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Liquid crystal based programmable active materials
Responsive MaterialsActive materials are of great interest to a broad spectrum of scientists, including those in physics, biology, materials science, engineering, and biomedical engineering.
Ruijie Wang +3 more
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Locking Metastable Topological Domains in Nematic Liquid Crystal Pi Cells
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Selective photopolymerization in the presence of a controlled voltage defines permanent director walls that lock‐in metastable bend and twist configurations within nematic liquid crystal Pi cells. Q‐tensor simulations corroborate the experiments, demonstrating the topological state stabilization.
Adithya Pradeep +7 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This review describes the different surface engineering strategies for quantum dots that addresses the challenges associated with surface defects, highlighting their role in enhancing the performance of solar energy conversion technologies. Abstract Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) have garnered significant attention for their unique potential in clean ...
Kokilavani S., Gurpreet Singh Selopal
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A dual‐gradient centrifugal microfluidic platform enables ultrafast, high‐throughput screening of nanomaterials in 90 reaction chambers. Through siphon‐based aliquoting and automated gradient generation, the system achieves combinatorial synthesis of silver nanoparticles with diverse morphologies.
Hiep Van Nguyen +2 more
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Amorphous High Entropy Alloy Nanosheets Enabling Robust Li–S Batteries
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Amorphous ultrathin FeCoNiMoW high entropy alloy nanosheets are incorporated into the polypropylene separator of lithium‐sulfur batteries, enhancing their capacity, rate performance, and cycling stability. Abstract High‐entropy alloys (HEAs) show great potential for catalyzing complex multi‐step reactions, but optimizing their parameters, i.e ...
Ren He +20 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This review explores functional and responsive materials for triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) in sustainable smart agriculture. It examines how particulate contamination and dirt affect charge transfer and efficiency. Environmental challenges and strategies to enhance durability and responsiveness are outlined, including active functional layers ...
Rafael R. A. Silva +9 more
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Liquid Metals as Initiators of Free‐Radical Polymerization of Hydrogels: A Perspective
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Gallium‐based liquid metals initiate free radical polymerization to form hydrogels without the use of toxic molecular initiators. In addition to initiating polymerization, they can act as crosslinkers, yielding softer, more extensible, and tougher hydrogels than those formed with conventional initiators.
Syed Ahmed Jaseem +8 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Develop full‐color colloidal perovskite nanocrystal (PNC) composites using a single organic halide precursor and enhance their stability and emission through zirconium hydrogen phosphate nanosheets (NSs). Achieve high photoluminescence efficiency and dual‐state circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) by embedding stabilized PNCs into a chiral polymer ...
Deblina Das +6 more
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Visualizing energy transfer between redox-active colloids. [PDF]
Sci AdvQu AS +20 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This review discusses cellulose‐based hydrogels technology, analyzes their application progress in physiological signal monitoring, and explores the effects of pretreatment, crosslinking, and molding methods on gel performance, to provide valuable insights into the efficient utilization of plant fibers and the environmentally friendly development of ...
Zhiming Wang +8 more
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