Materials
Materials
Synergistic Nanoconfinement and UV Crosslinking Enabling Self‐Strengthening, Ultra‐Robust Shape‐Memory Elastomers
02/04/2026 -
A synergistic strategy combining H‐COF nanoconfinement with UV‐triggered cross‐linking is proposed to enhance the mechanical properties of poly(urea‐urethane) elastomers. This synergy...
3D‐Printed Dynamic Liquid Crystal Elastomer Composites with Adaptive Reconfiguration Showing Multimodal, Light‐Driven, Strider‐Inspired Locomotion at the Air–Water Interface
26/03/2026 -
Inspired by water striders, we have developed a light‐driven soft robot via 3D‐printing of dynamic liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) composites. By integrating carbon nanotubes as a photothermal...
Development of a highly sensitive electrochemical immunosensor and lateral flow immunoassay for enrofloxacin using optimized haptens
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Owing to the rapid expansion of the aquaculture industry, the veterinary antibiotic enrofloxacin (ENR) has become a widespread contaminant of concern in environmental and food safety fields. To...
Submicron Structure Confined Polymers for High‐Performance Intrinsically Stretchable Light‐Emitting Diodes (Adv. Mater. 16/2026)
17/03/2026 -
Intrinsically Stretchable PLED ArraysIn their Research Article (10.1002/adma.202519650), Wenkang Shi, Zhiyuan Zhao, Yunlong Guo, Yunqi Liu, and co‐workers introduce a novel microcrystalline...
Additive Manufacturing of Molecular Architecture Encoded Stretchable Polyethylene Glycol Hydrogels and Elastomers (Adv. Mater. 15/2026)
13/03/2026 -
3D Printing of Foldable Bottlebrush NetworksBottlebrush molecular architecture prevents the crystallization of high molecular weight polyethylene glycol (PEG) polymers, enabling highly stretchable...
Liquid Touch: Soft and Wearable Vibrotactile Actuators Based on Room Temperature Liquid Metals
09/03/2026 -
A soft electromagnetic vibrotactile actuator based on coils made of room temperature liquid metal driving a small embedded permanent magnet is demonstrated. The resulting actuator remains within safe...
Experiments and Constitutive Modeling of the Magnetic Particle Fraction Dependence on Magneto‐Active Polymer Responses
23/02/2026 -
Magneto‐active polymers can change their material properties and mechanical responses with the magnetic field. We characterize such tunable magneto‐mechanical responses at different magnetic...
Bio‐Inspired Design of Quasi‐Ordered Structural Color via Stress‐Driven Reconfiguration Enables Ultra‐Secure and Scalable Unclonable Application
19/02/2026 -
Inspired by the quasi‐ordered photonic structures of Thecla opisena wing scales, stress‐driven microstructural reconfiguration enables scalable fabrication of structurally colored PUFs with...
On‐Demand Activation of Thin Alginate Shell Encapsulated Volatile Liquid for Untethered Pneumatic Soft Actuation
17/02/2026 -
Phase‐changing liquids enable untethered pneumatic actuation in soft robotics but suffer from volatility and storage challenges. This work reports a simple method to encapsulate Novec 7000 within...
Polyvinyl Chloride Gel Incorporated by ZnO Core‐Shell Nanoparticles for Dielectric Elastomer Actuator With Enhanced Electromechanical Response
16/02/2026 -
A series of polydopamine encapsulated ZnO nanoparticles were synthesized and incorporated into the plasticized polyvinyl chlorides for dielectric elastomer actuator with an enhanced electromechanical...
