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
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
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
Soft Biomaterial-based Nanocrystal in Pharmaceutical.
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DOI: 10.2174/1381612824666180515154848
Abstract: BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Bio-soft material, a class of derivatives of the natural or synthetic material, is getting more and more prevalent in biomedical researches and applications due to the advantages such as in-vivo biodegradation, good… read more here.
Keywords: soft materials; bio soft; based nanocrystal; soft material ... See more keywords