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Bonding of Acrylic Pressure‐Sensitive Adhesives and Silicone Elastomers via Surfactant‐Assisted Plasma Activation for Soft Robotics

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
A simple strategy is presented for bonding acrylic PSAs and silicone elastomers by curing surfactant‐doped Ecoflex on oxygen‐plasma‐treated VHB. The interface reaches a maximum strength of 1.6 N/mm (over 20 times that of the control) while retaining material compliance.
Kengo Kusama, Tadatoshi Kurogi, Kohei Takada, Mai Sasaoka, Yui Kumon, Masaru Misumi, Kanako Funami, Jun Shintake   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Two‐Way Shape Memory Polymer Composite Gripper for Adaptive Robotic Applications

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A two‐way shape memory polymer (SMP) composite is developed with intrinsic shape‐changing capability driven solely by temperature, eliminating external actuation loads. Embedding the SMP in a low‐stiffness elastomeric matrix enabled reversible transformations during heating and cooling cycles.
Aamna Hameed, Kamran Ahmed Khan
wiley   +1 more source

Hydrogel‐Based 3D‐Printable Stretchable Pressure Sensor

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
We present a carbon‐black‐functionalized double‐network granular hydrogel (DNGH) pressure sensor capable of detecting pressures from 200 Pa, equivalent to a light finger touch, up to 500 kPa. The sensor exhibits signal drifts below 3.5% after 800 cycles and response times around 80 ms. Leveraging this broad sensing range, we 3D print this material into
Tianyu Yuan, Chenzhuo Li, Antonia Georgopoulou, John M. Kolinski, Esther Amstad   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bi addition increases strength and strain-softening behavior in SAC305

Materials Research Letters
The effects of adding 1–3 wt.% Bi on the mechanical properties of Sn-3.0Ag-0.5Cu lead-free solder at two different effective plastic strains were examined using constant strain rate nanoindentation.
J. Tien, L. Xie, J. Blendell, C. A. Handwerker, D. F. Bahr   +4 more
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Anti‐Slip Material‐Based Strategies and Approaches

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review highlights the principle mechanisms of slipping at the microscale, linking contact mechanics with a friction behavior model for surface interfaces. Main strategies to develop anti‐slip properties to the surfaces are discussed alongside standardized testing approaches.
Sogand Abbaspoor‐Zanjani, Carlo Antonini, Teresa Gatti, Mengjiao Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing the strength, ductility and strain hardening of B2-strengthened refractory multi-principal-element alloys by suppressing dislocation glide channels

Materials Research Letters
Refractory multi-principal-element alloys (RMPEAs) typically exhibit low strain hardening capacity and may even experience strain softening, which poses a risk to the structural integrity of materials.
Jingyu Pang, Yitong Yang, Chunjin Chen, Long Zhang, Aimin Wang, Shijian Zheng, Qing Wang, Hongwei Zhang   +7 more
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Chemically Doped Conductive Polymers for Wearable Health Monitoring

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Among conductive polymers, poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS), polyaniline (PANI), and polypyrrole (PPy) are the most studied and applied. Chemical doping significantly boosts intrinsic conductivity and mechanical robustness.
Mengdi Zuo, Jian Song, Hong Hu, Le Zheng, Lei Zhang, Charles H. Lawrie   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fabric‐Based Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton Gloves: Advancements and Challenges

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review highlights interdisciplinary technological advances in fabric‐based robotic gloves, focusing on progress in design, fabrication, actuation, sensing, control, and power and energy requirements. It also addresses performance testing and validation, including biomechanical, strength, functional, user experience, and durability assessments, to ...
Ayse Feyza Yilmaz, Gökhan Ince, Ozgur Atalay   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wave Propagation in Strain-Softening Plasticity [PDF]

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Sluys, L.J., Borst, de, R.
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Revisiting the strain-induced softening behaviour in hydrogels

Soft Matter
It is demonstrated that rupture of the network is not necessary for hydrogels to exhibit strain-induced softening behaviour at intermediate deformations. Instead, it can be also attributed to effective polymer–solvent interactions.
L. K. R. Duarte, L. G. Rizzi
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