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MAGTWIST: A Magnetically‐Driven Rotary Actuator Using a Traveling‐Wave With Integrated Stiffness Tunability

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
MAGTWIST: A compact magnetic rotary actuator, enabling smooth, stepless rotation, and on‐demand locking. Inspired by peristalsis, a soft polymer belt generates a traveling‐wave, enabling 270° rotation when heated. Cooling stiffens the belt, locking it in position and enabling it to withstand high loads.
Simon Frieler, Jean‐Paul P.M. de Vries, Sarthak Misra, Venkatasubramanian Kalpathy Venkiteswaran   +3 more
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Rotational Stiffness Investigation and Parametric Analysis of a Novel Assembled Joint in Lattice Shells

Buildings
Although there are currently many types of lattice shell joints with different characteristics, assessing the flexural capacity of lattice shell joints is always a great challenge.
Jianshe Xu, Yazhi Zhu, Jin Wu, Jin Lu, Qian Zhang, Wei Wang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gourd‐Inspired Design of Unit Cell with Multiple Gradients for Physiological‐Range Pressure Sensing

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Gourd‐shaped micro‐dome arrays with coordinated modulus, conductivity, and geometric gradients co‐optimize sensitivity and linearity in piezoresistive tactile sensors. Under pressure, a solid upper dome embeds into a porous lower dome, triggering rapid contact‐area growth and series‐to‐parallel conduction, enabling unsaturated, intensity‐resolved ...
Jiayi Xu, Ming Lei, Yuanzhe Liang, Biao Qi, Ziyi Dai, Yong Zhao, Bingpu Zhou   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drug‐Free Thrombolysis Mediated by Physically Activated Micro/Nanoparticles

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Overview of particle‐mediated thrombolytic effects (thermal, mechanical, and chemical) and their activating physical stimuli (light, ultrasound, and magnetic field) in drug‐free thrombolysis. ABSTRACT Thrombus‐associated disorders rank among the world's leading causes of death, with ischemic heart disease and stroke as the main contributors.
Pierre Sarfati, Yoann Lalatonne, Cédric Chauvierre   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deformation Evaluation in Welded Rebar Parts for Pylons and Its Application in Changtai Yangtze River Bridge

Buildings
The prefabrication and assembly of rebar parts can reduce construction costs and time while enhancing construction quality and safety. The primary objective of this paper is to quantify the overall stiffness of rebar parts. A three-dimensional rotational
Hehui Zheng, Huijun Shen, Zhao Liu, Zhuo Xi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mechanoregulatory Effects of Cell‐Scale Microwells on Epithelial Cell Phenotype

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
In small polycaprolactone microwells, A549 epithelial cells span well edges, in contrast to cells growing on flat substrates. Focal adhesion sites (yellow) concentrate at topographic boundaries, while cytoskeletal tension (magenta stress fibers) is transmitted to the nucleus (blue), reducing nuclear sphericity.
Ruiwen He, Wang Sik Lee, Phattadon Yajan, Aaron Lee, Mauro Sousa de Almeida, Sandeep Keshavan, Jozef Adamcik, Céline Loussert‐Fonta, Dimitri Vanhecke, Barbara Rothen‐Rutishauser, Alke Petri‐Fink   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Two‐Way Shape Memory Alloy and Polymer Composite Hybrid Smart Actuator With High Speed, Accuracy, and Reversible Deformation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Tailored thermo‐mechanical properties of shape memory polymer composites enable large reversible deformation as well as high actuation speed. Moreover, a structural design with curvature in the transverse direction achieves sub‐second actuation on heating and a larger recovery ratio on cooling. Finally, these newly developed smart two‐way actuators can
Dajeong Kang, Seong Yeon Park, Yitro Samuel Aditya, Ha Eun Lee, Wonvin Kim, Sangyoon Bae, Seong Su Kim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analytical investigation on the rotational behavior of dovetail mortise–tenon joints between beams and columns in traditional Chinese timber frames

Journal of Wood Science
We theoretically analyzed the rotational behavior of beam–column dovetail joints in traditional Chinese timber frames in this study. An analytical model of dovetail joints at both the column head and body was designed by clarifying the moment generation ...
Zherui Li, Akihisa Kitamori, Xicheng Zhang, Yajie Wu, Lipeng Zhang, Jianyang Xue   +5 more
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Actuating and Sensing Composites of Liquid Crystal Elastomers and Poly(ionic liquid)s

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Ionic conductive, mechanically tough, flexible, and stretchable filaments of a composite material comprising a liquid crystal elastomer and a poly(ionic liquid) are produced through 3D printing, which exhibit large actuation strain under stimulation and electrical resistance variation in response to deformation or environmental condition changes. Their
Zeping Liu, Xiaofeng Zheng, Shaoxia Zhang, Long Xu, Meng Liu, Jeremy Baribeault St‐Germain, Yue Zhao   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improving the Rotational Stiffness of Compact Aerostatic Guideway by Micro-Structures Optimization

IEEE Access, 2019
To meet the requirement for the exact computation of rotational stiffness, this paper puts forward a mesh adaptation based analysis method for a compact multi-throttle aerostatic guideway and its constituent micro-structure.
Zhong-Pu Wen, Jian-Wei Wu, Yin Zhang, Ji-Wen Cui, Jiu-Bin Tan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source