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Preparation of polyethylene glycol brush grafted from the surface of nitrile butadiene rubber with excellent tribological performance under aqueous lubrication

open access: yesMaterials & Design, 2022
The water-lubricated bearing will be in a state of poor lubrication when marine stern shafts operate under low speed and heavy load conditions, which could cause severe wear and vibration, endangering the stealth performance of underwater vehicles.
Yinsong Liu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Polymer Substrates for Flexible Sensors: Advances and Contributions to Smart Agriculture

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes recent advances in polymer‐based flexible sensors for smart agriculture, focusing on polymer substrate design, interface engineering, and applications in soil, plant, animal, aquaculture, and post‐harvest monitoring.
Yihui Li   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ultrasonic line source and its coupling with the tool induced heat generation and material flow in friction stir welding

open access: yesJournal of Materials Research and Technology, 2022
To understand the synchronous interaction mechanism between the ultrasonic vibration exerted on the tool and the tool induced thermo-mechanical behavior in ultrasonic vibration-assisted friction stir welding (UVaFSW) process, the geometric shape of the ...
Guanlan Zhang   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Advances in Friction-Induced Vibration in Applied Engineering

open access: yesCoatings, 2023
Friction plays a crucial role in various engineering fields, including advanced manufacturing, transportation, aerospace, and bioengineering [...]
Zilin Li, Shangwen He
openaire   +1 more source

Molecular Rotors: From Newtonian Fluids to Functional Materials as Viscosity and Temperature Sensing Tools

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Molecular rotors are fluorescent molecules that are sensitive to viscosity and temperature variations in the environment. They exhibit a direct correlation between fluorescence and viscosity within Newtonian fluids. However, this correlation becomes less straightforward in complex systems.
Flavia Di Scala   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in the design and fabrication of sensory‐adaptation‐inspired devices and highlights their valuable applications in electronic skin, wearable electronics, and machine vision. The existing challenges and future directions are addressed in aspects such as device performance optimization ...
Guodong Gong   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recent progress and development of vibration-assisted metal forming process

open access: yesJournal of Materials Research and Technology
Ultrasonic vibration-assisted plastic processing technology effectively reduces the forming force during metal processing and enhances the overall performance and processing quality of materials by exploiting the surface and volume effects of ultrasonic ...
Zhichao Xu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rapid Fabrication of Self‐Propelled and Steerable Magnetic Microcatheters for Precision Medicine

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
A rapid Joule heating fabrication method for the production of self‐propelling, adaptive microcatheters, with tunable stiffness and integrated microfluidic channels is presented. Demonstrated through three microrobotic designs, including a steerable guiding catheter, an untethered wave‐crawling TubeBot, and a distal‐end propelled microcatheter, it was ...
Zhi Chen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

STUDY ON THE THERMAL-MECHANICAL COUPLING CHARACTERISTICS OF DISC BRAKE UNDER DRAG AND START-STOP BREAKING MODES

open access: yesJixie qiangdu, 2020
A three-dimensional thermal-mechanical coupling finite element model of disc brake is established,and the thermal-mechanical coupling characteristics and friction-induced vibration characteristics in two modes: drag braking and startstop braking is ...
YUAN Qiong, LI ShiSheng
doaj  

Miniature Soft Robot With Magnetically Reprogrammable Surgical Functions

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Miniature soft robots have great prospects to revolutionize minimally invasive treatments. Here we present a miniature soft robot, which can be reprogrammed to perform five surgical functionalities with six‐degrees‐of‐freedom motions. This soft robot can prospectively make minimally invasive surgery considerably safer and painless, and enable ...
Chelsea Shan Xian Ng   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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