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Shape Memory Alloy Actuators in Robotics

Actuators
Shape memory alloys (SMAs) are materials that, when used as actuators, can generate deformation and force that can be used to perform mechanical work.
Jaroslav Romančík, Ľubica Miková, Patrik Šarga, Tatiana Kelemenová, Michal Kelemen   +4 more
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Trap‐Assisted Transport and Neuromorphic Plasticity in Lead‐Free 2D Perovskites PEA2SnI4

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
An artificial retina built from lead‐free layered perovskite (PEA)2SnI4 converts light input into a persistent photocurrent and sums successive flashes over time. Micro/nanocrystals integrated on electrodes act as synapse‐like pixels that perform temporal integration directly in hardware. This in‐sensor preprocessing merges detection and computation on
Ofelia Durante, Valeria Demontis, Karl Jonas Riisnaes, Lam Hoi Tung, Sebastiano De Stefano, Daniela Marongiu, Adolfo Mazzotti, Aditya Bhardwaj, Francesco Mattana, Elisa Pili, Selene Matta, Federico Paolucci, Michele Saba, Andrea Mura, Giovanni Bongiovanni, Monica F Craciun, Saverio Russo, Antonio Di Bartolomeo   +17 more
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Mapping Nanoscale Buckling in Atomically Thin Cr2Ge2Te6

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Atomic‐resolution STEM is used to resolve nanoscale buckling in monolayer Cr2Ge2Te₆. A noise‐robust image analysis reconstructs three‐dimensional lattice distortions from single plan‐view images, revealing pronounced defect‐driven nm‐scale out‐of‐plane buckling.
Amy Carl, Nicholas Clark, David G. Hopkinson, Matthew Hamer, Matthew Watson, Laxman Nagireddy, James E. Nunn, Alexei Barinov, Yichao Zou, William Thornley, Casey Cheung, Wendong Wang, Sam Sullivan‐Allsop, Xiao Li, Astrid Weston, Eli G. Castanon, Andrey V Kretinin, Cephise Cacho, Neil R. Wilson, Sarah J. Haigh, Roman Gorbachev   +20 more
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Intermediate Resistive State in Wafer‐Scale Vertical MoS2 Memristors Through Lateral Silver Filament Growth for Artificial Synapse Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
In MOCVD MoS2 memristors, a current compliance‐regulated Ag filament mechanism is revealed. The filament ruptures spontaneously during volatile switching, while subsequent growth proceeds vertically through the MoS2 layers and then laterally along the van der Waals gaps during nonvolatile switching.
Yuan Fa, Milan Buttberg, Ke Ran, Rana Walied Ahmad, Dennis Braun, Lukas Völkel, Jimin Lee, Sofía Cruces, Bart Macco, Bárbara Canto, Holger Lerch, Thorsten Wahlbrink, Holger Kalisch, Michael Heuken, Andrei Vescan, Joachim Mayer, Zhenxing Wang, Ilia Valov, Stephan Menzel, Max C. Lemme   +19 more
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Bio‐Inspired Molecular Events in Poly(Ionic Liquids)

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Originating from dipolar and polar inter‐ and intra‐chain interactions of the building blocks, the topologies and morphologies of poly(ionic liquids) (PIL) govern their nano‐ and micro‐processibility. Modulating the interactions of cation‐anion pairs with aliphatic dipolar components enables the tunability of properties, facilitated by “bottom‐up ...
Jiahui Liu, Marek W. Urban
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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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The alloy with a memory, 55-Nitinol: Its physical metallurgy, properties, and applications [PDF]

A series of nickel titanium alloys (55-Nitinol), which are unique in that they possess a shape memory, are described. Components made of these materials that are altered in their shapes by deformation under proper conditions return to predetermined ...
Jackson, C. M., Wagner, H. J., Wasilewski, R. J.   +2 more
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Temperature‐Induced Nonvolatile Switching through Thermal Hysteresis in a Gd3Fe5O12/Ho3Fe5O12 Exchange‐Coupled Rare‐Earth Iron Garnet Bilayer

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Reducing power consumption in spintronic memory remains a major challenge due to the need for high current densities. A bilayer of gadolinium and holmium iron garnets enables purely temperature‐induced, nonvolatile magnetic switching with bistable states within a ±25 K range. This approach achieves up to 66‐fold lower energy use than current spin–orbit
Junseok Kim, Phuoc Cao Van, Jong‐Ryul Jeong, Hyungyu Jin   +3 more
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Sustainable Catalyst‐Free PLG Networks: Recyclability, Biodegradability, and Functional Performance

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A catalyst‐additive free covalent adaptable network is developed from star‐shaped poly(lactide‐co‐glycolide) cross‐linked with pyromellitic dianhydride, enabling internal carboxylic acid‐driven transesterification. The resulting biodegradable network exhibits mechanical robustness (Young's modulus ≈1.6 GPa), complete recyclability, rapid biodegradation
Lars Schwarzer, Emilia Fulajtar, Seema Agarwal   +2 more
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Integration of Low‐Voltage Nanoscale MoS2 Memristors on CMOS Microchips

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This article presents the first monolithic integration of nanoscale MoS2‐based memristors into the back‐end‐of‐line of foundry‐fabricated CMOS microchips in a one‐transistor‐one‐resistor (1T1R) architecture. The MoS2‐based 1T1R cells exhibit forming‐free, nonvolatile resistive switching with ultra‐low operating voltages, low cycle‐to‐cycle variability ...
Jimin Lee, Sofía Cruces, Xiaohua Liu, Yang Chen, Vasilis A. Maroufidis, Janghyun Jo, Lukas Völkel, Dennis Braun, Michael Möller, Leon Brackmann, Holger Kalisch, Michael Heuken, Andrei Vescan, Rafal E. Dunin‐Borkowski, Joachim Mayer, Stefan Wiefels, Max C. Lemme   +16 more
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