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Rapid Fabrication of Self‐Propelled and Steerable Magnetic Microcatheters for Precision Medicine
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.A rapid Joule heating fabrication method for the production of self‐propelling, adaptive microcatheters, with tunable stiffness and integrated microfluidic channels is presented. Demonstrated through three microrobotic designs, including a steerable guiding catheter, an untethered wave‐crawling TubeBot, and a distal‐end propelled microcatheter, it was ...
Zhi Chen +5 more
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Electrical breakdown phenomena of dielectric elastomers [PDF]
, 2017 Silicone elastomers have been heavily investigated as candidates for dielectric elastomers and are as such almost ideal candidates with their inherent softness and compliance but they suffer from low dielectric permittivity.
Skov, Anne Ladegaard +5 more
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Drawing inspiration from the layered hard‐soft architecture found in sea sponges, this work establishes a new framework for architected cementitious composites (ACC) through multi‐material additive manufacturing (MMAM) process. The integration of mortar and elastomer phases into layered architectures enables synergistic toughening mechanisms, including
Aimane Najmeddine +5 more
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Flexible Dielectric Acoustic Resonator Patch for Tissue Regeneration
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.A flexible dielectric acoustic resonator patch enables MHz‐range ultrasound generation through resonance amplification without using piezoelectric materials. Conformal integration on a curved substrate allows efficient acoustic delivery to tissue‐mimicking environments.
Donyoung Kang +7 more
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Printable Conductive Hydrogels and Elastomers for Biomedical Application
GelsPrinted flexible materials have garnered considerable attention as next-generation materials for bioelectronic applications, particularly hydrogels and elastomers, owing to their intrinsic softness, tissue-like mechanical compliance, and electrical ...
Zhangkang Li +5 more
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Computer simulations of liquid crystal polymeric networks and elastomers
, 2011 A review of computer simulations of liquid crystal elastomers, describing mainly lattice ...
G. Skacej, ZANNONI, CLAUDIO
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Soft elasticity is not necessary for striping in nematic elastomers
, 2005 The occurrence of striped domains in stretched nematic elastomers has been suggested as evidence for soft elasticity. Conversely, the neo-classical model of Bladon, Terentjev and Warner, which displays soft elasticity, predicts striping.
Fried, Eliot, Sellers, Shaun
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Residual magnetization induces pronounced mechanical anisotropy in ultra‐soft magnetorheological elastomers, shaping deformation and actuation even without external magnetic fields. This study introduces a computational‐experimental framework integrating magneto‐mechanical coupling into topology optimization for designing soft magnetic actuators with ...
Carlos Perez‐Garcia +3 more
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eXPRESS Polymer Letters, 2011 Multiblock thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers based on random and triblock copolymers were synthesized and studied. Dihydroxyl-terminated random copolymers were prepared by ring opening copolymerization of ε-caprolactone (CL) and 1,3-trimethylene
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.The field of polymer thermoelectrics is entering a new era, featuring breakthroughs in addressing the conventional performance disparity between p‐type and n‐type polymers, pioneering doping frontiers, and sophisticated decoupling strategies. This review explores innovations in molecular design and superior stabilities, bridging the gap from ...
Suhao Wang
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