Liquid Crystalline Elastomers in Soft Robotics: Assessing Promise and Limitations
Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are programmable soft materials that undergo large, anisotropic deformation in response to external stimuli. Their molecular alignment encodes directional actuation in a monolithic structure, making them long‐standing candidates for soft robotic systems.
Justin M. Speregen, Timothy J. White
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Micro- and Nanoplastics in Agricultural Crop Systems: From Environmental Particles to Plant Phenotypes and Food-System Relevance. [PDF]
Zubair M +6 more
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Micro-mobility: A Policy Vacuum in Australia
Carey Curtis +4 more
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A Soft Robotic Device for Targeted Massage Therapy of Residual Limbs
Residual limb edema after amputation can hinder recovery and delay prosthetic fitting. This study presents a soft‐robotic wearable device that delivers sequential compression through pneumatic McKibben actuators. By replicating the principles of manual lymphatic drainage, the device generates controlled mechanotherapeutic pressure patterns, providing a
Maria Grazia Polizzotto +5 more
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Hydrogen Transport, Viscoelastic Drift, and Multiscale Characterization Framework for Elastomeric Seals Under High-Pressure Hydrogen. [PDF]
Subedi N +5 more
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Here, we present a textile, wearable capacitive interface enabling multidirectional remote control by dynamically modulating electrode overlap and spacing via a freely gliding upper electrode. A forearm‐mounted prototype drives robotic and media tasks with 12–15 ms latency, maintains < 0.8% drift after 500 cycles, and remains stably functional at 90 ...
Cagatay Gumus +8 more
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Urban traffic dynamics and their impact on CO₂ emissions and temperature: a three-year GNSS-based study during the COVID-19 pandemic in Jakarta. [PDF]
Yola L +3 more
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Maintaining wellbeing in remote work: a digital ethnography into resources, boundaries, and time. [PDF]
Yalçınyiǧit S.
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Oxygen-Assisted B-N Codoping Enables Shallow BN<sub>2</sub> Donors for n-Type Diamond. [PDF]
Zhang D +13 more
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Top 10 ground challenges in microsystems and nanoengineering. [PDF]
Microsystems & Nanoengineering.
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