignin‐mediated catechol chemistry and salt hydrate phase‐transition is developed, and its cohesive strength and interfacial adhesion on skin could be...
Topology and Material Optimization in Ultra‐Soft Magneto‐Active Structures: Making Advantage of Residual Anisotropies (Adv. Mater. 51/2026)
11/09/2026 - Topology and Material Optimization in Ultra‐SoftMagneto‐Active StructuresResidual magnetization induces pronounced mechanical anisotropy in ultra‐soft magnetorheological elastomers, shaping...
Versatile Sacrificial Mold‐Assisted 3D Printing for High‐Performance Mechanoluminescent Structures Toward Impact Protection and Visualization Monitoring
28/08/2026 - A versatile sacrificial mold strategy is proposed to fabricate high‐performance 3D mechanoluminescent structures, and its versatility is verified using both flexible and rigid matrices. By...
Real Time Self‐Monitoring of Adhesion State via Machine Learning‐Assisted Traffic Light Color‐Coding in Silicone‐Based Smart Superglue
28/08/2026 - Machine learning‐assisted paradigm toward real time self‐monitoring of the adhesion states via conductive supramolecular adhesives is reported, featuring the intelligentization via the...
Bacterial biomineralization-engineered Ag-Pt nanozyme for label-free and sensitive colorimetric detection of enrofloxacin in aquatic products
- The overuse of enrofloxacin (ENR) in aquaculture poses significant threats to ecological security and food safety, generating an urgent demand for instrument-free on-site detection. Herein, a...
Soft Yet Tough Tanglemers Through Rapid Photopolymerization for DLP 3D Printing
19/08/2026 - Soft yet tough tanglemers are produced through low‐initiator free radical photopolymerization and translated to DLP 3D printing. Systematic control over light intensity, initiator loading, and...
Metasurface‐Enabled Light‐Driven Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuators (Adv. Mater. 45/2026)
13/08/2026 - Light‐Driven Liquid Crystal Elastomer ActuatorsMetasurface‐enabled, near infrared light‐driven liquid crystal elastomer actuators are demonstrated based on the plasmonic photothermal strategy,...
A label-free and highly sensitive fluorescence aptasensor for enrofloxacin detection based on G-triplex-mediated signal amplification
- Enrofloxacin (ENR), a third-generation fluoroquinolone veterinary antibiotic, is widely used in aquaculture and animal husbandry for bacterial infection control due to its broad-spectrum...
Frequency‐Adaptive Elastomers Through Cooperative Dynamics of Liquid‐Crystalline Domains and a Rubber Matrix
12/08/2026 - Phase‐separated elastomers with dispersed liquid‐crystalline domains couple soft compliance with rapid mechanical adaptation. The liquid‐crystalline phase relaxes stress during slow deformation...