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Highly Sensitive Ultrathin Flexible Thermoplastic Polyurethane/Carbon Black Fibrous Film Strain Sensor with Adjustable Scaffold Networks
In recently years, high-performance wearable strain sensors have attracted great attention in academic and industrial. Herein, a conductive polymer...
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Design and Development of a Tomato Picking Soft Robotic Gripper with a Separator and Mechanical Iris Based Pedicel Cutting Mechanism
Picking tomatoes from plants in farm fields using an autonomous robotic gripper is a challenging problem especially when tomatoes are present in the...
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Mechanical Response and Energy Stored During Deformation of Crystallizing TPU
The present study investigates the thermomechanical behavior of closed-cell TPU foams. The effects of the density and the loading conditions on the...
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Examination of Additively Manufactured Auxetic Components Using a Novel Testing Setup
This paper reports upon the results of an initial test cycle using a bespoke testing rig designed expressly to examine additively manufactured...
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Analysis of the Thermomechanical Behaviour of SMP in Equi-Biaxial Condition by Means of Hydraulic Bulge Test
In the last few decades, the shape memory polymers have gained growing interest and relevance in many application fields, which include textiles,...
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Flame retardancy and smoke suppression effect of bis(4-nitrophenyl) phosphate modified layered double hydroxides derived from red mud in thermoplastic polyurethanes
Red mud-based layered double hydroxides (LRM) was synthesized by a co-precipitation route, and then a hybrid with bis(4-nitrophenyl) phosphate...
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An examination of auxetic componentry for applications in human-centred biomedical product design settings
This paper explores how the examination of additively manufactured auxetic componentry can be applied in human-centred design settings with...
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Crashworthiness capability comparison of a 3D Greek cross fractal structure additively manufactured with polyamide and thermoplastic polyurethane
Designers are continuously searching for materials or meta-structures, also inspired by nature, that exhibit favourable strength-to-weight ratios,...
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Distributed Training of Deep Neural Network for Segmentation-Free Telugu Word Recognition
This paper presents a distributed modeling approach of deep neural network (DNN) classifier for segmentation-free Telugu word recognition. The DNN is...
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Pressure-stamped stretchable electronics using a nanofibre membrane containing semi-embedded liquid metal particles
Stretchable electronic devices are of use in the development of bioelectronics, wearable devices and healthcare monitoring. Liquid-metal-based...
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Trajectory control of planar closed chain fully compliant mechanism
This study presents the design, analysis, dynamical modeling and control of a planar, flexure based closed chain compliant mechanism. Mechanism is...
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3D Printed Multi-material Medical Phantoms for Needle-tissue Interaction Modelling of Heterogeneous Structures
The fabrication of multi-material medical phantoms with both patient-specificity and realistic mechanical properties is of great importance for the...
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Central Slit Tearing Behaviour of Thermoplastic Polyurethane-Coated High-Strength Fabrics
This research study reports the central slit tearing behaviour of three different varieties of industrial-grade high-strength fabrics, namely (a)...
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Enhancing Prosthetic Hand Functionality with Elastic 3D-Printed Thermoplastic Polyurethane
Many people with limb loss cannot afford a prosthesis that recreates the function of a human hand. While designs for functional prosthetic hands...
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Selecting the optimal transfer learning model for precise breast cancer diagnosis utilizing pre-trained deep learning models and histopathology images
BackgroundEvery year, around 1.5 million women worldwide receive a breast cancer diagnosis, which is why the mortality rate for women is rising....
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3D Printed Novel Child-Resistant Packaging
A wide range of dosage forms are regularly packaged and made available in various packaging formats to cater to consumer needs, including Blister...
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Application of thiourea polyurethane foam/zinc oxide nanocomposite for anticancer effects and antimicrobial potential
There is a continuous need to fabricate new antimicrobial agents due to the continuous development of microbial drug resistance. Recently, zinc oxide...
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Integrating resistance-based sensing into fused filament fabricated mechanical metamaterial structure
The current research explores the integration of resistance-based sensing (RbS) capabilities in mechanical metamaterial (MM) structure, diverging...
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Comparative characterization of the viscoelastic properties of additive manufacturing polymers
The recent availability of a wide range of additively manufactured materials has facilitated the translation from prototype-limited to...
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3D Printing of Shape Memory Polymers: Embedding Nichrome-Wires to Enhance Their Performance
Shape memory polymers (SMPs) has recently gained popularity in the 3D printing field: the possibility to 3D print polymers capable to change their...