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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
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An Improved Analytical Thermal Rating Method for Cable Joints

Energies
To improve the utilization rate of cable lines while retaining sufficient security, the accurate thermal assessment of cable is significant for cable operation condition evaluation. The thermal rating for a cable joint, which is regarded as a hot spot of
Fawu He, Yue Xie, Pengyu Wang, Zhiheng Wu, Shuzhen Bao, Wei Wang, Xiaofeng Xu, Xiaokai Meng, Gang Liu   +8 more
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Power Cable Fault Recognition Based on an Annealed Chaotic Competitive Learning Network

Algorithms, 2014
In electric power systems, power cable operation under normal conditions is very important. Various cable faults will happen in practical applications. Recognizing the cable faults correctly and in a timely manner is crucial.
Xuebin Qin, Mei Wang, Jzau-Sheng Lin, Xiaowei Li   +3 more
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Versatile Pneumatic Twisted Coiled Actuators Enabled by Fiber‐Polymer Composite Fabrication

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This work reports composite Pneumatic Twisted Coiled Actuators with embedded Kevlar fibers that convert pneumatic or hydraulic pressure into powerful linear motion. A novel precise manufacturing technique is used to systematically explore how design variables influence actuator mechanics and dynamics.
William J. Townsend, Jeongmin Kim, Samuel Tsai, Yichao Shi, Sameh Tawfick, James H. Pikul   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Photoalignment to Structured Light: Liquid Crystal Platforms for Beam Shaping and Complex Wavefronts

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Photoaligned and photopatterned liquid crystal platforms provide programmable control of optical phase, polarization, and spin‐orbit interactions, enabling compact generation of structured light and complex wavefronts. This review highlights how tailored molecular orientations transform simple beams into designed optical fields, opening versatile ...
Le Zhou, Tingjun Zhong, Sijie Liu, Pouya Nosratkhah, Ke Xu, Yuzhen Zhao, Kristiaan Neyts   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Design and manufacture of a 100 kA coaxial pulsed power cable for plasma generator and PPS in ETC guns

Defence Technology, 2019
Based on our previous pulsed current and internal overvoltage test data and the experience of common commercial high power cables, a 100 kA coaxial pulsed power cable is designed and manufactured to adapt the coaxial electric energy breech transmission ...
Yong Jin, Zhen-xiao Li, Yan-jie Ni, Xiao-ya Gao, Gang Wan, Chun-xia Yang, Bao-ming Li   +6 more
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Magnesium‐Based Transient Bioelectronics, Bio‐Optics and Bio‐Scaffolds

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This paper reviews the state of the art and recent advances in magnesium‐based thin‐film, foils, and scaffolds for applications in transient bio‐optics, bioelectronics and tissue engineering. The design principles, fabrication methods, material properties, and integration strategies are discussed in detail.
Massimo Mariello, Yves Leterrier
wiley   +1 more source

Characterization of Space Charge Accumulations in Alternative Gas-to-Liquid Oil-Immersed Paper Insulation Under Polarity Reversal Voltage Scenarios

Energies
Due to its advantages, such as its corrosive sulfur-free property and high purity, gas-to-liquid (GTL) oil is regarded as an excellent alternative to conventional naphthenic mineral oil in the oil/paper composite insulation of UHV converter transformers.
Ya Wang, Yifei Xiong, Zheming Wang, Wu Lu   +3 more
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Correlated Metal LaNiO3 as a p‐Type Transparent Conductor

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
p‐type transparent conducting oxides are needed to enable superstrate solar cell geometries with n‐type absorbers. The p‐type correlated metal LaNiO3 combines high optical transmission with low electrical resistivity and is compatible with a range of scalable deposition processes.
Shivang Beniwal, Emmeline G. Poole, Jacob Plowman, Troy D. Manning, Teresa Partida Manzanera, Kevin Sanderson, Matthew S. Dyer, Matthew J. Rosseinsky, Jonathan Alaria   +8 more
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Graphene Quantum Dot‐Induced Microstrain for Framework Stabilization of High‐Entropy Prussian Blue Analog in High‐Current Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The intrinsic distortion‐rich lattice of HEPBA with GQD‐enabled microstrain engineering establishes a mechanistic route toward high‐performance alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction. HEPBA inherently feature heterogeneous local coordination environments arising from multimetal incorporation, while properly introducing GQD during coprecipitation ...
Mia Rinawati, Yu‐Ru Liu, Wei‐Hsiang Huang, Kuan‐Yu Lin, Ching‐Ju Ho, Ling‐Yu Chang, Karel Roubik, Ni Luh Wulan Septiani, Ahmad Nuruddin, Wei‐Nien Su, Min‐Hsin Yeh   +10 more
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