Sustainable power supply to flexible electronics is currently of high interest due the transition autonomous and self-driving vehicles. Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters (PEH) can be used as sustainable energy sources by harvesting electrical through material deformation occurring in a tire. In this work, an analytical setup was developed experimentally validate harvesters for their use tires. It...

Abstract Creation of and the following research on systems featuring elastomer filled with a magnetic disperse material good electroconductive properties have been continuation development magnetorheological fluids goal finding compositions exhibiting stronger effect. More profound investigations revealed that composite materials given type also exhibit other significant features such as magnet...

Electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radiation of electronic devices are ubiquitous, which potentially hazardous to the normal operation equipment human health. MXenes extremely attractive in preparation EMI shielding materials due their excellent metallic conductivity tunable surface chemistry. Herein, by virtue designed nanostructure regulation interface interactions, we fabricated flexible...

OBJECTIVES To compare (i) the in vivo release of fluoride from fluoridated elastomers to the in vitro release, and (ii) the residual fluoride content of the elastomers after 1 week in the mouth with and without fluoride toothpaste and mouthrinse. DESIGN A prospective, longitudinal, cross-over study. SUBJECTS AND METHOD Six subjects were recruited by poster to take part in the study. Each su...

Swellable elastomers are used to seal flow channels in oilfield operations. After sealing, the elastomers are constrained triaxially, and a contact load builds up between the elastomers and surrounding rigid materials. For these applications, the ability to predict the evolution of the contact load is important. This work introduces an experimental setup to measure the contact load as a functio...

Soft, solvent-free poly(dimethylsiloxane) elastomers are fabricated by a one-step process via crosslinking bottlebrush polymers. The bottlebrush architecture prevents the formation of entanglements, resulting in elastomers with precisely controllable low moduli from 1 to 100 kPa, below the lower limit of traditional elastomers; moreover, the solvent-free nature enables their negligible adhesive...

Ionic conductive elastomers (ICEs), thanks to their liquid-free nature, have emerged as one of the most promising candidates for conductors in soft ionotronics. Notably, ionotronic devices need work ambient environments where presence water molecules is ubiquitous. Thus far, long-term impact on performances ICEs remains virtually unexplored. Here, we show that air-aged absorb a very low amount ...