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.

A research group led by Prof. GE Ziyi at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has developed an alkoxy-substituted asymmetric conjugated molecule and successfully doped it into the PM6:BTP-eC9-based binary organic solar cells (OSCs) as a third component, resulting in high-efficiency ternary OSCs with th...

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 researchers at Ningbo University, has developed a novel breakage-resistant conductive hydrogel (BRC hydrogel) with excellent mechanical reliability, extending the service life of triboelectri...