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Driving Waveform Optimization by Simulation and Numerical Analysis for Suppressing Oil-Splitting in Electrowetting Displays

Frontiers in Physics, 2021
Electrowetting display (EWD) is a new reflective display device with low power consumption and fast response speed. However, the maximum aperture ratio of EWDs is confined by oil-splitting.
Shufa Lai, Qinghua Zhong, Hailing Sun
doaj   +1 more source

Single‐Target Pairing System (StarPair) for Large‐Scale Interrogation of Cell–Cell Interactions

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This work presents a single‐target pairing system, StarPair, enabling cell–cell interaction studies by target combination in droplets. StarPair offers superior pairing efficiencies over 95% and operation frequencies of 105 pairs per 9.5 h for two‐target pairing, allowing large‐scale interrogation of immune cell‐cancer cell interactions and precise ...
Tianjiao Mao, Lang Nan, Miao Xu, Kehao Zeng, Yuchao Wang, Ziyu Han, Ho Cheung Shum   +6 more
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Salt Water Drops Slide Faster: Ionic Modulation of Drop Friction

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Salt ions markedly accelerate water drops on conductive substrates coated with nanometer‐thin hydrophobic layers. Across diverse electrolytes and surfaces, higher ion concentration consistently lowers kinetic friction by reducing contact angle hysteresis.
Dongho Shin, Rutvik Lathia, Chirag Hinduja, Hyunbae Cheon, Seongmin Park, Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Junwoo Park   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Toward Complete CO2 Electroconversion: Status, Challenges, and Perspectives

Advanced Energy Materials, EarlyView.
Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction and CO2 batteries face challenges in achieving complete CO2 conversion with high conversion rates and Faradaic efficiency simultaneously. Existing systems compromise one for the other with incomplete CO2 conversion and inefficiencies, hindering practical applications. This perspective highlights state‐of‐the‐art progress,
Changfan Xu, Ping Hong, Yulian Dong, Marc Robert, Guosheng Shao, Yong Lei   +5 more
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A Review on Recent Trends of Bioinspired Soft Robotics: Actuators, Control Methods, Materials Selection, Sensors, Challenges, and Future Prospects

Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
This article reviews the current state of bioinspired soft robotics. The article discusses soft actuators, soft sensors, materials selection, and control methods used in bioinspired soft robotics. It also highlights the challenges and future prospects of this field.
Abhirup Sarker, Tamzid Ul Islam, Md. Robiul Islam   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rewiring Droplet Interface Synapses

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Droplet interface synapses are used to create a neuromorphic network. Voltage pulses draw the droplets into contact and enable rewiring of the network through electrowetting. Results show that the heterogeneous droplet compositions and pore‐forming molecules may be used to tune the neuromorphic properties of the device using trapped charge as a form of
Sarita Shrestha, Eric Freeman
wiley   +1 more source

Advances in Triboelectric Nanogenerators With Rotating Structure

Carbon Energy, EarlyView.
The rotating TENG has been widely studied for its superiorities of simple structure, high efficiency, and stable output. This review introduced the four different principles of rotating TENG and offered a thorough summary for performance and application research through three‐level classification. Importantly, the current existing problems, challenges,
Chuguo Zhang, Chunxu Xue, Yutong Chen, Yujie Qiang, Seeram Ramakrishna   +4 more
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Nanoparticles in microdroplets: Recent advances in microfluidic generators for producing functional microbeads

Droplet, EarlyView.
Functional hybrid microbeads with electrical, magnetic, and/or optical responsiveness have emerged as versatile platforms for biotechnology. This review highlights recent advances in microfluidic technologies for producing such microbeads, with a focus on incorporating functional nanoparticles in microdroplet systems.
  Bayinqiaoge, Chengchen Zhang, Shi‐Yang Tang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Driving Waveform Design of Electrowetting Displays Based on an Exponential Function for a Stable Grayscale and a Short Driving Time

Micromachines, 2020
The traditional driving waveform of the electrowetting display (EWD) has many disadvantages, such as the large oscillation of the target grayscale aperture ratio and a long time for achieving grayscale.
Zichuan Yi, Zhenyu Huang, Shufa Lai, Wenyao He, Li Wang, Feng Chi, Chongfu Zhang, Lingling Shui, Guofu Zhou   +8 more
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Switchable and reversible wetting properties

Responsive Materials, EarlyView.
Reversible and switchable wettability is attainable by integrating stimuli‐responsive materials. This review categorizes different external stimuli capable of modulating wettability. Abstract Controlling surface wettability is essential for various applications such as water harvesting, oil/water separation, and smart skin technologies.
Frédéric Guittard, Sonia Amigoni, Thierry Darmanin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source