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Controlled Nanoarchitecture of Aligned Electrospinning Fiber Composite Electrolyte Based on Plant and Animal Biopolymers for Safe Na‐Ion Batteries

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
Aligned Electrospun Composite Electrolyte. The resurgence of solid‐state Na+ battery, sustained through lithium deficiency and mounting costs, offers an auspicious alternative to solid‐state Li+ battery. This study introduces a nanoarchitectural approach that integrates electrospinning with a simple solution casting technique to develop a mechanically ...
Md. Mehadi Hassan, Brett Conners, Mojtaba Ebrahimian Mashhadi, Jinguang Hu, Xia Li, Qingye Lu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fish Scales: A Multifunctional Biomaterial from Nature

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
Fish scales demonstrate nature's solution to impact protection through overlapping multilayered architecture. This biological design combines mineralized surfaces with collagen networks to achieve both flexibility and fracture resistance. The structural principles inspire advanced protective materials and biomedical implants, where damage tolerance ...
Liyao Dong, Xiaojie Sun, Xiguang Chen
wiley   +1 more source

Recent Advances in Pickering Emulsion Templated Phase Change Material Microcapsules: Design, Fabrication, and Multifunctional Applications

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
Fabrication process of phase change microcapsules using a Pickering emulsion template method and their subsequent applications. The increasing demand for efficient thermal energy storage systems has driven the development of phase change material microcapsules (PCMMs), which provide high energy‐storage density, reversible phase change, and reduced ...
Ziyan Li, Jinsheng Sun, Kaihe Lv, Chaozheng Liu, Meichun Li   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Harnessing Natural Wood Architecture: A Self‐Supporting, Hierarchically Porous NiFe@Carbon Capacitive Anode Enhances Electricity Generation and Storage in Microbial Fuel Cells

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
This study reports a mild “Zn(NO3)2 interlayer‐expansion” strategy combined with electrodeposition to produce a self‐supporting capacitive anode (NiFe@PC) that preserves the wood's native low‐tortuosity channels. The retained native architecture expands niches for microbial colonization.
Xue Liu, Shenghui Jiao, Huiying Song, Bailing Dong, Ke Cheng, Changwei Li, Sha Luo, Zhijun Chen, Ruiwen Wang, Wei Li, Shouxin Liu   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hierarchically self-assembled semiconducting and polysaccharide nanocrystals with multiscale chirality

Frontiers in Materials
Hierarchically chiral structures exhibit multiscale chirality across multiple length scales, ranging from the atomic to the micrometer scale. Recent studies have investigated their pronounced circular dichroism (CD) signals, chemical stability, and new ...
Jai Hong, Yujeong Choi, Junyoung Kwon
doaj   +1 more source

Flexible Direct‐Conversion X‐Ray Detectors: From Emerging Materials to Conformal Imaging

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
This comprehensive review analyzed the performance, challenges, and future directions of four emerging material systems for next‐generation flexible direct‐conversion X‐ray detectors: organic semiconductors, perovskites, metal–organic frameworks, and inorganic metal compounds.
Haipeng Di, Guoliang Ma, Jiaxin Mu, Kailian Dong, Haibin Li, Manjing Wang, Xin Song, Haojin Li, Jianwei Xu, Yiying Zhao, Jingjing Zhao, Guojia Fang   +11 more
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Edible coatings in food: Specific materials and their impact on techno‐functional properties and sustainable applications

Food Biomacromolecules, EarlyView.
Abstract Edible coatings have emerged as a significant advancement in the food industry. This review explains the different materials, methods, and applications of edible coatings, with a special focus on the integration of nanotechnology and its contribution to the circular economy.
Shankar Senthilkumar, Geethalaxmi Mundas, Harini Ravi, C K Sunil, Venkatachalapathy Natarajan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bio‐inspired nanophotonics: Structural color, chirality, and resonance metasurfaces

InfoMat, EarlyView.
A butterfly‐wing‐inspired anisotropic plasmonic flatband resonant metasurface. Insets, photo of the butterfly, Sasakia charonda, and the SEM image of its wing scale (above); the SEM image of the metasurface (below). Abstract The dazzling colors of butterfly wings and hummingbird feathers are not painted with pigments, but crafted by nature's invisible ...
Weihan Liu, Yao Liang, Din Ping Tsai
wiley   +1 more source

Low‐Hysteresis Cellulose‐Based Hydrogels for Strain Detecting

Macromolecular Rapid Communications, EarlyView.
Low‐hysteresis hydrogel with high cellulose content is prepared. The modified cellulose is prepared through a sequential periodate oxidation and borohydride reduction process. The hydrogel can be used as a strain sensor with a gauge factor of 1.1 in the 0%–300% sensing range.
Xia Sun, Fanghan Luo, Feng Jiang
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of pH Variation on the Structural and Optoelectronic Properties of Zinc Sulfide Nanoparticles Capped with Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose [PDF]

, 2013
This work presents the required pH value for the synthesis of ZnS semiconductor nanocrystals capped with sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC). The nanoparticles were synthesized using the precipitation technique.
Ahemen, I., Meludu, O., Odoh, E.
core   +1 more source