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Efficient design of Voronoi energy-absorbing foams using Bayesian optimization

Materials & Design
Recently, many studies have increasingly focused on developing bio-inspired structures, leveraging their lightweight and high-energy absorption properties, which are crucial across many engineering fields.
Youngtaek Oh, Byungjo Kim, Hayoung Chung
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Shape Selection and Multi-stability in Helical Ribbons

, 2013
Helical structures, almost ubiquitous in biological systems, have inspired the design and manufacturing of helical devices with applications in nanoelecromechanical systems (NEMS), morphing structures, optoelectronics, micro-robotics and drug delivery ...
Chen,, Chen, Z., Grover, M.A., Guo, Q, Lynn, D.G., Mehta, A.K., 陈忠   +6 more
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Upcycling of Disposable Face Masks into Water‐Resistant and Flame Retardant Foams

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Disposable mask waste is upcycled into lightweight polypropylene‐based foams with tunable porosity and composite architectures reinforced by ear‐loop fibers. The sustainable solvent‐based process enables upcycling rates of 91% and solvent recovery of >90%.
Jingjing Pan, Erlantz Lizundia, Hao Jia, Lennart Bergström   +3 more
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BioForm – learning at the intersection of science and design

Dearq, 2020
Our future designers have much to learn from the complex and highly functional systems found in nature. Creating design products that are not only human-centred but also in tune with the natural world requires our designers to be exposed to natural ...
Damian Palin, Sam Russell, Ferdinand Kohle, Enda O'Dowd, Saliha Yesim Tunali Flynn   +4 more
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BIO-INSPIRED DESIGN. La Biomimesi come promettente prospettiva di ricerca per un design sostenibile [PDF]

, 2015
Uno dei contributi della ricerca scientifica, che recentemente sembra emergere come particolarmente promettente all’interno del dibattito sulla sostenibilità ambientale e sul design sostenibile, è l’apporto della “Biomimesi” o “Biomimetica”, ovvero di ...
PIETRONI, Lucia
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Stabilization of Miscible Aqueous Phases via Diffusion‐Controlled Multifunctional Nanoparticle‐Ligand Complexation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a versatile approach to harnessing miscible aqueous domains, enabling liquid‐in‐liquid compartmentalization using a barrier formed in situ rather than bulk immiscibility. The barrier forms upon the complexation of multifunctional nanoparticles and ligands at the contact boundary of aqueous phases.
Seyyed Alireza Hashemi, Mahyar Panahi‐Sarmad, Ahmadreza Ghaffarkhah, Vahid Rad, Masoud Soroush, Thomas P. Russell, Orlando J. Rojas, Mohammad Arjmand   +7 more
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Mechanical characterization of novel lightweight bio and bio-inspired sandwich composites: Investigating the impact of geometrical parameters and reinforcement techniques

International Journal of Sustainable Engineering
This study examines the mechanical performance of bio- and bio-inspired composite sandwich panels under out-of-plane compressive loading. Using balsa wood face sheets and natural oak tree cupules for core reinforcement, the research aims to develop ...
Seyedahmad Taghizadeh, Abbas Niknejad, Lorenzo Maccioni, Franco Concli   +3 more
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Conductance‐Dependent Photoresponse in a Dynamic SrTiO3 Memristor for Biorealistic Computing

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A nanoscale SrTiO3 memristor is shown to exhibit dynamic synaptic behavior through the interaction of local electrical and global optical signals. Its photoresponse depends quantitatively on the conductance state, which evolves and decays over tunable timescales, enabling ultralow‐power, biorealistic learning mechanisms for advanced in‐memory and ...
Christoph Weilenmann, Hanglin He, Marko Mladenović, Till Zellweger, Kevin Portner, Klemens Bauer, Guillaume Bellec, Mathieu Luisier, Alexandros Emboras   +8 more
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Design and optimization of a negative pressure rotary cutting safflower filaments harvesting device

Scientific Reports
During the safflower filament harvesting process, the harvesting device plays a pivotal role in determining overall efficiency. This study addresses the current challenges in harvesting devices, such as their bulky structure and the poor cutting ...
Bangbang Chen, Qijun Yao, Feng Ding, Kun Li, Baojian Ma   +4 more
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Optimizing the Design of TES Tanks for Thermal Energy Storage Applications Through an Integrated Biomimetic-Genetic Algorithm Approach

Biomimetics
Building upon an experimentally validated bio-inspired thermal energy storage (TES) tank design, this study introduced a novel computational framework that integrated genetic algorithms (GA) with biomimetic principles to systematically generate TES tank ...
Nadiya Mehraj, Carles Mateu, Gabriel Zsembinszki, Luisa F. Cabeza   +3 more
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