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Actuation of Cell Layers in Three Dimensions

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The alignment of fibers and cells in living tissues affect their mechanical properties and functionality. In this context, one can draw an analogy between tissues and nematic liquid crystal elastomers. We explore this analogy by growing fibroblasts on 2D‐patterned substrates and observing the contraction of cell sheets upon detachment from the
Kirsten Endresen, Aniruddh Murali, Birte C. Geerds, Grecia M. Valenzuela Portillo, Maria Bloksgaard, Daniel J.G. Pearce, Francesca Serra   +6 more
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Auxetic Textiles

Acta Chimica Slovenica, 2014
Common materials have Poisson’s ratio values ranging from 0.0 to 0.5. Auxetic materials exhibit negative Poisson’s ratio. They expand laterally when stretched longitudinally and contract laterally when compressed.
Rant Darja, Rijavec Tatjana, Pavko-Čuden Alenka   +2 more
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Harnessing distinct deformation modes of auxetic patterns for stiffness design of tubular structures

Materials & Design, 2021
Auxetic materials with a negative Poisson's ratio show a unique lateral expansion under tension while their deformation under shear is similar to that of normal materials.
Jeong Min Hur, Dong-Sik Seo, Kiyean Kim, Jun Kyu Lee, Kwang Je Lee, Yoon Young Kim, Do-Nyun Kim   +6 more
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3D Printing of Stretchable, Compressible and Conductive Porous Polyurethane for Soft Robotics

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A 3D‐printable porous dopamine‐polyurethane acrylate elastomer results in conductive, stretchable, and compressible structures that can be metallized in situ through catechol‐mediated silver reduction. The resulting material function as both compliant soft robot with a and strain sensors without complex assemblies, enabling fully 3D‐printed soft ...
Ouriel Bliah, Konstantin Sakharov, Pooi See Lee, Shlomo Magdassi   +3 more
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Review of Mechanics and Applications of Auxetic Structures

Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2014
One of the important mechanical properties of materials is Poisson’s ratio, which is positive for most of the materials. However, certain materials exhibit “auxetic” properties; that is, they have a negative Poisson’s ratio.
Mariam Mir, Murtaza Najabat Ali, Javaria Sami, Umar Ansari   +3 more
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Vision‐Augmented Wearable Interfaces: Bioinspired Approaches for Realistic AI‐Human‐Machine Interaction

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review presents recent progress in vision‐augmented wearable interfaces that combine artificial vision, soft wearable sensors, and exoskeletal robots. Inspired by biological visual systems, these technologies enable multimodal perception and intelligent human–machine interaction.
Jihun Lee, Gwuidong Ryu, Kisoo Kim, Feng Xu, Won Gu Lee   +4 more
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Strategic Design of Soft Actuators in Translational Medical Robotics for Human‐Centered Healthcare

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Soft robotics enables biocompatible, compliant medical devices, but clinical translation requires design‐driven engineering beyond materials. This perspective reviews implantable, surgical, and wearable systems by actuation mechanism, highlighting how optimized architectures and integration improve mechanical interfacing, adaptability, and durability ...
Ho Jun Jin, Jimin Kim, Inho Kim, Bong Hoon Kim   +3 more
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FINITE ELEMENT APPROACH AND MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION OF VISCOELASTIC AUXETIC HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES FOR IMPACT MITIGATION [PDF]

Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, 2017
Auxetic structures are designed to be used for producing auxetic materials with controllable mechanical properties. The present study treats a design of viscoelastic auxetic honeycomb structures using numerical approach and mathematical formulation for ...
MOZAFAR SHOKRI RAD, SAEID MOHSENIZADEH, ZAINI AHMAD   +2 more
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Multiscale Architecture and Mechanics of the Cell Nucleus: Implications for Disease, Bioengineering and Nanomedicine

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Nuclear mechanical properties are inherently scale‐dependent, arising from a hierarchical architecture that spans DNA, chromatin, the nuclear envelope, and condensates. Experimental techniques and theoretical models are integrated into a cohesive multiscale framework linking nanoscale structural features to organelle‐level mechanical behavior.
Xinran Liu, Xin Chen, Qingyang Zhao, Weikang Tan, Lingrui Zhu, Kin Liao, Vincent Chan, Nicolae Goga, Winfred O. Larkotey, Yang Li, Yinghui Shi, Wenya Shu, Lin Wang, Weiqing Wang, Tian Jian Lu, Yulong Han   +15 more
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A review on artificial intelligence-enabled mechanical analysis of 3D printed and FEM-modelled auxetic metamaterials

Virtual and Physical Prototyping
Auxetic structures, characterised by a negative Poisson’s ratio, exhibit the unique property of expanding in all directions under tensile loading and contracting in all directions when compressed. The behaviour of these structures is highly influenced by
Aman Garg, Anshu Sharma, Weiguang Zheng, Li Li   +3 more
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