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Programming Ionic Landscapes: Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals, Dielectric Fields, and Process‐Programmed Assembly for the Future of Solid‐State Batteries

Battery Energy, Volume 5, Issue 3, May 2026.
This perspective introduces a paradigm shift from optimizing disordered solid polymer electrolytes to actively programming ion transport architectures by integrating ferroelectric liquid crystals, dielectric engineering, and advanced manufacturing for all‐solid‐state batteries.
Sijie Liu, Yuzhen Zhao, Le Zhou, Jianjun Chen, Kristiaan Neyts   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of Agave angustifolia as a Sustainable Alternative to Synthetic Pesticides: Phytochemical Composition and Multi‐Trophic Bioactivity

Flavour and Fragrance Journal, Volume 41, Issue 3, Page 656-672, May 2026.
The pesticidal potential of Agave angustifolia by assessing its anti‐nematic, antimicrobial, and insecticidal activities, alongside phytochemical profiling. ABSTRACT Plant diseases caused by fungi, bacteria, nematodes, and viruses contribute significantly to annual crop losses and economic hardship. Reliance on chemical pesticides, over a thousand used
Rashika Tamta, Shilpi Rawat, Himani Karakoti, Tannu Rani, Pooja Bargali, Ravendra Kumar, Stefania Garzoli, Renu Pandey   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anisotropic swim stress in active matter with nematic order

New Journal of Physics, 2018
Active Brownian particles (ABPs) transmit a swim pressure ${{\rm{\Pi }}}^{{\rm{swim}}}=n\zeta {D}^{{\rm{swim}}}$ to the container boundaries, where ζ is the drag coefficient, D ^swim is the swim diffusivity and n is the uniform bulk number density far ...
Wen Yan, John F Brady
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Organic neuromorphic electronics powering intelligent sensory and edge computing systems

InfoMat, Volume 8, Issue 5, May 2026.
Organic electronic materials are promising candidates for neuromorphic sensing applications, including chemical, physical, visual, and multimodal sensing, owing to their mechanical softness, biocompatibility, and intrinsic ionic–electronic coupling.
Seungjun Woo, Minji Chung, Hyun Woo Song, Seoyoung Kim, Eun Kwang Lee, Joon Hak Oh   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Opportunities of Highly Oxidized Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Electrochemical and Electromechanical Applications

ChemSusChem, Volume 19, Issue 7, 14 April 2026.
This review presents recent advances in highly oxidized SWCNTs, which retain sp2 structural integrity while offering abundant surface functionalities and dispersant‐free processability. It highlights controlled oxidation strategies, enhanced interfacial reactivity, and their broad applicability—from wet‐spun fibers and chemical sensors to ...
Joo Hwan Jin, Do Geun Lee, Jung Hoon Kim, Sumin Hong, Seola Lim, Gyeongbeom Ryoo, Sunghyeon Shin, Jong Hwan Park, Wi Hyoung Lee, Joong Tark Han   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Delamination and Scrolling of the Phyllosilicate Kenyaite

Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie, Volume 652, Issue 6, 07 April 2026.
Kenyaite was delaminated via cation exchange with meglumine. Nanosheets of 1.6 nm thickness are initially locked in a coplanar arrangement but scroll up upon dilution. Kenyaite, Na[Si10O20(OH)] · 4H2O, is a phyllosilicate structurally related to Ilerite and Magadiite, whose platy, nonintergrown morphology makes it a promising precursor for high‐aspect ...
Ingmar Pietsch, Felix Uhlig, Sabine Rosenfeldt, Meike Kuhn, Eva M. Herzig, Josef Breu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Orientational ordering in active nematic solids

ArXiv
In vivo and in vitro systems of cells and extra-cellular matrix (ECM) systems are well known to form ordered patterns of orientationally aligned fibers. Here, we interpret them as active analogs of the (disordered) isotropic to the (ordered) nematic phase transition seen in passive liquid crystalline elastomers.
Yang, Haiqian, Guo, Ming, Mahadevan, L.
openaire   +3 more sources

Anomalous dynamics of a passive droplet in active turbulence

Nature Communications
Motion of a passive deformable object in an active environment serves as a representative of both in-vivo systems such as intracellular particle motion in Acanthamoeba castellanii, or in-vitro systems such as suspension of beads inside dense swarms of ...
Chamkor Singh, Abhishek Chaudhuri
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Local polar order controls mechanical stress and triggers layer formation in Myxococcus xanthus colonies

Nature Communications
Colonies of the social bacterium Myxococcus xanthus go through a morphological transition from a thin colony of cells to three-dimensional droplet-like fruiting bodies as a strategy to survive starvation. The biological pathways that control the decision
Endao Han, Chenyi Fei, Ricard Alert, Katherine Copenhagen, Matthias D. Koch, Ned S. Wingreen, Joshua W. Shaevitz   +6 more
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Active microrheology of fluids with orientational order

Condensed Matter Physics
We study the dynamics of a driven spherical colloidal particle moving in a fluid with a broken rotational symmetry. Using a nematic liquid crystal as a model, we demonstrate that when the applied force is not aligned along or perpendicular to the ...
J. S. Lintuvuori, A. Würger
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