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Advanced Sensor ResearchSelf‐sensing liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) actuators with integration of sensing and actuating have attracted significant attention in health monitoring and physical rehabilitation therapy.
Jiayuan Min +4 more
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Fabric‐Based Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton Gloves: Advancements and Challenges
Advanced Materials Technologies, Volume 11, Issue 12, 18 June 2026.This review highlights interdisciplinary technological advances in fabric‐based robotic gloves, focusing on progress in design, fabrication, actuation, sensing, control, and power and energy requirements. It also addresses performance testing and validation, including biomechanical, strength, functional, user experience, and durability assessments, to ...
Ayse Feyza Yilmaz +2 more
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Dynamic Current Routing in Conductive Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Complex Deformation Actuators
Advanced Materials Technologies, Volume 11, Issue 12, 18 June 2026.This work introduces a novel actuation control strategy in which electrical stimulation generates localized Joule heating in conductive liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) surfaces, enabling complex 3D deformations from a single homogeneous surface without preprogramming.
Gloria PouWai Lei +2 more
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Developing Micro/Nanostructured Fluidic Mixing Technology for Biomedical Applications
Advanced Science, Volume 13, Issue 33, 15 June 2026.This review critically evaluates how micro/nanostructured mixing technologies are redefining biomedical research. By synergizing fundamental analysis, numerical modeling, structural design, and external field manipulation, these systems attain unprecedented control over mass transport.
Junkai Wang +3 more
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SmartBot, Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2026.Ionogels dynamically and functionally couple ionic liquids with polymer networks, enabling multiscale programmable deformation and motion under electrical, magnetic, optical, thermal, humidity, and chemical stimuli. This article systematically elucidates the constituent components, structural design, and multiscale actuation mechanisms of ionogel ...
Dezhou Cao +5 more
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Electrically Activated Paper Actuators [PDF]
, 2017 This paper describes the design and fabrication of electrically controlled paper actuators that operate based on the dimensional changes that occur in paper when the moisture absorbed on the surface of the cellulose fibers changes.
Guder, Firat +6 more
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Laterally Actuated Si-to-Si DC MEMS Switch for Power Switching Applications
MicromachinesElectrothermal actuators are highly advantageous for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) due to their capability to generate significant force and large displacements. Despite these benefits, their application in reconfigurable conduction line switches
Abdurrashid Hassan Shuaibu +3 more
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Virtual and Physical PrototypingFabrication of flexible actuators with precise deformability, self-heating actuation, and flexibility remain challenging due to limited mechanical properties, sensitivity to ambient temperature, and complexities in multi-material integration.
Daokang Zhang +3 more
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, 2003 The effects of ionizing radiation on the operation of polysilicon mmicroelectromechanical system (MEMS) electrostatic actuators, electrothermal actuators, and residual stress cantilevers were examined.
Caffey, Jared R.
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Bidirectional Electrothermal Actuator with Z-shaped Beams
, 2012 A bidirectional micro-actuator powered by electrothermal force is successfully demonstrated under both dc and ac operations, without the assistance of magnetic field, using MetalMUMPs process.
Yuce, Mehmet Rasit +3 more
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