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158 Citations
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27 April 2023

This paper introduces a novel metamaterial absorber based on surface plasmon resonance (SPR). The absorber is capable of triple-mode perfect absorption, polarization independence, incident angle insensitivity, tunability, high sensitivity, and a high...

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155 Citations
42,956 Views
39 Pages

27 January 2024

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are gaining popularity due to their high efficiency and low-cost fabrication. In recent decades, noticeable research efforts have been devoted to improving the stability of these cells under ambient conditions. Moreover,...

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151 Citations
18,743 Views
22 Pages

22 December 2023

Colloidal systems and their control play an essential role in daily human activities, but several drawbacks lead to an avoidance of their extensive application in some more productive areas. Some roadblocks are a lack of knowledge regarding how to in...

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140 Citations
5,482 Views
14 Pages

30 April 2023

Solar energy is currently a very popular energy source because it is both clean and renewable. As a result, one of the main areas of research now is the investigation of solar absorbers with broad spectrum and high absorption efficiency. In this stud...

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129 Citations
13,909 Views
13 Pages

Green Synthesis of Zinc Oxide (ZnO) Nanoparticles from Green Algae and Their Assessment in Various Biological Applications

  • Hajra Hameed,
  • Abdul Waheed,
  • Muhammad Shakeeb Sharif,
  • Muhammad Saleem,
  • Afshan Afreen,
  • Muhammad Tariq,
  • Asif Kamal,
  • Wedad A. Al-onazi,
  • Dunia A. Al Farraj and
  • Rania M. Mahmoud
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25 April 2023

The biosynthesis of algal-based zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles has shown several advantages over traditional physico-chemical methods, such as lower cost, less toxicity, and greater sustainability. In the current study, bioactive molecules present in...

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123 Citations
18,534 Views
30 Pages

24 July 2023

Metal additive manufacturing (AM) is capable of producing complex parts, using a wide range of functional metals that are otherwise very difficult to make and involve multiple manufacturing processes. However, because of the involvement of thermal en...

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109 Citations
6,503 Views
18 Pages

Heat Transfer Enhancement Using Al2O3-MWCNT Hybrid-Nanofluid inside a Tube/Shell Heat Exchanger with Different Tube Shapes

  • Maissa Bouselsal,
  • Fateh Mebarek-Oudina,
  • Nirmalendu Biswas and
  • Abdel Aziz I. Ismail

18 May 2023

The high demand for compact heat exchangers has led researchers to develop high-quality and energy-efficient heat exchangers at a lower cost than conventional ones. To address this requirement, the present study focuses on improvements to the tube/sh...

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103 Citations
14,707 Views
93 Pages

Bio-Inspired Nanomaterials for Micro/Nanodevices: A New Era in Biomedical Applications

  • Mohammad Harun-Ur-Rashid,
  • Israt Jahan,
  • Tahmina Foyez and
  • Abu Bin Imran

18 September 2023

Exploring bio-inspired nanomaterials (BINMs) and incorporating them into micro/nanodevices represent a significant development in biomedical applications. Nanomaterials, engineered to imitate biological structures and processes, exhibit distinctive a...

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101 Citations
20,071 Views
61 Pages

Power Electronics Revolutionized: A Comprehensive Analysis of Emerging Wide and Ultrawide Bandgap Devices

  • S M Sajjad Hossain Rafin,
  • Roni Ahmed,
  • Md. Asadul Haque,
  • Md. Kamal Hossain,
  • Md. Asikul Haque and
  • Osama A. Mohammed

31 October 2023

This article provides a comprehensive review of wide and ultrawide bandgap power electronic semiconductor devices, comparing silicon (Si), silicon carbide (SiC), gallium nitride (GaN), and the emerging device diamond technology. Key parameters examin...

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85 Citations
14,548 Views
36 Pages

Photonic Crystal Enhanced Fluorescence: A Review on Design Strategies and Applications

  • Yanyu Xiong,
  • Skye Shepherd,
  • Joseph Tibbs,
  • Amanda Bacon,
  • Weinan Liu,
  • Lucas D. Akin,
  • Takhmina Ayupova,
  • Seemesh Bhaskar and
  • Brian T. Cunningham

17 March 2023

Nanoscale fluorescence emitters are efficient for measuring biomolecular interactions, but their utility for applications requiring single-unit observations is constrained by the need for large numerical aperture objectives, fluorescence intermittenc...

