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Structure‐Guided Dynamical Mechanics in Bioinspired Double Twisted Laminated Thin Films

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This work explores a dynamic mechanistic study of crack propagation and puncture testing via real‐time monitoring of crack initiation, propagation, and termination through nature‐inspired single and double twisted architectures fabricated from cellulose nanocrystals.
Justin Brackenridge, Olivia Harper, Jaejun Lee, Sergio Gonzalez‐Munoz, Vladimir V. Tsukruk   +4 more
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Electrospun Wood‐Derived Biopolymers as Electrodes in Electrochemical Energy Storage Technologies

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Electrospinning transforms wood‐derived cellulose and lignin into architecturally defined, binder‐free carbon electrodes with tuneable porosity and functionality. This review shows how fibre design enables decoupled charge and mass transport, enhancing performance across battery systems, while identifying key challenges in spinnability, scalability ...
Michael W. Thielke, Hattie R. Chisnall, Jesus Vazquez Chavez, Ana B. Jorge Sobrido   +3 more
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Coordinated Architectural and Chemical Reinforcement in the Crushing Mandible of a Soldier Termite

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The crushing mandible of a soldier termite withstands substantial biting loads despite lacking mineral. Its cuticle is partitioned: convex teeth pair hardness and zinc enrichment with aligned chitin fibers for contact durability, while stiffer concave regions between teeth carry bending loads.
Andrew Tran Nguyen, Patryk Wąsik, Juan Fernando Cucuyame Morales, Marie Kate Palau, Adrian Francisco Duran Ornelas, Phani Saketh Dasika, Jin Hee Kim, Radhika Laxminarayana, Eric Hintsala, Greta Chang, Junzhi Liao, Lizhi Sun, Nathan Lord, Atsushi Arakaki, Paul Bardunias, Pablo Zavattieri, David Kisailus   +16 more
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Gradient‐Conductivity Architecture Enables Synchronous Enhancement of Sensitivity and Detection Range in Multifunctional All‐Paper Sensors

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A gradient‐engineered all‐paper sensor is fabricated by integrating MXene and in situ grown AgNPs within hierarchical cellulose networks. The device breaks the sensitivity–detection range trade‐off through cascaded conductive pathways, enabling ultrahigh pressure sensitivity, humidity–pressure decoupled dual‐mode sensing, and outstanding EMI shielding,
Ao Li, Jun Xu, Dezhong Xu, Zhaohui Zhang, Jiyi Li, Daxian Cao, Kefu Chen, Mizi Fan   +7 more
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Soil compaction in final harvest operations using medium-sized cable skidders: results of an experimental study with controlled payloads

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
IntroductionGround-based timber extraction is one of the most important harvesting methods used around the world, but it also causes negative effects on forest soils, to a degree that depends on machine mass, soil condition, and operational decisions ...
Mădălina Florina Presecan, Gabriel Osei Forkuo, Stelian Alexandru Borz   +2 more
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Melanin's Role in Balancing Mechanical Strength and Reproductive Output in Environmentally Stressed Fungal Spores

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Melanin content directly controls fungal spore mechanical properties, with pigmented spores achieving rupture forces two orders of magnitude higher than hyaline spores. Environmental stress drives this quantity‐quality tradeoff; stressed species invest energy in melanin‐reinforced, mechanically superior thick‐walled, super‐hydrophobic spores, while ...
Atul Agrawal, Steven E. Naleway
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Acetoacetates Derived From Vegetable Oils: A Platform for Tailor‐Made Vinylogous Urethane Foams

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A renewable vegetable oil is converted into acetoacetate‐functionalized precursors for the preparation of catalyst‐free vinylogous urethane foams. Room‐temperature foaming with n‐pentane generates lightweight cellular materials, while the choice of amine enables control over foam structure and mechanical properties.
Krzysztof Polaczek, Priscilla de Souza Lima, Olga Gotkiewicz, Ondrej Kopilec, Radka Hobzova, Lívia Kanizsová, Mikelis Kirpluks, Ondrej Sedlacek, Hynek Beneš   +8 more
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Activity recognition in motor-manual cross-cutting operations by machine learning on multimodal data

Forest Science and Technology
In forest operations, established time-study methods, such as the use of a stopwatch and video recording, have dominated for several years. Advancements in machine learning and innovative data loggers present opportunities to reconsider and enhance these
Stelian Alexandru Borz, Tomi Kaakkurivaara, Gabriel Osei Forkuo, Nopparat Kaakkurivaara   +3 more
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Desert Plant Inspired Hierarchical Nanofibrous Membranes for Integrated Solar Desalination and Heavy Metal Remediation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
An Alhagi maurorum inspired hierarchical composite membrane (NFCu) was developed by integrating heavy metal remediation and solar‐driven interfacial evaporation in a single platform. Beyond the photothermal effect, a localized photocatalytic process is realized on the CuO surface, deepening the mechanistic understanding of light–matter–water ...
Yuqiong He, Ronggang Luo, Shengbo Ge, Kaixin Jiang, Kirsten Dyer, Xiaojian Zhou, Ben Bin Xu, Xuehua Zhang, Guanben Du, Kaimeng Xu   +9 more
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Forest Road Network and Transportation Engineering – State and Perspectives

Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering, 2017
The paper reviews traditional and computer-assisted road network layout approaches and brings them together in an overall stream of development. It results in the main finding that changes in the representation of the road network layout problem ...
Hans Rudolf Heinimann
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