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Performance of a self-lifting linear air contact [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
An investigation into the performance of a self-levitating linear air bearing that functions on the squeeze film principle was conducted and a detailed set of results describing its floating characteristics at various operating parameters is presented ...
Stolarski, T A, Woolliscroft, S P
core   +1 more source

Roadmap to Precision 3D Printing of Cellulose: Rheology‐Guided Formulation, Fidelity Assessment, and Application Horizons

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This critical review presents a comprehensive roadmap for the precision 3D printing of cellulose. Quantitative correlations link ink formulation and rheological properties to print fidelity and final material performance. This framework guides the development of advanced functional materials, from biomedical scaffolds to electromagnetic shielding ...
Majed Amini   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Natural frequency of beams with embedded piezoelectric sensors and actuators

open access: yes, 2007
A mathematical model is developed to study the natural frequency of beams with embedded piezoelectric sensors and actuators. The piezoelectric sensors/actuators in a non-piezoelectric matrix (host beam) are analyzed as two inhomogeneity problems by using
Della, Christian N., Shu, Dongwei
core  

Multiscale Acoustic Bubble Actuators Using Bioinspired Liquid‐Repellent Microstructures

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
The article presents multiscale acoustic bubble actuators using bioinspired liquid‐repellent microstructures, enabling programmable trapping, pumping, mixing, and precise flow control. Mimicking springtail microstructures, these scalable actuators (200 µm–1 mm) offer multifunctionality in all‐in‐one devices, letter‐shaped arrays, and 3D cube ...
Cem Balda Dayan   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Specific Methodology of Creep Compensation for piezoelectric Actuators by Open-loop control [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Piezoelectric actuators exhibit creep behavior in open-loop operation, which may lead to unaffordable errors in high precision static positioning systems.
Gourinat, Yves   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

Fabrication, Properties, and Applications of Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Regeneration

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review explores cutting‐edge biomaterials and fabrication techniques for scaffolds in bone tissue regeneration. It conducts a critical comparison of various strategies, meticulously analyzes the key contradictions in the field, and outlines an integrated development path spanning from biomaterial selection to clinical application, while ...
Shangsi Chen, Min Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Free Damping Vibration of Piezoelectric Cantilever Beams: A Biparametric Perturbation Solution and Its Experimental Verification

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2019
As an intelligent material, piezoelectric materials have been widely used in many intelligent fields, especially in the analysis and design of sensors and actuators; however, the vibration problems of the corresponding structures made of the ...
Zhi-Xin Yang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transducers Across Scales and Frequencies: A System‐Level Framework for Multiphysics Integration and Co‐Design

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Transducers convert physical signals into electrical and optical representations, yet each mechanism is bounded by intrinsic trade‐offs across bandwidth, sensitivity, speed, and energy. This review maps transduction mechanisms across physical scale and frequency, showing how heterogeneous integration and multiphysics co‐design transform isolated ...
Aolei Xu   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigations of a noise control of a plate with four pairs of piezoelectric elemen

open access: yesArchives of Acoustics, 2014
The paper explores the potentials of reducing the amplitude of plate vibrations and radiated noise through the use of piezoelectric actuators in an asymmetric configuration. Tests were run on a aluminium plate, bonded on one edge.
J. Wiciak
doaj  

Progress in high-performance stick-slip piezoelectric actuators: a review

open access: yesInternational Journal of Smart and Nano Materials
The ultra-precision field is popular for its micro-nanometer positioning accuracy and large working stroke. Piezoelectric actuators based on the stick-slip operational principle exhibit superior performance characteristics, making them stand out with ...
Yingqi Lin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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