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Strong‐Magnetic Flexible Composites for Magnetically Responsive Soft Robots
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This perspective provides an overview of the performance mechanisms, preparation methods, and applications of strong magnetic flexible composite materials in soft actuators (such as gripping, movement, and sensing), and further explores current opportunities and challenges.
Wenwen Li +4 more
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Materials Research Express, 2020 A superhydrophobic surface featuring high roughness and low surface energy is designed for effective corrosion protection on aluminum via a facile and cost-effective electrochemical route.
X Q Du, Y Chen
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Hard‐Magnetic Soft Millirobots in Underactuated Systems
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This review provides a comprehensive overview of hard‐magnetic soft millirobots in underactuated systems. It examines key advances in structural design, physics‐informed modeling, and control strategies, while highlighting the interplay among these domains.
Qiong Wang +4 more
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On the Modeling of Droplet Evaporation on Superhydrophobic Surfaces
, 2015 When a drop of water is placed on a rough surface, there are two possible extreme regimes of wetting: the one called Cassie-Baxter (CB) with air pockets trapped underneath the droplet and the one characterized by the homogeneous wetting of the surface ...
Brito, Carolina +2 more
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3D Printing of Soft Robotic Systems: Advances in Fabrication Strategies and Future Trends
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Collectively, this review systematically examines 3D‐printed soft robotics, encompassing material selections, function integration, and manufacturing methodologies. Meanwhile, fabrication strategies are analyzed in order of increasing complexity, highlighting persistent challenges with proposed solutions.
Changjiang Liu +5 more
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Nearly Perfect Durable Superhydrophobic Surfaces Fabricated by a Simple One-Step Plasma Treatment
Scientific Reports, 2017 Fabrication of superhydrophobic surfaces is an area of great interest because it can be applicable to various engineering fields. A simple, safe and inexpensive fabrication process is required to fabricate applicable superhydrophobic surfaces.
Jeongeun Ryu +9 more
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Nanoscale Research Letters, 2019 Highly stretchable and robust superhydrophobic surfaces have attracted tremendous interest due to their broad application prospects. In this work, silicone elastomers were chosen to fabricate superhydrophobic surfaces with femtosecond laser texturing ...
Huan Yang +6 more
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Wetting of ferrofluids: phenomena and control
, 2018 Ferrofluids are liquids exhibiting remarkably strong response to magnetic fields, which leads to fascinating properties useful in various applications.
Backholm, Matilda +3 more
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Waveguide Photoactuators: Materials, Fabrication, and Applications
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Waveguide photoactuators convert guided light into mechanical motion. Their tethered‐flexible design enables minimally invasive surgery and confined‐space robotics. This review aims to guide materials selection, device design, and system integration, accelerating the transition of waveguide photoactuators from laboratory prototypes to versatile ...
Minjie Xi +4 more
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, 2009 In this paper we present a generalized Cassi-Baxter equation to take into account the effect of drop pressure on the apparent contact angle theta_{app}.
Bartolo D +6 more
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