Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.This study explores the discrepancies between bulk mechanics and spatial mapping in a tissue‐mimetic hydrogel model. Microplastic particles create localized stiff mechanical microenvironments that are detectable by cellular‐scale nanoindentation but leave bulk properties unchanged as measured by rheology.
Ahron T. Verschleisser +3 more
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A Hybrid Compliant-Tendon Laparoscopic Instrument for Distal Articulation and Grasping: Design and Experimental Validation. [PDF]
Int J Med RobotKumar P, Ravi B.
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Entropy‐Driven Design of Low‐Melting‐Point Alloys via Compositionally Complex Strategy
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Conventional low‐melting‐point alloys (LMPAs) are limited by a narrow compositional space and inherent property trade‐offs. This review presents an entropy‐driven design strategy that overcomes these limitations, ushering in a new class of low‐melting‐point compositionally complex alloys (LMCCAs).
Yinghui Shang +6 more
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From Folding Mechanics to Robotic Function: A Unified Modeling Framework for Compliant Origami. [PDF]
Adv Sci (Weinh)Zhang B +7 more
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Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.CT‐based finite element simulations combined with in situ X‐ray computed tomography are used to analyze insert pull‐out in nickel‐coated polymer foams. Despite variations in material parameters, deformation consistently concentrates within a narrow annular region around the insert.
Yannik Bautz +4 more
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A Comprehensive Review of Bio-Inspired Surface and Morphological Structures for Enhancing Aerodynamic and Hydrodynamic Performances: Trends, Mechanisms, and Future Horizons. [PDF]
Biomimetics (Basel)Shaik M, Huang WX.
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Design of a Multistable Finger Prosthesis with Programmable Metamaterials
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.This research article shows the development of a multistable programmble metamaterial for the use as a finger prosthesis. The material was designed on different hierarchical levels where the influence of geometrical parameters and combination of mechanical elements was explored.
Franziska Wenz +5 more
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A Bio-Inspired Ring-Cutting and Compliant Clamping Mechanism for Selective Harvesting of Flexible-Stem Crops in Complex Terrain. [PDF]
Biomimetics (Basel)Du J +5 more
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Fabrication Routes for Ionic Conducting Fiber Strain Sensors
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Ionic conducting fiber strain sensors (ICFSs) offer compliant, textile‐integrable sensing. Thus far, the commercialization of ICFSs has been constrained by fiber fabrication routes. This review provides a fabrication‐centric analysis of ICFSs correlating processing strategies with material properties and scalability.
Leo John Kershaw +3 more
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Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.HEA interlayers offer a versatile route for joining high‐performance structural materials. Their compositional and structural design regulates interfacial reactions, suppresses brittle IMCs, and improves metallurgical bonding. Sandwich interlayers further integrate defect healing with precipitation strengthening, enabling improved strength–ductility ...
Lin Yuan +4 more
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