The Flexible Magnetic Electronic Functional Materials and Devices Group led by Prof. LI Run-Wei at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) developed a strain-temperature dual-mode sensor with high stimuli discriminability and resolution, enabling real-time sensing of strain and temperature stimuli without cros...

Based on the previous studies on electrocatalysts for OER, researchers at NIMTE comprehensively summarized, classified and discussed the recently reported acidic OER electrocatalysts in terms of elements. The study was published in Advanced Materials.

Based on the previously reported studies on carbon-based Janus films, Prof. CHEN Tao and coworkers at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), systematically summarized significant advances in carbon-based Janus films with particular focus on the preparation strategy, the relationship between structure and...

The Smart Polymer Materials Group led by Prof. CHEN Tao at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in cooperation with Prof. ZHENG Yinfei at Zhejiang University, developed a hydrogel-based soft robot with adaptive deformation, realizing multi-dimensional off-road locomotion on natural terrains. This work was ...

A research group led by Prof. LU Zhiyi at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has proposed a facile and cost-effective strategy to regenerate powdered activated carbon (PAC) by anchoring isolate Fe atoms on commercial PAC.