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Microfluidic Engineering of Microgels: A Review of Emerging Technologies, Materials, Fabrication Strategies, and Applications

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Recent advances in microfluidic technologies for microgel fabrication are critically reviewed, highlighting the capabilities and limitations of major microfluidic platforms and discussing how platform design, material selection, and crosslinking strategies influence microgel architecture and functionality. Current challenges and future opportunities in
Afshin Abrishamkar, Laura Neely, Cynthia Pham, Nada Ibrahim, Alexis Larios‐Cervantes, Ben A. Kertesz, Todd Hoare   +6 more
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Static and impact responses of syntactic foam composites reinforced by multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2020
The incorporation of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) into syntactic foams (hollow glass microspheres bonded to a polymer matrix) can enhance the mechanical performance of syntactic foams.
Fengling Bao, Jie Wang, Jun Wang, Shaohua Zeng, Xinghong Guo   +4 more
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Polyphenol‐Inspired Materials for Agricultural Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review outlines the use of polyphenol‐inspired materials for sustainable agriculture, highlighting their molecular design, interfacial assembly, structure–property relationships, and prospects toward precision agriculture, climate resilience, ecosystem protection, and circular bioeconomy strategies.
Haofu Liu, Omid Mazaheri, Zhixing Lin, Tianzheng Wang, Jingqu Chen, Yuang Gu, Xia Liang, Deli Chen, Frank Caruso   +8 more
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Investigation of Persistent Luminescence of Strontium Aluminate in Polymer Films for Passive Daytime Radiative Cooling Application

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Persistent Luminescence of doped SrAl2O4:Eu2+, Dy3+ formulated in polymer matrices is a promising solution to be integrated in building envelopes for enhancing Passive Daytime Radiative Cooling. ABSTRACT Persistent Luminescent (PersL) materials have found applications in several fields; their integration into passive daytime radiative cooling systems ...
Roberto Bondi, Francesco Marchini, Giulia Quaglia, Claudia Fabiani, Anna Laura Pisello, Loredana Latterini   +5 more
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Analytical modeling and numerical study using Finite Element Homogenization of thermomechanical properties of Epoxy (diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A)-Yttrium aluminosilicate glass composites for potential applications purposes

Results in Materials
This paper presents a general analytical and numerical study of the thermomechanical behavior of epoxy (diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A)-based syntactic foams reinforced with hollow yttrium aluminosilicate glass (Yas Glass) microspheres (termed particles)
Elyazid Ismaili, Ibrahim Haddouch, Mabrouk Benhamou, Ilias Mouallif, Oumaima Zhouri   +4 more
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Sub‐Diffraction and Irreversibly Tunable Imaging With Potato Starch Lenses

Advanced Optical Materials, EarlyView.
Native potato starch granules function as sustainable birefringent microlenses that enable polarization‐controlled conventional and vortex lensing via spin‐to‐orbital angular momentum conversion. They provide sub‐diffraction and spiral‐contrast imaging, support vortex‐array generation with controllable topological‐charge sign, exhibit irreversible ...
Petr Bouchal, Jiří Liška, Petr Viewegh, Radim Chmelík, Tomáš Šikola, Zdeněk Bouchal   +5 more
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Preparation Of Hollow Glass Microspheres By Flame Synthesis From Waste Glasses

Slovak and Czech glass conference & seminar on defects in glass., 2017
Hollow glass microspheres (HGMs) are a low cost but high performance material with a number of various applications. HGMs are desirable in many industries for use as fillers for various organic and inorganic matrices, or can find applications in the medical field, for fabrication of lightweight composite materials, buoyancy materials, thermal ...
Kraxner, Jozef, Chovanec Jozef, Galusek Dusan   +2 more
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Waveguide Photoactuators: Materials, Fabrication, and Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Waveguide photoactuators convert guided light into mechanical motion. Their tethered‐flexible design enables minimally invasive surgery and confined‐space robotics. This review aims to guide materials selection, device design, and system integration, accelerating the transition of waveguide photoactuators from laboratory prototypes to versatile ...
Minjie Xi, Hemin Pan, Yang Zong, Yongfeng Mei, Jizhai Cui   +4 more
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Atomization of Borosilicate Glass Melts for the Fabrication of Hollow Glass Microspheres

Processes, 2023
Direct atomization of a free-flowing glass melt was carried out using a high-speed flame with the aim of producing tiny, self-expanding glass melt droplets to form hollow glass microspheres. Atomization experiments were carried out using a specially adapted free-fall atomizer in combination with a high-power gas burner to achieve sufficient ...
Helling, Tobias, Reischl, Florian, Rosin, Andreas, Gerdes, Thorsten, Krenkel, Walter   +4 more
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Simulation of interfacial debonding in hollow particle reinforced composites with VCFEM

Scientific Reports
The addition of hollow glass microsphere into composites is a method to improve mechanical properties. However, the interfacial debonding of hollow microsphere inevitably causes a decrease in the mechanical properties of the material, which ultimately ...
Zhiyi Wang, Rui Zhang
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