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Pomegranate‐Inspired Graphene Parcel Enables High‐Performance Dendrite‐Free Lithium Metal Anodes

open access: yesAdvanced Science, 2022
Uncontrolled lithium dendrites seriously hinder the commercialization of lithium metal batteries in comparison to the durable lithium‐ion batteries. Herein, inspired by squashy pomegranate structure, a novel loading strategy of metallic lithium (Li) is ...
Long Zhang   +8 more
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Functionalisation of Ti6Al4V and hydroxyapatite surfaces with combined peptides based on KKLPDA and EEEEEEEE peptides [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Surface modifications are usually performed on titanium alloys to improve osteo-integration and surface bioactivity. Modifications such as alkaline and acid etching, or coating with bioactive materials such as hydroxyapatite, have previously been ...
Ben-Nissan, Besim   +4 more
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Evaporation-induced sintering of liquid metal droplets with biological nanofibrils for flexible conductivity and responsive actuation

open access: yesNature Communications, 2019
Providing mechanical sintering of liquid metal droplets under ambient conditions for flexible electronics remains elusive. Here, they propose biological nanofibrils for enabling evaporation-induced sintering of EGaIn droplets into conductive coating on ...
Xiankai Li   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nanoantioxidant Materials: Nanoengineering Inspired by Nature

open access: yesMicromachines, 2023
Oxidants are very active compounds that can cause damage to biological systems under specific environmental conditions. One effective way to counterbalance these adverse effects is the use of anti-oxidants.
Fotini Fragou   +3 more
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Hydrogen bond guidance and aromatic stacking drive liquid-liquid phase separation of intrinsically disordered histidine-rich peptides

open access: yesNature Communications, 2019
Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) of intrinsically disordered proteins plays an important part in the formation of extracellular biological materials.
Bartosz Gabryelczyk   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Microplastics release from victuals packaging materials during daily usage

open access: yesEcoMat, 2021
Plastic packaging materials are widely used because of their advantages of light weight, low cost, and convenience, especially as victuals packaging materials. Approximately 146 million metric tons of plastics were used for packaging in 2015, but most of
Qing‐Fang Guan   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Properties of polypyrrole polyvinilsulfate films for dual actuator sensing systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
One of the challenges of modern science is the development of actuators able to sense working conditions while actuation, mimicking the way in which biological organs work. Actuation of those organs includes nervous (electric) pulses dense reactive gels,
Fernández Otero, Toribio   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Dopant triggered atomic configuration activates water splitting to hydrogen

open access: yesNature Communications, 2023
Finding highly efficient hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalysts is pertinent to the ultimate goal of transformation into a net-zero carbon emission society.
Rui Wu   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Synthesis and application of biomimetic material inspired by diatomite

open access: yesBiogeotechnics, 2023
Inspired by nature, the design and synthesis of novel biomimetic materials are gradually attracting the attention of scientists. Biomimetic materials with excellent performance are widely applied in medical health, industrial production, agricultural ...
Kailin Li, Xiaoying Liu, Yuxin Zhang
doaj   +1 more source

Sporopollenin, a natural copolymer, is robust under high hydrostatic pressure [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Lycopodium sporopollenin, a natural copolymer, shows exceptional stability under high hydrostatic pressures (10 GPa) as determined by in situ high pressure synchrotron source FTIR spectroscopy.
Barsoum R. G. S.   +6 more
core   +1 more source

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