Multifunctional soft machines based on stimuli-responsive hydrogels: from freestanding hydrogels to smart integrated systems

Hydrogels possess exceptional physical and chemical properties that render them appealing components for soft actuators, wearable technologies, healthcare devices, and human interactive robots. Especially, the stimuli-responsive hydrogels can sense and perform smart functions in the presence of vari...

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Main Authors: M. Ding, L. Jing, H. Yang, C.E. Machnicki, X. Fu, K. Li, I.Y. Wong, P.-Y. Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Materials Today Advances
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590049820300357