A review of the effects of weak interfaces on crack propagation in rock: From phenomenon to mechanism

M Ju, X Li, X Li, G Zhang - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2022 - Elsevier
This article reviews the effect of weak interfaces on crack propagation in rock and some
other analogous brittle materials from phenomenon to mechanism. In this review, a variety of …

Multiscale soft–hard interface design for flexible hybrid electronics

S Gong, LW Yap, B Zhu, W Cheng - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Emerging next‐generation soft electronics will require versatile properties functioning under
mechanical compliance, which will involve the use of different types of materials. As a result …

Silicon nitride passive and active photonic integrated circuits: trends and prospects

C Xiang, W Jin, JE Bowers - Photonics Research, 2022 - opg.optica.org
The use of silicon nitride in integrated photonics has rapidly progressed in recent decades.
Ultra-low-loss waveguides based on silicon nitride are a favorable platform for the research …

Achieving tissue-level softness on stretchable electronics through a generalizable soft interlayer design

Y Li, N Li, W Liu, A Prominski, S Kang, Y Dai… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Soft and stretchable electronics have emerged as highly promising tools for biomedical
diagnosis and biological studies, as they interface intimately with the human body and other …

Bioinspired interlocked structure-induced high deformability for two-dimensional titanium carbide (MXene)/natural microcapsule-based flexible pressure sensors

K Wang, Z Lou, L Wang, L Zhao, S Zhao, D Wang… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Achieving high deformability in response to minimal external stimulation while maximizing
human–machine interactions is a considerable challenge for wearable and flexible …

Ultrasensitive mechanical crack-based sensor inspired by the spider sensory system

D Kang, PV Pikhitsa, YW Choi, C Lee, SS Shin, L Piao… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Recently developed flexible mechanosensors based on inorganic silicon,,, organic
semiconductors,,, carbon nanotubes, graphene platelets, pressure-sensitive rubber and self …

Multilayer graphene epidermal electronic skin

Y Qiao, Y Wang, H Tian, M Li, J Jian, Y Wei, Y Tian… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Due to its excellent flexibility, graphene has an important application prospect in epidermal
electronic sensors. However, there are drawbacks in current devices, such as sensitivity …

Photonic Damascene process for integrated high-Q microresonator based nonlinear photonics

MHP Pfeiffer, A Kordts, V Brasch, M Zervas… - Optica, 2016 - opg.optica.org
High confinement, integrated silicon nitride (SiN) waveguides have recently emerged as an
attractive platform for on-chip nonlinear optical devices. The fabrication of high-Q SiN …

Dramatically Enhanced Mechanosensitivity and Signal-to-Noise Ratio of Nanoscale Crack-Based Sensors: Effect of Crack Depth.

B Park, J Kim, D Kang, C Jeong, KS Kim… - … (Deerfield Beach, Fla …, 2016 - europepmc.org
The sensitivity of a nanoscale crack-based sensor is enhanced markedly by modulating the
crack depth. The crack-depth-propagated sensor exhibits≈ 16 000 gauge factor at 2% strain …

Bioinspired interlocked and hierarchical design of ZnO nanowire arrays for static and dynamic pressure‐sensitive electronic skins

M Ha, S Lim, J Park, DS Um, Y Lee… - Advanced Functional …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The development of electronic skin (e‐skin) is of great importance in human‐like robotics,
healthcare, wearable electronics, and medical applications. In this paper, a bioinspired e …