Industria 4.0
Industria 4.0
Laser Powder Bed Fusion of Copper–Tungsten Composites for Heat Sink Applications in High‐Power Electronics
21/02/2026 -
This article demonstrates the successful qualification of a copper–tungsten composite for laser powder bed fusion. The resulting components exhibited high density, high thermal conductivity, and...
Fatigue Resistant Hydrogels Engineered With Twisting Hierarchical Structures
21/02/2026 -
Fatigue resistant hydrogels engineered with twisting hierarchical structures: Through hierarchical structural organization spanning molecular chains to macroscopic fibrillar architectures,...
Bio‐Inspired Design of Quasi‐Ordered Structural Color via Stress‐Driven Reconfiguration Enables Ultra‐Secure and Scalable Unclonable Application
19/02/2026 -
Inspired by the quasi‐ordered photonic structures of Thecla opisena wing scales, stress‐driven microstructural reconfiguration enables scalable fabrication of structurally colored PUFs with...
Laser Metal Powder Deposition of Titanium Microalloyed HSLA Steel FeC0.12Si0.25Mn1.3
18/02/2026 -
This study investigates the additive manufacturing of titanium‐doped high‐strength low‐alloy (HSLA) steel via laser metal deposition. It reveals distinct process‐structure relationships for...
Additive Manufacturing of Polymer‐Derived SiOC Ceramics: A Review of Materials, Techniques, and Applications
17/02/2026 -
This review explores the additive manufacturing of polymer‐derived SiOC ceramics, highlighting how stereolithography, digital light processing, and direct ink writing enable the fabrication of...
Integrated Computer‐Aided Hybrid Additive Manufacturing of Multimaterial Ceramics via Stereolithography and Material Extrusion Compound Process
17/02/2026 -
This article develops an integrated computer‐aided manufacturing framework for stereolithography and material extrusion hybrid additive manufacturing. It features variable layer slicing for...
Influence of Contact Geometry and Interface Mechanics on the Compressive Behavior of Self‐Locking Honeycomb Structures
17/02/2026 -
This work investigates how interfacial contact geometry influences the compressive behavior of self‐locking arc‐curved honeycomb structures. Experiments and simulations demonstrate that tailoring...
On‐Demand Activation of Thin Alginate Shell Encapsulated Volatile Liquid for Untethered Pneumatic Soft Actuation
17/02/2026 -
Phase‐changing liquids enable untethered pneumatic actuation in soft robotics but suffer from volatility and storage challenges. This work reports a simple method to encapsulate Novec 7000 within...
Polyvinyl Chloride Gel Incorporated by ZnO Core‐Shell Nanoparticles for Dielectric Elastomer Actuator With Enhanced Electromechanical Response
16/02/2026 -
A series of polydopamine encapsulated ZnO nanoparticles were synthesized and incorporated into the plasticized polyvinyl chlorides for dielectric elastomer actuator with an enhanced electromechanical...
Harnessing Chain Mobility via Protonation for Tough and Isotropic Hydrogel
18/02/2026 -
A protonation‐guided strategy enables ultra‐tough, isotropic PVA hydrogels by temporarily unlocking chain mobility via acidification and fixing homogeneous networks through salting‐out. The...
Porous Hybrid Soft Actuators From Liquid Crystal Networks and Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystal Templated Hydrogels
15/02/2026 -
The graphic illustrates the design of a hybrid bilayer composed of a liquid crystal hydrogel (LCH) and a liquid crystal network (LCN). The figure highlights the magnetic alignment of the chromonic...
Efficient Process Development for Laser Powder Bed Fusion of a Soft‐Magnetic Metallic Glass Composite
08/02/2026 -
Iron‐based metallic glass alloys exhibit excellent soft‐magnetic properties, and unprecedented geometrical freedom in the design of soft‐magnetic metallic glass components is made possible by...
Chiropto‐Neuromorphic Devices Based on a Photocatalytic Dye/Polymer Semiconductor Bulk Heterojunction for Circularly Polarized Light Detection and Memorization
08/02/2026 -
A chiropto‐neuromorphic device is demonstrated using a bulk heterojunction of photocatalytic dye/polymer semiconductor composed of chiral BODIPY and PBTTT‐C12. Circularly polarized light...
Magnetically Controlled Delivery of Injectable Magnetoactive Adhesive Hydrogel for Vascular Repair in the Challenging Blood Environment
08/02/2026 -
This study presents an injectable magnetoactive adhesive hydrogel designed with biocompatible functional components including the superparamagnetic component, a bio‐inspired tissue adhesive, and...
Electrostatic Enhanced Dual‐Mode Electronic Skin for Multifunctional Robotic Hands Capable of Object Shape and Material Recognition
07/02/2026 -
A dual‐mode electronic skin (e‐skin) capable of both non‐contact and contact sensing was designed and fabricated by embedding an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene electret layer into a soft...
All‐Optical Reconfigurable Physical Unclonable Function for Sustainable Security
07/02/2026 -
An all‐optical reconfigurable physical unclonable function (PUF) is demonstrated using plasmonic coupling–induced sintering of optically trapped gold nanoparticles, where Brownian motion serves...
Liquids as Reinforcements for Anisotropic and Tough Soft Matter Composites
07/02/2026 -
Liquid metal droplets are shaped and oriented within soft elastomers to create all‐soft matter composites with programmable mechanical anisotropy. These liquid inclusions act as fiber‐like...
