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Precise Microstructural and Stoichiometric Control Advances Flexible Ag2Te Thin‐Film Thermoelectrics for Wearable Energy Harvesting

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Flexible Ag2Te thin films achieving a record‐high mobility of 4756 cm2 V−1 s−1 and a peak power factor of 18.5 µW cm−1 K−2 are developed via precise structural control. The assembled flexible devices demonstrate excellent mechanical stability and ultrafast voltage response, enabling precise thermal detection when integrated into a robotic gripper for ...
Yue‐Xing Chen, Xiao‐Lei Shi, Ning Chen, Dong Yang, Zhongzhao Zha, Hanwen Xu, Mohammad Nisar, Tianyi Cao, Boxuan Hu, Meng Li, Ziya Wang, Fu Li, Guangxing Liang, Jingting Luo, Zhuanghao Zheng, Zhi‐Gang Chen   +15 more
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Enhancing soft robots with chemical shielding for harsh corrosive liquid environments.

Mater Horiz
Qing H, Vallabhuneni S, Chi Y, Zarei MJ, Sharbati P, Sun H, Yin J, Kota AK.   +7 more
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Fuel-Powered Soft Actuators: Emerging Strategies for Autonomous and Miniaturized Robots. [PDF]

Nanomicro Lett
Zhou C, Li Z, Wei H, Zhang G, Zhang F, Zhou X, Hu H, Cheng G, Ding J, Kim SH, Baughman RH, Hu X.   +11 more
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Plasmonic Nanomachines: Creating Local Potential Gradients and Motions

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Plasmonic nanomachines can generate optical, thermal, and chemical potential gradients to drive directional rectilinear, rotational, and twisting motions at the nanometer scale. The integration of multimodal plasmonic forces with functional materials and programmed structural distortions enables precise spatiotemporal actuation, thereby providing a ...
Yoonhee Kim, Soohyun Ji, Donghyun Choi, Jwa‐Min Nam   +3 more
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LEGO-like Origami Robots Standardize Structure Design of Soft Robots. [PDF]

Adv Sci (Weinh)
Wang Z, Wang Y, Zhang H.
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Rational Tuning of Hygroscopic Oscillation of Stacked Nanoflake Assemblies for Continuous Ambient Energy Harvesting

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Stacked nanoflake assembly (SNA) membranes can oscillate autonomously, offering opportunities for soft actuation and energy harvesting. This work uncovers the physical mechanism behind the sustained oscillation of SNA membranes in gradient humidity and identifies three governing dimensionless parameters, enabling rational design for optimizing SNA ...
Zijing Zhang, Jimin Fu, Gesa Zhang, Zhihua Liang, Boxun Zhang, Haimin Yao   +5 more
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Pneumatically controlled lattices with tunable mechanical behavior. [PDF]

Commun Eng
Zhu X, Hua Y, Jin D, Raney JR.
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Bioelectrical Interfaces Beyond Excitable Cells: Cancer, Aging, and Gene Expression Modulation

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The investigation of biological conductivity has evolved from its classical foundation based on ionic fluxes underpinning cardiac and neuronal excitability to a multifaceted regulator of cellular physiology. Traditional approaches for probing electrical events in living matter focused largely on action potentials recording.
Paolo Cadinu, Matthew K. Burgess, Catarina Franco Jones, Marzia Iarossi, Manuel Schröter, Nako Nakatsuka, Mustafa B. A. Djamgoz, Gil Gonçalves, Sidahmed Abayzeed, Paola Sanjuán‐Alberte, Paula M. Mendes, Frankie J. Rawson, Malavika Nair, Michael Levin, Rosalia Moreddu   +14 more
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Impact of Oxygen Plasma Pre‐Treatment on Thermal Oxidation and Reliability of SiO2 on 4H‐SiC

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
We investigate how oxygen plasma pre‐treatment affects the thermal oxidation of silicon carbide. While plasma modification increases growth rates by 84%, it reduces dielectric breakdown strength by 18%. Our findings reveal that although plasma improves the interface state density, it introduces structural damage, highlighting a critical trade‐off ...
Chezhiyan Nanjappan, Michael Stöger‐Pollach, Georg Pfusterschmied, Ulrich Schmid   +3 more
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Bistable origami thermal switch with high switching ratios. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Tan B, Lyu J, Yang F, Xu K, Qiao S, Song B, Yang L, Liu K.   +7 more
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