Liquid Crystalline Elastomers in Soft Robotics: Assessing Promise and Limitations
Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are programmable soft materials that undergo large, anisotropic deformation in response to external stimuli. Their molecular alignment encodes directional actuation in a monolithic structure, making them long‐standing candidates for soft robotic systems.
Justin M. Speregen, Timothy J. White
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Electron and spin dynamics in a single quantum emitter. [PDF]
Rimek F +6 more
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Functional Fibers in Soft Robotics: Advances in Material, Structural, and Systemic Tactics
Fiber‐form robotic systems offer a scalable pathway toward embodied intelligence in soft robotics. This review surveys functional fibers as material, structural, and systemic elements, highlighting advances in responsive materials, architectural programing, and fabrication strategies.
Joonhee Won +5 more
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Coherent control of optical spin-orbit interactions. [PDF]
Yang H +9 more
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Advances in Electroactive Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Intelligent Robotics and Electronics
Electroactive liquid crystal elastomers (eLCEs) integrate molecular anisotropy with electrical functionality to enable programmable actuation and reconfigurable electronics. This review classifies eLCEs into robotic actuators and adaptive electronics, summarizes key actuation mechanisms, and highlights fabrication strategies that bridge materials to ...
Kavita Ramesh Rathod +14 more
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Urban Water Leakage Detection System over Dark Fiber Networks Based on Distributed Acoustic Sensing and Sparse Autoencoders. [PDF]
Sharif V, Yao Y, Loayssa A, Sagues M.
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Breaking the Cross-Sensitivity Degeneracy in FBG Sensors: A Physics-Informed Co-Design Framework for Robust Discrimination. [PDF]
Yalınbaş F, Yılmaz G.
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A continuous-wave photon-pair source operating in L-band through spontaneous four-wave mixing in birefringent ZBLAN fiber. [PDF]
Woo T, Lee K, Joe N, Lee JH.
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Light storage in light cages: a scalable platform for multiplexed quantum memories. [PDF]
Gómez-López E +5 more
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Temporal regulation of macrophage polarization by abnormally innervated CGRP + Sensory nerves following spinal cord injury. [PDF]
Hu R +6 more
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