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Exploring the Use and Impact of Composite Materials in Robotics: A Systematic Review

Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Lightweight and high‐strength materials are important in robotics, as structural design impacts efficiency, payload capacity, and energy consumption. Composite materials, with their superior stiffness‐to‐weight ratios and multifunctional properties, offer clear advantages over conventional metals and polymers.
Doglas Negri, Gabriela Wessling Oening, Felipe Augusto Carvalho de Faria, Sarah Maria Schroeder, Ricardo De Medeiros   +4 more
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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

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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4D‐Printed Spin Crossover Metamaterials with Giant Programmable Positive or Negative Thermal Expansion

Advanced Materials, Volume 38, Issue 32, 8 June 2026.
Spin crossover composite filaments are implemented for the rational design of 4D‐printed mechanical metamaterials. The obtained bi‐material structures guided by a theoretical analysis based on analytical calculations and Finite Element Analysis simulations exhibit giant programmable positive or negative deformation with coefficients of thermal ...
Adelais Trapali, Yuteng Zhang, Seyed Ehsan Alavi, Nagham Mawassy, Raja Zulkarnain, Gábor Molnár, Lionel Salmon, Azzedine Bousseksou   +7 more
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Recent Advances in Electrospun Nanofibers for Triboelectric Nanogenerators: Performance Enhancement Strategies and Emerging Applications

Advanced Materials, Volume 38, Issue 31, 2 June 2026.
This review highlights recent advances in electrospun nanofiber‐based triboelectric nanogenerators, emphasizing how material design, fiber architecture, and interface engineering collectively enhance output performance and mechanical durability. Key developments in porous, aligned, core‐shell, and hierarchical nanofibers are discussed alongside ...
MD Fajla Rabbi, Jee Hwan Ahn, Duy Linh Vu, Kyoung Kwan Ahn   +3 more
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Bonding of Acrylic Pressure‐Sensitive Adhesives and Silicone Elastomers via Surfactant‐Assisted Plasma Activation for Soft Robotics

Advanced Materials Interfaces, Volume 13, Issue 11, 9 June 2026.
A simple strategy is presented for bonding acrylic PSAs and silicone elastomers by curing surfactant‐doped Ecoflex on oxygen‐plasma‐treated VHB. The interface reaches a maximum strength of 1.6 N/mm (over 20 times that of the control) while retaining material compliance.
Kengo Kusama, Tadatoshi Kurogi, Kohei Takada, Mai Sasaoka, Yui Kumon, Masaru Misumi, Kanako Funami, Jun Shintake   +7 more
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