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Microneedle Technology in Psoriasis Management: Mechanistic Insights, Technological Innovation, Clinical Progress, and Challenges

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review explores the evolving role of microneedle systems in psoriasis management, highlighting their potential for enhanced drug delivery, diagnosis, and disease monitoring. It also discusses unmet clinical needs for psoriasis management and technical challenges, while outlining strategic directions to advance microneedle integration into routine ...
Fatma Moawad, Yasmine Ruel, Roxane Pouliot, Davide Brambilla   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Design of a linear macro–micro actuation stage considering vibration isolation

Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2015
In microelectronics manufacturing, macro–micro actuation stages are typically applied to obtain a high-precision positioning at a high acceleration. Macro–micro actuation stage comprises a voice coil motor that achieves a high-acceleration motion and a ...
Lufan Zhang, Zhili Long, Jiandong Cai, Jiwen Fang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Design and Analysis of a Novel Compliant Tensile Testing Module Based on Buckled Fixed-Guided Beam

IEEE Access, 2021
The need to accurately measure the mechanical properties of freestanding thin films such as carbon nanotube reinforced nanocomposite thin films and various buckypaper is increasingly urgent. This paper presents the design and control of a novel compliant
Zhaozhao Wang, Bo Qian, Xiaoqing Sun, Ming Xu, Gang Liu   +4 more
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High Quality Factor Silicon Cantilever Driven by PZT Actuator for Resonant Based Mass Detection [PDF]

, 2008
A high quality factor (Q-factor) piezoelectric lead zirconat titanate (PZT) actuated single crystal silicon cantilever was proposed in this paper for resonant based ultra-sensitive mass detection.
Ikehara, T., Itoh, Toshihiro, Lu, Jian, Maeda, Ryutaro, Mihara, Takashi, Zhang, Yi   +5 more
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Self‐Assembled Inorganic Nanomembrane Tubes: Rolled‐Up Piezoelectrics for Microacoustic Wave‐Based Actuators and Sensors

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This study demonstrates a self‐assembly process to generate free‐standing piezoelectric nanomembranes, forming ultracompact microtubular acoustic wave sensors and actuators. The miniaturized 3D piezoelectric platform reported in this work can be applied in telecommunication, energy harvesting, and acoustofluidics. Moreover, the 3D self‐assembly can add
Raphaël C. L‐M. Doineau, Christian N. Saggau, Stefan Baunack, Thomas Gemming, Yara Abdelaal, Robert Weser, Oliver G. Schmidt, Hagen Schmidt, Andreas Winkler, Mariana Medina‐Sánchez   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Finite element modeling of a piezoelectric actuator coupled to the cochlear round window

Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering
Round window (RW) stimulation is an application of active middle ear implants. However, its clinical outcomes show a substantial degree of variability due to the mismatch of the diameter of the actuator and the RW membrane, and the surgically challenging
Liu Houguang, Kou Yinxin, Wang Jie, Lenarz Thomas, Maier Hannes   +4 more
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Electromechanical Simulation of Actively Controlled Rotordynamic Systems with Piezoelectric Actuators [PDF]

, 1991
Theories and tests for incorporating piezoelectric pushers as actuator devices for active vibration control are discussed. It started from a simple model with the assumption of ideal pusher characteristics and progressed to electromechanical models with ...
Kascak, A. F., Lin, Reng Rong, Montague, G., Palazzolo, A. B.   +3 more
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Recent Progress on Flexible Multimodal Sensors: Decoupling Strategies, Fabrication and Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
In this review, we establish a tripartite decoupling framework for flexible multimodal sensors, which elucidates the underlying principles of signal crosstalk and their solutions through material design, structural engineering, and AI algorithms. We also demonstrate its potential applications across environmental monitoring, health monitoring, human ...
Tao Wu, Yu‐Tao Li, Luyu Zhao, Yi Zhang, Zhaojie Zhang, Jian Yuan, Yiwen Wu, Anqi Che, Yuanxiao Ma, Yang Chai, Yeliang Wang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of error bound for a DT sliding mode control with disturbance observer [PDF]

, 2006
In this paper an estimate of the upper bound of control error for discrete-time implementation of a Sliding Mode Control (DTSMC) combined with disturbance observer is investigated. Having in mind application to PZT high bandwidth actuators and since high
Abidi, Khalid Seyed, Erdem, Emine Yegan, Sabanovic, Asif, Şabanoviç, Asif   +3 more
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Active shape correction of a thin glass/plastic X-ray mirror [PDF]

, 2014
Optics for future X-ray telescopes will be characterized by very large aperture and focal length, and will be made of lightweight materials like glass or plastic in order to keep the total mass within acceptable limits. Optics based on thin slumped glass
Barbera, M., Basso, S., Cicero, U. Lo, Civitani, M., Collura, A., Dell'Agostino, S., Lullo, G., Pelliciari, C., Riva, M., Salmaso, B., Sciortino, L., Spiga, D.   +11 more
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