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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, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
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Information biophysics of gradient sensing in organisms

Biophysics and Physicobiology, 2021
Akihiko Ishijima, Yasushi Okada
doaj   +1 more source

Demonstrating Vibrational Current Generation With a Self‐Assembled Bioelectret

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Vacuum‐deposited films of the plant‐derived molecule, Baicalein, form a self‐assembled bioelectret exhibiting spontaneous orientation polarization and a giant surface potential. The films induce alternating current during the vibration of a movable electrode without charging treatments. Hydrocarbon protection enhances the air stability of the Baicalein
Kouki Akaike, Yukihiro Shimoi, Qingshuo Wei, Yutaro Ono, Satomi Hosono, Yoichi Yamada, Haruhisa Akiyama, Shunsuke Tanaka   +7 more
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Optical Signature of Moiré Superlattices Formed by Twisted SrTiO3 Membranes

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
We discover optical signatures from bonded interfaces in twisted SrTiO3 moiré superlattices, including low‐frequency Raman vibrational modes and strong second‐harmonic generation, consistent with strong interlayer coupling inferred from cross‐sectional electron microscopy and ab initio calculations. ABSTRACT Moiré superlattices formed at the interfaces
T. A. M. Ragib Shahriar, Fumikazu Murakami, Xing He, Konnor Koons, Xinyan Li, Bumseop Kim, Shihan Qin, Varun Harbola, Jochen Mannhart, Yimo Han, Ruijuan Xu, Shengxi Huang, Andrew M. Rappe, Hanyu Zhu   +13 more
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Water Adsorption‐Induced Color Sensor: Insight Into the Sensing Mechanism and Interfacial Engineering for Improved Responsiveness

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
We report a unique color‐sensing phenomenon of a TiO2/SbSI:Sb2S3 device utilizing X‐ray absorption. Based on the revealed penetration and adsorption of water onto TiO2, we successfully improved the color response speed and sensitivity by incorporating a hydrophilic polymer interlayer, thereby opening up opportunities for photodetection applications ...
Tai Kobayashi, Ryosuke Nishikubo, Yusuke Tomiyori, Fumitaka Ishiwari, Daisuke Asakura, Eiji Hosono, Miho Kitamura, Hisao Kiuchi, Yoshihisa Harada, Akinori Saeki   +9 more
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Electrospun Wood‐Derived Biopolymers as Electrodes in Electrochemical Energy Storage Technologies

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Electrospinning transforms wood‐derived cellulose and lignin into architecturally defined, binder‐free carbon electrodes with tuneable porosity and functionality. This review shows how fibre design enables decoupled charge and mass transport, enhancing performance across battery systems, while identifying key challenges in spinnability, scalability ...
Michael W. Thielke, Hattie R. Chisnall, Jesus Vazquez Chavez, Ana B. Jorge Sobrido   +3 more
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Implantable Ionic Memristors Based on Natural Polymer Heterojunctions

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
We report an implantable natural polymer‐based ionic memristor composed of hyaluronic acid, chitosan, and PDMS. The device achieved 98.94% accuracy in MNIST classification while reducing training time by 36.8% compared with a conventional artificial neural network (ANN).
Dong‐yup Lee, Byung Ik Park, Gihyeon Yim, Hyunjae Yoo, Sangjun Ma, Jundong Park, Jeong‐Yun Sun   +6 more
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Embedded Ferroelectric Nanoclusters Can Drive Polarization Reversal in a Non‐Ferroelectric Polar Film via the Proximity Effect

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Ferroelectric nanoclusters create local internal fields in a normally non‐switchable polar film because of polarization mismatch at their interfaces. That field opposes polarization in the regions with larger polarization and reinforces polarization in the regions with smaller polarization.
Anna N. Morozovska, Eugene A. Eliseev, Sergei V. Kalinin, Long‐Qing Chen, Dean R. Evans, Venkatraman Gopalan   +5 more
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Single‐Step Recovery of Water from Stable Crude Oil‐Water Emulsion Using Surface Engineered Hybrid Inorganic‐Polymer Membranes

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Atomic layer deposition is used to conformally surface engineer polymeric membranes to fabricate inorganic–organic hybrid membranes. These membranes have exceptionally strong attraction toward water even in high oil containing emulsions, which leads to an extremely strong hydration layer at the interface.
Bratin Sengupta, Yining Liu, Gaurab Sarkar, Rouke Cai, Katrina Sparks, Chi Thang Nguyen, Tamar Segal‐Peretz, Seth B. Darling, Jeffrey W. Elam   +8 more
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From Photoalignment to Structured Light: Liquid Crystal Platforms for Beam Shaping and Complex Wavefronts

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Photoaligned and photopatterned liquid crystal platforms provide programmable control of optical phase, polarization, and spin‐orbit interactions, enabling compact generation of structured light and complex wavefronts. This review highlights how tailored molecular orientations transform simple beams into designed optical fields, opening versatile ...
Le Zhou, Tingjun Zhong, Sijie Liu, Pouya Nosratkhah, Ke Xu, Yuzhen Zhao, Kristiaan Neyts   +6 more
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