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Waveguide Photoactuators: Materials, Fabrication, and Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Waveguide photoactuators convert guided light into mechanical motion. Their tethered‐flexible design enables minimally invasive surgery and confined‐space robotics. This review aims to guide materials selection, device design, and system integration, accelerating the transition of waveguide photoactuators from laboratory prototypes to versatile ...
Minjie Xi, Hemin Pan, Yang Zong, Yongfeng Mei, Jizhai Cui   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Realization of a chiral photonic-crystal cavity with broken time-reversal symmetry. [PDF]

Nat Commun
M Kulkarni K, Xu H, Tay F, Rodriguez-Barrios GM, Kim D, Alabastri A, Rokaj V, Dag CB, Baydin A, Kono J.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Liquid Crystalline Elastomers in Soft Robotics: Assessing Promise and Limitations

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are programmable soft materials that undergo large, anisotropic deformation in response to external stimuli. Their molecular alignment encodes directional actuation in a monolithic structure, making them long‐standing candidates for soft robotic systems.
Justin M. Speregen, Timothy J. White
wiley   +1 more source

Topological photonic crystal fiber. [PDF]

Sci Adv
Zhu B, Hean K, Wong S, Wang Y, Banerjee R, Xue H, Wang Q, Cerjan A, Wang QJ, Chang W, Chong Y.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Functional Fibers in Soft Robotics: Advances in Material, Structural, and Systemic Tactics

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Fiber‐form robotic systems offer a scalable pathway toward embodied intelligence in soft robotics. This review surveys functional fibers as material, structural, and systemic elements, highlighting advances in responsive materials, architectural programing, and fabrication strategies.
Joonhee Won, Jaehyun Jang, Hyeonseo Kim, Inyoung Choi, Steve Park, Seongjun Park   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tunable Optical Bistability Within the Bandgap in One-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Multilayer Structures Containing Weyl Semimetal. [PDF]

Micromachines (Basel)
Qian L, Li Z, Shen Z, Tang J, Jiang L.
europepmc   +1 more source

Flexible Sensors for Robotics Tactile Perception: A Review

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Flexible tactile sensing for robotics is reviewed through four interconnected dimensions. Physical mechanisms include piezoresistive, capacitive, piezoelectric, triboelectric, iontronic, and optical sensing. Structural design includes bioinspired, defect‐based, and MEMS‐based tactile systems.
Yu Song, Ying Chen, Yihao Chen, Xue Feng
wiley   +1 more source

One-dimensional mid-IR defect-mode photonic crystal biosensor for oral cancer detection. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Aly AH.
europepmc   +1 more source

Force–Displacement Characterization of PNIPAM Microactuators

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A method to experimentally establish a force–displacement diagram of poly(N‐isopropyl acrylamide) (PNIPAM) microactuators, printed by 2PP, is presented herein. PNIPAM is a hydrogel whose volume and stiffness change with temperature due to the absorption or release of water.
Manon Cassignol, Esra Yalcinkaya, Adam Chafaï, Jérémy Odent, Pierre Lambert   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Non-Close-Packed Isotropic Responsive Magnetic Photonic Crystal Microspheres. [PDF]

Nanomaterials (Basel)
Zhao L, Zhu J, Sun M, Luo W, Ma H, Guan J.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source