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Adaptive 4D‐Printed Vascular Stents With Low‐Temperature‐Activated and Intelligent Deployment

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Microarchitected coronary artery stents were fabricated using a polycaprolactone (PCL)‐based shape memory polymer (SMP) composite via projection micro‐stereolithography (PµSL) 4D printing. By incorporating diethyl phthalate (DEP) as a plasticizer, the thermal transition temperature (Ttran) was modulated to about 37°C, enabling rapid and autonomous ...
Yannan Li, Yifan Pan, Chikahiro Imashiro, Chaolun Xu, Jianxian He, Jingao Xu, Kewei Song, Ze Zhang, Chen Gao, Junbo Jiang, Runhuai Yang, Kayo Hirose, Shinjiro Umezu   +12 more
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Toughening β‐Ga2O3 via Mechanically Seeded Dislocations

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
β‐Ga2O3 is promising for next‐generation semiconductors but its brittleness limits flexible and high‐precision applications. Here, mechanically seeded dislocations introduced by surface deformation improved damage tolerance in (001) β‐Ga2O3. Nanoindentation and characterization show dislocations suppress cleavage cracks by enabling stable plastic ...
Zanlin Cheng, Jiawen Zhang, Peng Gao, Guosong Zeng, Xufei Fang, Wenjun Lu   +5 more
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Geometry‐Dependent Adhesion in Transparent Monodomain Liquid Crystal Elastomers

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Liquid Crystal Elastomers (LCEs) are emerging as exciting pressure‐sensitive adhesives. We examine adhesion in chemically identical elastomer films, exploring the influence of geometry (director orientation) and phase (nematic or isotropic). We demonstrate the potential of these aligned films as transparent, tunable, broad‐temperature‐range smart ...
Aidan Street, Devesh Mistry, Johan Mattsson, Helen F. Gleeson   +3 more
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Concrete plastic-damage factor for finite element analysis: Concept, simulation, and experiment

Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2017
The plastic-damage factor of concrete structures is important for structural load-capacity assessment, while it has not been determined properly. In this article, two methods perspectively based on the strain equivalent principle and Sidiroff energy ...
Yangjian Xiao, Zengshun Chen, Jianting Zhou, Yanling Leng, Runchuan Xia   +4 more
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Broadband, Flexible, Skin‐Compatible Carbon Dots/Graphene Photodetectors for Wearable Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Broadband, flexible photodetectors integrating nitrogen‐rich carbon dots with single‐layer graphene on plastic substrates are demonstrated. A biocompatible chitosan–glycerol electrolyte enables efficient low‐voltage gating and on‐skin operation. The devices exhibit ultraviolet‐to‐near‐infrared response, mechanical robustness under bending, and verified
Nouha Loudhaief, Petr Rozhin, Ilaria Bertuol, Ali Raza, Leonardo Viti, Subhankar Roy, Enrico Cavarzerani, Luca Sbuelz, Matteo Brilli, Andrea Serinolli, Jacopo Nicoletti, Riccardo Piccoli, Sebastián Castilla, Simone Dal Zilio, Enrique Rodríguez‐Castellón, Miriam Serena Vitiello, Maurizio Selva, Flavio Rizzolio, Alvise Perosa, Giovanni Antonio Salvatore, Domenico De Fazio   +20 more
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Controlling 3D Contractility via Engineered Fibrous Hydrogel Composites

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A tunable composite contractile assembly (CCA) is developed that can permit or resist contraction without changing cell‐adhesion and density, unlike collagen whose inherent coupling of these ECM cues limits its use as a platform in contractility studies.
Karen L. Xu, Yuqi Zhang, Alysse DeFoe, Georgios Kotsaris, Brendan Stoeckl, Matthew D. Davidson, Jason A. Burdick, Robert L. Mauck   +7 more
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Finte element modeling of the behavior of polymethyl-methacrylate (PMMA) during high pressure torsion process.

Fracture and Structural Integrity, 2020
High Pressure Torsion (HPT) is a highly effective super-plastic deformation process for obtaining nano-materials with high performance mechanical properties. In view of its optimization, it is of paramount importance to evaluate the relations between the
Ahmed Drai, Benaoumeur Aour, Naima Belayachi, Abderrahim Talha, Noureddine Benseddiq   +4 more
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Evaluation of hydrogen concentration in high strength steel by using finite element method

Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu, 2017
In order to compute hydrogen concentration distribution under mechanical loading, a stress-hydrogen diffusion or distribution coupling computing method had been developed based on Oriani’s theory. In this theory, it is assumed that hydrogen concentration
Takashi ASADA, Gaku KITAHARA, Tomohiro SUZUKI, Aya TSUJI   +3 more
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Photothermal Macroporous Lignin Cryogels for Off‐Grid, Continuous Atmospheric Water Collection via Interlayer Heat Recovery

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Photothermal, macroporous lignin‐based cryogels are engineered to convert sunlight into low‐grade heat. Integrated as stacked beds in a drum‐type device, a thin copper interlayer transfers waste heat between beds, enabling interlayer heat recovery and continuous solar cycling.
Jie Yan, Jiqing Lu, Tian Bai, Lin Li, Zhaoxuan Niu, Yiying Yue, Wanli Cheng, Guangping Han, Orlando J. Rojas   +8 more
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Upcycling of Disposable Face Masks into Water‐Resistant and Flame Retardant Foams

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Disposable mask waste is upcycled into lightweight polypropylene‐based foams with tunable porosity and composite architectures reinforced by ear‐loop fibers. The sustainable solvent‐based process enables upcycling rates of 91% and solvent recovery of >90%.
Jingjing Pan, Erlantz Lizundia, Hao Jia, Lennart Bergström   +3 more
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