The design and investigation of electrochromic devices have advanced significantly, including distinct applications such as self-charged smart windows, aerospace interactive windows, low power flexible and ecofriendly displays, automatic dimming rear...
The emergence of unexpected properties in two-dimensional materials, interfaces, and nanostructured materials opens an exciting framework for exploring new devices and applications. Recent advances in materials design and the nano structurization of...
Colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) have attracted significant attention in optoelectronics due to their size-tunable bandgap, high photoluminescence quantum yield, and solution processability, which enable integration into compact and energy-efficient sys...
Geo-referenced sound data are often used in the field of acoustics education to learn about the urban acoustic environment. Simple soundwalks and sound collections are also employed, in which acquiring additional information such as visual data, reco...
The traditional arc suppression device suffers from high costs and low utilization. These problems can be effectively avoided by using a hybrid multi-function arc suppression device (HMF-ASD). However, an HMF-ASD will consume active power during arc...
We report that polymerization makes a robust, practically applicable multifunctional optical device with a continuous wavelength tunable over 500 nm spectral range using UV-polymerizable cholesteric liquid crystals (CLCs). It can be used as a circula...
For personal and daily activities, it is highly desirable to collect energy from multiple sources, not only for charging personal electronics but also for charging devices that may in the future sense and transmit information for healthcare and biome...
Despite the challenges of practical implementation, electrocaloric (EC) cooling remains a promising technology because of its good scalability and high efficiency. Here, we investigate the feasibility of an EC cooling device that couples the EC and e...
The need to perform in situ sensing measurements lead to the development of innovative and smart field-portable devices. The advantages of such systems are remarkable since they are mainly battery-powered, lightweight and easy to carry and keep. More...
Soft bioelectronic systems with a unique mechanical property, namely modulus matching between human skin (or tissue) and the device, have gained widespread attention. This is because of their closed-loop strain-insensitive electrical performance rang...
The creation of multi-channel focused beams with arbitrary polarization states and their corresponding optical torques finds effective applications in the field of optical manipulation at the micro-nanoscale. The existing metasurface-based technologi...
In this paper, we design a multifunctional micro-nano device with a hybrid metamaterial-waveguide system, which leads to a triple plasmon-induced transparency (PIT). The formation mechanisms of the three transparent peaks have their own unique charac...
Tungsten oxide-based materials have drawn huge attention for their versatile uses to construct various energy storage devices. Particularly, their electrochromic devices and optically-changing devices are intensively studied in terms of energy-saving...
The proliferation of intelligent edge devices demands compact, low-power hardware capable of dynamically switching between sensing, logic, and learning tasks—a versatility that traditional multi-chip solutions fundamentally lack. Here, we demon...
In this work, a multifunctional polymer composite is made using melt-blowing technology from polypropylene (88 wt.%) and poly (ethylene terephthalate) (12 wt.%) with the addition of functional modifiers, that is, 3 g of a superabsorbent polymer and 5...
Metasurfaces offer great opportunities to control electromagnetic (EM) waves, attracting intensive attention in science and engineering communities. Recently, many efforts were devoted to multifunctional metasurfaces integrating different functionali...
Multidimensional metasurfaces provide a promising platform for terahertz (THz) multifunctional devices used in communication, imaging, and sensing. However, many THz multifunctional devices still rely on metallic or periodic metasurfaces, which may s...
In this study, to improve the efficiency of the pipetting workstation and reduce the impact of the pipetting device on the stability performance of the workstation, a novel fully automatic pipetting method is proposed. Based on this method, a lightwe...
The occurrence of opportunistic local infections and improper integration of metallic implants results in severe health conditions. Protective and tunable coatings represent an attractive and challenging selection for improving the metallic devices’...
This study is dedicated to the development of a multifunctional device that integrates air conditioning, humidification, and air purification functions, aimed at meeting the demands for energy efficiency, space-saving, and comfortable indoor environm...
We study a scheme of thermal management where a three-qubit system assisted with a coherent auxiliary bath (CAB) is employed to implement heat management on a target thermal bath (TTB). We consider the CAB/TTB being ensemble of coherent/thermal two-l...
The construction of multifunctional, single-molecule nanocircuits to achieve the miniaturization of active electronic devices is a challenging goal in molecular electronics. In this paper, we present an effective strategy for enhancing the multifunct...
We report the application of a microfluidic device for semi-contact temperature measurement in picoliter volumes of aqueous media. Our device, a freely positionable multifunctional pipette, operates by a hydrodynamic confinement principle, i.e., by c...
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative condition that critically affects locomotor ability and quality of life and, the condition is particularly prevalent in the senior population. The current review presents a gait biomechanics conceptual frame...
Background/Objectives: Preterm and critically ill neonates in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) require multiple medical devices, including incubators, radiant warmers, phototherapy systems, and patient monitors. The coexistence of standalone dev...
