AIMC Topic: Nanotubes, Carbon

Clear Filters Showing 21 to 30 of 53 articles

Pressure-Perceptive Actuators for Tactile Soft Robots and Visual Logic Devices.

Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
Soft actuators with sensing capabilities are important in intelligent robots and human-computer interactions. However, present perceptive actuating systems rely on the integration of multiple functional units with complex circuit design. Here, a new-...

Nanocomposites of boronic acid-functionalized magnetic multi-walled carbon nanotubes with flexible branched polymers as a novel desorption/ionization matrix for the capture and direct detection of cis-diol-flavonoid compounds coupled with MALDI-TOF-MS.

Journal of hazardous materials
Novel boronic acid-functionalized magnetic multi-walled carbon nanotubes with flexible branched polymer (FeO@MWCNTs@ε-PL@BA) nanocomposites were fabricated and applied as the desorption/ionization matrix for the MALDI-TOF-MS determination of low mole...

A high-resolution, ultrabroad-range and sensitive capacitive tactile sensor based on a CNT/PDMS composite for robotic hands.

Nanoscale
Tactile sensors are of great significance for robotic perception improvement to realize stable object manipulation and accurate object identification. To date, developing a broad-range tactile sensor array with high sensitivity economically remains a...

Ambulatory Cardiovascular Monitoring Via a Machine-Learning-Assisted Textile Triboelectric Sensor.

Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Wearable bioelectronics for continuous and reliable pulse wave monitoring against body motion and perspiration remains a great challenge and highly desired. Here, a low-cost, lightweight, and mechanically durable textile triboelectric sensor that can...

Self-sensing coaxial muscle fibers with bi-lengthwise actuation.

Materials horizons
Artificial muscle fibers as a promising biomimetic actuator are needed for such applications as smart soft robots, muscle function restoration, and physical augmentation. Currently developed artificial muscle fibers have shown attractive performance ...

Breath biopsy of breast cancer using sensor array signals and machine learning analysis.

Scientific reports
Breast cancer causes metabolic alteration, and volatile metabolites in the breath of patients may be used to diagnose breast cancer. The objective of this study was to develop a new breath test for breast cancer by analyzing volatile metabolites in t...

An Electrically Actuated Soft Artificial Muscle Based on a High-Performance Flexible Electrothermal Film and Liquid-Crystal Elastomer.

ACS applied materials & interfaces
Liquid-crystal elastomer (LCE)-based soft robots and devices via an electrothermal effect under a low driving voltage have attracted a great deal of attention for their ability on generating larger stress, reversible deformation, and versatile actuat...

Stretchable Nanocomposite Sensors, Nanomembrane Interconnectors, and Wireless Electronics toward Feedback-Loop Control of a Soft Earthworm Robot.

ACS applied materials & interfaces
Sensors that can detect external stimuli and perceive the surrounding areas could offer an ability for soft biomimetic robots to use the sensory feedback for closed-loop control of locomotion. Although various types of biomimetic robots have been dev...

Feedforward Artificial Neural Network-Based Model for Predicting the Removal of Phenolic Compounds from Water by Using Deep Eutectic Solvent-Functionalized CNTs.

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
In the recent decade, deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have occupied a strategic place in green chemistry research. This paper discusses the application of DESs as functionalization agents for multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to produce novel adsorb...

Bioinspired Soft Robot with Incorporated Microelectrodes.

Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE
Bioinspired soft robotic systems that mimic living organisms using engineered muscle tissue and biomaterials are revolutionizing the current biorobotics paradigm, especially in biomedical research. Recreating artificial life-like actuation dynamics i...