Smart Materials and Structures

Papers
(The median citation count of Smart Materials and Structures is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)
ArticleCitations
Recent trends in piezoelectric actuators for precision motion and their applications: a review144
Review on the use of piezoelectric materials for active vibration, noise, and flow control107
Paper and carbon ink enabled low-cost, eco-friendly, flexible, multifunctional pressure and humidity sensors91
Empirical mode decomposition and its variants: a review with applications in structural health monitoring90
Recent progress of magnetorheological elastomers: a review84
Acoustic-Elastic Metamaterials and Phononic Crystals for Energy Harvesting: A Review67
Shape memory alloy (SMA)-cable-controlled sliding bearings: development, testing, and system behavior57
Multi-level SMA/lead rubber bearing isolation system for seismic protection of bridges55
3D-printed bio-inspired zero Poisson’s ratio graded metamaterials with high energy absorption performance55
Ultrathin acoustic absorbing metasurface based on deep learning approach55
Magnet-induced monostable nonlinearity for improving the VIV-galloping-coupled wind energy harvesting using combined cross-sectioned bluff body53
Flexible and wearable sensor based on graphene nanocomposite hydrogels52
A novel 3D re-entrant unit cell structure with negative Poisson’s ratio and tunable stiffness52
Poly-Saora robotic jellyfish: swimming underwater by twisted and coiled polymer actuators50
Structural health and condition monitoring via electrical impedance tomography in self-sensing materials: a review50
Adaptive elastic metastructures from magneto-active elastomers49
Graded multifunctional piezoelectric metastructures for wideband vibration attenuation and energy harvesting47
Damage detection in large composite stiffened panels based on a novel SHM building block philosophy47
Rotational nonlinear double-beam energy harvesting44
Piezoelectric wind energy harvesting subjected to the conjunction of vortex-induced vibration and galloping: comprehensive parametric study and optimization44
Lightweight mechanical metamaterials designed using hierarchical truss elements44
Chipless RFID sensor for corrosion characterization based on frequency selective surface and feature fusion42
High-strength steel frames with SMA connections in self-centring energy-dissipation bays: insights and a multimodal nonlinear static procedure41
A review of vascular networks for self-healing applications41
Analysis of magnetorheological clutch with double cup-shaped gap excited by Halbach array based on finite element method and experiment41
On 4D printing as a revolutionary fabrication technique for smart structures41
Origami-inspired self-deployment 4D printed honeycomb sandwich structure with large shape transformation40
Structural response monitoring of concrete beam under flexural loading using smart carbon black/cement-based sensors39
A review on shape memory alloy reinforced polymer composite materials and structures39
Acoustic energy harvesting enhanced by locally resonant metamaterials38
A passively self-tuning nonlinear energy harvester in rotational motion: theoretical and experimental investigation38
An asymmetric magnetic-coupled bending-torsion piezoelectric energy harvester: modeling and experimental investigation38
Shape memory performance of PETG 4D printed parts under compression in cold, warm, and hot programming37
Machine learning-driven performance-based seismic design of hybrid self-centering braced frames with SMA braces and viscous dampers37
Lamb wave based damage detection in metallic plates using multi-headed 1-dimensional convolutional neural network36
Reversible energy absorption of elasto-plastic auxetic, hexagonal, and AuxHex structures fabricated by FDM 4D printing36
Dynamic performance of auxetic structures: experiments and simulation36
Structural modal identification and health monitoring of building structures using self-sensing cementitious composites35
KryptoJelly: a jellyfish robot with confined, adjustable pre-stress, and easily replaceable shape memory alloy NiTi actuators35
EMI-GCN: a hybrid model for real-time monitoring of multiple bolt looseness using electromechanical impedance and graph convolutional networks35
Performance enhancement for a magnetic-coupled bi-stable flutter-based energy harvester35
Decade of bio-inspired soft robots: a review34
Shape memory alloy actuator-embedded smart clothes for ankle assistance34
Multiphase lattice metamaterials with enhanced mechanical performance34
Fluidic rolling robot using voltage-driven oscillating liquid34
A nonlinear M-shaped tri-directional piezoelectric energy harvester33
Vibration energy harvesting enhancement exploiting magnetically coupled bistable and linear harvesters33
Nondestructive ultrasonic evaluation of fused deposition modeling based additively manufactured 3D-printed structures33
Broadband tunable lossy metasurface with independent amplitude and phase modulations for acoustic holography33
Shape memory alloy torsional actuators: a review of applications, experimental investigations, modeling, and design33