Hydrogels are used for various biomedical applications due to their biocompatibility, capacity to mimic the extracellular matrix, and ability to encapsulate and deliver cells and therapeutics. However, traditional hydrogels have a few shortcomings, e...
Wearable sensors have rapidly advanced, enabling applications such as human activity monitoring, electronic skin, and biomimetic robotics. To meet the growing demands of these applications, multifunctional sensing has become essential for wearable de...
This review critically examines photoresponsive supercapacitors based on TiO2/graphene hybrids, with a particular focus on their emerging dual role as energy-storage devices and environmental sensors. We first provide a concise overview of the electr...
Ionic conductive hydrogels used as flexible wearable sensor devices have attracted considerable attention because of their easy preparation, biocompatibility, and macro/micro mechanosensitive properties. However, developing an integrated conductive h...
The objective of this study was the preparation and physico-chemical, mechanical, biological, and functional characterization of a multifunctional coating for an innovative, fully implantable device. The multifunctional coating was designed to have t...
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Spin-crossover (SCO) and single-ion magnets (SIMs), or their mixed SCO-SIM derivatives, are a convenient solution in the evolution from molecular magnetism toward molecular spintronics and quantum computing. Herein, we report on the current trends an...
Integration of phase-change materials (PCMs) into electrical/optical circuits has initiated extensive innovation for applications of metamaterials (MMs) including rewritable optical data storage, metasurfaces, and optoelectronic devices. PCMs have be...
Advances in wearable, highly sensitive and multifunctional strain sensors open up new opportunities for the development of wearable human interface devices for various applications such as health monitoring, smart robotics and wearable therapy. Herei...
To modulate the biofunctionality of implantable medical devices commonly used in clinical practice, their surface modification with bioactive polymeric coatings is an attractive and successful emerging strategy. Biodegradable coatings based on poly(l...
The application of biocompatible nanomaterials to simultaneously detect and provide treatment of a disease is referred to as nanotheranostics [...]
The electromagnetic spectrum includes the frequency range (spectrum) of electromagnetic radiation and its corresponding wavelength and energy. Due to the unique properties of different frequency ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum, a series of fun...
This work aims to show the feasibility of an innovative approach for the manufacturing of organic-based devices with a true three-dimensional and customizable structure that is made possible by plastic templates, fabricated by additive manufacturing...
Considering the climate, societal and health-related current and emerging issues facing the world, our group, as part of the (nano-)material science community, will play a part in providing materials and technology that can tackle these issues [...]
A bidirectional controllable terahertz multifunctional device based on graphene and vanadium dioxide is proposed in this paper. By adjusting the phase transition characteristics of vanadium dioxide and the chemical potential of graphene, the bidirect...
A magnetic-free multifunction nonreciprocal device based on switched delay lines (SDLs) has been proposed in this paper. It is constructed with two double balanced gyrators (DBGs) and four baluns, each pair of differential ports of the balun connect...
Two-dimensional transition-metal carbides and nitrides (MXenes) are increasingly adopted in advanced electronic devices, where their metallic conductivity, optical tunability, and chemically addressable surfaces support next-generation multifunctiona...
Presently, there exists a multitude of applications reliant on superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES), categorized into two groups. The first pertains to power quality enhancement, while the second focuses on improving power system stability....
A metasurface is a two-dimensional structure with a subwavelength thickness that can be used to control electromagnetic waves. The integration of optical fibers and metasurfaces has received much attention in recent years. This integrated device has...
Modern research technology’s goal is to produce multifunctional materials that require low energy. In this work, we have applied polypyrrole (PPy) doped with dodecyl benzenesulfonate (DBS-) with the addition of polyoxometalates (POM) such as ph...
In this study, six conjugated oligomers containing D–A structures were synthesized using the Stille coupling reaction and named PHZ1–PHZ6. All the oligomers utilized demonstrated excellent solubilities in common solvents and notable color...
One of the major power consuming components in a computer is its display unit. On average the screen consumes ten times more power than the DSP processor itself. Thus, reducing the power consumption should be one of the most important tasks in the de...
Graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) have solidified their role as cornerstone nanomaterials in the pursuit of sustainable technology. This review synthesizes recent advances in harnessing the unique properties of GO and rGO such as t...
In order to meet the needs of scientific research in space medicine and biology, a new multifunctional automated cell sample culture device for a Chinese space station has been designed. The temperature and carbon dioxide concentration are adjustable...
A circularly polarized (CP) textile antenna is investigated for concurrent on- and off-body wireless communications in the 2.38 GHz medical body area network and 5.8 GHz industrial, scientific, and medical bands in the wireless body area network. The...
This paper reports a versatile and irreversible bonding method for poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) and SU-8. The method is based on epoxide opening and dehydration reactions between surface-modified PDMS and SU-8. A PDMS replica is first activated via...
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