Soft Actuators Integrated with Control and Power Units: Approaching Wireless Autonomous Soft Robots
Soft robots exhibit significant development potential in various applications. However, there are still key technical challenges regarding material improvement, structure design and components integration. This review focuses on the development and challenge of soft actuators, power components, and control components in untethered intelligent soft ...
Renwu Shi, Feifei Pan, Xiaobin Ji
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Megawatt Solar: geração solar fotovoltaica integrada a uma edificação inserida em meio urbano e conectada à rede elétrica. Estudo de caso: Edifício Sede da Eletrosul, Florianópolis - Santa Catarina [PDF]
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Tecnológico, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Civil, Florianópolis, 2010A inserção de geradores convencionais de energia geralmente ocorre em locais afastados dos grandes ...
Zomer, Clarissa Debiazi
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Network power flow analysis for a high penetration of distributed generation
Increasing numbers of very small generators are being connected to electricity distribution systems around the world. Examples include photovoltaics (PV) and gas-fired domestic-scale combined heat and power (micro-CHP) systems, with electrical outputs in
Thomson, M. +5 more
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This review identifies key design considerations for insect‐inspired microrobots capable of multimodal locomotion. To draw inspiration, biological and robotic strategies for moving in air, on water surfaces, and underwater are examined, along with approaches for crossing the air–water interface.
Mija Jovchevska +2 more
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Avaliação dos impactos ambientais e no mercado da trajetória tecnológica contemporânea para geração de eletricidade no Brasil [PDF]
Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Tecnológico, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia de Produção, Florianópolis, 2014.Embora haja consenso internacional sobre a necessidade de controle sobre a poluição e redução dos ...
Vahl, Fabrício Peter
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This study develops a novel 2D molecular ferroelectric [C6N2H18]PbI4 with polarization enhanced photovoltaics. It systematically investigates the effect of alkylamine spacer cation chain lengths on the band gap, ferroelectric, and photoelectric properties, offering new design strategies.
Ganghua Zhang +7 more
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A Soft, Flexible Implant for Wireless Photothermal–Pyroelectric Neurostimulation
A replication strategy is used to enlarge the exposed surface area of barium titanate within flexible films with embedded carbon nanotubes, enabling efficient photothermal‐pyroelectric stimulation. Polar crystalline nanosheets show superior performance in guiding neural progenitor cells toward neuronal differentiation.
Jiang Wu +7 more
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A synergistic approach using phenethylammonium iodide (PEAI) and antimony iodide (SbI3) enhances the operational stabilities of perovskite solar cells by providing p‐type doping effect, suitable band energy alignment, reduced defect density, and minimized surface ion vacancies in the perovskite films.
Abraham Adenle +17 more
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Investigating the Impacts of Distributed Generation on Transmission Expansion Cost: An Australian Case Study [PDF]
Distributed generation (DG) is rapidly increasing its penetration level in Australia, and is expected to play a more important role in the power industry. An important benefit of DG is its ability to defer transmission investments.
Junhua Zhao, John Foster
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Adaptability evaluation of distributed photovoltaic access to distribution network
Adaptability evolution of distribution network is an important method to find weak links and put forward improvement suggestions from perspective of management decision-making. Based on the research results of the traditional distribution network adaptability, this paper analyzes the impact of distributed photovoltaic grid connection on the ...
XU Jiayu +5 more
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