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Increasing Inter‐Micellar Connectivity Toughens and Imparts Cooling‐Induced Shape Memory in Micellar Hydrogels

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Oligomerizing Pluronic triblock copolymers provides a processing strategy for tuning the mechanical properties and stimuli‐responsive behaviors of micellar hydrogels. Varying oligomer fraction produces hydrogels spanning brittle to highly extensible responses; maintaining micellar architectures enables cooling‐induced reverse thermal shape memory and ...
Gourav Kumbhojkar, Eric Yang, Arman Moussavi, EunBi Oh, Haeji Kim, Wei Chen, Junsoo Kim, Sinan Keten, Ryan L. Truby   +8 more
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Non-invasive estimation of inspiratory muscle pressure and work of breathing by airway pressure extrapolation from the P0.1 maneuver during assisted ventilation

Scientific Reports
Monitoring inspiratory effort during assisted mechanical ventilation is essential to balance lung protection and respiratory muscle loading. Esophageal pressure monitoring remains the reference standard for estimating inspiratory muscle pressure and work
Friederike Behmüller, Tatiana Maria Bastian, Helene Selpien, Christine Eimer, Norbert Weiler, Dirk Schädler, Giacomo Bellani, Tobias Becher   +7 more
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Functionalizing Micro‐to‐Mesoscopic Electrode Architectures for Regulating Electron Transfer Behaviors in Electrocatalysis

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A systematic review is conducted to assess the influence of electrode architecture across micro‐ to mesoscopic length scales on electron‐transfer pathways in electrocatalysis. We discuss the structure‐activity relationships in electrocatalytic applications, including resource recovery and environmental remediation, and provide cost‐effective, efficient
Manshu Zhao, Jiaojiao Zhang, Shideng Yuan, Xinmeng Yu, Keming Wan, Xiaoguang Duan, Zhining Wang   +6 more
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Use of pressure muscle index to guide pressure support ventilation setting: a study protocol and statistical plan for a prospective randomised controlled proof-of-concept trial

BMJ Open
Introduction Although pressure support ventilation is one of the most commonly used assisted ventilation modes in intensive care units, there is still a lack of precise strategies for setting pressure support.
Linlin Zhang, Jian-Xin Zhou, Yan-Lin Yang, Ran Gao, Ming-Yue Miao   +4 more
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Make‐Use‐Remake: Toward Indefinite Low‐Temperature Material Loops

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
We introduce a regenerable materials platform built from microparticles bound by a temperature‐responsive polymer shell, enabling strong, processable structures from diverse feedstocks. The material is shaped at low temperatures (80°C) using common manufacturing methods and reprocessed repeatedly in the presence of water, demonstrating stable ...
Nikola Křivánková, Wouter van der Wijngaart, Ulrica Edlund   +2 more
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Non-invasive respiratory supports on inspiratory effort in Covid-19: how and when is it matter of selection? [PDF]

Eur J Intern Med, 2022
Flora M, Mollica M, Fiorentino G, Esquinas AM.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Self‐Assembled Lipids as Soft Dielectrics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Self‐assembled lipid bilayers serve as soft dielectric materials for ultrathin electronics. Using liquid‐metal parallel‐plate junctions, the capacitance and dielectric breakdown of dehydrated lipid films are characterized. Dielectric behavior is controlled by lipid molecular structure, cholesterol content, and assembly conditions, providing molecular ...
Hao Yang, Yiding Li, Jitong Ren, Yu Shi, Charles M. Schroeder   +4 more
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Design and Characterization of a Two‐Dimensional Soft Array Based on Cooperative Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A fully polymeric two‐dimensional array of Dielectric Elastomers enables self‐sensing, cooperative actuation, and large‐stroke operation in a DE‐based autonomous conveyor. Based only on voltage and current measurements at actuator level, the system detects the presence of a ball and subsequently drives it toward a target position.
Saverio Addario, Alberto Priuli, Giovanni Soleti, Sebastian Gratz‐Kelly, Benjamin Zemlin, Stefan Seelecke, Gianluca Rizzello   +6 more
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Estimation of inspiratory effort using airway occlusion maneuvers in ventilated children: a secondary analysis of an ongoing randomized trial testing a lung and diaphragm protective ventilation strategy. [PDF]

Crit Care, 2023
Ito Y, Herrera MG, Hotz JC, Kyogoku M, Newth CJL, Bhalla AK, Takeuchi M, Khemani RG.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Coordinated Architectural and Chemical Reinforcement in the Crushing Mandible of a Soldier Termite

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
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, Patryk Wąsik, Juan Fernando Cucuyame Morales, Marie Kate Palau, Adrian Francisco Duran Ornelas, Phani Saketh Dasika, Jin Hee Kim, Radhika Laxminarayana, Eric Hintsala, Greta Chang, Junzhi Liao, Lizhi Sun, Nathan Lord, Atsushi Arakaki, Paul Bardunias, Pablo Zavattieri, David Kisailus   +16 more
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