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82 Citations
14,381 Views
37 Pages

Emerging SiC Applications beyond Power Electronic Devices

  • Francesco La Via,
  • Daniel Alquier,
  • Filippo Giannazzo,
  • Tsunenobu Kimoto,
  • Philip Neudeck,
  • Haiyan Ou,
  • Alberto Roncaglia,
  • Stephen E. Saddow and
  • Salvatore Tudisco

6 June 2023

In recent years, several new applications of SiC (both 4H and 3C polytypes) have been proposed in different papers. In this review, several of these emerging applications have been reported to show the development status, the main problems to be solv...

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81 Citations
3,068 Views
18 Pages

Improvement of Hybrid Electrode Material Synthesis for Energy Accumulators Based on Carbon Nanotubes and Porous Structures

  • Boris V. Malozyomov,
  • Vladislav V. Kukartsev,
  • Nikita V. Martyushev,
  • Viktor V. Kondratiev,
  • Roman V. Klyuev and
  • Antonina I. Karlina

23 June 2023

Carbon materials are promising for use as electrodes for supercapacitors and lithium–ion batteries due to a number of properties, such as non-toxicity, high specific surface area, good electronic conductivity, chemical inertness, and a wide ope...

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79 Citations
28,739 Views
28 Pages

29 May 2023

The system-in-package (SiP) has gained much interest in the current rapid development of integrated circuits (ICs) due to its advantages of integration, shrinking, and high density. This review examined the SiP as its focus, provides a list of the mo...

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79 Citations
12,223 Views
32 Pages

Biosynthesis of Copper Nanoparticles with Medicinal Plants Extracts: From Extraction Methods to Applications

  • Aurora Antonio-Pérez,
  • Luis Fernando Durán-Armenta,
  • María Guadalupe Pérez-Loredo and
  • Ana Laura Torres-Huerta

30 September 2023

Copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) can be synthesized by green methods using plant extracts. These methods are more environmentally friendly and offer improved properties of the synthesized NPs in terms of biocompatibility and functional capabilities. Trad...

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75 Citations
8,334 Views
29 Pages

30 June 2023

Sustainable and safe food is an important issue worldwide, and it depends on cost-effective analysis tools with good sensitivity and reality. However, traditional standard chemical methods of food safety detection, such as high-performance liquid chr...

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73 Citations
21,382 Views
57 Pages

13 March 2024

Superhydrophobic surfaces, characterized by exceptional water repellency and self-cleaning properties, have gained significant attention for their diverse applications across industries. This review paper comprehensively explores the theoretical foun...

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73 Citations
17,137 Views
45 Pages

Recent Progress and Challenges of Implantable Biodegradable Biosensors

  • Fahmida Alam,
  • Md Ashfaq Ahmed,
  • Ahmed Hasnain Jalal,
  • Ishrak Siddiquee,
  • Rabeya Zinnat Adury,
  • G M Mehedi Hossain and
  • Nezih Pala

30 March 2024

Implantable biosensors have evolved to the cutting-edge technology of personalized health care and provide promise for future directions in precision medicine. This is the reason why these devices stand to revolutionize our approach to health and dis...

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69 Citations
18,831 Views
34 Pages

A Comprehensive Review of Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Composite Materials

  • Silvia Zecchi,
  • Giovanni Cristoforo,
  • Mattia Bartoli,
  • Alberto Tagliaferro,
  • Daniele Torsello,
  • Carlo Rosso,
  • Marco Boccaccio and
  • Francesco Acerra

26 January 2024

The interaction between matter and microwaves assumes critical significance due to the ubiquity of wireless communication technology. The selective shielding of microwaves represents the only way to achieve the control on crucial technological sector...

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69 Citations
3,198 Views
15 Pages

Ultra-Wideband High-Efficiency Solar Absorber and Thermal Emitter Based on Semiconductor InAs Microstructures

  • Yanying Zhu,
  • Pinggen Cai,
  • Wenlong Zhang,
  • Tongyu Meng,
  • Yongjian Tang,
  • Zao Yi,
  • Kaihua Wei,
  • Gongfa Li,
  • Bin Tang and
  • Yougen Yi

14 August 2023

Since the use of chemical fuels is permanently damaging the environment, the need for new energy sources is urgent for mankind. Given that solar energy is a clean and sustainable energy source, this study investigates and proposes a six-layer composi...

