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Self‐Seeded Nucleation of PET in a Benign Solvent Yields a High Modulus Aerogel With Ultra‐Low Thermal Conductivity

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A new benign solvent (1,3‐diphenylacetone) enables a simple, safe, and sustainable dissolution and gelation method to convert waste PET into low density, monolithic aerogels with high mechanical strength (E = 20 MPa) and remarkably low thermal conductivity (k = 21.9 to 28.9 mW/m·K).
Kira R. Baugh, Garrett F. Godshall, Glenn A. Spiering, Isabela Trindade Coutinho, Alejandro A. Rodriguez, Katherine J. Wood, Aiyana Gonzalez‐Arellano, Sadeq Malakooti, Stephanie L. Vivod, Robert B. Moore   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using a Grid-Enabled Wireless Sensor Network for Flood Management [PDF]

, 2006
Flooding is becoming an increasing problem. As a result there is a need to deploy more sophisticated sensor networks to detect and react to flooding. This paper outlines a demonstration that illustrates our proposed solution to this problem involving ...
Smith, P. J., Porter, B., Pappenberger, F., Beven, K., Hughes, D., Grace, P., Coulson, G., Blair, Gordon S., Taiani, F., Greenwood, P.   +9 more
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Full Vectorial Field Sensing Using Liquid Crystal Droplet Arrays

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
An inkjet‐printed liquid crystal droplet array enables compact, low‐cost, single‐shot sensing of the full vectorial light field. Within a single platform, it simultaneously retrieves intensity, polarization, and phase, while dual‐wavelength operation highlights its capability for multi‐wavelength optical field characterization. ABSTRACT Determining the
Xuke Qiu, Jinge Guo, Jiahe Cui, Runchen Zhang, Zimo Zhao, Yifei Ma, Waqas Kamal, Steve J. Elston, Alfonso A. Castrejón‐pita, Stephen M. Morris, Chao He   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Semantic labelling of road scenes using supervised and unsupervised machine learning with lidar-stereo sensor fusion [PDF]

At the highest level the aim of this thesis is to review and develop reliable and efficient algorithms for classifying road scenery primarily using vision based technology mounted on vehicles. The purpose of this technology is to enhance vehicle safety
Osgood, Thomas J.
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Soft Hardware, Flowing Software: Reconfigurable Microfluidics for Adaptable Chemical Computation

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A reconfigurable microfluidic platform based on soft, photo‐printable, and chemically erasable hydrogel structures printed and erased in situ is used to control flow routing, mixing, chemical patterning, and even chemical computing. Using hardware to control chemical computations decouples logic function from molecular composition, demonstrated via ...
Piet J. M. Swinkels, Brigitta Dúzs, Oliver Skarsetz, Kohei Nishiyama, Andreas Walther   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Demonstration of Wyner-Ziv video compression in a wireless camera sensor network

, 2009
Wyner-Ziv video coding can provide low complexity encoding and high complexity decoding and is therefore a promising approach for video coding in wireless sensor networks. We will demonstrate our practical implementation of a wyner-ziv video codec.
Karlsson, Johannes,, Kouma, Jean-Paul, Corke, Peter I., Wark, Tim, Li, Haibo,   +4 more
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Soft, Degradable, and Magnetic Microcarriers for Encapsulation and Guided Transport of Drugs and 3D Spheroids

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This work presents soft, degradable hydrogel microcarriers that combine magnetic responsiveness with the ability to host multiple therapeutic and cellular components. Produced by droplet microfluidics, the carriers maintain structural integrity during manipulation, permit controlled breakdown under physiological conditions, and enable guided motion for
Xuan Peng, Lulu Song, Daryna Mruga, Veronika Bakhmat, Sergei Dzyadevych, Lin Guo, Shahrukh Shakeel, Rico Illing, Olha Bezsmertna, Xiaotao Wang, Nicholas R. Posselli, Sarthak Misra, Sandra Hauser, Jens Pietzsch, Klaus Kopka, Denys Makarov, Željko Janićijević, Xinne Zhao, Larysa Baraban   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

All‐Polyimide‐Mediated Liquid Metal Assembly on Aerogels for Breathable and Robust Electronic Skins

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
An all‐polyimide‐mediated assembly strategy resolves the fundamental conflict between physiological breathability and electromechanical robustness in wearable electronics. By integrating a polyamic acid‐encapsulated liquid metal ink onto an ultralight polyimide aerogel, imidization‐induced contraction enables low‐temperature conductive activation and ...
Haijun Zhu, Jiancheng Dong, Hao Qiu, Je Hyeong Kim, Xingyu Liu, Shiyin Lin, Mengting Zheng, Chang Zhou, Yuduo Zhang, Jiayu Hou, Kangjia Geng, Yuchen Wang, Yidong Peng, Haoran Liu, Guanzheng Wu, Yunpeng Huang, Yongsheng Luo, Steve Park, Tianxi Liu   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vehicle Surroundings Perception Using Micro‐electromechanical Systems Inertial Sensors

Advanced Intelligent Systems
Sensors enable vehicles to perceive their surroundings even while parked. Camera‐based systems for vehicle surroundings perception are already available as of today. However, camera‐based systems result in excessive power consumption and data collection.
Martin Lahr, Johnson Loh, Mike Schwarz, Max Christian Lemme, Tobias Gemmeke   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

High Center‐of‐Mass, Multi‐Legged Soft Robots Powered by Geometrically Encoded Liquid Crystal Elastomer Arc Appendages

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Inspired by the octopus and the golden wheel spider, soft robots with liquid crystal elastomer arc fibers as appendages are fabricated to transcend surface constraints through an elevated center of mass and minimal contact footprints. By leveraging curvature‐encoded deformation‐recovery cycles, these robots exhibit contractile, torsional, and flexural ...
Jong Bin Kim, Antonio Proctor Martinez, Yaoye Hong, Ziyun Zhang, Kun‐Yu Wang, Shu Yang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source