supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada(NSERC)DG(No.RGPIN-2015-03985);the Ontario Research Fund(No.ORF-RE 07)。
Thermoplastics flammability remains a considerable threat during fire incidents.Conventionally,halogen-free fire retardant(FR)additives are incorporated into thermoplastics to reduce fire hazards.However,the incorpora...
Fonds de Recherche du Québec-Nature et Technologies(grant number 304946);andÉTS Research Chair in Engineering Marcelle-Gauvreau.CAZ would like to thank STEPPE,LACIME,and LIPEC personnel and friends for their assistance and support with the experiments.
Novel poly(dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS)doped with two diferent spiropyran derivatives(SP)were investigated as potential candidates for the preparation of elastomeric waveguides with UV-dependent optical properties.First,fr...
Background: Elastomeric pumps (elastic balls into which analgesics or antibiotics can be inserted) push medicines through a catheter to a nerve or blood vessel. Since elastomeric pumps are small and need no power sour...
the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF)grant funded by the Korean government(MSIT,Ministry of Science and ICT)(NRF-2021R1A2C3004151);Ministry of Education(NRF-2022R1A6A3A01086019);the KU-KIST School Program.
Stretchable elastomer-based electrodes are considered promising energy storage electrodes for next-generation wearable/flexible electronics requiring various shape designs.However,these elastomeric electrodes suffer f...
support by the National Key Research and Development Program(2021YFB3800800);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52273009);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(82271038);the Interdisciplinary Program of Shanghai JiaoTong University(YG2022QN050).
Elastomeric scaffolds, individually customized to mimic the structural and mechanical properties of natural tissues have been used for tissue regeneration. In this regard, polyester elastic scaffolds with tunable mech...
Two types of elastomeric vibration isolators used for equipment vibration isolation in aerospace vehicles are considered for the present study. These isolators are constructed using elastomers mounted in steel encasin...
supported by a Research Environment Links Grant No.MIGHT/CEO/NUOF/1-2022(2)from the British Council and Malaysia Industry-Government Group for High Technology;part of the British Council’s Going Global Partnerships program;The program builds stronger,more inclusive,internationally connected higher education and TVET systems。
Flexible dielectric materials with environmental-friendly,low-cost and high-energy density characteristics are in increasing demand as the world steps into the new Industrial 4.0 era.In this work,an elastomeric nanoco...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 12172319, 11872326, and 12072057);the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (Grant Nos. 2021JJ30648, and2021JJ30641);the Furong Scholars Programme of Hunan Province;the Liao Ning Revitalization Talents Program (Grant No. XLYC2007196);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No.DUT20RC(3)032);the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (Grant No. 1842165);the Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship。
Elastomeric encapsulation layers are widely used in soft, wearable devices to physically isolate rigid electronic components from external environmental stimuli(e.g., stress) and facilitate device sterilization for re...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21903007 and 22072006);Young Thousand Talents Program(No.110532103);Beijing Normal University Startup funding(No.312232102);Beijing Municipal Science&Technology Commission(No.Z191100000819002);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.310421109)。
As a direct-bandgap semiconductor,single-layer MoS_(2) has gained great attention in optoelectronics,especially wearable photodetectors.However,MoS_(2) exhibits poor photoresponsivity on a stretchable substrate due to...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51904291);the Basic Research Program of Jiangsu Province(No.BK20190638);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.2020XGYJ08);the Project funded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2020 M681781),the Jiangsu Planned Projects for Postdoctoral Research Funds(No.2020Z076);the State Key Laboratory of Strata Intelligent Control and Green Mining Co-founded by Shandong Province and the Ministry of Science and Technology(No.SICGM202105).
High humidity and high dust concentration in deep coal mines may severely challenge the performance of respirators worn by coal miners.This paper aims at quantitatively evaluating the respirators used in deep coal min...