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Hybrid Additive Manufacturing of Highly Stretchable Bottlebrush Polymer Nanocomposites by Decoupled Extrusion and Photopatterning

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A Hybrid Direct Ink Writing–Digital Light Processing (HDD) strategy decouples material extrusion from shape definition, enabling high‐fidelity additive manufacturing of highly viscous, yield‐stress polymer nanocomposites. Excess ink acts as a removable, self‐supporting scaffold, allowing fabrication of unsupported and embedded complex architectures ...
Shahryar Ramezani Bajgiran, Emmanuel Oduro, Daniel A. Rau, Li‐Heng Cai   +3 more
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Laser‐Induced Local De‐Doping in Organic Semiconductors

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
The polymer PBTTT‐C14 doped with the small molecule acceptor F4TCNQ is considered as a benchmark material system. Mask‐free, microscale patterning of the doping level via laser‐induced heating and sublimation of dopant molecules is shown. Controlling laser irradiance and swath spacing allows dopant level control with laser‐limited resolution, opening ...
Christian Rainer, Aleksandr Perevedentsev, Daniel Ryklin, Rasmus R. Schröder, Gerardo Hernandez‐Sosa, Uli Lemmer   +5 more
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Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuator Matrix for Large Area Applications

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A scalable approach is used to manufacture a digitally‐controllable, 2D 5 × 5 actuator matrix. The elements of the matrix are produced by direct ink writing of a liquid crystal elastomer ‘artificial muscle’ on large‐area flexible thin‐film heaters. In optimizing the low‐power actuators, multiple heater designs and substrate materials are investigated ...
Giulia Spallanzani, Bart Peeters, Danqing Liu, Peter Zalar, Hylke B. Akkerman, Jeroen A. H. P. Sol   +5 more
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Dynamic Fluorescence Modulation via Light‐Driven Competitive Protonation

Advanced Optical Materials, EarlyView.
A two‐component molecular system demonstrates reversible, light‐driven fluorescence write–erase cycling and thermal imaging. Illumination of a merocyanine photoacid transfers a proton to a highly efficient fluorescent pyridinium dye, switching its emission color; thermal relaxation reverses the process in the dark.
Serena X. Liu, Moritz E. Kleybolte, Colin van Dyck, Sergey I. Vagin, Preeti Gahtori, Antonio Scarpati, Razieh Firouzihaji, Diogo A. Galico, Ulrich S. Schubert, Julianne Gibbs, Alkiviathes Meldrum   +10 more
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Geometry‐Driven Whispering‐Gallery Modes in Self‐Assembled Phosphorescent Organic Microtubes

Advanced Optical Materials, EarlyView.
Micelles encapsulating tris(2‐phenylpyridine)iridium(III) self‐assemble into a hollow hexagonal microtube stabilized by a surface passivation layer. The hexagonal cross‐section confines circulating light along its facets, sustaining sharp whispering‐gallery resonances that guide photoluminescence emission under laser excitation.
Do Wan Kim, Seokho Kim, Jinho Choi, Sang‐hun Lee, Seongwan Bae, Jongho Kim, Sangjun Lee, Junseok Heo, Sangin Kim, Kyusang Lee, Dong Hyuk Park   +10 more
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Waveguide Photoactuators: Materials, Fabrication, and Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Waveguide photoactuators convert guided light into mechanical motion. Their tethered‐flexible design enables minimally invasive surgery and confined‐space robotics. This review aims to guide materials selection, device design, and system integration, accelerating the transition of waveguide photoactuators from laboratory prototypes to versatile ...
Minjie Xi, Hemin Pan, Yang Zong, Yongfeng Mei, Jizhai Cui   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Liquid Crystalline Elastomers in Soft Robotics: Assessing Promise and Limitations

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are programmable soft materials that undergo large, anisotropic deformation in response to external stimuli. Their molecular alignment encodes directional actuation in a monolithic structure, making them long‐standing candidates for soft robotic systems.
Justin M. Speregen, Timothy J. White
wiley   +1 more source

Numerical Modeling of Photothermal Self‐Excited Composite Oscillators

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
We present a numerical framework for simulating photothermal self‐excited oscillations. The driving mechanism is elucidated by highlighting the roles of inertia and overshoot, as well as the phase lag between the thermal moment and the oscillation angle, which together construct the feedback loop between the system state and the environmental stimulus.
Zixiao Liu, Ryan R. Rusch, Zheng Wu, Chi Chen, Pengju Shi, Hao Qiu, Ximin He   +6 more
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3D Printing of Self‐Healing Polymers by Material Extrusion: A Process‐Centric Review of Setups, Parameters, and Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review highlights recent advances in material extrusion 3D printing of self‐healing polymers, focusing on the interplay between material chemistry, rheology, hardware customization, and process optimization. Filament‐ and ink‐based extrusion strategies, multimaterial architectures, and postprocessing approaches are discussed for applications in ...
Antonio Pavone, Gianni Stano, Gianluca Percoco   +2 more
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Physical Origin of Temperature Induced Activation Energy Switching in Electrically Conductive Cement

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The temperature‐induced Arrhenius activation energy switching phenomenon of electrical conduction in electrically conductive cement originates from structural degradation within the biphasic ionic‐electronic conduction architecture and shows percolation‐governed characteristics: pore network opening dominates the low‐percolation regime with downward ...
Jiacheng Zhang, Xinyuan Ke, Andrew Heath, Richard J. Ball, Jiawei Xie, Jinchen Fan, Guisheng Li, Kevin Paine   +7 more
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