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An Edible Chitosan‐Based Acoustic Sensor for Sound‐Responsive Actuation in Edible Robots

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study introduces an edible acoustic sensor for robotic food and edible robotics. Built from a chitosan piezoelectric film between gold electrodes, the sensor enables acoustic communication through ON/OFF keying. Integrated into an edible robot with pneumatically actuated arms and neck, it responds to high‐frequency tones.
Valerio Francesco Annese, Bokeon Kwak, Gaia de Marzo, Giulia Coco, Valentina Antonaci, Leonardo Lamanna, Massimo De Vittorio, Dario Floreano, Mario Caironi   +8 more
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An Electrowetting Pump

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A tubular electrowetting pump moves alternating droplets through a millimeter‐wide channel in discrete, reversible steps, functioning as a fluidic stepper motor. With no moving parts and electrodes insulated from the liquid, it delivers silent, accurate flow. Flexibility allows the pump to be woven directly into textiles for wearable, medical, and soft‐
Robert Hennig, Herbert Shea
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Make‐Use‐Remake: Toward Indefinite Low‐Temperature Material Loops

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
We introduce a regenerable materials platform built from microparticles bound by a temperature‐responsive polymer shell, enabling strong, processable structures from diverse feedstocks. The material is shaped at low temperatures (80°C) using common manufacturing methods and reprocessed repeatedly in the presence of water, demonstrating stable ...
Nikola Křivánková, Wouter van der Wijngaart, Ulrica Edlund   +2 more
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Design and Modeling of a High-Peak-Power Distributed Electric Propulsion System for a Super-STOL UAV

Drones
Electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft utilize the slipstream generated by distributed propellers to significantly increase the effective lift coefficient and reduce the takeoff and landing distances.
Jia Zong, Zhou Zhou, Jinhong Zhu, Zhuang Shao, Sanya Sun   +4 more
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3D Hydrodynamic Flow Lithography

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Continuous‐ and stop‐flow lithography are widely used to fabricate multi‐dimensional microstructures whose cross‐sectional morphology is dictated by the flow profile of multiple co‐flowing streams. Here, we introduce three‐dimensional hydrodynamic flow lithography (3D HFL), a platform for programmable generation of multi‐layered flow profiles ...
Yiying Zou, Mehmet Akif Sahin, Muhammad Zia Ullah Khan, Muhammad Usman Akhtar, Daniel Stoecklein, Ghulam Destgeer   +5 more
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Non-Singular Fast Terminal Composite Sliding Mode Control of Marine Permanent Magnet Synchronous Propulsion Motors

Machines
Regarding the high susceptibility problem of the Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) to various uncertain factors, including load variations, parameter perturbations, and external interferences in the ship’s electric propulsion system, this paper ...
Zhaoting Liu, Xi Wang, Peng Zhou, Liantong An, Zhengwei Zhao, Baozhu Jia, Yuanyuan Xu   +6 more
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Broadband Silicon‐On‐Glass Reflective Dielectric Metasurface for THz Beam Steering in 6G Wireless Networks

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A CMOS‐compatible, all‐dielectric Silicon‐on‐Glass reflective metasurface enables low–loss terahertz wavefront control for future 6G wireless communication. Mie‐resonant silicon pillars provide full phase coverage near 500 GHz, achieving experimentally validated single‐, dual‐, and five‐beam steering with sub‐1.5° angular error and less than 3 dB ...
Rithwik Premanand, Yi Ji Tan, Thomas CaiWei Tan, Prakash Pitchappa, Hemanth Kumar Cheemalamarri, A. S. Madhukumar, Ranjan Singh   +6 more
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A Multi-Phase Brushless Direct Current Motor Design and Its Implementation in Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Applied Sciences
Nowadays, electric propulsion system implementation in vehicles is popular, and many studies and prototypes have been accomplished in this field. Aircraft are important members of the vehicle family, and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are part of this ...
Emre Kurt, Ahmet Yigit Arabul, Fatma Keskin Arabul, Ibrahim Senol   +3 more
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Design and Characterization of a Two‐Dimensional Soft Array Based on Cooperative Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A fully polymeric two‐dimensional array of Dielectric Elastomers enables self‐sensing, cooperative actuation, and large‐stroke operation in a DE‐based autonomous conveyor. Based only on voltage and current measurements at actuator level, the system detects the presence of a ball and subsequently drives it toward a target position.
Saverio Addario, Alberto Priuli, Giovanni Soleti, Sebastian Gratz‐Kelly, Benjamin Zemlin, Stefan Seelecke, Gianluca Rizzello   +6 more
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Dynamically Actuated Reconfigurable Topographical Surface Enables Active Control of Implant‐Associated Infections

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A dynamically actuated reconfigurable topographical surface (DARTS) integrates contact‐mediated bactericidal nanotopography with programmable mechanical actuation to actively disrupt bacterial biofilms. Dynamic surface reconfiguration enhances bacterial killing and suppresses implant‐associated infections in vivo, providing a new strategy for active ...
Mohammad Asadi Tokmedash, Jihun Lee, J. Scott VanEpps, Sungmin Nam, Jouha Min   +4 more
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