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Evolution‐Driven Bio‐Composite Aerogels for Self‐Adaptive Thermal Regulation and Energy Storage

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Inspired by nature's multiphase integration, a single chitosan (CTS)–metal chloride (MCl3) coordination precursor is engineered to enable sequential material and functional evolution. The resulting metal ion‐coordinated chitosan (CTS–M) aerogels exhibit humidity‐adaptive thermal insulation for battery safety, while carbonization yields conductive ...
Xiaoxue Zhang, Xiaodong Wang, Jianping Zeng, Zhihua Zhang, Shanyu Zhao, Jun Shen   +5 more
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An Ion‐Based Strategy Toward Synergistic Surface Functionalization Combining the Osteogenic Properties and NIR‐Mediated Antibacterial Activity of PEEK

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A multifunctional bioactive PEEK‐based implant (Mn@p/MBG‐SPEEK) is engineered to combat implant‐associated infections while promoting osteogenesis. The hybrid surface activates PI3K/Akt/mTOR and AP‐1 signaling pathways for osteogenic differentiation, while Mn coordination induces electronic coupling that narrows the HOMO‐LUMO energy gap and enhances ...
Zhiyan Xu, Ondřej Adam, Marek Doubrava, Ana M. Beltrán, Ivo Dlouhý, Xin Liu, Baiyan Sui, Aldo R. Boccaccini   +7 more
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Competition and Cooperation in the Critical Minerals Sector under the Central Asia C51 Mechanisms

Chinese Journal of International Review
The world is currently undergoing an accelerating evolution of transformations unseen in a century. As the global green transition and technological competition intensify, critical minerals have emerged as a central arena for geopolitical contestation ...
Qiu Wang, Yonghao Wang
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Decoupling Activation and Preservation: Architectural Design Principles of Organic Frameworks for Selective Photocatalytic Methane Oxidation

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Selective methane (CH4) photooxidation emerges from architectural decoupling of activation and preservation. Programmable organic semiconductor frameworks spatially organize oxidative flux and intermediate residence, separating reaction zones from product domains to synchronize activation strength with stabilization and establish a selective oxidation ...
Minxian Zhang, Jie He, Jinqiang Zhang, Hongqi Sun, Shaobin Wang, Xiaoguang Duan   +5 more
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Toward Sustainable Anode Materials: LCA of Natural Graphite Processing in Québec

Batteries
Graphite is a critical mineral used to produce anodes for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Battery-grade anode active material (AAM) is derived from natural graphite. As the electric vehicle (EV) market continues to expand across North America, establishing
Gary Vegh, Sajedi Sarah, Ivan Kantor, Khalil Amine, Muskan Srivastava, Mina Rezayi, Anil Kumar Madikere Raghunatha Reddy, Karim Zaghib   +7 more
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Hybrid Amyloid–Boron Nitride Aerogels for Lightweight Sound Insulation

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Amyloid fibrils template the mild formation of boron nitride–rich hybrid aerogels with hierarchical porosity, enhanced BN‐like ordering, and fibril‐reinforced mechanics. These ultralight materials combine thermal stability with strong sound absorption and transmission loss, offering a sustainable bio‐assisted route toward lightweight acoustic shields ...
Mohammad Peydayesh, Andrin Lustgarten, Stefan Schoenwald, Enrico Boschi, My Hanh Bui, Ali Miserez, Felix Donat, Christoph R. Müller, Raffaele Mezzenga   +8 more
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Historic mine waste contains diverse microbial communities that reflect waste type and geochemistry

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Waste rock and tailings left behind by historic mining operations can contain substantial critical mineral resources. However, over the decades and centuries, since these deposits were emplaced, microbial communities developed that can catalyze rock ...
Mackenzie B. Best, Zohreh Kazemi Motlagh, Virginia T. McLemore, Daniel S. Jones   +3 more
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Recent Advances in Ferrite‐Based Materials for Biomedical Applications: A Comprehensive Review

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Ferrite nanoplatforms are presented as tunable biomedical materials in which synthesis control, cation engineering, defect/morphology regulation, and surface functionalization govern structure–property–bioactivity relationships. These design strategies enable multifunctional applications including MRI contrast, magnetic hyperthermia, targeted drug ...
Pramod D. Mhase, Varsha C. Pujari, Akash V. Fulari, Sunil M. Patange, Sean Li, Danyang Wang, Sagar E. Shirsath   +6 more
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Rare Earth Elements: A Review of Primary Sources, Applications, Business Investment, and Characterization Techniques

Applied Sciences
Minerals bearing rare earth elements (REEs) are formed through long geological processes, among which monazite, bastnasite, xenotime, and ionic adsorption clays are the most economically exploited.
Fabiano Ferreira de Medeiros, Alexandre Pereira Wentz, Beatriz Almeida Santos Castro, Fabricio Dias Rodrigues, Sara Silva Alves, Maria das Graças Andrade Korn, Jefferson Bettini, Jeancarlo Pereira dos Anjos, Lílian Lefol Nani Guarieiro   +8 more
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Negotiating in a Foreign Land: Understanding the Curious Interactions Between Intracellular Mitochondria and Internalized Nanoparticles

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Therapeutic nano‐drug delivery systems interact with cellular mitochondria in a multitude of ways. While the complexity of such interactions disrupts the mitochondrial electron transport chain and increases reactive oxygen species production, thereby contributing to nanoparticle toxicity, they also present unique theranostic opportunities in diseases ...
Sourav Bhattacharjee
wiley   +1 more source