Advanced Materials, EarlyView.To address functionality limitations in plant‐based and industrially compostable polymer aerogels, this work introduces bio‐inspired aerogels with broadened functionality. Inspired by functional plant tissues, lightweight biopolymer aerogels based on exclusively stereocomplex crystals are fabricated, featuring hierarchically macro‐/meso‐porous ...
Anthony V. Tuccitto +10 more
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Mechanistic insight into the regulation of gelatin hydrogels structure and gel-forming properties by reactive species in plasma-activated water. [PDF]
Food Chem XLi M +6 more
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Biohybrid Crawling Robot With Spiral‐Spring Backbone and Inclined Legs for Enhanced Locomotion
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.We present a biohybrid crawling robot integrating a muscle ring with a flexible skeleton combining two complementary structural elements. The spiral‐spring backbone enables large‐amplitude bending without compromising axial stability, while outward‐inclined legs with unequal front–rear lengths effectively convert deformation into directional strides ...
Tomohiro Morita +2 more
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Soy Protein-Based Hydrogels: Recent Advances in Molecular Design and Functional Applications. [PDF]
GelsLi Z +8 more
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Seamless Mechanical Programming Through Hybrid Epoxy–Acrylate Printing for Soft–Rigid Robots
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Hybrid epoxy‐acrylate printing enables seamless fabrication of soft–rigid robotic systems with covalently integrated interfaces and functionally graded mechanics. Grayscale exposure expands the accessible material space, enabling spatially programmed actuation through patterned stiffness while revealing the mechanics and durability of continuously ...
David C. Bershadsky +3 more
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High-Temperature Behavior and Mechanical Performance of Ceramic Brick and Metakaolin Waste Based-Geopolymer Binder. [PDF]
Materials (Basel)Statkauskas M +3 more
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Interface‐Mediated Catalysis for Improved Hydrogen Storage in Reactive Hydride Composites
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Catalyst–hydride interfaces are engineered in Co@C‐ and Ni@C‐modified 2LiH + MgB2 reactive hydride composites to accelerate hydrogen uptake and release. Multiscale scattering, in‐situ synchrotron radiation powder x‐ray diffraction and density functional theory calculations reveal the structural and electronic origin of the catalytic enhancement ...
Yuanyuan Shang +12 more
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Performance Evolution and Microstructure Optimization of Recycled Fine Aggregate Rapid-Hardening Sulfoaluminate Cement Mortar by Nano-SiO<sub>2</sub> Surface Modification. [PDF]
Nanomaterials (Basel)Wang M +5 more
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