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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced 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, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
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Selected issues concerning fibre-optic bending sensors

Informatyka, Automatyka, Pomiary w Gospodarce i Ochronie Środowiska
This paper presents a comprehensive review of bending sensors and their classifications. The main focus is on advancements in the design of optical fibre bending sensors based on fibre Bragg gratings (FBGs).
Les Hotra, Jacek Klimek, Ihor Helzhynskyy, Oksana Boyko, Svitlana Kovtun   +4 more
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Magnesium‐Based Transient Bioelectronics, Bio‐Optics and Bio‐Scaffolds

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This paper reviews the state of the art and recent advances in magnesium‐based thin‐film, foils, and scaffolds for applications in transient bio‐optics, bioelectronics and tissue engineering. The design principles, fabrication methods, material properties, and integration strategies are discussed in detail.
Massimo Mariello, Yves Leterrier
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Micromotor based on single fiber optical vortex tweezer

APL Photonics
Optical micromotors are powerful tools for trapping and rotating microparticles in various fields of bio-photonics. Conventionally, optical micromotors are built using bulk optics, such as microscope objectives and SLMs.
Luping Wu, Zhiyong Bai, Yuji Wang, Rui Liu, Jian Yu, Jianjun Ran, Zilun Luo, Shen Liu, Ying Wang, George Y. Chen, Jun He, Changrui Liao, Yiping Wang   +12 more
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Femtosecond laser 3D printed micro objective lens for ultrathin fiber endoscope

Fundamental Research
The most important optical component in an optical fiber endoscope is its objective lens. To achieve a high imaging performance level, the development of an ultra-compact objective lens is thus the key to an ultra-thin optical fiber endoscope.
Bozhe Li, Changrui Liao, Zhihao Cai, Jie Zhou, Cong Zhao, Liqing Jing, Jiaqi Wang, Cong Xiong, Lei Xu, Ying Wang, Yiping Wang   +10 more
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Advances in Bio-Tactile Sensors for Minimally Invasive Surgery Using the Fibre Bragg Grating Force Sensor Technique: A Survey

Sensors, 2014
The large interest in utilising fibre Bragg grating (FBG) strain sensors for minimally invasive surgery (MIS) applications to replace conventional electrical tactile sensors has grown in the past few years.
Abdulfatah A.G. Abushagur, Norhana Arsad, Mamun Ibne Reaz, A. Ashrif A. Bakar   +3 more
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From Geometry to Function: Programmable Mechanical Response in 3D‐Printed Adipose‐Inspired Soft Metamaterials

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Geometry‐driven design of soft cellular metamaterials is systematically investigated by combining experiments, finite element modeling, and statistical prediction. The study quantifies how unit cell geometry and material properties govern stiffness, instability, densification, and energy absorption.
Alice Berardo, Gianmarco Dolino, Damiano Coato, Paolo Gargiulo, Emanuele Luigi Carniel   +4 more
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Biodegradable and Biocompatible Functional Polymers for Biomedical Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Biodegradable and biocompatible functional polymers integrate electrical, mechanical, and stimuli‐responsive functionalities while enabling programmed degradation under physiological conditions. This review introduces recent advances in conductive, shape‐memory, self‐healing, photocurable, and adhesive polymer systems, emphasizing material design ...
Won Bae Han, Shuvra Mondal, Sungkeun Han, Chan‐Hwi Eom, Venkata Ramesh Naganaboina, Suk‐Won Hwang   +5 more
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Tissue‐Adhesive Fabric‐Based Bioelectronics for Wearable and Implantable Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
An implantable and wearable bioelectronic textile (iTextile) is introduced as a unified platform bridging wearable and implantable systems. By integrating a self‐healing polymer, stretchable silk fabric, conductive composite electrodes, and an adhesive hydrogel, the platform enables conformal, stable interfacing with soft tissues. The iTextile supports
Soojung An, Yewon Kim, Kyoungryong Kim, Heewon Choi, Sungjun Yoon, Jaewon Ju, Mikyung Shin, Donghee Son   +7 more
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Chemically Fueled Systems Chemistry Across Length Scales

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Chemically fueled reaction cycles regulate processes through single and multiple catalytic sites on the molecular and assembly scale. This gives rise to unique kinetically controlled properties/functions like spatio‐temporal catalysis, oscillations, optical properties, and perform work.
Brigitte A. K. Kriebisch, Job Boekhoven
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