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Recent Advances in Variable‐Stiffness Robotic Systems Enabled by Phase‐Change Materials

open access: yesAdvanced 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   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multi‐Material Additive Manufacturing of Soft Robotic Systems: A Comprehensive Review

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review explores the transformative role of multi‐material additive manufacturing (MMAM) in the development of soft robotic systems. It presents current techniques, materials, and design strategies that enable functionally graded and adaptive structures.
Ritik Raj   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

In Situ Photopolymerization of Smectic B Liquid‐Crystalline Electrolytes from Mesogenic Phosphate–Diacrylate/Ionic Liquid Complexes for High‐Performance Soft Ionic Actuators

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A flexible liquid‐crystalline electrolyte membrane via in situ photopolymerization of a phosphate‐functionalized mesogen, ionic liquid, and diacrylate monomer is developed. The resulting smectic B (SmB)‐phase structure enables 2D ion transport with high conductivity (10−4 S cm−1).
Chengyang Liu, Masafumi Yoshio
wiley   +1 more source

Redrawing the Mannich‐Type Reaction through Carbonyl Umpolung Reactivity

open access: yesAdvanced Synthesis &Catalysis, EarlyView.
GA: Herein, a conceptually novel one‐pot multicomponent strategy is reported for the streamlined construction of five‐membered imidazolidines from 1,2‐diaza‐1,3‐dienes (onefold), amines (twofold), and formaldehyde (twofold). This redesigned Mannich‐type reaction that exploits a carbene‐like activity of 1,2‐diaza‐1,3‐dienes (realized by “umpolung ...
Vittorio Ciccone   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ruthenium‐Catalyzed Azide‐Selenoalkyne Cycloadditions: A Combined Synthetic–Computational Study into Reaction Scope, Mechanism, and Origins of Regioselectivity

open access: yesAdvanced Synthesis &Catalysis, EarlyView.
A ruthenium‐catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (RuAAC) reaction is reported for the synthesis of selenium‐substituted triazole products. Reaction regioselectivity is dependent on the identity of the non‐selenium substituent of the alkyne, which challenges the perceived understanding of RuAAC regioselectivity.
Frances E. Bugden   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

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