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Capacitive Sensing of Icing under Vacuum and Cryogenic Temperatures

Sensors, 2019
In certain industrial processes, ice aggregations on surfaces can occur under almost vacuum conditions and at very low to cryogenic temperatures due to residual water molecules.
Juliana Padilha Leitzke, Tobias Mitterer, Hubert Zangl   +2 more
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Multiband Switchable Microwave Absorbing Metamaterials Based on Reconfigurable Kirigami–Origami

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A reconfigurable metamaterial featuring tunable microwave‐absorbing and load‐bearing performance is proposed. Stretchable kirigami and bistable origami configurations are integrated as actuating components, and the synergistic deformation mechanisms are systematically analyzed.
Weimin Ding, Zhong Zhang, Zeang Zhao, Shengyu Duan, Panding Wang, Xiaogang Guo, Hongshuai Lei, Daining Fang   +7 more
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A Process to Realize 2PP-Based Electrodes in Microfluidic Channels

Proceedings
In this work, a process to realize metallized 2-photon-polymerized (2PP) structures in prefabricated microfluidic channels is presented, aiming at 3D-structured electrodes.
Wiebke Gehlken, Melanie Kirsch, Michael J. Vellekoop   +2 more
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Reconfigurable Magnetic Soft Microrobot for Acoustically Triggered Targeted Bacterial Sterilization

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Reconfigurable magnetic soft microrobots integrate in situ‐grown piezoelectric zinc oxide nanorods that produce reactive oxygen species upon acoustic excitation. Combining magnetically guided transport with thermally induced planar reconfiguration, the microrobots achieve targeted delivery and enhanced bacterial sterilization through efficient on ...
Quan Gao, Fan Li, Jiajie Gao, Elric Zhang, Yingdong Su, Ni Qin, Hao Ye, Josep Puigmartí, Giuseppe Cantarella, Simone Schuerle, Jiang Wu, Bradley J. Nelson, Salvador Pané   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Real-time actuation of a dielectric elastomer actuator neuroprosthesis for facial paralysis

Smart Materials in Medicine
Facial paralysis is a highly burdening condition, resulting in a patient's inability to move his mimic musculature on one or both sides of his face. This condition compromises the patient's communication and facial expressions, and thus dramatically ...
Stefania Konstantinidi, Carlotta Imholz, Thomas Martinez, Amine Benouhiba, Armando Walter, Yoan Civet, Nicole Lindenblatt, Yves Perriard   +7 more
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Artificial Landmarks for Autonomous Vehicles Based on Magnetic Sensors

Proceedings, 2018
We propose to use an integration process based on Transducer Electronic Data Sheets applied to a magnetic sensor system for the realization of artificial landmarks.
Tobias Mitterer, Harald Gietler, Lisa-Marie Faller, Hubert Zangl   +3 more
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Unusual Swelling Behavior of Hydrogels Modified with Spiropyran as Appendage or Crosslinker

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Not so innocent after all—spiropyran crosslinkers in methylenebisacrylamide‐crosslinked poly(acrylamide‐co‐acrylic acid) hydrogels increase crosslinking density, but also, counterintuitively, increase swelling. Charge complexation, cooperative chemo‐mechanical effects, and aggregation may explain these observations.
Michael M. Lerch, Ankita Shastri, Thomas B. H. Schroeder, Amos Meeks, Shucong Li, Anna V. Shneidman, Michael Aizenberg, Joanna Aizenberg   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Electroactive Liquid Crystal Elastomers as Soft Actuators

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Electroactive liquid crystal elastomers (eLCEs) can be actuated via electromechanical, electrochemical, or electrothermal effects. a) Electromechanical effects include Maxwell stress, electrostriction, and the electroclinic effect. b) Electrochemical effects arise from electrode redox reactions.
Yakui Deng, Min‐Hui Li
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An All‐Optical Driven Bio‐Photovoltaic Interface for Active Control of Live Cells

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Bio‐photovoltaic Interface (BIO‐PV‐I) for live cell manipulation is presented. BIO‐PV‐I can be activated non‐invasively and remotely to control the spatial motility, adhesion, and morphology of cells adhering to it. BIO‐PV‐I uses a patterned light‐induced electric potential in iron‐doped lithium niobate crystals whose light‐driven and reversible nature,
Lisa Miccio, Martina Mugnano, Valentina Marchesano, Alejandro Calabuig, Zhe Wang, Gennaro Giordano, Francesca Borrelli, Simonetta Grilli, Pietro Ferraro   +8 more
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Roll‐to‐Roll Mechanical Exfoliation for Large‐Area van der Waals Films with Preserved Crystallographic Alignment

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A roll‐to‐roll exfoliation method is demonstrated that preserves the crystallographic alignment of anisotropic 2D materials over large areas, enabling scalable fabrication of directional electronic and optoelectronic devices. Abstract Anisotropic 2D materials such as black phosphorus (BP), GeS or CrSBr, exhibit direction‐dependent optical and ...
Esteban Zamora‐Amo, Francisco Fernandez‐Canizares, Yigit Sozen, Thomas Pucher, Pedro L Alcázar Ruano, Carmen Munuera, Ryo Ishikawa, Naoya Shibata, María Varela, Der‐Yuh Lin, Bing Wu, Jorge Quereda, Zdenek Sofer, Gabriel Sánchez‐Santolino, Andres Castellanos‐Gomez   +14 more
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