Existing electroactive materials are hard, rigid, and often made from non-sustainable, toxic substances, making them impractical for use in soft, flexible electronics, wearable technology, and ...

HOFs are a class of crystalline porous materials with predictable topologies and tunable structures. They have been initially hindered by relatively weak hydrogen-bonding interactions, as many HOFs ...

A team of Northwestern scientists has developed an electroactive "scaffolding" material that improves bladder tissue regeneration and organ function better than current techniques, as detailed in a ...

Materials scientists aim to develop autonomous materials that function beyond stimulus responsive actuation. In a new report in Science Advances, Yang Yang and a research team in the Center for ...

Electroactive polymer complexes integrate transition-metal centres and conjugated organic ligands within a macromolecular framework to deliver reversible redox activity and electronic conductivity.

Electroactive polymer actuator systems harness the reversible deformation of soft polymeric materials under electrical stimulation to convert electrical energy directly into mechanical motion. These ...

Illustration of representative electrical signalling mechanisms in the human body spanning multiple length scales. Several biological tissues and biomolecules, including bone, cornea, structural ...

SCHATTDORF, Switzerland—Datwyler Holding Inc. has strengthened its innovative polymer capabilities with the acquisition of Swiss startup CT Systems S.R.L. A spin-off of the Swiss Federal Laboratories ...

Whether wriggling your toes or lifting groceries, muscles in your body smoothly expand and contract. Some polymers can do the same thing -- acting like artificial muscles -- but only when stimulated ...

Using peptides and a snippet of the large molecules in plastics, materials scientists have developed materials made of tiny, flexible nano-sized ribbons that can be charged just like a battery to ...

This illustration shows a future vision of assemblies of molecules formed by peptides and miniature molecular segments from a plastic material to create ferroelectric structures that switch polarity ...

(Nanowerk News) Step aside hard, rigid materials. There is a new soft, sustainable electroactive material in town — and it’s poised to open new possibilities for medical devices, wearable technology ...