Lihua Jin

TL;DR: A network of poly(dimethylsiloxane) polymer chains crosslinked by coordination complexes that combines high stretchability, high dielectric strength, autonomous self-healing and mechanical actuation is reported.

TL;DR: A design concept for stretchable semiconducting polymers, which involves introducing chemical moieties to promote dynamic non-covalent crosslinking of the conjugated polymers that is able to undergo an energy dissipation mechanism through breakage of bonds when strain is applied, while retaining high charge transport abilities is presented.

TL;DR: The increased polymer chain dynamics under nanoconfinement significantly reduces the modulus of the conjugated polymer and largely delays the onset of crack formation under strain, and the fabricated semiconducting film can be stretched up to 100% strain without affecting mobility, retaining values comparable to that of amorphous silicon.

TL;DR: A new class of polymeric material crosslinked through rationally designed multistrength hydrogen bonding interactions is reported, which realizes exceptional mechanical properties such as notch-insensitive high stretchability, high toughness, and autonomous self-healing even in artificial sweat.

TL;DR: Embedding functional components into soft robotic tentacles that move in three dimensions upon pressurization (for example, a needle for delivering fluid, a video camera, and a suction cup) extends their capabilities.