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Microfabrication of Soft Millirobots Propelled by Low Voltage Electrohydraulic Actuators

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Manual layer‐by‐layer assembly is replaced by wafer‐level MEMS batch fabrication for compliant polymer‐based electrohydraulic actuators. The microfabricated devices integrate sacrificially defined microcavities, Parylene‐C‐sealed inlets, and multilayer polymer–metal films.
Shai Shmulevich, Florian Hartmann, Herbert Shea   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Engineering Exciton g‐Factors With Light in Type‐II Heterostructures

Advanced Optical Materials, EarlyView.
All‐optical approaches have emerged as cutting‐edge alternatives for ultrafast, energy‐efficient, and spatially localized tuning and switching of material properties. In our work, we demonstrate how light intensity alone can be leveraged to engineer g‐factors from a single‐type of carrier in type‐II heterostructures through Coulomb‐induced wavefunction
G. M. Jacobsen, V. A. Oliveira, B. L. Liang, A. Pelais, M. E. Ware, G. J. Salamo, G. E. Marques, Yu. I. Mazur, V. Lopez‐Richard, M. D. Teodoro   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multimodal Locomotion in Insect‐Inspired Microrobots: A Review of Strategies for Aerial, Surface, Aquatic, and Interfacial Motion

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review identifies key design considerations for insect‐inspired microrobots capable of multimodal locomotion. To draw inspiration, biological and robotic strategies for moving in air, on water surfaces, and underwater are examined, along with approaches for crossing the air–water interface.
Mija Jovchevska, Kaushik Jayaram, Nicole Xu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

A Soft Robotic Fish With a Dielectric Elastomer Actuator Body and Negative Stiffness Spine

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work introduces a bio‐mimetic soft robotic fish driven by fiber‐reinforced dielectric elastomer actuators integrated as its body. By prestretching this active skin against a flexible spine, a negative stiffness system is created, enabling large‐amplitude bending.
Markus Koenigsdorff, Simon Holzer, Stefania Konstantinidi, Yoan Civet, Yves Perriard   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perivascular Matrix Densification Dysregulates Angiogenesis and Activates Pro‐Inflammatory Endothelial Cells

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Perivascular matrix densification promotes the emergence of aberrant endothelial tip cells (ATECs) that invade and persist within fibrotic microenvironments. Using in vivo lineage tracing and a human microvessel model, this study shows that fibrous matrix cues destabilize VE‐cadherin–mediated junctions to gate TGF‐β signaling, inducing a pro ...
Jingyi Xia, William Y. Wang, Kyle A. Jacobs, Kairav Maniar, Daphne Lin, Evan H. Jarman, Daniel L. Matera, Kristen Loesel, Christopher D. Davidson, Harrison L. Hiraki, Xiaotian Tan, Eve H. Shikanov, Robert N. Kent, Carole Parent, Xudong Fan, Ariella Shikanov, Matthew L. Kutys, Brendon M. Baker   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

A 3D Human Bone and Bone Marrow‐on‐a‐Chip Model for In Vitro Bone Remodeling and Immune Cell Maintenance

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study presents a human Bone (and Bone Marrow)‐on‐a‐Chip model based on native human bone scaffolds and autologous cells. Dynamic perfusion and sequential cell seeding replicate the physiological bone remodeling process in vitro, enabling the long‐term culture of functional, mature bone marrow immune subpopulations.
Nina Stelzer, Melanie‐Jasmin Ort, Kristian Händler, Emely Bortel, Ioanna Maria Dimitriou, Martin Textor, Georg N. Duda, Janosch Schoon, Uwe Marx, Uwe Kornak, Annika Winter, Bernhard Hesse, Stefanie Donner, Sebastian Hardt, Oliver Klein, Simon Reinke, Malte Spielmann, Sven Geißler   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transcranial Temporal Interference Stimulation: A Brief Review of Architectures, Circuits, and Application Challenges. [PDF]

IEEE Open J Eng Med Biol
Diez-Clos A, Losacco S, Schrunder ADF, Emery S, Hummel FC, Shoaran M, Badami K.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Photonic Time Crystals and Time‐Varying Electromagnetic Metamatter: A New Direction for Ultrafast Tunable Photonic and Microwave Materials and Devices

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Photonic time crystals (PTCs) are systems in which electromagnetic parameters are modulated periodically in time, producing momentum bandgaps via temporal scattering rather than spatial Bragg processes. This review examines the theoretical frameworks, modeling, and computational tools for time‐varying media, and summarizes experimental demonstrations ...
Ranjan Kumar Patel, Shriram Ramanathan, Ronald P. Jenkins, Michael J. Carter   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recent Advances in Two-Dimensional Metallic MXenes as High-Performance Saturable Absorbers. [PDF]

Nanomaterials (Basel)
Xiong X, Zheng J, Huang J, Yang Y, Huang X, Liu C.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source