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High‐Performance Bio‐Glue From the Berries of a Parasitic Plant

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
We report a fully bio‐based adhesive derived primarily from a (poly)saccharide extract obtained from the berries of the hemi‐parasitic plant mistletoe (Viscum album), supplemented with tannic and malic acid without any further chemical functionalization.
Ufuk Gürer, Jana T. Reh, Jonas Röder, Umut Günsel, Chiara Gunnella, Lisa Schöbel, Franz Hagn, Aldo R. Boccaccini, Oliver Lieleg   +8 more
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Bioinspired Adaptive Surfaces for Intelligent Liquid Manipulation: Progressing From Passive and Active to Hybrid Strategies

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review examines passive, active, and hybrid liquid manipulation strategies, highlighting hybrid approaches as an emerging route to reconcile energy efficiency with adaptive control. By actively reconstructing passive surfaces to store programmable interfacial energy, hybrid systems enable flexible yet low‐power liquid transport, with perspectives ...
Jiaqi Miao, Yiyuan Zhang, Liqiu Wang, Alan C. H. Tsang   +3 more
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Soft Skins With Reversible Thickness Morphing: Materials, Mechanisms, and Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Evolution of electronic skin (e‐skin) technologies toward adaptive, multifunctional soft skins. Phase I highlights early rigid and discrete sensory interfaces. Phase II shows the transition toward flexible, stretchable, and large‐area e‐skin. Phase III captures the emergence of computational e‐skin.
Oliver Ozioko, Chiamaka Akah, Ravinder Dahiya   +2 more
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Mechanically Assisted Magnetic Actuation in Ceramic‐Based Microscrolls for Fast and Durable Soft Robotic Systems

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Ceramic‐based V2O5/Fe3O4 hybrid films are shaped into butterfly‐proboscis‐inspired microscroll actuators. Magnetic triggering initiates unrolling, while geometry‐programmed elastic strain energy drives rapid recoil, enabling fast, reversible, durable, and load‐bearing actuation under near‐field magnetic stimulation.
Semi Kim, Shravan R. Kousik, Petia Atanasova, Eberhard Goering, Joachim Bill, Zaklina Burghard   +5 more
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From the Discovery of the Giant Magnetocaloric Effect to the Development of High‐Power‐Density Systems

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
The article overviews past and current efforts on caloric materials and systems, highlighting the contributions of Ames National Laboratory to the field. Solid‐state caloric heat pumping is an innovative method that can be implemented in a wide range of cooling and heating applications.
Agata Czernuszewicz, Yaroslav Mudryk, Jun Cui, Lucas Griffith, Duane D. Johnson, Julie Slaughter   +5 more
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Recent Advances of Slip Sensors for Smart Robotics

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review summarizes recent progress in robotic slip sensors across mechanical, electrical, thermal, optical, magnetic, and acoustic mechanisms, offering a comprehensive reference for the selection of slip sensors in robotic applications. In addition, current challenges and emerging trends are identified to advance the development of robust, adaptive,
Xingyu Zhang, Liao Wu, Shuai He, Zhao Sha, Yuwan Huang, Shuying Wu, Dewei Chu, Chun H. Wang, Shuhua Peng   +8 more
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Stretchable and Strain‐Tolerant Gold‐Coated Fibrous Biosensor for Superoxide Anion Monitoring

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A breathable, stretchable gold nanomesh–TPU fiber platform is developed via controlled electroless deposition, enabling uniform through‐thickness conductivity while preserving porosity. Functionalized with superoxide dismutase, the system achieves selective, real‐time electrochemical detection of superoxide with high sensitivity, mechanical durability,
Jafar M. Batayneh, Ahyeon Koh
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Upcycling Compact Discs Into Ultra‐Stable, Flexible, and Stretchable Nanoporous Gold Electrodes for Enhanced Biosensing Performance

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This article highlights the development of robust and high‐performance flexible and stretchable biosensors that maintain long‐term functionality and optimal electrical conductivity under mechanical deformation, utilizing sustainable and cost‐effective manufacturing principles.
Mousa H. Aldosari, Ahyeon Koh
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An Imaging‐Guided, Patient‐Specific Guiding Aid (RWNGuide) for Safe and Reproducible Inner Ear Drug Delivery

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A patient‐specific, imaging‐guided aid enables precise and reproducible drug delivery to the inner ear. By guiding therapeutic agents directly to the round window niche, this approach reduces variability in drug localization, improves delivery safety, and addresses a critical bottleneck in inner ear therapy, offering a scalable strategy for precision ...
Yanjing Luo, Shanshan Jiang, Yimian Luo, Adele Moatti, Farnaz Matin‐Mann   +4 more
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Strain‐Activated Mechanical Metamaterial With Programmable Dual‐Phase Stiffness and Enhanced Energy Absorption

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A strain‐activated mechanical metamaterial is developed to achieve programmable dual‐phase stiffness through an intrinsic geometric locking mechanism. Finite element modeling and parametric analysis identify the key design parameters governing activation strain, stiffness transition, and energy absorption.
Ramin Yousefi‐Nooraie, Romain Lemoine, Mario Guagliano, Sara Bagherifard   +3 more
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