Scalable Vector-Stimuli-Responsive Magnetorheological Fibrous Materials Enable Active Smart Textiles

Abstract

Achieving textiles with programmable actuation and adaptive mechanical properties remains a paramount yet long-standing challenge for next-generation smart wearables and soft robotics. A recent breakthrough addresses this issue by introducing a mass-producible magnetorheological fibrous material. Through systematic hierarchal structural design, robust and precise textile-level vector-controllability is realized via cascaded amplification of fiber-level magnetic anisotropy. This crucial advancement paves the way for active, conformable and high-performance human–electronic interfaces.

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Funding

Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (2022YFA1203002)

Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China(2022YFA1203001)

National Natural Science Foundation of China(T2321003)

Shanghai Municipal Commission of Science and Technology(25CL2900505)

Scientific Research Innovation Capability Support Project for Young Faculty(ZYGXQNJSKYCXNLZCXM-M7)

RIGHTS & PERMISSIONS

Donghua University, Shanghai, China