A color-shifting anisotropic soft actuator (CASA) with biomimetic actuation capabilities.
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Smart Clothes with Electrodes
Swiss researchers developed fibers that can detect even the slightest pressure and strain and can withstand considerable deformation.
Recent Battery Research: Because Knowledge is Power
Solid-state and calcium-ion technologies, new SEI concepts, and intercalation electrodes are at the top of the list for the latest advanced battery research.
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A Novel Design Strategy for Bulk, Complex Nanostructures [Video]
A strategy to precisely design and assemble bulk, multicomponent nanostructures with ideal structures.
How to Power Your Life Wherever You Go–With Rain
The energy of single rain drops can now be harnessed to drive electronics by a hydraulic triboelectric nanogenerator.
Gooey Electronic Devices as Neural Probes
Ultracompliant hydrogel-based multielectrode arrays as neural probes.
Using Raindrops to Power Wearable Electronics
Researchers from the University of Science and Technology Beijing report a wearable self-cleaning/charging power system (SPS) that can harvest electrical energy from falling raindrops.
Electrifying Fashion
Working toward a world where your smartphone can be charged by your t-shirt.
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Transforming Planar Electronic Devices into 3D Structures [Video]
A strategy for placing bezel-less image sensors for electronic devices over the entire surface of a tetrahedral, 3D sensor is demonstrated.
A Reversible Positive Electrode for Lithium and Sodium Ion Batteries
Prof. Nicola Pinna and co-workers prepare a fluoride-based electrode capable of reversible insertion of lithium and sodium ions.
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