From passive to emerging smart silicones

M Cazacu, M Dascalu, GT Stiubianu, A Bele… - Reviews in Chemical …, 2023 - degruyter.com
Amassing remarkable properties, silicones are practically indispensable in our everyday life.
In most classic applications, they play a passive role in that they cover, seal, insulate …

Multifunctional stimuli-responsive niosomal nanoparticles for co-delivery and co-administration of gene and bioactive compound: In vitro and in vivo studies

NA Abtahi, SM Naghib, SJ Ghalekohneh… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study aims to optimize niosomes for carrying and delivering the anticancer agents and
genes, simultaneously. We synthesized new cationic niosomal formulations containing …

Vitrimer-based soft actuators with multiple responsiveness and self-healing ability triggered by multiple stimuli

Y Yang, H Wang, S Zhang, Y Wei, X He, J Wang… - Matter, 2021 - cell.com
Soft actuators are highly desirable in soft robots, electronic devices, wearable devices, etc.
Both multi-stimuli responsiveness and multichannel self-healing ability are essential for soft …

Vinylsilane-rich silicone filled by polydimethylsiloxane encapsulated carbon black particles for dielectric elastomer actuator with enhanced out-of-plane actuations

J Huang, F Wang, L Ma, Z Zhang, E Meng… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to an extremely low permittivity, silicone based dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA)
needs to be triggered by a very high voltage, thus endures the risks of electrical breakdown …

Tailoring the features of modified polysulfone/carbon filler nanocomposites to enhance physical properties for electronic applications

SL Nica, M Asandulesa, I Stoica, CD Varganici… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
The article reports the obtaining and characterization of high-performance nanocomposite
materials based on modified polysulfone using various amounts of modified carbon …

Soft silicone elastomers exhibiting large actuation strains

A Bele, M Dascalu, C Tugui… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Poly (dimethyl‐co‐methylvinyl) siloxane‐α, ω‐diols with 1.5, 5.5, and 8.5 mol% vinyl
group contents, respectively, are obtained via an environmental friendly synthesis and used …

Piezo-enhanced photocatalytic performance of bismuth ferrite-based thin film for organic pollutants degradation

V Tiron, R Jijie, T Matei, IL Velicu, S Gurlui, G Bulai - Coatings, 2023 - mdpi.com
This work addresses the global sustainable development concerns by investigating the
enhancement of piezo-photocatalytic efficiency in bismuth ferrite-based thin films …

Enhanced Dielectric Properties of Polydimethylsiloxane Elastomer-Based Composites with Cyanosilicone

Y Yu, B Huang, Y Zhao, Y Zhao, L Dai… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Over the past decade, polysiloxane-based dielectric elastomers have attracted great interest
because they are promising electroactive soft materials. However, the intrinsic low …

Piezo-ferroelectric response of bismuth ferrite based thin films and their related photo/piezocatalytic performance

V Tiron, R Jijie, I Dumitru, N Cimpoesu, I Burducea… - Ceramics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bismuth ferrite based thin films were grown by RF magnetron sputtering under different
experimental conditions. The effects of substrate temperature, Ar: O 2 mass flow ratio and …

BaTiO3 nanocubes-Gelatin composites for piezoelectric harvesting: Modeling and experimental study

CE Ciomaga, N Horchidan, L Padurariu, RS Stirbu… - Ceramics …, 2022 - Elsevier
Flexible composites containing BaTiO 3 nanoparticles into Gelatin bio-polymer matrix were
designed and investigated. Following the idea that the electric field concentration in …