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The sensors displayed high sensitivity (8962.7), fast response time (60 ms), outstanding stability and durability (> 10,000 cycles) and widely workable stretching range (0–160%).
A ...theoretical approach was used to analyze mechanical property, and a model based on tunneling theory was modified to describe the relative change of resistance.
Two equations were proposed and offered an effective but simple approach to analyze the change of number of conductive paths and distance of adjacent conductive particles.
In recently years, high-performance wearable strain sensors have attracted great attention in academic and industrial. Herein, a conductive polymer composite of electrospun thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) fibrous film matrix-embedded carbon black (CB) particles with adjustable scaffold network was fabricated for high-sensitive strain sensor. This work indicated the influence of stereoscopic scaffold network structure built under various rotating speeds of collection device in electrospinning process on the electrical response of TPU/CB strain sensor. This structure makes the sensor exhibit combined characters of high sensitivity under stretching strain (gauge factor of 8962.7 at 155% strain), fast response time (60 ms), outstanding stability and durability (> 10,000 cycles) and a widely workable stretching range (0–160%). This high-performance, wearable, flexible strain sensor has a broad vision of application such as intelligent terminals, electrical skins, voice measurement and human motion monitoring. Moreover, a theoretical approach was used to analyze mechanical property and a model based on tunneling theory was modified to describe the relative change of resistance upon the applied strain. Meanwhile, two equations based from this model were first proposed and offered an effective but simple approach to analyze the change of number of conductive paths and distance of adjacent conductive particles.
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Ni-MXene/MF foam is synthesized via an electrostatic assembly and dip-coating process.
The “micro-capacitor” structure of Ni/MXene and the 3D porous structure of MF endow the foam ...excellent impedance matching and wave absorption performance.
The excellent heat insulation, infrared stealth, and flame-retardant performances are achieved.
The development of multifunctional and efficient electromagnetic wave absorbing materials is a challenging research hotspot. Here, the magnetized Ni flower/MXene hybrids are successfully assembled on the surface of melamine foam (MF) through electrostatic self-assembly and dip-coating adsorption process, realizing the integration of microwave absorption, infrared stealth, and flame retardant. Remarkably, the Ni/MXene-MF achieves a minimum reflection loss (RL
min
) of − 62.7 dB with a corresponding effective absorption bandwidth (EAB) of 6.24 GHz at 2 mm and an EAB of 6.88 GHz at 1.8 mm. Strong electromagnetic wave absorption is attributed to the three-dimensional magnetic/conductive networks, which provided excellent impedance matching, dielectric loss, magnetic loss, interface polarization, and multiple attenuations. In addition, the Ni/MXene-MF endows low density, excellent heat insulation, infrared stealth, and flame-retardant functions. This work provided a new development strategy for the design of multifunctional and efficient electromagnetic wave absorbing materials.
Superhydrophobic polymer foams are a good candidate for oil absorption because of their lightweight and tunable porosity and have promising applications in the long-term application of oil–water ...separation. However, developing a facile and green strategy to fabricate pure polymer foams with superhydrophobicity and eco-friendliness for large-scale oil–water separation remains a challenge. Here, a facile template-free water-assisted thermally impacted phase separation approach combined with skin peeling for the fabrication of superhydrophobic and eco-friendly pure poly(lactic acid) (PLA) foam for oil–water separation is proposed for the first time. The PLA foam with special micro- and nanostructures possesses a water contact angle of 151°, and the maximum saturated adsorption capacity is 31.5 g/g. More importantly, during the continuous oil–water pumping experiment, the foam has an efficiency of 98% and could maintain for more than 15 h, showing a promising prospect for cleaning large-scale oil pollution.
