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Nanothermometry in Living Cells: Physical Limits, Conceptual and Material Challenges

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Heat and temperature are fundamental to life. When nanothermometers began probing regions as small as a living cell, they triggered controversial claims of large intracellular temperature gradients. We review physical constraints energy‐conservation, entropy production, thermodynamic fluctuations, and molecular dynamics.
Taras Plakhotnik
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Uniform Infinite Planar Triangulations

, 2003
The existence of the weak limit as n --> infinity of the uniform measure on rooted triangulations of the sphere with n vertices is proved. Some properties of the limit are studied.
Ambjørn, Bender, Bender, Benjamini, Duplantier, Duplantier, Gao, Gao, He, Knizhnik, Koebe, Lawler, Lawler, Lawler, Oded Schramm, Omer Angel, Richmond, Richmond, Tutte, Tutte, Tutte, Tutte, Tutte   +22 more
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Bio‐Inspired Magnetically Tunable Structural Colors from Elliptical Self‐Assembled Block Copolymer Microparticles

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Cephalopod‐inspired photonic microparticles with dynamic structural coloration are fabricated via confined self‐assembly of linear block copolymers into ellipsoids containing stacked lamellae. Embedded superparamagnetic nanoparticles enable rapid magnetic alignment, restoring vivid, angle‐dependent color.
Gianluca Mazzotta, Simone Bertucci, Jose Mendoza‐Carreño, Agustín Mihi, Paola Lova, Davide Comoretto, Ullrich Steiner, Marco Lattuada, Andrea Dodero   +8 more
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Two‐Way Shape Memory Alloy and Polymer Composite Hybrid Smart Actuator With High Speed, Accuracy, and Reversible Deformation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Tailored thermo‐mechanical properties of shape memory polymer composites enable large reversible deformation as well as high actuation speed. Moreover, a structural design with curvature in the transverse direction achieves sub‐second actuation on heating and a larger recovery ratio on cooling. Finally, these newly developed smart two‐way actuators can
Dajeong Kang, Seong Yeon Park, Yitro Samuel Aditya, Ha Eun Lee, Wonvin Kim, Sangyoon Bae, Seong Su Kim   +6 more
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MagPiezo: A Magnetogenetic Platform for Remote Activation of Endogenous Piezo1 Channels in Endothelial Cells

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
MagPiezo enables wireless activation of endogenous Piezo1 channels without genetic modification using 19 nm magnetic nanoparticles and low‐intensity magnetic fields. It generates torque forces at the piconewton scale to trigger mechanotransduction in endothelial cells, standing as a novel platform to interrogate and manipulate Piezo1 activity in vitro.
Susel Del Sol‐Fernández, Mariarosaria De Simone, Yilian Fernández‐Afonso, Daniel Garcia‐Gonzalez, Pablo Martínez‐Vicente, Thomas van Zanten, Raluca M. Fratila, Maria Moros   +7 more
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Combinatorics in the Art of the Twentieth Century [PDF]

, 2017
This paper is motivated by a question I asked myself: How can combinatorial structures be used in a work of art? Immediately, other questions arose: Whether there are artists that work or think combinatorially?
Barrière Figueroa, Eulalia
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Dual‐Site Ru Single‐Atoms and RuP Nanoclusters on N, P, and B Co‐Doped Porous Carbon for Efficient Alkaline HER and AEM Water Electrolysis

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Ru single atoms and RuP nanoclusters are co‐anchored in N, P, and B co‐doped porous carbon nanospheres via in situ carbonization/phosphidation of a boronate polymer precursor. RuP activates water, while nearby Ru single atoms accelerate H2 formation through H* transfer. The catalyst delivers low overpotential and high durability in alkaline HER and AEM
Xiaohong Wang, Juguo Dai, Dongxu Li, Jianghua Wu, Hucheng Fu, Yiting Xu, Xueqiang Qi, Qian Xue, Yanbin Shen, Xiaoqing Pan, Conghui Yuan, Shuifen Xie, Andreu Cabot, Lizong Dai   +13 more
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Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to Ethylene: Catalyst Design and Synchrotron‐Based Characterizations

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review evaluates strategies for electrochemical CO2 reduction to ethylene, focusing on copper‐based catalyst design and microenvironment modulation to achieve industrial‐grade performance. By leveraging operando synchrotron‐based characterizations, we provide a multiscale understanding of dynamic structural transformations and key reaction ...
Meng Zhang, Zuolong Chen, Yimin A. Wu
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From Clinic to Computation: Multiscale Bioengineering Strategies for Durable Biological Aortic Valve Replacements

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Bioprosthetic aortic valves have revolutionized the treatment of aortic stenosis, but their durability is limited by structural valve deterioration (SVD). This review focuses on the pericardial tissue at the heart of these valves, examining how its mechanical properties and calcification drive fatigue and failure.
Gabriele Greco, Pierfrancesco Gaziano, Serena Anglese, Simone Morganti, Carlo de Vincentiis, Ferdinando Auricchio, Michele Marino, Michele Conti   +7 more
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Color Routing and Beam Steering of Single‐Molecule Emission with a Spherical Silicon Nanoantenna

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
We experimentally demonstrate broadband directional emission from single molecules using a single spherical silicon nanoparticle assembled via DNA origami. By varying nanoparticle (NP) size and emitter position, we achieve unidirectional emission, beam steering, and color routing at the nanoscale, revealing modal interference as the underlying ...
María Sanz‐Paz, Nicole Siegel, Guillermo Serrera, Javier González‐Colsa, Fangjia Zhu, Karol Kołątaj, Minoru Fujii, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Pablo Albella, Guillermo P. Acuna   +9 more
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