Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This study reports a microfluidic device with a functionalized surface utilizing a polyoxazoline coating and covalently immobilized gold nanoparticles and anti‐phosphatidylserine antibody. The device efficiently eliminates pre‐apoptotic and apoptotic spermatozoa and yields sperm with substantially improved quality and low DNA damage, offering a simple ...
Soraya Rasi Ghaemi +5 more
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Granular Jamming in Soft Robotics: Simulation Frameworks and Emerging Possibilities-Review. [PDF]
Biomimetics (Basel)Hrehova S +3 more
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Exploring Curvature Effects in Direct‐Written 3D Curved Hollow Magnetic Nanoshells
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Fabricated by a hybrid FEBID/CVD method, 3D PtC/Co3Fe core–shell heterostructures with engineered curvature and shell thickness exhibit complex reversal modes with axially symmetric N'eel‐type domain walls. XMCD‐PEEM combined with full‐scale micromagnetic simulations reveal how curvature and thickness govern the domain wall energy landscape and shape ...
Oleksii M. Volkov +10 more
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Design and Experimental Verification of a Gibbon-Inspired Tree-Climbing Robot for Forestry Environments. [PDF]
Biomimetics (Basel)Lu X, An J, Ga L, Bai X, Xu D, Li W.
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Counterion Dependent Side‐Chain Relaxation Stiffens a Chemically Doped Thienothiophene Copolymer
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Oxidation of a thienothiophene copolymer, p(g3TT‐T2), via different doping strategies and dopant molecules resulted in materials with similar oxidation levels and a high electrical conductivity of ≈100 S cm−1. However, mechanical properties varied significantly, with sub‐glass transition temperatures and elastic moduli spanning from –44°C to –3°C and ...
Mariavittoria Craighero +12 more
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Robot End-Effectors Adaptive Design Method Based on Embedding Domain Knowledge into Reinforcement Learning. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel)Zhu Y, Zhang T, Lu Y, Yao L.
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From Food to Power: Hydrogel Thermoelectrics for Ingestible Electronics
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.We introduce a fully edible thermoelectric–electrochromic platform that harvests heat from food and converts it into a visible color change. N‐type and p‐type hydrogel thermoelectric generators connected in series power anthocyanin‐based electrochromic displays, demonstrating the feasibility of safe, biodegradable, ingestible systems for on‐food ...
Antonia Georgopoulou +3 more
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Tribomechanical Behaviour and Elasto-Plastic Contact Response of 3D-Printed Versus Conventional Polymer Inserts in Robotic Gripping Interfaces. [PDF]
Polymers (Basel)Păduraru GI +4 more
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Polarizable Vanadium Dipoles Promote Water Dissociation on Vanadium‐Based Metal Organic Framework
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.The polarization of unpaired V 3d electrons weakens the H─O bond to improve water dissociation by the dual Vδ+:O─H and Pλ−:H─O coupling hydrogen bonds formation and relaxation. P@V‐MOF electrocatalyst shows low overpotentials (94 mV in acid, 178 mV in neutral, and 77 mV in alkaline solutions) with excellent stability for effective overall water ...
Xinjuan Liu +13 more
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Calibration-free per-finger force-feedback slip control for grasping by anthropomorphic hand with tri-axial tactile sensors. [PDF]
Front Robot AIWong DCY, Zhu ZH.
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