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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
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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
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Surface hardening of ductile austenitic lightweight steel through powder bed fusion 3D printing

Journal of Materials Research and Technology
To save energy and reduce CO2 emissions, the lightweight design of structural components has recently become a global issue. Fe–Mn–Al–C based alloys with a low mass density have received considerable attention as structural materials enabling such ...
Joonoh Moon, Hyun-Uk Hong, Hyungkwon Park, Hyo-Haeng Jo, Seong-Jun Park, Chansun Shin, Heung Nam Han, Myoung-Gyu Lee, Jae Suk Jeong, Bong Ho Lee, Chang-Hoon Lee   +10 more
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Experimental Study of High-Strength Steel Fiber Lightweight Aggregate Concrete on Mechanical Properties and Toughness Index

Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2020
In this paper, three different kinds of steel fibers, being micro (M), end-hooked (H), and corrugated (C), commonly used in engineering applications, are added to high-strength lightweight aggregate concrete (HLAC) to study the effects of steel fiber and
Yanxia Ye, Jilei Liu, Zhiyin Zhang, Zongbin Wang, Qiongwu Peng   +4 more
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Microsphere‐Templated Conductive Syntactic Foams for Recyclable and Additively Manufactured Soft Electronics

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This work introduces a microsphere‐templated strategy to fabricate reprocessable PEDOT:PSS syntactic foams with tunable porosity, stable conductivity, and 3D printability. In situ PEDOT:PSS coatings create a conductive network that maintains electrical performance at high void fractions.
Gayaneh Petrossian, Yassine Diouri, Bolan Xu, Sara Ebrahimi, Atharva Pande, Floriane Miquet‐Westphal, Hang Xu, Fabio Cicoira   +7 more
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Improving lightweight materials processing for automotive by using intercritical annealing

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2018
“Fat men cannot run as fast as thin men, but we build most of our vehicles as though deadweight fat increased speed…. I cannot imagine where the delusion that weight means strength came from….” - Henry Ford. Fuel efficiency and safety innovations are the
Dewi Basoeki Prita
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Self‐Assembled Monolayers in p–i–n Perovskite Solar Cells: Molecular Design, Interfacial Engineering, and Machine Learning–Accelerated Material Discovery

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review highlights the role of self‐assembled monolayers (SAMs) in perovskite solar cells, covering molecular engineering, multifunctional interface regulation, machine learning (ML) accelerated discovery, advanced device architectures, and pathways toward scalable fabrication and commercialization for high‐efficiency and stable single‐junction and
Asmat Ullah, Ying Luo, Stefaan De Wolf
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Effect of cooling rate on corrosion resistance and behavior of micro-alloyed cast AZ91-Ca-Y alloy

Journal of Magnesium and Alloys
Micro-alloying is an effective approach for improving the corrosion resistance of cast AZ91. However, the effect of micro-alloyed elements on corrosion resistance can be varied depending on the solidification rate influencing the diffusion and ...
Hongxiu Liu, Jun-Ho Bae, Jae-Wook Kang, Jun-Seob Lee, Jae-Yeon Kim, Bong-Sun You   +5 more
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Earthquake Response of Cold-Formed Steel-Based Building Systems: An Overview of the Current State of the Art

Buildings, 2019
Building systems fabricated with cold-formed steel (CFS) profiles and members made of wood, gypsum, or other materials allow solving a range of issues arising in common constructional elements thanks to their advantages, such as lightness, strength ...
Gianmaria Di Lorenzo, Attilio De Martino
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Rational Tuning of Hygroscopic Oscillation of Stacked Nanoflake Assemblies for Continuous Ambient Energy Harvesting

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Stacked nanoflake assembly (SNA) membranes can oscillate autonomously, offering opportunities for soft actuation and energy harvesting. This work uncovers the physical mechanism behind the sustained oscillation of SNA membranes in gradient humidity and identifies three governing dimensionless parameters, enabling rational design for optimizing SNA ...
Zijing Zhang, Jimin Fu, Gesa Zhang, Zhihua Liang, Boxun Zhang, Haimin Yao   +5 more
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