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Chemically Doped Conductive Polymers for Wearable Health Monitoring

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Among conductive polymers, poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS), polyaniline (PANI), and polypyrrole (PPy) are the most studied and applied. Chemical doping significantly boosts intrinsic conductivity and mechanical robustness.
Mengdi Zuo, Jian Song, Hong Hu, Le Zheng, Lei Zhang, Charles H. Lawrie   +5 more
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Analysis of an Interface Crack between Piezoelectric Semiconductor Coating and Elastic Substrate Structure

Mathematics
Piezoelectric semiconductor materials possess a unique combination of piezoelectric and semiconductor effects, exhibiting multifaceted coupling properties such as electromechanical, acoustic, photoelectric, photovoltaic, thermal, and thermoelectric ...
Xiangru Tian, Yali Zhang, Hailiang Ma, Xing Li, Shenghu Ding   +4 more
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Recent Advances of Slip Sensors for Smart Robotics

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review summarizes recent progress in robotic slip sensors across mechanical, electrical, thermal, optical, magnetic, and acoustic mechanisms, offering a comprehensive reference for the selection of slip sensors in robotic applications. In addition, current challenges and emerging trends are identified to advance the development of robust, adaptive,
Xingyu Zhang, Liao Wu, Shuai He, Zhao Sha, Yuwan Huang, Shuying Wu, Dewei Chu, Chun H. Wang, Shuhua Peng   +8 more
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Smart Closed‐Loop Systems in Personalized Healthcare: Advances and Outlook

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A smart closed‐loop e‐textile integrates multimodal sensing, onboard processing, wireless communication, and wearable power to enable real‐time physiological/biochemical monitoring and feedback‐controlled therapy. ABSTRACT Smart textiles represent a revolutionary frontier in healthcare, seamlessly blending fabric and advanced technologies to create ...
Safoora Khosravi, Sang Won Lee, Mohammad Abrar Uddin, Sina Hassanpoor, Neha Suvindran, Katherine Le, Harun Arkaz, Harishkumar Narayana, Saeid Soltanian, Danial Khorsandi, Negar Hosseinzadeh Kouchehbaghi, Taeil Kim, Yangzhi Zhu   +12 more
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Insights into the Antimicrobial Mechanism of Piezoelectric Materials

ACS Omega
Physical disruption of bacterial integrity with piezoelectric materials offers a promising alternative to conventional bactericidal chemical treatments. In this study, we investigated the mechanisms of the antibacterial effect of mechanically stimulated poly-(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene) (P-(VDF-TrFE)) piezoelectric material on Escherichia
Joana Moreira, Žiga Pandur, Margarida Fernandes, Pedro Martins, Vítor Correia, Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez, David Stopar   +6 more
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Fabric‐Based Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton Gloves: Advancements and Challenges

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review highlights interdisciplinary technological advances in fabric‐based robotic gloves, focusing on progress in design, fabrication, actuation, sensing, control, and power and energy requirements. It also addresses performance testing and validation, including biomechanical, strength, functional, user experience, and durability assessments, to ...
Ayse Feyza Yilmaz, Gökhan Ince, Ozgur Atalay   +2 more
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Printed Organic Thermoelectric Generators: Progress and Challenges Towards Efficient Energy Harvesting

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Printed organic thermoelectric generators (OTEGs) enable flexible and sustainable energy harvesting from low‐grade heat. This Perspective critically assesses recent advances in printable thermoelectric materials, 2D and 3D device architectures, and current performance limits of printed OTEGs.
Vijitha Ignatious, Pietro Rossi, Matteo Massetti, Cecilia Mattevi, Francisco Molina‐Lopez, Mario Caironi   +5 more
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On the measurement of piezoelectric d33 coefficient of soft thin films under weak mechanical loads: A rapid and affordable method

Materials & Design
Thanks to their intrinsic flexibility, energy efficiency and high portability, soft piezoelectric thin films represent the most effective technological approach for wearable devices to monitor health conditions.
Gaia de Marzo, Luca Fachechi, Valentina Antonaci, Vincenzo Mariano Mastronardi, Luigi Portaluri, Maria Teresa Todaro, Luciana Algieri, Antonio Qualtieri, Francesco Rizzi, Michele Scaraggi, Massimo De Vittorio   +10 more
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Tunable 3D‐Printed Static Mixers for Gradient Bioprinting With High Cell Viability

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The fabrication of native tissue‐like structures with gradual transitions in material properties, cell types, and growth factors remains a major challenge in biofabrication due to the lack of suitable methods. Mimicking the hierarchical organization of living tissues is essential for functional models, yet creating gradient, multimaterial ...
Florian Hofmann, Jessica Faber, Franz Moser, Alessandro Cianciosi, Nicoletta Murenu, Joachim Schenk, Katrin G. Heinze, Natascha Schaefer, Silvia Budday, Tomasz Jungst   +9 more
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Magnetic Textiles: A Review of Materials, Fabrication, Properties, and Applications

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Magnetic textiles (M‐textiles) are emerging as a programmable materials platform that merges magnetic matter with hierarchical textile structures. This article consolidates magnetic material classes, textile architectures, and fabrication and magnetization strategies, revealing structure–property–function relationships that govern magneto‐mechanical ...
Li Ke, Moses Kumi, Xiaoming Tao, Junhong Pu   +3 more
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