Flexible fibers, such as biomass particles and glass fibers, are critical raw materials in the energy and composites industries. Assemblies of the fibers show strong interlocking, non-Newtonian and compressible flows, intermittent avalanches, and hig...
During the operation of non-clogging pumps, the flexible long fiber is prone to clogging and winding during the flow process, which can result in damage to the non-clogging pump, so a numerical simulation method of a solid–liquid two-phase flow...
In this paper, flexible conductive composite materials were prepared from flexible graphite and carbon fiber by mould pressing, and their micromorphology was studied by SEM. The influence of carbon fiber content on the mechanical properties and elect...
YAG ceramic fiber, with its high thermal conductivity and easy to achieve limit size, provides design flexibility as a laser gain medium. Its mainstream forming method was mainly high-pressure extrusion, but there were disadvantages, such as lack of...
Flexible wearable pressure sensors play a pivotal role in healthcare monitoring, disease prevention, and humanmachine interactions. However, their narrow sensing ranges, low detection sensitivities, slow responses, and complex preparation processes r...
Fiber-reinforced flexible pipes are subjected to large axial tension loads in deep-water applications, which may result in the excessive deformation of the pipes. Owing to the anisotropy of the composite materials, accurately describing the tensile b...
The formation of gels through the bundling of semi-flexible polymer chains into fiber networks is ubiquitous in diverse manufactured and natural materials, and, accordingly, we perform exploratory molecular dynamics simulations of a coarse-grained mo...
The development of high thermally conductive polymer composites with low filler content remains challenging in the field of thermal interface materials (TIMs). Herein, we fabricated a series of flexible fiber membranes (TMMFM) with high thermally con...
Mediumfrequency fiber Bragg grating (FBG) acceleration sensors are used in important applications in mechanical, aerospace and weapon equipment, and have strict requirements in terms of resonance frequency and sensitivity. A novel medium-frequency ac...
In recent years, flexible silica aerogels have gained significant attention, owing to their excellent thermal and acoustic insulation properties accompanied by mechanical flexibility. Fiber reinforcement of such aerogels results in a further enhancem...
Traditional lithium-ion batteries cannot meet the high flexibility and bendability requirements of modern flexible electronic devices due to the limitations of the electrode material. Therefore, the development of high-performance flexible energy sto...
Flexible electrodes are highly desirable for next-generation wearable lithium-ion batteries. To achieve high-capacity flexible electrode materials, SnO2 with high theoretical capacity has been introduced into electrodes and shows promising capacity....
The thermoelectric (TE) fiber, based on poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS), which possesses good flexibility, a low cost, good environmental stability and non-toxicity, has attracted more attention due to its promisin...
In this study, we report on the rational design and facile preparation of a cotton-reduced graphene oxide-silver nanoparticle (cotton-RGO-AgNP) hybrid fiber as an electrode for the building of a flexible fiber-shaped supercapacitor (FSSC). It was ade...
Flexible supercapacitors are demanded for energy storage of wearable electronics. In this paper, a simple strategy for preparing flexible carbon fibers (CFs) with good energy storage capacity using a mixed acid treatment process is reported. When the...
With the development of various new intelligent materials, pneumatic artificial muscles are becoming widely used as actuators in industry, with their advantages of having a simple and compact structure, smooth action, fast response and movement close...
Wearable devices such as data gloves have experienced tremendous growth over the past two decades. It is vital to develop flexible sensors with fast response, high sensitivity and high stability for intelligent data gloves. Therefore, a tractable low...
The influence of a different blade number, blade wrapping angle and blade outlet angle on flexible fiber passing performance is analyzed numerically with CFD-DEM coupling. The results demonstrate that a non-clogging pump with two blades exhibits supe...
An economical and efficient method is developed for preparing flexible cathodes. In this work, a dense mesoporous Co3O4 layer was first hydrothermally grown in situ on the surface of chopped carbon fibers (CFs), and then carbon fiber paper (Co3O4/CP)...
To improve the cutting performance of the core drill, the flexible fiber assisted shear-thickening polishing (FF-STP) for cutting edge preparation was proposed to eliminate the microscopic defect and obtain proper radius of the cutting edge of the co...
The exploration of multifunctional electrode materials has been a hotspot for the development of high-performance supercapacitors. We have used carbon fiber plates recovered from construction waste to prepare high-quality flexible carbon fiber materi...
In this study, we fabricated a highly flexible fiber-based capacitive humidity sensor using a scalable convergence fiber drawing approach. The sensor’s sensing layer is made of porous polyetherimide (PEI) with its porosity produced in situ duri...
The electro deformability of an actuating unit of a polyurethane dielectric elastomer (PUDE) is affected by many factors. The agglomeration of dielectric fillers faced by the traditional dielectric modification methods will lead to the instability of...
An optimized “rigid-flexible” structure with multistage gradient modulus was constructed on carbon fiber (CF) surface via chemical grafting using “flexible” polyethyleneimine (PEI) and “rigid” polydopamine (PDA) be...
Flexible strain sensors have attracted significant attention due to their critical applications in wearable devices, biological detection, and artificial intelligence. However, achieving both a wide strain range and high sensitivity remains a major c...
