Desiccation cracking of soils: A review of investigation approaches, underlying mechanisms, and influencing factors

CS Tang, C Zhu, Q Cheng, H Zeng, JJ Xu, BG Tian… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The purpose of this paper is to review the development and the state of the art in desiccation
cracking characterization methods and review the desiccation cracking behaviors of soils …

PDMS with designer functionalities—Properties, modifications strategies, and applications

MP Wolf, GB Salieb-Beugelaar, P Hunziker - Progress in Polymer Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Rapid progress in micro-and nanotechnologies such as lab-on-a-chip (microfluidic
networks, sensors, actuators, and connectors), soft lithography (replica moulding …

A skin-attachable, stretchable integrated system based on liquid GaInSn for wireless human motion monitoring with multi-site sensing capabilities

YR Jeong, J Kim, Z Xie, Y Xue, SM Won, G Lee… - NPG Asia …, 2017 - nature.com
This paper introduces a liquid-metal integrated system that combines soft electronics
materials and engineering designs with advanced near-field-communication (NFC) …

Flexible multiplexed In2O3 nanoribbon aptamer-field-effect transistors for biosensing

Q Liu, C Zhao, M Chen, Y Liu, Z Zhao, F Wu, Z Li… - Iscience, 2020 - cell.com
Flexible sensors are essential for advancing implantable and wearable bioelectronics
toward monitoring chemical signals within and on the body. Developing biosensors for …

Recent progress on crack pattern formation in thin films

M Liu, S Yu, L He, Y Ni - Soft Matter, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Fascinating pattern formation by quasi-static crack growth in thin films has received
increasing interest in both interdisciplinary science and engineering applications. The paper …

Screening platform for cell contact guidance based on inorganic biomaterial micro/nanotopographical gradients

Q Zhou, O Castañeda Ocampo… - … applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
High-throughput screening (HTS) methods based on topography gradients or arrays have
been extensively used to investigate cell–material interactions. However, it is a huge …

Mechanical behavior of electrochemically hydrogenated electron beam melting (EBM) and wrought Ti–6Al–4V using small punch test

N Lulu-Bitton, E Sabatani, BA Rosen, N Kostirya… - international journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The influence of electrochemical charging of hydrogen at j=− 5 mA/cm 2 for 6, 12, 48 and 96
h on the structural and the mechanical behavior of wrought and electron beam melting …

Cracking effects in squashable and stretchable thin metal films on PDMS for flexible microsystems and electronics

T Baëtens, E Pallecchi, V Thomy, S Arscott - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Here, we study cracking of nanometre and sub-nanometre-thick metal lines (titanium, nickel,
chromium, and gold) evaporated onto commercial polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrates …

Noninterference wearable strain sensor: near-zero temperature coefficient of resistance nanoparticle arrays with thermal expansion and transport engineering

T Park, HK Woo, BK Jung, B Park, J Bang, W Kim… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In this study, non-temperature interference strain gauge sensors, which are only sensitive to
strain but not temperature, are developed by engineering the properties and structure from a …

Controlled formation of surface patterns in metal films deposited on elasticity-gradient PDMS substrates

S Yu, Y Sun, Y Ni, X Zhang, H Zhou - ACS applied materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Controlled surface patterns are useful in a wide range of applications including flexible
electronics, elastomeric optics, fluidic channels, surface engineering, measurement …