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Recent Advances in Conductive Rubber Composites: Progress, Challenges, and Emerging Opportunities

Macromolecular Rapid Communications, EarlyView.
This study reviews the recent advances in conductive rubber composites, focusing on key aspects such as material selection, conductive mechanisms, interfacial engineering, processing methods, vulcanization strategies, and practical applications. It also discusses current challenges and highlights emerging directions that are shaping the development of ...
Lu Yin, Ali Vahidifar, Steven Yu, Boxin Zhao   +3 more
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Electrospun conducting polymers: recent trends and the transition towards a sustainable future

Polymer International, EarlyView.
This review discusses the electrospinning of conducting polymers, detailing procedures, fibrous morphologies, improved properties, applications in electronics, and challenges, while outlining future directions for nanofibre‐based devices in various fields.
Xenofon Karagiorgis, Sofia Sandhu, Peter J. Skabara, Ravinder Dahiya   +3 more
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Responsive nitric oxide‐releasing antibacterial materials for biofilm‐associated infections: Mechanisms, design strategies, and applications

Responsive Materials, EarlyView.
This review summarizes the recent progress in responsive NO‐releasing materials and their applications in biofilm‐associated infectious diseases. The design principles and response mechanisms are given to provide inspiration toward the future development of multi‐responsive NO‐releasing materials.
Wenyue Sun, Meiqi Li, Di Nan, Jiaqi Zhao, Yu Chen, Yao Gao, Shichen Zhang, Kirsten L. Van Landuyt, Manlin Qi   +8 more
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Nanocellulose‐based hydrogel membranes for underwater osmotic actuators

Responsive Materials, EarlyView.
The review comprehensively summarizes the research progress of nanocellulose‐based hydrogel membranes for underwater osmotic actuators, from the building blocks of nanocelluloses to the underwater osmotic actuation mechanism and applications, and outlines their challenges and perspectives, aiming to facilitate their applications in underwater remote ...
Qingchen Li, Zhengru Wang, Liming Zhang, Tobias Benselfelt, Minghua Huang, Jingyi Wu, Huanlei Wang, Lars Wågberg, Mahiar Max Hamedi, Feng Xu, Weiqian Tian   +10 more
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Porous Organic Polymers: From Molecular Design to Scalable Technologies

Small, EarlyView.
This review introduces porous organic polymers (POPs) for a wide range of applications, including energy storage, gas adsorption, catalysts, adsorbents, biomedical applications, sensors, and other exciting fields, and critically analyzes the synthesis and modification, and how structural topology influences the composites' architecture of POPs, along ...
Hossein Mashhadimoslem, Hadi Shayesteh, Simindokht Zarei‐Shokat, Rokhsareh Bakhtiari, Sheyda Abedi‐Banaei, Zahra Sheikhlouiharzand, Parnia Mohebimanesh, Seyed Mohammad Amin Ojagh, Bahareh Bakhtiari, Ali Maleki, Theo G. M. van de Ven, Sohrab Zendehboudi, Ali Elkamel   +12 more
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Material Extrusion‐Enabled Soft Multimodal Pressure Sensors With Fabrication‐Embedded Stretch‐Induced Strain Insensitivity

Small, EarlyView.
Material extrusion‐based additive manufacturing integrates mechanically anisotropic electrospun piezoelectric composite microfibers with stretchable silver electrodes into a three‐dimensional serpentine architecture to realize stretch‐induced strain‐insensitive pressure sensors, maintaining a stable sensing performance under tensile strains up to 30 ...
Jinsheng Fan, Shujia Xu, Yi Yang, David Harmon, Yuelin Deng, Brittany Newell, Wenzhuo Wu, Robert A. Nawrocki   +7 more
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Active micro-vibration isolation system for adaptive vibration suppression tests using piezoelectric stack actuator

Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration and Active Control
An active micro-vibration isolation system for adaptive vibration suppression using piezoelectric stack actuators is presented, along with the discrete time modelling method, real-time adaptive controller design, and hardware implementation.
Zhiyuan Gao, Lei Zhang, Tongxin Xu, Xiaojin Zhu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Precisely Timed On‐Demand Droplet Ejection and Collision in Free Space for Controlled Reaction Initiation

Small, EarlyView.
LiDIA is an on‐demand droplet‐in‐air platform that enables synchronized droplet collision, ultralow‐waste operation, and obstruction‐free sample delivery. By combining precise triggering with reliable free‐space dispensing, it provides a versatile route for rapid mixing and time‐resolved studies, with strong potential for applications in XFEL, cryo‐EM,
Hao Deng, Jacek J. Jasieniak, Tuncay Alan   +2 more
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Two‐Stage Power Management for Triboelectric Nanogenerators: Toward Reliable and Efficient Self‐Powered Systems

Safety Science and Technology, EarlyView.
This review systematically outlines two‐stage power management circuits for TENGs, integrating AC–DC and DC–DC conversion to overcome high impedance and unstable output. It highlights strategies for efficient energy extraction and stable power delivery, enabling the development of reliable self‐powered systems for safety monitoring and applications in ...
Jiaxin Hu, Zhiyong Zhang, Haiyang Shao, Tianyu Shi, Baoling Yuan, Ming‐Lai Fu   +5 more
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Printing to Fight Antimicrobial Resistance Through Nano/Microstructured Platforms

The Chemical Record, EarlyView.
Additive manufacturing enables the rational design of structured antimicrobial platforms across multiple length scales, from nanofibrous scaffolds and droplet microreactors to 3D and 4D printed constructs. By engineering confinement, interfacial chemistry, and stimuli‐responsive release, these systems exert localized action through complementary ...
Giorgia Puleo, Silvia Orecchio, Dario Savoca, Claudia Pellerito, Vittorio Ferrara, Vincenzo Piscopo, Sebastiano Alberto Fortuna, Alessandra Giardina, Bruno Pignataro, Paola Costanzo, Floriana Campanile, Giuseppe Arrabito   +11 more
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