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Multimodal Actuation and Environment Adaptive Strategies of Bio‐Inspired Micro/Nanorobots in Precision Medicine

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
An introduction for multidrive and environment‐adaptive micro/nanorobotics: design and fabrication strategies, intelligent actuation, and their applications. Various intelligent actuation approaches—magnetic, acoustic, optical, chemical, and biological—can be synergistically designed to enhance flexibility and adaptive behavior for precision medicine ...
Aiqing Ma, Han Gong, Jiacheng Ouyang, Liqi Chen, Tianfang Kang, Yiran He, Guojun Huang, Sidi Zheng, Ting Yin, Hong Pan, Lintao Cai   +10 more
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Aging investigation of polyvinyl chloride with zinc oxide micro-fillers for high voltage and high-temperature applications

Materials Research Express
This research investigates the behavior of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) micro composites as an electrical insulator under elevated temperature and electrical stress. Zinc Oxide (ZnO) microparticles were incorporated into the PVC matrix.
Umar Farooq, Kashif Imran, Nafees Ahmad, Aqeel Ur Rehman, Muhammad Waseem   +4 more
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A Graphene/MXene-Modified Flexible Fabric for Infrared Camouflage, Electrothermal, and Electromagnetic Interference Shielding

Nanomaterials
Although materials with infrared camouflage capabilities are increasingly being produced, few applications exist in clothing fabrics. Here, graphene/MXene-modified fabric with superior infrared camouflage, Joule heating, and electromagnetic shielding ...
Xianguang Hou, Ziyi Zang, Yaxin Meng, Tian Wang, Shuai Gao, Qingman Liu, Lijun Qu, Xiansheng Zhang   +7 more
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Design and printing of embedded conductive patterns in liquid crystal elastomer for programmable electrothermal actuation

Virtual and Physical Prototyping, 2022
Here we developed a novel strategy to predict and control the electrothermal property and deformation pattern of electrically stimuli-responsive structures by printing programmable conductive patterns inside liquid crystal elastomer (LCE).
Ziyao Huo, Jiankang He, Huayan Pu, Jun Luo, Dichen Li   +4 more
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Soft Actuators Integrated with Control and Power Units: Approaching Wireless Autonomous Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
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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Position Feedback-Control of an Electrothermal Microactuator Using Resistivity Self-Sensing Technique

Sensors
The self-sensing technology of microactuators utilizes a smart material to concurrently actuate and sense in a closed-loop control system. This work aimed to develop a position feedback-control system of nickel electrothermal microactuators using a ...
Alongkorn Pimpin, Werayut Srituravanich, Gridsada Phanomchoeng, Nattapol Damrongplasit   +3 more
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A robust lateral shift free (LSF) electrothermal micromirror with flexible multimorph beams

Microsystems & Nanoengineering, 2023
Electrothermal bimorph-based scanning micromirrors typically employ standard silicon dioxide (SiO2) as the electrothermal isolation material. However, due to the brittle nature of SiO2, such micromirrors may be incapable to survive even slight collisions,
Hengzhang Yang, Anrun Ren, Yingtao Ding, Lei Xiao, Teng Pan, Yangyang Yan, Wenlong Jiao, Huikai Xie   +7 more
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Multimodal Locomotion in Insect‐Inspired Microrobots: A Review of Strategies for Aerial, Surface, Aquatic, and Interfacial Motion

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
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, Kaushik Jayaram, Nicole Xu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rapid Electrothermal Heating and Molten Salt Etching to Produce Ti3C2 MXenes

Advanced Materials Interfaces
Rapid, out‐of‐oven techniques for MXene synthesis are of great interest and would allow for easier production of this exciting class of 2D materials.
Savannah E. Pas, Ramu Banavath, Milos Dujovic, Miladin Radovic, Jodie L. Lutkenhaus, Micah J. Green   +5 more
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Study on Fast Cold Start-Up Method of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Based on Electric Heating Technology

Energies, 2020
In order to realize the low temperature and rapid cold start-up of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack, a dynamic model containing 40 single proton exchange membrane fuel cells is established to estimate the melting time of the proton exchange ...
Wei Jiang, Ke Song, Bailin Zheng, Yongchuan Xu, Ruoshi Fang   +4 more
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