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is considered an efficient technique providing high sensitivity and fingerprint specificity for the detection of pesticide residues. Recent developments in SERS-based detection aim to create flexible plasmonic...
As critical components in marine engineering fluid transmission systems, fiber-reinforced flexible (FRF) pipes have static mechanical properties that depend on internal fluid pressure. Current analytical approaches predominantly employ uniformly dist...
The fiber-optical current transformer (FOCT) is the core measuring equipment of the flexible DC converter station, which affects the operation control of the system. In order to solve the problem of the influence of the abnormal FOCT on the operation...
The focus of this paper is the realization and verification of a modified fiber bundle pull-out test setup to estimate the adhesion properties between threads and elastic matrix materials with a more realistic failure mode than single fiber debond te...
Reasonable cutting edge preparation can eliminate microscopic defects and improve the performance of a cutting tool. The flexible fiber-assisted shear thickening polishing method was used for the preparation of cemented carbide insert cutting edge. T...
Fiber-type dye-sensitized solar cells (FDSSCs) are attractive as an energy source of soft electronics due to low-costs, non-toxicity and especially, their indoor-weak-light workable features. The TiO2 nanotube array (TNA) can grow on flexible Ti wire...
Sewage pumps often handle complex multiphase flows containing rigid solid particles and flexible fibrous debris. These fibers can deform, entangle, and alter the flow, leading to clogging and the uneven erosion of pump components. In this study, we u...
Phase change fibers (PCFs) can effectively store and release heat, improve energy efficiency, and provide a basis for a wide range of energy applications. Improving energy storage density and preserving flexibility are the primary issues in the effic...
Fiber-type supercapacitors (FSC) have attracted much attention as efficient energy storage devices for soft electronics. This study proposes the synthesis of polypyrrole (PPy) on carbon fiber (CF) using electropolymerization as the energy storage ele...
Renewable polyurethane (PU) composites were developed using castor oil and long coir (LCF), ground coir (GCF) or cellulose fiber (CF) at PU/fiber ratios of 50/50, 60/40 and 70/30 wt/wt%, respectively. The aim was to study the influence of natural fib...
A stretchable optical sensor can quantify the strain generated by human movement, which has been widely studied in the development of health monitoring systems, human–machine interfaces and wearable devices. This paper reports a graphene-added...
As oil and gas exploration moves to deeper areas of the ocean, the weight of flexible risers becomes an important factor in design. To reduce the weight of flexible risers and ease the load on the offshore platform, this paper present a cylindrical t...
Graphene, as a novel thermoelectric (TE) material, has received growing attention because of its unique microstructure and excellent thermoelectric properties. In this paper, graphene fibers (GFs) are synthesized by a facile microfluidic spinning tec...
Metal halide perovskite quantum dots (PQDs) are widely used in the display field due to their excellent photoelectric properties, such as ultra-narrow half-peak widths and ultra-pure luminescence color purity. Inkjet printing, laser direct writing an...
The effects of mechanical vibrations on control system stability could be significant in control systems designed on the assumption of rigid-body dynamics, such as launch vehicles. Vibrational loads can also cause damage to launch vehicles due to fat...
We investigate the effect of flexible fiber reinforcement on low-strength hydraulic lime concrete. This type of concrete is occasionally necessary to ensure compatibility with the substrate, particularly in the conservation and rehabilitation of hist...
Although experiments on intratracheal intubation for animals are essential for research, it remains challenging. This study aimed to validate an animal model using a flexible imaging guide system that can be conveniently and safely used as a new meth...
Axially uniform optical fibers provide a low-cost, scalable platform for the emission of whispering gallery mode (WGM) lasers. This paper proposes a method for generating and controlling WGM lasers based on the design of a flexible optical fiber arra...
In recent years, flexible pressure sensors have garnered significant attention. However, the development of large-area, low-cost, and easily fabricated flexible pressure sensors remains challenging. We designed a flexible fiber optic pressure sensor...
Emerging technologies, such as portable electronics, have had a huge impact on societal norms, such as access to real time information. To perform these tasks, portable electronic devices need more and more accessories for the processing and dispensa...
Microscale fiber-based supercapacitors have become increasingly important for the needs of flexible, wearable, and lightweight portable electronics. Fiber electrodes without pre-existing cores enable a wider selection of materials and geometries than...
In this paper, we propose a new versatile routing device that utilizes arrayed waveguide gratings (AWGs), optical switches, and optical circulators to implement reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers (ROADMs), optical interleavers, and optical...
Lightweight, flexible, and hydrophobic multifunctional piezoelectric sensors have increasingly important research value in contemporary society. They can generate electrical signals under the action of pressure and can be applied in various complex s...
In order to combat corrosion issues, several studies on progressively replacing steel reinforcement elements with composite ones have been conducted in recent years. Hybrid steel–concrete thin slabs in which the steel acts as formwork are also candid...
A flexible hollow polypropylene (PP) fiber was filled with the phase change material (PCM) polyethylene glycol 1000 (PEG1000), using a micro-fluidic filling technology. The fiber’s latent heat storage and release, thermal reversibility, mechanical pr...
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