Future developments of smart materials for domains such as self-sustainable wireless
sensor networks, self-tuned vibration energy harvesting devices, seismic applications etc. is …

Ultrasonic metal welding (USMW) technology receives widespread attention because of its
advantages of environmental protection, high efficiency, high welding strength, and low joint …

Multi-functional fiber reinforced composites with magnetic properties offer great potential for
enabling new applications in a diverse range of industry sectors, such as aerospace …

The advances in electronics, sensors, actuators, smart materials, computers, and
communication technologies led to new and improved mechatronics-based smart tooling …

Intrinsic magnetic noise limits the functionality of all magnetic field sensors and related
devices using magnetic films as sensing elements. A novel origin of magnetic noise due to …

The rapid development of the aviation industry has put forward higher and higher
requirements for material properties, and the research on smart material structure has also …

Polymer-based actuators play a key role in the area of smart materials and devices, and for
this reason different polymer-based actuators have appeared in recent years and are …

The introduction of smart materials will become increasingly relevant as biomedical
technologies progress. Smart materials sense and respond to external stimuli (eg, chemical …

A compact inchworm piezoelectric actuator using three-jaw type clamping mechanism is
developed in this study. Different from the previous inchworm piezoelectric actuators …

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) offer promising prospect in applications such as soft robot
actuators due to the fact that they can be chemically doped to have photo-responsive …