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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, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Versatile Pneumatic Twisted Coiled Actuators Enabled by Fiber‐Polymer Composite Fabrication

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This work reports composite Pneumatic Twisted Coiled Actuators with embedded Kevlar fibers that convert pneumatic or hydraulic pressure into powerful linear motion. A novel precise manufacturing technique is used to systematically explore how design variables influence actuator mechanics and dynamics.
William J. Townsend, Jeongmin Kim, Samuel Tsai, Yichao Shi, Sameh Tawfick, James H. Pikul   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effectiveness of bone marrow-derived mononuclear stem cells for neurological recovery in participants with spinal cord injury: A randomized controlled trial

Asian Journal of Transfusion Science, 2019
BACKGROUND: Complete lesion after spinal cord injury (SCI) remains irreversible with little hope of neurological recovery. Newer interventions such as re-stimulation of damaged neurons using artificial agents and the use of stem cells for neuronal ...
Rajeshwar Nath Srivastava, Ashok Kumar Agrahari, Alka Singh, Tulika Chandra, Saloni Raj   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

From Geometry to Function: Programmable Mechanical Response in 3D‐Printed Adipose‐Inspired Soft Metamaterials

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, Gianmarco Dolino, Damiano Coato, Paolo Gargiulo, Emanuele Luigi Carniel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Helping Blind People Grasp: Evaluating a Tactile Bracelet for Remotely Guiding Grasping Movements

Sensors
The problem of supporting visually impaired and blind people in meaningful interactions with objects is often neglected. To address this issue, we adapted a tactile belt for enhanced spatial navigation into a bracelet worn on the wrist that allows ...
Piper Powell, Florian Pätzold, Milad Rouygari, Marcin Furtak, Silke M. Kärcher, Peter König   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tuning Mechanoreceptor Signaling Enhances the Adjuvant Effect of Biomaterial Vaccines

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Matrix stiffness serves as an independent immunological signal in biomaterial vaccines. Stiffer microporous hydrogel vaccines enhance dendritic cell maturation and migration to draining lymph nodes, promote T follicular helper cell expansion through Yap/Taz signaling, and increase antigen‐specific antibody production.
Lily Shang, Daniel P. Mayer, Prabhat K. Purbey, Yingzi Liu, Kindra Kelly‐Scumpia, Clara Kang, Natalie Tsubamoto, Dhriti Bolangadi, Iqra Arshad, Charisse Ng, Maksim V. Plikus, Dino Di Carlo, Jason S. Weinstein, Philip O. Scumpia   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shape detection beyond the visual field using a visual-to-auditory sensory augmentation device. [PDF]

Front Hum Neurosci, 2023
Shvadron S, Snir A, Maimon A, Yizhar O, Harel S, Poradosu K, Amedi A.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Tactile Language for a Head-Mounted Sensory Augmentation Device [PDF]

, 2015
Sensory augmentation is one of the most exciting domains for research in human-machine biohybridicity. The current paper presents the design of a 2nd generation vibrotactile helmet as a sensory augmentation prototype that is being developed to help users to navigate in low visibility environments.
Hamideh Kerdegari, Yeongmi Kim, Tony J. Prescott   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Thermally Robust Spin–Orbit Torque Switching in Low‐Resistivity Mo‐Alloyed β‐W Heterostructures

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Mo‐alloyed β‐W heterostructures exhibit enhanced spin‐orbit torque efficiency, reduced resistivity and switching current density, and reliable operation from −50 to +150°C. The optimized W87.3Mo12.7 device achieves high spin Hall conductivity with thermal robustness, highlighting its potential for energy‐efficient magnetic memory and automotive ...
Han Seok Ko, Hyun Ju Lee, Jeong Kyu Lee, Han Sol Kim, Min Seok Kim, Quynh Anh T. Nguyen, Sonny H. Rhim, Young Keun Kim   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Si‐Doped Nanocrystalline Diamond as Highly Sensitive Luminescence Thermometer for the Physiological Temperature Range

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
In this work, diamonds with negative charged silicon‐vacancy (SiV−) centers have been designed for use as thermometers in biomedical applications. Multiparametric analysis of the emission characteristics of the SiV− centers provides extraordinary sensitivity for temperature detection in the physiological temperature range.
María Gragera, Iván Carrillo‐Berdugo, Josue Millán, Paulius Pobedinskas, Antonio Freire, Ken Haenen, Javier Navas   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source