Due to the relatively poor cell-material interaction of alginate hydrogel, alginate-gelatin crosslinked (ADA-GEL) hydrogel was synthesized through covalent crosslinking of alginate di-aldehyde (ADA) ...with gelatin that supported cell attachment, spreading and proliferation. This study highlights the evaluation of the physico-chemical properties of synthesized ADA-GEL hydrogels of different compositions compared to alginate in the form of films. Moreover, in vitro cell-material interaction on ADA-GEL hydrogels of different compositions compared to alginate was investigated by using normal human dermal fibroblasts. Viability, attachment, spreading and proliferation of fibroblasts were significantly increased on ADA-GEL hydrogels compared to alginate. Moreover, in vitro cytocompatibility of ADA-GEL hydrogels was found to be increased with increasing gelatin content. These findings indicate that ADA-GEL hydrogel is a promising material for the biomedical applications in tissue-engineering and regeneration.
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DOBA, IZUM, KILJ, NUK, PILJ, PNG, SAZU, SIK, UILJ, UKNU, UL, UM, UPUK
A flexible, biocompatible, nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR)-based strain sensor with high stretchability, good sensitivity, and excellent repeatability is presented for the first time. Carbon black ...(CB) particles were embedded into an NBR matrix via a dissolving-coating technique, and the obtained NBR/CB composite was coated with polydopamine (PDA) to preserve the CB layer. The mechanical properties of the NBR films were found to be significantly improved with the addition of CB and PDA, and the produced composite films were noncytotoxic and highly biocompatible. Strain-sensing tests showed that the uncoated CB/NBR films possess a high sensing range (strain of ∼550%) and good sensitivity (gauge factor of 52.2), whereas the PDA/NBR/CB films show a somewhat reduced sensing range (strain of ∼180%) but significantly improved sensitivity (gauge factor of 346). The hysteresis curves obtained from cyclic strain-sensing tests demonstrate the prominent robustness of the sensor material. Three novel equations were developed to accurately describe the uniaxial and cyclic strain-sensing behavior observed for the investigated strain sensors. Gloves and knee/elbow covers were produced from the films, revealing that the signals generated by different finger, elbow, and knee movements are easily distinguishable, thus confirming that the PDA/NBR/CB composite films can be used in a wide range of wearable strain sensor applications.
A novel physical model is proposed relating fiber diameter and its distribution to various process parameters. Power laws are derived taking into consideration, applied voltage, viscosity, charge ...density, surface tension, and jet splitting. It is recommended how researchers should analyze their data to separate various effects. In particular, it is possible to predict not only the fiber diameter but also its distribution.
A novel physical model is proposed relating fiber diameter and its distribution to various process parameters in electrospinning. The key approach is the separation of electrospinning into a flow‐dominated and a drying‐dominated regime, where jet splitting occurs at the transition from the one to the other regime.
The main challenge in extrusion‐based bioprinting is to develop inks which must comprise a manifold of characteristics before, during, and after printing. To tackle the challenge of good shape ...fidelity and printability of low concentration inks, in this study hydrogel microparticles (HMPs) are proposed to produce internally pre‐crosslinked inks. Alginate (Alg) and oxidized alginate (OA)‐based HMPs are fabricated and used as Ca2+‐releasing reservoirs. OA HMPs are used to demonstrate the versatility of this approach and to show its suitability also for chemically modified alginate. Embedded in either fresh Alg or OA solution, HMPs are used to pre‐crosslink the inks. Rheological measurements revealed that HMP pre‐crosslinking increases the yield stress and viscosity while reducing the loss angle of bioinks. Moreover, printing experiments reveal that being able to tailor rheological properties is an effective tool to improve printability. Furthermore, pre‐crosslinking significantly alters the hydogel internal microstructure. In vitro studies show that NIH/3T3 cells proliferate in HMP pre‐crosslinked bioinks modified with gelatin. Altogether, a low‐cost and easy to use setup to prepare HMPs is presented and for the first time, the possibility of using such HMPs as pre‐crosslinking agent to tailor the printability of alginate‐based bioinks is demonstrated.
