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Sensors, 2018 Nanoplasmonic sensors are a popular, surface-sensitive measurement tool to investigate biomacromolecular interactions at solid-liquid interfaces, opening the door to a wide range of applications.
Abdul Rahim Ferhan +3 more
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Nanograded artificial nacre with efficient energy dissipation
The Innovation, 2023 The renowned mechanical performance of biological ceramics can be attributed to their hierarchical structures, wherein structural features at the nanoscale play a crucial role.
Yu-Feng Meng +8 more
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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas +6 more
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Structure‐Guided Dynamical Mechanics in Bioinspired Double Twisted Laminated Thin Films
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This work explores a dynamic mechanistic study of crack propagation and puncture testing via real‐time monitoring of crack initiation, propagation, and termination through nature‐inspired single and double twisted architectures fabricated from cellulose nanocrystals.
Justin Brackenridge +4 more
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Nature CommunicationsThe overall structural integrity plays a vital role in the unique performance of living organisms, but the integral synchronous preparation of different multiscale architectures remains challenging.
Huai-Bin Yang +7 more
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To Wrap Or to Not Wrap Cucumbers?
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022 In light of increasing public pressure, retailers strive to remove plastic packaging as much as possible from fresh fruits and vegetables to reduce the environmental impacts along their supply chains.
Chandrima Shrivastava +7 more
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Versatile Pneumatic Twisted Coiled Actuators Enabled by Fiber‐Polymer Composite Fabrication
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This work reports composite Pneumatic Twisted Coiled Actuators with embedded Kevlar fibers that convert pneumatic or hydraulic pressure into powerful linear motion. A novel precise manufacturing technique is used to systematically explore how design variables influence actuator mechanics and dynamics.
William J. Townsend +5 more
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Preparation, Rheological Behavior, and Redispersibility of Bamboo‐Derived Holocellulose Nanofibers
SmartMatWith the demand for sustainable preparation of nanocellulose, the extraction of holocellulose nanofibers with surface‐coated hemicellulose from various biomass is drawing more and more attention.
Chong‐Han Yin +7 more
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Design of a lightweight passive orthosis for tremor suppression
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2020 Background Tremor is the most common movement disorder with the highest prevalence in the upper limbs. The mechanical suppression of involuntary movements is an alternative and additional treatment to medication or surgery.
Nicolas Philip Fromme +3 more
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BMC Pediatrics, 2023 Background Pressure Injuries are not exclusively an adult phenomenon; various risk factors contribute to a high prevalence rate of 43% in the neonatal and pediatric intensive care population.
Anna-Barbara Schlüer +6 more
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