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Design of Knitted Fabrics with Biomimetic Bird Feather Hierarchical Structures for Thermal and Moisture Adaptation in Outdoor Environments for the Elderly. [PDF]

Biomimetics (Basel)
Shu Y, Li P, Wang Y, Wei Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

A Multistage Venturi Amplifier for Rapid Inflation of Soft Robots

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This work presents the amplifier inflator for soft robotic systems (AIRS), a compact, lightweight, and effective device for rapidly deploying inflatable structures to high pressure. By integrating a check valve with a Venturi‐based air entrainer, AIRS delivers an initial high‐flow output followed by pressurization, supporting fast inflation and ...
Saba Firouznia, Ciqun Xu, Tim Helps, Majid Taghavi, Jonathan Rossiter   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimizing circular industrial integration for sustainable yarn production with remanufacturing: a carbon policy-based modelling approach. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Sahadevan VK, Thomas A, Mishra U.
europepmc   +1 more source

A Comprehensive Review on Additive Manufacturing of Smart Components: Technologies, Applications, and Future Scope

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
How can additive manufacturing enable components that sense, adapt, heal, and power themselves? This review synthesizes recent advances in smart functionalities, manufacturing technologies, and intelligent design strategies, revealing a pathway toward fully integrated, autonomous, and multifunctional systems across diverse engineering sectors. Additive
Aiswarya Rony, P. M. Ushasree, Michael Short, Jinoop Arackal Narayanan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Minimising infection risks: Safe laundry practices in UK care homes through research and guidance development. [PDF]

PLOS Glob Public Health
Crosby S, McMahon J, Allen J, Hook J, Hinsliff-Smith K, Laird K.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Crease‐Encoded Soft Origami Chambers: A Unified Design‐to‐Fabrication Framework for Low‐Pressure Pneumatic Joints

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Origami turns a single silicone chamber into three different soft fluidic actuators. Crease angles alone decide whether it elongates, bends, or twists, and the fully folded chambers are cast monolithically in one day. Below 15 kPa, they reach 268% axial stretch, 72° bending, and 55° twist—no strain‐limiting layers, no rigid reinforcements, no vacuum ...
Alexia Le Gall, Mattia Franchi de’ Cavalieri, Gastone Ciuti, Arianna Menciassi, Matteo Cianchetti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Smart Antibacterial Janus Fabric Based on PVDF/Ag-Decorated-MXene for Unidirectional Water Transport and Thermal Management. [PDF]

Small Methods
Ahmad W, Ali T, Ahmad N, Najam-Ul-Haq M, Hussain D.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Silk Fibroin for Cardiovascular Medical Devices: Review of Material Properties, Applications, and Clinical Potential

Advanced NanoBiomed Research, EarlyView.
Silk fibroin is an attractive natural biomaterial that can be engineered into diverse cardiovascular constructs, including vascular grafts, cardiac patches, heart valves, and stent coatings. Its tunable biological and mechanical properties have driven substantial preclinical progress; however, widespread clinical translation in cardiovascular ...
Mahsa Haghighattalab, Matt Govendir, Kristina Andelovic, Zachary Och, Fatemeh Karimi, Munira Xaymardan, Tomasz Jungst, Jelena Rnjak‐Kovacina, Nona Farbehi   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Production of Sustainable Textiles Using Natural Dye and Eggshell Powder on Recycled Polyester Fabric via Waterless Supercritical CO₂ Dyeing. [PDF]

Polymers (Basel)
Yiğit İ.
europepmc   +1 more source

Compositionally Engineered Carboxymethyl Cellulose‐Based Optical Fibers With Exceptionally Low Optical Loss and Quantitative Humidity Sensing

Advanced Physics Research, EarlyView.
Carboxymethyl cellulose‐based biopolymer optical fibers are fabricated using aqueous wet spinning. The fibers exhibit record‐low optical attenuation in polysaccharide‐based waveguides while maintaining efficient transmission across the visible‐to‐near‐infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Jani Patrakka, Alizee Sanouillet, Ville Hynninen, Nonappa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source