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ArticleAdvanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2026

Soft and Strong: Elastic Conductors with Bio-Inspired Self-Protection.

Chenglong Zhang, Xiulun Yin, Chris Zhou, Xin Lu, Siying Wu, Ying Li, Addie Bahi, Sukhneet Kaur Dhillon, Orlando J Rojas, Jinhua Jiang and 3 more

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Article in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Chenglong ZhangDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z4, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5831-6419
Xiulun YinDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Chris ZhouBioproducts Institute, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Xin LuBioproducts Institute, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Siying WuDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Ying LiAdvanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Addie BahiDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Sukhneet Kaur DhillonAdvanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Orlando J RojasBioproducts Institute, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Jinhua JiangCollege of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, China.
Nanliang ChenCollege of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, China.
Frank K KoAdvanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z4, Canada.
John D W MaddenDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z4, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Skin is soft yet strong - a combination achieved by integrating compliant elastin with stiff but wavy collagen, producing non-linear mechanical properties. Inspired by this structure, stiff conductive wires are engineered into sinusoidal patterns and mechanically interlocked them with highly elastic fibers using a reimagined woven fabric approach. The result is a highly conducting and stretchable yarn that also has high tensile strength - a combination that is attractive for wearable applications where comfort and durability are valued. With a diameter of ≈1 mm-comparable to many commercial yarns-the fabric-based yarn exhibits low stiffness across a broad strain range (up to 270% under 2 N of force) while demonstrating a self-protective transition to high stiffness and strength (up to 30 MPa) as it nears failure. Additionally, this yarn offers excellent flexibility, high strain tolerance (exceeding 500%), inherent breathability, and superior weavability. By tuning the number of elastic fibers and electrode fibers, it can further tailor these stretchable conductive yarns into strain-insensitive connecting yarns (low impedance at MHz frequencies, GF = 0.0003) and mechanical sensing yarns with dual strain and proximity sensing capabilities. The integration of these functional yarns enables system-level smart textile applications, such as wristband controllers.

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carbon nanotube fibermachine learningstretchable electronicswearable sensors

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PMCPMC12810613

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