Artificial muscles are developed to achieve dexterous shape morphing, manipulation, and locomotion in soft robotics. In article number 2003088, Jiangxin Wang, Pooi See Lee, Dace Gao provide a succinct critical summary of the material strategies actuation mechanisms contributing recent advancements this research area, also discuss prospects integrating artificial with multimodal sensing responsi...

This research investigates and discusses an embodied craft learning situation in educational context that aims to support students within architecture by applying human–material dialogues when using robotics. Initially, the were introduced traditional craftsmanship based on materials tools ceramics. Based gained experiential knowledge, same applied explored a UR 5 robot. A sensor provided with ...

Cues from the material to which a cell is adherent (e.g., adhesion ligand presentation, substrate elastic modulus) clearly influence the phenotype of differentiated cells. However, it is currently unclear if stem cells respond similarly to these cues. This study examined how the overall density and nanoscale organization of a model cell adhesion ligand (arginine-glycine-aspartic acid [RGD] cont...

Nowadays, precise flow control, provision of exact reagent amounts, contamination prevention between reagents, autonomy, disposability and low-cost manufacture are factors that can not be found together for micro-fluidic valves. Valves made using photo-responsive materials are of great interest as functional materials within micro-fluidic systems since actuation can be controlled by simple ligh...

As the tumor microenvironment (TME) develops, it is critical to take the alterations of pH value, reduction and various enzymes of the TME into consideration when constructing the desirable co-delivery systems. Herein, TME pH and enzyme dual-responsive core-shell nanoparticles were prepared for the efficient co-delivery of chemotherapy drug and plasmid DNA (pDNA). A novel pH-responsive, positiv...

A significant amount of academic and industrial research efforts are devoted to the encapsulation of active substances within microor nanocarriers. The ultimate goal of core–shell systems is the protection of the encapsulated substance from the environment, and its controlled and targeted release. This can be accomplished by employing “stimuli-responsive” materials as constituents of the capsul...

PURPOSE Discomfort from light exposure leads to photophobia, glare, and poor vision in patients with congenital or trauma-induced iris damage. Commercial artificial iris lenses are static in nature to provide aesthetics without restoring the natural iris's dynamic response to light. A new photo-responsive artificial iris was therefore developed using a photochromic material with self-adaptive l...

The demand for patterning functional materials precisely on surfaces of stimuli-responsive devices has increased in many research fields. In situ polymerization technology is one of the most convenient ways to place the functional materials on a desired location with micron-scale accuracy. To fabricate stimuli-responsive surfaces, controlling concentration of the functional material is much as ...