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69 Citations
14,769 Views
29 Pages

A Review of Methods to Modify the PDMS Surface Wettability and Their Applications

  • Lucas B. Neves,
  • Inês S. Afonso,
  • Glauco Nobrega,
  • Luiz G. Barbosa,
  • Rui A. Lima and
  • João E. Ribeiro

Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) has attracted great attention in various fields due to its excellent properties, but its inherent hydrophobicity presents challenges in many applications that require controlled wettability. The purpose of this review is t...

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68 Citations
4,680 Views
16 Pages

A Four Element mm-Wave MIMO Antenna System with Wide-Band and High Isolation Characteristics for 5G Applications

  • Mehr E. Munir,
  • Saad Hassan Kiani,
  • Huseyin Serif Savci,
  • Mohamed Marey,
  • Jehanzeb Khan,
  • Hala Mostafa and
  • Naser Ojaroudi Parchin

30 March 2023

In this article, we propose a light weight, low profile Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) antenna system for compact 5th Generation (5G) mmwave devices. Using a RO5880 substrate that is incredibly thin, the suggested antenna is made up of circula...

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67 Citations
3,796 Views
20 Pages

Design of a Penta-Band Graphene-Based Terahertz Metamaterial Absorber with Fine Sensing Performance

  • Runing Lai,
  • Hao Chen,
  • Zigang Zhou,
  • Zao Yi,
  • Bin Tang,
  • Jing Chen,
  • Yougen Yi,
  • Chaojun Tang,
  • Jianguo Zhang and
  • Tangyou Sun

21 September 2023

This paper presents a new theoretical proposal for a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) terahertz metamaterial absorber with five narrow absorption peaks. The overall structure comprises a sandwich stack consisting of a gold bottom layer, a silica mediu...

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65 Citations
4,876 Views
32 Pages

Research Advances in Electrospun Nanofiber Membranes for Non-Invasive Medical Applications

  • Junhua Wang,
  • Chongyang You,
  • Yanwei Xu,
  • Tancheng Xie and
  • Yi Wang

30 September 2024

Non-invasive medical nanofiber technology, characterized by its high specific surface area, biocompatibility, and porosity, holds significant potential in various medical domains, including tissue repair and biosensing. It is increasingly becoming ce...

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61 Citations
4,400 Views
19 Pages

Effect of CuO Nanoparticles on the Optical, Structural, and Electrical Properties in the PMMA/PVDF Nanocomposite

  • Amira Ben Gouider Trabelsi,
  • Ayman M. Mostafa,
  • Fatemah H. Alkallas,
  • W. B. Elsharkawy,
  • Ameenah N. Al-Ahmadi,
  • Hoda A. Ahmed,
  • Sherif S. Nafee,
  • Rami Adel Pashameah and
  • Eman A. Mwafy

4 June 2023

A polymeric nanocomposite film, composed of PMMA/PVDF and different amounts of CuO NPs, was successfully prepared using the casting method to enhance its electrical conductivity. Various techniques were employed to investigate their physicochemical p...

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56 Citations
11,135 Views
29 Pages

A Review on Machining SiCp/Al Composite Materials

  • Zhigao Chen,
  • Fei Ding,
  • Zhichao Zhang,
  • Qiuyan Liao,
  • Zheng Qiao,
  • Yuan Jin,
  • Mingjun Chen and
  • Bo Wang

7 January 2024

SiCp/Al composite materials are widely used in various industries such as the aerospace and the electronics industries, primarily due to their excellent material properties. However, their machinability is significantly weakened due to their unique c...

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55 Citations
2,578 Views
25 Pages

12 November 2023

Nowadays, the utilization of memristors to enhance the dynamical properties of chaotic systems has become a popular research topic. In this paper, we present the design of a novel 2D memristor-enhanced polynomial hyper-chaotic map (2D-MPHM) by utiliz...

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53 Citations
15,170 Views
28 Pages

Recent Progress in Photodetectors: From Materials to Structures and Applications

  • Tianjun Ma,
  • Ning Xue,
  • Abdul Muhammad,
  • Gang Fang,
  • Jinyao Yan,
  • Rongkun Chen,
  • Jianhai Sun and
  • Xuguang Sun

11 October 2024

Photodetectors are critical components in a wide range of applications, from imaging and sensing to communications and environmental monitoring. Recent advancements in material science have led to the development of emerging photodetecting materials,...