Size-dependent free vibration analysis of functionally graded porous piezoelectric sandwich nanobeam reinforced with graphene platelets with consideration of flexoelectric effect32
Design and validation of a dielectric elastomer membrane actuator driven pneumatic pump32
Review of soft fluidic actuators: classification and materials modeling analysis31
Accurate baseline-free damage localization in plates using refined Lamb wave time-reversal method31
Screen-printed flexible negative temperature coefficient temperature sensor based on polyvinyl chloride/carbon black composites31
Flexible tactile sensors for dynamic triaxial force measurement based on piezoelectric elastomer31
A phase evolution based constitutive model for shape memory polymer and its application in 4D printing30
Anomaly detection for large span bridges during operational phase using structural health monitoring data30
Force and multiple-shape-recovery in shape-memory-polymers under finite deformation torsion-extension30
Design and testing of a monolithic compliant constant force mechanism30
4D printed shape memory sandwich structures: experimental analysis and numerical modeling30
Cyclic behavior of superelastic SMA cable and its application in an innovative self-centering BRB30
Coda wave interferometry-based very early stage bolt looseness monitoring using a single piezoceramic transducer29
Design of a wireless smart insole using stretchable microfluidic sensor for gait monitoring29
A low frequency operation high speed stick-slip piezoelectric actuator achieved by using a L-shape flexure hinge29
Variable-stiffness tensegrity spine29
Effects of installation position of fin-shaped rods on wind-induced vibration and energy harvesting of aeroelastic energy converter28
Design, analysis, and experimental investigation of a single-stage and low parasitic motion piezoelectric actuated microgripper28
Influence of humidity, temperature and prestretch on the dielectric breakdown strength of silicone elastomer membranes for DEAs28
Analysis on influence of the magnetorheological fluid microstructure on the mechanical properties of magnetorheological dampers28
Mechanical performance of a novel magnetorheological fluid damper based on squeeze-valve bi-mode of MRF28
All-textile wearable triboelectric nanogenerator using pile-embroidered fibers for enhancing output power28
Enhanced hexa-missing rib auxetics for achieving targeted constant NPR and in-plane isotropy at finite deformation28
Silicon-based soft parallel robots 4D printing and multiphysics analysis27
A magneto-active soft gripper with adaptive and controllable motion27
Long-stroke shape memory alloy restrainers for seismic protection of bridges27
Timber moisture detection using wavelet packet decomposition and convolutional neural network27
Self-foldable origami reflector antenna enabled by shape memory polymer actuation27
Analytical modeling and design of negative stiffness honeycombs27
Electrothermal shape memory behavior and recovery force of four-dimensional printed continuous carbon fiber/polylactic acid composite27
Analysis and experiment of magnetic excitation cantilever-type piezoelectric energy harvesters for rotational motion26
Heating and de-icing function in conductive concrete and cement paste with the hybrid addition of carbon nanotubes and graphite products26
On the design workflow of auxetic metamaterials for structural applications26
A walking type piezoelectric actuator based on the parasitic motion of obliquely assembled PZT stacks26
Foldable and washable fully textile-based pressure sensor26
Transparent and flexible hybrid nanogenerator with welded silver nanowire networks as the electrodes for mechanical energy harvesting and physiological signal monitoring25
The highly stable air-operating ionic polymer metal composite actuator with consecutive channels and its potential application in soft gripper25
Tunable arc-shaped acoustic metasurface carpet cloak25
Dynamic modelling and control of shear-mode rotational MR damper for mitigating hazard vibration of building structures25
Hysteresis inverse compensation-based model reference adaptive control for a piezoelectric micro-positioning platform25
High performance fluorinated polyethylene propylene ferroelectrets with an air-filled parallel-tunnel structure25
Temperature compensated magnetic field sensor based on love waves24
Highly sensitive printed crack-enhanced strain sensor as dual-directional bending detector24
Kirigami auxetic structure for high efficiency power harvesting in self-powered and wireless structural health monitoring systems24
A novel re-entrant honeycomb metamaterial with tunable bandgap24
A review on Nitinol shape memory alloy heat engines24
Design and performance of a compact stick-slip type piezoelectric actuator based on right triangle flexible stator24
Effects of soft and hard magnetic particles on the mechanical performance of ultra-soft magnetorheological elastomers23
4D printing and collaborative design of highly flexible shape memory alloy structures: a case study for a metallic robot prototype23
Numerical and experimental investigation of electro-mechanical impedance based concrete quantitative damage assessment23
Self-sensing piezoelectric bistable laminates for morphing structures23
