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The nonlinear impact of financial flexibility on corporate sustainability: Empirical evidence from the Chinese manufacturing industry. [PDF]

Heliyon
Sheng X, An Y.
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Electroactive Liquid Crystal Elastomers as Soft Actuators

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Electroactive liquid crystal elastomers (eLCEs) can be actuated via electromechanical, electrochemical, or electrothermal effects. a) Electromechanical effects include Maxwell stress, electrostriction, and the electroclinic effect. b) Electrochemical effects arise from electrode redox reactions.
Yakui Deng, Min‐Hui Li
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High‐Yield Synthesis of Fe‐NC Electrocatalysts Using Mg2+ Templating and Schiff‐Base Porous Organic Polymers

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Fe─NC porous oxygen reduction electrocatalysts are prepared employing a 2,4,6‐Triaminopyrimidine‐based porous organic polymer, a Mg2+ Lewis acid, and a low‐temperature cation exchange protocol. Using the polymer precursor achieves high pyrolysis yields and results in atomically dispersed FeNx sites. The resulting catalysts feature hierarchical porosity
Eliot Petitdemange, Jinjie Zhu, Angus Pedersen, Joseph Parker, S. Esmael Balaghi, Shaohua Li, Silvia Favero, José Ignacio Martínez, Sarah Haigh, Maria‐Magdalena Titirici, Anna Fischer, Jesús Barrio   +11 more
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Microplastics from Wearable Bioelectronic Devices: Sources, Risks, and Sustainable Solutions

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Bioelectronic devices (e.g., e‐skins) heavily rely on polymers that at the end of their life cycle will generate microplastics. For research, a holistic approach to viewing the full impact of such devices cannot be overlooked. The potential for devices as sources for microplastics is raised, with mitigation strategies surrounding polysaccharide and ...
Conor S. Boland
wiley   +1 more source

Generating Cell Surface Nucleated Hydrogels with an Artificial Membrane‐Binding Transglutaminase

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Cell‐based therapies require advanced strategies to enhance cell delivery and bioactivity. Cell membrane engineering offers an avenue to impart new functions to delivered cells to boost their viability and function. Here, an artificial membrane‐binding transglutaminase is generated and biophysically characterized.
Rosalia Cuahtecontzi Delint, Tao Li, Kapil D. Patel, Will H. Zhang, Ben M. Carter, Graham J. Day, Adam W. Perriman   +6 more
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Integrative Approaches for DNA Sequence‐Controlled Functional Materials

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
DNA is emerging as a programmable building block for functional materials with applications in biomimicry, biochemical, and mechanical information processing. The integration of simulations, experiments, and machine learning is explored as a means to bridge DNA sequences with macroscopic material properties, highlighting current advances and providing ...
Aaron Gadzekpo, Ewa Anna Oprzeska‐Zingrebe, Mariana Kozlowska, Lennart Hilbert, Iliya D. Stoev   +4 more
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Oral Dosed Organo‐Silica Nanoparticles Restore Glucose Homeostasis and β‐Cell Function in Diabetes Rats

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
An oral nanoplatform, MOP@T@D, which can maintain glucose homeostasis and restore islet β cells in diabetic rats is developed. It achieves efficient intestinal absorption and liver‐targeted delivery. The nanoparticle disintegrates only in response to hyperglycemia to release insulin on demand and provides antioxidant protection through selenoprotein ...
Chenxiao Chu, Mingli Wei, Che Bian, Xiaoshuang Bi, Yaxin Deng, Peifu Xiao, Jiansong Zhao, Yuying Wang, Haibing He, Jingxin Gou, Tian Yin, Xing Tang, Li Yang, Hongbo Zhang, Yu Zhang   +14 more
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Organic Growth Theory for Corporate Sustainability

, 2020
Karnama A, Vinuesa R.
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Endothelial Cells Angiogenesis in Sulfated Glycosaminoglycan (GAG) Hydrogels Enhanced by Bioactive Glass‐Released Ions

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A mechanically tunable hydrogel composed of gelatin, chondroitin sulfate and laminin promotes angiogenesis in vitro without the supplement of growth factors. Endothelial cells morphogenesis was further enhanced by medium conditioned with bioactive glass 58S‐released ions (Ca and Si), thus offering a promising strategy to vascularize 3D tissue ...
Marco Piazzoni, Ilaria Borghi, Francesca Cadamuro, Sophia Dalfino, Riccardo Campanile, Sofia Nizzolo, Valeria Cassina, Francesca Tallia, Julian R. Jones, Francesco Mantegazza, Sabrina Bertini, Lorenzo Moroni, Francesco Nicotra, Laura Russo   +13 more
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From Waste to Value: Conversion of Calcium Sulfate to Vaterite via Carbon Capture and Storage

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study introduces a new concept for carbon management that relies on the carbonation of industrial gypsum waste and yields phase‐pure vaterite at ambient conditions without any additives. The obtained vaterite is further shown to be a reactive material that develops compressive strength in aqueous suspensions like conventional cements.
Carlos Pimentel, German Montes‐Hernández, Pablo Almarza‐Cifuentes, Matthias Kellermeier, Alexander E.S. Van Driessche   +4 more
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