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53 Citations
16,358 Views
25 Pages

20 May 2023

Optical ring resonators (RRs) are a novel sensing device that has recently been developed for several sensing applications. In this review, RR structures based on three widely explored platforms, namely silicon-on-insulator (SOI), polymers, and plasm...

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51 Citations
16,659 Views
89 Pages

23 February 2024

The most popular anode material in commercial Li-ion batteries is still graphite. However, its low intercalation potential is close to that of lithium, which results in the dendritic growth of lithium at its surface, and the formation of a passivatio...

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51 Citations
6,614 Views
21 Pages

Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides in Electrochemical Batteries and Solar Cells

  • Mohammad Bagher Askari,
  • Parisa Salarizadeh,
  • Payam Veisi,
  • Elham Samiei,
  • Homa Saeidfirozeh,
  • Mohammad Taghi Tourchi Moghadam and
  • Antonio Di Bartolomeo

21 March 2023

The advent of new nanomaterials has resulted in dramatic developments in the field of energy production and storage. Due to their unique structure and properties, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are the most promising from the list of materia...

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49 Citations
15,175 Views
34 Pages

30 October 2024

Lithography serves as a fundamental process in the realms of microfabrication and nanotechnology, facilitating the transfer of intricate patterns onto a substrate, typically in the form of a wafer or a flat surface. Grayscale lithography (GSL) is hig...

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49 Citations
19,995 Views
50 Pages

28 March 2025

Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) polymer films, renowned for their exceptional piezoelectric, pyroelectric, and ferroelectric properties, offer a versatile platform for the development of cutting-edge micro-scale functional devices, enabling innovative...

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48 Citations
17,140 Views
79 Pages

Advancements in Wearable and Implantable BioMEMS Devices: Transforming Healthcare Through Technology

  • Vishnuram Abhinav,
  • Prithvi Basu,
  • Shikha Supriya Verma,
  • Jyoti Verma,
  • Atanu Das,
  • Savita Kumari,
  • Prateek Ranjan Yadav and
  • Vibhor Kumar

28 April 2025

Wearable and implantable BioMEMSs (biomedical microelectromechanical systems) have transformed modern healthcare by enabling continuous, personalized, and minimally invasive monitoring, diagnostics, and therapy. Wearable BioMEMSs have advanced rapidl...

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47 Citations
7,282 Views
36 Pages

Advances in Integration, Wearable Applications, and Artificial Intelligence of Biomedical Microfluidics Systems

  • Xingfeng Ma,
  • Gang Guo,
  • Xuanye Wu,
  • Qiang Wu,
  • Fangfang Liu,
  • Hua Zhang,
  • Nan Shi and
  • Yimin Guan

29 April 2023

Microfluidics attracts much attention due to its multiple advantages such as high throughput, rapid analysis, low sample volume, and high sensitivity. Microfluidics has profoundly influenced many fields including chemistry, biology, medicine, informa...

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47 Citations
17,009 Views
35 Pages

20 August 2023

Flexible and stretchable electronics have emerged as highly promising technologies for the next generation of electronic devices. These advancements offer numerous advantages, such as flexibility, biocompatibility, bio-integrated circuits, and light...

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47 Citations
10,681 Views
24 Pages

31 March 2023

Recent years have witnessed rapid development in the field of tin-based perovskite solar cells (TPSCs) due to their environmental friendliness and tremendous potential in the photovoltaic field. Most of the high-performance PSCs are based on lead as...

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46 Citations
7,103 Views
19 Pages

A Brief Review on Cerium Oxide (CeO2NPs)-Based Scaffolds: Recent Advances in Wound Healing Applications

  • Ishita Allu,
  • Ajay Kumar Sahi,
  • Pooja Kumari,
  • Karunya Sakhile,
  • Alina Sionkowska and
  • Shravanya Gundu

17 April 2023

The process of wound healing is complex and involves the interaction of multiple cells, each with a distinct role in the inflammatory, proliferative, and remodeling phases. Chronic, nonhealing wounds may result from reduced fibroblast proliferation,...

