Development of Heat Engines Powered by Twisted and Coiled Polymer Fiber Actuators
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Continuously rotating engines driven by thermally responsive actuating materials can turn waste heat into useful energy. For the first time heat engines operated by twisted and coiled polymer fiber actuators are demonstrated with engine design guided by two simple analytical models.
Geoffrey M. Spinks +2 more
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Aligning EU energy security and climate mitigation through targeted transition strategies. [PDF]
Nat CommunLal A, Tavoni M, Preuss N, You F.
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Adaptive Carbon Nanotube Patches for Versatile Electronic Textiles and Wind‐Harvesting Applications
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.An adhesion‐tunable electronic textile patch based on a carbon nanotube/paraffin composite is presented, enabling direct, adhesive‐free integration with fabrics. Pressure‐responsive bonding allows reversible or permanent attachment on demand.
Seokwon Joo +4 more
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National assessment of transit electrification in Canada: infrastructure costs, energy demand, and greenhouse gas reduction potential. [PDF]
Sci RepAbdelaty H, Mohamed M.
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Additive Manufacturing of Ni‐Based Thermoelectric Materials for Waste Heat Recovery
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Thermoelectric generators convert waste heat into electricity but are constrained by conventional fabrication. Here, laser powder bed fusion enables direct printing of customised n‐type Cu60Ni40 and p‐type Ni90Cr10 legs. The assembled module achieves 0.8% efficiency at ΔT = 419 K, demonstrating scalable additive manufacturing of eco‐friendly, design ...
Karolin Amstein +6 more
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Contact Electrification-Based Enantioselective Recognition of Chiral Amino Acids through Stereospecific Interfacial Electron Transfer. [PDF]
J Am Chem SocPal A +6 more
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Magnetic Textiles: A Review of Materials, Fabrication, Properties, and Applications
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Magnetic textiles (M‐textiles) are emerging as a programmable materials platform that merges magnetic matter with hierarchical textile structures. This article consolidates magnetic material classes, textile architectures, and fabrication and magnetization strategies, revealing structure–property–function relationships that govern magneto‐mechanical ...
Li Ke +3 more
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Graphene‐Based Wearable Textile Triboelectric Nanogenerators and Biomechanical Sensors
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.This study presents a wearable textile‐based triboelectric nanogenerator (T‐TENG) using sprayed graphene enhanced with a PVA adhesion layer. The graphene‐based electrode demonstrates high electrical conductivity and robustness to multiple bends. The fabricated T‐TENG provides stable and efficient output, with strong responsiveness to biomotion.
Hongyang Dang +4 more
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Invited commentary on 'Population health, health equity and health system impacts of light vehicle electrification: a modelling study in Aotearoa/New Zealand'. [PDF]
J Epidemiol Community HealthNguyen QC +4 more
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