Material Design

Soft Materials by Design: Unconventional Polymer Networks Give Extreme Properties

Xuanhe Zhao, Xiaoyu Chen, Hyunwoo Yuk, Shaoting Lin, Xinyue Liu, German Alberto Parada

Citations: 1071 • 2021

Anisotropically Fatigue‐Resistant Hydrogels

Xiangyu Liang, Guangda Chen, Shaoting Lin, Jiajun Zhang, Liu Wang, Pei Zhang, Zeyu Wang, Zongbao Wang, Yang Lan, Qi Ge, Ji Liu

Citations: 320 • 2021

A strategy for tough and fatigue-resistant hydrogels via loose cross-linking and dense dehydration-induced entanglements

Danming Zhong, Zhicheng Wang, Junwei Xu, Junjie Liu, Rui Xiao, Shaoxing Qu, Wei Yang

Citations: 139 • 2024

Functional Tough Hydrogels: Design, Processing, and Biomedical Applications

Xiao Kuang, Mehmet Onur Arıcan, Tao Zhou, Xuanhe Zhao, Yu Shrike Zhang

Citations: 136 • 2022

Topology optimization: a tool for the tailoring of structures and materials

Ole Sigmund

Citations: 124 • 2000

Materials science and architecture

Martin Bechthold, James C. Weaver

Citations: 118 • 2017

Anti-Freezing multiphase gel materials: Bioinspired design strategies and applications

Yichao Xu, Qinfeng Rong, Tianyi Zhao, Mingjie Liu

Citations: 90 • 2020

Learning from nature: Use material architecture to break the performance tradeoffs

Zian Jia, Yang Yu, Lifeng Wang

Citations: 86 • 2019

Jammed architectural structures: towards large-scale reversible construction

Petrus Aejmelaeus‐Lindström, Jan Willmann, Skylar Tibbits, Fabio Gramazio, Matthias Köhler

Citations: 68 • 2016

Extremely Soft: Design with Rheologically Complex Fluids

Randy H. Ewoldt

Citations: 45 • 2013

Recent advances in the design, fabrication, actuation mechanisms and applications of liquid crystal elastomers

Yue Xiao, Jun Wu, Yihui Zhang

Citations: 44 • 2023

Anisotropic Soft Robots Based on 3D Printed Meso-Structured Materials: Design, Modeling by Homogenization and Simulation

Félix Vanneste, Olivier Goury, Jonàs Martínez, Sylvain Lefèbvre, Hervé Delingette, Christian Duriez

Citations: 32 • 2020

Material Design for Enhancing Properties of 3D Printed Polymer Composites for Target Applications

Vinita V. Shinde, Yuyang Wang, Md Fahim Salek, Marı́a L. Auad, Lauren E. Beckingham, Bryan S. Beckingham

Citations: 28 • 2022

Functional liquid crystalline epoxy networks and composites: from materials design to applications

Yuzhan Li, Veronica Ambrogi, Pierfrancesco Cerruti, Monojoy Goswami, Zhou Yang, Michael R. Kessler, Orlando Rios

Citations: 27 • 2021

Conductive Gels for Energy Storage, Conversion, and Generation: Materials Design Strategies, Properties, and Applications

Gazi A. K. M. Rafiqul Bari, Jae-Ho Jeong, Hasi Rani Barai

Citations: 26 • 2024

Computational Design of a Soft Robotic Myocardium for Biomimetic Motion and Function

Clara Park, Çağlar Öztürk, Ellen T. Roche

Citations: 21 • 2022

Digital Composites: Robotic 3D Printing of Continuous Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Plastics for Functionally-Graded Building Components

Hyunchul Kwon, Martin Eichenhofer, Thodoris Kyttas, Benjamin Dillenburger

Citations: 20 • 2018

3D-printed multi-functional foamed concrete building components: Material properties, component design, and 3D printing application

Silvia Parmigiani, Devid Falliano, Sandro Moro, Giuseppe Andrea Ferro, Luciana Restuccia

Citations: 16 • 2024

Advances in Hydrogel‐Based Electronic Skins: From Material Design to Multifunctional Applications

D. Li, Ningfeng Que, Hao Tang, Chenxi Jing, Le Liu, Guanshi Liu, Hongxing Zhou, Wenwen Zhang, Hongguo Wei

Citations: 5 • 2025

Smart molecular design for functional cellulose gels and flexible devices

Zeshi Li, Minxin Wang, Geyuan Jiang, Jianhong Zhou, Donghan Li, Weihua Zhang

Citations: 4 • 2026