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Functional Fibers in Soft Robotics: Advances in Material, Structural, and Systemic Tactics

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Fiber‐form robotic systems offer a scalable pathway toward embodied intelligence in soft robotics. This review surveys functional fibers as material, structural, and systemic elements, highlighting advances in responsive materials, architectural programing, and fabrication strategies.
Joonhee Won   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

FiN‐Kiri: Fabric‐Based Inflatable Kirigami Actuator for Multimodal Soft Robots

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This study introduces a type of inflatable fabric‐based kirigami actuator capable of performing bending motion. The actuator is utilized as soft grippers, a crawling robot and a swimming robot. The crawling robot demonstrated extraordinary motion capabilities, such as moving forward, turning and navigating a narrow tunnel.
Yang Yu   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multidimensional and Multifunctional Laser‐Induced Graphene (LIG) for Point‐of‐Care and Wearable Biosensing, Theranostics, and Bioactive Interfaces Toward Personalized Healthcare and Regenerative Medicine

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Multidimensional laser‐induced graphene (LIG) spanning from 0D to 3D architectures is comprehensively reviewed for multifunctional biomedical platforms, including biosensing, theranostics, and bioactive interface applications, which highlights its potentials for point‐of‐care diagnostics, wearable health monitoring, smart drug delivery, and tissue ...
Li Zhang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Electrothermal rockets having improved heat exchangers Patent [PDF]

open access: yes, 1965
High resistance cross flow heat exchangers for electrothermal rocket ...
Jack, J. R., Brinich, P. F.
core  

Controlled Self‐Assembly and Photo‐Thermal Activation of Viologen‐Based 2D Semiconductors for Dual‐Function Energy Management in All‐Weather Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Science
Solar thermal technology offers a promising solution to water scarcity; however, the continuous operation of solar evaporators remains challenging due to sunlight's intermittent availability.
Muhammad Sultan Irshad   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

A robust lateral shift free (LSF) electrothermal micromirror with flexible multimorph beams

open access: yesMicrosystems & 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   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Making Sweat Measurable: Induction, Sampling, and Refreshment in Wearable Biofluid Sensing

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Wearable sweat sensing relies not only on chemical detection but also on controlled biofluid management. This Review integrates sweat physiology, induction strategies, and microfluidic sampling architectures, demonstrating how flux, transport, and refreshment shape measurement reliability.
Soyoung Shin, Wei Gao
wiley   +1 more source

A Versatile‐Designable Framework for Active and Programmable Shape‐Morphing Soft Matter Systems: From Inverse Design to Closed‐Loop Control

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
A versatile framework integrates addressable electrothermal actuation and strain‐constraint mechanisms to construct programmable shape‐morphing soft matter systems. By combining an analytical inverse design strategy for high‐fidelity 3D surface reconstruction with deep learning‐based closed‐loop control, this approach enables zero‐energy shape locking,
Kai Liu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Current technology in ion and electrothermal propulsion [PDF]

open access: yes, 1973
High performance propulsion devices, such as electrostatic ion engines and electrothermal thrusters, are achieving wide user acceptance. The current technology and projected development trends in the areas of ion and electrothermal propulsion systems and
Finke, R. C., Murch, C. K.
core  

Aging investigation of polyvinyl chloride with zinc oxide micro-fillers for high voltage and high-temperature applications

open access: yesMaterials 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   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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