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Hydrogel‐Based Functional Materials: Classifications, Properties, and Applications
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Conductive hydrogels have emerged as promising materials for smart wearable devices due to their outstanding flexibility, multifunctionality, and biocompatibility. This review systematically summarizes recent progress in their design strategies, focusing on monomer systems and conductive components, and highlights key multifunctional properties such as
Zeyu Zhang, Zao Cheng, Patrizio Raffa
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, 2019 CaxCoO2 thin films can be promising for widespread flexible thermoelectric applications in a wide temperature range from room-temperature self-powered wearable applications (by harvesting power from body heat) to energy harvesting from hot surfaces (e.g.,
Kim, Jin Kuk +4 more
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Gut microbiota and biomarkers are linked to diseases like neurological disorders and metabolic syndromes. Ingestible capsule robots enable minimally invasive gut health assessment. This article proposes a promising direction for the advancement of capsule robots, integrating in situ sampling, real‐time diagnostics, and personalized therapy.
Xizong Chen +3 more
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Optimization principles and the figure of merit for triboelectric generators [PDF]
, 2017 Energy harvesting with triboelectric nanogenerators is a burgeoning field, with a growing portfolio of creative application schemes attracting much interest.
Kang, Stephen Dongmin +2 more
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Liquid Metal Sensors for Soft Robots
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This review thoroughly reviews liquid metal sensors in soft robots. Their unique material properties like high conductivity and good biocompatibility are analyzed. Working principles are classified, and applications in environmental perception, motion detection, and human—robot interaction are introduced.
Qi Zhang +7 more
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, 2022 Triboelectric nanogenerators are an alternative source of electricity. The device works by converting the external mechanical energy into electricity by a conjunction of the triboelectric effect and electrostatic induction. Different materials will develop a triboelectric effect of different intensities when put into contact, making some material ...
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Hard‐Magnetic Soft Millirobots in Underactuated Systems
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This review provides a comprehensive overview of hard‐magnetic soft millirobots in underactuated systems. It examines key advances in structural design, physics‐informed modeling, and control strategies, while highlighting the interplay among these domains.
Qiong Wang +4 more
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A multiscale-multiphysics strategy for numerical modeling of thin piezoelectric sheets
, 2014 Flexible piezoelectric devices made of polymeric materials are widely used for micro- and nano-electro-mechanical systems. In particular, numerous recent applications concern energy harvesting.
De Lorenzis, Laura +3 more
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Toward Wireless Implantable Robotic Systems Driven by Magnetic Field for Personalized Therapy
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Robotic materials are playing an increasingly vital role in enabling sensing and actuation at small scales. This perspective highlights recent advances in magnetic materials and magnetically actuated devices for wireless sensing, actuation, and energy harvesting toward implantable robotic systems for closed‐loop therapy.
Yusheng Wang, Ruijian Ge, Xiaoguang Dong
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Roll-to-roll growth of oversize hexagonal BN films and its applications in 2D optoelectronic devices [PDF]
, 2016 随着半导体材料和器件技术地迅速发展，实际应用中，对于短波长光电器件、高功率和高频率电子器件的开发和需求日益增加，逐步揭示了限制光电子器件发展的问题。首先，大规模生产的新型光电子器件对所需的二维材料有了更高的要求，强烈需要一个大尺寸（晶圆尺寸以上）的薄膜合成。其次，从光电子器件的基本结构角度来看，为了实现光电转换功能，电注入和pn结仍然是主流结构，也就是说从材料合成走向实际器件应用，p、n型导电层的制备通常都扮演着关键性的角色。最后，就是利用材料的各项特性，将其应用到各种研究领域。本文针对这三大方面问题 ...
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