Kneading-Inspired Versatile Design for Biomimetic Skins with a Wide Scope of Customizable Features.

ABSTRACT: Biomimetic skins featuring customizable functions and human tissue-compatible mechanical properties have garnered tremendous interest for potential applications in human-machine interfaces, flexible wearable devices, and soft robotics. However, most existing skin-like materials require complex molecular design or multistep functionalization to achieve various functionalities that match or even surpass the performance of human skin. Thus, simultaneously minimizing production costs and achieving customizable features are still highly desirable yet challenging. Herein, inspired by a well-known kneading technique that renders a homogeneous mixture of all the ingredients, a versatile method involving two steps of kneading and resting is employed to prepare biomimetic skins with a wide scope of

SUBMITTER: Huang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9109062 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature