TacScope: A Miniaturized Vision‐Based Tactile Sensor for Surgical Applications
TacScope is a compact, vision‐based tactile sensor designed for robot‐assisted surgery. By leveraging a curved elastomer surface with pressure‐sensitive particle redistribution, it captures high‐resolution 3D tactile feedback. TacScope enables accurate tumor detection and shape classification beneath soft tissue phantoms, offering a scalable, low‐cost ...
Md Rakibul Islam Prince +3 more
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From Biomechanics to Bioinnovation: Emerging Applications of Piezoelectric Materials and Phenomena in Dentistry. [PDF]
Kang W +5 more
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Waveguide Photoactuators: Materials, Fabrication, and Applications
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 +4 more
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Liquid-Liquid Interface Polar Engineering for Organic Piezoelectrics. [PDF]
Zhang Y, Liu S.
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Muscle cell‐based biohybrid robot using nanomaterials for function enhancement and neural function for biomedical applications. Biohybrid robotics, an emerging field combining biological tissues with artificial systems, has made significant progress in developing various biohybrid constructs, including muscle‐cell‐driven biorobots and microbots.
Minkyu Shin +4 more
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Over 0.1 W root-mean-square output achieved in magneto-mechano-electric generators using Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT single crystals. [PDF]
Pattipaka S +11 more
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Smart REASSURED Sensors via Machine‐Augmented Printable On‐Paper Arrays
This perspective highlights the emerging role of pattern‐recognition, printable on‐paper sensor arrays for intelligent PoC diagnostics. It discusses how paper's inherent limitations can be overcome through surface modification and scalable printing, and how machine‐learning analysis of cross‐reactive arrays enables multiplexed, low‐cost, and REASSURED ...
Naimeh Naseri, Saba Ranjbar
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Bioelectric cues from piezoelectric materials in stem-cell adhesion and migration. [PDF]
Chen N, Su Y, Zhao R, Deng X.
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Nb2CBr2 MXene Monolayer as a Novel Material: A First Principle Study
Illustration of the monolayer cell, cell replicated in directions a and b, graph of optical absorption and thermodynamic potentials as a function of temperature. Abstract Niobium‐based MXenes show promising properties and applications, but have not yet been sufficiently investigated, especially with halogen surface terminations. This study investigates
Leonardo S. Barbosa +4 more
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Entropy-Driven Cellulosic Elastomer Self-Assembly for Mechanical Energy Harvesting and Self-Powered Sensing. [PDF]
Zhang P +7 more
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