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Bio‐Inspired Molecular Events in Poly(Ionic Liquids)

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Originating from dipolar and polar inter‐ and intra‐chain interactions of the building blocks, the topologies and morphologies of poly(ionic liquids) (PIL) govern their nano‐ and micro‐processibility. Modulating the interactions of cation‐anion pairs with aliphatic dipolar components enables the tunability of properties, facilitated by “bottom‐up ...
Jiahui Liu, Marek W. Urban
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The Formation of a Multifilament System Driven by Photospheric Converging Motions in a Bipolar Sunspot

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Solar filaments are believed to be a clump of cold plasma accumulated in the magnetic dips. However, the magnetic configuration of filaments and the key factors for their formation remains elusive.
Haitang Li, Jinhan Guo, Xin Cheng, Chang Zhou, Xiaoli Yan, Jun Chen, Yang Guo, Jacob Oloketuyi, Mingde Ding, Yu Liu   +9 more
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Detection and Monitoring of Mining-Induced Seismicity Based on Machine Learning and Template Matching: A Case Study from Dongchuan Copper Mine, China

Sensors
The detection and monitoring of mining-induced seismicity are essential for understanding the mechanisms behind earthquakes and mitigating seismic hazards.
Tao Wu, Zhikun Liu, Shaopeng Yan
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Sustainable Catalyst‐Free PLG Networks: Recyclability, Biodegradability, and Functional Performance

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A catalyst‐additive free covalent adaptable network is developed from star‐shaped poly(lactide‐co‐glycolide) cross‐linked with pyromellitic dianhydride, enabling internal carboxylic acid‐driven transesterification. The resulting biodegradable network exhibits mechanical robustness (Young's modulus ≈1.6 GPa), complete recyclability, rapid biodegradation
Lars Schwarzer, Emilia Fulajtar, Seema Agarwal   +2 more
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A comparison of porous sandstone fracturing induced by increasing fluid pressure or decreasing confining pressure: Stress-path and rate-dependence effects

Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
When a porous rock is subjected to overall compressive loading, either increasing pore pressure or decreasing confining pressure could result in rock failure.
Xu Han, Lei Wang, Erik Rybacki, Marco Bohnhoff, Georg Dresen   +4 more
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Biomaterials‐Based Hydrogel with Superior Bio‐Mimetic Ionic Conductivity and Tissue‐Matching Softness for Bioelectronics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
By mimicking the ion‐accelerating effect of ion channel receptors in neuron membranes, a biomaterials‐based ionic hydrogel (BIH) is developed, which offers a high ionic conductivity of 7.04 S m−1, outperforming conventional chitosan, cellulose, agarose, starch, and gelatin based ionic hydrogels.
Baojin Chen, Renjie Yu, Jiaqi Wang, Yunxiang Feng, Yujie Zhang, Yanchao Mao, Chongxin Shan, Xudong Wang   +7 more
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Liquid Phase Transmission Electron Microscopy: A Window into the Early Stages of Complex Material Formation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Liquid‐phase transmission electron microscopy enables direct observation of nucleation and growth processes in solution. This review is dedicated to the remembrance of Helmut Cölfen and highlights recent studies on complex materials—oxides, biominerals, organic–inorganic crystals—which were central to his research activity. It summarizes key milestones,
Charles Sidhoum, Vinavadini Ramnarain, Nathaly Ortiz Peña, Dris Ihiawakrim, Clément Sanchez, Ovidiu Ersen   +5 more
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Mechanoregulatory Effects of Cell‐Scale Microwells on Epithelial Cell Phenotype

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
In small polycaprolactone microwells, A549 epithelial cells span well edges, in contrast to cells growing on flat substrates. Focal adhesion sites (yellow) concentrate at topographic boundaries, while cytoskeletal tension (magenta stress fibers) is transmitted to the nucleus (blue), reducing nuclear sphericity.
Ruiwen He, Wang Sik Lee, Phattadon Yajan, Aaron Lee, Mauro Sousa de Almeida, Sandeep Keshavan, Jozef Adamcik, Céline Loussert‐Fonta, Dimitri Vanhecke, Barbara Rothen‐Rutishauser, Alke Petri‐Fink   +10 more
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Probing atomic-scale interactions of Kr and Xe encapsulation in C60

Results in Chemistry
The encapsulation of rare gases within carbon cages like C60 holds significant importance in molecular engineering, particularly for nuclear waste treatment and gas separation technologies.
Zeng-Bo Ke, Han Zhang, Jing Wen, Feng-Ying Chen, Cheng-Fang Qiao, You-Ying Di   +5 more
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Nanothermometry in Living Cells: Physical Limits, Conceptual and Material Challenges

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Heat and temperature are fundamental to life. When nanothermometers began probing regions as small as a living cell, they triggered controversial claims of large intracellular temperature gradients. We review physical constraints energy‐conservation, entropy production, thermodynamic fluctuations, and molecular dynamics.
Taras Plakhotnik
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