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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
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Advancing Composting Needs and Options: Assessing the Co-composting Potential of Feacal Sludge and Selected Yard Waste Fractions

Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2023
Composting is a nature’s way of recycling soil conditioners and nutrients, and the value of the resulting compost depends on the efficiency of the composting process.
G. J. Mhina
doaj  

Electrochemical Pathways for Nitrate Conversion to Ammonia: From Environmental Challenges to Ammonia Economy

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This perspective presents recent advances in electrocatalytic nitrate reduction, focusing on reaction mechanisms, catalyst design, and electrolyzer configurations. Key challenges in selectivity, stability, and practical wastewater treatment are highlighted, while future directions for advancing sustainable ammonia synthesis and nitrate remediation are ...
Xintong Li, Yunpeng Zuo, Xiaoran Zhang, Jieqiong Shan, Kenneth Mei Yee Leung, Bin Liu, Peter Strasser, Adrian Fisher, Zonglong Zhu, Xin Wang   +9 more
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Leaftronics: Bio‐Fractal Scaffolds From Leaf Venation for Low‐Waste Electronics

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
“Leaftronics” transforms naturally evolved leaf venation into quasi‐fractal scaffolds for sustainable electronics. Polymer‐infiltrated leaf skeletons can be used to fabricate ultra‐smooth, reflow‐ and thin‐film‐compatible decomposable substrates, while making the same lignocellulose networks conducting results in flexible transparent electrodes.
Rakesh Rajendran Nair, Hrisheekesh Thachoth Chandran, Karl Leo, Hans Kleemann   +3 more
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Biochar Effectively Reduced N₂O Emissions During Heap Composting and NH₃ Emissions During Aerobic Composting

Agriculture
The composting process generates considerable amounts of greenhouse gases, presenting challenges for environmental protection. The utilization of biochar not only improves the composting efficiency but also reduces nitrogen (N) loss during composting ...
Zhi Zhang, Haicheng Wu, Yue Zhao, Yupeng Wu, Runting Ming, Donghai Liu, Yan Qiao, Zhuoxi Xiao, Jian Ren, Yunfeng Chen, Cheng Hu   +10 more
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Sustainable Poly(Lactic Acid)/Graphene Oxide Bioelectronic Platform for Neurotransmitters Sensing and Tunable Stimulation of Astrocytes

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This work introduces sustainable PLA/graphene oxide bioelectronic interfaces featuring electrodes with tunable conductivity and strong electrocatalytic performance. These platforms were used to implement a new method for tuning astrocyte Ca2+ signaling and for the efficient detection of key biomarkers.
Alessandra Scidà, Giulia Cazzador, Roberta Fabbri, Matteo Calosi, Alessandro Silvestri, Andrea Candini, Fabiola Liscio, Franco Corticelli, Aikaterini Konstantoulaki, Andrea D'Iorio, Marco Caprini, Vincenzo Palermo, Monica Bertoldo, Valentina Benfenati, Chiara Zanardi, Emanuele Treossi   +15 more
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Machine learning-driven prediction of nitrogen loss in organic solid waste composting

Journal of Integrative Agriculture
Composting represents a crucial component of sustainable waste management, providing significant resource recovery and environmental advantages. However, nitrogen loss during composting remains a significant challenge, necessitating the development of a ...
Haoran Mi, Dawei Gao, Deling Yuan, Xiao Liu, Lili Gao, Shengping Li, Yuanwang Liu   +6 more
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Composting as a Service: A Real-World IoT Implementation

Future Internet, 2018
Composting is the delicate procedure of supervised decomposition of organic waste, which gradually transforms waste to nutrient-rich manure. It requires deep knowledge and constant attention by experts to achieve a quality outcome in a timely fashion ...
Yannis Nikoloudakis, Spyridon Panagiotakis, Thrasivoulos Manios, Evangelos Markakis, Evangelos Pallis   +4 more
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Biochar improved the composting quality of seaweeds and cow manure mixture and altered the microbial community

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
The beneficial effects of biochar addition during composting have been proved for many feedstocks, like manures and crop straws. However, the effect of biochar on the quality of composting product with seaweed as the feedstock and the bacterial response ...
Haijiang Jia, Depeng Chu, Xiangwei You, Yiqiang Li, Chongjun Huang, Jili Zhang, Xiangnan Zeng, Hui Yao, Zhaofeng Zhou   +8 more
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Polyphenol‐Inspired Materials for Agricultural Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review outlines the use of polyphenol‐inspired materials for sustainable agriculture, highlighting their molecular design, interfacial assembly, structure–property relationships, and prospects toward precision agriculture, climate resilience, ecosystem protection, and circular bioeconomy strategies.
Haofu Liu, Omid Mazaheri, Zhixing Lin, Tianzheng Wang, Jingqu Chen, Yuang Gu, Xia Liang, Deli Chen, Frank Caruso   +8 more
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