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Effect of blend ratios and printing parameters on PLA/TPU shape memory polymer performance
Polymer TestingThe advancement in soft robotics and intelligent systems has triggered interest in PLA/TPU shape memory polymer, due to their promising combined properties and the coupling effects that enable the development of flexible and dynamic robotic systems ...
Muhammad Nafiz Hamidi +3 more
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Influence of Printing Parameters on the Strength and Toughness of 3D-Printed Composites
EPJ Web of ConferencesCompression and injection molding are two of the most common conventional manufacturing processes used to make composite items. Composites have recently been made using additive manufacturing processes, which involve three-dimensional printing. The term “3D printing” refers to the technique of creating three-dimensional objects by strategically ...
M. Sengottaiyan +4 more
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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 +6 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A printed superparamagnetic nanoparticle‐based flux guide enables the realization of a hysteresis‐free three‐axis magnetic sensor. This innovative architecture efficiently redirects out‐of‐plane fields to planar sensing elements, facilitating simultaneous vector detection without complex reset protocols.
Changyeop Jeon +10 more
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e-PolymersRapid plastic consumption has increased global plastic waste, with polyethylene terephthalate (PET) widely used in packaging. Recycling PET is challenging, as conventional methods often fail to manage the growing waste stream. Additive manufacturing (AM)
Hafiz Hiba Mohammad +2 more
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Structure‐Guided Dynamical Mechanics in Bioinspired Double Twisted Laminated Thin Films
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This work explores a dynamic mechanistic study of crack propagation and puncture testing via real‐time monitoring of crack initiation, propagation, and termination through nature‐inspired single and double twisted architectures fabricated from cellulose nanocrystals.
Justin Brackenridge +4 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Geometry‐driven design of soft cellular metamaterials is systematically investigated by combining experiments, finite element modeling, and statistical prediction. The study quantifies how unit cell geometry and material properties govern stiffness, instability, densification, and energy absorption.
Alice Berardo +4 more
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Biodegradable and Biocompatible Functional Polymers for Biomedical Applications
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Biodegradable and biocompatible functional polymers integrate electrical, mechanical, and stimuli‐responsive functionalities while enabling programmed degradation under physiological conditions. This review introduces recent advances in conductive, shape‐memory, self‐healing, photocurable, and adhesive polymer systems, emphasizing material design ...
Won Bae Han +5 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.The design of intrinsically robust stretchable semiconducting polymers was achieved through OTBS‐mediated post‐functionalization of PDPP2T side chains with UPy units, generating dual hydrogen‐bonding motifs comprising weaker urethane linkages and strong quadruple UPy interactions along the long alkyl side chain, which is crucial for achieving desirable
Dinda Bazliah +7 more
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