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Rapid‐Response Electromagnetic Metamaterial Enabling Round‐The‐Clock Electrified CO <sub>2</sub> Methanation
A novel electromagnetic metamaterial enables efficient and stable CO2 methanation for renewable energy storage.
4D printed hydromorph biocomposites with shape change and force generation properties: progress towards structural actuation
4D-printed flax/PLA hydromorph biocomposites can be tuned to deliver water-driven shape change with blocked force and energy density comparable to wood, supporting structural actuation design.
4D-Printed Liquid Crystal Elastomers: Printing Strategies, Actuation Mechanisms, and Emerging Applications
This review explores 4D-printed liquid crystal elastomers, highlighting their actuation mechanisms and potential applications in soft robotics and biomedical engineering.
Visible-infrared dual-spectral window metamaterial compatible with excellent electromagnetic shielding and high X-band absorption
This research presents a metamaterial that achieves dual-spectral transparency and effective electromagnetic shielding for optoelectronic systems.
Programmable Telescopic Soft Pneumatic Actuators for Deployable and Shape Morphing Soft Robots
Programmable Telescopic Soft Pneumatic Actuators (PTSPAs) use a parameterized geometry generator and systematic parameter exploration to enable deployable, shape-morphing soft robot locomotion in confined spaces.
Polymer-Based Smart Material in 4D Printing Applications
This research explores polymer-based smart materials for 4D printing, enabling dynamic and responsive structures that adapt to environmental stimuli.
Acoustic Metamaterial Nanogenerator for Multi-Band Sound Insulation and Acoustic–Electric Conversion
An acoustic metamaterial nanogenerator uses multi-local resonance to deliver tunable multi-band sound insulation (up to 40 dB) while converting low-frequency sound into electricity via a TENG.
4D Printing of Self‐Immolative Polymers
This study introduces self-immolative polymers for 4D printing, enabling dynamic material transformations in response to stimuli.
Thermoelastic wave-based logic for mechanically cognitive materials
Wave-scattering mechanical logic gates are built from metamaterial cells with shape-memory-alloy mechanical memory that reconfigures via thermal activation, demonstrated with measured wavefields.
Compatibilities and supercompatibility conditions in shape memory alloys determined from correspondence, metrics and symmetries
The paper extends correspondence theory to compute austenite/martensite compatibility and austenite/martensite/martensite supercompatibility conditions in shape memory alloys.
Tailored continuous flax fiber-reinforced shape memory polymer biocomposites: Enhanced thermomechanical and shape memory performance for sustainable structural applications
Continuous flax fiber-reinforced shape memory polymer biocomposites are tailored to improve thermomechanical behavior and shape-memory performance for sustainable structural use.
Highly stretchable, magnetic responsive, shape memory polymer composites via digital light processing 3D printing: Synthesis, characterization and applications
A DLP 3D-printed, highly stretchable polymer composite is reported to be magnetic responsive and shape-memory based, with synthesis, characterization, and applications mentioned in the title.
Two‐Way Shape Memory Polymer Composite Gripper for Adaptive Robotic Applications
A cross-linked PCL/DCP two-way shape-memory polymer composite embedded in a low-stiffness elastomer matrix enables temperature-driven, repeatable gripper opening/closing without external actuation programming.
Force Characterization of Insect-Scale Aquatic Propulsion Based on Fluid-Structure Interaction
Insect-scale microrobotic swimmers with SMA-driven soft tails are force-characterized, yielding first instantaneous thrust measurements linked to fluid-structure interaction.
Innovative Application of Smart Textiles in Furniture Design: The Integration of Temperature Control and Health Monitoring Functions
Smart textiles in furniture design can enhance temperature control and health monitoring, but improvements in accuracy and wireless stability are needed.
Vision-assisted 4D printing of a silicone gripper with integrated sensors and high energy density actuators
A vision-guided, one-shot DIW process embeds a strain sensor and coiled SMA actuator into a silicone gripper to enable closed-loop, energy-efficient 4D morphing for real tasks.
Duct Metamaterial Muffler with Composite Acoustic Porous Media: Acoustic Optimization via Periodic Arrangement, Particle Swarm Optimization and Experimental Validation
A composite acoustic porous duct metamaterial muffler with periodic tortuous channels and optimized porous layers achieves improved broadband transmission loss validated by experiments.
Functional Behavior of NiTi Shape Memory Alloy Fabricated by Laser Metal Deposition
This study explores the functional performance of NiTi shape memory alloys fabricated by laser metal deposition, highlighting their potential for actuator applications.