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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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Multifunctional silica aerogel-infused paint for self-cleaning and radiative cooling

Journal of Materiomics
Massive energy is consumed to cool buildings for comfortable life in hot climates due to indoor air-conditioning, which necessitates the passive daytime radiative cooling of buildings.
Adil Al-Mahdouri, Aikifa Raza, Abdulrahman Al-Hashmi, Youbo Zhao, Krishna Mohan, Khalid Askar, TieJun Zhang   +6 more
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Solution‐Processed Spin‐Polarized Light‐Emitting Diodes of Colloidal Quantum Wells and Magnetic Nanoparticles

Advanced Optical Materials, EarlyView.
All‐solution‐processed spin‐LEDs based on colloidal Fe3O4 nanoparticles and CdSe/CdZnS core/shell CQWs that allows for polarization modulation of electroluminescence are fabricated. With these devices, electrical injection of spin‐polarized carriers from the Fe3O4 nanoparticle layer into the CdSe/CdZnS CQWs is demonstrated, realizing circularly ...
Savas Delikanli, Arinjoy Bhattacharya, Betul Canimkurbey, Chang Huai, Amani Almutairi, Arman Najafi, Hilal Korkut, Farzan Shabani, Furkan Isik, James Pientka, Ibrahim Sarpkaya, Hao Zeng, Richard D. Schaller, Athos Petrou, Hilmi Volkan Demir   +14 more
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Versatile Control of Spectral Emissivity in Mid‐Infrared Metasurfaces via Silicon Microstructuring

Advanced Optical Materials, EarlyView.
A family of metasurfaces is obtained very simply, solely through the structuration of a single‐crystal silicon surface, without any other material involved. Based on the infrared plasmonic behavior of highly doped silicon, further control of surface topography by micro‐ and nano‐structuration is found to enable an avenue of options toward tailoring its
Kirollos Ernest Matta, Elyes Nefzaoui, Ahmed A. Elsayed, Armande Hervé, Martine Gnambodoe‐CapoChichi, Frédéric Marty, Mazen Erfan, Yasser M. Sabry, Abdelkrim Khelif, Tarik Bourouina   +9 more
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Analytical review of passive radiative cooling systems [PDF]

Journal International Academy of Refrigeration, 2020
S. Camara, A.B. Sulin
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Incorporating Si into Sb2Se3: Tailoring Optical Phase Change Materials via Nanocomposites

Advanced Optical Materials, EarlyView.
We study the structural, optical, and thermal effects of adding silicon to Sb2Se3 and demonstrate that the as‐deposited solid solution phase segregates after electro‐thermal switching, creating a nanocomposite with effective‐medium properties and a phase‐change response.
Chih‐Yu Lee, Yi‐Siou Huang, Felix Adams, Chuanyu Lian, Hongyi Sun, Jie Zhao, Zichao Ye, Nathan Youngblood, Juejun Hu, Leslie H Allen, Yifei Mo, Ichiro Takeuchi, Carlos A Ríos Ocampo   +12 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
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Soft Actuators Integrated with Control and Power Units: Approaching Wireless Autonomous Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Soft robots exhibit significant development potential in various applications. However, there are still key technical challenges regarding material improvement, structure design and components integration. This review focuses on the development and challenge of soft actuators, power components, and control components in untethered intelligent soft ...
Renwu Shi, Feifei Pan, Xiaobin Ji
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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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Passive cooling of greenhouses in extreme climates through spectral control film

Nexus
A warming climate poses a major threat to agriculture globally, necessitating technological solutions to mitigate frequently occurring extreme heat stress.
Yanpei Tian, Yue Lei, Sicheng Zeng, Yue He, Chi Feng, Qiang Li, Rebekah Waller, Qiaoqiang Gan   +7 more
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