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Liquid Crystalline Elastomers in Soft Robotics: Assessing Promise and Limitations

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are programmable soft materials that undergo large, anisotropic deformation in response to external stimuli. Their molecular alignment encodes directional actuation in a monolithic structure, making them long‐standing candidates for soft robotic systems.
Justin M. Speregen, Timothy J. White
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Water‐Efficient Smart Drip Irrigation Enabled by a Low‐Power and High‐Efficiency Flexible Electromagnetic Actuator

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Water scarcity poses a critical threat to global food security. A low‐power, flexible electromagnetic actuator is presented for smart drip irrigation systems. The device achieves precise, wide‐range flow modulation (0.05–5.8 mL/min) in response to real‐time plant demands, reducing water consumption compared to conventional flood irrigation.
Duo Chen, Xubin Zhu, Minwei Zhang, Kerui Li, Qinghong Zhang, Yaogang Li, Chengyi Hou, Hongzhi Wang   +7 more
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In Situ Characterisation of Hydrogels via Dynamic Interface Printing

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hydrogels have become pivotal materials for tissue engineering, robotics, biomedical devices, and sensing applications due to their diverse material compositions and tunable mechanical properties. While significant effort has focused on developing novel manufacturing approaches such as extrusion bioprinting and light‐based fabrication methods,
Callum Vidler, Michael Halwes, David J. Collins   +2 more
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Rib‐Reinforced Ultralight and Ultra‐Strong Shell Lattices

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study thoroughly reveals the relation between the curvature and stress direction of triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) thin shell lattices and proposes a novel rib reinforcement design strategy to incorporate ribs along the line of asymptotes (LOA) and the line of principal curvatures (LOC) to enhance the strength of ultralight TPMS shell ...
Winston Wai Shing Ma, Lei Zhang, Junhao Ding, Shuo Qu, Michael Yu Wang, Xu Song, Ming Wang Fu   +6 more
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MELEGROS: Monolithic Elephant‐Inspired Gripper with Optical Sensors

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
MELEGROS is a monolithic, elephant‐inspired soft gripper integrating 3D‐printed optical sensors within a pneumatically actuated lattice. Simulation‐guided design decouples tactile and proprioceptive sensing. Characterized through grasping tests, MELEGROS can reach, scoop, and grasp, showcasing a paradigm where fully embedded sensing and continuous ...
Petr Trunin, Diana Cafiso, Anderson Brazil Nardin, Trevor Exley, Lucia Beccai   +4 more
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Microneedle System Coated with Hydrogels Containing Protoporphyrin IX for Potential Application in Pharmaceutical Technology

Methods and Protocols
The article aims to outline the potential of treating malignant skin cancer with microneedles covered with polymer layers containing a photosensitizer—protoporphyrin IX disodium salt (PPIX).
Beata Czarczynska-Goslinska, Tomasz Goslinski, Agata Roszak, Anna Froelich, Piotr Szyk, Dariusz T. Mlynarczyk, Lukasz Sobotta, Irena Budnik, Oliwia Kordyl, Tomasz Osmałek   +9 more
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Multimodal Layer‐Crossing Interrogation of Brain Circuits Enabled by Microfluidic Axialtrodes

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The study introduces a flexible microfluidic axialtrode that integrates optical, electrical, and chemical modalities within a single polymer fiber. By redistributing electrodes and fluidic channels along the fiber axis via angled cleaving, it enables simultaneous optogenetic stimulation, electrophysiological recording, and drug delivery across brain ...
Kunyang Sui, Neela K. Codadu, Daman Rathore, Guanghui Li, Marcello Meneghetti, Anders L. Bøcker, Rune W. Berg, Rob C. Wykes, Christos Markos   +8 more
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Top-Down Stereolithography-Based System for Additive Manufacturing of Zirconia for Dental Applications

Applied Sciences
This study investigated the feasibility and effectiveness of a commercial top-down stereolithography (SLA)-based system for the additive manufacturing of zirconia dental prostheses.
Kumiko Yoshihara, Noriyuki Nagaoka, Fiona Spirrett, Yukinori Maruo, Yasuhiro Yoshida, Bart Van Meerbeek, Soshu Kirihara   +6 more
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Deformation Driven Suction Cups: A Mechanics‐Based Approach to Wearable Electronics

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Deformation‐driven suction cups enable robust, reversible adhesion of wearable electronics to human skin spanning wide mechanical compliance, without adhesives or tight straps. By integrating mechanics modeling, experiments, and contact mechanics theory, this work reveals how cup geometry, substrate compliance, and interfacial adhesion govern suction ...
Seola Lee, Andrew Akerson, Roham Pardakhtim, Ehsan Hajiesmaili, Kevin Rhodes, Zidong Li, Andrew Stanley, Amirhossein Amini, Daniele Piazza, Chiara Daraio, Tianshu Liu   +10 more
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Clickable Microgel Inks Enable Spatioselective, Multi‐Stimuli Programmable Assembly of Materials

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Clickable microgel inks enable direct ink writing of hydrogel architectures with intrinsic spatioselective and programmable multi‐responsiveness. By combining pH‐responsive and temperature‐responsive microgel building blocks through Diels‐Alder interparticle crosslinking, the assemblies exhibit controllable swelling and shape changes.
Junho Moon, Frank Gardea, Madeline A. Morales, Svetlana Sukhishvili   +3 more
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