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Multistage, Self‐Sensing Artificial Muscles With Coordination From Liquid Crystal Elastomer‐Graphene Composite Fibers

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Inspired by skeletal muscles’ precision and endurance, CoilLCE integrates a self‐sensing liquid crystal elastomer/graphene artificial muscle with an embedded Joule‐heating copper coil, enabling closed‐loop multistage actuation with programmable intermediate states (strain accuracy of 2%), and antagonistic coordination (32% total strain). These features
Ziyun Zhang, Xuelin Wu, Yinding Chi, Qingya Huang, Yaoye Hong, Antonio Proctor Martinez, Jingxian Wu, Bingzhi He, Cynthia Sung, Shu Yang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microscale Patterning of Ultrahigh‐Viscosity Metallic‐Polymer Composites via Embedded Droplet Writing

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A hybrid additive manufacturing platform integrates direct droplet writing of metallic composite with VAT photopolymerization to fabricate architected soft magnetic composites. This approach enables microscale patterning of high‐viscosity materials for programmable actuators, adaptive fluidic devices, and switchable adhesives, offering tunable ...
Yeowon Yoon, Jian Ni, Sungmo Park, Yang Xu, Yong Chen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Large-stroke flexure hinges

Mikroniek, 2017
Large-stroke flexure hinges inherently lose support stiffness when deflected, due to load components in compliant bending and torsion directions. To maximise performance over the entire range of motion, a topology optimisation suited to large-stroke flexure hinges has been developed to obtain an optimised design tuned for a specific application.
Naves, Mark, Aarts, R.G.K.M., Brouwer, Dannis Michel   +2 more
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Graded Metallopolymer Structures with Shape‐Memory Abilities via DLP‐Based 3D‐Printing

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents the digital light processing (DLP) based 3D printing of graded metallopolymers featuring shape‐memory abilities. The permanent shape can be recovered in two distinct steps with excellent rates. The obtained graded prints range from simple rod‐like structures to complex hollow materials.
Michael Klein, Michael F. Agyemang, Michael Schmitt, Jürgen Popp, Martin D. Hager, Stefan Zechel, Ulrich S. Schubert   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

In Situ Magnetic Ordering and Microfabrication of Liquid Crystal Networks with Discretized Alignment

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Miniaturizing liquid crystal network actuators typically demands costly laser writing or digital light processing. A low‐cost photolithography platform couples rotating photomasks with a Halbach magnetic array to discretize in‐plane molecular alignment down to 50 µm, producing programmable, light‐responsive grippers, checkerboards, and origami‐inspired
Matthew Gene Scarfo, Ramón S. Herrera Restrepo, Irving Hafed Tejedor Garcia, Hamed Shahsavan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Methodical development of a parallel kinematic positioning system based on monolithic structures with flexure hinges

, 2016
This study deals with the characterization of flexure hinges for the purpose of implementation in high-precision micro manipulators that exhibit a repeatability of the order of 0.1 µm within a working space of the order of 1 mm.
Ivanov, Ivan
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Chemical Strategies for Multistimuli Responsive Dynamic Covalent Materials in Regenerative Medicine

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Multistimuli responsive dynamic covalent materials integrate reversible chemistry with the complex chemical, mechanical, and biochemical cues of regenerative environments. This review highlights chemical strategies based on orthogonal dynamic bonds, multicomponent networks, and hierarchical architectures to regulate mechanics, degradation, and ...
Saurabh Joshi, Matthew B. Baker, Dominik Schauenburg   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recent Progress in the Phase‐Controlled Synthesis of Ruthenium Nanocrystals for Catalytic Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Template effect and kinetic control enable crystal‐phase engineering of Ru nanocrystals, granting access to either metastable fcc‐Ru or stable hcp‐Ru with distinct surface structures, thermal stabilities, and catalytic behaviors. Moreover, the hcp‐Ru can further serve as an epitaxial template to direct Pd and Rh nanocrystals into the metastable hcp ...
Jianlong He, Zhiqi Wang, Jiaqi Guan, Younan Xia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fatigue Failure Analysis and Life Prediction of Elliptical Flexible Hinge

Jixie chuandong, 2019
For the flexible hinge of compliant mechanism under the action of alternating symmetrical cyclic load, the stress concentration in the weakest area of the flexible hinge is easy to cause, resulting in the fatigue failure of the flexure hinge，taking the ...
Jianjun Wu, Yian Jia, Jihui Luo
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Flexure hinges and their properties

, 2013
The main goal of this thesis is to cast an overall glance on flexure hinges. They can be either monolithic or assembled from different pieces, but either way, the material elasticity is used in order to produce controlled rotations or translations.
Georgiev, Yordan
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