Hydrogel microparticles (HMPs) are used to produce internally pre‐crosslinked alginate‐based bioinks for 3D bioprinting. Alginate and oxidized alginate‐based HMPs are fabricated and used as Ca2+‐releasing reservoirs. Printing experiments reveal improved printability. The approach is based on low‐cost, easy to prepare HMPs demonstrating the possibility of using HMPs as pre‐crosslinking agent to tailor the printability of alginate‐based bioinks.
We present a simple but accurate algorithm to calculate the flow and shear rate profile of shear thinning fluids, as typically used in biofabrication applications, with an arbitrary viscosity-shear ...rate relationship in a cylindrical nozzle. By interpolating the viscosity with a set of power-law functions, we obtain a mathematically exact piecewise solution to the incompressible Navier-Stokes equation. The algorithm is validated with known solutions for a simplified Carreau-Yasuda fluid, full numerical simulations for a realistic chitosan hydrogel as well as experimental velocity profiles of alginate and chitosan solutions in a microfluidic channel. We implement the algorithm in an easy-to-use Python tool, included as Supplementary Material, to calculate the velocity and shear rate profile during the printing process, depending on the shear thinning behavior of the bioink and printing parameters such as pressure and nozzle size. We confirm that the shear stress varies in an exactly linear fashion, starting from zero at the nozzle center to the maximum shear stress at the wall, independent of the shear thinning properties of the bioink. Finally, we demonstrate how our method can be inverted to obtain rheological bioink parameters in-situ directly before or even during printing from experimentally measured flow rate versus pressure data.
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DOBA, IZUM, KILJ, NUK, PILJ, PNG, SAZU, SIK, UILJ, UKNU, UL, UM, UPUK
A model taking into consideration viscosity and evaporation is suggested to describe the spreading kinetics of struts in bioprinting. Scenarios resulting by complete and partial wetting are discussed ...and described. Applicable fit functions and predictive scaling laws are given, relating viscosity of bioinks, process parameters such as print speed and throughput to the strut width. The approach is primarily based on 1D spreading.
A model taking into consideration viscosity and evaporation is suggested to describe the 1D spreading kinetics of struts in bioprinting. Applicable fit functions and predictive scaling laws are given, relating viscosity of bioinks, process parameters such as print speed and throughput to the strut width. The approach is primarily based on 1D spreading, indicated by the figure.
To allow an efficient protection against viruses like the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2), it is important to avoid their spreading by using filtering face pieces ...(FFP), which are categorized by different standards according to their filtration efficiency. In this study, we subjected six brands of FFP2 standard masks to three different conditions and subsequently analysed them for their filtration performance to evaluate potentials for reusability. The conditions comprised changes of temperature and air humidity, an exposure to isopropyl alcohol (IPA) and an autoclave sterilization. While four of six masks consisted of electrostatically treated melt blown non-wovens, two masks were fabricated using a nanofibrous multilayer system. Due to the absence of prior electrostatic treatment, the nano-masks did not show a significant change in filtration efficiency when discharged by IPA, unlike the melt blown nonwoven masks showing a significant decrease of filtration efficiency down to around 50% at a particle size of 0.3 μm. However, most melt blown masks maintained a sufficient filtration efficiency after all other treatments with even better results than the nanofibrous masks. This was particularly the case for the capacity to filter smallest particles/droplets with a size of around 0.1 μm, which is below the range of typical filtering standards and important for the retention of virally contaminated nano-aerosols or unattached viruses. After temperature/humidity variation and autoclave sterilization, melt blown masks were able to retain a filtration efficiency up to over 90% at 0.1 μm contrary to nano-masks showing a decrease down to around 70%. Based on their better filtration performance, lower price and potential reusability, we conclude that electret melt blown masks are the preferable type of FFP2 masks.
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DOBA, IZUM, KILJ, NUK, PILJ, PNG, SAZU, SIK, UILJ, UKNU, UL, UM, UPUK
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