#Magnetoactive
Inspired by comb jellies, Cteno-Bot is an untethered swimming robot using magnetoactive propulsors coordinated via metachronal waves. Antiplectic beating improves speed, & more propulsors increase efficiency without extra power demand 🤩🌊 #ctenophores

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June 9, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Magnetoactive metamaterials represent cutting-edge class of smart materials that integrate magnetoactive material with architected mechanical metastructures, enabling dynamic control over their mechanical, acoustic, & elastic properties through application of magnetic fields.
#Science
Magnetoactive Metamaterials: A State‐of‐the‐Art Review
Magnetoactive metamaterials combine magnetoactive composites with architected metastructures to enable contactless, tunable control of mechanical, acoustic, and elastic properties. This review highli...
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 30, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Want to build your own Cteno-Bot? 3D models of all the robotic components are freely available on Zenodo: zenodo.org/records/1876... #OpenScienceRocks #CtenoBot #Ctenophore #MarineLife
June 9, 2026 at 12:05 PM
arXiv:2504.19202v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The analytical theory of non-linear generation of large-scale magnetic turbulence in anisotropic magnetoactive plasma in the quasilinear approximation without taking into account the direct non-linear [1/4 of https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.19202v1]
April 29, 2025 at 6:14 AM
N. A. Emelyanov, Vl. V. Kocharovsky: Explosive growth of large-scale magnetic fluctuations due to particle scattering on developed small-scale Weibel turbulence in magnetoactive plasma https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.19202 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2504.19202 https://arxiv.org/html/2504.19202
April 29, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Equilibrium kink-like torsion deformation of a magnetoactive elastomer under a magnetic field
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.23682
Yu. I. Dzhezherya, A. V. Kyryliuk, S. V. Cherepov, Yu. B. Skirta, S. O. Reshetniak, S. M. Ryabchenko, V. M. Kalita.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.23682
arXiv abstract link
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March 2, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Transfer of Energy and Momentum between Magnetoactive Surface Microstructure and a Solid Object
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.22342
Arne Geldof, Jan Kopačin, Izidor Straus, Raphael Kriegl, Gaia Kravanja, Luka Hribar, Matija Jezeršek, Mikhail Shamonin, Gašper Kokot, Irena Drevenšek-Olenik.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.22342
arXiv abstract link
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December 1, 2025 at 4:58 AM
🚀 We are happy to start 4 new ‘Generación de Conocimiento’ projects, funded by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.

They cover different aspects of new #MaterialsScience: magnetoactive and electroactive materials, #nanomaterials, #perovskite solar cells, and #MOFs

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September 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Science + #LEGO fun: Introducing a blob of "magnetoactive phase transitional matter" shaped like a LEGO minifig that can soften to escape a cage and then re-form to take its former shape....
November 8, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Dzhezherya, Kyryliuk, Cherepov, Skirta, Reshetniak, Ryabchenko, Kalita: Equilibrium kink-like torsion deformation of a magnetoactive elastomer under a magnetic field https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.23682 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.23682 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.23682
March 2, 2026 at 6:42 AM
We're recruiting a Research Fellow in Computational Fluid-Structure Interaction www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMD838/r... > multiphysics simulation framework for large deformations of magnetoactive polymers & their interactions with fluids eg biomedical engineering, soft robotics for medical. Apply by 31 March
March 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In her postdoc, Yiwen prepared origami structures 🪭 made from super light graphene oxide that can change their structure upon magnetic stimulation 🧲 - pretty cool! And even better: you can read all about it here: doi.org/10.1002/advs...
Multifunctional and Reprogrammable Magnetoactive Graphene Oxide Origami
A magnetic graphene oxide film is developed that enables rapid, precise, and programmable shape morphing under magnetic actuation. The MGO sensoriactuators feature humidity-tunable performance and in....
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November 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This Nanotechnology Reviews research examines cobalt iron oxide-infused silicone #Nanocomposites, highlighting their potential as #Magnetoactive materials for precise remote actuation and sensing in #SoftRobotic applications.
#OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1515/ntre...
March 21, 2026 at 12:30 PM
This study developed silicone–(CoFe₂O₄) magnetoactive composites via mechanical mixing, achieving improved #tensilestrength and a tenfold rise in saturation magnetization, enabling future #AdditiveManufacturing.

#OpenAccess in Nanotechnology Reviews:
Cobalt iron oxide-infused silicone nanocomposites: Magnetoactive materials for remote actuation and sensing
Magnetoactive polymer composites (MAPCs) are promising smart materials owing to their shape-changing behaviour in response to magnetic fields. MAPCs find promising niches in several applications,…
doi.org
September 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Arne Geldof, et al.: Transfer of Energy and Momentum between Magnetoactive Surface Microstructure and a Solid Object https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.22342 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.22342 https://arxiv.org/html/2511.22342
December 1, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Magnetoactive hydrogels to probe curvature-directed endothelial cell mechanosensing https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.04.722723v1
May 8, 2026 at 4:46 AM
[2504.19202] N. A. Emelyanov & Vl. V. Kocharovsky: Explosive growth of large-scale magnetic fluctuations due to particle scattering on developed small-scale Weibel turbulence in magnetoactive plasma. link
April 29, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Magnetoactive hydrogels to probe curvature-directed endothelial cell mechanosensing https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.04.722723v1
May 8, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Magnetoactive liquid-solid phase transitional matter: Matter https://www.cell.com/matter/fulltext/S2590-2385(22)00693-2#secsectitle0035
April 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Explosive growth of large-scale magnetic fluctuations due to particle scattering on developed small-scale Weibel turbulence in magnetoactive plasma. N.A. Emelyanov et. al. https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.19202
April 30, 2025 at 2:11 AM