The objective of answering the growing demand of environmental comfort and the urgent
need to improve energy efficiency of new and existing buildings, are determining an in …

A multitude of structural health monitoring options are currently being investigated to
address the reliability of concrete infrastructures at different stages of their service life. This …

With the rapid consumption of more and more resources, the quality of energy stored in
resources decreases to cause the relentless increase in entropy on the earth. Due to …

Over the last few decades, hydrogels have attracted the considerable interest of researchers
for crafting potential controlled drug delivery systems. It may be attributed to their high water …

The re-emergence of room temperature liquid metals presents an exciting paradigm for an
ideal combination of metallic and fluidic properties. The unique fluid metal features of non …

In the context of sustainability and in the face of ambitious goals towards the reduction of
CO2 emission, the modification of transparency in architecture becomes an important tool of …

Carraher's Polymer Chemistry, Tenth Edition integrates the core areas of polymer science.
Along with updating of each chapter, newly added content reflects the growing applications …

Light-powered self-excited motions of liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) have great
application prospects in the fields of actuators, soft robots, medical devices and micro-nano …

Objective: This review aims to provide a structured classification of the underlying steering
mechanisms in steerable catheters and to assess their future challenges. Methods: Existing …

Magnetorheological Fluid Technology: Applications in Vehicle Systems compiles the
authors' recent work involving the application of magnetorheological (MR) fluids and other …