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Radiative Thermal Management for Extreme Environments: Mechanisms and Design Strategies

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
In this review, we discuss the fundamental mechanisms of radiative cooling and solar heating, material and structural design strategies, hybrid approaches integrating additional heat transfer pathways, and durability‐oriented designs addressing environmental stresses.
Hyung Rae Kim, Haeseong Kim, Joo Hwan Ko, Gil Ju Lee, Dae‐Hyeong Kim, Young Min Song   +5 more
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Dynamic Deformation Testing and Analysis of Wet Cylinder Liners Using the Eddy Current Method

Energies
Improving the thermal efficiency of internal combustion engines plays a crucial role in reducing fuel consumption and engine emissions. Studies have shown that the friction loss caused by the piston ring–cylinder liner pair accounts for approximately 30 ...
Haining He, Lizhong Shen, Song Zu, Yuchen Xu, Jianping Song, Yuhua Bi   +5 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
wiley   +1 more source

The lightweight design of steel pistons for diesel engines based on thermo-mechanical characteristics

Scientific Reports
Traditional aluminum–silicon alloy pistons are gradually replaced by steel pistons, which has become the trend of future diesel engine development. However, the efficient design and broad application of steel pistons are limited by the higher density of ...
Yang Liu, Jilin Lei, Jikun Chen, Weiwei Gao, Hu Peng, Jianrui Wang   +5 more
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Defect‐Engineered ZnO Nanowire Arrays for Flexible Room‐Temperature Hydrogen Sensors

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Fabrication process of patterned ZnO nucleation sites on a flexible polyimide (PI) substrate. Top/tilted‐view SEM images of ordered ZnO nanoflower arrays confined within patterned circular regions. AFM topography map with height data revealing a disk‐array structure, where the patterned regions (marked by a red dot circle) are elevated by ∼2 µm ...
Jun‐Ting Wang, Imran Khan, Jhen‐De You, Fan‐Hua Kong, Chang‐Mou Wu, Po‐Kai Chiu, Ray‐Hua Horng, Jinn P. Chu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Research on the oscillating flow and heat transfer of the cooling gallery inside a multi-material composite piston

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
The heat transfer ability of cooling gallery inside high-strengthened diesel engine composite piston is highly required. This article established an oscillating heat transfer model for gas-liquid two-phase flow of cooling gallery.
Haixiang Yang, Jilin Lei, Chunming Wang, Fanghao Sun, Xiwen Deng, Jun Wen, Xiangsen Jiang   +6 more
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Microfabrication of Soft Millirobots Propelled by Low Voltage Electrohydraulic Actuators

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Manual layer‐by‐layer assembly is replaced by wafer‐level MEMS batch fabrication for compliant polymer‐based electrohydraulic actuators. The microfabricated devices integrate sacrificially defined microcavities, Parylene‐C‐sealed inlets, and multilayer polymer–metal films.
Shai Shmulevich, Florian Hartmann, Herbert Shea   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optical Analysis of Ignition Sparks and Inflammation Using Background-Oriented Schlieren Technique

Energies
To determine the timing of inflammation in gas and gasoline combustion engines, the point of 10% mass fraction conversion of fuel (MFB10) is commonly used.
Moritz Grüninger, Olaf Toedter, Thomas Koch   +2 more
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Soft Actuators Integrated with Control and Power Units: Approaching Wireless Autonomous Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Soft robots exhibit significant development potential in various applications. However, there are still key technical challenges regarding material improvement, structure design and components integration. This review focuses on the development and challenge of soft actuators, power components, and control components in untethered intelligent soft ...
Renwu Shi, Feifei Pan, Xiaobin Ji
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable Materials Design With Multi‐Modal Artificial Intelligence

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Critical mineral scarcity, high embodied carbon, and persistent pollution from materials processing intensify the need for sustainable materials design. This review frames the problem as multi‐objective optimization under heterogeneous, high‐dimensional evidence and highlights multi‐modal AI as an enabling pathway.
Tianyi Xu, Tianshuo Wei, Yan Ge, Bo Peng, Yue Li, Maolin Wang, Peng Wen, Chao Yang, Ye Wei   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source