Engineered Protein‐Based Ionic Conductors for Sustainable Energy Storage Applications
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Rational incorporation of charged residues into an engineered, self‐assembling protein scaffold yields solid‐state protein films with outstanding ionic conductivity. Salt‐doping further enhances conductivity, an effect amplified in the engineered variants. These properties enable the material integration into an efficient supercapacitor.
Juan David Cortés‐Ossa +14 more
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Physical Intelligence in Small‐Scale Robots and Machines
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.“Physical intelligence” (PI) empowers biological organisms and artificial machines, especially at the small scales, to perceive, adapt, and even reshape their complex, dynamic, and unstructured operation environments. This review summarizes recent milestones and future directions of PI in small‐scale robots and machines.
Huyue Chen, Metin Sitti
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Crystal Growth Engineering for Dendrite‐Free Zinc Metal Plating
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This research employed the rare‐earth ion dysprosium (Dy) to modulate aqueous zinc (Zn) metal plating. Integrated multiscale experiments and computational modeling unveiled the preferential adsorption of Dy on specific crystal facets, which activated screw dislocation‐driven Zn growth.
Guifang Zeng +10 more
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Review of Thin Lithium Metal Battery Anode Fabrication – Microstructure – Electrochemistry Relations
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Thin, lightweight lithium‐metal anodes are pivotal for practical high‐energy batteries. This review surveys processing routes that convert diverse Li precursors, e.g., ingots, melts, solutions, and vapor, into Li‐rich foils with controlled thickness, areal density, and tailored functionality.
Yuhang Hu +6 more
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A high-energy-density and low-waste battery for energy source transition from C-, H-, and O-based material era to H- and O-based material era. [PDF]
RSC AdvZhen Y, Zhao Y.
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Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles in Biomedicine: Advances and Prospects
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Mesoporous silica nanoparticles offer unique properties like high surface area, tunable pores, and functionalization. They excel in drug delivery, tissue engineering, and stimuli‐responsive therapies, enabling targeted and controlled treatments. With roles in cancer therapy and diagnostics, their clinical translation requires addressing challenges in ...
Miguel Manzano, María Vallet‐Regí
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Photo-Assisted Flexible Energy Storage Devices: Progress, Challenges, and Future Prospects. [PDF]
Nanomicro LettJiang X +6 more
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.2D α‐Co(OH)2 interleaved with Mo species displays an appealing dual functionality for the production and use of green hydrogen.Mo incorporation greatly benefits the electrochemical behaviour in Oxygen Evolution Reaction for H2 production, while the magnetocaloric response at liquid H2 temperature paves the way for alternative cryogenic refrigerants ...
Daniel Muñoz‐Gil +14 more
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Predictive expert assessments for large-scale battery storage system investments with conditional multi-facet fuzzy logarithmic least-squares and orthogonal metric robust aggregation. [PDF]
Sci RepDinçer H, Yüksel S, Eti S, Ergün E.
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Bottlebrush molecular architecture prevents the crystallization of high molecular weight polyethylene glycol (PEG) based polymers, enabling highly stretchable photocurable PEG hydrogels and elastomers for high‐performance conductive solvent‐free electrolytes at room temperature and for additive manufacturing of complex architectures and multi‐material ...
Baiqiang Huang +5 more
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