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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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Transitioning from Si to SiGe Nanowires as Thermoelectric Material in Silicon-Based Microgenerators. [PDF]

Nanomaterials (Basel), 2021
Fonseca L, Donmez-Noyan I, Dolcet M, Estrada-Wiese D, Santander J, Salleras M, Gadea G, Pacios M, Sojo JM, Morata A, Tarancon A.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Advances in Electroactive Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Intelligent Robotics and Electronics

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Electroactive liquid crystal elastomers (eLCEs) integrate molecular anisotropy with electrical functionality to enable programmable actuation and reconfigurable electronics. This review classifies eLCEs into robotic actuators and adaptive electronics, summarizes key actuation mechanisms, and highlights fabrication strategies that bridge materials to ...
Kavita Ramesh Rathod, Sena Chon, Jae Hyuk Hwang, Sung Hyuk Park, Woohwa Lee, Joonmyung Choi, Shi Hyeong Kim, Seung Hwan Ko, Changsoon Choi, Seon Jeong Kim, Dong‐Gyun Kim, Habeom Lee, Kyung Gook Cho, Woon‐Hong Yeo, Hyun Kim   +14 more
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High performance polypyrrole/SWCNTs composite film as a promising organic thermoelectric material. [PDF]

RSC Adv, 2021
Liu Z, Sun J, Song H, Pan Y, Song Y, Zhu Y, Yao Y, Huang F, Zuo C.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Effect of Alkyl Chain Length on the Bandgap, Ferroelectric, and Photoelectric Properties of Lead‐Based Molecular Ferroelectrics

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study develops a novel 2D molecular ferroelectric [C6N2H18]PbI4 with polarization enhanced photovoltaics. It systematically investigates the effect of alkylamine spacer cation chain lengths on the band gap, ferroelectric, and photoelectric properties, offering new design strategies.
Ganghua Zhang, Jinrong Wen, Ping Chen, Zhibo Chen, Pingying Tang, Dezeng Li, Jingshan Hou, Yongzheng Fang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Review on Catalytic Nanostructured Electrodes for Wearable and Implantable Abiotic Glucose Fuel Cells

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This review identifies current and future directions in abiotic nanostructured catalysts to develop reliable and sustainable glucose fuel cells to power the next generation of bioelectronic devices. ABSTRACT The global rise in incidence of chronic diseases has led to the demand for innovative solutions that help patients manage their conditions with ...
Asghar Niyazi, Hannah S. Leese, Benjamin Metcalfe, Mirella Di Lorenzo   +3 more
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Miniaturized Bidirectional Thermal Stimulation System Integrated With an Electrode Array for Recording Neural Activities

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study presents a miniaturized bidirectional thermal stimulation system integrated with an electrode array enabling real‐time, bidirectional modulation and simultaneous recording of neural activity through localized heating and cooling. By monolithic integration of the Peltier element and with a silicon neural probe, the innovative system allows ...
Zoia Naumkina, Kanghwan Kim, Wesley Charles Smith, Keuntae Kim, Shinwoo Lee, Jiwan Woo, Il‐Joo Cho   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strategies to improve the thermoelectric performance of iron silicide-based materials

Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
Iron silicide (β-FeSi2) has attracted considerable interest as a sustainable thermoelectric material due to its abundance, non-toxicity, and environmental compatibility.
Sopheap Sam, Sreypich Say, Kosuke Yamazaki, Hiroshi Nakatsugawa   +3 more
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Sustainable Synaptic Device with Two‐Dimensional Ferroelectric Materials for Neuromorphic Computing

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
α‐In2Se3 based FeSFETs can be utilized as sustainable devices through polarization switching governed by both out‐of‐plane and in‐plane polarizations. Upon reaching a fatigued state, current annealing enabled by conductance modulation can significantly enhance the endurance of FeSFETs.
Jaewook Yoo, Seokjin Oh, Minah Park, Jong Min Song, Hongseung Lee, Seohyeon Park, Sojin Jung, Seongbin Lim, Soohyun Lim, Dongsun Shin, Ji Won Heo, TaeWan Kim, Hagyoul Bae   +12 more
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Elucidating the role of stacking faults in TlGaSe2 on its thermoelectric properties

npj 2D Materials and Applications
Thermoelectric materials are of great interest for heat energy harvesting applications. One such promising material is TlGaSe2, a 2D-layered, p-type semiconducting ternary chalcogenide.
Tigran Simonian, Ahin Roy, Akash Bajaj, Rui Dong, Zheng Lei, Zdeněk Sofer, Stefano Sanvito, Valeria Nicolosi   +7 more
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