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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"adaptive materials"”.
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Development of new adaptive materials based on spiropyran molecular photoswitches
… based on spiropyran-like molecules, new materials were produced whose properties such as metal-ion uptake/release and polarity can be controlled under external photonic stimulation. Spiropyran derivatives were immobilised on polystyrene and silica microbeads and evaluated for their …
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Control of Dynamic Response of Thin-Walled Composite Beams Using Structural Tailoring and Piezoelectric Actuation
… approach integrating structural tailoring and adaptive materials technology and designed to control the dynamic response of cantilever beams subjected to external excitations is addressed. The cantilevered structure is modeled as a thin-walled beam of arbitrary cross-section and incorporates a …
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Hindered urea bond for the design of dynamic materials
… have found various applications in dynamic materials designs such as self-healing, malleable, shape-memory or environmentally-adaptive materials. However, most DCBs developed so far require either catalyst or harsh environments to facilitate bond reversion and involve special building blocks …
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Dynamic supramolecular hydrogels with adaptive biological functionality
… are considered as powerful tools for fabricating adaptive materials. In nature, the extracellular matrix (ECM) - the complex yet dynamic environment surrounding cells, provides cell support and ultimately determines cell fate. Cell behaviour depends on three main ECM properties; (i) its …
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Aeroelasticity of Morphing Wings Using Neural Networks
… model static non-linear aeroelastic problems in adaptive structures and linear dynamic aeroelastic systems with time varying stiffness. The use of adaptive materials in aircraft wings allows for the change of the contour or the configuration of a wing (morphing) in flight. The use of smart …
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Surface instabilities and interfacial phenomena for nanomanufacturing at the atomically-thin limit
Two-dimensional (2D) layered materials, exemplified by the prototypical graphene, have been intensively studied for their diverse material properties and superlative mechanical strength. Due to their atomically-thin nature, weak basal plane van der Waals interactions, and vanishing bending …