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Environmental temperature effect on dimensional measurements of atomic force microscopy
Nanotechnology and Precision Engineering, 2021 Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is increasingly being used as a fundamental tool for dimensional measurements at the nanoscale in the laboratory and in industry.
Chengfu Ma, Yuhang Chen, Wenhao Huang
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High-performance Marangoni hydrogel rotors with asymmetric porosity and drag reduction profile
Nature Communications, 2023 Utilizing the Marangoni effect, miniaturized machineries can be endowed with self-propulsion. Here, the authors report high-performance Marangoni hydrogel rotors with asymmetric porosity and drag reduction profile and demonstrate multiple potential ...
Hao Wu +20 more
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The Optimization of a Microfluidic CTC Filtering Chip by Simulation
Micromachines, 2017 The detection and separation of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are crucial in early cancer diagnosis and cancer prognosis. Filtration through a thin film is one of the size and deformability based separation methods, which can isolate rare CTCs from the ...
Huan Li +6 more
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Nanophotonics, 2023 Metasurface provides a novel way to modulate light energy at specific wavelengths, namely resonances, where there is a sharp drop in the transmission spectrum.
Chen Wenjie +3 more
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Light-triggered multi-joint microactuator fabricated by two-in-one femtosecond laser writing
Nature Communications, 2023 Inspired by the flexible joints of humans, actuators containing soft joints have been developed for various applications, including soft grippers, artificial muscles, and wearable devices. However, integrating multiple microjoints into soft robots at the
Chen Xin +9 more
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Strength and toughness enhancement in 3d printing via bioinspired tool path
Materials & Design, 2020 Mechanical properties such as strength, toughness and anisotropy are significant in 3D printing technology. Unfortunately, the strength and toughness are often mutually exclusive, and are therefore difficult to be enhanced simultaneously.
Yuxuan Sun +4 more
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Sensors, 2015 The railway occupies a fairly important position in transportation due to its high speed and strong transportation capability. As a consequence, it is a key issue to guarantee continuous running and transportation safety of trains.
Kesai Ouyang +5 more
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Analysis and optimization of the wall-climbing robot with an adsorption system and adhesive belts
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2020 This article presents an innovative wall-climbing robot for detection on smooth wall surfaces, which consists of a vacuum adsorption system and adhesion belts, making the robot flexible and effectively steerable.
Jinfu Liu +8 more
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Data‐Driven Navigation of Ferromagnetic Soft Continuum Robots Based on Machine Learning
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2023 Ferromagnetic soft continuum robots (FSCRs) have great potential in biomedical applications due to their miniaturization and remote control capabilities. However, to direct the FSCR accurately and effectively, it is critical to realize inverse kinematics
Yangyang Ni +5 more
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Effect of Contact Pressure on the Performance of Carbon Nanotube Arrays Thermal Interface Material
Nanomaterials, 2018 Vertically aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) arrays are promising candidates for advanced thermal interface materials (TIMs) since they possess high mechanical compliance and high intrinsic thermal conductivity.
Yu Pei +4 more
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