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Bioinspired Shape‐Memory Hook Fasteners With Programmable Interlocking and Silent Release

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Bioinspired hook fasteners made from epoxy shape‐memory polymers are shown to switch between strong, secure attachment and gentle, silent release when heated. By combining programmable geometry and material response, these adaptive fasteners outperform commercial systems in strength and noise control, enabling new solutions for robotics, medical ...
Maria I. Vallejo Ciro, Manuel J. Carvajal Loaiza, Rahaf Homssi, Vanessa Restrepo   +3 more
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Nanowire-Intensified MEF in Hybrid Polymer-Plasmonic Electrospun Filaments

, 2018
Hybrid polymer-plasmonic nanostructures might combine high enhancement of localized fields from metal nanoparticles with light confinement and long-range transport in subwavelength dielectric structures.
Camposeo, Andrea, Cardarelli, Francesco, Ciracì, Cristian, Della Sala, Fabio, Jurga, Radoslaw, Moffa, Maria, Pisignano, Dario, Portone, Alberto   +7 more
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Reusable photocatalytic optical fibers for underground, deep-sea, and turbid water remediation [PDF]

, 2018
An approach for underground, deep, and turbid water remediation is presented based on optical fibers with a photocatalytic coating. Thus, photocatalytic TiO2 P25 nanoparticles immobilized in a poly(vinylidene difluoride) (PVDF) matrix are coated on ...
Ahmed, Al-Dawery, Anandan, Aslam, Azrague, Bongaerts, Bouarioua, Camara, Catauro, Chen, Choy, Council, Dewil, Di, Drobny, Eckert, Emadzadeh, Faraldos, Gaya, Giannakis, Gude, Hassani, Hinderstein, Hoffmann, Hofstadler, Hussain, Im, Islam, Jaleh, Joo, Kahru, Khaki, Kim, Koenig, Kohri, Lei, Li, Li, Lin, Liu, Longobucco, López-López, Magalhães, Marinangeli, Marinangeli, Marinangeli, Marschall, Martins, Martins, Matsuzawa, Meriç, Molinari, Mukherjee, Méricq, Nekouei, Oladoja, Peill, Peill, Peill, Peill, Prado, Rahimi, Rahimpour, Rahimpour, Rastogi, Ray, Rodrigues, Saien, Salaeh, Selm, Shi, Shi, Silva, Song, Stout, Sudha, Swartjes, Teixeira, Teixeira, Thakur, Vela, Vild, Vital, Wang, Washburn, Yamashita, Zhang, Zubia   +87 more
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Dual‐Mode Film Based on Highly Scattering Nanofibers and Upcycled Chips‐Bags for Year‐Round Thermal Management

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Intelligent radiative cooling devices, adaptable to various weather conditions, have the potential for year‐round energy savings. This study introduces a sustainable dual‐mode film made from polycaprolactone nanofibers and upcycled chip bags for effective thermal management.
Qimeng Song, Stefan Rettinger, Chengzhang Xu, Ulrich Mansfeld, Markus Retsch   +4 more
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On the Digital Holographic Interferometry of Fibrous Material, I. Optical Properties of Polymer and Optical Fibers

, 2012
The digital holographic interferometry (DHI) was utilized for investigating the optical properties of polymer and optical fibers. The samples investigated here were polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) polymer fiber and graded-index (GRIN) optical fiber.
Barakat, C. von Kopylow, Chengand, de Angelis, El-Dessouky, El-Morsy, Gabor, H.M. El-Dessouky, Hamza, Hamza, Hamza, Hamza, Hibino, Hossain, K.M. Yassien, Kreis, Liu, M. Agour, Pluta, Pluta, Rappaz, Schnars, Schnars, Schnars, Simmens, Stetson, Surrel, Wahba, Yaroslavsky, Yassien, Zanger, Zhang   +31 more
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Formation and structure of calcium carbonate thin films and nanofibers precipitated in the presence of poly(allylamine hydrochloride) and magnesium ions [PDF]

, 2013
That the cationic polyelectrolyte poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH) exerts a significant influence on CaCO₃ precipitation challenges the idea that only anionic additives have this effect. Here, we show that in common with anionic polyelectrolytes such
Cantaert, Bram, Kim, Yi Yeoun, Kröger, Roland, Ludwig, Henning, Meldrum, Fiona C., Paunov, Vesselin N., Verch, Andreas   +6 more
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3D (Bio) Printing Combined Fiber Fabrication Methods for Tissue Engineering Applications: Possibilities and Limitations

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Biofabrication aims at providing innovative technologies and tools for the fabrication of tissue‐like constructs for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications. By integrating multiple biofabrication technologies, such as 3D (bio) printing with fiber fabrication methods, it would be more realistic to reconstruct native tissue's ...
Waseem Kitana, Indra Apsite, Leonid Ionov   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Review: optical fiber sensors for civil engineering applications [PDF]

, 2013
Optical fiber sensor (OFS) technologies have developed rapidly over the last few decades, and various types of OFS have found practical applications in the field of civil engineering. In this paper, which is resulting from the work of the RILEM technical
B Poumellec, BJ Soller, C Lan, C Vimer, Christopher K. Y. Leung, CKY Leung, D Culverhouse, D Inaudi, D Inaudi, D Li, Daniele Inaudi, F Ansari, F Ravet, F Ravet, G Meltz, H Li, H Zhu, Hwai Chung Wu, J He, Jinping Ou, JP Dakin, Kai Tai Wan, KO Hill, KO Hill, KT Wan, KT Wan, KT Wan, KT Wan, KY Song, L Zou, L Zou, L Zou, M Froggatt, M Ghandehari, M Ghandehari, M Huang, M Tateda, Masoud Ghandehari, Michio Imai, MR Mokhtar, P Rossi, PJ Kajenski, PJS Cruz, PL Fuhr, PL Fuhr, PL Fuhr, Q Yu, R Brönnimann, S Liehr, SA Kingsley, SF Masri, T Horiguchi, T Horiguchi, Wolfgang Habel, WR Habel, X Bao, X Bao, X Gu, X Gu, Xiaoyi Bao, Y Rao, YG Lu, YQ Ni, Z Zhou, Zhi Zhou   +64 more
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Stretching the Printability Metric in Direct‐Ink Writing with Highly Extensible Yield‐Stress Fluids

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study introduces “drawability” as a new metric for assessing printability in direct‐ink writing, focusing on gap‐spanning performance and speed robustness. By designing yield‐stress fluids with high extensibility, we demonstrate that extensional strain‐to‐break significantly enhances printability.
Chaimongkol Saengow, Samya Sen, Joaquin Yus, Eliza E. Lovrich, Amanda G. Hoika, Kelly M. Chang, Arielle A. Pfeil, Nellie Haug, Amy J. Wagoner Johnson, Randy H. Ewoldt   +9 more
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Multi-scale strain-stiffening of semiflexible bundle networks [PDF]

, 2015
Bundles of polymer filaments are responsible for the rich and unique mechanical behaviors of many biomaterials, including cells and extracellular matrices.
Broedersz, C. P., Jansen, K. A., Koenderink, G. H., Kurniawan, N. A., MacKintosh, F. C., Piechocka, I. K.   +5 more
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