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Controlled Movement of Soft Actuators using Multi‐Responsive Microgel Arrays and Microcirculatory Systems

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Microscale hydrogels (microgels) feature improved mass transport characteristics supportive of fast actuation and chemical tunability amenable to programmed stimuli response. A unique soft actuator architecture is realized by encapsulating microgels in soft microcirculatory systems which enable the convenient delivery of liquid stimuli for powering and
Nengjian Huang, Brennan P. Watts, Stephen A. Morin   +2 more
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A Biologically‐Architected Wear and Damage‐Resistant Nanoparticle Coating From the Radular Teeth of Cryptochiton stelleri

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The ultrahard teeth of mollusks that feed on rocky substrates contain a wear‐resistant coating on their surfaces consisting of densely packed mesocrystalline magnetic nanoparticles within an organic matrix. These coatings display significant hardness and toughness through their highly controlled mesocrystalline architectures.
Taifeng Wang, Yu Chen, Ezra Sarmiento, Taige Hao, Atsushi Arakaki, Michiko Nemoto, Pablo Zavattieri, David Kisailus   +7 more
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Bio‐Inspired Nanoarchitected LiFePO4 Cathodes

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Lithium iron phosphate (LFP) is synthesized using a bio‐inspired method, using acidic macromolecules similar to those found in many calcareous mineralized organisms to modulate the morphology and crystal growth of LFP‐carbon composite particles. The observations from this process indicate a non‐classical crystallization process, which subsequently ...
Parawee Pumwongpitak, Ibrahim El‐Halees, Martyn Kim, Andrew Sanchez, Zachery Robinson, Taifeng Wang, Krassimir Bozhilov, Siriporn Larpkiattaworn, David Kisailus   +8 more
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Chiral Nanohoops as an Efficient Spin Polarization System

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Chiral conjugated nanohoops with a central dibenzopentalene unit exhibit 90% spin polarization at low voltage and high conductivity. These properties make them ideal components in molecular spintronics applications. Abstract A central challenge in molecular spintronics is to achieve a high spin polarization at low operating voltages and ambient ...
Anu Gupta, Philipp Seitz, Mathias Hermann, Birgit Esser, Ron Naaman   +4 more
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Geometrically‐Screened, Sterically‐Hindered Additive for Wide‐Temperature Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Batteries

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A molecular‑engineering strategy combining steric hindrance tuning with geometric optimization identifies cellobiose as an ideal additive for aqueous zinc‑ion batteries, enabling stable Zn deposition across a wide temperature range from −30 to 50 °C. Abstract Aqueous zinc‐ion batteries (AZIBs) are emerging as a highly promising alternative to lithium ...
Sida Zhang, Shengyang Huang, Weigen Chen, Zuyang Hu, Dong Hyun Min, Jun Su Kim, Hao Fu, Young Soo Yun, Won‐Chul Cho, Byung‐Hyun Kim, Baoyu Li, Chengchao Li, Jingyu Sun, Ho Seok Park   +13 more
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A Programmable Semiconductor Containing Active Molecular Photoswitches Located in the Crystal's Volume Phase

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A novel approach for the design of functional semiconductors is presented, which utilizes the excellent optoelectronic properties of layered hybrid perovskites and the possibility to introduce a molecular photoswitch as the organic spacer. This concept is successfully demonstrated on a coumarin‐based system with the possibility to change the bandgap ...
Oliver Treske, Yaşar Krysiak, Hans Tornatzky, Markus R. Wagner, Sebastian Polarz   +4 more
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Modeling of photoelastic imaging of mechanical stresses in transparent solids mimicking kidney stones. [PDF]

J Acoust Soc Am, 2020
Sapozhnikov OA, Maxwell AD, Bailey MR.
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High Entropy Wide‐Bandgap Borates with Broadband Luminescence and Large Nonlinear Optical properties

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
High‐entropy rare‐earth borates exhibit excellent nonlinear optical and broadband luminescence properties arising from multi‐component doping, chemical disorder, increased configurational entropy, and increased lattice and electronic anharmonicity. This formulation enabled us to obtain a large, environmentally stable single crystal with 3X higher laser‐
Saugata Sarker, Yu Wang, Yongwen Sun, Caeli Benyacko, Saeed S.I. Almishal, Tao Zhou, Zhiyu Zhang, Jadupati Nag, Himirkanti Sarkar, Jeffrey Shallenberger, Hemant Yennawar, Yang Yang, Jon‐Paul Maria, Zhiqiang Mao, Venkatraman Gopalan   +14 more
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Self‐Hybridized Exciton‐Polariton Photodetectors From Layered Metal‐Organic Chalcogenolates

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Self‐hybridized exciton‐polariton photodetectors are demonstrated using high refractive index mithrene, eliminating the need for top mirrors. This simplified architecture enables tunable sub‐bandgap photodetection via lower exciton‐polariton states and enhanced carrier transport through ultrafast polariton group velocities.
Bongjun Choi, Adam D. Alfieri, Wangleong Chen, Deep Jariwala   +3 more
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Electro‐Stimulated Graphene‐Polymer Nanocomposites Enable Wearable Patches With Feedback‐Controlled Drug Release

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
xx xx. ABSTRACT Stimuli‐responsive nanomaterials capable of spatiotemporal control over drug release are of nanocomposite patch (“e‐Medi‐Patch”) engineered from biodegradable polycaprolactone (PCL), graphene nanoplatelets, and a redox‐active therapeutic, niclosamide. The hierarchical composite integrates π‐π interactions between aromatic drug molecules
Santosh K. Misra, Ketan Dighe, Pranay Saha, Teresa Aditya, Muhammad S. Khan, Maha Alafeef, Parikshit Moitra, Dipanjan Pan   +7 more
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