Advanced Science, EarlyView.A fully soft, self‐reconfigurable gripper inspired by rapeseed flowers is monolithically 3D‐printed and electronics‐free, switching between diagonal and parallel finger arrangements. Establishing a self‐reconfigurable grasping paradigm, the gripper enables diverse manipulation tasks, including rotating bulbs, picking fruits, grasping cross‐scale ...
Qiping Xu +8 more
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Quantitative Study on Reinforcing Mechanism of Nanofiller Network in Silicone Elastomer Based on Fluorescence Labeling Technology. [PDF]
Polymers (Basel)Li Y, Xiong Y, Kang M, Yu F, Lu A.
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Sideways and stable crack propagation in a silicone elastomer. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2019 Lee S, Pharr M.
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A Smart Fluid‐Hydraulic System Based on MRF Valve Control and Its Application in Flexible Grasping
Advanced Science, EarlyView.This study introduces a smart fluid hydraulic system using MRF valve control for flexible gripping. An MRF‐MSV with an integrated excitation coil and micro‐textured damping channels is designed and validated; micro‐texturing increases hydraulic resistance. Coupled with a soft actuator, the MRF‐MSV enables dynamic bending and grasping.
Linfeng Huo +5 more
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Emergent Spinning and Orbital Motion in Clustered Wind‐Assisted Flyers
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Inspired by natural snowflake geometries, paper‐cut flyers exhibit geometry‐defined spinning and orbital motions during cluster formation in a wind tunnel. Collective flights of multiple paperflakes reveal dynamic clustering, fragmentation, and continuously evolving spin behaviors.
Bingnan Zhou +7 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.A flexible PDMS‐LATP polymer‐ceramic membrane creates lithium‐ion “superhighways” for rapid and selective extraction from complex brines. The amorphous PDMS matrix suppresses nonselective leakage and stabilizes the ceramic network, while LATP provides preferential Li+ conduction.
Xinxin Wei +12 more
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"Optical properties and applications of elastomers". Transparent silicone elastomer.
NIPPON GOMU KYOKAISHI, 1988 openaire +3 more sources
Review of Gastrointestinal Capsule Robots: Materials, Actuation, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics
Advanced Science, EarlyView.This review examines gastrointestinal capsule robots through a systems engineering lens, covering shell materials, actuation and localization strategies, diagnostic modalities, therapeutic interventions, and commercialization status. By mapping the complete technological chain from fabrication to clinical deployment, this work identifies critical gaps ...
Zengsheng Li +8 more
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Effect of Organic and Inorganic Nanoparticles on Colour Stability and Mechanical Properties of Heat Vulcanised Maxillofacial Silicone Elastomer: a Comparative Study. [PDF]
J Oral Maxillofac ResKhanna M, Sehgal K, Singla S, Kumar V.
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Maximizing the Energy Output of Soft Electrohydraulic Generators
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Many energy resources cannot be viably harvested with electromagnetic generators. This article evaluates the potential of soft electrohydraulic generators as an alternative approach for energy capture. An analytical model charts their operational limits and a rigorous experimental study results in new performance benchmarks with maximum specific energy
Sophie Kirkman +7 more
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