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Biomimetic Actuator Based on the Evasion Behavior of Pillbugs in Liquid Crystal Elastomers

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are emerging smart materials, widely utilized due to their unique deformability and ease of manufacturing. LCEs, in their native state, lack intrinsic deformation control capabilities, relying on external stimuli to alter
Na Zhao (112953), Yu Huang (15093), Dong Zhou (313567), Yuxiang Li (142685), Yongjun Liu (291644), Yuzhou Chen (8435568)   +5 more
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Multidimensional and Multifunctional Laser‐Induced Graphene (LIG) for Point‐of‐Care and Wearable Biosensing, Theranostics, and Bioactive Interfaces Toward Personalized Healthcare and Regenerative Medicine

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Multidimensional laser‐induced graphene (LIG) spanning from 0D to 3D architectures is comprehensively reviewed for multifunctional biomedical platforms, including biosensing, theranostics, and bioactive interface applications, which highlights its potentials for point‐of‐care diagnostics, wearable health monitoring, smart drug delivery, and tissue ...
Li Zhang, Yurou Yuan, Xiaohong Ding, Wing Cheung Mak   +3 more
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Bioinspired Stretchable Polymers for Dynamic Optical and Thermal Regulation

Advanced Energy & Sustainability Research
Elaborated optical and thermal modulatory systems are of great importance to the survival and evolution of organisms in nature. Inspired by these natural intelligent systems, researchers have made great efforts for developing stretchable polymers and ...
Yanzhao Yang, Yuan Liu, Yuanhao Chen, Ling Wang, Wei Feng   +4 more
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Flexible Unusual Ternary‐Component Graded‐Modulus Dielectric Films with High‐Density Capacitive Energy Storage

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Hierarchical PP–LSR107–BaTiO3 nanocomposite films are fabricated by one‐step extrusion and stretching for roll‐to‐roll manufacture, combining high energy storage and processing flexibility. LSR107 surrounds BaTiO3‐rich regions, locating amorphous PP, decreasing defects, and introducing deep traps that homogenize the electric field and suppress charge ...
Yi Gao, Xin‐Jie Wang, Lei Huang, Kun Xing, Baoquan Wan, Yan‐Hui Song, Jian‐Tao Wang, Li‐Juan Yin, Tong Liang, Yan Meng, Zunpeng Feng, Kai Huang, Ke Bi, Shao‐Long Zhong, Zhi‐Min Dang   +14 more
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Electrohydraulic Folding Ring Actuators for Radially Contracting Applications

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This work presents an Electrohydraulic Folding Ring Actuator that combines high‐performance electrohydraulic actuation with origami‐inspired folding geometry to achieve constricting radial actuation. This integration yields significant inner lumen constriction, alongside a gripping force capable of holding objects exceeding four times the actuator's ...
Gavril Yong En Tan, Quan Xiong, Jonathan William Ambrose, Zeynep Altundal, Raye Chen‐Hua Yeow   +4 more
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Coupling between mesogenic units and polymer backbone in side-chain liquid crystal polymers and elastomers

, 1991
The levels of alignment of the mesogenic units and of the polymer backbone trajectory for polyacrylate based nematic side-chain liquid crystal polymers and elastomers were evaluated by using wide angle X-ray and small angle neutron scattering procedures.
Mitchell G R, Guo W, Cywinski, R., Cywinski R, Davis F J, Davis, F.J., Mitchell, G.R., Guo, W.   +7 more
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Neuromorphic Near‐Sensor and In‐Sensor Computing Enabled by Next‐Generation Material‐Based Sensors

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This Review presents a structural framework that classifies neuromorphic sensing into near‐sensor and in‐sensor architectures, clarifying physical coupling between sensing and computation. The framework connects neural and synaptic device functions with recent advances in optical, mechanical, and chemical sensing, compares energy consumption and ...
Su Yeon Jung, Gwang Ya Kim, Sejin Kim, Hyunjong Seo, Se Gi Lee, Sang Min Won, Dongjoon Rhee, Joohoon Kang   +7 more
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Multi‐Axis Stretchable Zippers for Personalized Wound Healing

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Multi‐axis stretchable zippers can adapt to complex wound morphologies and enable personalized wound treatment through programmable contraction. This morphological matching strategy helps accelerate wound closure, improve blood perfusion, promote epithelial regeneration, and enhance collagen remodeling, pioneering new directions for personalized and ...
Siyuan Cai, Guang Yao, Zijian Chen, Shiqi Zhou, Peisi Li, Liheng Lin, Huake Yang, Ziyi Zhou, Linbo Jin, Xingyi Gan, Chenzheng Zhou, Zhen Cai, Taisong Pan, Min Gao, Dongli Fan, Yuan Lin, Yiming Zhang   +16 more
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Strain‐Modulated Reconfigurable Optical Information Processing in Flexible Graphene/PDMS

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Graphene/PDMS—a stable, mechanically robust, and highly tunable flexible composite, exhibits excellent strain‐tunability. The spatial self‐phase modulation (SSPM) effect can be reversibly and continuously modulated by strain. A strain‐gated optical switch can be constructed, thereby realizing reconfigurable optical logic gates and reversible switching ...
Zexin Cui, Lihua Tong, Yuehua Wang, Mengting Jiang, Jiaxu Sun, Huabo Song, Qifan Li, Guangyuan Cui, Churui Guo, Wentao Meng, Shaoya Wang, Yuee Chen, Yanling Wu, Xiaodan Xu   +13 more
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Liquid Crystal Elastomers as Electrically Driven Soft Actuators

, 2009
A multifunctional liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs), an anisotropic gels, with large mechanical and optical effects in applied electric fields is investigated, when LCEs are swollen in a low molecular weight liquid crystal, 4-n-pentyl-4- cyanobiphenyl ...
, Y.Yusuf
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