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Phase Engineering of Nanomaterials (PEN): Evolution, Current Challenges, and Future Opportunities

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review summarizes the synthesis, phase transition, advanced characterization spanning ex situ to in situ and operando techniques, and diverse applications of phase engineering of nanomaterials (PEN). It further outlines key challenges and future opportunities, such as phase stability, architecture control, and artificial intelligence (AI)‐driven ...
Ye Chen, Zhanxi Fan, Jingjie Ge, Qiyuan He, Zhuangchai Lai, Jiawei Liu, Chaoliang Tan, Hua Zhang   +7 more
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Microgripper Robot with End Electropermanent Magnet Collaborative Actuation

Micromachines
Magnetic microgrippers, with their miniaturized size, flexible movement, untethered actuation, and programmable deformation, can perform tasks such as cell manipulation, targeted drug delivery, biopsy, and minimally invasive surgery in hard-to-reach ...
Yiqun Zhao, Dingwen Tong, Yutan Chen, Qinkai Chen, Zhengnan Wu, Xinmiao Xu, Xinjian Fan, Hui Xie, Zhan Yang   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Double‐Transition‐Metal MXenes: Multimetallic 2D Platforms for Next‐Generation Biomedicine

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The present work explores recent progress in double‐transition‐metal MXenes and focuses on their potential as multifunctional biomedical nanoplatforms whose tunable optical, electronic, mechanical, and surface properties enable imaging, theranostics, antimicrobial activity, biosensing, tissue engineering, and drug delivery.
Parsa Namakiaraghi, Mohammad Mozafari, Masoud Soroush   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhanced Accuracy in Magnetic Actuation: Closed-loop Control of a Magnetic Agent with Low-Error Numerical Magnetic Model Estimation. [PDF]

IEEE Robot Autom Lett, 2022
Erin O, Raval S, Schwehr TJ, Pryor W, Barnoy Y, Bell A, Liu X, Mair LO, Weinberg IN, Krieger A, Diaz-Mercado Y.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Magnetically actuated micropumps

, 2005
"Lab-On-a-Chip" (LOC) systems are intended to transpose complete laboratory instrumentations on the few square centimetres of a single microfluidic chip. With such devices the objective is to minimize the time and cost associated with routine biological analysis while improving reproducibility.
openaire   +1 more source

Weaving Intelligence: Thermally Drawn Multimaterial Fibers Toward AI‐Enabled Smart Textiles

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Thermally drawn multimaterial fibers are rapidly advancing as intelligent structural units for next‐generation smart textiles. Integrating multimaterial architectures with neuromorphic and spiking‐neural‐network principles enables fabrics that can sense, compute, and adapt autonomously.
Vuong Dinh Trung, Jiaxiang Yi, Hieu Nguyen‐Duc, Tien Nu Hoang Lo, Weili Zhao, Chaoqun Dong, Fabien Sorin, Baris Caglar, Lei Wei, Tung Nguyen‐Dang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Independently Actuated Soft Magnetic Manipulators for Bimanual Operations in Confined Anatomical Cavities

Advanced Intelligent Systems
Soft magnetic manipulators offer the prospect of improved surgical outcomes through their potential for miniaturization and inherently safe tissue interaction.
Zaneta Koszowska, Michael Brockdorff, Tomas da Veiga, Giovanni Pittiglio, Peter Lloyd, Thomas Khan-White, Russell A. Harris, James W. Moor, James H. Chandler, Pietro Valdastri   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of a Hydraulic Actuator for MRI- and Radiation-Compatible Medical Applications

Actuators
This paper presents methods for the actuation, measurement, and control of a magnetic resonance imaging- and radiation-compatible single-axis translatory actuation system.
Julian Mühlenhoff, Oliver Radler, Thomas Sattel   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Magnetic torsional actuation of carbon nanotube yarn artificial muscle

, 2018
Magnetically driven torsional actuation of a multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWNT) yarn was realized by first biscrolling NdFeB magnetic particles into helical yarn corridors to make a magnetic MWNT yarn.
Kim, S. H., Baughman, Ray H., Kim, Seon Jeong, Lee, D. W., Lee, Duck Weon, Kim, S. J., Duck Weon Lee, Lepró, Xavier, Ray H. Baughman, Mikhail E. Kozlov, Xavier Lepró, Seon Jeong Kim, Kozlov, Mikhail E., Shi Hyeong Kim, Kim, Shi Hyeong   +14 more
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From the Discovery of the Giant Magnetocaloric Effect to the Development of High‐Power‐Density Systems

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
The article overviews past and current efforts on caloric materials and systems, highlighting the contributions of Ames National Laboratory to the field. Solid‐state caloric heat pumping is an innovative method that can be implemented in a wide range of cooling and heating applications.
Agata Czernuszewicz, Yaroslav Mudryk, Jun Cui, Lucas Griffith, Duane D. Johnson, Julie Slaughter   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source