Interfacial Water Confinement Couples Hygroactuation and Mechanical Robustness in Free-Standing Biocomposites

Yuchen Zhang, Chengyu Sun, Erica Wong, Maheen K. Khan, Darjan Podbevšek, Walker MacSwain, Raymond S. Tu*, Xi Chen*. Interfacial Water Confinement Couples Hygroactuation and Mechanical Robustness in Free-Standing Biocomposites. Advanced Functional Materials, e77708 (2026).