A joint research team led by Dr. Dong-Gyun Kim of the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Professor ...

The field of robotics has transformed drastically in this century, with a special focus on soft robotics. In this context, origami-inspired deployable structures with compact storage and efficient ...

Polymers are fundamental to our daily lives, serving as the core components for a wide array of goods, including clothing, ...

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) present a versatile class of smart materials that merge the orientational order of liquid crystals with the elasticity of polymer networks. These composite materials ...

A novel gold-bonded, self-healing polymer can bend, flex, and repair itself without losing conductivity, providing opportunities for advanced wearable electronics and robotics in the future. Gold ...

Soft robots are only as capable as the artificial muscles that drive them, and for years those muscles have forced a trade-off between strength and flexibility. A new magnetic polymer design is ...

A recent study in Nature Communications presents a new class of shape memory polymer (SMP) surfaces embedded with nanotips. These surfaces feature tunable nanoscale roughness, enabling adjustable dry ...

Researchers develop a recyclable sulfur-based polymer that enables 4D printing of soft robots with programmable shape changes and magnetic responsiveness. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Materials designed to ...

Polymers are fundamental to our daily lives, serving as the core components for a wide array of goods, including clothing, ...

An underwater robot developed by NTNU. This study first establishes a cylindrical dynamic model of dielectric elastomers to deeply analyze the deformation behavior of DEs under the action of electric ...

FAYETTEVILLE, GA, UNITED STATES, February 28, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Strong polyelectrolyte brushes are widely used ...