25th Anniversary Article: A Soft Future: From Robots and Sensor Skin to Energy Harvesters

Recent Advances in Organic Transistor Printing Processes

(2013) Boseok Kang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Materials and Fabrication Processes for Transient and Bioresorbable High-Performance Electronics

(2013) Suk-Won Hwang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Maximizing the Energy Density of Dielectric Elastomer Generators Using Equi-Biaxial Loading

(2013) Jiangshui Huang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Flexible Low-Voltage Organic Transistors with High Thermal Stability at 250 °C

(2013) Tomoyuki Yokota et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Voltage-Controlled Surface Wrinkling of Elastomeric Coatings

(2013) Daan van den Ende et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Toward Printed Integrated Circuits based on Unipolar or Ambipolar Polymer Semiconductors

(2013) Kang-Jun Baeg et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Multifunctional Epidermal Electronics Printed Directly Onto the Skin

(2013) Woon-Hong Yeo et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Bioinspired Surfaces with Dynamic Topography for Active Control of Biofouling

(2013) Phanindhar Shivapooja et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

3D Printing of Interdigitated Li-Ion Microbattery Architectures

(2013) Ke Sun et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Using Explosions to Power a Soft Robot

(2013) Robert F. Shepherd et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Improved electromechanical behavior in castable dielectric elastomer actuators

(2013) Samin Akbari et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Biomimetic photonic materials with tunable structural colors

(2013) Jun Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Digital cameras with designs inspired by the arthropod eye

(2013) Young Min Song et al.   NATURE

An ultra-lightweight design for imperceptible plastic electronics

(2013) Martin Kaltenbrunner et al.   NATURE

Multifunctionality and control of the crumpling and unfolding of large-area graphene

(2013) Jianfeng Zang et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Ultrathin, highly flexible and stretchable PLEDs

(2013) Matthew S. White et al.   Nature Photonics

Electronic and optoelectronic materials and devices inspired by nature

(2013) P Meredith et al.   REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS

Ultrastretchable, cyclable and recyclable 1- and 2-dimensional conductors based on physically cross-linked thermoplastic elastomer gels

(2013) Kenneth P. Mineart et al.   Soft Matter

Soft robotics: a bioinspired evolution in robotics

(2013) Sangbae Kim et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Breakthroughs in Photonics 2012: Large-Area Ultrathin Photonics

(2013) M. Kaltenbrunner et al.   IEEE Photonics Journal

Stretchable batteries with self-similar serpentine interconnects and integrated wireless recharging systems

(2013) Sheng Xu et al.   Nature Communications

In vivo recordings of brain activity using organic transistors

(2013) Dion Khodagholy et al.   Nature Communications

Long lifetime, fault-tolerant freestanding actuators based on a silicone dielectric elastomer and self-clearing carbon nanotube compliant electrodes

(2013) Hristiyan Stoyanov et al.   RSC Advances

Intrinsically stretchable and rechargeable batteries for self-powered stretchable electronics

(2013) Gerald Kettlgruber et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Elastomeric Origami: Programmable Paper-Elastomer Composites as Pneumatic Actuators

(2012) Ramses V. Martinez et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Highly Stretchable Alkaline Batteries Based on an Embedded Conductive Fabric

(2012) Abhinav M. Gaikwad et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Bistable Large-Strain Actuation of Interpenetrating Polymer Networks

(2012) Xiaofan Niu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Compliant Silver Nanowire-Polymer Composite Electrodes for Bistable Large Strain Actuation

(2012) Sungryul Yun et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Multi-Functional Integration of Organic Field-Effect Transistors (OFETs): Advances and Perspectives

(2012) Chong-an Di et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Hydrogen-Bonded Semiconducting Pigments for Air-Stable Field-Effect Transistors

(2012) Eric Daniel Głowacki et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Charge Injection in Solution-Processed Organic Field-Effect Transistors: Physics, Models and Characterization Methods

(2012) Dario Natali et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Dynamic Electrostatic Lithography: Multiscale On-Demand Patterning on Large-Area Curved Surfaces

(2012) Qiming Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Robotic Tentacles with Three-Dimensional Mobility Based on Flexible Elastomers

(2012) Ramses V. Martinez et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Operational Stability of Organic Field-Effect Transistors

