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Human-muscle-inspired single fibre actuator with reversible percolation
Nature Nanotechnology, 2022 Artificial muscles are indispensable components for next-generation robotics capable of mimicking sophisticated movements of living systems. However, an optimal combination of actuation parameters, including strain, stress, energy density and high ...
I. Kim +10 more
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Proceedings, 2020 Gas sensitive iridium-gated field effect transistors based on silicon carbide were used to study the response towards formaldehyde, ammonia, carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide at concentrations ranging from parts per million to parts per billion ...
Guillem Domènech-Gil +3 more
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Materials Research Letters, 2023 Ferroelectric polymer PVDF possesses different polymorphs. Solution-processed thin films crystallize mostly into the paraelectric α-phase. From α-PVDF, the electroactive phases β-, γ-, δ-PVDF can be achieved by further treatments.
Davide Disnan +6 more
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Science Advances, 2019 An electrically-controlled soft tubular actuator is constructed for soft robotic applications. Soft tubular actuators can be widely found both in nature and in engineering applications.
Qiguang He +5 more
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Intermodal coupling spectroscopy of mechanical modes in microcantilevers
Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 2023 Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is highly regarded as a lens peering into the next discoveries of nanotechnology. Fundamental research in atomic interactions, molecular reactions, and biological cell behaviour are key focal points, demanding a continuous ...
Ioan Ignat +5 more
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Optimized Batch Process for Organic MEMS Devices
Proceedings, 2018 Recently, organic electromechanical transducers have attracted intense scientific and technological interest due to their unique mechanical flexibility and their piezoelectric properties.
Jonas Hafner +4 more
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Proceedings, 2018 In preliminary studies it could be shown that single crystalline silicon carbide wafers can be porosified with metal assisted photochemical etching. Furthermore, the generation of porous areas which are locally defined is possible with this method.
Markus Leitgeb +4 more
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Atomic Layer Deposition of TiO2 Nanocoatings on ZnO Nanowires for Improved Photocatalytic Stability
International Journal of Photoenergy, 2019 Photocatalytic water splitting represents an emerging technology well positioned to satisfy the growing need for low-energy, low CO2, economically viable hydrogen gas production.
Emmeline Kao +3 more
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Novel MEMS Sensor for Detecting Magnetic Particles in Liquids
Proceedings, 2018 We present a novel MEMS sensor for the detection of magnetic particles in liquids, which consists of a microcantilever excited piezoelectrically in resonance and having an integrated planar coil on its free end.
Florian Patocka +3 more
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Enhancement of synthetic jets by means of an integrated valve-less pump Part II. Numerical and experimental studies [PDF]
, 2005 The paper studies the performance of the new fluid jet actuator based on the novel principle of the generation of fluid jet, which has been presented in [Z. Travnicek, A.I. Fedorchenko, A.-B.
Tesar, V., Travniceka, Z., Wang, A.
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