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45 Citations
7,323 Views
21 Pages

Antioxidant Nanozymes: Mechanisms, Activity Manipulation, and Applications

  • Nguyen Thi My Thao,
  • Hoang Dang Khoa Do,
  • Nguyen Nhat Nam,
  • Nguyen Khoi Song Tran,
  • Thach Thi Dan and
  • Kieu The Loan Trinh

Antioxidant enzymes such as catalase, superoxide dismutase, and glutathione peroxidase play important roles in the inhibition of oxidative-damage-related pathological diseases. However, natural antioxidant enzymes face some limitations, including low...

  • Review
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45 Citations
8,266 Views
29 Pages

Microfluidic Devices for Heavy Metal Ions Detection: A Review

  • Myrto-Kyriaki Filippidou and
  • Stavros Chatzandroulis

28 July 2023

The contamination of air, water and soil by heavy metal ions is one of the most serious problems plaguing the environment. These metal ions are characterized by a low biodegradability and high chemical stability and can affect humans and animals, cau...

  • Communication
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45 Citations
2,408 Views
9 Pages

18 September 2023

In this study, we present a novel dual-polarized patch antenna that exhibits high isolation and two in-band transmission zeros (TZs). The design consists of a suspended metal patch, two feeding probes connected to an internal neutralization line (I-N...

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44 Citations
13,170 Views
34 Pages

6 February 2024

The food industry is one of the most regulated businesses in the world and follows strict internal and regulated requirements to ensure product reliability and safety. In particular, the industry must ensure that biological, chemical, and physical ha...

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44 Citations
10,652 Views
30 Pages

Microsystem Advances through Integration with Artificial Intelligence

  • Hsieh-Fu Tsai,
  • Soumyajit Podder and
  • Pin-Yuan Chen

8 April 2023

Microfluidics is a rapidly growing discipline that involves studying and manipulating fluids at reduced length scale and volume, typically on the scale of micro- or nanoliters. Under the reduced length scale and larger surface-to-volume ratio, advant...

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44 Citations
22,262 Views
76 Pages

From Present Innovations to Future Potential: The Promising Journey of Lithium-Ion Batteries

  • Pooya Parvizi,
  • Milad Jalilian,
  • Alireza Mohammadi Amidi,
  • Mohammad Reza Zangeneh and
  • Jordi-Roger Riba

7 February 2025

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have become integral to modern technology, powering portable electronics, electric vehicles, and renewable energy storage systems. This document explores the complexities and advancements in LIB technology, highlighting t...

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43 Citations
8,494 Views
22 Pages

Wearable bioelectronics and therapeutics are a rapidly evolving area of research, with researchers exploring new materials that offer greater flexibility and sophistication. Conductive hydrogels have emerged as a promising material due to their tunab...

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43 Citations
9,541 Views
24 Pages

27 May 2023

Flexible electronic devices require metal interconnects to facilitate the flow of electrical signals among the device components, ensuring its proper functionality. There are multiple factors to consider when designing metal interconnects for flexibl...

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43 Citations
4,199 Views
12 Pages

Optimization of Machining Parameters to Minimize Cutting Forces and Surface Roughness in Micro-Milling of Mg13Sn Alloy

  • Ali Ercetin,
  • Kubilay Aslantaş,
  • Özgür Özgün,
  • Mustafa Perçin and
  • Manjunath Patel Gowdru Chandrashekarappa

12 August 2023

This comprehensive study investigates the micro-milling of a Mg13Sn alloy, a material of considerable interest in various high-precision applications, such as biomedical implants. The main objective of the study was to explore the optimizations of va...

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  • Open Access
42 Citations
4,219 Views
12 Pages

6 August 2023

By an abrupt rise in the power conservation efficiency (PCE) of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) within a short span of time, the instability and toxicity of lead were raised as major hurdles in the path toward their commercialization. The usage of an i...

  • Review
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42 Citations
11,014 Views
34 Pages

Bioinspiration and Biomimetic Art in Robotic Grippers

  • Van Pho Nguyen,
  • Sunil Bohra Dhyan,
  • Vu Mai,
  • Boon Siew Han and
  • Wai Tuck Chow

15 September 2023

The autonomous manipulation of objects by robotic grippers has made significant strides in enhancing both human daily life and various industries. Within a brief span, a multitude of research endeavours and gripper designs have emerged, drawing inspi...

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