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Biohybrid Crawling Robot With Spiral‐Spring Backbone and Inclined Legs for Enhanced Locomotion

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
We present a biohybrid crawling robot integrating a muscle ring with a flexible skeleton combining two complementary structural elements. The spiral‐spring backbone enables large‐amplitude bending without compromising axial stability, while outward‐inclined legs with unequal front–rear lengths effectively convert deformation into directional strides ...
Tomohiro Morita, Minghao Nie, Shoji Takeuchi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Relationship between Lower Extremity Stiffness with Selected Biomechanical Variables during Vertical Jumps in Healthy Active Men

Biyumikānīk-i varzishī, 2018
Objective: Stiffness is a characteristic of viscoelastic structures and is an effective factor in sports movement biomechanics, which is an important factor in motion production and neuromechanical control of human body.
Mohamad Amin Mohamadian, Heidar Sadeghi, Mehdi Khaleghi Tazji   +2 more
doaj  

Interface‐Mediated Catalysis for Improved Hydrogen Storage in Reactive Hydride Composites

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Catalyst–hydride interfaces are engineered in Co@C‐ and Ni@C‐modified 2LiH + MgB2 reactive hydride composites to accelerate hydrogen uptake and release. Multiscale scattering, in‐situ synchrotron radiation powder x‐ray diffraction and density functional theory calculations reveal the structural and electronic origin of the catalytic enhancement ...
Yuanyuan Shang, Pawan Kumar Soni, Han Ge, Weijie Yang, Fahim Karimi, Thi Thu Le, Tamás Simon, Michael Fröba, Jitendra Mata, Joshua King, Hai‐Wen Li, Thomas Klassen, Claudio Pistidda   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thermoplastic Dielectric Coatings for Flexible Electrodynamic Dust Shields: Structural and Functional Performance

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Thermoplastic attachment is introduced as a scalable surface coating strategy to improve the durability and dielectric reliability of flexible electrodynamic dust shields. By embedding chemically modified reduced graphene oxide (CMrGO) electrodes within thermoplastic laminates, mechanical degradation, abrasion damage, and vacuum‐induced electrical ...
Ide E. Onal, Emily A. Ryan, Luca Scifoni, Thomas M. Orlando, Álvaro Romero‐Calvo, Julie S. Linsey, Meisha L. Shofner   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stretch-shortening cycle development and trainability in girls during maturation

The stretch-shortening cycle (SSC) is an intricate cyclical muscle action fundamental in many explosive sporting movements such as sprinting and jumping.
Lee David McGarrigal (24035001)
core   +1 more source

Immediate Organic Room‐Temperature Phosphorescence in Programmable Luminescent Tags Enabled by Oxygen‐Free Fabrication

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Programmable luminescent tags based on organic room‐temperature phosphorescence are shown to be governed by oxygen incorporation during fabrication. Oxygen‐free processing enables immediate phosphorescence activation, controlled thermal preconditioning, and tunable activation doses.
Lucy Winkler, Karl Sebastian Schellhammer, Sebastian Reineke   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Leg dominance and plantarflexor stretch-shortening cycle function

, 2013
Large ankle kinetic asymmetry has been observed during maximal velocity sprinting which is not related to observed kinematic asymmetries. This may be due to underlying physiological and mechanical differences. The aim of this study was to use a recently developed method of isolating the plantarflexors to examine leg dominance in mechanical and stretch ...
Furlong, Laura-Anne M., Harrison, Andrew J.   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

Advanced Manufacturing of Composite‐Based Systems for Energy Applications

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Advanced manufacturing enables the integration of polymers, ceramics, metal oxides, and composites into architected microstructures with tailored transport pathways. By coupling material selection, manufacturing strategy, and structural design, multifunctional energy systems can simultaneously improve electrochemical performance, thermal management ...
Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli, Dhanush Patil, Libin Yang, M. Taylor Sobczak, Anshul Kulkarni, Xiao Sun, Arunachalam Ramanathan, Tiantian Li, Ramaraja P. Ramasamy, Jason J. Locklin, Yanyu Chen, Xianqiao Wang, Arunachala Mada Kannan, Kenan Song   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

The use of contact time and the reactive strength index to optimize fast stretch-shortening cycle training

, 2008
THIS ARTICLE REVIEWS RESEARCH RELATING TO THE STRETCH-SHORTENING CYCLE AND PLYOMETRICS. THE ARTICLE INSTRUCTS STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING PRACTITIONERS IN THE USE OF GROUND CONTACT TIMES AND THE REACTIVE STRENGTH INDEX IN PLYOMETRIC TRAINING. DOCUMENTATION
Thomas M. Comyns (10230740), Eamonn P. Flanagan (12591220)   +1 more
core  

Programmable Pneumatic Actuator System for a Bioinspired Artificial Colon

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A modular soft robotic colon simulator driven by programmable pneumatic actuation is developed to mimic physiological and pathological‐like motility patterns of the large intestine. Finite element–guided design and distributed control enable anatomically realistic deformation for peristalsis, segmentation, and mass movements, supporting capsule ...
Andrew Bickerdike, Bo Tian, Xizheng Fang, Zepeng Wang, Yang Liu, Lucy Adams, Shyam Prasad   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source