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Natural Aging of Biomaterials in Ambient and Physiological Environments

Advanced NanoBiomed Research, EarlyView.
Biomaterials used in biomedical applications can change their physical properties over time, even under ambient and physiological conditions. This review highlights key studies on the natural aging of materials ranging from soft hydrogels to metals and ceramics, emphasizing how time‐dependent changes influence function and performance.
Shuyu Zhang, Anne E. Staples
wiley   +1 more source

Editorial: Soft robotics based on liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs)

Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022
Zhijian Wang, Jennifer Boothby, Devin J. Roach, Qiguang He   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Polydomain Liquid Crystal Elastomers with Mechanically Switchable Opacity for Thermal Shielding. [PDF]

ACS Polym Au
Turriani M, Lanfranchi A, Wiersma DS, Parmeggiani C, Lova P, Martella D.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

4D Materials of Tough and Rapid Thermoresponsive Hydrogel by PET‐RAFT Polymerization

Journal of Applied Polymer Science, EarlyView.
NIPAm‐containing bilayer hydrogels using a novel hydrogel formation method utilizing oxygen‐tolerant PET‐RAFT polymerization to investigate their temperature‐responsive behavior. The material properties strongly depend on NIPAm concentration and polymer density. Finally, we demonstrated a model gripper with optimized compositions.
Chanhyuk Jee, Mina Shigeyama, Kakeru Ohbayashi, Ken Kojio, Hikaru Matsumoto, Masanori Nagao, Yoshiko Miura   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multifunctional Design of Solid Polymer Electrolytes: Paving the Way for High‐Performance All‐Solid‐State Batteries

Carbon Energy, EarlyView.
This review provides a comprehensive and systematic overview of the multifunctional design strategies for solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs), a pivotal component for enabling high‐performance all‐solid‐state batteries (ASSBs). It begins with a detailed classification of SPE systems and elaborates on their respective molecular design principles. The work
Bin Man, Yuzhen Zhao, Bo Fu, Yulong Zeng, Yinwen Chen, Qingrui Liu, Wenjing Luo, Xin Li, Xuewei Li, Zikang Zhang, Yun Zheng, Sijie Liu   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Robotic conformal 4D printing of liquid crystal elastomers. [PDF]

Sci Adv
Chung C, Jiang H, Gracego AX, Dunn ML, Yu K.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

One century of teaching, research, and innovation in chemical engineering in Mexico: The role of chemical engineering in the background and future of polymer science and industrial production in Mexico

The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
Timeline of key academic milestones and individuals that shaped chemical engineering at FQ‐UNAM and in Mexico. Abstract One hundred years after the beginning of the teaching of Chemical Engineering in Mexico, which started in 1925 in the former National School of Chemical Sciences, currently Faculty of Chemistry (FQ) at National Autonomous University ...
Patricia Pérez‐Salinas, Alberto Rosas‐Aburto, Eduardo Vivaldo‐Lima   +2 more
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Stimuli-Responsive Afterglow from Luminescent Liquid Crystal Elastomers. [PDF]

Adv Mater
Yue L, Debije MG, Schenning APHJ.
europepmc   +1 more source

Recent Advances in Pickering Emulsion Templated Phase Change Material Microcapsules: Design, Fabrication, and Multifunctional Applications

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
Fabrication process of phase change microcapsules using a Pickering emulsion template method and their subsequent applications. The increasing demand for efficient thermal energy storage systems has driven the development of phase change material microcapsules (PCMMs), which provide high energy‐storage density, reversible phase change, and reduced ...
Ziyan Li, Jinsheng Sun, Kaihe Lv, Chaozheng Liu, Meichun Li   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Elasticity of Polydomain Liquid Crystal Elastomers [PDF]

We model polydomain liquid-crystal elastomers by extending the neo-classical soft and semi-soft free energies used successfully to describe monodomain samples. We show that there is a significant difference between polydomains cross-linked in homogeneous
Bhattacharya, K, Warner, M, Biggins, JS, ,   +3 more
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