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Phase Evolution Kinetics in Additive‐Free 19.75% Organic Photovoltaics Empowered by Solvent Vapor Annealing

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Solvent vapor annealing enables kinetic control of additive‐free morphology in organic solar cells. Selective plasticization of acceptor forms an optimal fibrillar network, boosting efficiency to 19.06% (binary) and 19.75% (ternary), with ultrafast exciton dissociation and reduced recombination.
Jie Lv, Jieni Chen, Cenqi Yan, Patrick W. K. Fong, Jingjing Zhao, Daming Zheng, DingQin Hu, Xiaoman Ding, Xiaokang Sun, Chuanlin Gao, Guangye Zhang, Qianguang Yang, Can Zhu, Pei Cheng, Shirong Lu, Zhipeng Kan, Zhiwei Ren, Guangliu Ran, Wenkai Zhang, Hanlin Hu, Gang Li   +20 more
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Automated Fabrication of Smart Strain Sensing Threads

Micromachines
With favorable properties of stretchability, stitchability, and potential to be woven into a fabric, thread-based sensors have gained considerable interest for wearable devices for smart and connected health applications. To facilitate wearable applications, an easy and reliable way to fabricate these thread-based sensors with good performance and ...
Ege Ozgul, Wenxin Zeng, Sameer Sonkusale
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Transparent and Robust LiCl–Organohydrogel Triboelectric Nanogenerator With Deep Learning Assisted Sensing

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Develop a LiCl–PEI–PAM hydrogel with 3000% stretchability and excellent optical transparency. Through comparative studies of various salts, confirm that LiCl is the most suitable salt for high TENG output. Achieve excellent freeze‐resistant, dry‐resistant, and rapid self‐healing (10 s) properties even in extreme environments. Balance ionic conductivity,
Hai Anh Thi Le, Thien Trung Luu, Duc‐Manh Dinh, Kyehan Rhee, Kyungwho Choi, Dukhyun Choi, Yong Tae Park   +6 more
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SUBJECTIVE EVALUATION OF FUNCTIONAL TEXTILE FABRICS

, 2017
Research in functional and smart textiles often focuses on technological and scientific challenges, or on the interaction with the wearer in a technological sense, but smaller extent on the interaction of these fabrics with the wearer in terms of tactile
Loghin, Maria Carmen,, Wang, Lichuan,, Tadesse, Melkie Getnet,, Chen, Yan,, Harpa, Rodica,, Nierstrasz, Vincent,   +5 more
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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
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Knitting Innovation and Smart Fabrics

, 2011
Invited Keynote presentation at Knitting Symposium, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand.
Black, Sandy
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Thermal regulation of electrically conducting fabrics

, 2015
Most recently, thermal garment, one of the most popular topics in wearable electronic textiles, is on the rise in personal and business use. Ag (silver)/nylon yarns, which use nylon as the substrate with silver coated on it, are the most selected ...
Tong, J, Li, L, Jiahui Tong, Li Li
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Exploring smart clothing innovations in human augmentation through soft and fuzzy set theory

Applied Operations and Analytics
Smart clothing, a transformative innovation, has applications in various sectors including sports, military, fashion, and medical monitoring, where intelligent fabric selection and adaptive control systems are crucial for optimal performance.
Jahanvi, Rashmi Singh
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Review of Thermally Activated Twisted Coiled Polymer Actuators: A Materials Science Perspective

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Thermally activated twisted and coiled polymer actuators (TCPAs) combine lightweight design, large deformation, and scalable fabrication for soft robotic and wearable applications. This review connects polymer structure, processing history, helix geometry, and thermomechanical characterization to actuator performance, highlighting current challenges in
Nadja Schenk, Lukas Benecke, Chokri Cherif, Johannes Mersch   +3 more
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Re-addressing the role of knitted textile design knowledge: auxetic textiles from a practice-led, designer-maker perspective

, 2014
This study reacts to the segregation of knowledge and practice surrounding weft-knitted textiles, their design and applications. This study challenges current disciplinary practices that divide knit into scientific, design and art areas by describing a ...
Glazzard, M
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