(2012) Peter A. Bobbert et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Flexible and stretchable electrodes for dielectric elastomer actuators

(2012) Samuel Rosset et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING

Dielectric elastomer actuators with elastomeric electrodes

(2012) Michael Bozlar et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Giant, voltage-actuated deformation of a dielectric elastomer under dead load

(2012) Jiangshui Huang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Electric-field-tuned color in photonic crystal elastomers

(2012) Qibin Zhao et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Harnessing electromechanical membrane wrinkling for actuation

(2012) Andrew T. Conn et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Biomimetic chromatophores for camouflage and soft active surfaces

(2012) Jonathan Rossiter et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

The challenges ahead for bio-inspired 'soft' robotics

(2012) Rolf Pfeifer et al.   COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM

Biomimetic electrochemistry from conducting polymers. A review

(2012) T.F. Otero et al.   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

Multi-functional dielectric elastomer artificial muscles for soft and smart machines

(2012) Iain A. Anderson et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Self-healing electrodes for dielectric elastomer actuators

(2012) Silvain Michel et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

High sensitivity recording of afferent nerve activity using ultra-compliant microchannel electrodes: an acutein vivovalidation

(2012) Ivan R Minev et al.   Journal of Neural Engineering

Organic transistors in the new decade: Toward n-channel, printed, and stabilized devices

(2012) Srinivas Kola et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

Giant voltage-induced deformation in dielectric elastomers near the verge of snap-through instability

(2012) Tiefeng Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Printed circuit board technology inspired stretchable circuits

(2012) J. Vanfleteren et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Materials for stretchable electronics

(2012) Sigurd Wagner et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Stretchable organic integrated circuits for large-area electronic skin surfaces

(2012) Tsuyoshi Sekitani et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Dielectric elastomers: Stretching the capabilities of energy harvesting

(2012) Roy D. Kornbluh et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Materials for stretchable electronics in bioinspired and biointegrated devices

(2012) Dae-Hyeong Kim et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Mechanics of stretchable electronics and soft machines

(2012) Zhigang Suo   MRS BULLETIN

Extremely Flexible Nanoscale Ultrathin Body Silicon Integrated Circuits on Plastic

(2012) Davood Shahrjerdi et al.   NANO LETTERS

An electrically and mechanically self-healing composite with pressure- and flexion-sensitive properties for electronic skin applications

(2012) Benjamin C-K. Tee et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Ultra-thin anodic alumina capacitor films for plastic electronics

(2012) Andrei Ionut Mardare et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

Flexible Electronics: The Next Ubiquitous Platform

(2012) A. Nathan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE

Camouflage and Display for Soft Machines

(2012) S. A. Morin et al.   SCIENCE

A Physically Transient Form of Silicon Electronics

(2012) S.-W. Hwang et al.   SCIENCE

Role of pH gradients in the actuation of electro-responsive polyelectrolyte gels

(2012) P. J. Glazer et al.   Soft Matter

Organic transistors with high thermal stability for medical applications

(2012) Kazunori Kuribara et al.   Nature Communications

Ultra-flexible solution-processed organic field-effect transistors

(2012) Hee Taek Yi et al.   Nature Communications

Ultrathin and lightweight organic solar cells with high flexibility

(2012) Martin Kaltenbrunner et al.   Nature Communications

Bioinspired self-cleaning surfaces with superhydrophobicity, superoleophobicity, and superhydrophilicity

(2012) Shunsuke Nishimoto et al.   RSC Advances

Bioinspired Tunable Lens with Muscle-Like Electroactive Elastomers

(2011) Federico Carpi et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Encapsulating Elastically Stretchable Neural Interfaces: Yield, Resolution, and Recording/Stimulation of Neural Activity

(2011) Oliver Graudejus et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Anodized Aluminum Oxide Thin Films for Room-Temperature-Processed, Flexible, Low-Voltage Organic Non-Volatile Memory Elements with Excellent Charge Retention

(2011) Martin Kaltenbrunner et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Stretchable GaAs Photovoltaics with Designs That Enable High Areal Coverage

(2011) Jongho Lee et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Indigo - A Natural Pigment for High Performance Ambipolar Organic Field Effect Transistors and Circuits

(2011) Mihai Irimia-Vladu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Intrinsically Stretchable Polymer Light-Emitting Devices Using Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composite Electrodes

