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Biopolymer-Based Multilayer Capsules and Beads Made via Templating: Advantages, Hurdles and Perspectives

open access: yesNanomaterials, 2021
One of the undeniable trends in modern bioengineering and nanotechnology is the use of various biomolecules, primarily of a polymeric nature, for the design and formulation of novel functional materials for controlled and targeted drug delivery ...
Anna S. Vikulina, Jack Campbell
doaj   +1 more source

Functional Fibers in Soft Robotics: Advances in Material, Structural, and Systemic Tactics

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Omniphobic Slippery Coatings Based on Lubricant-Infused Porous Polyelectrolyte Multilayers

open access: yes, 2016
Omniphobic and slippery coatings from lubricant-infused, textured surfaces have recently been shown to have superior properties including low contact angle hysteresis and low sliding angles.
Xiayun Huang (1682092)   +2 more
core   +5 more sources

Programmable Hydration Pathways Enable Reconfigurable Ionic Thermoelectrics for Energy Harvesting and Thermal‐Tactile Interaction

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Programmable hydration pathways enable reconfigurable ionic thermoelectrics in polyquaternium hydrogels. By coupling microscopic solvation, mesoscale water channels, and macroscopic boundary control, hydration‐gated protonics decouples thermopower, response speed, and stability.
Zehao Zhao, Yun Shen, Dongyan Xu
wiley   +1 more source

Organic Photoelectrochemical Cells Beyond Performance: Interface and Catalyst Engineering for Durability

open access: yesAdvanced Energy Materials, EarlyView.
Organic photoelectrochemical cells based on π‐conjugated semiconductors offer a versatile platform for solar fuel generation. This review outlines operating principles, device architectures, and key metrics, and highlights advances in p‐ and n‐type photoelectrodes, interfacial engineering, and catalyst integration.
Jaehyeong Kim   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Layer-by-layer assembly of organic films and their application to multichannel surface plasmon resonance sensing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
This thesis provides a study of a single chip, multi-channel surface plasmon resonance (SPR) imaging system. The equipment has no moving parts and uses a single sensor "chip" onto which multiple channels can be incorporated.
Palumbo, Marco, Marco Palumbo, Dott
core  

NMR studies of PAH/PSS polyelectrolyte multilayers adsorbed onto silica

open access: yes, 2004
: Solid-state NMR spectroscopy is used to monitor the layer-by-layer (L-B-L) growth of polyelectrolyte multilayers on colloidal silica. The dynamics and conformation of polyelectrolyte multilayers comprised of the weak polycation, poly(allylamine ...
Barrett, C. J.   +12 more
core   +1 more source

Smart Flexible Tactile Sensors: Recent Progress in Device Designs, Intelligent Algorithms, and Multidisciplinary Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
Flexible tactile sensors have considerable potential for broad application in healthcare monitoring, human–machine interfaces, and bioinspired robotics. This review explores recent progress in device design, performance optimization, and intelligent applications. It highlights how AI algorithms enhance environmental adaptability and perception accuracy
Siyuan Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Polyelectrolyte multilayer membranes: An experimental review

open access: yesDesalination
Within just two decades, polyelectrolyte multilayer (PEM) membranes have moved from invention to their world wide application. One key advantage of these membranes is their versatility, allowing easy optimization through various tuning parameters. But it is exactly this versatility that has made it difficult to fairly compare PEM membranes. Previously,
Regenspurg, Jurjen A.   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source

Carbon/Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells: Status and Perspectives

open access: yesCarbon Energy, EarlyView.
This review examines carbon/silicon heterojunctions and highlights the advantages of carbon materials in terms of cost‐effectiveness, low‐temperature processing, and scalability. It adopts a comprehensive approach to bridge the gap between laboratory‐scale innovations and industrial‐scale applications, incorporating current state‐of‐the‐art findings ...
Randi Azmi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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