Two-dimensional (2D) materials are widely used in various applications due to their extraordinary properties. In particular, electrochemical stability, low electrical resistance, and huge specific surface area make them very interesting active for supercapacitors. Herein, flexible, biodegradable, low-cost supercapacitors introduced a simple way based on hand-drawing pencil traces or -rubbing mo...

-Polymers, with their large spatial extent and chemical variety, afford materials scientists the opportunity to be architects at the molecular level. Once the architecture is decided, however, the task of construction moves to the chemical engineer to build the material in a faithful, stable and efficient manlaer. This involves assembling not only the molecular structure but also the larger sca...

nt matter & 2012 0.1016/j.nanoen.2 thor. Tel.: +1 216 . [email protected] Abstract Nanomaterials with quasi-zero, one and two dimensionalities, including silicon nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes, titanium oxide particles and graphene flakes, have been incorporated into the conducting polymer polyaniline to form nanocomposite materials for making flexible supercapacitor sheets. Characterization of...

Copper chloropyrophosphate frameworks have been synthesised with a wide variety of complex inorganic anions trapped in a large, flexible, one-dimensional pore, with anions including chloride, bromide, phosphate and the complex metal halo-anions PtCl(4)(2-), PdBr(4)(2-), CuCl(4)(2-) and AuCl(4)(-).

Localizing and manipulating features such as buttons, snaps, or grommets in fabrics and other flexible materials is a difficult robotics problem. Approaches that rely too much on sensing and localization that occurs before touching the material are likely to fail because the flexible material can move when the robot actually makes contact. This paper experimentally explores the possibility of u...

Wearable technology has attracted significant public attention and has generated huge societal and economic impact, leading to changes of both personal lifestyles and formats of healthcare. An important type of devices in wearable technology is flexible and stretchable skin sensors used primarily for biophysiological signal sensing and biomolecule analysis on skin. These sensors offer mechanica...