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Charge‐Induced Morphing Gels for Bioinspired Actuation

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study introduces a novel electroactive actuation mechanism that enables the gel material to generate substantial and reversible shape‐changing while preserving topological and isochoric (volumetric) equivalence. The resultant morphing behaviors can mimic the movements of muscle‐driven organelles in nature, including cilia‐like beating and ...
Ciqun Xu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unraveling the topology of ZrTe_{5} by changing temperature

open access: yesPhysical Review Research, 2019
We study the effects of temperature on the topological nature of ZrTe_{5}, which sits near the phase boundary between strong and weak topological insulating orders.
Bartomeu Monserrat, Awadhesh Narayan
doaj   +1 more source

A toy model for quantum spin Hall effect

open access: yes, 2015
In this Communication, we investigate a toy model of three-dimensional topological insulator surface, coupled homogeneously to a fictitious pseudo spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ particle.
Nsofini, J., Owerre, S. A.
core   +1 more source

Cryogenic Focused Ion Beam Milling to Investigate the Anisotropic Magnetotransport Properties of Bismuth Microcrystals

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The highly anisotropic Fermi surface of bismuth results in variations in magnetotransport properties across different crystallographic directions, which can be characterized by studying microcrystals. To avoid the observed surface melting under room temperature Focused Ion Beam (FIB) irradiation, two low‐temperature FIB fabrication methods are proposed
Amaia Sáenz‐Hernández   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microsphere Autolithography—A Scalable Approach for Arbitrary Patterning of Dielectric Spheres

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
MicroSphere Autolithography (µSAL) enables scalable fabrication of patchy particles with customizable surface motifs. Focusing light through dielectric microspheres creates well defined, tunable patches via a conformal poly(dopamine) photoresist. Nearly arbitrary surface patterns can be achieved, with the resolution set by the index contrast between ...
Elliott D. Kunkel   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Angle-resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy Study on the Surface States of the Correlated Topological Insulator YbB6

open access: yes, 2014
We report the electronic structure of YbB6, a recently predicted moderately correlated topological insulator, measured by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. We directly observed linearly dispersive bands around the time-reversal invariant momenta
Chen, F.   +12 more
core   +1 more source

Topological Switch between Second-Order Topological Insulators and Topological Crystalline Insulators

open access: yesPhysical Review Letters, 2018
We investigate a topological switch between second-order topological insulators (SOTIs) and topological crystalline insulators (TCIs). Both the SOTI and the TCI are protected by the mirror and inversion symmetries, for which we define the bulk topological numbers of the same type. We take examples of square nanodisks on the square lattice and hexagonal
openaire   +4 more sources

Robust Bio‐Textiles Via Mycelium‐Cellulose Interface Engineering

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This work introduces a new class of sustainable textiles by growing mycelium, the root‐like structure of fungi, into cellulose‐based fabrics. This semi‐interpenetrating mycelium‐cellulose fiber network combines the strength and breathability of natural fibers with the water‐resistant and adhesive properties of mycelium, resulting in a robust, scalable,
Wenhui Xu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Topological invariants, surface states, and interaction-driven phase transitions in correlated Kondo insulators with cubic symmetry

open access: yes, 2014
We construct a lattice model for a cubic Kondo insulator consisting of one spin-degenerate $d$ and $f$ orbital at each lattice site. The odd-parity hybridization between the two orbitals permits us to obtain various trivial and topological insulating ...
Legner, Markus   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Electroactive Liquid Crystal Elastomers as Soft Actuators

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Electroactive liquid crystal elastomers (eLCEs) can be actuated via electromechanical, electrochemical, or electrothermal effects. a) Electromechanical effects include Maxwell stress, electrostriction, and the electroclinic effect. b) Electrochemical effects arise from electrode redox reactions.
Yakui Deng, Min‐Hui Li
wiley   +1 more source

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