Progress of fabrication and applications of electrospun hierarchically porous nanofibers

R Liu, L Hou, G Yue, H Li, J Zhang, J Liu, B Miao… - Advanced Fiber …, 2022 - Springer
In recent years, electrospun nanofibers have attracted great attention for their facile
adjustable structure, morphology feature and chemical composition. Especially, significant …

Grooved fibers: Preparation principles through electrospinning and potential applications

L Zhan, J Deng, Q Ke, X Li, Y Ouyang, C Huang… - Advanced Fiber …, 2022 - Springer
The surface morphology of micro-and nano-scale fiber determines its application to a great
extent. At present, a variety of secondary morphology of microfibers and nanofibers, such as …

[HTML][HTML] Microfluidic manipulation by spiral hollow-fibre actuators

S Li, R Zhang, G Zhang, L Shuai, W Chang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
A microfluidic manipulation system that can sense a liquid and control its flow is highly
desirable. However, conventional sensors and motors have difficulty fitting the limited space …

High-temperature-tolerant artificial muscles using poly (p-phenylene benzobisoxazole) composite yarns

J He, M Ren, L Dong, Y Wang, X Wei, B Cui… - Advanced Fiber …, 2022 - Springer
Today the developed yarn muscles or actuators still cannot satisfy the requirements of
working in high-temperature environments. Thermal resistivity is highly needed in …

[HTML][HTML] Solvation Effects on the Thermal Helix Inversion of Molecular Motors from QM/MM Calculations

J Wen, M Zhu, L González - Chemistry, 2022 - mdpi.com
Molecular motors convert light and thermal energies into mechanical work, offering good
opportunities to design novel molecular devices. Among them, molecular motors alternate a …

Development and characterisation of hybrid composite skin simulants based on short polyethylene fibre and bioactive glass particle-reinforced silicone

A Chattrairat, E Kandare, S Aimmanee, P Tran… - Journal of the Mechanical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Silicone elastomers are widely recognised as artificial skins for medical prosthesis and
cranial injury assessment. Since silicone is not an ideal skin simulant due to the lack of …

Multi‐factor influence on the properties of polymer fiber‐based artificial muscles

Y Han, T Zhao, Z Jin, H Sun - Journal of Applied Polymer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Thermosensitive polymer artificial muscle fiber filaments made of two polymers, cyclic olefin
copolymer elastomer (COCe) and polyethylene (PE), have the ability to sense changes …