Softening

Concurrent stiffening and softening in hydrogels under dehydration

Shuai Xu, Zidi Zhou, Zishun Liu, Pradeep Sharma

Citations: 134 • 2023

A comprehensive thermo-viscoelastic experimental investigation of Ecoflex polymer

Zisheng Liao, Mokarram Hossain, Xiaohu Yao, Rukshan Navaratne, Grégory Chagnon

Citations: 96 • 2020

On the stress recovery behaviour of Ecoflex silicone rubbers

Zisheng Liao, Jie Yang, Mokarram Hossain, Grégory Chagnon, Lin Jing, Xiaohu Yao

Citations: 81 • 2021

Softening and Shape Morphing of Stiff Tough Hydrogels by Localized Unlocking of the Trivalent Ionically Cross‐Linked Centers

Jiahui Wang, Tianzhen Li, Fan Chen, Dan Zhou, Baijia Li, Xiaohu Zhou, Tiansheng Gan, Stephan Handschuh‐Wang

Citations: 43 • 2018

Self‐Healable, Self‐Repairable, and Recyclable Electrically Responsive Artificial Muscles

Johannes von Szczepanski, Patrick M. Danner, Dorina M. Opris

Citations: 42 • 2022

Dynamic and Oscillatory Motions of Cable-Driven Parallel Robots Based on a Nonlinear Cable Tension Model

Sana Baklouti, Eric Courteille, Stéphane Caro, Mohamed A. Dkhil

Citations: 37 • 2017

Metamorphic robot made of low melting point alloy

Hiroki Nakai, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Makoto Inaba, H. Inoue

Citations: 36 • 2003

A move-and-hold pneumatic actuator enabled by self-softening variable stiffness materials

Trevor L. Buckner, Edward L. White, Michelle C. Yuen, R. Adam Bilodeau, Rebecca K. Kramer

Citations: 33 • 2017

Microstructure and mechanical properties of robot cold metal transfer Al5.5Zn2.5Mg2.2Cu aluminium alloy joints

Chaojie Xie, Shanglei Yang, Haobo Liu, Qi Zhang, Yuan Wang, Yaofei Zou

Citations: 25 • 2018

Hydroelastomers: soft, tough, highly swelling composites

Simon Moser, Yanxia Feng, Öncay Yaşa, Stefanie Heyden, Michael R. Kessler, Esther Amstad, Eric R. Dufresne, Robert K. Katzschmann, Robert W. Style

Citations: 13 • 2022

Thermomechanical deformation of polyethylene-terephthalate artificial muscles

Chien Jye Chou, Yu-Lun Liu, Yulin Zhang, Chun‐Hway Hsueh, Fuqian Yang, Sanboh Lee

Citations: 12 • 2020

Gelator-Enhanced Organohydrogels with Switchable Mechanics and High-Strain Shape-Memory Capacity

Ya Liu, Li Wang, Hongsheng Lu, Zhiyu Huang

Citations: 11 • 2021

Softening Deformable Robot: Development of Shape Adaptive Robot using Phase Change of Low-melting-point Alloy

Hiroyuki Nakai, Yukiko Hoshino, Masayuki Inaba, Hirochika Inoue

Citations: 11 • 2002

Induced defect layer method to characterize the effect of fiber tow gaps for the laminates manufactured by automated fiber placement technique

Mohammadhossein Ghayour, Mehdi Hojjati, Rajamohan Ganesan

Citations: 9 • 2021

Mechanical Description of a Hyper-Redundant Robot Joint Mechanism Used for a Design of a Biomimetic Robotic Fish

M. Afolayan, Danjuma Saleh Yawas, C. O. Folayan, S.Y. Aku

Citations: 9 • 2012

Bio-composite design and 3D printing of soft multi-functional meta-structures with tuneable quasi-constant force

Kaveh Rahmani, Hamed Malekmohammadi, Abdul M. Haque, Sarah Karmel, Callum Branfoot, Ira Pande, Philip Breedon, Mahdi Bodaghi

Citations: 6 • 2025

Rapid de-stiffening of multilayer transparent structures using controlled thermoplastic softening

Dimitrios Charaklias, Dayuan Qiang, Robert Dorey, Iman Mohagheghian

Citations: 6 • 2023

Softening nonlinear-stiffness elastic mechanism with continuous adjustability for human–robot interaction force control

Zhixin Tu, Haifeng Liu, Yihao Jiang, Tao Ye, Yuepeng Qian, Yuquan Leng, Jian S. Dai, Chenglong Fu

Citations: 3 • 2024

A new safe flexible torsion joint design with softening stiffness characteristics

İbrahimcan Görgülü, Mehmet İsmet Can Dede, Gökhan Kiper

Citations: 3 • 2025

High‐Performance Dielectric Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuator Enabled by Its Unique Strain Softening

Raja Annapooranan, Robert Chambers, Shengqiang Cai

Citations: 2 • 2026