(2011) Zhibin Yu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Stretchable Organic Solar Cells

(2011) Darren J. Lipomi et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Stability of Polymer Solar Cells

(2011) Mikkel Jørgensen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Artificial Muscles Based on Polypyrrole/Carbon Nanotube Laminates

(2011) Wen Zheng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Soft Robotics for Chemists

(2011) Filip Ilievski et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Soft generators using dielectric elastomers

(2011) Thomas G. McKay et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Method for measuring energy generation and efficiency of dielectric elastomer generators

(2011) Rainer Kaltseis et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Rapid and Reversible Tuning of Structural Color of a Hydrogel over the Entire Visible Spectrum by Mechanical Stimulation

(2011) Md. Anamul Haque et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Stretchable, elastic materials and devices for solar energy conversion

(2011) Darren J. Lipomi et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Optically- and Thermally-Responsive Programmable Materials Based on Carbon Nanotube-Hydrogel Polymer Composites

(2011) Xiaobo Zhang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Dynamically tunable hemispherical electronic eye camera system with adjustable zoom capability

(2011) Inhwa Jung et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Multigait soft robot

(2011) R. F. Shepherd et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Torsional Carbon Nanotube Artificial Muscles

(2011) J. Foroughi et al.   SCIENCE

Epidermal Electronics

(2011) D.-H. Kim et al.   SCIENCE

Harnessing snap-through instability in soft dielectrics to achieve giant voltage-triggered deformation

(2011) Christoph Keplinger et al.   Soft Matter

Biocompatible and Biodegradable Materials for Organic Field-Effect Transistors

(2010) Mihai Irimia-Vladu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Arrays of Ultracompliant Electrochemical Dry Gel Cells for Stretchable Electronics

(2010) Martin Kaltenbrunner et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Organic Semiconductor Growth and Morphology Considerations for Organic Thin-Film Transistors

(2010) Ajay A. Virkar et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Self-Healing Materials

(2010) Martin D. Hager et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Dielectric Elastomer Generators: How Much Energy Can Be Converted?

(2010) Soo Jin Adrian Koh et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Waterproof AlInGaP optoelectronics on stretchable substrates with applications in biomedicine and robotics

(2010) Rak-Hwan Kim et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Flexible organic transistors and circuits with extreme bending stability

(2010) Tsuyoshi Sekitani et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Dissolvable films of silk fibroin for ultrathin conformal bio-integrated electronics

(2010) Dae-Hyeong Kim et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Ionic polymer-metal composite mechanoelectrical transduction: review and perspectives

(2010) Deivid Pugal et al.   POLYMER INTERNATIONAL

Rontgen's electrode-free elastomer actuators without electromechanical pull-in instability

(2010) C. Keplinger et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Universal robotic gripper based on the jamming of granular material

(2010) E. Brown et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Stretching Dielectric Elastomer Performance

(2010) F. Carpi et al.   SCIENCE

Materials and Mechanics for Stretchable Electronics

(2010) J. A. Rogers et al.   SCIENCE

Organic Thin-Film Transistors Fabricated on Resorbable Biomaterial Substrates

(2009) Christopher J. Bettinger et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Maximal energy that can be converted by a dielectric elastomer generator

(2009) Soo Jin Adrian Koh et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Tactile Sensing—From Humans to Humanoids

(2009) R.S. Dahiya et al.   IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Advances in Dielectric Elastomers for Actuators and Artificial Muscles

(2009) Paul Brochu et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Ionic-liquid materials for the electrochemical challenges of the future

(2009) Michel Armand et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Method to analyze programmable deformation of dielectric elastomer layers

(2008) Xuanhe Zhao et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

The gift of healing

(2008) Justin L. Mynar et al.   NATURE

Self-healing and thermoreversible rubber from supramolecular assembly

(2008) Philippe Cordier et al.   NATURE

Self-healing polymeric materials: A review of recent developments

(2008) Dong Yang Wu et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Self-healing materials: a review

(2008) Richard P. Wool   Soft Matter

Soft robotics: Biological inspiration, state of the art, and future research

(2008) Deepak Trivedi et al.   Applied Bionics and Biomechanics

A nonlinear field theory of deformable dielectrics

(2007) Z SUO et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS