Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Mar 6, 2023
Leveraging liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) to realize scalable fabrication of high-performing fibrous artificial muscles is of particular interest because these active soft materials can provide large, reversible, programmable deformations upon envi...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Mar 3, 2023
Soft, deformable electronic devices provide the means to monitor physiological information and health conditions for disease diagnostics. However, their practical utility is limited due to the lack of intrinsical thermal switching for mechanically tr...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Dec 29, 2022
With the flourishing development of material simulation methods (quantum chemistry methods, molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo, phase field, etc.), extensive adoption of computing technologies (high-throughput, artificial intelligence, machine learning,...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Nov 30, 2022
The rapid growth of the electronics industry and proliferation of electronic materials and telecommunications technologies has led to the release of a massive amount of untreated electronic waste (e-waste) into the environment. Consequently, catastro...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Nov 29, 2022
Spiking neural network (SNN), where the information is evaluated recurrently through spikes, has manifested significant promises to minimize the energy expenditure in data-intensive machine learning and artificial intelligence. Among these applicatio...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Nov 29, 2022
Small-scale soft robots are attracting increasing interest for visible and potential applications owing to their safety and tolerance resulting from their intrinsic soft bodies or compliant structures. However, it is not sufficient that the soft bodi...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Nov 14, 2022
Brain-inspired neuromorphic computing systems with the potential to drive the next wave of artificial intelligence demand a spectrum of critical components beyond simple characteristics. An emerging research trend is to achieve advanced functions wit...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Nov 2, 2022
Neuromorphic engineering and artificial intelligence demands hardware elements that emulates synapse algorithms. During the last decade electrolyte-gated organic conjugated materials have been explored as a platform for artificial synapses for neurom...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Oct 21, 2022
Tactile technologies that can identify human body features are valuable in clinical diagnosis and human-machine interactions. Previously, cutting-edge tactile platforms have been able to identify structured non-living objects; however, identification...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Sep 1, 2022
Wireless miniature soft actuators are promising for various potential high-impact applications in medical, robotic grippers, and artificial muscles. However, these miniature soft actuators are currently constrained by a small output force and low wor...