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Spatially Modulated Morphotropic Phase Boundaries in a Compressively Strained Multiferroic Thin Film

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The coexisting rhombohedral‐like (R′, MA) and tetragonal‐like (T′, MC) monoclinic phases in compressively strained bismuth ferrite thin films exhibit exceptional piezoelectric and magnetic properties. While previous studies have largely focused on probing the morphotropic phase boundaries (MPBs) comprising ordered R′/T′ twins, their self ...
Ting‐Ran Liu, Xiangwei Guo, Sajid Husain, Maya Ramesh, Pushpendra Gupta, Darrell Schlom, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Yu‐Tsun Shao   +7 more
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Invasive egg predators and food availability interactively affect maternal investment in egg chemical defence

, 2018
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Frontiers Media via the DOI in this record.Invasive species commonly predate the offspring of native species and eggs are the life stage most vulnerable to this predation.
Blount, J, Stevens, M, Blount, J. D., Stevens, M., Burkett, M, Paul, S, Jake Burton, Pell, J, Martin Stevens, Paul, S. C., Birkett, M. A., Pell, J. K., Judith K. Pell, Jonathan D. Blount, Burton, J, Burton, J., Sarah C. Paul, Michael A. Birkett   +17 more
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Medical chemical defence against chemical nerve agent threats [PDF]

, 2017
The high toxicity of organophosphorus compounds (OP ; tabun, sarin, VX, cyclosarin and soman) originates from the irreversible inhibition of acetylcholinesterase (AChE), an essential enzyme in cholinergic neurotransmission. Poisonings that lead to life-threatening toxic manifestations call for immediate treatment, which usually consists of a combined ...
Zorbaz, Tamara, Kovarik, Zrinka, Maček Hrvat, Nikolina   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Texoskeletons: Developing the Fundamental Technologies for Creating Intelligent Soft Robotic Clothing With Integrated 1D Sensors and Actuators

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Traditional wearable exoskeletons rely on rigid structures, which limit comfort, flexibility, and everyday usability. This work introduces the fundamental technologies to create the first soft, lightweight, intelligent textile‐based exoskeletons (Texoskeletons) built using 1D sensors and actuators.
Amy Lukomiak, Rameesh Bulathsinghala, Jack Varga, Shuxin Meng, Kalana Marasinghe, Imaad Refai, Biyon Fernando, Amitkumar Patel, Chamika M. Halloluwa‐Arachchige, Carlos Oliveira, Arash M. Shahidi, Zahra Rahemtulla, Alexander Turner, Ziyun Ding, Bernard X. W. Liew, Andy Kerr, Ezio Preatoni, Theo Hughes‐Riley, Ishara Dharmasena, Pasindu Lugoda   +19 more
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Orbital Geometry‐Governed Response of Pressure‐Tunable Quantum Defects in hBN

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Defects in hBN act as ultrasensitive quantum manometers when the energy of the intradefect optical transitions is modified by lattice compression. The orbital geometry of the electron wave functions governs how electron hopping and Coulomb interactions react uniquely to the reduction of the van der Waals gap and in‐plane compression, leading to robust ...
Magdalena Grzeszczyk, Danis I. Badrtdinov, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Cyrus E. Dreyer, Malte Rösner, Maciej Koperski   +6 more
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Historical Foundation and Practical Guideline for Ferroelectric Switching Kinetic Studies

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The P and U pulses in the conventional PUND measurements are not identical because of the interplay between switching current and the measurement circuit components. This circuit effect can lead to a shift in polarization transients and misinterpreted physics in the switching kinetics.
Yi Liang, Pat Kezer, John T. Heron
wiley   +1 more source

No-cost meals might not exist for insects feeding on toxic plants

Biology Open, 2023
Prayan Pokharel
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Single gene enables plant pathogenic Pectobacterium to overcome host-specific chemical defence. [PDF]

Mol Plant Pathol, 2020
van den Bosch TJM, Niemi O, Welte CU.
europepmc   +1 more source

Chiral Phase Change Nanomaterials

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This work demonstrates reversible, non‐volatile phase transitions in chiral Ge2${\rm Ge}_2$Sb2${\rm Sb}_2$Te5${\rm Te}_5$ (GST) nanohelices for high‐speed optical modulation of chirality and dynamic control of the state of polarization (SOP). The chiral nanostructures are fabricated using a highly directional, wafer‐scale physical vapor deposition ...
Joshua A. Burrow, Md Shah Alam, Riad Yahiaoui, Evan M. Smith, Ryan Laing, Jules Gardener, Thomas A. Searles, Piyush J. Shah, Shivashankar Vangala, Joshua R. Hendrickson, Andrew M. Sarangan, Imad Agha   +11 more
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Structure‐Guided Dynamical Mechanics in Bioinspired Double Twisted Laminated Thin Films

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This work explores a dynamic mechanistic study of crack propagation and puncture testing via real‐time monitoring of crack initiation, propagation, and termination through nature‐inspired single and double twisted architectures fabricated from cellulose nanocrystals.
Justin Brackenridge, Olivia Harper, Jaejun Lee, Sergio Gonzalez‐Munoz, Vladimir V. Tsukruk   +4 more
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