Biomimetic Iridescent Skin: Robust Prototissues Spontaneously Assembled from Photonic Protocells
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Uniform nanoparticles are induced to form arrays (photonic crystals) in the cores of biopolymer capsules, endowing these ‘protocells’ with structural color. These protocells are then assembled into large self‐standing objects, i.e., prototissues, with robust mechanical properties as well as iridescent optical properties.
Medha Rath +6 more
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Construction Robotics in Extreme Environments: From Earth to Space
EngineeringExtreme environments are unstructured and change rapidly, making human exploration in unfamiliar areas difficult. Construction robotics can help reduce risks to human safety and property in these environments by integrating digital technology and ...
Ke You +3 more
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An Optimized Trajectory Planner and Motion Controller Framework for Autonomous Driving in Unstructured Environments. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel), 2021 Xiong L, Fu Z, Zeng D, Leng B.
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Backbone Heterojunction Photocatalysts for Efficient Sacrificial Hydrogen Production
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Herein, a ‘single‐component’ organic semiconductor photocatalyst is presented in which a molecular donor is bonded to a polymer acceptor. The resultant material demonstrates exceptional photocatalytic activity for hydrogen evolution in aqueous triethylamine with an outstanding external quantum efficiency of 38% at 420 nm.
Richard J. Lyons +11 more
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A micro-genesis account of longer-form reinforcement learning in structured and unstructured environments. [PDF]
NPJ Sci Learn, 2021 Dyson BJ, Asad A.
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MOFs and COFs in Electronics: Bridging the Gap between Intrinsic Properties and Measured Performance
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Metal‐organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs) hold promise for advanced electronics. However, discrepancies in reported electrical conductivities highlight the importance of measurement methodologies. This review explores intrinsic charge transport mechanisms and extrinsic factors influencing performance, and critically ...
Jonas F. Pöhls, R. Thomas Weitz
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Low-Cost Real-Time Localisation for Agricultural Robots in Unstructured Farm Environments
MachinesAgricultural robots have demonstrated significant potential in enhancing farm operational efficiency and reducing manual labour. However, unstructured and complex farm environments present challenges to the precise localisation and navigation of robots ...
Chongxiao Liu, Bao Kha Nguyen
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Spark plasma sintering enables rapid processing of porous organic polymer (POP) from fine powders to a freestanding and mechanically robust monolith. The sintering process retains the CO2 adsorption capacity and CO2/N2 selectivity, making the monolith more suitable as a solid sorbent for practical carbon capture applications.
Duan Li +4 more
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RT-DETR-Tea: A Multi-Species Tea Bud Detection Model for Unstructured Environments
AgricultureAccurate bud detection is a prerequisite for automatic tea picking and yield statistics; however, current research suffers from missed detection due to the variety of singleness and false detection under complex backgrounds.
Yiyong Chen +7 more
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Moving the Lab into the Mountains: A Pilot Study of Human Activity Recognition in Unstructured Environments. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel), 2021 Russell B, McDaid A, Toscano W, Hume P.
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