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Printed Organic Thermoelectric Generators: Progress and Challenges Towards Efficient Energy Harvesting

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Printed organic thermoelectric generators (OTEGs) enable flexible and sustainable energy harvesting from low‐grade heat. This Perspective critically assesses recent advances in printable thermoelectric materials, 2D and 3D device architectures, and current performance limits of printed OTEGs.
Vijitha Ignatious, Pietro Rossi, Matteo Massetti, Cecilia Mattevi, Francisco Molina‐Lopez, Mario Caironi   +5 more
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Synthesis, Optical, Electrical, and Thermoelectric Characterization of SbSI/Graphite Nanocomposite

Energies
Carbon nanocomposites have gained interest due to the rapid development of nanotechnology. The graphite-based composites have been demonstrated to possess unique mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties.
Bartłomiej Nowacki, Krystian Mistewicz, Jakub Jała, Mateusz Kozioł, Albert Smalcerz   +4 more
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Additive Manufacturing of Ni‐Based Thermoelectric Materials for Waste Heat Recovery

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Thermoelectric generators convert waste heat into electricity but are constrained by conventional fabrication. Here, laser powder bed fusion enables direct printing of customised n‐type Cu60Ni40 and p‐type Ni90Cr10 legs. The assembled module achieves 0.8% efficiency at ΔT = 419 K, demonstrating scalable additive manufacturing of eco‐friendly, design ...
Karolin Amstein, Aayush Dobhal, Heiko Reith, Ran He, Julia Kristin Hufenbach, Kornelius Nielsch, Pingjun Ying   +6 more
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Vision‐Augmented Wearable Interfaces: Bioinspired Approaches for Realistic AI‐Human‐Machine Interaction

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review presents recent progress in vision‐augmented wearable interfaces that combine artificial vision, soft wearable sensors, and exoskeletal robots. Inspired by biological visual systems, these technologies enable multimodal perception and intelligent human–machine interaction.
Jihun Lee, Gwuidong Ryu, Kisoo Kim, Feng Xu, Won Gu Lee   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thermoelectric Effect in a Correlated Quantum Dot Side-Coupled to Majorana Bound States. [PDF]

Nanoscale Res Lett, 2020
Chi F, Fu ZG, Liu J, Li KM, Wang Z, Zhang P.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Liquid Metal Sensors for Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review thoroughly reviews liquid metal sensors in soft robots. Their unique material properties like high conductivity and good biocompatibility are analyzed. Working principles are classified, and applications in environmental perception, motion detection, and human—robot interaction are introduced.
Qi Zhang, Nan Li, Yujia Song, Chen Hua, Tangzhen Guan, Yibing Ma, Cai Cheng, Jing Liu   +7 more
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Conjuncted photo-thermoelectric effect in ZnO-graphene nanocomposite foam for self-powered simultaneous temperature and light sensing. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2020
Zhao H, Ouyang B, Han L, Mishra YK, Zhang Z, Yang Y.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Liquid Crystalline Elastomers in Soft Robotics: Assessing Promise and Limitations

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are programmable soft materials that undergo large, anisotropic deformation in response to external stimuli. Their molecular alignment encodes directional actuation in a monolithic structure, making them long‐standing candidates for soft robotic systems.
Justin M. Speregen, Timothy J. White
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Highlighting Recent Progress in Fiber Energy Harvesters: From Working Principles to Future Perspectives

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Fiber energy harvesters offer unprecedented flexibility and a unique capacity for integration into commercial textiles, overcoming the limitations of bulky and rigid conventional devices. This review summarizes recent advances in fiber‐based energy harvesting and provides strategic outlooks to accelerate technological progress in the field. ABSTRACT As
Hanhwi Jang, Junseong Ahn, Yongrok Jeong, Sohee Jeon, Soon Hyoung Hwang, Min‐Wook Oh, Jun‐Ho Jeong, Inkyu Park, Yeon Sik Jung   +8 more
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AI‐Optimized Vanadium Oxide Multilayers for More Than 20‐fold Enhancement in Bolometric Performance

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Machine‐learning‐optimized WxV1‐xOy multilayer thin films with graded doping achieve a high TCR (7.3 % K−1), reduced hysteresis, and low noise under CMOS‐compatible growth conditions. This approach overcomes the long‐standing trade‐off in microbolometers between linear response and performance, offering a universal bolometric parameter greatly enhanced
Jin‐Hyun Choi, Hyoung‐Taek Lee, Jeonghoon Kim, Miju Park, Seungjoon Sun, Gye‐Hyeon Kim, Myung‐Ho Kwon, Hyeong‐Ryeol Park, Changhee Sohn   +8 more
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