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Azobenzene's Cross‐Scale Optics and Photonics: Molecular Photoswitching, Mesoscopic Material Motions, and Adaptive Devices

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Azobenzene photoswitches translate molecular‐scale E/Z photoisomerization into macroscopic material responses and device‐level photonic functions. This Review highlights how azobenzene research has evolved from molecular photochemistry to photoalignment, mass migration, photomechanics, and heat release, ultimately enabling holography, reconfigurable ...
Heeju Son, Soyul Kwak, Heerin Noh, Minsang Kim, Doyeon Noh, Subhayan Chakraborty, Jaewon Lee, YongDeok Cho, Kyeongsoo Kim, Taewoong Eom, Moonyoung Kim, Jangwon Kim, Hoyoung Lee, Soyoung Lee, Jaehun Kim, Grace G. D. Han, Shin‐Tson Wu, Stefano Oscurato, Arri Priimagi, Marina Saphiannikova, Seungwoo Lee   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Linear Proof Mass Actuator [PDF]

, 1994
This paper describes the mechanical design, analysis, fabrication, testing, and lessons learned by developing a uniquely designed spaceflight-like actuator.
Holloway, Sidney E., III
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Neuromorphic Electronics for Intelligence Everywhere: Emerging Devices, Flexible Platforms, and Scalable System Architectures

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The perspective presents an integrated view of neuromorphic technologies, from device physics to real‐time applicability, while highlighting the necessity of full‐stack co‐optimization. By outlining practical hardware‐level strategies to exploit device behavior and mitigate non‐idealities, it shows pathways for building efficient, scalable, and ...
Kapil Bhardwaj, Roshni Satheesh Babu, Yuxin Xia, Eva Bestelink, Radu Sporea, Nikos Hastas, Ioannis Zeimpekis, Dimitra G. Georgiadou, Sayani Majumdar   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Can Elastomers Combine Stiffness, Toughness and Fatigue Resistance?

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review studies how the molecular and macroscopic architecture of elastomers influence their mechanical properties including: stiffness, stretchability, toughness, fatigue resistance, and damping behavior. By linking the structure to performance, it proposes design principles for advanced elastomeric systems that combine mechanical properties ...
Eva Baur, Esther Amstad
wiley   +1 more source

Autonomous Folding of Soft Matter From Living Polymers

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Origami structures are endowed with “living” polymer creases that grow, remodel, and stiffen in response to nutrient solutions. This post‐fabrication growth enables autonomous folding, iterative regrowth, and mechanical tuning involving origami assemblies, such as cranes, Miura‐ori tessellations, rigid and non‐rigid square‐twist patterns, establishing ...
Jiahe Huang, Tuo Zhao, Shixi Zang, Deep Malu, Huajian Ji, Glaucio H. Paulino, Yuhang Hu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modelling, control and monitoring of high redundancy actuation [PDF]

, 2010
The High Redundancy Actuator (HRA) project investigates a novel approach to fault tolerant actuation, which uses a high number of small actuation elements, assembled in series and parallel in order to form a single intrinsically fault tolerant actuator ...
Davies, Jessica
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Bioinspired Adaptive Surfaces for Intelligent Liquid Manipulation: Progressing From Passive and Active to Hybrid Strategies

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review examines passive, active, and hybrid liquid manipulation strategies, highlighting hybrid approaches as an emerging route to reconcile energy efficiency with adaptive control. By actively reconstructing passive surfaces to store programmable interfacial energy, hybrid systems enable flexible yet low‐power liquid transport, with perspectives ...
Jiaqi Miao, Yiyuan Zhang, Liqiu Wang, Alan C. H. Tsang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of Various Permanent Magnet Arrangements on Linear Actuator

, 2012
Linear actuator is use to provide linear motion with absence of motion translator. By using the linear actuator, the linear motion could be produce with high degree of efficiency. Slot less type and slot type are two type of linear actuator. Apart being
Abdul Shukor, Fairul Azhar, Nirei, Masami, Tashiro, Kunihisa, Wakiwaka, Hiroyuki, Misron, Norhisam   +4 more
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Soft Skins With Reversible Thickness Morphing: Materials, Mechanisms, and Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Evolution of electronic skin (e‐skin) technologies toward adaptive, multifunctional soft skins. Phase I highlights early rigid and discrete sensory interfaces. Phase II shows the transition toward flexible, stretchable, and large‐area e‐skin. Phase III captures the emergence of computational e‐skin.
Oliver Ozioko, Chiamaka Akah, Ravinder Dahiya   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source