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THE CHOICE OF SOLVENT FOR ADHESIVES BASED ON STYRENEISOPRENE THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS

Тонкие химические технологии, 2013
In this paper concentrated and dilute solutions of a styrene-isoprene thermoplastic elastomer in volatile organic solvents of different nature and films formed of them were studied.
L. R. Lyusova, A. Y. Selina, M. V. Khlyustina, Yu. A. Naumova, S. G. Karpova   +4 more
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A novel thermoplastic elastomer from double CO2-Route oligomers

Advanced Industrial and Engineering Polymer Research, 2019
As carbon dioxide (CO2) is an inexpensive, abundant, sustainable and green carbonyl resource, its utilization to produce value-added chemicals and polymeric materials has attracted much more attention.
Jiaxiang Qin, Junqiao Jiang, Shuxian Ye, Jiaxin Liang, Youji Tao, Shuanjin Wang, Dongmei Han, Min Xiao   +7 more
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Universal Gripper for Industrial Manipulation With Enhanced Rigid Mechanics and Self‐Adaptable Fingers

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
An enhanced universal gripper combining rigid mechanics with self‐adaptable fingers is presented for industrial automation. The novel six‐bar linkage with integrated compliant pad eliminates mechanical interference while enabling passive shape adaptation.
Muhammad Usman Khalid, Nirmal Kumar Ravikumar, Mattia Frascio, Sumanth Nagalakunta, Alessandro Seitone, Benoît Lévesque, Alessandro Zanella, Matteo Zoppi   +7 more
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Durability of Soft Pneumatic Actuators: A Review and Benchmarking Protocol

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Lack of durability is a key challenge hindering the broad scale adoption of soft pneumatic actuators (SPAs) in automation industries. This review provides a comprehensive overview of existing research on SPA durability, introduces a standardized durability benchmarking protocol to consolidate the testing of SPAs, and outlines promising directions for ...
Dickson Chiu Yu Wong, Yucheng Luo, Rob Bernardus Nicolaas Scharff   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis and optimization of electrospinning parameters for fabricating thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) nanofibers by response surface methodology

eXPRESS Polymer Letters
Thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) have attracted increasing attention due to their excellent flexibility, chemical stability, processability and greenness.
Lu Liu, Tian Luo, Xiaoju Kuang, Xiaoqian Wan, Xinhua Liang, Gaoming Jiang, Honglian Cong, Haijun He   +7 more
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Thermal & morphological evaluation of linear and radial SEBS-polypropylene blends

Polímeros, 2013
Blending of two or even more immiscible polymers is a very useful method to obtain new polymeric materials with ordered and tailored properties. Thermoplastic elastomers (TPE's) are interesting materials for various applications, including the automotive
Martha Belem Mendienta-García, Ulises Páramo-García, Nancy Patricia Díaz-Zavala, Juan Gabriel Robledo-Muñiz, José Luis Rivera-Armenta   +4 more
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Hybrid Continuum Robot Designs and Architectures for Healthcare Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Hybrid continuum robots represent an emerging class of flexible manipulators that blend materials, structures, and actuation concepts from the established fields of soft and continuum robotics. This review introduces an accessible framework to distinguish key hybridization approaches, surveys current designs aimed at complex clinical applications, and ...
Burak Ozdemir, Muhammad A. Khalid, Manish Chauhan, Pietro Valdastri, James H. Chandler   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional Fibers in Soft Robotics: Advances in Material, Structural, and Systemic Tactics

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Fiber‐form robotic systems offer a scalable pathway toward embodied intelligence in soft robotics. This review surveys functional fibers as material, structural, and systemic elements, highlighting advances in responsive materials, architectural programing, and fabrication strategies.
Joonhee Won, Jaehyun Jang, Hyeonseo Kim, Inyoung Choi, Steve Park, Seongjun Park   +5 more
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Organoid Brain‐Machine‐Interface Devices for Central Nervous System Repair

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
We envision organoid brain‐machine‐interface (Organoid‐BMI) devices as new biohybrid bidirectional communication pathways to connect the human CNS and the external world for personalized CNS repair and regeneration. ABSTRACT Central nervous system (CNS) repair and regeneration suffer from tremendous clinical challenges due to current limitations in ...
Yantao Xing, Yang Yang, Zichen Hong, Chunhui Tian, Huiyu Chu, Susanne Clara Prokop, Hongwei Cai, Mingxia Gu, Jason Tchieu, Ken Mackie, Feng Guo   +10 more
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Learning Moisture‐Induced Damage From Vision: Diffusion Models for Real‐Time Monitoring of Additive Manufacturing Processes

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
We introduce a vision‐based real‐time monitoring system for additive manufacturing that detects subtle moisture‐induced degradation via a diffusion model‐based framework. The approach enables nondestructive assessment of moisture‐induced damage level and mechanical performance and establishes a practical route toward more intelligent, reliable, and ...
Jiyoung Jung, Yuna Yoo, Dharneedar Ravichandran, Dahyun Daniel Lim, Grace X. Gu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source