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Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in the design and fabrication of sensory‐adaptation‐inspired devices and highlights their valuable applications in electronic skin, wearable electronics, and machine vision. The existing challenges and future directions are addressed in aspects such as device performance optimization ...
Guodong Gong +12 more
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This study demonstrates a self‐assembly process to generate free‐standing piezoelectric nanomembranes, forming ultracompact microtubular acoustic wave sensors and actuators. The miniaturized 3D piezoelectric platform reported in this work can be applied in telecommunication, energy harvesting, and acoustofluidics. Moreover, the 3D self‐assembly can add
Raphaël C. L‐M. Doineau +9 more
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Infrastructures, 2020 In the structural safety assessment process of existing structures, knowledge of the mechanical properties of the materials is key. Different experimental activities carried out on materials extracted from existing reinforced concrete buildings show a ...
Silvia Santini +2 more
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.The perspective presents an integrated view of neuromorphic technologies, from device physics to real‐time applicability, while highlighting the necessity of full‐stack co‐optimization. By outlining practical hardware‐level strategies to exploit device behavior and mitigate non‐idealities, it shows pathways for building efficient, scalable, and ...
Kapil Bhardwaj +8 more
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Measuring the magnetic component of the electromagnetic field
Advanced Engineering Research, 2016 A device for measuring the magnetic component of the electromagnetic field is proposed. Magnetodiodes are offered to be used as an electromagnetic field-intensity meter sensing element, and the holometry method - to improve the sensitivity.
Konstantin G. Dudarev, Igor M. Bondar
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Estimativa da profundidade de fendas no concreto através da utilização do ultra-som e eco-impacto [PDF]
, 2006 Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Tecnológico. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Civil.A necessidade de detecção de anomalias no concreto está cada vez mais ocorrente devido à preocupação com a durabilidade das
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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
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Evaluating Consistency of Nondestructive Evaluation of Flexible Pavement by GPR and PSPA [PDF]
, 2016 Consistency is one of the major issues during the Nondestructive Test & Evaluation (NDT & E) of flexible pavement, i.e., asphalt pavement, by Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) and Portable Seismic Property Analyzer (PSPA).
Maji, Arup +2 more
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Bioinspired Soft‐Skeleton Robotics With Cooperative Shape Transformation and Stiffness Adaptation
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.A bioinspired soft‐skeleton robot that integrates variable‐stiffness chain skeletons into a soft textile skin is developed. The chain skeletons are highly flexible initially but can stiffen upon pneumatic actuation, enabling large deformation and enhanced load‐bearing capacity.
Mengyuan Niu +5 more
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Archives of Civil Engineering, 2018 The paper presents a description and results of a study focused on the applicability of the sclerometric method to the preliminary assessment of concrete quality in structures after fire.
Kowalski R., Wróblewska J.
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