Preface
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On textile biomedical engineering
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The demand for advanced fiber biomaterials and medical devices has risen rapidly with the increasing of aging population in the world. To address this grand societal challenge, textile biomedical engineering (TBE) has been defined as a holistic and integrative approach of designing and engineering advanced fiber materials for fabricating textile st...
Progress in modification of silk fibroin fiber
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Silk fibroin fiber is a natural protein fiber. It is moisturizing, breathable, soft and skin-friendly. However, unmodified silk fibroin fiber is easy to be oxidized and faded. In this paper, the recent progress in modification of silk fibroin fiber is introduced, including the composite modification, feeding modification, genetic engineering modifi...
Multi-field coupled color-changing devices and structures
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Nanocomposites for electronic applications that can be embedded for textiles and wearables
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In the present review, we have selected advances in electrospinning nanofibers that we envision to be embedded in textiles and wearables. These nanofibers have been proven to be excellent options for applications such as power generation, sensing, and communication. Their similitude with already known woven meshes makes these fibers perfect for ele...
Polymer complexation for functional fibers
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Polymer complex is a polymer association of different polymers with good miscibility resulting from the relatively strong intermolecular interactions or stereo match effect between polymer chains. Polymer complexes have been utilized in various fields, such as food, biomedical, cosmetic, and pharmacy. Fiber is one of the most important material for...
An energy efficiency evaluation method for parallel robots based on the kinetic energy change rate
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Benefit from the high payload-to-weight ratio, parallel robots are expected to have a high potential for energy savings. However, it is a challenging issue to evaluate the energy efficiency of parallel robots with a quantitative method. Quantitative energy efficiency evaluation methods include energy efficiency evaluation models and indices which m...
Structural characterization of carboxyl cellulose nanofibers extracted from underutilized sources
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Two different chemical methods, TEMPO-oxidation and nitro-oxidation, were used to extract carboxylcellulose nanofibers (CNFs) from non-wood biomass sources (i.e., jute, soft and hard spinifex grasses). The combined TEMPO-oxidation and homogenization approach was very efficient to produce CNFs from the cellulose component of biomass; however, the ni...
Effect of grain size on α-variant selection in a ZrTiAlV alloy
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Local crystallographic orientation characteristics of grains with different sizes in a ZrTiAlV alloy after interrupted cooling from β phase region are investigated by electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) technique. A statistical analysis of EBSD data shows that bigger parent β grains present weaker variant selection than smaller grains. The rele...
Silk materials for medical, electronic and optical applications
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Silk derived from the silkworm Bombyx mori is among the most important fibrous protein biomaterials due to large-scale production from natural sources, excellent biocompatibility, unique mechanical properties and controllable degradation. Silk fibroin can be processed into a variety of formats to match different applications, such as tissue enginee...
