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Functional Fibers in Soft Robotics: Advances in Material, Structural, and Systemic Tactics

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Fiber‐form robotic systems offer a scalable pathway toward embodied intelligence in soft robotics. This review surveys functional fibers as material, structural, and systemic elements, highlighting advances in responsive materials, architectural programing, and fabrication strategies.
Joonhee Won   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biomedical Applications of Liquid Metal Nanoparticles: A Critical Review

open access: yesBiosensors, 2020
This review is focused on the basic properties, production, functionalization, cytotoxicity, and biomedical applications of liquid metal nanoparticles (LMNPs), with a focus on particles of the size ranging from tens to hundreds of nanometers ...
Haiyue Li   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

All-soft multiaxial force sensor based on liquid metal for electronic skin

open access: yesMicro and Nano Systems Letters, 2021
Electronic skin (E-skin) capable of detecting various physical stimuli is required for monitoring external environments accurately. Here, we report an all-soft multiaxial force sensor based on liquid metal microchannel array for electronic skin ...
Kyuyoung Kim   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Harvesting vibrational energy with liquid-bridged electrodes: thermodynamics in mechanically and electrically driven RC-circuits

open access: yes, 2016
We theoretically study a vibrating pair of parallel electrodes bridged by a (deformed) liquid droplet, which is a recently developed microfluidic device to harvest vibrational energy.
Janssen, Mathijs   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Liquid Metals in Radio Frequency Applications: A Review of Physics, Manufacturing, and Emerging Technologies

open access: yesAdvanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.
This paper reviews the physics of liquid metals in RF devices, including the influence of mechanical strain on resonance as well as fabrication methods and strategies for designing tunable and strain‐tolerant inductors, capacitors, and antennas.
Md Saifur Rahman, William J. Scheideler
wiley   +1 more source

High-resolution, reconfigurable printing of liquid metals with three-dimensional structures [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
We report an unconventional approach for high-resolution, reconfigurable 3D printing using liquid metals for stretchable, 3D integrations. A minimum line width of 1.9 ??m can be reliably formed using direct printing, and printed patterns can be ...
An, Hyeon Seok   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Fiber‐type soft bioelectronics for wearable and implantable sensing and therapy

open access: yesBMEMat, EarlyView.
Fiber‐type soft bioelectronics are emerging as versatile platforms for wearable and implantable health monitoring and therapeutic applications. These bioelectronics use organic and inorganic matrices combined with advanced fillers, which feature high conductivity, electrochemical sensitivity, softness, and biocompatibility.
Haneul Kim   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dimensionality, secondary flows and helicity in low-Rm MHD vortices [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In this paper, we examine the dimensionality of a single electrically driven vortex bounded by two no-slip and perfectly insulating horizontal walls distant by $h$. The study was performed in the weakly inertial limit by means of an asymptotic expansion,
Baker, Nathaniel   +2 more
core   +4 more sources

Multifunctional Design of Solid Polymer Electrolytes: Paving the Way for High‐Performance All‐Solid‐State Batteries

open access: yesCarbon Energy, EarlyView.
This review provides a comprehensive and systematic overview of the multifunctional design strategies for solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs), a pivotal component for enabling high‐performance all‐solid‐state batteries (ASSBs). It begins with a detailed classification of SPE systems and elaborates on their respective molecular design principles. The work
Bin Man   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative study of thermohydraulic performance in mini-channel heat sink systems: Multi-objective optimization and exergy considerations

open access: yesCase Studies in Thermal Engineering
A numerical investigation is undertaken, employing a 3D conjugated heat transfer model to examine the impact of geometric configurations and hydrodynamical parameters on the overall thermal resistance and pumping power in mini-channels heat sinks.
Zouheyr Noui   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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