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All‐Amyloid Functional Coacervates

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This study introduces an all‐amyloid interfacial complex coacervate technique that employs charge‐mediated or functionalization‐assisted complexation of oppositely charged food protein‐derived amyloid nanofibrils to engineer functional soft constructs across multiple length scales.
Seyyed Alireza Hashemi, Mohammad Peydayesh, Laura Baraldi, Mohammad Arjmand, Raffaele Mezzenga   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Electrolyte Engineering Challenges and Opportunities for Next‐Generation Aqueous Ammonium‐Ion Batteries

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Aqueous ammonium‐ion batteries (AAIBs) face a hydrogen‐bond paradox: the HB network enables fast NH4+ transport but triggers water decomposition. This review dissects this dilemma, evaluates multiple electrolyte engineering strategies, and outlines four future directions for next‐generation AAIB design ABSTRACT Aqueous ammonium‐ion batteries (AAIBs ...
Zi‐Hang Huang, Xiaoyu Liu, Shuai Mao, Lingfeng Zhu, Zhijun Wu, Hongge Pan, Tianyi Ma   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Synthesis and Characterization of Biocompatible Manganese‐Doped Titania Nanoparticles and Its Application to Single‐Cell Nanoencapsulation

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Biocompatible Mn‐doped TiO2 nanozymes integrate TiO2 stability with Mn redox activity, enabling dopamine‐mediated cell‐surface polymerization and single‐cell nanoencapsulation while maintaining high colloidal stability, low ROS generation, and excellent cellular compatibility.
Filip Kozłowski, Nayoung Kim, Hyunwoo Choi, Geoffrey Daniel, Gulaim A. Seisenbaeva, Insung S. Choi, Vadim G. Kessler   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improving food security through indoor vertical farming of microgreens: a trendy fad or a promising solution? A review

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Global food systems face unprecedented pressure from climate change, resource scarcity, and population growth, intensifying food insecurity and malnutrition, particularly in regions with limited agricultural capacity.
Alexis Pereira, Alexis Pereira, Maria Inês Dias, M. Beatriz P. P. Oliveira, José Pinela, José Pinela   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Recent Advances of Slip Sensors for Smart Robotics

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review summarizes recent progress in robotic slip sensors across mechanical, electrical, thermal, optical, magnetic, and acoustic mechanisms, offering a comprehensive reference for the selection of slip sensors in robotic applications. In addition, current challenges and emerging trends are identified to advance the development of robust, adaptive,
Xingyu Zhang, Liao Wu, Shuai He, Zhao Sha, Yuwan Huang, Shuying Wu, Dewei Chu, Chun H. Wang, Shuhua Peng   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biodegradable Wireless Soil Urea Sensor Using Metamaterial Perfect Absorber for Distributed Deployment in Precision Agriculture

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
In this study, we propose a biodegradable wireless soil urea sensor for precision agriculture. The sensor's electromagnetic response varies depending on the urea concentration, allowing the measurement of relative soil urea concentrations by analyzing the time‐transient electromagnetic response.
Yu Tanaami, Ken Sakabe, Tetsuya Yarimizo, Yasutaka Murakami, Tetsuo Kan, Hiroaki Onoe   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing antifungal properties of textiles through hydrogel composite layers incorporating copper nanoparticles

Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics
Fungal contamination on textile surfaces can contribute to disease transmission in agricultural and biomedical environments. Although copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) exhibit broad antimicrobial activity, CuNP-coated hydrophobic fabrics may show limited ...
Yu Jeong Kim, Young Soo Joung
doaj   +1 more source

Conformable Ferrimagnetic Tattoo Electrodes for Plant Electrophysiology

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
The newly developed ferrimagnetic tattoo electrode is capable of measuring plant electrophysiological activity outside the Faraday cage. Its ability to adhere without damaging the plant tissue allows long‐term recordings. This premise opens new avenues for in‐field monitoring of plant health through electrophysiology.
Arianna Melis, Andrea Spanu, Fabrizio Antonio Viola, Abdul Manan Dar, Alexandra Sandéhn, Cyril Routier, Annalisa Bonfiglio, Eleni Stavrinidou   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Clay Amendment and Strategic Deep Tillage on Soil Water Dynamics and Plant Growth Under Controlled Environments

Plants
Strategic deep tillage (SDT) practices, such as soil mixing following the application of soil amendments, are promising approaches to alleviate topsoil water repellence and other subsoil constraints and improve crop productivity. However, there is a lack
Kanchana Wickramarachchi, Giacomo Betti, Gaus Azam   +2 more
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Nature‐Derived Chitosan Biopolymer: A Promising Candidate for Sustainable Electronics

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
In the creation of environmentally friendly devices, nature‐derived chitosan biopolymer is a promising contender for sustainable electronic research. It can be utilized to create more ecologically friendly scalable gadgets and has a variety of uses in different active layers of electronics.
Joshua McDonald, Ali Nawaz, Amandeep Singh, Prashant Sonar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source