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Thermally Actuated Soft Robotics

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review focuses on the recent development of thermally actuated soft robotics, highlighting the four major heating mechanisms, as well as structural designs, thermal management, material innovations, and emerging applications. A summary and outlook section present the current challenges of thermally actuated soft robots and the future directions to
Shuang Wu, Seol‐Yee (Jennifer) Lee, Yong Zhu   +2 more
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What is Product-Service Systems (PSS)? A Review on PSS Researches and Relevant Policies [PDF]

, 2006
In order to achieve sustainable society, it is necessary to transform industrial structure to the one that does not reduce the Earth's resources. Under this circumstance, a business model of "not selling goods, but selling services" has been expected as ...
Yasuhide Nakagami, Yasuhiro Kanda
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Electrochemical Cell Designs for Efficient Carbon Dioxide Reduction and Water Electrolysis: Status and Perspectives

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review discusses recent innovations in electrochemical CO2 reduction reactions (eCO2RR) and hydrogen evolution reaction cell designs. The latest advancements in in situ cells for operando characterization are also presented. Optimizations in flow patterns, membrane electrode assemblies, electrolyte engineering, and counter‐anodic reactions provide
Zhangsen Chen, Lei Zhang, Shuhui Sun, Gaixia Zhang   +3 more
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Quantitative and Qualitative Study on Electric and Electronic Waste (E-waste) and Economic Evaluation of Their Collection and Recycling by Using the Cost-benefit Model (CBA): A Case Study in Dezful City, 2017

Journal of Environmental Health and Sustainable Development, 2018
Introduction: Due to the rapid development of technology and growth of economic activities in recent years, the use of electrical and electronic devices has increased dramatically, which is contributed to the proliferation of waste generated by these e ...
Qolamreza Zadmehr, Ali Asghar Ebrahimi, Rohallah Asqari, Arefe Dehghani, Mehdi Mokhtari   +4 more
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Economic valuation of household preference for solid waste management in Malaysia: A choice modeling approach [PDF]

, 2006
This study estimated the economic values of household preferences for improved solid waste management (SWM) service attributes in Malaysia. The Choice Model (CM) was employed on 859 randomly selected urban households in Kajang and Seremban areas.
Othman, Jamal
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Fabrication of Organic/Inorganic Nanocomposites: From Traditional Synthesis to Additive Manufacturing

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
It provides an overview of the synthesis of organic/inorganic nanocomposites, spanning from conventional methods to advanced 3D printing techniques. It summarizes key challenges in 3D‐printed nanocomposites and highlights emerging innovations, including 5D printing, AI‐assisted material design, nanoscale additive manufacturing, and sustainable closed ...
Liwen Zhang, Xumin Huang, Liwei Liu, Naufal Kabir Ahamed Nasar, Xinyan Gu, Thomas P. Davis, Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng, Lianzhou Wang, Ruirui Qiao   +8 more
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Challenges, opportunities and progress in solid waste management during COVID-19 pandemic

Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, 2020
At the end of December 2019, Wuhan City became the epicenter of the highly contagious virus known as the novel coronavirus. Now that mid-2020 has already passed, almost every country is adversely affected by Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19).
Abhilasha Tripathi, Vinay Kumar Tyagi, Vivekanand Vivekanand, Purnendu Bose, Surindra Suthar   +4 more
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AI‐Driven Defect Engineering for Advanced Thermoelectric Materials

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review presents how AI accelerates the design of defect‐tuned thermoelectric materials. By integrating machine learning with high‐throughput data and physics‐informed representations, it enables efficient prediction of thermoelectric performance from complex defect landscapes.
Chu‐Liang Fu, Mouyang Cheng, Nguyen Tuan Hung, Eunbi Rha, Zhantao Chen, Ryotaro Okabe, Denisse Córdova Carrizales, Manasi Mandal, Yongqiang Cheng, Mingda Li   +9 more
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Printed Interconnects for Heterogeneous Systems Integration on Flexible Substrates

Advanced Materials Technologies, Volume 10, Issue 6, March 18, 2025.
Key components (sensors, energy devices, communication devices, computing chips, and interconnects) of flexible hybrid electronic (FHE) system connected via conductive printed metal tracks. The figure in the insets shows out‐of‐plane printed interconnects providing opportunities for lithography‐free formation of VIAs, in‐plane access of UTCs pads, and ...
Abhishek Singh Dahiya, Adamos Christou, Sihang Ma, Ravinder Dahiya   +3 more
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Perspective study: governance for C2C [PDF]

, 2010
This perspective study will serve as frame of reference for follow-up activities and exchanges both within and outside the Cradle to Cradle Network (C2CN) and it aims to reflect the current challenges and opportunities associated with implementing a ...
Dewulf, A., Hovelynck, J., Sips, K.
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