Coordinated Architectural and Chemical Reinforcement in the Crushing Mandible of a Soldier Termite
The crushing mandible of a soldier termite withstands substantial biting loads despite lacking mineral. Its cuticle is partitioned: convex teeth pair hardness and zinc enrichment with aligned chitin fibers for contact durability, while stiffer concave regions between teeth carry bending loads.
Andrew Tran Nguyen +16 more
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Equivalent Modeling and Calculation of the Infrared Characteristics of Combined Multi-Regular Triangular Pyramid Cavity Structures Based on Cavity Radiation Theory. [PDF]
Zhou S, Hu S, Wu H, Luo Y.
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A scalable, solution‐processed WSe2/ZrO2‐x van der Waals heterostructure realizes a light‐induced field‐tunneling synapse (LIFTS) that activates exclusively under bright illumination, emulating the photopic adaptation of the human retina at the device level.
Kijeong Nam +10 more
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Area-Driven Adaptive Sampling of Closed Droplet Contours for Vision-Based Droplet Observation. [PDF]
Wang X +6 more
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Bone‐Inspired Recyclable Composites for Damage‐Tolerant Circular Materials
Bone‐inspired architected composites are developed by combining osteon‐like reinforcements with a recyclable Elium thermoplastic matrix. The hierarchical architecture redirects cracks and promotes energy dissipation, while enabling recovery of intact, aligned, load‐bearing reinforcement units that retain their original stiffness, revealing a route ...
Alessandro Stagni +4 more
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A Classification of Intrinsic Ergodicity for Recognisable Random Substitution Systems. [PDF]
Gohlke P, Mitchell A.
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Bio‐Inspired Artificial Ionic Mechanoreceptor
A skin‐inspired artificial mechanoreceptor based on ionic interactions is presented for biomimetic tactile sensing. Pressure‐driven ionic redistribution within microfluidic channels generates a self‐powered electrical signal without external bias. The generated waveform exhibits mechanoreceptor‐like temporal features, including overshoot and undershoot,
Mohammad Akbari +4 more
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An Information-Geometric Justification for Composite Coherence in Event-Based Narrative Extraction. [PDF]
Keith-Norambuena B.
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Kinetics‐Controlled Architecture of Binder‐Free Organic Electrodes for Enhanced Ion Transport
Pulse reverse electrodeposition controls nucleation and growth to create hierarchically porous Py‐derived oligomeric electrodes with enhanced ionic accessibility and reduced transport resistance. The resulting binder‐free architectures translate these transport advantages into practical sodium‐storage functionality.
Satendra Kumar +1 more
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Evolutionary diversification via modular compliance for self-reconfigurable continuum robots. [PDF]
Cai Y, Huang Z, Wang Y, Xu H, Chen Y.
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