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Biomineral‐Inspired Organic/Inorganic Colloidal Liquid‐Crystalline Hybrids for Photoresponsive Adhesion

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A new class of photoresponsive liquid‐crystalline (LC) adhesives based on biomineral‐inspired organic/inorganic colloidal hybrids is reported. These colloidal LC materials are formed by hybridization of a hydroxyapatite nanorod with azobenzene‐based forklike molecules.
Junya Uchida, Ryuta Kiguchi, Riki Kato, Yuta Nishina, Takashi Kato   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Islamic finance: An Attractive New Way of Financial Intermediation

The International Journal of Banking and Finance, 2013
Financial intermediation is a value-enhancing service. Banks are among the most important financial institutions in a modern economy for that service. Conventional banks use rates of interest (charged to clients and paid to depositors) on both the assets
Munawar Iqbal
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Atom Probe Tomography as an Emerging Tool for Understanding Defect‑Driven Mechanisms in HfO2‑Based Ferroelectrics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Perspective highlights atom probe tomography as a powerful tool for understanding the atomic‐scale defect chemistry in HfO2‐based ferroelectrics. 3D mapping of dopants, point defects, and interface chemistry can provide new insight into defect‐driven mechanisms underpinning the ferroelectricity in the system and guide the design of more reliable ...
Kasper Hunnestad, Catherine Dubourdieu, Alexei Gruverman, Dennis Meier   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Macroeconomic Evolution after a Production Shock: the Role for Financial Intermediation [PDF]

Financial intermediaries may increase economic efficiency through intertemporal risk smoothing. However without an adequate regulation, intermediation may fail to do this.
Dmitri V. Vinogradov
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RURAL FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION AND PER CAPITA INCOME GROWTH IN NIGERIA

Malete Journal of Accounting and Finance
Nigeria continues to experience persistently low per capita income growth, a challenge that is especially acute in rural areas where the majority of the population resides.
Adetumilara Adepeju Adedire-Ampitan, Babajide Oladapo Osinowo, Adesola Rukayat Awonuga   +2 more
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Editorial: Financial intermediation versus disintermediation: opportunities and challenges in the FinTech era, volume II. [PDF]

Front Artif Intell
Omarini A.
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Bioinspired Co‐Assembly Enables Multiscale Architected Hydrogels for 3D Printing With Integrated Antibacterial and Bioactive Functions

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A multicomponent supramolecular hydrogel integrating cell‐adhesive and antibacterial peptides within an alginate‐cellulose nanofibril matrix is developed. Peptide co‐assembly simultaneously strengthens the hydrogel network, improves extrusion printability, and imparts cell‐adhesive and antibacterial functions, offering a versatile platform for ...
Mor Tsuriano‐Zernichov, Francesca Netti, Sigal Rencus‐Lazar, Moran Aviv, Lihi Adler‐Abramovich   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatially Regulated Lithium Plating via Li2O‐Rich Interphase Enables Durable Fast‐Charging Hybrid Lithium Batteries

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A Li2O‐rich solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) is engineered on graphite through a propylene carbonate‐based electrolyte to spatially regulate Li plating. The homogeneous interphase lowers Li nucleation barriers, promotes conformal Li deposition around graphite particles, and suppresses dendritic accumulation, enabling durable hybrid Li‐ion/Li‐metal ...
Robert Kuphal, Jingjing Liu, Junxiang Liu, Tao Ma, Yi Ding, Mahmood Haq, Satish Udpa, Stephen J. Harris, Chengcheng Fang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Light‐Induced Field‐Tunneling Synapses in Solution‐Processed Van Der Waals Heterostructures for Scalable, Retina‐Inspired Optical Sensing

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A scalable, solution‐processed WSe2/ZrO2‐x van der Waals heterostructure realizes a light‐induced field‐tunneling synapse (LIFTS) that activates exclusively under bright illumination, emulating the photopic adaptation of the human retina at the device level.
Kijeong Nam, Jihyun Kim, Soobeen Ji, In Soo Kim, Sejin Kim, Eungseon Yeon, Do Kyung Hwang, Iva Plutnarová, Zdeněk Sofer, Sang Min Won, Joohoon Kang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Financial Intermediation in a Model of Growth Through Creative Destruction [PDF]

This paper presents an endogenous growth model in which the research activity is financed by intermediaries that are able to reduce the incidence of the researcher's moral hazard.
Maria Fuensanta Morales
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