Advanced Science, EarlyView.A “polymer‐in‐cage” strategy transforms a zinc‐acrylate copolymer into an active pore‐modulating agent for ZIF‐8 nanoplates. The polymer actively tunes the MOF's pore structure by anchoring within its windows, while the nanoplates create tortuous pathways.
Minsu Kim +9 more
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Exchangeable Liquid Crystal Elastomers: the way towards soft reversible actuators [PDF]
, 2022 Eugene M. Terentjev
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Laser‐induced graphene (LIG) provides a scalable, laser‐direct‐written route to porous graphene architecture with tunable chemistry and defect density. Through heterojunction engineering, catalytic functionalization, and intrinsic self‐heating, LIG achieves highly sensitive and selective detection of NOX, NH3, H2, and humidity, supporting next ...
Md Abu Sayeed Biswas +6 more
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Bioinspired Stretchable Polymers for Dynamic Optical and Thermal Regulation
Advanced Energy & Sustainability ResearchElaborated 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 +4 more
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The Role of Liquid Crystal Elastomers in Pioneering Biological Applications
CrystalsLiquid crystal elastomers have shown an attractive potential for various biological applications due to their unique combination of mechanical flexibility and responsiveness to external stimuli.
Faeze Shiralipour +5 more
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"Smart microwave devices with programmable printed circuit board (PPCB): design with liquid crystal elastomer polymers in transmission lines and circulators [PDF]
, 2023 Deepak Prabhala
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Hierarchical Artificial Muscle with Nonlinear Elasticity for Antagonistic and Cyclic Robotics
Advanced Science, EarlyView.We construct hierarchical muscles by plying nylon fibers around a heating wire. The hierarchical muscle shows a J‐shaped passive curve, which shows benefit in antagonistic muscle pair and work accumulation mechanism. We also develop a computational, first‐principle model to understand the physics of both active actuation stroke and passive J‐curve ...
Samuel Tsai +15 more
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Autonomous, untethered gait-like synchronization of lobed loops made from liquid crystal elastomer fibers via spontaneous snap-through [PDF]
, 2023 Dae Seok Kim +4 more
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Pellet Printing for Soft Robotic Devices
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Fused Granulate Fabrication (FGF) is established here as a reliable method for fabricating soft, airtight robotic devices. Through coordinated optimization of hardware, material selection, and process parameters, this approach enables high‐speed printing of thermoplastic elastomers with silicone‐like softness and modulus.
Yijia Wu +6 more
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Low‐Temperature Driven Liquid Crystal Elastomer Fibers and Smart Terry Fabrics [PDF]
Yichen Yao +9 more
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