Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
Feb 25, 2022
Piezoelectric pressure sensors are important for applications in robotics, artificial intelligence, communication devices, etc. The hyperboloid is theoretically predicted to be an unusual 3D structure that allows concerted piezoelectric enhancement o...
Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
Feb 20, 2022
Shape-reconfigurable materials are crucial in many engineering applications. However, because of their isotropic deformability, they often require complex molding equipment for shaping. A polymeric origami structure that follows predetermined deforme...
Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
Feb 5, 2022
Urinary-based infections affect millions of people worldwide. Such bacterial infections are mainly caused by Escherichia coli (E. coli) biofilm formation in the bladder and/or urinary catheters. Herein, the authors present a hybrid enzyme/photocataly...
Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
Feb 5, 2022
With the rapid development of human-machine interfaces, artificial acoustic sensors play an important role in the hearing impaired. Here, an ultrathin eardrum-like triboelectric acoustic sensor (ETAS) is presented consisting of silver-coated nanofibe...
Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
Jan 20, 2022
One of the important steps for realizing artificial intelligence is identifying elementary units that are beneficial for neural network construction. A type of memristive behavior in which phase-change nanoclusters nucleate adaptively in two adjacent...
Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
Jan 17, 2022
Taking inspiration from the extremely flexible motion abilities in natural organisms, soft actuators have emerged in the past few decades. Particularly, smart film actuators (SFAs) demonstrate unique superiority in easy fabrication, tailorable geomet...
Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
Dec 9, 2021
Emerging nonvolatile resistive switching, also known as the memristor, works with a distinct concept that relies mainly on the change in the composition of the active materials, rather than to store the charge. Particularly for oxide-based memristors...
Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
Nov 27, 2021
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is one of the most popular imaging and characterizing methods applicable to a wide range of nanoscale material systems. However, high-resolution imaging using AFM generally suffers from a low scanning yield due to its me...
Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
Nov 25, 2021
Multiresponsive flexile sensors with strain, temperature, humidity, and other sensing abilities serving as real electronic skin (e-skin) have manifested great application potential in flexible electronics, artificial intelligence (AI), and Internet o...
Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
Sep 21, 2021
Liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) fibers are capable of large and reversible deformations, making them an ideal artificial muscle. However, limited to stimulating source and structural design, current LCE fibers have not yet achieved both large contract...