Shape memory alloy reinforced vitrimer composite for healing wide-opened cracks23
An indirect drug delivery device driven by piezoelectric pump23
Mechanical metamaterials with programmable compression-twist coupling23
Experimental and numerical investigations on hysteretic response of a multi-level SMA/lead rubber bearing seismic isolation system23
Sensor faults classification for SHM systems using deep learning-based method with Tsfresh features23
Nonlinear dynamic analysis of aniso-visco-hyperelastic dielectric elastomer actuators23
Design of polymeric auxetic matrices for improved mechanical coupling in lead-free piezocomposites22
A broadband piezoelectric energy harvester with movable mass for frequency active self-tuning22
Design of novel 3D auxetic structures based on S-shaped unit-cells22
Reversible actuation for self-folding modular machines using liquid crystal elastomer22
Efficient broadband vibration energy harvesting based on tuned non-linearity and energy localization22
Creating 3D printed sensor systems with conductive composites22
Experimentally validated model and power optimization of a magnetoelectric wireless power transfer system in free-free configuration22
A comparative study of electrical interfaces for tunable piezoelectric vibration energy harvesting22
New control logic based on mechanical energy conservation for aircraft landing gear system with magnetorheological dampers22
Enhancing shape memory properties of multi-layered and multi-material polymer composites in 4D printing21
Bio-inspired soft bistable actuator with dual actuations21
Fully 3D printed soft microactuators for soft microrobotics21
Untethered gripper-type hydrogel millirobot actuated by electric field and magnetic field21
Medical applications of magnetorheological fluid: a systematic review21
Embedded electrical impedance-based PZT sensor for monitoring hydrating concrete: development and evaluation21
A twist piezoelectric beam for multi-directional energy harvesting21
Development and application performance of road spring-type piezoelectric transducer for energy harvesting21
Basic magnetic properties of magnetoactive elastomers of mixed content20
A low-power, jamming, magnetorheological valve using electropermanent magnets suitable for distributed control in soft robots20
Comparative seismic fragility assessment of buckling restrained and self-centering (friction spring and SMA) braced frames20
Cyclic behavior of an adaptive seismic isolation system combining a double friction pendulum bearing and shape memory alloy cables20
Active feedforward control of flexural waves in an Acoustic Black Hole terminated beam20
Parallel spectral element method for guided wave based structural health monitoring19
Power density improvement based on investigation of initial relative position in an electromagnetic energy harvester with self-powered applications19
Piezoelectric metastructures for simultaneous broadband energy harvesting and vibration suppression of traveling waves19
Experimental study on shock control of a vehicle semi-active suspension with magneto-rheological damper19
Rotating squares auxetic metamaterials with improved strain tolerance19
Electrical Joule heating of cementitious nanocomposites filled with multi-walled carbon nanotubes: role of filler concentration, water content, and cement age19
Investigation on rheological characteristics of magnetorheological shear thickening fluids mixed with micro CBN abrasive particles19
3D constitutive modeling of electro-magneto-visco-hyperelastic elastomers: a semi-analytical solution for cylinders under large torsion–extension deformation19
Contact/impact modeling and analysis of 4D printed shape memory polymer beams19
Design and modeling of a hydraulic soft actuator with three degrees of freedom19
Design of resonant structures in resin matrix to mitigate the blast wave with a very wide frequency range19
A 4D printed active compliant hinge for potential space applications using shape memory alloys and polymers19
Enhanced magnetorheological characteristics of hollow magnetite nanoparticle-carbonyl iron microsphere suspension19
Multiple-variable frequency pendulum isolator with high-performance materials18
Multi-resonant metamaterials based on self-sensing piezoelectric patches and digital circuits for broadband isolation of elastic wave transmission18
On mechanical properties of NiTi SMA wires prestrained by cold rolling18
Adaptive disturbance observer-based improved super-twisting sliding mode control for electromagnetic direct-drive pump18
Size-dependent static bending and free vibration analysis of porous functionally graded piezoelectric nanobeams18
Neural network-based motion modeling and control of water-actuated soft robotic fish18
Direct-write printing process of conductive paste on fiber bulks for wearable textile heaters18
Fuzzy-neural network control for a Magnetorheological elastomer vibration isolation system18
A novel traveling wave piezoelectric actuated wheeled robot: design, theoretical analysis, and experimental investigation18
A machine learning workflow for 4D printing: understand and predict morphing behaviors of printed active structures18
