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Exploiting Device Deformability for Fluid and Particle Manipulation

Small, EarlyView.
Deformable devices enable fluid and particle manipulation modes that are inaccessible to rigid platforms. This review examines soft materials and architectures that translate controlled deformation into microscale fluid operations such as pumping, valving, mixing, and particle handling.
Zhiyang Hong, Xiaoyue Kang, Dan Yuan, Nam‐Trung Nguyen, Jun Zhang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biomimetic Artificial Muscles Inspired by Nature's Volume-Change Actuation Mechanisms. [PDF]

Biomimetics (Basel)
Kim H, Kim M, Noh Y, Jang Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

Radiation‐Based 3D Dual‐Mode Thermal Management Devices: Advances in Active/Passive Switching for Energy‐Saving Applications

Small, EarlyView.
Heating and cooling energy demand account for nearly half of the global energy consumption. SH and RC offer sustainable, zero‐energy strategies, but single‐mode devices lack adaptability. 3D dual‐mode devices, exploiting axial, flipping, and bending deformations, provide reversible switching with dynamic or passive control, representing a promising ...
Su Eon Lee, Ho Jun Jin, Jun Hyun Park, Ha Uk Chung, Junyong Seo, Bong Hoon Kim   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Planar: Enhanced Performance of Hollow Fiber Dielectric Elastomer Actuators. [PDF]

Adv Sci (Weinh)
Jafarzadeh S, Skov AL.
europepmc   +1 more source

Monolithic Opto‐Acoustic Synesthetic Transduction of Color and Sound in a Single Chiral Liquid Crystal Elastomer

Small, EarlyView.
Monolithic cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers simultaneously generate color and sound under electrically programmed stimuli. Low‐frequency electric fields modulate the helical pitch to produce tunable structural colors, while high‐frequency excitation induces membrane vibration for acoustic emission.
Ji Yoon Park, In Pyo Hong, Seohyun Woo, Jun Hyuk Shin, Sang Hyun Han, Hak Jun Yang, Su Seok Choi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Compact Tubular Dielectric Elastomer Pump for Indoor Plants

Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Volume 143, Issue 25, July 5, 2026.
This study develops a mountable rolled dielectric elastomer pump (MRDEP) using silicone films and MWCNT‐based electrodes. The MRDEP is completely soft, silent in operation, and easily mounted on a piping system. We use dry stacking methods, fabricate a multilayer dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA), and a pre‐straining process in one direction before ...
Ardi Wiranata, Yuya Yamaguchi, Yu Kuwajima, Yuma Furuhashi, Hiroshi Fukui, Naoki Hosoya, Shingo Maeda   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dual‐Programmable Architected Magnetic Soft Materials: Tuning Mechano–Electric Responses by Inverse Design

Advanced Functional Materials, Volume 36, Issue 44, 1 June 2026.
ABSTRACT Materials that can deform, sense, and autonomously generate power in response to wireless magnetic fields, through both magnetic‐actuated shape transformation and charge generation, are an emerging focus in advanced functional materials research.
Zhi Zhao, Xiaojia Shelly Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Highly Stretchable, Low Hysteresis, and Transparent Ionogels as Conductors for Dielectric Elastomer Actuators. [PDF]

Gels
Zhang L, Li H, Li Z, Pan W, Men Y, Zhang N, Xu J, Liu X.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A Data Driven Review of In Vitro Electrical and Mechanical Stimulation for Post‐Acute Phase Wound Healing

Advanced Healthcare Materials, Volume 15, Issue 22, 12 June 2026.
This review examines how in vitro electrical and mechanical stimulation modulates wound healing in fibroblasts and keratinocytes. Analyzing over 560 experimental data points, we relate stimulation parameters to proliferation and migration outcomes, evaluate platform designs, and highlight the need for multi‐parameter optimization to advance targeted ...
Matthew K. Burgess, Ellen F. Marsh, Veronica M. Lucian, Malavika Nair   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Electrically responsive multilayer soft actuators using a solvent-free high dielectric permittivity polysiloxane ink.

Mater Horiz
Wolf J, Danner PM, Raman Verkatesan T, Lupu VR, Opris DM.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source