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Variable Stiffness Flexure Structures Enabled by Phase‐Change Gallium and Adhesive Interfacial Locking for Soft Robotic Applications

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
A flexure‐based variable stiffness structure is developed by integrating phase‐change modulation and adhesive interfacial locking of gallium. The design enables a wide stiffness variability, transitioning from soft, flexible behavior to rigid, load‐supporting performance.
Sungjin Kim, Sohee John Yoon, Yong‐Lae Park   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Private Equity, Investment and Financial Constraints – Firm-Level Evidence for France and the United Kingdom [PDF]

The welfare effects of private equity transactions are debated controversially. We analyze the impact of expansion financing and buyouts by private equity investors on investment of portfolio firms in the UK and France – two countries with different ...
Joel Stiebale, Dirk Engel
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Impact of Digital Supply Chain Finance to alleviate SMEs financing constraints: Evidence from SRDI enterprises in China

Science Progress
Objective: To explore the alleviating effect of digital supply chain finance (DSCF) on financing constraints experienced by small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with a view to promoting the digital transformation of enterprises.
Shanshan He, Zhengyang Liu
doaj   +1 more source

Financial liquidity, financing constraints and financing patterns

, 2020
Firmalar finansal kısıtlarına ve halka açık olup olmama statülerine göre gruplara ayrılmış ve genişlemeci para politikasıyla küresel kredi likiditesinin yükseldiği bir dönemde finansal kararlarındaki değişimler incelenmiştir. Bu çalışma yabancı sermayenin reel sektör için önemini ve yabancı sermaye akışının arttığı bir dönemde izlenen para ...
openaire   +1 more source

Additive Gaussian Process Regression for Predictive Design of High‐Performance, Printable Silicones

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
A chemistry‐aware design framework for tuning printable polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) for vat photopolymerization (VPP) is developed using additive Gaussian process (GP) modeling. Polymer network mechanics informs variable groupings, feasible formulation constraints, and interaction variables.
Roxana Carbonell, Martha Leach, Hongtao Song, Carolyn Seepersad   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digital infrastructure policies, local fiscal and financing constraints of Non-SOEs: Evidence from China.

PLoS ONE
Digital infrastructure serves as a cornerstone of urban digital transformation and smart city development, yet its implications for local fiscal systems and micro-level enterprises remain underexplored.
Yuwei Liu, Sheng Ma, Mei Sun
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Near‐Field Electrospinning Micro‐Printhead Achieves Precise Control of Nanofiber Deposition

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
A micro‐printhead for near‐field electrospinning enables reproducible deposition of polymer nanofibers with diameters below 50 nm. Systematic parameter studies uncover the mechanisms linking operating conditions to fiber morphology, paving the way for precise and low‐cost nanoscale 3D manufacturing.As a high‐resolution, cost‐effective, and rapid ...
Han Xu, Dario Mager, Jan G. Korvink
wiley   +1 more source

Investment, irreversibility, and financing constraints in transition economies [PDF]

Using a panel of 4223 Bulgarian, Czech, Polish, and Romanian firms, over the period 1998-2005, we show that financially constrained firms likely to face irreversibility constraints exhibit low and insignificant sensitivities of investment to cash flow ...
Serafeim Tsoukas, John Tsoukalas, Alessandra Guariglia   +2 more
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Air‐Pressure–Actuated Vibroacoustic Metamaterial With Tunable Bandgap: Design, Modeling, and Characterization

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This article presents the design, modeling, and characterization of air‐pressure–actuated programmable vibroacoustic metamaterials (PVAMM). The study focuses on leveraging air pressure to dynamically tune resonance frequencies for effective noise attenuation.
William Kaal, Michael M. Becker, Sarah C. L. Fischer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Financing Constraints and Corporate Growth [PDF]

This paper analyses the dynamic investment and growth prospects of a financially constrained firm. Three types of financing constraints are examined: internal finance, debt ceiling and exponential interest costs.
Roland Craigwell, Winston Moore
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