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Edible Pneumatic Battery for Sustained and Repeated Robot Actuation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This work presents an edible energy source and valve system to power soft, pneumatically driven edible robots. A chemical reaction between sodium bicarbonate and citric acid generates carbon dioxide gas, and a pressure‐triggered edible valve enables self‐repetitive motion of the edible actuator.
Bokeon Kwak, Shuhang Zhang, Alexander Keller, Qiukai Qi, Jonathan Rossiter, Dario Floreano   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Artificial Tactile Perception System for Exploring Internal and External Features of Objects via Time‐Frequency Features

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
By engaging in different active exploration behaviors, the tactile perception system can generate distinct signal modes, enabling the application of targeted decoding strategies for efficient and accurate perception of both external and internal object features.
Yuanzhi Zhou, Jingqi Zhang, Linyi Li, Muxing Huang, Ziyi Zhang, Xingmin Lu, Zilan Li, Xuchun Gui, Xinming Li   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Leaf Optical Responses to Light and Soil Nutrient Availability in Temperature Deciduous Trees [PDF]

, 2005
Leaf optical parameters influence light availability at the cellular, leaf, and canopy scale of integration. While recent studies have focused on leaf optical responses to acute plant stress, the effects of changes in plant resources on leaf optics ...
Baltzer, Jennifer L., Thomas, Sean C.
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A Review on Biodegradable Materials of Sustainable Soft Robotics and Electronics

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Biodegradable materials are gaining increasing attention in soft robotics and electronics due to their environmental friendliness, showing great potential for sustainability. In this review, the classification of biodegradable materials, their applications in the field of soft robotics and electronics, as well as the challenges and future prospects ...
Yizhu Xie, Jiaxin Han, Xingyi Dai, Xuyang Zhang, Kangwen Xiao, Junhui Huang, Yajun Cao, Aihua Zhong, Long‐Biao Huang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Leaf cuticular wax composition of a genetically diverse collection of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) cultivars evaluated under field conditions

Heliyon
Cuticular waxes of plants impart tolerance to many forms of environmental stress and help shed dangerous human pathogens on edible plant parts. Although the chemical composition of waxes on a wide variety of important crops has been described, a detailed
Wenting Luo, Emmanuel Gonzalez, Ariyan Zarei, Sebastian Calleja, Bruno Rozzi, Jeffrey Demieville, Haiquan Li, Maria-Jose Truco, Dean Lavelle, Richard Michelmore, John M. Dyer, Matthew A. Jenks, Duke Pauli   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Novel Vascularized Human Liver Organoids for Modeling Alcohol‐Induced Liver Injury and Developing Hepatoprotective Therapy

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study successfully engineered vascularized liver organoids (3HLOs) by co‐culturing human reprogrammed hepatocyte‐like cells (hrHLs) with human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and human umbilical mesenchymal stem cells (HUMSCs). Upon implantation, the 3HLOs established functional vascular anastomosis with the host circulation and ...
Kangdi Yang, Xiayan Chu, Xuerui Wang, Wenkun Zhang, Jinnuo Lu, Chuting Xu, Shoucheng Hu, Guoyu Pan, Chih‐Tsung Yang, Xiaohui Zhang, Shaojin Li, Zhaobin Guo, Hanyang Liu, Guangbo Ge   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Leaf Anatomical and Morphological Characteristics of some Species of Quercus, Fagus, and Castanea (Fagaceae) from some Habitats in Iran [PDF]

تاکسونومی و بیوسیستماتیک, 2019
The Fagaceae family is comprised of 8 genera with over 1000 different species. Despite many advances in understanding phylogenetic relationships based on molecular data, the existence of hybrids and/or the presence of ambiguous sequences justify careful ...
Zohreh Karimi, Azam Ghaviandam, Afzalsadat Borhani   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Epicuticular Leaf Wax of Euphorbia dendroides L., Euphorbiaceae

Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C, 1987
Quantity and composition of epicuticular leaf wax of Euphorbia dendroides L. was examined. The wax contained rt-alkanes, wax esters, aldehydes, fatty acids and primary alcohols. In addition to these common epicuticular wax constituents several triterpenoids and benzoic acid esters were found.
Paul-Gerhard Gülz, Herbert Hemmers, Jutta Bodden, Franz-Josef Marner   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Bio‐Based Wax Interfaces for Droplet Energy Harvesting at Fluoropolymer‐Like Output Levels

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Replacing unsustainable fluorinated polymers in droplet‐based energy harvesters is usually limited by low power outputs, but carefully selected bio‐based polymers are capable of creating fluoropolymer‐like voltage outputs. Abstract Droplet impact and rebound on solid surfaces has emerged as a promising method for energy harvesting, typically ...
Behnam Kamare, Mahla Shahabi, Matteo Carpi de Resmini, Tiago Fernandes, Fabian Meder   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tribological application and mechanism of epicuticular wax

Friction, 2018
The plant cuticle is a complex mixture of omnipresent, commonly monofunctional, fatty acid derivatives and taxon-specific, generally bifunctional, specialty compounds. This study explored expanded applications for these substances.
Xuwen Zhong, Yanqiu Xia, Xin Feng
doaj   +1 more source