A walking type piezoelectric actuator with two umbrella-shaped flexure mechanisms18
Behaviour of 3D printed re-entrant chiral auxetic (RCA) geometries under in-plane and out-of-plane loadings18
An optimized data fusion strategy for structural damage assessment using electromechanical impedance18
A stick-slip linear piezoelectric actuator with mode conversion flexible hinge driven by symmetrical waveform18
Design and investigation on a novel piezoelectric screw pump18
Multimaterial 4D printing with a tunable bending model18
Monitoring the looseness of a bolt through laser ultrasonic18
Selective laser melting of NiTi stents with open-cell and variable diameter18
An SECE array of piezoelectric energy harvesting18
Magnetorheological damper with multi-grooves on piston for damping force enhancement17
High-dimensional data analytics in structural health monitoring and non-destructive evaluation: a review paper17
Design, analysis and prototyping of a magnetic energy-harvesting suspension for vehicles17
Energy harvesting from gravity-induced deformation of rotating shaft for long-term monitoring of rotating machinery17
Feasibility study of a touch-enabled active sensing approach to inspecting subsea bolted connections using piezoceramic transducers17
Highly nonlinear solitary waves for the detection of localized corrosion17
Highly sensitive and flexible three-dimensional force tactile sensor based on inverted pyramidal structure17
Graphene-based pressure sensor and strain sensor for detecting human activities17
Structural health monitoring of polymer-matrix composite using embedded piezoelectric ceramic transducers during several four-points bending tests17
Thermally actuated hydrogel bead based braided artificial muscle17
Boundary element modelling of ultrasonic Lamb waves for structural health monitoring17
Fault detection and fault tolerant control of vehicle semi-active suspension system with magneto-rheological damper17
Effect of 3D printing raster angle on reversible thermo-responsive composites using PLA/paper bilayer17
Design and analysis of a vibration energy harvester using push-pull electrostatic conversion16
Application of artificial intelligence and evolutionary algorithms in simulation-based optimal design of a piezoelectric energy harvester16
A novel origami mechanical metamaterial based on Miura-variant designs: exceptional multistability and shape reconfigurability16
Controlled helical deformation of programmable bilayer structures: design and fabrication16
Surface acoustic device for high response NO2 gas sensor using p-phenylenediamine-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite coated on langasite16
Autonomous shock sensing using bi-stable triboelectric generators and MEMS electrostatic levitation actuators16
Bacterial cellulose coated ST-cut quartz surface acoustic wave humidity sensor with high sensitivity, fast response and recovery16
Broadband vibration damping of non-periodic plates by piezoelectric coupling to their electrical analogues16
Study on cantilever piezoelectric energy harvester with tunable function16
Properties and mechanical model of a stiffness tunable viscoelastic damper based on electrorheological elastomers16
Metamaterials with enhanced mechanical properties and tuneable Poisson’s ratio16
A flexible laser ultrasound transducer for Lamb wave-based structural health monitoring16
The fabrication and properties of magnetorheological elastomers employing bio-inspired dopamine modified carbonyl iron particles16
A novel 3D anti-tetrachiral structure with negative Poisson’s ratio15
Design of fiber-reinforced soft bending pneumatic artificial muscles for wearable tremor suppression devices15
Modelling, simulation, and experimental verification of a pendulum-flywheel vibrational energy harvester15
A novel piezoelectric linear actuator designed by imitating skateboarding movement15
Artificial intelligence in real-time diagnostics and prognostics of composite materials and its uncertainties—a review15
3D printed anti-icing and de-icing system based on CNT/GNP doped epoxy composites with self-curing and structural health monitoring capabilities15
A smart Kevlar-based triboelectric nanogenerator with enhanced anti-impact and self-powered sensing properties15
A two-fixed-end beam piezoelectric inertial actuator using electromagnet controlled magnetorheological fluid (MRF) for friction regulation15
Self-powered pressure sensor based on microfluidic triboelectric principle for human–machine interface applications15
Study on mechanical properties of an isotropic negative Poisson’s ratio Voronoi foam and its foam-filled tube15
A stick-slip piezoelectric actuator with suppressed backward motion achieved using an active locking mechanism (ALM)15
Electromechanically active polymer actuators based on biofriendly choline ionic liquids15
Assessment of damage in composites using static component generation of ultrasonic guided waves15
A hybrid piezoelectric device combining a tri-stable energy harvester with an elastic base for low-orbit vibration energy harvesting enhancement15
Effects of bending strain and crack direction on crack-based strain sensors15
Early-age strength monitoring of the recycled aggregate concrete using the EMI method15
