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A Superlubricated Magnetically Steerable Microcatheter with Integrated Optical and Fluidic Channels

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A magnetically steerable microcatheter with integrated optical and fluidic channels is developed for multifunctional navigation in tortuous anatomical environments. A surface‐grafted hydrogel coating enables low‐friction actuation. The device demonstrates stable light and fluid delivery during magnetic manipulation, offering a compact platform for ...
Yuntian Du, Ruokun He, Luqi Li, Hesheng Wang, Zhuo‐Chen Ma, Bing Han   +5 more
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Waveguide Photoactuators: Materials, Fabrication, and Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Waveguide photoactuators convert guided light into mechanical motion. Their tethered‐flexible design enables minimally invasive surgery and confined‐space robotics. This review aims to guide materials selection, device design, and system integration, accelerating the transition of waveguide photoactuators from laboratory prototypes to versatile ...
Minjie Xi, Hemin Pan, Yang Zong, Yongfeng Mei, Jizhai Cui   +4 more
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Autonomous Navigation of Pollen‐Inspired Magnetic Microrobots for Biomedical Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A sunflower pollen‐inspired magnetic microrobot enables controlled rolling navigation in vessel‐like environments. Its open geometry reduces hydrodynamic drag, while vision‐based closed‐loop control, shortest‐path planning, and reinforcement learning support target‐reaching and maze navigation with microrobot‐scale accuracy, highlighting a route toward
Ali Anil Demircali, Abdurrahim Yilmaz, Meysam Keshavarz, Jinshi Zhao, Ara Darzi, Eric Yeatman, Burak Temelkuran   +6 more
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Large‐Scale Growth of Self‐Poled Ferroelectric Rashba Semiconductor α‐GeTe(111) Thin Films: A Crucial Step Towards Future CMOS‐Compatible Ferroelectric Spintronic Devices

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Ferroelectric Rashba semiconductors promise ultralow‐power devices but lack industry‐quality films. This work demonstrates CMOS‐compatible fabrication of high‐quality α‐GeTe(111) films via magnetron sputtering, enabled by a 5 nm Sb2Te3 seed layer. Structural and ferroelectric analyses show robust, switchable polarization comparable to MBE films, paving
Jules Lagrave, Nicolas Bernier, Thomas Jalabert, Yoann Brûlé, Damien Térébénec, Pierre Meilleur, Hervé Roussel, Jean‐Baptiste Dory, Oussama J. Mouawad, Thibault Chommaux, Cristian Mocuta, Dominique Thiaudière, Laurent Vila, Françoise Hippert, Pierre Noé   +14 more
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A Smart Fluid‐Hydraulic System Based on MRF Valve Control and Its Application in Flexible Grasping

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study introduces a smart fluid hydraulic system using MRF valve control for flexible gripping. An MRF‐MSV with an integrated excitation coil and micro‐textured damping channels is designed and validated; micro‐texturing increases hydraulic resistance. Coupled with a soft actuator, the MRF‐MSV enables dynamic bending and grasping.
Linfeng Huo, Hui Ji, Ruidong Hong, Songlin Nie, Fanglong Yin, Zhonghai Ma   +5 more
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Ultrafast Optoacoustics Reveals Intricate 3D Anisotropic Elasticity in Nanocrystalline Membranes

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Ultrafast optoacoustic spectroscopy combined with a Sagnac interferometer enables non‐contact, simultaneous characterization of thickness and the full three‐dimensional anisotropic elastic constants in freestanding nanocrystalline copper membranes. By capturing gigahertz Lamb waves and zero‐group‐velocity resonances followed by SAFE‐GA inversion, the ...
Shuchang Zhang, Yi He, Guojie Luo, Jie Huang, Pak San Yip, Haoyu Cui, Wanglinhan Zhang, Zijian Wang, Lin Ye, Yang Lu, Zhongqing Su, Yehai Li   +11 more
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Gap‐Free Information Transfer in 4D‐STEM via Fusion of Complementary Scattering Channels

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Fused Full‐Field STEM (FF‐STEM) is introduced as a 4D‐STEM imaging modality that combines direct ptychography with tilt‐corrected dark‐field reconstruction in a single acquisition. Fourier‐space fusion using Wiener‐type spectral weighting closes the low‐frequency contrast gap inherent to bright‐field methods, delivering gap‐free, dose‐efficient, near ...
Shengbo You, Georgios Varnavides, Sagar Khavnekar, Nikita Palatkin, Sihan Shao, Mingjian Wu, Daniel Stroppa, Darya Chernikova, Baixu Zhu, Ricardo Egoavil, Stefano Vespucci, Dileep Krishnan, Xingchen Ye, Florian K. M. Schur, Erdmann Spiecker, Philipp Pelz   +15 more
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Revolutionising Agricultural Sustainability: New ‘Furrow Tillage’ can Mitigate Short‐Term Soil‐to‐Atmosphere CO2 Flux and Promote Soil‐Plant‐Microbe Health

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Furrow tillage resolves the conventional‐vs.‐no‐tillage trade‐off by simultaneously cutting CO2 efflux to 2.0–3.0 g C m−2 d−1 and unlocking high nutrient availability for the rice rhizosphere. This scalable agronomic solution strengthens soil health, enhances plant physiology, reshapes microbial metabolism, and shifts paddy systems toward a net ...
Arnab Majumdar, Munish Kumar Upadhyay, Argha Ghosh, Rakesh Biswas, Ioly Kotta Loizou, Martin Buck, Mark Tibbett, Biswajit Giri, Debojyoti Moulick, Manoj Kumar Jaiswal, Tarit Roychowdhury   +10 more
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In Situ Profiling of Nanoscale Strains Uncovers Mechano‐Architectural Predictors of Aging and Osteoarthritis Emergence

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
In situ mechanical loading of osteoarthritis‐prone murine knee joints reveals that spatial alterations in subchondral plate microarchitecture precede cartilage loss and promote a shift from coordinated epiphyseal strain dissipation in healthy joints to focal subchondral strain concentration in osteoarthritis‐prone joints.
Aikta Sharma, Lucinda A. E. Evans, Lucie E. Bourne, Jishizhan Chen, Alissa L. Parmenter, Joseph Brunet, Kamel Madi, Sebastian Marussi, Andrew A. Pitsillides, Peter D. Lee, Katherine A. Staines   +10 more
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Pattern‐Aware Intelligence Enables Nondestructive, Rapid Quantification of High‐Aspect‐Ratio Silicon Etching

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Pattern‐dependent etching is converted into a physical prior for intelligent reconstruction of high‐aspect‐ratio silicon structures. Combining YOLO‐Pose feature extraction with a topography network, the framework retrieves depth, sidewall angle, and scallop texture from minimal destructive observations, enabling accurate cross‐scale metrology and near ...
Shuyan He, Lang Chen, Bo Wen, Yufeng Jin, Wei Wang   +4 more
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