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Azobenzene's Cross‐Scale Optics and Photonics: Molecular Photoswitching, Mesoscopic Material Motions, and Adaptive Devices

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Azobenzene photoswitches translate molecular‐scale E/Z photoisomerization into macroscopic material responses and device‐level photonic functions. This Review highlights how azobenzene research has evolved from molecular photochemistry to photoalignment, mass migration, photomechanics, and heat release, ultimately enabling holography, reconfigurable ...
Heeju Son   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experimental and Numerical Study on the Flow Characteristics of Synthetic Jets

open access: yesJournal of Fluid Science and Technology, 2011
Over the last decade, several studies have investigated synthetic jets. However, there are still many clarifications needed, including details of the structure and Coanda effect of synthetic jets.
Koichi NISHIBE   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Miniature Soft Robot With Magnetically Reprogrammable Surgical Functions

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Miniature soft robots have great prospects to revolutionize minimally invasive treatments. Here we present a miniature soft robot, which can be reprogrammed to perform five surgical functionalities with six‐degrees‐of‐freedom motions. This soft robot can prospectively make minimally invasive surgery considerably safer and painless, and enable ...
Chelsea Shan Xian Ng   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancements in Synthetic Jet for Flow Control and Heat Transfer: A Comprehensive Review

open access: yesFluids
Synthetic jets, generated through the periodic suction and ejection of fluid without net mass addition, offer distinct benefits, such as compactness, ease of integration, and independence from external fluid sources.
Jangyadatta Pasa   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Numerical Analysis of Active Flow Control Techniques for Aerodynamic Drag Reduction in the Square-Back Ahmed Model

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2022
Aerodynamic drag reduction is required with new stringent constraints on pollutant emissions and fuel efficiency of ground vehicles. In this context, active flow control is a promising approach to achieve this target.
Thanh-Long Phan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hydrogel‐Based Airway‐on‐Tube With Perfusable Endothelial Lumen and Outward Epithelialization

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
A hydrogel‐based airway‐on‐tube platform featuring a perfusable endothelial lumen and outward epithelialization is presented. The system supports primary human bronchial epithelial and lung microvascular endothelial coculture under air‐liquid interface conditions.
Ali Doryab   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optoelectronic Nanofluidic Neural Networks for Ionic Computing

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
An ion‐based optoelectronic nanofluidic memristor enables neuromorphic computing in aqueous environments. With tunable ionic memory and multimodal synaptic plasticity, it realizes densely connected ionic neural networks capable of image classification, motion prediction, logic computation, and real‐time in‐sensor computing, advancing fully connected ...
Yaxin Huang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transfer Matrix Modeling of Synthetic-Jet Actuators

open access: yesJournal of Fluid Science and Technology, 2012
Transfer matrix (TM) models are developed in this paper for varies types of synthetic jet (or zero-net mass-flux) actuators used in active flow control applications.
Sam YANG   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Photoactivable Surfactant Design for In Situ Stabilization of Hydrogel Bioelectronics

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Photoactivable surfactant additive enables in situ stabilization of hydrogel bioelectronics. ABSTRACT Conductive polymer hydrogels offer unique advantages for soft, stretchable biointerfaces by combining tissue‐like mechanics with high ionic conductivity.
Seungyeon Lee   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bioinspired Adaptive Surfaces for Intelligent Liquid Manipulation: Progressing From Passive and Active to Hybrid Strategies

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review examines passive, active, and hybrid liquid manipulation strategies, highlighting hybrid approaches as an emerging route to reconcile energy efficiency with adaptive control. By actively reconstructing passive surfaces to store programmable interfacial energy, hybrid systems enable flexible yet low‐power liquid transport, with perspectives ...
Jiaqi Miao   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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