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Azobenzene's Cross‐Scale Optics and Photonics: Molecular Photoswitching, Mesoscopic Material Motions, and Adaptive Devices

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Azobenzene photoswitches translate molecular‐scale E/Z photoisomerization into macroscopic material responses and device‐level photonic functions. This Review highlights how azobenzene research has evolved from molecular photochemistry to photoalignment, mass migration, photomechanics, and heat release, ultimately enabling holography, reconfigurable ...
Heeju Son, Soyul Kwak, Heerin Noh, Minsang Kim, Doyeon Noh, Subhayan Chakraborty, Jaewon Lee, YongDeok Cho, Kyeongsoo Kim, Taewoong Eom, Moonyoung Kim, Jangwon Kim, Hoyoung Lee, Soyoung Lee, Jaehun Kim, Grace G. D. Han, Shin‐Tson Wu, Stefano Oscurato, Arri Priimagi, Marina Saphiannikova, Seungwoo Lee   +20 more
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Thermodynamic Limits to Molecular Doping in Conjugated Polymers: A Perspective on Phase Behavior and Miscibility

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Molecular doping of conjugated polymers is fundamentally constrained by thermodynamic phase behavior. This Perspective reframes doping efficiency and stability in terms of miscibility limits, binodals, and solvus boundaries, highlighting the role of effective interaction parameters and charge transfer.
Somayeh Kashani, Justin Neu, Sung‐Joo Kwon, Runqio Song, Zixuan Chen, Tajah Trapier, Paschalis Gkoupidenis, David Ginger, Wei You, Jasper J. Michels, Harald Ade   +10 more
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Neuromorphic Electronics for Intelligence Everywhere: Emerging Devices, Flexible Platforms, and Scalable System Architectures

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The perspective presents an integrated view of neuromorphic technologies, from device physics to real‐time applicability, while highlighting the necessity of full‐stack co‐optimization. By outlining practical hardware‐level strategies to exploit device behavior and mitigate non‐idealities, it shows pathways for building efficient, scalable, and ...
Kapil Bhardwaj, Roshni Satheesh Babu, Yuxin Xia, Eva Bestelink, Radu Sporea, Nikos Hastas, Ioannis Zeimpekis, Dimitra G. Georgiadou, Sayani Majumdar   +8 more
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Effect of CN9021 crosslinker content on mechanical and actuation properties of acrylic dielectric elastomers and their constitutive modeling

Polymer Testing
Dielectric elastomers (DEs) are promising electroactive polymers with large strain capability (>100%) and high energy density, but commercial VHB materials require substantial pre-stretching (300%–500%) and exhibit high viscoelastic losses.
Qinqin Wang, Changgeng Shuai, Xue Yang, Xingying Zhang, Weibin Wu, Gang Lu   +5 more
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High‐Entropy Ceramic‐Enhanced Deformable Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Noncontact Biomechanical and Raindrop Energy Harvesting

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A large‐area, deformable high‐entropy‐ceramic (HEC)‐doped triboelectric nanogenerator with a trilayer architecture is developed, consisting of an HEC‐doped triboelectric layer, a graphite‐like textile charge‐storage layer, and stretchable carbon black electrodes.
Shengyou Li, Wei‐Chen Peng, Syun‐Hong Chou, Zhi‐Xian Yan, Jiann‐Yeu Chen, Dun‐Jie Jhan, Wei‐Chun Yang, Shi‐Hong Chen, Yi‐Lin Huang, Cheng‐Hung Tsai, Ming‐Yen Lu, Heng‐Jui Liu, Cheolmin Park, Ying‐Chih Lai   +13 more
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Intrinsically Stretchable Piezoelectric Nanocomposites for Artificial Ultrasonic Sensory Synapse

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Applying ultrasonic stimulations to a soft‐stretchable underwater piezoelectric sensor based on the soft‐stretchable nanocomposite from the thermal cross‐linking between the ─C─F group of P(VDF‐TrFE) and the ─NH2 group of (PEG‐diamine) with incorporating amine‐terminated BTO@APTES nanofillers on the soft PDMS substrates generated high piezoelectric ...
Trung Dieu Do, Tran Quang Trung, Priyanuj Bhuyan, Minh Chien Nguyen, Que Thi Nguyen, Namjun Jo, Yeonsu Kim, Thanh Duy Cam Ha, Myung‐Gil Kim, Sungjune Park, Woo Jong Yu, Nae‐Eung Lee   +11 more
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Bioinspired Adaptive Surfaces for Intelligent Liquid Manipulation: Progressing From Passive and Active to Hybrid Strategies

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review examines passive, active, and hybrid liquid manipulation strategies, highlighting hybrid approaches as an emerging route to reconcile energy efficiency with adaptive control. By actively reconstructing passive surfaces to store programmable interfacial energy, hybrid systems enable flexible yet low‐power liquid transport, with perspectives ...
Jiaqi Miao, Yiyuan Zhang, Liqiu Wang, Alan C. H. Tsang   +3 more
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Deep learning-assisted efficient design of biomimetic fluorescent dielectric elastomers

Materials & Design
Dielectric elastomers (DEs), as a class of artificial muscle materials, possess broad application in actuators, biomimetic structures, and soft robotics.
Dongyang Huang, Peirong Liu, Peng Huang, Yubing Han, Chang Xue, Mengying Zhang, Weijia Wen, Tong-Yi Zhang, Bingpu Zhou, Jinbo Wu   +9 more
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Soft Skins With Reversible Thickness Morphing: Materials, Mechanisms, and Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Evolution of electronic skin (e‐skin) technologies toward adaptive, multifunctional soft skins. Phase I highlights early rigid and discrete sensory interfaces. Phase II shows the transition toward flexible, stretchable, and large‐area e‐skin. Phase III captures the emergence of computational e‐skin.
Oliver Ozioko, Chiamaka Akah, Ravinder Dahiya   +2 more
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Mechanically Assisted Magnetic Actuation in Ceramic‐Based Microscrolls for Fast and Durable Soft Robotic Systems

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Ceramic‐based V2O5/Fe3O4 hybrid films are shaped into butterfly‐proboscis‐inspired microscroll actuators. Magnetic triggering initiates unrolling, while geometry‐programmed elastic strain energy drives rapid recoil, enabling fast, reversible, durable, and load‐bearing actuation under near‐field magnetic stimulation.
Semi Kim, Shravan R. Kousik, Petia Atanasova, Eberhard Goering, Joachim Bill, Zaklina Burghard   +5 more
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