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    Reversible two-way tuning of thermal conductivity in an end-linked star-shaped thermoset

    Polymeric thermal switches that can reversibly tune and significantly enhance their thermal conductivities are desirable for diverse applications in electronics, aerospace, automotives, and medicine; however, ...

    Chase M. Hartquist, Buxuan Li, James H. Zhang, Zhaohan Yu in Nature Communications (2024)

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    Control of polymers’ amorphous-crystalline transition enables miniaturization and multifunctional integration for hydrogel bioelectronics

    Soft bioelectronic devices exhibit motion-adaptive properties for neural interfaces to investigate complex neural circuits. Here, we develop a fabrication approach through the control of metamorphic polymers’ ...

    Sizhe Huang, **nyue Liu, Shaoting Lin, Christopher Glynn in Nature Communications (2024)

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    Fatigue-resistant adhesion of hydrogels

    The adhesion of soft connective tissues (tendons, ligaments, and cartilages) on bones in many animals can maintain high toughness (∽800 J m−2) over millions of cycles of mechanical loads. Such fatigue-resistant a...

    Ji Liu, Shaoting Lin, **nyue Liu, Zhao Qin, Yueying Yang in Nature Communications (2020)

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    Pure PEDOT:PSS hydrogels

    Hydrogels of conducting polymers, particularly poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS), provide a promising electrical interface with biological tissues for sensing and stimulation...

    Baoyang Lu, Hyunwoo Yuk, Shaoting Lin, Nannan Jian, Kai Qu in Nature Communications (2019)

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    Ingestible hydrogel device

    Devices that interact with living organisms are typically made of metals, silicon, ceramics, and plastics. Implantation of such devices for long-term monitoring or treatment generally requires invasive procedu...

    **nyue Liu, Christoph Steiger, Shaoting Lin, German Alberto Parada in Nature Communications (2019)

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    Hydraulic hydrogel actuators and robots optically and sonically camouflaged in water

    Sea animals such as leptocephali develop tissues and organs composed of active transparent hydrogels to achieve agile motions and natural camouflage in water. Hydrogel-based actuators that can imitate the capa...

    Hyunwoo Yuk, Shaoting Lin, Chu Ma, Mahdi Takaffoli in Nature Communications (2017)