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Digital Actuation Control of Soft Robotic Origami With Self‐Folding Liquid Crystal Elastomer Hinges

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Self‐folding soft‐rigid hybrid robotic origami is enabled by liquid crystal elastomer actuators with embedded Joule heating and closed‐loop digital control. Digitally addressable hinges provide reversible and programmable transitions between distinct folded states while maintaining actuation performance at high cycle counts (over 1500).
David C. Bershadsky, Tuo Zhao, Glaucio H. Paulino, Emily C. Davidson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Review of Hybrid-Electric Propulsion in Aviation: Modeling Methods, Energy Management Strategies, and Future Prospects

Aerospace
Aviation is under increasing pressure to reduce carbon emissions in conventional transports and support the growth of low-altitude operations such as long-endurance eVTOLs.
Feifan Yu, Jiajie Chen, Panao Gao, Yu Kong, Xiaokang Sun, Jiqiang Wang, Xinmin Chen   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Meta‐Rod Mechanical Metamaterials With Programmable Reconfiguration

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Existing mechanical metamaterials achieve programmable large deformations in planar square or cubic configurations, restricted by required complex boundary conditions. This research proposes a 1D metamaterial, Meta‐rod, with linear, bending, twisting, area, and volume deformation modes.
Atharva Pande, Lyes Kadem, Hang Xu
wiley   +1 more source

Flight Time Optimization and Modeling of a Hybrid Gasoline–Electric Multirotor Drone: An Experimental Study

Aerospace, 2022
Drones have evolved rapidly over the decades, but the limited flight time inhibits multirotor drones from performing long-duration tasks. Batteries that power drones are considered an inadequate power source due to their low energy density.
Khaled Jarrah, Yazen Alali, Alyssa Lalko, Osamah Rawashdeh   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quasi‐Static to Supersonic Energy Absorption of Nanoarchitected Tubulanes and Schwarzites

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Nanoarchitected energy‐absorptive Tubulanes exhibit record energy absorption under quasi‐static conditions and exceptional inelastic energy dissipation under 750 m s−1 ballistics impact, with high performance spanning strain rates of 12 orders of magnitude.
Peter Serles, Alianna Maguire, Thomas Butruille, Jet Lem, Shuo Yang, Pedro Guerra Demingos, Sahar Choukir, Michel Haché, Boran Kumral, Katherine Jia, Charles Jia, Yu Zou, Chandra Veer Singh, Carlos M. Portela, Jun Lou, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Tobin Filleter   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

An earth pole-sitter using hybrid propulsion [PDF]

, 2010
In this paper we investigate optimal pole-sitter orbits using hybrid solar sail and solar electric propulsion (SEP). A pole-sitter is a spacecraft that is constantly above one of the Earth's poles, by means of a continuous thrust.
Becerra V. M., Betts J. T., Driver J. M., Fahroo F., Fornberg B., Mengali G., Powell M. J. D., Quarta A. A., Wertz J. R.   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

Bio‐Inspired Molecular Events in Poly(Ionic Liquids)

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Originating from dipolar and polar inter‐ and intra‐chain interactions of the building blocks, the topologies and morphologies of poly(ionic liquids) (PIL) govern their nano‐ and micro‐processibility. Modulating the interactions of cation‐anion pairs with aliphatic dipolar components enables the tunability of properties, facilitated by “bottom‐up ...
Jiahui Liu, Marek W. Urban
wiley   +1 more source

Experimental Research on the Energy Efficiency of a Parallel Hybrid Drive for an Inland Ship

Energies, 2019
The growing requirements for limiting the negative impact of all modes of transport on the natural environment mean that clean technologies are becoming more and more important.
Wojciech Litwin, Wojciech Leśniewski, Daniel Piątek, Karol Niklas   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unveiling Multidimensional Physicochemical Design Principles for Tissue Processing Hydrogels

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study establishes a materials‐based design framework for polymer hydrogels in tissue clearing, linking physicochemical properties to performance in tissue processing, labeling, and imaging. By analyzing rheology, swelling, porosity, antibody diffusion, mechanical performance, and thermochemical stability across platforms, this work provides a ...
Sangjae Kim, Siheon Lee, Jinsoo Na, James Sangmin Choo, Inho Kim, Junsang Doh, Jeong‐Yun Sun, Chang Yeol Lee, Juhyuk Park   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drug‐Free Thrombolysis Mediated by Physically Activated Micro/Nanoparticles

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Overview of particle‐mediated thrombolytic effects (thermal, mechanical, and chemical) and their activating physical stimuli (light, ultrasound, and magnetic field) in drug‐free thrombolysis. ABSTRACT Thrombus‐associated disorders rank among the world's leading causes of death, with ischemic heart disease and stroke as the main contributors.
Pierre Sarfati, Yoann Lalatonne, Cédric Chauvierre   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source