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Lighting up soft robotics [PDF]

Nature Materials, 2019
A transparent, high-permittivity elastomeric dielectric material shows potential for light-emitting soft robots and stretchable optoelectronics that can self-heal.
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Micropatterned Biphasic Printed Electrodes for High‐Fidelity on‐Skin Bioelectronics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Micropatterned biphasic printed electrodes achieve unprecedented skin conformity and low impedance by combining liquid‐metal droplets with microstructured 3D lattices. This scalable approach enables high‐fidelity detection of ECG, EMG, and EEG signals, including alpha rhythms from the forehead, with long‐term comfort and stability.
Manuel Reis Carneiro, Telmo Lopes, André F. Silva, Carmel Majidi, Mahmoud Tavakoli   +4 more
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Self-excited three-passage switching valve capable of generating traveling wave and reversing wave direction

ROBOMECH Journal
In recent years, pneumatically driven soft robots have been studied extensively. Usually, these soft robots contain multiple air chambers, and continuous motion such as locomotion is generated by pressurizing them sequentially.
Sho Fukawa, Toshio Takayama
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Locomotion of Miniature Soft Robots

Advanced Materials, 2020
AbstractMiniature soft robots are mobile devices, which are made of smart materials that can be actuated by external stimuli to realize their desired functionalities. Here, the key advancements and challenges of the locomotion producible by miniature soft robots in micro‐ to centimeter length scales are highlighted.
Chelsea Shan Xian Ng, Matthew Wei Ming Tan, Changyu Xu, Zilin Yang, Pooi See Lee, Guo Zhan Lum   +5 more
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Laser‐Induced Graphene from Waste Almond Shells

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Almond shells, an abundant agricultural by‐product, are repurposed to create a fully bioderived almond shell/chitosan composite (ASC) degradable in soil. ASC is converted into laser‐induced graphene (LIG) by laser scribing and proposed as a substrate for transient electronics.
Yulia Steksova, Anna Chiara Bressi, Marina Galliani, Attilio Marino, Gianni Ciofani, Eduardo Machado‐Charry, Hilda Gomez Bernal, Alessandra Francini, Luca Sebastiani, Francesco Greco   +9 more
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Research and Implementation of Pneumatic Amphibious Soft Bionic Robot

Machines
To meet the requirements of amphibious exploration, ocean exploration, and military reconnaissance tasks, a pneumatic amphibious soft bionic robot was developed by taking advantage of the structural characteristics, motion forms, and propulsion ...
Wenchuan Zhao, Yu Zhang, Lijian Yang, Ning Wang, Linghui Peng   +4 more
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Patterning the Void: Combining L‐Systems with Archimedean Tessellations as a Perspective for Tissue Engineering Scaffolds

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study introduces a novel multi‐scale scaffold design using L‐fractals arranged in Archimedean tessellations for tissue regeneration. Despite similar porosity, tiles display vastly different tensile responses (1–100 MPa) and deformation modes. In vitro experiments with hMSCs show geometry‐dependent growth and activity. Over 55 000 tile combinations
Maria Kalogeropoulou, Kenny A. van Kampen, Pierpaolo Fucile, Carlos Mota, Lorenzo Moroni   +4 more
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Substrate Stress Relaxation Regulates Cell‐Mediated Assembly of Extracellular Matrix

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Silicone‐based viscoelastic substrates with tunable stress relaxation reveal how matrix mechanics regulates cellular mechanosensing and cell‐mediated matrix remodelling in the stiff regime. High stress relaxation promotes assembly of fibronectin fibril‐like structures, increased nuclear localization of YAP and formation of β1 integrin‐enriched ...
Jonah L. Voigt, Jens Timmer, Elisabetta Ada Cavalcanti‐Adam   +2 more
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Photoswitching Conduction in Framework Materials

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This mini‐review summarizes recent advances in state‐of‐the‐art proton and electron conduction in framework materials that can be remotely and reversibly switched on and off by light. It discusses the various photoswitching conduction mechanisms and the strategies employed to enhance photoswitched conductivity.
Helmy Pacheco Hernandez, Stefan Hecht, Wolfgang Wenzel, Lars Heinke, Mariana Kozlowska   +4 more
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Near‐Infrared Organic Photovoltaic Electrodes for Subretinal Neurostimulation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Organic photovoltaic electrodes based on the D18:Y6 blend enable precise and light‐controlled activation of retinal ganglion cells in a degenerating retina. NIR Light‐driven activation of retinal ganglion cells, tunable stimulation parameters, and biocompatibility with human retinal organoids highlight their potential for next‐generation prosthetics ...
Andrea Corna, Katarina Gugujonovic, Manuela Schiek, Alessandro Bellapianta, Paul Werginz, Amelie Ziller, Markus Clark Scharber, Ahmad Salti, Matthias Bolz, Mihai Irimia‐Vladu, Günther Zeck   +10 more
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