4D Biomimetic Wrinkled Porous Textiles via Electrospinning and Melt Electrowriting for Advanced Strain Sensing

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Vohr Soreño, Zhander ; Apsite, Indra ; Milkin, Pavel ; Ionov, Leonid:
4D Biomimetic Wrinkled Porous Textiles via Electrospinning and Melt Electrowriting for Advanced Strain Sensing.
In: Small Structures. Vol. 7 (2026) . - e202500810.
ISSN 2688-4062
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/sstr.202500810

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We present an innovative strategy for fabricating strain sensors based on nonwoven, porous, and wrinkled textile architectures that mimic the mechanical behavior of biological tissues. These hybrid textiles are produced through a controlled shape transformation of composite fibrous structures fabricated by sequential electrospinning of an elastic polymer and melt electrowriting of a stiffer polymer, constituting a 4D fabrication process. The resulting wrinkled materials exhibit a biomimetic strain-stiffening response, which can be precisely tuned by adjusting the geometry of the melt electrowritten framework. In addition, pre-stretching provides fine control over the effective mechanical modulus, enabling accurate matching to a broad range of biological tissues—from stiff cartilage to soft skin and highly compliant adipose tissue. This versatile approach establishes a pathway toward wearable strain sensors whose mechanical properties are intrinsically harmonized with those of the human body.