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Hydrogel-based flexible metamaterial for underwater acoustic carpet cloaking
A hydrogel-based flexible metamaterial is proposed for underwater acoustic carpet cloaking.
Frontiers of 3D and 4D Printing in Analytical Chemistry: From Device Fabrication to Practical Implementation
3D and 4D printing technologies are revolutionizing analytical chemistry by enabling innovative, customizable, and adaptive devices.
Geometric memory in incomplete phase transitions across dimensions
A nucleation-and-growth model with incomplete reversion produces a geometric memory in plate-size distributions, with stronger memory in 2D than in 3D or lamellar geometries.
On the proposed concept of mechanical phasons in Ni-Mn-Ga modulated martensite
A mechanical model suggests that modulation phasons in Ni-Mn-Ga modulated martensite can produce macroscopic shear compliance for commensurate (and weakly incommensurate) modulations, but not for strongly incommensurate ones.
Analysis of Biomedical Smart Textiles
The article reviews smart textiles in healthcare, emphasizing emerging technologies and the need for sustainable solutions.
4D Printing of TBCHA-Based Shape Memory Polymer Composites: Bioglass 45S5 Addition Improves Stability Retention and Shape Memory Performance
4D-printed TBCHA-based shape-memory polymer composites with Bioglass 45S5 show improved stability retention and shape-memory performance.
Solvent‐Responsive Shape Memory Porous Semicrystalline Thermoplastic Polyurethane
Porous semicrystalline TPU made by salt-leaching can recover shape in ethyl acetate, with solvent-driven changes in amorphous mobility and partial crystalline dissolution improving recovery while preserving mechanical properties.
Design and Evaluation of Smart Textile Systems for Sports Monitoring and Health Assessment
This study evaluates a smart textile system designed for physiological and motion monitoring in sports, showing promising results in estimating pulse trends.
Integrating Ethnic Art Elements into Smart Textile Interaction Design for Cultural Expression and User Experience
This study presents a framework for integrating ethnic art into smart textile design to enhance cultural expression and user experience.
Thermo-mechanically coupled phase-field fracture model considering elastocaloric effect of shape memory alloy
A coupled phase-field fracture model for Mn-Cu shape memory alloys incorporates elastocaloric thermal strain from martensitic transformation to simulate crack growth and thermally assisted toughening.
Multimaterial 4D printing of adaptive and reconfigurable auxetic metastructures
Multimaterial 4D printing with PLA/PCL enables auxetic metastructures whose geometry–material coupling yields tunable mechanics, energy absorption, and thermally induced reconfigurability.
4D Printing in Biomedical Implants and Functional Healthcare Devices
A review of biomedical 4D printing that links stimuli-responsive material platforms to programmed, time-dependent actuation for implants, drug delivery, and adaptive wearables.
Logarithmic-Time Geodesically Convex Decomposition in Programmable Matter
It presents an O(log n)-round algorithm to decompose arbitrary amoebot programmable-matter structures into O(|H|) geodesically convex regions using reconfigurable circuits.
Light-activated gel could impact wearables, soft robotics, and more
A light-activated, biocompatible soft gel is reported to dramatically change its conductivity, supporting ionotronics-style interfaces for wearables and soft robotics.
3D Finite Element-Based Multiphysics Simulation of a Shape Memory Alloy Hybrid Composite Module
A coupled 3D ANSYS LS-DYNA multiphysics model for SMA hybrid composite actuators captures thermomechanical phase transformation and reproduces temperature-dependent hysteresis with experimental validation.
Additively manufactured Shape Memory Alloy Hybrid Composites with a polymer matrix featuring a re-entrant honeycomb structure
A fully additive SLA+TFP route fabricates SMA hybrid composites with a re-entrant honeycomb polymer structure, enabling geometry-tuned, thermally activated out-of-plane bending with improved reproducibility via automated SMA placement.
Thermomechanical Modelling and Shape Prediction in 4D Printing Using FEA
A thermomechanical FEA approach is used to simulate and plan shape morphing in 4D-printed two-layer and more complex structures.
Reprogrammable metamaterial robot with embodied versatile computation and mechanical intelligence
A reprogrammable metamaterial robot is presented as combining versatile computation with mechanical intelligence.