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Magnetic Field Control of Liquid Crystal-Enabled Colloid Electrophoresis

Colloids and Interfaces
Microswimmers are key for unveiling new physical phenomena underlying their propulsion, especially when driven inside complex fluids. Liquid crystals are anisotropic complex fluids that feature long-range orientational order.
Joel Torres-Andrés, Guillermo Cassinello, Francesc Sagués, Jordi Ignés-Mullol   +3 more
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Spatially Tailorable Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Alignment During Digital Light Process 3D Printing

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Here, we report the fabrication of 3D printable liquid crystalline elastomer (LCE) structures with spatially tailorable alignment domains within the same layer. This work addresses the long‐standing challenge of preparing complex 3D LCE architectures with patterned functional domains to achieve nonlinear deformations. Fabrication of multi‐domains in 3D
Adam Bischoff, Saman Jamshididana, Zach Miller, Kassandra Hernandez, Nicolas Gonsalves, Andre Olarra, Elliot Yoo, Jeremy A. Herman, Devin J. Roach   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ionic‐Electronic Hydrogel‐Liquid Metal Composite Bilayer with Tissue‐Adaptive and Adhesive Properties for Closed‐Loop Neuroprosthetic System

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A hydrogel–liquid metal composite peripheral nerve interface (HLB‐PNI) combines electrically durable electrodes and tissue‐adhesive hydrogel for tissue‐adaptive implantation. In nerve‐injured rats, it enables the diagnosis of sensory‐motor connectivity via stimulation and neural signal recording.
Yewon Kim, Kyoungryong Kim, Jaehyon Kim, Heewon Choi, Mikyung Shin, Donghee Son   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Block Copolymers: Emerging Building Blocks for Additive Manufacturing

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review addresses how block copolymer (BCP) physics and rheology have led to the widespread use of BCPs in advanced additive manufacturing techniques, with particular emphasis on the untapped potential of these nanostructured materials toward achieving multi‐scale architected materials with unique, programmable material properties.
Alice S. Fergerson, Hemish B. Thakkar, Jiaen Wu, Emily C. Davidson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Application of Ionic Liquids to Space Propulsion [PDF]

, 2011
1.1 Propellants and ignition systems A propellant is an energetic compound or a mixture in gas, liquid or solid state, which undergoes a rapid and predictable combustion resulting in a large volume of hot gas used to thrust a projectile (rocket, missile, launcher).
Kamal, Fahrat, Yann, Batonneau, Rachid, Brahmi, Charles, Kappenstein   +3 more
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Membrane Wrapping for High Capacity and Rapidly Switchable Adhesives

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A membrane‐wrapping mechanism enables high‐capacity, rapidly switchable adhesion by coupling suction, friction, and adhesion. Broadband performance is achieved in dry and underwater conditions, allowing fast, reversible manipulation of objects of diverse sizes and shapes, from delicate eggs and berries to flat, complex, or heavy objects. These outcomes
Yeunhee Kim, Camryn A. Mills, Michael D. Bartlett   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Switchable Supramolecular Adhesive by Tuning Interfacial Bonding and Modulus

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The supramolecular adhesive (HyDiP) shows reversible adhesion and recyclability. In the dehydrated state, it is dense, stiff (E ≈445 MPa), transparent, and provides strong bonding with adhesion strengths up to 4.65 MPa. In the hydrated state, it becomes porous, soft (E ≈0.11 MPa), and detaches easily, enabling sustainable high‐strength applications ...
Rumin Fu, Cairong Xiao, Zihao Du, Changhong Linghu, Yongdong Shi, Chuyang Xiang, Mingxin Wan, Guoxin Tan, Limin Lu, Chengyun Ning, K Jimmy Hsia   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Encoding Magnetic Anisotropies in Digital Light Processing 3D Printing

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A hybrid magnetic device—combining a coaxial coil within a nested Halbach array—is presented, integrated into a DLP 3D printer to enable spatially resolved magnetic field control. This system enables complex, multimodal responses by programming liquid crystal elastomer resins for magnetic and thermal actuation, and by inducing electrically conductive ...
Eléonore Aïdonidis, Andrea Cosola, Pierre Bourdon, Hichem Dammak, Marco Sangermano, Frédéric Demoly, Marco Faustini, Amélie Pérot, Didier Lairez, Rakine Mouhoubi, Sébastien Blanquer, Giancarlo Rizza   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Space Propulsion: a Survey Study About Current and Future Technologies

Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management, 2018
Current Space Launch Vehicles use chemical reactions (solid and liquid propellants) to achieve suffi cient thrust to launch artifacts and humans into space.
Maria Cristina Vilela Salgado, Carmen Mischel Neyra Belderrain, Tessaleno Campos Devezas   +2 more
doaj  

Physics-Embedded Recurrent Graph Neural Network for Fault Diagnosis of Complex Systems

IEEE Access
The improvement of fault diagnosis for complex equipment is an important step towards intelligent systems. Unlike component-level fault detection, system-level fault diagnosis presents new challenges, such as the integration of multiple sensors, the ...
Yushan Gao, Zhirong Zhong, Meng Ma, Zhenzhen Zhang, Yuxiang Zhang, Chenxi Wang, Zhizhen Wang   +6 more
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