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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Magneto‐responsive fibers and fabrics for soft systems

open access: yesFlexMat, EarlyView.
Abstract The combination of functional materials in fiber form has led to a surge in the integration of functional fibers and fabrics into soft systems that span sensing, communication, and actuation domains. A key subset is magnetic fibers and fabrics.
Hanlin Zhu   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing PET Printability via Solid‐State Polymerization: Structure‐Processing‐Properties Relationships

open access: yesPolymer Engineering &Science, EarlyView.
Solid‐state polymerization (SSP) enhances rheological properties, filament stability, and adjusts crystallization issues for improved PET 3D printability. ABSTRACT This paper aims to investigate the impact of solid‐state polymerization (SSP) on the printability of PET for 3D printing.
Benjamin Sandei   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fabric‐Based Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton Gloves: Advancements and Challenges

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, Volume 11, Issue 12, 18 June 2026.
This review highlights interdisciplinary technological advances in fabric‐based robotic gloves, focusing on progress in design, fabrication, actuation, sensing, control, and power and energy requirements. It also addresses performance testing and validation, including biomechanical, strength, functional, user experience, and durability assessments, to ...
Ayse Feyza Yilmaz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Magnetic Textiles: A Review of Materials, Fabrication, Properties, and Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, Volume 11, Issue 12, 18 June 2026.
Magnetic textiles (M‐textiles) are emerging as a programmable materials platform that merges magnetic matter with hierarchical textile structures. This article consolidates magnetic material classes, textile architectures, and fabrication and magnetization strategies, revealing structure–property–function relationships that govern magneto‐mechanical ...
Li Ke   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fiber‐type soft bioelectronics for wearable and implantable sensing and therapy

open access: yesBMEMat, Volume 4, Issue 2, June 2026.
Fiber‐type soft bioelectronics are emerging as versatile platforms for wearable and implantable health monitoring and therapeutic applications. These bioelectronics use organic and inorganic matrices combined with advanced fillers, which feature high conductivity, electrochemical sensitivity, softness, and biocompatibility.
Haneul Kim   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fused Filament Fabrication and Recycling of Bio‐Based Polyamide 11 Reinforced With Recycled Short Carbon Fibers

open access: yesPolymer Composites, Volume 47, Issue 9, Page 7909-7923, 10 May 2026.
Fused Filament Fabrication and Recycling of Bio‐Based Polyamide 11 Reinforced With Recycled Short Carbon Fibers. Sample preparation, mechanical properties improvement after rCF addition and properties retainment after recycling. ABSTRACT This research investigates the fused filament fabrication (FFF) and recycling of bio‐based polyamide 11 (PA11 ...
Mirko Coser   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Knitted Pneumatic Fabrics for Dynamic Pressure Modulation in Personalized Healthcare Wearables

open access: yesAdvanced Science, Volume 13, Issue 27, 13 May 2026.
A pneumatic pressure‐regulating knitted fabric (PPKF) is developed, in which knitted pneumatic circuit enables the seamless integration of ultralow radial expansion pneumatic fiber into dual‐channel textile structure. By strategically modulating channel spacing, delivering adjustable dynamic pressures and clinically relevant gradient compression ratios.
Xiaoyu Chen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Overcoming Challenges in 3D Printing of Polyolefins and Their Composites: A Review on Strategies for Improved Printability and Performance

open access: yesPolymer Engineering &Science, Volume 66, Issue 5, Page 3100-3141, May 2026.
This review integrates the molecular fundamentals, key challenges, and mitigation strategies in polyolefin 3D printing, focusing on shrinkage, warpage, and adhesion control. It highlights material design approaches using recycled polyolefins and functional fillers to improve printability, mechanical properties, and sustainability in additive ...
Malik Hassan   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Roadmap on Artificial Intelligence‐Augmented Additive Manufacturing

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 8, Issue 4, April 2026.
This Roadmap outlines the transformative role of artificial intelligence‐augmented additive manufacturing, highlighting advances in design, monitoring, and product development. By integrating tools such as generative design, computer vision, digital twins, and closed‐loop control, it presents pathways toward smart, scalable, and autonomous additive ...
Ali Zolfagharian   +37 more
wiley   +1 more source

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