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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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From “open ocean” to “exposed aquaculture”: why and how we are changing the standard terminology describing “offshore aquaculture”

Frontiers in Aquaculture
The term “offshore” with regards to aquaculture has hitherto encompassed various perspectives, including technology, geographic location, legal jurisdiction, and more.
Tyler Sclodnick, Michael Chambers, Barry Antonio Costa-Pierce, Barry Antonio Costa-Pierce, Tobias Dewhurst, Nils Goseberg, Nils Goseberg, Kevin Gerald Heasman, Wolf Isbert, Gesche Krause, Daniel Wieczorek, Till Markus, Bela H. Buck, Bela H. Buck   +13 more
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Radiative Cooling by Green(er) Solvents‐Upcycled Polyvinyl Chloride From Drug Blisters Waste

Advanced Optical Materials, EarlyView.
This study explores upcycling poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) from used pharmaceutical blisters into sustainable radiative cooling materials. Using solvent separation and membrane fabrication, PVC was converted into white membranes paired with aluminum foil.
Andrea Lanfranchi, Paola Lova, Davide Comoretto   +2 more
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Energy Storage Triboelectric Nanogenerator Based on Ratchet Mechanism for Random Ocean Energy Harvesting. [PDF]

ACS Omega, 2023
Meng L, Yang Y, Liu S, Wang S, Zhang T, Guo X.   +5 more
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Photochromic Diarylethene‐doped SU‐8 for Rewritable Optics and Integrated Photonic Switching

Advanced Optical Materials, EarlyView.
A CMOS‐compatible photochromic host–guest material platform is realized by incorporating diarylethene molecules into SU‐8 photoresist. Reversible photoisomerization enables light‐programmable optical absorption, allowing rewritable optical patterning and port‐selective attenuation in integrated waveguides.
Yao Chang, Hsiu‐Hui Chen, Chun‐Ta Wang   +2 more
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Mapping out the scenarios of ocean energy scale-up based on the development of offshore wind. [PDF]

Open Res Eur, 2023
Pillet AC, Lehner B, Stark S, van der Zant H.   +3 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
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UTact: Underwater Vision‐Based Tactile Sensor with Geometry Reconstruction and Contact Force Estimation

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Embedded flexible sensing technologies advance underwater soft robotics, yet most systems still suffer from hysteresis and limited perceptiveness. Instead, vision‐based tactile sensors provide reliable and rapid feedback essential for complex underwater tasks.
Qiyi Zhang, Zonghao Zuo, Haoxuan Wang, Bin Liu, Yilidusi Yilihamu, Li Wen   +5 more
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The Status of Marine Energy of Costa Rica: Challenges and Opportunities for Grid Integration

Energies
Marine renewable energy could support Costa Rica’s decarbonization pathway, but its offshore resource base and enabling conditions remain poorly characterized in the body of knowledge.
Jose Rodrigo Rojas-Morales, Christopher Vega-Sánchez, Juan Luis Guerrero-Fernández, Rodney Eduardo Mora-Escalante, Pablo César Mora-Céspedes, Michelle Chavarría-Brenes, Manuel Corrales-Gonzalez, Julio César Rojas-Gómez, Rolando Madriz-Vargas, Leonardo Suárez-Matarrita   +9 more
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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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