Influence of vehicle body vibration induced by road excitation on the performance of a vehicle-mounted piezoelectric-electromagnetic hybrid energy harvester15
Wind-induced vibration control of a constructing bridge tower with MRE variable stiffness tuned mass damper15
Untethered, high-speed soft jumpers enabled by combustion for motions through multiphase environments15
Origami-based adjustable sound-absorbing metamaterial15
A novel flat modular pneumatic artificial muscle15
Bag of visual words based machine learning framework for disbond characterisation in composite sandwich structures using guided waves15
Temperature variation compensated damage classification and localisation in ultrasonic guided wave SHM using self-learnt features and Gaussian mixture models14
Effect of carbon nanotubes on the in-plane dynamic behavior of a carbon/epoxy composite under high strain rate compression using SHPB14
Optimization study on magnetorheological fluid components and process parameters of cluster magnetorheological finishing with dynamic magnetic field for sapphire substrates14
Modeling and analysis of bending pneumatic artificial muscle with multi-degree of freedom14
Three-dimensional auxetic materials with controllable thermal expansion14
Study on the rheological properties and polishing properties of SiO2@CI composite particle for sapphire wafer14
Modeling and experimental investigation of asymmetric distance with magnetic coupling based on galloping piezoelectric energy harvester14
A new type capsule-based healing agent for concrete and its protective function of spores14
Novel ionic bioartificial muscles based on ionically crosslinked multi-walled carbon nanotubes-mediated bacterial cellulose membranes and PEDOT:PSS electrodes14
Purified nonlinear guided waves through a metamaterial filter for inspection of material microstructural changes14
Surface acoustic wave ammonia sensor based on SiO2–SnO2 composite film operated at room temperature14
Monitoring of bending stiffness of BFRP reinforced concrete beams using piezoceramic transducer enabled active sensing14
Variable stiffness soft pneumatic grippers augmented with active vacuum adhesion14
New type of rotation of chiral mechanical metamaterials14
Delamination imaging in laminated composite plates using 2D wavelet analysis of guided wavefields14
Cantilever-based micro thrust measurement and pressure field distribution of biomimetic robot fish actuated by macro fiber composites (MFCs) actuators14
An inertial piezoelectric rotary actuator characterized by the motion without rollback14
A high-efficiency energy regeneration shock absorber based on twin slider-crank mechanisms for self-powered sensors in railway cars14
Real-time monitoring of thermal history of thermoplastic automatic lamination with FBG sensors and process modelling validation14
Theoretical investigation and experiment of a disc-shaped triboelectric energy harvester with a magnetic bistable mechanism14
Trap-assisted photomultiplication in a-IGZO/p-Si heterojunction ultraviolet photodiodes14
Characterization and modeling of viscoelastic hysteresis in a dielectric elastomer actuator14
Textile NFC antenna for power and data transmission across clothes14
Experimental field study on a full-scale road piezoelectric energy harvester14
A wind-induced negative damping method to achieve high-energy orbit of a nonlinear vibration energy harvester14
Influence of clay-based additive on sedimentation stability of magnetorheological fluid14
Harvest rotational energy from a novel dielectric elastomer generator with crank-connecting rod mechanisms13
A hula-hooping-like nonlinear buckled elastic string electromagnetic energy harvester for omnidirectional broadband excitations13
3D spacer fabrics for thermoelectric textile cooling and energy generation based on aluminum doped zinc oxide13
Shape memory alloy tube actuators inherently enable internal fluidic cooling for a robotic finger under force control13
Experimental studies of the robustness of the conductive-mesh-polymer composite towards the development of conformal and transparent antennas13
Piezoelectric energy harvesting from flow-induced vibrations of a square cylinder at various angles of attack13
A monolithic tunable symmetric bistable mechanism13
Broadband piezoelectric energy harvesting induced by mixed resonant modes under magnetic plucking13
Formulation of UV curable nano-silver conductive ink for direct screen-printing on common fabric substrates for wearable electronic applications13
Tensile and fatigue testing of impacted smart CFRP composites with embedded PZT transducers for nonlinear ultrasonic monitoring of damage evolution13
Optimization of compliant adaptive structures in the design of a morphing droop nose13
Development and experiment evaluation of a compact inchworm piezoelectric actuator using three-jaw type clamping mechanism13
Helical shape linen artificial muscles responsive to water13
Remotely triggered morphing behavior of additively manufactured thermoset polymer-magnetic nanoparticle composite structures13
A 3-DOF inertial impact locomotion robot constructed on four piezoelectric bimorph actuators13
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