Soft actuators for soft robotic applications: A review

N El-Atab, RB Mishra, F Al-Modaf… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Soft robotics technologies are paving the way toward robotic abilities which are vital for a
wide range of applications, including manufacturing, manipulation, grip**, human …

Hybrid photovoltaic-triboelectric nanogenerators for simultaneously harvesting solar and mechanical energies

Y Wu, J Qu, PK Chu, DM Shin, Y Luo, SP Feng - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Owing to its potential to maximize the power output, hybrid energy harvesting technology
has attracted more research interest. Boosting merits such as renewable energy sources …

Unprecedented atomic surface of silicon induced by environmentally friendly chemical mechanical polishing

X Cui, Z Zhang, S Yu, X Chen, C Shi, H Zhou, F Meng… - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Silicon (Si) dominates the integrated circuit (IC), semiconductor, and microelectronic
industries. However, it is a challenge to achieve a sub-angstrom surface of Si. Chemical …

Beyond Flexible: Unveiling the Next Era of Flexible Electronic Systems

MS Kim, AS Almuslem, W Babatain… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Flexible electronics are integral in numerous domains such as wearables, healthcare,
physiological monitoring, human–machine interface, and environmental sensing, owing to …

Flexible and stretchable electronics for harsh‐environmental applications

AS Almuslem, SF Shaikh… - Advanced Materials …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Monitoring, measuring, and controlling electronic systems in space exploration, automotive
industries, downhole oil and gas industries, marine environment, geothermal power plants …

Stable and highly flexible perovskite solar cells with power conversion efficiency approaching 20% by elastic grain boundary encapsulation

C Ge, Z Yang, X Liu, Y Song, A Wang… - CCS Chemistry, 2021 - chinesechemsoc.org
Here, we show that flexible perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with high operational stability and
power conversion efficiency (PCE) approaching 20% were achieved by elastic grain …

Solar powered small unmanned aerial vehicles: a review

N El-Atab, RB Mishra, R Alshanbari… - Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, there has been an increasing demand for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
with various capabilities suitable for both military and civilian applications. There is also a …

Study on the cooling effect of attached fins on PV using CFD simulation

J Kim, Y Nam - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
The issue of efficiency decrease according to temperature increase is a pending problem in
the PV market. Several active and passive technologies have been suggested but few …

Corrugation enabled asymmetrically ultrastretchable (95%) monocrystalline silicon solar cells with high efficiency (19%)

N El‐Atab, N Qaiser, R Bahabry… - Advanced Energy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Stretchable solar cells are of growing interest due their key role in realizing many
applications such as wearables and biomedical devices. Ultrastretchability, high energy …

Design Criteria for Horseshoe and Spiral‐Based Interconnects for Highly Stretchable Electronic Devices

N Qaiser, AN Damdam, SM Khan… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Stretchable electronics can be used for numerous advanced applications such as soft and
wearable actuators, sensors, bio‐implantable devices, and surgical tools because of their …