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Nonlinear Thermoelectricity in Nano-Devices

, 2021
Thermoelectricity is an important topic in mesoscopic physics, and has been lately investigated in low dimensional systems and quantum devices. The first inquiries on the response of superconductors to thermal gradients, instead, date back to the seminal
BERNAZZANI, LORENZO
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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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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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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
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Raman Characterization on Two-Dimensional Materials-Based Thermoelectricity

, 2018
The emergence and development of two-dimensional (2D) materials has provided a new direction for enhancing the thermoelectric (TE) performance due to their unique structural, physical and chemical properties. However, the TE performance measurement of 2D
Fang Liang, Jian Zhang, Xiao-Jia Chen, Hejun Xu, Zi-Yu Cao, Chen Luo, Xing Wu, Chaolun Wang, Zuoyuan Dong   +8 more
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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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Composites of zinc phosphate glass/metal: New materials for thermoelectricity and solar cell devices

, 2014
International audienceThis work reports a study on thermoelectricity in new composites zinc-phosphate glasses/cobalt. The obtained Seebeck coefficient (S) changes a sign from a high positive to negative values below and above the percolation threshold ...
Degot, Solange, Maaroufi, Abdelkarim, B. Lucas, Lucas, Bruno, A. El Amrani, A. Maaroufi, O. Oabi, Oabi, Omar, El Amrani, Aumeur, S. Degot   +9 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
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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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Quantum interference enhanced thermoelectricity in ferrocene based molecular junctions

, 2019
Recent experimental indications of room-temperature quantum interference in the sub-nanometer single molecules suggest that such effects could be utilized to engineer thermoelectric properties of organic single molecule junctions.
Takaloo, Ashkan Vakilipour, Sadeghi, Hatef   +1 more
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