Review of Thermally Activated Twisted Coiled Polymer Actuators: A Materials Science Perspective
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Thermally activated twisted and coiled polymer actuators (TCPAs) combine lightweight design, large deformation, and scalable fabrication for soft robotic and wearable applications. This review connects polymer structure, processing history, helix geometry, and thermomechanical characterization to actuator performance, highlighting current challenges in
Nadja Schenk +3 more
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Finite Element Model Updating Based on Sensitivity Analysis for 5-DOF Manipulator
, 2017 Multi-degree of freedom manipulators have become a hotspot in the field of robotics because of many advantages. In this paper, a 5-DOF manipulator was taken as the object of study.
Luo HT(骆海涛) +3 more
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Interface Effects in Ultrathin Silicon on Insulator Films
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This work establishes a systematic framework to discriminate how bulk and interface phenomena affect charge transport in ultrathin P‐doped silicon‐on‐insulator (SOI) films. For Si films below 15 nm, electrical characterization demonstrates that interface states drive charge transport, shifting the metal‐insulator transition (MIT) critical dopant ...
Andrea Pulici +8 more
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Development and biomechanical validation of a whole spine-thorax finite element model for quantitative biomechanical analysis. [PDF]
PeerJLi J +10 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Ferroelectric domain variants that are energetically equivalent are expected to remain preserved during polarization reversal. However, phase‐field simulations reveal that inclined domain walls in relaxor ferroelectrics can undergo irreversible elimination during alternating current poling through a proximity effect driven by long‐range elastic ...
Yuan‐Jie Sun +2 more
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Hybrid Finite Element Model for Predicting the Interface Pressure of Medical Compression Stockings. [PDF]
Int J Numer Method Biomed EngPita Miguélez I, Labanieh AR, Soulat D.
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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 +4 more
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Adaptive finite elements for viscoelastic deformation problems
, 2008 This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.This thesis is concerned with the theoretical and computational aspects of generating solutions to problems involving materials with fading memory, known as
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Tissue-Level Neck Response in Rotary-Wing Aircrew With Head-Supported Mass Assessed With Finite Element Model. [PDF]
Int J Numer Method Biomed EngHadagali P +3 more
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Bio‐Inspired Synthesis of Macroporous Single Crystal Particles as Scattering Agents
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A general strategy is presented that delivers unique, single‐crystal microparticles that combine submicron macroporosity and uniform particle shapes. A bioinspired approach is used to occlude three distinct types of additives – polystyrene microspheres, polymer vesicles and amino acids – within calcite single crystals, and subsequent thermal annealing ...
Stephanie E. Foster +11 more
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