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Magnetic Textiles: A Review of Materials, Fabrication, Properties, and Applications
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Magnetic textiles (M‐textiles) are emerging as a programmable materials platform that merges magnetic matter with hierarchical textile structures. This article consolidates magnetic material classes, textile architectures, and fabrication and magnetization strategies, revealing structure–property–function relationships that govern magneto‐mechanical ...
Li Ke +3 more
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Thermomechanical properties of monodomain nematic main-chain liquid crystal elastomers
, 2018 Actuation temperature was controlled without influencing total actuation performance in liquid crystal elastomers fabricated by a two-stage reaction scheme.
Christopher M. Yakacki +4 more
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Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.This review presents recent progress in vision‐augmented wearable interfaces that combine artificial vision, soft wearable sensors, and exoskeletal robots. Inspired by biological visual systems, these technologies enable multimodal perception and intelligent human–machine interaction.
Jihun Lee +4 more
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Aerial Track‐Guided Autonomous Soft Ring Robot
Advanced ScienceNavigating in three‐dimensional (3D) environments with precise motion control is challenging for soft robots due to their inherent flexibility. Inspired by aerial trams, here, an autonomous soft twisted ring robot is reported capable of navigating pre ...
Fangjie Qi +4 more
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Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Metallic microparticles dispersed in liquid metal interconnects mitigate electromigration‐induced failure by reconfiguring internal current density distributions. These fillers facilitate the growth of a robust, protective gallium oxide shell at elevated temperatures, shifting the failure threshold toward a thermal limit.
Ethan J. Krings +6 more
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Thermo‐Derived Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Elastomer Pattern with Composite Structural Colors
Advanced Optical Materials, EarlyView.A thermochromic cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) oligomer was synthesized for the preparation of CLC elastomer (CLCE) films with dual reflection bands. Subsequently, a CLCE pattern with composite structural colors was prepared, which was suitably applied for decoration and anti‐counterfeiting.
Li Zhong, Yi Li, Wei Liu, Yonggang Yang
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Modulus‐Switchable Miniature Robots for Biomedical Applications: A Review
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Materials, robot designs, proof‐of‐concept functions, and biomedical applications of modulus‐switchable miniature robots. Miniature soft robots have shown great potential in biomedical applications due to their excellent controllability and suitable mechanical properties in biological environments.
Chunyun Wei, Yibin Wang, Jiangfan Yu
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The Mechanical Modeling of Liquid Crystal Elastomers [PDF]
Liquid crystal elastomers are exotic anisotropic materials endowing the energetic effects of liquid crystals to elastomeric rubber-like networks. Applications of these materials are advancing over the past 20 years, with the most recent being in soft ...
El Hajj Chehade, Ali
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Strong‐Magnetic Flexible Composites for Magnetically Responsive Soft Robots
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This perspective provides an overview of the performance mechanisms, preparation methods, and applications of strong magnetic flexible composite materials in soft actuators (such as gripping, movement, and sensing), and further explores current opportunities and challenges.
Wenwen Li +4 more
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High Strain Rate Behavior of Liquid Crystal Elastomers
Liquid crystal elastomers are rubbery solids that couple liquid crystalline order and deformation. This coupling leads to properties that are attractive for a number of applications in soft robotics and energy absorption.
Bhattacharya, Kaushik +3 more
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