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Texoskeletons: Developing the Fundamental Technologies for Creating Intelligent Soft Robotic Clothing With Integrated 1D Sensors and Actuators

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Traditional wearable exoskeletons rely on rigid structures, which limit comfort, flexibility, and everyday usability. This work introduces the fundamental technologies to create the first soft, lightweight, intelligent textile‐based exoskeletons (Texoskeletons) built using 1D sensors and actuators.
Amy Lukomiak, Rameesh Bulathsinghala, Jack Varga, Shuxin Meng, Kalana Marasinghe, Imaad Refai, Biyon Fernando, Amitkumar Patel, Chamika M. Halloluwa‐Arachchige, Carlos Oliveira, Arash M. Shahidi, Zahra Rahemtulla, Alexander Turner, Ziyun Ding, Bernard X. W. Liew, Andy Kerr, Ezio Preatoni, Theo Hughes‐Riley, Ishara Dharmasena, Pasindu Lugoda   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Co‐Electrospinning Extracellular Matrix with Polycaprolactone Enables a Modular Approach to Balance Bioactivity and Mechanics of a Multifunctional Bone Wrap

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
The incorporation of nondigested ECM and synthetic polymers into a co‐electrospinning system enables the decoupling of bioactivity and mechanical properties within a single wrap. This technique is used to develop a multifunctional bone wrap that achieves augmented membrane durability, sustained infection control, and enhanced vascularity for use in ...
Sarah Jones, Madeline Laude, Zeenat Oyebanji, Ruchi Birur, Andres Luengo Martinez, Isabelle Gilbert, Phillip Baek, Nichole Longbottom, Nicole McCullough, Staci J. Horn, Chien‐Yu Lin, Matthew J. Lohr, Fred Clubb, Manuel K. Rausch, Elizabeth Cosgriff‐Hernandez   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Laser‐Assisted Processing and Modification of Bioactive Glasses: A Review

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Laser technologies provide powerful tools to process and transform bioactive glasses for advanced biomedical applications. This review discusses laser‐matter interaction mechanisms, laser surface engineering, and laser‐assisted fabrication of scaffolds and nanofibers.
Antonio Riveiro, Mario González‐Quintas, Mónica Fernández‐Arias, Jesús del Val, Félix Quintero, Rafael Comesaña, Fernando Lusquiños, Julian R. Jones, Juan Pou   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

3D BEM-based cooling-channel shape optimization for injection moulding processes [PDF]

, 2008
International audienceToday, around 30 % of manufactured plastic goods rely on injection moulding. The cooling time can represents more than 70 % of the injection cycle.
F. Bugarin, F. Schmidt, Katsifarakis, Khayat, Kolossov, M. Mongeau, N. Pirc, Numer, Polynkin, Silva   +9 more
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Development of a Synthetic Hydrogel to Foster Microvascularization of an Endometriosis Microphysiological System

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The ascent of novel alternative methods in drug development spotlights the dual needs for improved biological fidelity to in vivo, along with reproducibility, especially in regulatory applications. The need for pre‐clinical models of patient‐derived endometriosis lesions motivates the development of a vascularizable, completely synthetic ...
Lauren Pruett, Laura Bahlmann, Ryan Ogi, Angela Jiao, Priyatanu Roy, Matthew Johnson, David Trumper, Linda Griffith   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microstructural and mechanical analysis of the skin/shell/core gradient structure of glass fibre- and talc-reinforced injection moulded iPP

Results in Materials
Injection moulding of filled polypropylene often results in a distinct skin–shell–core morphology, leading to heterogeneous mechanical and thermal properties across the part thickness.
Meik Albrant, Felipe Porcher, Falk Rohnstock, Dietmar Auhl, Asae Ito, Ryohei Ippitsu, Koh-hei Nitta, Yusuke Hiejima   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tribological behaviour of the low and high viscosity peek at various testing scales [PDF]

, 2012
Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) has become most attractive as a sliding bearing material in industrial applications, due to its excellent thermal stability, good friction and wear resistance. These properties promote the material to be used in so called high
De Baets, Patrick, Fernandez, Beatriz, Igartua, Amaia, Perez Delgado, Yeczain, Rodriguez Fereira, Vanessa, Schlarb, Alois K, Sukumaran, Jacob   +6 more
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A New 3D Colon on a Chip to Decipher the Influence of Mechanical Forces on the Physiological Cellular Ecosystem

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
To dissect how mechanical forces influence intestinal physiology, we developed a stretchable 3D colon‐on‐chip that integrates tunable topography, stiffness and peristalsis‐like motion within a physiologically relevant microenvironment. We showed that stretching is a dominant factor governing epithelial behavior, markedly enhancing proliferation and ...
Moencopi Bernheim‐Dennery, Lauriane Gérémie, Julie Brun, Lucas Chassatte, Giacomo Gropplero, Réda Bouras, Jieun Choo, Bertrand Cinquin, Alba Marcellan, Danijela Matic Vignjevic, Stéphanie Descroix   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimisation of plastic injection moulding parameters for biopolymer composite using Taguchi L9 method and mould flow analysis

Results in Materials
The production of bio-polymer composites through the injection moulding process often results in defects that can compromise product quality, especially when optimal parameters are not used for new materials.
Jibrilla Abdulrahman, Williams S. Ebhota, Pavel Y. Tabakov   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rapid Fabrication of Self‐Propelled and Steerable Magnetic Microcatheters for Precision Medicine

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A rapid Joule heating fabrication method for the production of self‐propelling, adaptive microcatheters, with tunable stiffness and integrated microfluidic channels is presented. Demonstrated through three microrobotic designs, including a steerable guiding catheter, an untethered wave‐crawling TubeBot, and a distal‐end propelled microcatheter, it was ...
Zhi Chen, Boris Rivkin, David Castellanos‐Robles, Ivan Soldatov, Lukas Beyer, Mariana Medina‐Sánchez   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source