Internet of things‐enabled food and plant sensors to empower sustainability

M Ataei Kachouei, A Kaushik… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
To promote sustainability, this review explores: 1) the utilization of affordable high‐
performance sensors that can enhance food safety and quality, plant growth, and disease …

[HTML][HTML] 3D printing of silicone and polyurethane elastomers for medical device application: A review

MM Duran, G Moro, Y Zhang, A Islam - Advances in industrial and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Elastomers play a significant role across different fields including healthcare. They have
similar mechanical properties to some of the soft tissues of the human body, which makes …

Biomaterials technology for agrofood resilience

H Sun, Y Cao, D Kim, B Marelli - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This review article highlights recent advances in designing biomaterials to be interfaced with
food and plants, with the goal of enhancing the resilience of the AgroFood infrastructure by …

Recent advances and prospects in wearable plant sensors

R Chen, S Ren, S Li, D Han, K Qin, X Jia… - … Science and Bio …, 2023 - Springer
To reduce the crop losses associated with biotic and abiotic stresses, novel sensor
technologies that can monitor plant health and predict and track plant diseases in real time …

3D‐printed electrostatic microactuators for flexible microsystems

S Kim, R Kubicek, S Bergbreiter - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Develo** small‐scale, lightweight, and flexible devices with integrated microactuators is
one of the critical challenges in wearable haptic devices, soft robotics, and microrobotics. In …

Unearthing soil-plant-microbiota crosstalk: Looking back to move forward

M Giovannetti, A Salvioli di Fossalunga… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The soil is vital for life on Earth and its biodiversity. However, being a non-renewable and
threatened resource, preserving soil quality is crucial to maintain a range of ecosystem …

Soft robotics towards sustainable development goals and climate actions

G Giordano, SP Murali Babu… - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Soft robotics technology can aid in achieving United Nations' Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement through development of autonomous …

Liquid-solid contact electrification when water droplets hit living plant leaves

S Armiento, C Filippeschi, F Meder… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Contact electrification has gained interest as a mechanism for generating charges on
surfaces. It has also been shown that plant leaves generate electrification by both solid-solid …

Precise and High‐Throughput Delivery of Micronutrients in Plants Enabled by Pollen‐Inspired Spiny and Biodegradable Microcapsules

M Liu, Y Cao, Z Li, E Wang, RJ Ram… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Decarbonizing food production and mitigating agriculture's environmental impact require
new technologies for precise delivery of fertilizers and pesticides to plants. The cuticle, a …

3D-printed microrobots for biomedical applications

K Wei, C Tang, H Ma, X Fang, R Yang - Biomaterials Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Microrobots, which can perform tasks in difficult-to-reach parts of the human body under their
own or external power supply, are potential tools for biomedical applications, such as drug …