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Bio‐Friendly Artificial Muscles Based on Carbon Nanotube Yarns and Eutectogel Derivatives

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Solid‐state artificial muscles based on coiled commercial carbon nanotube yarns coated with eutectogel derivatives exhibit unipolar actuation through selective ion intercalation. Combining polyanionic and polycationic gels enables enhanced contractile stroke and high energy density.
Gabriela Ananieva, Cédric Vancaeyzeele, Giao T.M. Nguyen, Daniel Aguilera‐Bulla, Mathieu Pinault, Frédéric Vidal, Cédric Plesse   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reconfigurable Metamirrors Based on Compliant Mechanisms

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Providing the basis for numerous practical applications, the reconfigurability of metadevices is of great importance. Through the integration of controlled mechanical deformation with chiral meta‐atoms, a compliant mechanism based metamirror is demonstrated for active control over the polarization of electromagnetic waves.
Galestan Mackertich‐Sengerdy, Lei Kang, Sawyer D. Campbell, Douglas H. Werner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optical Simulation of Light Management in CIGS Thin-Film Solar Cells Using Finite Element Method

Applied Sciences, 2015
In this paper we present an optical simulation of light management in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin-film solar cells with reduced absorber layer thickness, with the goal of absorption enhancement in the absorber layer.
Nikola Bednar, Noemi Severino, Nadja Adamovic   +2 more
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Upstream actuation for bluff-body wake control driven by a genetically inspired optimization [PDF]

, 2020
Guglielmo Minelli, Thomas Dong, Bernd R. Noack, S. Krajnović   +3 more
openalex   +1 more source

The linear boom actuator designed for the Galileo spacecraft [PDF]

, 1983
Because the linear boom actuator is to be used on a flight spacecraft, as opposed to a ground based application, there is a comprehensive set of requirements. First, of course, the actuator must be capable of positioning and holding the load.
Koch, E. F.
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Exploiting Two‐Photon Lithography, Deposition, and Processing to Realize Complex 3D Magnetic Nanostructures

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Two‐photon lithography (TPL) enables 3D magnetic nanostructures with unmatched freedom in geometry and material choice. Advances in voxel control, deposition, and functionalization open pathways to artificial spin ices, racetracks, microrobots, and a number of additional technological applications.
Joseph Askey, Arjen van den Berg, Sandra Ruiz Gomez, Claire Donnelly, Dirk Grundler, Sam Ladak   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mechano-mechanical parametric coupling in MEMS between GHz and kHz frequency regimes at room temperature

Microsystems & Nanoengineering
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensors have been widely used in various fields, but their performance is often limited by thermal fluctuations and detection noise. Inspired by advances in cavity optomechanics, which utilize parametric coupling for
MinHee Kwon, Holger Arthaber, Daniel Platz, Ulrich Schmid   +3 more
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Performance of colloidal CdS sensitized solar cells with ZnO nanorods/nanoparticles

Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 2017
As an alternative photosensitizer in dye-sensitized solar cells, bovine serum albumin (BSA) (a nonhazardous protein) was used in the synthesis of colloidal CdS nanoparticles (NPs).
Anurag Roy, Partha Pratim Das, Mukta Tathavadekar, Sumita Das, Parukuttyamma Sujatha Devi   +4 more
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Charge‐Induced Morphing Gels for Bioinspired Actuation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study introduces a novel electroactive actuation mechanism that enables the gel material to generate substantial and reversible shape‐changing while preserving topological and isochoric (volumetric) equivalence. The resultant morphing behaviors can mimic the movements of muscle‐driven organelles in nature, including cilia‐like beating and ...
Ciqun Xu, Saba Firouznia, Charl F. J. Faul, Majid Taghavi, Jonathan Rossiter   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microsphere Autolithography—A Scalable Approach for Arbitrary Patterning of Dielectric Spheres

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
MicroSphere Autolithography (µSAL) enables scalable fabrication of patchy particles with customizable surface motifs. Focusing light through dielectric microspheres creates well defined, tunable patches via a conformal poly(dopamine) photoresist. Nearly arbitrary surface patterns can be achieved, with the resolution set by the index contrast between ...
Elliott D. Kunkel, Alec G. Burnett, Katherine E. Scheiber, Hans D. Robinson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source