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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
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Structure‐Guided Dynamical Mechanics in Bioinspired Double Twisted Laminated Thin Films

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This work explores a dynamic mechanistic study of crack propagation and puncture testing via real‐time monitoring of crack initiation, propagation, and termination through nature‐inspired single and double twisted architectures fabricated from cellulose nanocrystals.
Justin Brackenridge, Olivia Harper, Jaejun Lee, Sergio Gonzalez‐Munoz, Vladimir V. Tsukruk   +4 more
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Optimization of Mechanical Properties in Nypa fruticans Composite Boards with Varying Additive Loadings

Journal of Engineering Technology and Applied Physics
The optimisation of mechanical properties in composite materials is essential for advancing sustainable material utilisation of non-wood fibres, which often exhibit inferior mechanical performance compared to conventional wood-based composite boards ...
Ros Syazmini Mohd Ghani, Mohammad Shahril Osman, Madihan Yusof   +2 more
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Seismic Design of Timber Buildings: Highlighted Challenges and Future Trends

Applied Sciences, 2020
Use of timber as a construction material has entered a period of renaissance since the development of high-performance engineered wood products, enabling larger and taller buildings to be built.
Mislav Stepinac, Iztok Šušteršič, Igor Gavrić, Vlatka Rajčić   +3 more
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Electrospun Wood‐Derived Biopolymers as Electrodes in Electrochemical Energy Storage Technologies

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Electrospinning transforms wood‐derived cellulose and lignin into architecturally defined, binder‐free carbon electrodes with tuneable porosity and functionality. This review shows how fibre design enables decoupled charge and mass transport, enhancing performance across battery systems, while identifying key challenges in spinnability, scalability ...
Michael W. Thielke, Hattie R. Chisnall, Jesus Vazquez Chavez, Ana B. Jorge Sobrido   +3 more
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Experimental data collected during quasi-static cyclic loading of mass timber lateral force-resisting system tested in a three-story building structureMendeley Data

Data in Brief
The Emmerson Lab Launch Initiative (ELLI) was a multi-experiment testing program designed to evaluate the structural performance of mass timber lateral force-resisting systems (LFRS) under cyclic quasi-static loading protocols.
Nicholas T. Thielsen, Arijit Sinha, Andre R. Barbosa, Barbara G. Simpson, Daniel Cheney   +4 more
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From Geometry to Function: Programmable Mechanical Response in 3D‐Printed Adipose‐Inspired Soft Metamaterials

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Geometry‐driven design of soft cellular metamaterials is systematically investigated by combining experiments, finite element modeling, and statistical prediction. The study quantifies how unit cell geometry and material properties govern stiffness, instability, densification, and energy absorption.
Alice Berardo, Gianmarco Dolino, Damiano Coato, Paolo Gargiulo, Emanuele Luigi Carniel   +4 more
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The carbon footprint of future engineered wood construction in Montreal

Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability
Engineered wood (EW) has the potential to reduce global carbon emissions from the building sector by substituting carbon-intensive concrete and steel for carbon-sequestering wood.
Felicity Meyer, Thomas Elliot, Salmaan Craig, Benjamin P Goldstein   +3 more
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Tannic Acid‐Modified Cellulose Nanofiber Reinforced Polymerizable Eutectogels for High‐Performance Stretchable Strain Sensors

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A polymerizable deep eutectic solvent is reinforced with tannic acid‐modified cellulose nanofibers to construct a hierarchical dynamic eutectogel network. Synergistic covalent and reversible interactions impart ultrahigh stretchability, high ionic conductivity, broad temperature tolerance, self‐healing, and strong adhesion, enabling robust wearable ...
Huang Wu, Yang Hu, Youmin Tuo, Weide Zhang, Nanzhu Bao, Haitao Wu, Zhuangzhuang Chu, Yunhua Chen, Tao Wang, Teng Yuan, Hongbo Zeng, Zhuohong Yang   +11 more
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Physicochemical and Fire-resistant Properties of Optimized Nipa Palm-based Flame-retardant Composite

BioResources
Increasing demand for bio-based fire-retardant products requires abundant agricultural waste. The nipa palm, found in Malaysian estuaries, especially Sarawak, is an important, underutilized lignocellulosic resource.
Junidah Lamaming, Madihan Yusof, Muhamad Saiful Sulaiman, Nurjannah Salim, Ros Syazmini Mohd Ghani, Pei Yi Lee   +5 more
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