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Fractals: An Eclectic Survey, Part II

Fractal and Fractional, 2022
Fractals are geometric shapes and patterns that can describe the roughness (or irregularity) present in almost every object in nature. Many fractals may repeat their geometry at smaller or larger scales.
Akhlaq Husain, Manikyala Navaneeth Nanda, Movva Sitaram Chowdary, Mohammad Sajid   +3 more
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Strategic Design of Soft Actuators in Translational Medical Robotics for Human‐Centered Healthcare

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Soft robotics enables biocompatible, compliant medical devices, but clinical translation requires design‐driven engineering beyond materials. This perspective reviews implantable, surgical, and wearable systems by actuation mechanism, highlighting how optimized architectures and integration improve mechanical interfacing, adaptability, and durability ...
Ho Jun Jin, Jimin Kim, Inho Kim, Bong Hoon Kim   +3 more
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Numerical Simulation of the Nonlinear Flow Properties in Self-Affine Aperture-Based Fractures

Advances in Civil Engineering, 2021
In order to study the effect of fracture geometry on the nonlinear flow properties in aperture-based fractures, a fractal model based on the self-affinity is proposed to characterize the three-dimensional geometry of rough-walled fractures.
Xin Zhou, Jianlong Sheng, Ruili Lu, Zuyang Ye, Wang Luo   +4 more
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Physical Origin of Temperature Induced Activation Energy Switching in Electrically Conductive Cement

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The temperature‐induced Arrhenius activation energy switching phenomenon of electrical conduction in electrically conductive cement originates from structural degradation within the biphasic ionic‐electronic conduction architecture and shows percolation‐governed characteristics: pore network opening dominates the low‐percolation regime with downward ...
Jiacheng Zhang, Xinyuan Ke, Andrew Heath, Richard J. Ball, Jiawei Xie, Jinchen Fan, Guisheng Li, Kevin Paine   +7 more
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Estimating the Permeability of Carbonate Rocks from the Fractal Properties of Moldic Pores using the Kozeny-Carman Equation [PDF]

Research Ideas and Outcomes, 2018
Reservoir modeling of carbonate rocks requires a proper understanding of the pore space distribution and its relationship to permeability. Using a pigeonhole fractal model we characterize the fractal geometry of moldic pore spaces and extract the fractal
Adewale Amosu, Hamdi Mahmood, Paul Ofoche   +2 more
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Functional Disorder at the Neural Interface: How Disordered Nanostructures Promote Proper Growth and Differentiation in In Vitro Neural Cultures

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This work provides a practical guide for neuroengineers to design advanced neural interfaces, embracing and tailoring the concept of functional disorder. By bridging 2D and 3D in vitro models, this work highlights how non‐periodic, spatially heterogeneous, multiscale nanotopography can enable more physiologically relevant platforms for studying neural ...
F. Maita, E. Palmieri, I. Lucarini, L. Montaina, L. Maiolo   +4 more
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Femtosecond‐Laser‐Induced Physical Unclonable Random Maze Structure for Storage‐Free Encryption

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Femtosecond‐laser‐induced gold random maze structures serve as multimodal physical unclonable functions for storage‐free encryption. Their stochastic optical, electrical, and Raman responses are generated by plasmon‐assisted Marangoni formation and converted into AES‐compatible keys without permanent secret‐key storage, offering a portable route toward
Shiru Jiang, Hongliang Li, Shengjie Ma, Sang‐Shin Lee, Lei Wang, Mengyun Hu, Heping Zeng   +6 more
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Strain‐Adaptive Dielectric Metamaterials via Bioinspired “Ligament‐Bone” Architecture for Ultrahigh‐Energy Capacitive Storage

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A bioinspired strain‐adaptive ligament‐bone architecture achieves record‐high energy density of 26.1 J cm−3 and 90% efficiency at 600 MV m−1, coupled with a Young's modulus of 2.13 GPa. ABSTRACT Polymer dielectrics for capacitive energy storage face fundamental trade‐offs between breakdown strength, energy density, efficiency, and mechanical robustness.
Jian Wang, Xinyu Wang, Jiabao Wang, Biyun Peng, Yifei Zhang, Ning Zhu, Xin Hu   +6 more
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Surface and Interfacial Engineering toward Durable Mechanically Coupled Flexible Electronics

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This Review highlights how surface and interfacial engineering governs the reliability, durability, and functional stability of mechanically coupled flexible electronics. By integrating fundamental interfacial theory, failure mechanisms, multiscale engineering strategies, and representative applications, it provides a design‐oriented framework for ...
Qian Wang, Fangfang Dai, Wei Wu
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Landscape Design and the language of Nature

Landscape Review, 2008
Recognition that we need to live in a more ecologically sustainable way and that the physical forms of designed landscapes are an expression of the social values and cultural drivers of the time has underpinned the call by some landscape design ...
Stephen Perry, Rob Reeves, Jeannie Sim
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