By mimicking the strong adhesive #locomotion ability of snails, researchers from University of Bristol present a sliding suction method to allow #robots to climb with high adhesive force and low energy consumption up walls and on ceilings. #GettingApplied nature.com/articles/s4146…
.stan skafidas et al. Faculty of Engineering & Information Technology report a multifunctional smart field-programmable #radiofrequency surface (FPRFS) that implements arbitrary #antennas and impedance matching networks with enhanced radiation efficiency. #Microwave #Gettingapplied nature.com/articles/s4146…
Researchers from Beihang University SUSTech 南方科技大学 report large nonvolatile polarization in stretchable #polymer #ferroelectrics incorporating #perovskite nanocrystals, induced by the stabilised Frenkel defects by poled ferroelectrics. #GettingApplied nature.com/articles/s4146…
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Wind-driven device for cooling permafrost in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau region.
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Han et al. present a probabilistic-based #MachineLearning method to discover the fundamental laws governing the interactions of heterogeneous systems, out now Nature Communications #GettingApplied #Computational
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Jung et al. review the new types of untethered soft actuators that represent breakthroughs and discuss the future perspective of soft #actuators Seung Hwan Ko Review out Nature Communications #GettingApplied #SoftRobots #Robots #Reviews
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Authors examine the formation of #brine film on top of frozen salty droplets and discover a new ice crystal growth pattern sprouting from the bottom of the brine film #ice #ice formation #GettingApplied Out now
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Authors reveal the mechanisms underlying the collective behavior of soft flow networks with negative differential resistance elements, out now Nature Communications #Collectivebehaviour #Fluids #GettingApplied
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Latest article Nature Communications reports the coexistence of hot liquid and cold gas states in mixtures of #overdamped #active and inertial passive #Brownian particles, #GettingApplied #ActiveMatter #SoftMatter
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Wu et al. present a thin #silicon structure with reinforced ring to prepare free-standing 4.7-μm 4-inch silicon #wafers , achieving an #efficiency of 20.33% for 28-μm silicon #solarcells with a breakage rate of ~0% #photovoltaics #Devices #GettingApplied nature.com/articles/s4146…
Parvazian and Trystan Watson Swansea University discuss the #R2R revolution to tackle the industrial leap for #perovskite #photovoltaic #devices #solarcells #solarmodules #GettingApplied nature.com/articles/s4146…
Researchers from Beihang University Tsinghua University report insect scale legged #microrobots with efficient running gait and novel #actuation mechanism to solve the running speed degradation after carrying payloads for untethered locomotion. #GettingApplied nature.com/articles/s4146…
Latest work in Nature Communications reports an on-demand mode-switching strategy that significantly enhances the durability of the #Janus membrane. #GettingApplied #Colloids #SoftMatter
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Wang et al. Rui Zhang combined the moiré effect with surface patterning to create highly tunable, arbitrary topological defects #Topology #LiquidCrystals #Colloids #GettingApplied #Softmatter Out now Nature Communications
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Yan et al. report the vaporization momentum resulting from the intensive vaporization on the free surface of the water droplet contributes to the self-detachment of freezing droplets #SoftMatter #GettingApplied Out now Nature Communications
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Authors experimentally investigate a non-phase separating #assembly of active #colloids under gravity and show that a wetting-like phenomenology persists against a vertical wall and observe a counter- #gravity wall climbing. #GettingApplied Nature Communications
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New article introduces an approach that utilizes equilibrium propagation for the training of #Ising machines and achieves high accuracy performance on classification tasks, #MachineLearning #GettingApplied
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The authors Nick Alonso introduce a neural network that implements an effective, principled approach to local, online-continual learning on associative memory tasks #NeuralNetwork #MachineLearning #Neuromorphic #GettingApplied
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