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Editorial for the Special Issue on Piezoelectric MEMS
Micromachines, 2018 Electromechanical transducers that utilize the piezoelectric effect have been increasingly used in micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) either as substrates or as thin films[...]
Ulrich Schmid, Michael Schneider
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Pneumatic actuator and flexible piezoelectric sensor for soft virtual reality glove system
Scientific Reports, 2019 The desire to directly touch and experience virtual objects led to the development of a tactile feedback device. In this paper, a novel soft pneumatic actuator for providing tactile feedback is proposed and demonstrated.
Kahye Song +7 more
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Wearable Haptic Feedback Interfaces for Augmenting Human Touch
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.The wearable haptic feedback interfaces enhance user experience in gaming, social media, biomedical instrumentation, and robotics by generating tactile sensations. This review discusses and categorizes current haptic feedback interfaces into force, thermal, and electrotactile stimulation‐based haptic feedback interfaces, elucidating their current ...
Shubham Patel +3 more
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Communications PhysicsThermal infrared detection plays a critical role in applications like environmental monitoring and biomedical sensing. While many infrared detectors operate at room temperature with broadband spectral detection, their sensitivity is limited by noise from
Paolo Martini +6 more
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Sensors, 2020 Some robotic localization methods, such as ultra wideband localization and lighthouse localization, require external localization infrastructure in order to operate.
Brian G. Kilberg +3 more
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The Emerging 4D Printing of Shape‐Memory Thermomorphs for Self‐Adaptative Biomedical Implants
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.4D printing enables the creation of smart implants that adapt to changing conditions in the human body over time. At the core of this technology are shape‐memory thermomorphs (SMTMs). This review offers an in‐depth analysis of 4D printing with SMTMs, emphasizing the latest advancements in smart materials, stimuli, programming principles, and their ...
Aixiang Ding, Fang Tang, Eben Alsberg
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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 +2 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Selective soldering via molten metal printing enables component integration, even in heat‐sensitive applications across fields like additive manufacturing, sustainable electronics, and smart textiles. This method overcomes the temperature limitations of existing technologies.
Dániel Straubinger +4 more
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Actuators, 2020 The actuation of silicone/ethanol soft composite material-actuators is based on the phase change of ethanol upon heating, followed by the expansion of the whole composite, exhibiting high actuation stress and strain. However, the low thermal conductivity of silicone rubber hinders uniform heating throughout the material, creating overheated damaged ...
Boxi Xia +6 more
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Harnessing Outer Space for Improved Electrocaloric Cooling
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A novel radiative heat sink/source‐integrated electrocaloric (R‐iEC) system combines the electrocaloric (EC) effect with a thermally conductive radiative cooler (TCRC) to address heat dissipation limitations in EC devices. Utilizing outer space as a heat sink, the system achieves up to 240 W m−2 of heat dissipation performance, making it highly ...
Dong Hyun Seo +8 more
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