Scientific Reports

Collection 28 February 2020

Soft sensors and actuators

Submission status: Closed
Submission deadline: 30 June 2023

Innovative programmable motion and compliant sensing have been achieved due to rapid advances in soft functional materials. This Collection provides a platform for interdisciplinary studies of soft sensors and actuators, including their application in smart textiles, haptic electronics, biomedical devices and soft robotics.

Editors

Il-Kwon Oh

Il-Kwon Oh

KAIST, South Korea

Soft Actuators

3D-Printing and Machine Learning Control of Soft Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite Actuators
- James D. Carrico
- Tucker Hermans
- Kam K. Leang
ArticleOpen Access25 Nov 2019 Scientific Reports
Highly Tough, Biocompatible, and Magneto-Responsive Fe₃O₄/Laponite/PDMAAm Nanocomposite Hydrogels
- Jin Hyun Lee
- Wen Jiao Han
- Hyoung Jin Choi
ArticleOpen Access21 Oct 2019 Scientific Reports
Contactless actuation of perfluorinated ionomer membranes in salt solution: an experimental investigation
- Alain Boldini
- Maxwell Rosen
- Maurizio Porfiri
ArticleOpen Access19 Aug 2019 Scientific Reports
Shape programming of polymeric based electrothermal actuator (ETA) via artificially induced stress relaxation
- Yu-Chen Sun
- Benjamin D. Leaker
- Hani E. Naguib
ArticleOpen Access7 Aug 2019 Scientific Reports
Polyvinylidene fluoride/sulfonated graphene oxide blend membrane coated with polypyrrole/platinum electrode for ionic polymer metal composite actuator applications
- Inamuddin
- Heba Abbas Kashmery
ArticleOpen Access8 Jul 2019 Scientific Reports
A valve powered by earthworm muscle with both electrical and 100% chemical control
- Yo Tanaka
- Shun-ichi Funano
- Norihiro Kamamichi
ArticleOpen Access8 Jul 2019 Scientific Reports

Soft Electronic Devices

Tactile display of softness on fingertip
- Gabriele Frediani
- Federico Carpi
ArticleOpen Access24 Nov 2020 Scientific Reports
A versatile 4D capacitive imaging array: a touchless skin and an obstacle-avoidance sensor for robotic applications
- Gege Ma
- Manuchehr Soleimani
ArticleOpen Access13 Jul 2020 Scientific Reports
Electrically tuning soft membranes to both a higher and a lower transparency
- Leihao Chen
- Michele Ghilardi
- Federico Carpi
ArticleOpen Access27 Dec 2019 Scientific Reports
Smart Lenses with Electrically Tuneable Astigmatism
- Michele Ghilardi
- Hugh Boys
- Federico Carpi
ArticleOpen Access6 Nov 2019 Scientific Reports
Audio-Tactile Skinny Buttons for Touch User Interfaces
- Quang Van Duong
- Vinh Phu Nguyen
- Seung Tae Choi
ArticleOpen Access16 Sep 2019 Scientific Reports
A Soft Pneumatic Inchworm Double balloon (SPID) for colonoscopy
- Luigi Manfredi
- Elisabetta Capoccia
- Alfred Cuschieri
ArticleOpen Access31 Jul 2019 Scientific Reports
Continuous scavenging of broadband vibrations via omnipotent tandem triboelectric nanogenerators with cascade impact structure
- Divij Bhatia
- Hee Jae Hwang
- Dukhyun Choi
ArticleOpen Access3 Jun 2019 Scientific Reports

Soft Robotics

Soft climbing robot with magnetic feet for multimodal locomotion
- Gijun Park
- Hugo Rodrigue
ArticleOpen Access24 May 2023 Scientific Reports
An earthworm-like modular soft robot for locomotion in multi-terrain environments
- Riddhi Das
- Saravana Prashanth Murali Babu
- Barbara Mazzolai
ArticleOpen Access28 Jan 2023 Scientific Reports
Reducing the energy cost of walking with low assistance levels through optimized hip flexion assistance from a soft exosuit
- Jinsoo Kim
- Brendan T. Quinlivan
- Conor J. Walsh
ArticleOpen Access29 Jun 2022 Scientific Reports
High-output bending motion of a soft inflatable microactuator with an actuation conversion mechanism
- Satoshi Konishi
- Hirotoshi Kosawa
ArticleOpen Access21 Jul 2020 Scientific Reports
Thermal display glove for interacting with virtual reality
- Seung-Won Kim
- Sung Hee Kim
- Youngsu Cha
ArticleOpen Access9 Jul 2020 Scientific Reports
Design and Computational Modeling of Fabric Soft Pneumatic Actuators for Wearable Assistive Devices
- Pham Huy Nguyen
- Wenlong Zhang
ArticleOpen Access15 Jun 2020 Scientific Reports
Soft mobile robot inspired by animal-like running motion
- Tongil Park
- Youngsu Cha
ArticleOpen Access11 Oct 2019 Scientific Reports
Morphological Transformation between Flat and Tube Structures by Coordinated Motions of Soft Pneumatic Microactuators
- Satoshi Konishi
- Fumitaka Oya
ArticleOpen Access9 Oct 2019 Scientific Reports
Long Shape Memory Alloy Tendon-based Soft Robotic Actuators and Implementation as a Soft Gripper
- Ji-Hyeong Lee
- Yoon Seop Chung
- Hugo Rodrigue
ArticleOpen Access2 Aug 2019 Scientific Reports
Suit-type Wearable Robot Powered by Shape-memory-alloy-based Fabric Muscle
- Seong Jun Park
- Cheol Hoon Park
ArticleOpen Access24 Jun 2019 Scientific Reports
Pneumatic actuator and flexible piezoelectric sensor for soft virtual reality glove system
- Kahye Song
- Sung Hee Kim
- Youngsu Cha
ArticleOpen Access18 Jul 2019 Scientific Reports

Soft Sensors

Flexible mechanical metamaterials enabling soft tactile sensors with multiple sensitivities at multiple force sensing ranges
- Alireza Mohammadi
- Ying Tan
- Denny Oetomo
ArticleOpen Access16 Dec 2021 Scientific Reports
Polyacrylamide Bead Sensors for in vivo Quantification of Cell-Scale Stress in Zebrafish Development
- N. Träber
- K. Uhlmann
- J. Guck
ArticleOpen Access19 Nov 2019 Scientific Reports
Flexible Temperature Sensor Integrated with Soft Pneumatic Microactuators for Functional Microfingers
- Satoshi Konishi
- Akiya Hirata
ArticleOpen Access30 Oct 2019 Scientific Reports
Dual Optical Signal-based Intraocular Pressure-sensing Principle Using Pressure-sensitive Mechanoluminescent ZnS:Cu/PDMS Soft Composite
- Yooil Kim
- Sunanda Roy
- Gi-Woo Kim
ArticleOpen Access23 Oct 2019 Scientific Reports
Stretchable Low Impedance Electrodes for Bioelectronic Recording from Small Peripheral Nerves
- Francesco Decataldo
- Tobias Cramer
- Beatrice Fraboni
ArticleOpen Access22 Jul 2019 Scientific Reports
Artificial skin through super-sensing method and electrical impedance data from conductive fabric with aid of deep learning
- Xi Duan
- Sebastien Taurand
- Manuchehr Soleimani
ArticleOpen Access20 Jun 2019 Scientific Reports

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