Multiprogrammable Anisotropic Soft Material via Magneto‐Orientation of Ferromagnetic Nanoplates
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DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202411036
Abstract: Anisotropic materials featured with ordered arrangement of sub‐structures are ubiquitous in living organisms, and possess rapidly increasing relevance to emerging technologies in smart materials, soft robotics, flexible displays, and biomedicines. However, the integration and programming… read more here.
Keywords: orientation; anisotropic soft; soft material; material ... See more keywords
Bayesian optimal design accelerates discovery of soft material properties from bubble dynamics
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DOI: 10.1007/s00466-025-02606-4
Abstract: An optimal sequential experimental design approach is developed to computationally characterize soft material properties at the high strain rates associated with bubble cavitation. The approach involves optimal design and model inference. The optimal design strategy… read more here.
Keywords: usepackage; soft material; optimal design; material properties ... See more keywords
Optical materials and metamaterials from nanostructured soft matter
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DOI: 10.1007/s12274-019-2437-1
Abstract: Soft materials such as block copolymers, liquid crystals and colloidal assemblies are excellent candidates for use in optical applications due to their ability to spontaneously self-assemble into ordered structures on optically-relevant length scales. Some of… read more here.
Keywords: soft materials; optical applications; soft material; optical materials ... See more keywords
High strain-rate soft material characterization via inertial cavitation
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2017.12.006
Abstract: Abstract Mechanical characterization of soft materials at high strain-rates is challenging due to their high compliance, slow wave speeds, and non-linear viscoelasticity. Yet, knowledge of their material behavior is paramount across a spectrum of biological… read more here.
Keywords: cavitation; high strain; soft material; material ... See more keywords
Autonomous Small-Angle Scattering for Accelerated Soft Material Formulation Optimization
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c00860
Abstract: The pace of soft material formulation (re)development and design is rapidly increasing as both consumers and new legislation demand products that do less harm to the environment while maintaining high standards of performance. To meet… read more here.
Keywords: formulation; material formulation; agent; soft material ... See more keywords
Visualizing Drug Release from a Stimuli-Responsive Soft Material Based on Amine-Thiol Displacement.
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DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c02720
Abstract: In this research, we developed a photoluminescent platform using amine-coupled fluorophores, generated from a single conjugate acceptor containing bis-vinylogous thioesters. Based on the experimental and computational results, the fluorescence turn-on mechanism was proposed to be… read more here.
Keywords: visualizing drug; material; soft material; drug release ... See more keywords
Chemical signal activation of an organocatalyst enables control over soft material formation
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00998-3
Abstract: Cells can react to their environment by changing the activity of enzymes in response to specific chemical signals. Artificial catalysts capable of being activated by chemical signals are rare, but of interest for creating autonomously… read more here.
Keywords: chemical signal; organocatalyst enables; soft material; formation ... See more keywords
Automated analysis of soft material microindentation.
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DOI: 10.1039/d2sm00857b
Abstract: An understanding of the mechanical properties of soft hydrogel materials over multiple length scales is important for their application in many fields. Typical measurement methods provide either bulk mechanical properties (compression, tensile, rheology) or probing… read more here.
Keywords: automated analysis; analysis soft; soft material; analysis ... See more keywords
Optimal standoff distance for a highly focused microjet penetrating a soft material
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DOI: 10.1063/5.0202757
Abstract: A needle-free injector using a highly focused microjet has the potential to minimize the invasiveness of drug delivery. In this study, the jet penetration depth in a soft material—which is a critical parameter for practical… read more here.
Keywords: focused microjet; microjet; penetration depth; soft material ... See more keywords
A Machine-Learning-Based Approach to Solve Both Contact Location and Force in Soft Material Tactile Sensors.
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DOI: 10.1089/soro.2018.0172
Abstract: This study addresses a design and calibration methodology based on numerical finite element method (FEM) modeling for the development of a soft tactile sensor able to simultaneously solve the magnitude and the application location of… read more here.
Keywords: location; machine learning; tactile sensors; soft material ... See more keywords
Embedding Soft Material Channels for Tactile Sensing of Complex Surfaces—Structural Optimization
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DOI: 10.1109/jsen.2023.3339184
Abstract: In previous work, we demonstrated the creation of bespoke tactile elements on 3-D surfaces through the “Embedding Soft material into Structure ENabling Tactile sensing” (ESSENT) approach. Each tactile sensing channel is filled with soft material,… read more here.
Keywords: tactile sensing; channel; soft material; embedding soft ... See more keywords