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MEMS Switch Realities: Addressing Challenges and Pioneering Solutions

Micromachines
Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) switches have emerged as pivotal components in the realm of miniature electronic devices, promising unprecedented advancements in size, power consumption, and versatility.
Kurmendra, Saurabh Agarwal
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Embedded Ferroelectric Nanoclusters Can Drive Polarization Reversal in a Non‐Ferroelectric Polar Film via the Proximity Effect

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Ferroelectric nanoclusters create local internal fields in a normally non‐switchable polar film because of polarization mismatch at their interfaces. That field opposes polarization in the regions with larger polarization and reinforces polarization in the regions with smaller polarization.
Anna N. Morozovska, Eugene A. Eliseev, Sergei V. Kalinin, Long‐Qing Chen, Dean R. Evans, Venkatraman Gopalan   +5 more
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Application of Soft Grippers in the Field of Agricultural Harvesting: A Review

Machines
This review summarizes the important properties required for applying soft grippers to agricultural harvesting, focusing on their actuation methods and structural types.
Daode Zhang, Wei Zhang, Hualin Yang, Haibing Yang   +3 more
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Biodegradable and Biocompatible Functional Polymers for Biomedical Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Biodegradable and biocompatible functional polymers integrate electrical, mechanical, and stimuli‐responsive functionalities while enabling programmed degradation under physiological conditions. This review introduces recent advances in conductive, shape‐memory, self‐healing, photocurable, and adhesive polymer systems, emphasizing material design ...
Won Bae Han, Shuvra Mondal, Sungkeun Han, Chan‐Hwi Eom, Venkata Ramesh Naganaboina, Suk‐Won Hwang   +5 more
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Two‐Photon Grayscale Lithography (2GL) of High Mechanical and Optical Quality 3D Silica Glass Microstructures

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Two‐photon grayscale lithography (2GL) enables high‐speed and precise 3D printing of thermolyzed silica glass microstructures with optical‐grade surface quality, high quality factors, and mechanical strength utilizing a custom‐made pre‐glass resist based on polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) modified with a high‐sensitivity Norrish type II ...
Jonathan L. G. Schneider, Jiajie Liang, Paul Somers, Martin Wegener, Jens Bauer   +4 more
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Strong Lead‐Free Bioinspired Piezoceramics for Durable Energy Transducers

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
We fabricated brick‐and‐mortar lead‐free piezoceramics with Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3 monocrystal platelets as bricks and amorphous silica as mortar. The alignment of the bricks and the presence of the amorphous silica led to anisotropic residual stresses. These residual stresses increase the samples toughness, strength and durability while the brick alignment ...
Ruxue Yang, Temesgen Tadeyos Zate, Peiren Wang, Soumyajit Mojumder, Elo Overgaard Mogensen, Oriol Gavalda‐Diaz, Zihe Li, Shitong Zhou, Ajeet Kumar, James Roscow, Hamideh Khanbareh, Astri Bjørnetun Haugen, Florian Bouville   +12 more
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Simultaneous Enhancement of Performance and Stability in Dual‐Gate a‐IGZO Thin‐Film Transistors via Single‐Step Laser Annealing for Capacitor‐Less DRAM

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A single‐step laser annealing strategy is presented for dual‐gate a‐IGZO TFTs. The steep thermal gradient induces graded oxygen doping in the channel and simultaneous WOx removal at the contacts, enabling concurrent interface and contact engineering.
Sihyeon Kwon, Junil Kim, Geuntae Park, Minseok Kim, Woohyun Hwang, Wanki Kim, Daewon Ha, Byeongmoon Lee, Jae Eun Jang, Hyuk‐Jun Kwon   +9 more
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Conformational Switching of Proteins on Material Surfaces Enabled by Peptide‐Oriented Adsorption

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Responsive biointerfaces could be achieved using conformationally responsive proteins; however, their interconversion can be lost upon surface adsorption. Herein, we demonstrate that the incorporation a Au binding peptide into calmodulin allows for binding control on Au wherein the protein retains conformational switching. This capability was confirmed
Sakthirupini Ramamurthy, Kyle B. Meerbott, Lorenzo Travaglini, Garima S. Dobhal, Artur Sawicki, Marc R. Knecht, Tiffany R. Walsh, Dominic J. Glover   +7 more
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Electrostatic Superlattices Beyond 1:1 Stoichiometry

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Polymer‐mediated charge regulation drives two hierarchical routes to higher‐stoichiometry nanoparticle superlattices. Tuning the polymer's molecular weight promotes progressive interstitial filling, transforming ZnS into the fully occupied CaF2${\rm CaF}_2$ lattice. Exchanging polymer assignment between large and small nanoparticles instead breaks CsCl
Binay P. Nayak, Prapti Kakkar, Wesley P. Korba, Honghu Zhang, Wenjie Wang, Surya K. Mallapragada, Alex Travesset, David Vaknin   +7 more
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An Edible Chitosan‐Based Acoustic Sensor for Sound‐Responsive Actuation in Edible Robots

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study introduces an edible acoustic sensor for robotic food and edible robotics. Built from a chitosan piezoelectric film between gold electrodes, the sensor enables acoustic communication through ON/OFF keying. Integrated into an edible robot with pneumatically actuated arms and neck, it responds to high‐frequency tones.
Valerio Francesco Annese, Bokeon Kwak, Gaia de Marzo, Giulia Coco, Valentina Antonaci, Leonardo Lamanna, Massimo De Vittorio, Dario Floreano, Mario Caironi   +8 more
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