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The Polymers of Life: Exploring Cellular Function Through Polymer Concepts. [PDF]

Adv Sci (Weinh)
Biomolecular phase separation reveals that a hidden layer of cellular organization is governed by the principles of polymer science. This review bridges polymer physics and cell biology, offering a primer on fundamental concepts, proposing a framework for interrogating cellular function, and synthesizing biophysical methods for decoding macromolecular ...
Chen M, Chilkoti A.
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Azobenzene's Cross‐Scale Optics and Photonics: Molecular Photoswitching, Mesoscopic Material Motions, and Adaptive Devices

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Azobenzene photoswitches translate molecular‐scale E/Z photoisomerization into macroscopic material responses and device‐level photonic functions. This Review highlights how azobenzene research has evolved from molecular photochemistry to photoalignment, mass migration, photomechanics, and heat release, ultimately enabling holography, reconfigurable ...
Heeju Son, Soyul Kwak, Heerin Noh, Minsang Kim, Doyeon Noh, Subhayan Chakraborty, Jaewon Lee, YongDeok Cho, Kyeongsoo Kim, Taewoong Eom, Moonyoung Kim, Jangwon Kim, Hoyoung Lee, Soyoung Lee, Jaehun Kim, Grace G. D. Han, Shin‐Tson Wu, Stefano Oscurato, Arri Priimagi, Marina Saphiannikova, Seungwoo Lee   +20 more
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Harnessing Phase Separation for the Development of High‐Performance Hydrogels

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hydrogels are indispensable for the development of next‐generation bioelectronics, soft robotics, and biomedical devices, where their mechanical properties determine performance and reliability. Among strategies to enhance hydrogel mechanics, phase separation enables controlled heterogeneity resulting in gel networks that are reinforced by ...
Yue Shao, Yiming Ma, Baihao Shao, Molly M. Stevens   +3 more
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Multiferroic‐Centric Materials and Systems Engineering for Battery Applications: An Insight Into Mechanisms, Strategies, and Characterizations

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Multiferroic order parameters – polarization, magnetization, and ferroelastic strain – are positioned as dynamic design variables for batteries. Their mechanistic roles, practical tuning through fabrication and external fields, and ferroic‐resolved characterization routes are unified into a closed‐loop framework, revealing how coupled ferroic responses
Jiaqi Su, Yanda Zhu, Hao Peng, Manman Li, Xuzihan Zhang, Meixiao Wu, Siyuan Zhang, Yuhan Zeng, Jiwen Liao, Ming Luo, Hetaishan Huang, Yutong Wang, Sean Li, Wenxian Li   +13 more
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Unraveling Hierarchical B‐Site Ordering: Mechanism of Microwave Dielectric Enhancement in Complex Perovskite Oxide Ceramics

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study maps out the hierarchical ordering in 1:2 B‐site complex perovskite ceramics using a comprehensive multiscale characterization route. It turns out that intradomain strain, oxygen vacancies, and Mg disorder within the ordered domains act as strong phonon scatterers.
Qingqiao Fu, Hui Gu, Hanbin Gao, Pianpian Ma, Xiangming Chen, Juanjuan Xing, Qiang Zheng   +6 more
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Engineering Biochar‐Derived Functional Materials for High‐Performance Supercapacitors: Design Principles, Mechanisms, and Scalable Strategies

Carbon Energy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biochar has emerged as a useful and adaptable source of carbon for supercapacitor electrodes. Its value comes from the way biomass chemistry, thermal conversion, and activation conditions shape the resulting pore network, surface groups, and degree of carbon ordering.
Soumen Mandal, Avinash C. Mendhe, Mayna Roy, Neha S. Barse, Taejoon Park, Han‐Seung Lee, Haigun Lee   +6 more
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Infinite Functional Versatility, Formidable Limits: Evaluating Gallium‐Based Liquid Metals in Rechargeable Batteries

Carbon Energy, EarlyView.
Beyond the hype surrounding the self‐healing properties of gallium‐based liquid metals (Ga‐LMs), this perspective critically examines their functional roles in metal‐ion batteries, highlighting both their underlying merits and the often‐overlooked challenges, including non‐representative design and testing configurations, performance overestimations ...
Turly P. P. Sumanasekara, Petar Jovanović, Ali Zavabeti, Dan Yang, Mainak Majumder, Anthony F. Hollenkamp, Torben Daeneke, Mahdokht Shaibani   +7 more
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Recent Advances in Prussian Blue Analogs as Capacitive Deionization Electrode Materials: Fundamentals, Structure–Performance Relationships, and Design Strategies

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
This review systematically examines the fundamental ion‐storage mechanisms, the structural chemistry, and redox behavior of Prussian blue analogs as Faradaic electrodes in capacitive deionization, their intrinsic limitations and engineering optimization strategies, and the critical materials‐to‐device considerations required to advance PBA‐based CDI ...
Adekunle Adedapo Obisanya, Long Pan, Yao Dong, Faming Gao, Jianren Wang   +4 more
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Ferroelectricity and Ferroionic Dynamics in Two‐Dimensional CuInP2S6

Information &Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The coupled dynamics of ferroelectric polarization and Cu‐ion migration endow CuInP2S6 with unique ferroionic functionalities. This review connects structure, switching mechanisms, and device applications to provide a unified perspective on two‐dimensional ferroionic materials.
Shangsheng Li, Shiyu Wang, Xiongfeng Wang, Qinglin Du, Ruochen Shangguan, Guoqiang Xi, Lin Wang, Wugang Liao   +7 more
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Topology‐Encoded Charge Polarity Governs Multiphase Organization in Intrinsically Disordered Protein Polymer Condensates

Small, EarlyView.
Electrostatic topology is shown to program phase separation and internal organization in thermoresponsive intrinsically disordered protein polymer (IDPP) condensates. By comparing oppositely charged IDPPs with a covalent diblock, chain connectivity is revealed to control charge compensation, dense‐phase micropolarity, miscibility, and apparent acid ...
Julio Fernández‐Fernández, Vicente Domínguez‐Arca, Raúl Escribano, Sheila Lorenzo, Sergio Ferrero, Sergio Acosta, José Carlos Rodríguez‐Cabello   +6 more
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