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Recent Advances of Slip Sensors for Smart Robotics

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review summarizes recent progress in robotic slip sensors across mechanical, electrical, thermal, optical, magnetic, and acoustic mechanisms, offering a comprehensive reference for the selection of slip sensors in robotic applications. In addition, current challenges and emerging trends are identified to advance the development of robust, adaptive,
Xingyu Zhang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Liquid‐Crystal‐Based Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface for 7 GHz Mobile Communication

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
The glass‐based liquid‐crystal reconfigurable intelligent surface (LC‐RIS) integrates active‐matrix driving and blind‐greedy phase optimization within a 5G‐NR OFDM framework. This enables continuously tunable and autonomous enhancement of wireless coverage. Leveraging the transparency and manufacturability of liquid crystal panels, it is ideally suited
Tien‐Lun Ting   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recent Advances in Light‐Addressable Electrochemistry for Spatially Resolved Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This comprehensive review highlights light‐addressable electrochemistry as a powerful tool that uses light to control localized chemical reactions on unstructured semiconductor surfaces. The work evaluates advanced strategies to optimize electrode materials for enhanced spatial resolution and stability. Furthermore, it showcases diverse applications in
Nhi Trang Vo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Zero‐Waste Manufacturing of Ophthalmic Lenses by Direct Fluidic Shaping in Arbitrary Domains

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Conventional ophthalmic lens manufacturing discards up to 97% of material through subtractive processes. The Cookie Cutter algorithm extends Fluidic Shaping to arbitrary rim geometries. The framework prescribes a spatially varying boundary height that, under neutral buoyancy and surface tension, shapes curable polymer into spherocylindrical lenses that
Yotam Katzman   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

3D‐Printed Actuator Powered by Liquid Crystal Elastomer Muscles at the Water–Air Interface

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Soft robots for unstructured environments require responsive, durable actuators. Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) provide large reversible deformations under thermal or optical stimuli. Direct ink writing enables fabrication of LCE actuators integrated with silicone, with mesogen chemistry and oligomers optimized for printable inks.
Cecilie Ryberg   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Red‐Light Tomographic Volumetric 3D Printing in Seconds for Fabrication of Colorless Structures

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A custom red‐light‐responsive TVAM platform combines methylene blue, triethanolamine, and PEGDA to fabricate transparent crosslinked hydrogels. Light patterns are projected into a rotating resin container, where a sacrificial photoinitiator system enables rapid polymerization and colorless channel‐containing structures, utilizing low‐energy light for ...
Ali Eftekhari   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Zinc Chloride–Polyethylene Oxide Gel Polymer Electrolytes for Wearable and Flexible Energy Storage Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
We investigate gel polymer electrolyte ZnCl2‐PEO as energy storage materials in flexible electrochemical capacitors, aiming to provide new insights into energy solutions for low‐powered portable electronics. ABSTRACT We prepared and evaluated the properties of hydrated ZnCl2‐Polyethylene oxide (PEO) gel polymer electrolyte (H‐GPE) for flexible ...
Jeeva Saju   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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