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Silicone elastomers

Materials Today, 2002
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Advances in Electroactive Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Intelligent Robotics and Electronics

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Electroactive liquid crystal elastomers (eLCEs) integrate molecular anisotropy with electrical functionality to enable programmable actuation and reconfigurable electronics. This review classifies eLCEs into robotic actuators and adaptive electronics, summarizes key actuation mechanisms, and highlights fabrication strategies that bridge materials to ...
Kavita Ramesh Rathod, Sena Chon, Jae Hyuk Hwang, Sung Hyuk Park, Woohwa Lee, Joonmyung Choi, Shi Hyeong Kim, Seung Hwan Ko, Changsoon Choi, Seon Jeong Kim, Dong‐Gyun Kim, Habeom Lee, Kyung Gook Cho, Woon‐Hong Yeo, Hyun Kim   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Influences of TiO2 and SiO2 nanofillers on the hardness and surface roughness of maxillofacial silicone elastomers after two years of outdoor tropical weathering: An in vitro study. [PDF]

PLoS One
Mousa M, Elmarhoumy B, Salloum M, Zwiri A, Sghaireen M, Bahattab T, Almutairi A, Almuzaini N, Abdullah J.   +8 more
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The Influence of Filler Particles on the Mechanical Properties of Maxillofacial Prosthetic Silicone Elastomers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. [PDF]

Polymers (Basel), 2020
Barman A, Rashid F, Farook TH, Jamayet NB, Dudley J, Yhaya MFB, Alam MK.   +6 more
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Learning‐Based Soft Robotic Grasping: Recent Progress and Remaining Challenges

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review analyzes learning‐based soft robotic grasping from a pipeline‐oriented perspective, encompassing soft gripper design, multimodal sensing, and learning‐based planning and control. It surveys key neural network architectures and benchmark datasets and identifies critical challenges such as sim‐to‐real transfer, generalization, and continual ...
Arnab Majumder, Jelizaveta Konstantinova, Graham Deacon, Kaspar Althoefer   +3 more
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Mechanically and Magnetically Property-Tunable Magnetorheological Silicone Elastomers Prepared by UV Curing for Smart Transport Packaging Sensors. [PDF]

ACS Omega
Li Y, Cai J, Tian S, Lin J, Zheng Y, Feng M, Sheng Y, Huang Z, Yang Y, Huang C, Duan Q, Huang L.   +11 more
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A Low‐Cost, Handheld Optical Stiffness Sensor for Minimally Invasive Surgery

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A novel handheld stiffness sensor is presented for real‐time tissue stiffness characterization. By simultaneously sensing contact force and tissue deformation, the device enables accurate stiffness quantification without requiring precise manual control. This approach offers a promising solution for intraoperative tumor detection and minimally invasive
Qianyu Ma, Ruxiang Jiang, Kaspar Althoefer, Nicolas Herzig, Hareesh Godaba   +4 more
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Miniaturized Bidirectional Thermal Stimulation System Integrated With an Electrode Array for Recording Neural Activities

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study presents a miniaturized bidirectional thermal stimulation system integrated with an electrode array enabling real‐time, bidirectional modulation and simultaneous recording of neural activity through localized heating and cooling. By monolithic integration of the Peltier element and with a silicon neural probe, the innovative system allows ...
Zoia Naumkina, Kanghwan Kim, Wesley Charles Smith, Keuntae Kim, Shinwoo Lee, Jiwan Woo, Il‐Joo Cho   +6 more
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Dynamic Covalent Polymer Networks of Silicone Elastomers via Organoborane Lewis-Pairs. [PDF]

Chemistry
Ajvazi E, Schinegger V, Bauer F, Drechsler D, Rettenwander P, Kaineder D, Kracalik M, Brüggemann O, Hild S, Graz I, Monkowius U, Teasdale I.   +11 more
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Highly Flexible and Conformable ZnO/FeGa Magnetoelectric Heterostructures for Skin wound Healing

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The magnetic field‐induced electric field generated by a highly flexile ZnO(piezoelectric)/FeGa(magnetostrictive) magnetoelectric heterostructure embedded in the low Young's modulus elastomer PDMS has been used to stimulate the wound healing processes.
Filippos Perdikos, Laia Bagur, Cristina Vaca, Aritz Lafuente, Joaquin Llacer‐Wintle, Bojan Ambrožič, Christina Stefani, Minsoo Kim, Goran Dražić, Darja Lisjak, Jordi Sort, Xiang‐Zhong Chen, Maria Jose Esplandiu, Salvador Pané, Carme Nogués, Josep Nogués, Andreu Blanquer, Borja Sepúlveda   +17 more
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