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Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-based Smart Hydrogels: Design, Properties and Applications
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In this paper, the authors provide an up-to-date account on the recent developments in advanced functional PNIPAM-based smart hydrogels and their emerging technological applications in the fields of smart actuators, photonic crystals, smart windows and novel biomedical applications.About:
This article is published in Progress in Materials Science.The article was published on 2021-01-01. It has received 322 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Smart material & Smart system.read more
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Liquid Thermo-Responsive Smart Window Derived from Hydrogel
Yang Zhou,Shancheng Wang,Jinqing Peng,Yutong Tan,Chuanchang Li,Freddy Yin Chiang Boey,Yi Long +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a high thermal energy storage thermo-responsive smart window (HTEST smart window) by trapping the hydrogel-derived liquid within glasses, which showed promising energy-saving performance in summer daytime.
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Near-Infrared Light-Driven Shape-Morphing of Programmable Anisotropic Hydrogels Enabled by MXene Nanosheets
Pan Xue,Hari Krishna Bisoyi,Yuanhao Chen,Hao Zeng,Jiajia Yang,Xiao Yang,Pengfei Lv,Xinmu Zhang,Arri Priimagi,Ling Wang,Xinhua Xu,Quan Li +11 more
TL;DR: NIR light-driven shape morphing of the MXene-containing anisotropic hydrogel into various shapes is demonstrated and a four-arm soft gripper is devised that can perform distinct photomechanical functions such as grasping, lifting/lowering down and releasing an object upon sequential NIR light exposure.
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Beyond the Visible: Bioinspired Infrared Adaptive Materials.
TL;DR: In this article, an up-to-date review is provided on the recent advancements of bio-inspired IR adaptive materials and their promising applications, including IR camouflage and IR radiative cooling.
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Stimulus-driven liquid metal and liquid crystal network actuators for programmable soft robotics
Pengfei Lv,Xiao Yang,Hari Krishna Bisoyi,Hao Zeng,Xuan Zhang,Yuanhao Chen,Pan Xue,Shukuan Shi,Arri Priimagi,Ling Wang,Wei Feng,Wei Feng,Wei Feng,Quan Li,Quan Li +14 more
TL;DR: A general strategy to integrate electrically conductive liquid metals (LMs) and shape-morphing liquid crystal networks (LCNs) towards multifunctional and programmable soft robotics is reported, which could open up a new technological arena for advanced multifunctionsal soft materials.
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Nanocellulose-Based Functional Materials: From Chiral Photonics to Soft Actuator and Energy Storage
TL;DR: An up‐to‐date account of the recent advancements in nanocellulose‐derived functional materials and their emerging applications in areas of chiral photonics, soft actuators, energy storage, and biomedical science is provided.
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