Influence of Connective Architectures of Inlaid Weft-Knitted Spacer Fabric on Compression, Impact Force Absorption, and Vibration Isolation. [PDF]
Polymers (Basel)Yan SN, Wang YL, Yu A.
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Towards Advanced Intelligent and Perceptive Soft Grippers
Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 8, Issue 8, August 2026.Implementing soft yet strong and intelligent soft grippers request innovative and creative solutions in designing soft bodies and seamlessly integrating actuated systems with hierarchical sensing. This review systematically analyses soft grippers with a deep understanding of core components, from fundamental design principles to actuation and sensing ...
Haneul Kim +4 more
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Thermosets Based on Covalent Bond Exchange: Mechanisms, Properties, and Reprocessing. [PDF]
Polymers (Basel)Shi X, Zhuang D.
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One‐Shot Multimaterial 3D Printing of a Flexible Spine for a Robotic Fish Prototype
Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 8, Issue 8, August 2026.A one‐shot multimaterial 3D printing approach enables a monolithic soft robotic fish integrating a compliant spine and rigid vertebrae. Electromagnetic linear actuators drive tendon‐based transmission, producing controlled tail oscillations. Finite element modeling and experiments show strong agreement, while optimized material selection improves ...
Marco Colletta +3 more
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Engineering Reports, Volume 8, Issue 8, August 2026.A plant growth simulation algorithm (PGSA)‐based method optimizes cable forces in cable‐stayed bridges via parameter‐free global search and variable‐step parallel mechanism, achieving uniform force distribution, controlling bending moments and displacements, and enhancing structural performance while overcoming traditional algorithm limitations ...
Ruiqiang Wang +7 more
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Optimisation of Bioinspired Fibre Architectures for 3D-Printed Polymer Heart Valves via Melt Electrowriting (MEW) Using FE Modelling and Design of Experiments (FE-DOE). [PDF]
Biomimetics (Basel)Hughes C +7 more
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An SSI‐Informed Design for Tuned Mass Dampers With Small‐to‐Large Mass Ratios
Earthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, Volume 55, Issue 10, Page 2511-2529, August 2026.ABSTRACT Tuned Mass Dampers (TMDs) are used to mitigate structural vibrations induced by seismic or wind excitation, by tuning the device to the system's dominant resonant frequencies. However, the TMD effectiveness can be undermined by soil‐structure interaction, which can lead to elongation of the vibration periods and to combined translational ...
Davide Noè Gorini +3 more
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From Structural Kinematics to Thermomechanical Degradation in Polymer and Hybrid Negative Thermal Expansion Metamaterials. [PDF]
Polymers (Basel)Méndez B +4 more
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Utilizing Dynamic Liquid Crystal Elastomer Dressings to Enhance Early Dermal Wound Closure
Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, Volume 11, Issue 4, August 2026.This work introduces a new paradigm in skin wound closure by integrating smart materials with mechanomodulation, offering a non‐invasive and reusable alternative to traditional tension‐based closure methods. ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate whether a novel body temperature‐activated liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) bandage with contraction properties can ...
Clifford Jiajun He +7 more
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Cell Structure Regulation of Polypropylene/Ethylene-Propylene Rubber Bead Foams and Enhanced Mechanical Properties of Their Molded Products. [PDF]
Polymers (Basel)Hu Z +5 more
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