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Environmentally friendly production of petroleum systems with high CO2 content

Next Energy
Natural gas hydrates represents a huge source of energy. At the same time substantial leakages of natural gas from hydrates contributes significantly to climate changes.
Bjørn Kvamme, Na Wei, Hanming Xu, Boyun Guo, Haitao Li, Yao Zhang, Tong Qiu, Chao Zhang, Atanas Vasilev   +8 more
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Piezoelectric Stimulation of Neural Cells: Exploring the Synergistic Potential of Hybrid Scaffolds for Enhanced Regeneration

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Hybrid piezoelectric scaffolds offer a promising route for Central Nervous System regeneration by combining structural and electrical cues to support neural stem cell growth. This review highlights their potential to overcome current challenges in neural tissue engineering by exploring porous hybrid materials, their biological interactions, and ...
Heather F. Titterton, Chris R. Bowen, Hamideh Khanbareh   +2 more
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Recent Advances in Variable‐Stiffness Robotic Systems Enabled by Phase‐Change Materials

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Phase‐change materials (PCMs), such as shape memory alloys, hydrogels, shape memory polymers, liquid crystal elastomers, and low‐melting‐point alloys, are driving advancements in stiffness‐tunable robotic systems across a wide range of applications. This review highlights recent progress in PCM‐enabled robotics, focusing on their underlying mechanisms,
Sukrit Gaira, Liao Wu, Ming Li, Priyank Kumar, Xiaopeng Li, Shi‐Yang Tang   +5 more
wiley   +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

Methodology for experimental studies of aquatic gas hydrates

RUDN Journal of Engineering Research, 2012
Natural gas-hydrates are an unconventional source of energy. Potential reserves of hydrated gas are distributed all over the earth both on the land and offshore.
A E Vorobiev, A B Bolatova, I L Baigalasova   +2 more
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3D Printing of Soft Robotic Systems: Advances in Fabrication Strategies and Future Trends

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Collectively, this review systematically examines 3D‐printed soft robotics, encompassing material selections, function integration, and manufacturing methodologies. Meanwhile, fabrication strategies are analyzed in order of increasing complexity, highlighting persistent challenges with proposed solutions.
Changjiang Liu, Bin Cui, Xumin Huang, Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng, T. Thang Vo‐Doan, Ruirui Qiao   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
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Rupestonic Acid of Artemisia Rupestris L. Extract Treats Pulmonary Fibrosis in COPD by Targeting TGF‐β1

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
RA of EEAR inhibits TGF‐β1 ubiquitination and changes conformation by target binding TGF‐β1, regulating TGF‐β1/Smad2/3 signaling pathway. Thus it down‐regulated downstream protein expression, inhibited EMT and collagen deposition of ECM, in order to EEAR preventing PF in COPD.
Lingfeng Peng, Lulu Zhang, Yimeng Fan, Sijuan Huang, Qingyu Zhao, Chao Han, Zhihui Hao   +6 more
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Methane in water cryomatrix-physical modeling of the formation of the clathrate hydrates of methane

Physical Sciences and Technology, 2015
Nowadays natural gas hydrates attract special attention as a possible source of fossil fuel. According to various estimates, the reserves of hydrocarbons in hydrates exceed considerably explored reserves of natural gas. Due to the clathrate structure the
A. Drobyshev, A. Aldiyarov, V. Kurnosov, E. Korshikov, D. Sokolov, A. Timchenko   +5 more
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MXene/Carboxymethyl Chitosan Moisture Responsive Soft Actuator with Diode‐Like Actuation for Versatile Applications Driven by Human Metabolism

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A MXene‐based actuator with gradient thickness is fabricated by a novel and simple vacuum‐assisted “tilt‐filtration” approach. The actuator exhibits a “diode‐like” controllable unidirectional deformation behavior under moisture gradient, and its deformation direction is strictly correlated to its thickness gradient direction and moisture source ...
Liangliang Xu, Yangyang Ling, Ziqing Li, Xinyu Xu, Xiaoxia Li, Longfei Chang, Qingyu Peng, Ying Hu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source