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Halogen‐Bonded Liquid Crystal Elastomers as Initiator‐Free Photochemical Actuators

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
The combination of dynamic disulfide bonds and halogen bonds in chain‐extended liquid crystal elastomers enables the fabrication of photochemical actuators without the need for a photoinitiator, advancing the design of multimodal soft actuators that can be reprogrammed and reprocessed through supramolecular functionalization.
Hongshuang Guo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in the design and fabrication of sensory‐adaptation‐inspired devices and highlights their valuable applications in electronic skin, wearable electronics, and machine vision. The existing challenges and future directions are addressed in aspects such as device performance optimization ...
Guodong Gong   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chainspace: A Sharded Smart Contracts Platform

open access: yes, 2017
Chainspace is a decentralized infrastructure, known as a distributed ledger, that supports user defined smart contracts and executes user-supplied transactions on their objects.
Al-Bassam, Mustafa   +4 more
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Smart Contracts in the New Era of Contract Law

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2020
This essay examines whether smart contract innovation is capable of displacing the orthodox adherence to traditional contracts. This examination is underpinned by an analysis of the legality of smart contracts, through which it is exemplified that smart contracts ought to be considered legally binding instruments.
openaire   +4 more sources

Fabrication of Organic/Inorganic Nanocomposites: From Traditional Synthesis to Additive Manufacturing

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
It provides an overview of the synthesis of organic/inorganic nanocomposites, spanning from conventional methods to advanced 3D printing techniques. It summarizes key challenges in 3D‐printed nanocomposites and highlights emerging innovations, including 5D printing, AI‐assisted material design, nanoscale additive manufacturing, and sustainable closed ...
Liwen Zhang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Upgradeable diamond smart contracts in decentralized autonomous organizations

open access: yesFrontiers in Blockchain
Upgradeable smart contracts allow decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) to address bugs, enhance security, and expand functionality post-deployment.
Paul van Vulpen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bioinspired, Rapidly Responsive Magnetically Tunable Stiffness Metamaterials

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
A 3D array of magnetoactive mechanical metamaterials enables rapid and reversible stiffness modulation under external magnetic fields. By adjusting field direction and intensity, the system exhibits diverse deformation modes and tunable modulus. This fast‐responding mechanical metamaterial offers real‐time adaptability for advanced reconfigurable and ...
Gooyoon Chung   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Future of MXene Fibers

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
This perspective explores the diverse applications of MXene fibers, including those often overlooked in fiber‐focused studies. It emphasizes the critical need to address challenges in synthesis, scalability, and long‐term stability to unlock their full potential in real‐world applications. Abstract Since the first report on MXene‐coated fibers in 2017,
Ken Aldren S. Usman   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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