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“Smelltronics”—From Gas to Smell Sensing

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The emerging field of smelltronics, encompassing sensing technologies for complex volatile organic compounds, holds significant potential for extracting valuable chemical information. It facilitates the noninvasive, real‐time monitoring of humans, food, and the environment.
Takeshi Ono, Tsunaki Takahashi, Jiangyang Liu, Haruka Honda, Zeng Jing, Wataru Tanaka, Takuro Hosomi, Takeshi Yanagida   +7 more
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Overexpression of MaTPD1A impairs fruit and pollen development by modulating some regulators in Musa itinerans

BMC Plant Biology, 2020
Background Pollen formation and development is important for crop fertility and is a key factor for hybrid development. Previous reports have indicated that Arabidopsis thaliana TAPETUM DETERMINANT1 (AtTPD1) and its rice (Oryza sativa) homolog, OsTPD1 ...
Chunhua Hu, Ou Sheng, Tao Dong, Qiaosong Yang, Tongxin Dou, Chunyu Li, Weidi He, Huijun Gao, Ganjun Yi, Guiming Deng, Fangcheng Bi   +10 more
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BSR-Seq analysis provides insights into the cold stress response of Actinidia arguta F1 populations

BMC Genomics, 2021
Background Freezing injury, which is an important abiotic stress in horticultural crops, influences the growth and development and the production area of kiwifruit (Actinidia Lind1). Among Actinidia species, Actinidia arguta has excellent cold resistance,
Miaomiao Lin, Shihang Sun, Jinbao Fang, Xiujuan Qi, Leiming Sun, Yunpeng Zhong, Yanxiang Sun, Gu Hong, Ran Wang, Yukuo Li   +9 more
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Polyphenol‐Inspired Materials for Agricultural Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review outlines the use of polyphenol‐inspired materials for sustainable agriculture, highlighting their molecular design, interfacial assembly, structure–property relationships, and prospects toward precision agriculture, climate resilience, ecosystem protection, and circular bioeconomy strategies.
Haofu Liu, Omid Mazaheri, Zhixing Lin, Tianzheng Wang, Jingqu Chen, Yuang Gu, Xia Liang, Deli Chen, Frank Caruso   +8 more
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Sustainable Management Approaches for Eriosoma lanigerum in Apple Orchards in Northeastern Transylvania: Evaluation of Eco-Friendly Insecticides

Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca
Interest in sustainable and environmentally friendly agricultural systems has intensified in the European Union following the European Green Deal (2019), which promotes the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the transition toward a more ...
Claudiu Moldovan, Ioan Zagrai, Mihaela Sumedrea, Zsolt Jakab-Ilyefalvi, Luminita Zagrai, Georgeta M. Guzu, Anca M. Chiorean   +6 more
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Comprehensive study of volatile compounds and transcriptome data providing genes for grape aroma

BMC Plant Biology, 2023
Background Fruit aroma is an important quality with respect to consumer preference, but the most important aroma compounds and their genetic regulatory mechanisms remain elusive.
Yongzhou Li, Liangliang He, Yinhua Song, Peng Zhang, Doudou Chen, Liping Guan, Sanjun Liu   +6 more
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Recent Advances of Slip Sensors for Smart Robotics

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review summarizes recent progress in robotic slip sensors across mechanical, electrical, thermal, optical, magnetic, and acoustic mechanisms, offering a comprehensive reference for the selection of slip sensors in robotic applications. In addition, current challenges and emerging trends are identified to advance the development of robust, adaptive,
Xingyu Zhang, Liao Wu, Shuai He, Zhao Sha, Yuwan Huang, Shuying Wu, Dewei Chu, Chun H. Wang, Shuhua Peng   +8 more
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Characterized Ecoflex Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) Hybrids for Advanced Flexible Devices

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Ecoflex–PDMS hybrids are systematically characterized to identify an optimal composition that balances stretchability, optical transparency, and plasma bonding, enabling multifunctional applications in stretchable microfluidics, flexible sensing, and soft robotics.
Xiaoyue Kang, Zhefan Chen, Zhiyang Hong, Wanting Chen, Qingtian Zhang, Amith Mudugamuwa, Tuan‐Khoa Nguyen, Lingxi Ouyang, Nam‐Trung Nguyen, Jun Zhang, Dan Yuan   +10 more
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Using a set of SSR markers chosen by the ECPGR to systematize the national pear collection

Труды по прикладной ботанике, генетике и селекции
Background. According to international requirements, maintenance of a fruit crop collection involves the use of significant material resources. One of the most important tasks is to prevent duplicate samples from entering the collection.
T. M. Martsynkevich, V. A. Yakimovich, J. G. Kandratsenak, N. V. Kukharchyk, A. M. Rymko   +4 more
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Durability of Soft Pneumatic Actuators: A Review and Benchmarking Protocol

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Lack of durability is a key challenge hindering the broad scale adoption of soft pneumatic actuators (SPAs) in automation industries. This review provides a comprehensive overview of existing research on SPA durability, introduces a standardized durability benchmarking protocol to consolidate the testing of SPAs, and outlines promising directions for ...
Dickson Chiu Yu Wong, Yucheng Luo, Rob Bernardus Nicolaas Scharff   +2 more
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