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Fully Wireless and Flexible Valves for Multiplexed and Prolonged Intravesical Liquid Release
Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.A fundamental mechanism for the simultaneous control of multiple magnetic valves is reported in a miniature soft robotic patch for intravesical drug delivery, enabling fully wireless and programmable liquid release. Integrated with a bioadhesive interface and induction‐coupling‐based liquid volume sensing, the soft robotic patch is promising to enable ...
Boyang Xiao +5 more
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Multilayer dielectric elastomer stack actuators
, 2022 S.341-346Tue BMBF-funded WING-project ""PlanDE - Planare dielektrische Elastomeraktoren in Multilayer- technologie für industrielle Anwendungen" investigates the production and industrial application of dielectric elastomer stack actuators.
Mößinger, H. +17 more
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New Actuators. Optical Actuator.
Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, 1997 Nakada, Takeshi +2 more
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.This systematic review quantitatively compares conventional mechanical stimulation strategies in cartilage tissue engineering across 85 heterogeneous in vitro studies. Applying standardized effect measures, meta‐analysis reveals that combined compression and shear loading optimally promotes cartilage matrix development.
Jiaqi K. Shen +7 more
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, 2022 S.414-417Drop-on-demand inkjet printing is a versatile manufacturing technology that can be used to deposit fluids selectively onto various substrates. The printing process is data-driven and additive, thus no masking is required.
Schubert, Ulrich S. +5 more
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.Microgel‐based 3D printed constructs represent a compelling and versatile innovation for engineering architecturally complex, dynamically remodelable, and biocompatible structures with high structural fidelity and bioactivity. By integrating material design, biofabrication, and biological function, these systems enable the development of adaptive ...
Elena Ghighină +2 more
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A direct numerical simulation of dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma actuators for turbulent skin-friction control [PDF]
Turbulent skin-friction control is the subject of much research and the use of transverse (spanwise) oscillating motions offers the means of obtaining a significant reduction in skin-friction.
Elam, Dana
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A Review of Bio-Inspired Actuators and Their Potential for Adaptive Vehicle Control
Adaptive vehicle control systems are crucial for enhancing safety, performance, and efficiency in modern transportation, particularly as vehicles become increasingly automated and responsive to dynamic environments.
Vikram Mittal +2 more
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Plasmonic Enhancement of Fluorescence and Protein Dynamics in Living Mammalian Cells
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This study demonstrates plasmonic enhancement of the function of fluorescent voltage sensing proteins (genetically encoded voltage indicators, (GEVIs), QuasAr6) in live mammalian cells. Coupling to plasmonic nanoparticles does not just increase fluorescence, but influences the protein photocycle, creating a hybrid sensor with its response speed to ...
Marco Locarno +16 more
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Rapid Fabrication of Self‐Propelled and Steerable Magnetic Microcatheters for Precision Medicine
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.A rapid Joule heating fabrication method for the production of self‐propelling, adaptive microcatheters, with tunable stiffness and integrated microfluidic channels is presented. Demonstrated through three microrobotic designs, including a steerable guiding catheter, an untethered wave‐crawling TubeBot, and a distal‐end propelled microcatheter, it was ...
Zhi Chen +5 more
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