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Light‐Fueled Self‐Oscillation of a Viscoelastic Liquid Crystal Elastomer Oscillator
16/01/2025 -
Based on the linear thermoviscoelastic model, this work presents a viscoelastic liquid crystal elastomer spring self‐oscillator under steady linear optical field, where key system...
Hybrid Soft Segments Boost the Development of Ultratough Thermoplastic Elastomers with Tunable Hardness
19/01/2025 -
The hardness of a polymer material greatly affects its applicability, but traditionally, increasing hardness tends to reduce toughness. This study introduces a hybrid soft segment strategy that...
Synergistic Adhesion and Shape Deformation in Nanowire‐Structured Liquid Crystal Elastomers
19/01/2025 -
Liquid crystal elastomer films with dense nanowire arrays exhibit synergistic adhesion and shape‐changing properties. They curl toward the nanowire side under heat or chemical vapors but away from...
Energy Dissipation during Crack Growth in Rubbers with Mullins Softening
13/01/2025 -
Fracture toughness of rubber can be enhanced by fillers. Herein, the fracture of filled and unfilled rubbers is studied experimentally. The fields of deformation, stress, and energy dissipation...
Bio‐Based Elastomers: Design, Properties, and Biomedical Applications
13/01/2025 -
This review systematically examines the recent progress of representative bio‐based elastomers derived from molecular building blocks and biopolymers, focusing on molecular design, synthesis...
Removal of Ampicillin with Nitrifying Cultures in a SBR Reactor
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Abstract The presence of antibiotics in wastewater discharges significantly affects the environment, mainly due to the generation of bacterial populations with multiple antibiotic...
A Low‐Cost, Open‐Source 3D Printer for Multimaterial and High‐Throughput Direct Ink Writing of Soft and Living Materials
02/01/2025 -
The Printess is a low‐cost, open‐source, multimaterial 3D printer for direct ink writing. Built for under $250, it is highly customizable and supports various advanced direct ink writing...
Soft, Modular Power for Composing Robots with Embodied Energy
02/01/2025 -
A worm‐like robot composed of modular, self‐contained actuators is developed. The modules with embodied zinc‐iodide redox flow batteries are fabricated using a novel bonding method, allowing...
Antifouling Immunomodulatory Copolymer Architectures That Inhibit the Fibrosis of Implants
25/12/2024 -
Novel copolymer coatings dramatically reduce the formation of fibrotic tissue on medical implants, extending device longevity. In vivo screening reveals that optimizing copolymer architecture is...
HClO‐Activated Near‐Infrared Chemiluminescent Probes with a Malononitrile Group for In‐Vivo Imaging
23/12/2024 -
Eight chemiluminescence (CL) probes with a malononitrile group are easily synthesized by introducing donors to regulate HClO‐activated CL emissions from 600 to 750 nm, with comprehensive...
Lubricated Surface in a Vertical Double‐Sided Architecture for Radiative Cooling and Atmospheric Water Harvesting
18/12/2024 -
A lubricated surface (LS) coating on the condenser side in a vertical double‐sided architecture is used. The design not only effectively doubles the local cooling power, but also eliminates...
Constitutive and Fracture Behavior of Double‐Network Elastomers
12/12/2024 -
This study investigates the constitutive and fracture behaviors of double‐network (DN) elastomers, revealing how independently manipulating both the prestretch and composition tunes mechanical...
Fully Transparent and Distortion‐Free Monotonically Stretchable Substrate by Nanostructure Alignment
12/12/2024 -
For achieving monotonic transparent, stretchable substrates with near‐zero Poisson's ratio, this approach utilizes nanoscopic block copolymer alignment via shear‐rolling. This alignment of...
Synergistic Multimodal Energy Dissipation Enhances Certified Efficiency of Flexible Organic Photovoltaics beyond 19%
10/12/2024 -
By combining multimodal energy dissipation and phase modulation in active layer films, the mechanical and photovoltaic properties of flexible electronics are innovatively co‐developed to achieve a...
Electroadhesive Clutches with Enhanced Force Capacity Using Soft Dielectric Interfaces
06/12/2024 -
Soft dielectrics are used to build electroadhesive clutches with high force capacity per contact area but use simple dielectric materials with one‐fifteenth of the permittivity of existing...
Synergistic Degradation of Durable Polymer Networks by Light and Acid Enabled by Pyrenylsilicon Crosslinks
04/12/2024 -
A significant advancement in resolving the incompatibility between photodegradablity and photostability of polymer materials is reported by developing a novel cleavage reaction of the C–Si bond...
Livelihood vulnerability assessment among the agrarian indigenous communities of Sundarban Biosphere Reserve in India for building resilience and adaptation
21/11/2024 -
Indian Sundarban Biosphere Reserve (ISBR) is a vulnerable Southeast Asian region. The negative effects of climate change were putting tremendous pressure on this region. However, a dearth of...
Experimental and Analytical Investigations of Crack Removal Phenomenon in Highly Deformable Rubbers Weakened by a Crack and Loaded in Mode?I Conditions
20/11/2024 -
ABSTRACTA physical phenomenon called “crack removal” is investigated for highly deformable rubbery materials containing a pre?existing crack under uniaxial pure mode?I loading. In this case, the...
Irrigation Effects on Volatile Profile and Essential Oil Yield of Guayule During Flowering
21/11/2024 -
Guayule (Parthenium argentatum A. Gray) has the potential to be an alternative source of rubber if its co-products can be exploited on an industrial scale. Among the co-products that have garnered...
Hyperelastic and Stacked Ensemble-Driven Predictive Modeling of PEMFC Gaskets Under Thermal and Chemical Aging
20/11/2024 -
This study comprehensively investigates the stress distribution and aging effects in Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EPDM) and Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR) gasket materials through a novel...
Expanded Polystyrene/Tyre Crumbs Composites as Promising Aggregates in Mortar and Concrete
19/11/2024 -
A composite material comprising expanded polystyrene (EPS), granulated tyre rubber (GTR), and a compatibilizer is demonstrated as a possible replacement for fine and coarse agglomerates in mortar and...
