Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Combined approach of electromagnetic (Power) and ultrasound (data harvesting) waves is proposed to address the miniaturized ultrasonic implants. Electromagnetic waves trigger the piezoelectric element to generate the acoustic pulse which is modulated by the variations in the sensor's impedance.
Anam Bhatti +6 more
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Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Flexible piezopolymer ultrasound transducers are engineered by tailoring the electrode–piezopolymer interface using metallic, flake‐based, and porous graphene electrodes. Laser‐induced graphene's porous structure enables polymer infiltration, strengthening interfacial coupling and enhancing piezoelectric response and acoustic output.
Spencer Hagen +3 more
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Development and Modelling of Gallium Nitride Based Lateral Schottky Barrier Diodes with Anode Recesses for mmWave and THz Applications. [PDF]
Micromachines (Basel), 2022 Alathbah M.
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Design of a Facility to Test the Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator Engineering Unit [PDF]
The Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator (ASRG), a high efficiency generator, is being considered for space missions. An engineering unit, the ASRG engineering unit (EU), was designed and fabricated by Lockheed Martin under contract to the Department
Brace, Michael H. +5 more
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Energy Consumption Optimization in Trajectory Planning for Fuel Cell Hybrid Uavs Based On HMPC
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.The endurance limitation of multirotor drones is a critical challenge. This study adopts a hybrid power system of fuel cells and lithium‐ion batteries. Using Nondominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II, it integrates trajectory planning with energy management optimization.
Xindi Wang +7 more
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Impact of Parasitics on the Dynamic Performance of Capacitor Clamped Bidirectional DC–DC Converter
IET Power ElectronicsThis study investigates the impact of parasitic elements on the dynamic performance of a capacitor clamped bidirectional DC–DC converter (CC‐BDC) to emulate real‐world conditions. Non‐ideal factors, including component imperfections and parasitic losses,
Dogga Raveendhra +5 more
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Recent Progress of Switching Power Management for Triboelectric Nanogenerators. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel), 2022 Zhou H +9 more
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Lunar Surface Stirling Power Systems Using Isotope Heat Sources [PDF]
For many years, NASA has used the decay of plutonium-238 (Pu-238) (in the form of the General Purpose Heat Source (GPHS)) as a heat source for Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators (RTGs), which have provided electrical power for many NASA missions ...
Penswick, L. Barry +2 more
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Toward Wireless Implantable Robotic Systems Driven by Magnetic Field for Personalized Therapy
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Robotic materials are playing an increasingly vital role in enabling sensing and actuation at small scales. This perspective highlights recent advances in magnetic materials and magnetically actuated devices for wireless sensing, actuation, and energy harvesting toward implantable robotic systems for closed‐loop therapy.
Yusheng Wang, Ruijian Ge, Xiaoguang Dong
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Soft Actuators Integrated with Control and Power Units: Approaching Wireless Autonomous Soft Robots
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Soft robots exhibit significant development potential in various applications. However, there are still key technical challenges regarding material improvement, structure design and components integration. This review focuses on the development and challenge of soft actuators, power components, and control components in untethered intelligent soft ...
Renwu Shi, Feifei Pan, Xiaobin Ji
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