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Microengineered Gradient Hydrogels for Mechanobiology

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Gradient hydrogels are used to mimic the mechanical heterogeneity in native tissues, offering powerful in vitro platforms to study cell‐material interactions in diverse pathophysiological contexts. Here, we present a comprehensive review of the design and experimental considerations for stiffness gradient hydrogels, discussing exemplary achievements ...
Shin Wei Chong, Deepu Ashok, Anna Waterhouse, Marcela M. M. Bilek, Daniele Vigolo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Design and application of magneto-rheological fluid [PDF]

, 2007
Magneto-Rheological Fluid (MRF) technology is an old “newcomers” coming to the market at high speed. Various industries including the automotive industry are full of potential MRF applications.
A. Grunwald, A.G. Olabi, Carlson, Huang, Milecki, Wong, Zhang   +6 more
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Topology and Material Optimization in Ultra‐Soft Magneto‐Active Structures: Making Advantage of Residual Anisotropies

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Residual magnetization induces pronounced mechanical anisotropy in ultra‐soft magnetorheological elastomers, shaping deformation and actuation even without external magnetic fields. This study introduces a computational‐experimental framework integrating magneto‐mechanical coupling into topology optimization for designing soft magnetic actuators with ...
Carlos Perez‐Garcia, Rogelio Ortigosa, Jesús Martínez‐Frutos, Daniel Garcia‐Gonzalez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Synthesis, Structure and Magnetic Properties of Cobalt-Zinc Nanoferrite for Magnetorheological Liquids

Конденсированные среды и межфазные границы, 2020
An upcoming trend in the application of micro- and nanosized magnetic particles is the development of magnetorheological fl uids for the automatic systems of damping devices in which the particles play the role of a component in the complex dispersed ...
Yulyan S. Haiduk, Evguenia V. Korobko, Kristsina A. Sheutsova, Dzmitry A. Kotsikau, Ivan A. Svito, Alexandra E. Usenka, Dzimitry U. Ivashenka, Amir Fahmi, Vladimir V. Pankov   +8 more
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Magnetic Textiles: A Review of Materials, Fabrication, Properties, and Applications

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Magnetic textiles (M‐textiles) are emerging as a programmable materials platform that merges magnetic matter with hierarchical textile structures. This article consolidates magnetic material classes, textile architectures, and fabrication and magnetization strategies, revealing structure–property–function relationships that govern magneto‐mechanical ...
Li Ke, Moses Kumi, Xiaoming Tao, Junhong Pu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating the Benefit of MR fluids in Shock Absorbers [PDF]

, 2013
The beneficial properties of magnetorheological (MR) fluids are applied in the design and testing of a prototype suspension system. Because MR fluids become more viscous under the influence of a magnetic field, a suspension shock absorber containing MR ...
Guo, Chao
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Performance evaluation of a magnetorheological fluid damper using numerical and theoretical methods with experimental validation [PDF]

, 2019
Magnetorheological (MR) fluids which can exhibit substantial reversible rheological changes under the excitation of external magnetic fields, have enabled the construction of many novel and robust electromechanical devices in recent years.
Chrzan, Dyke, El Wahed, El Wahed, El Wahed, El Wahed, El Wahed, Ghaffari, Goncalves, Nguyen, Olabi, Wang, Wang, Wang, Wereley, Zhu, Zubieta   +16 more
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Galinstan Liquid Metal/Polyurethane Composite as a Multifunctional Stretchable Electrode and Piezoresistive Strain Sensor With Minimal Drift

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Liquid metal additives are processed in elastomer host resulting in highly conductive and stretchable composites. The material functions as a piezoresistive sensor with minimal drift, low stiffness, and enhanced operating range. The film can replace wires to charge a mobile phone at ∼350% strain and monitors bodily motion in real‐time via a portable ...
Patryk Wojciak, Neeraj Kumar, Toby Hallam, Shayan Seyedin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

High-flux magnetorheology at elevated temperatures [PDF]

, 2013
Commercial applications of magnetorheological (MR) fluids often require operation at elevated temperatures as a result of surrounding environmental conditions or intense localized viscous heating.
McKinley, Gareth H, Ocalan, Murat
core   +1 more source

Modulus‐Switchable Miniature Robots for Biomedical Applications: A Review

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Materials, robot designs, proof‐of‐concept functions, and biomedical applications of modulus‐switchable miniature robots. Miniature soft robots have shown great potential in biomedical applications due to their excellent controllability and suitable mechanical properties in biological environments.
Chunyun Wei, Yibin Wang, Jiangfan Yu
wiley   +1 more source