Factors Influencing the Orientation of Carbon Nanotubes in Flexible and Lightweight Composite Ribbons during Direct Ink Writing. [PDF]
ACS OmegaOo NB +7 more
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Thermally Actuated Soft Robotics
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This review focuses on the recent development of thermally actuated soft robotics, highlighting the four major heating mechanisms, as well as structural designs, thermal management, material innovations, and emerging applications. A summary and outlook section present the current challenges of thermally actuated soft robots and the future directions to
Shuang Wu +2 more
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Efficiency Enhancement in Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion: A Comparative Study of Heat Exchanger Designs for Bi2Te3-Based Thermoelectric Generators. [PDF]
Materials (Basel)Chung YC, Wu CI.
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.A hierarchically structured hydrogel evaporator enables controlled decoupling of salt‐ion and water transport pathways for efficient solar desalination in hypersaline environments. Engineered radial and vertical channels direct salt away from the evaporative interface, enhancing water evaporation and ambient energy harvesting via a cold‐surface effect.
Yihan Shi +8 more
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Revealing the Role of Interfacial Charge Transfer in Mechanoluminescence. [PDF]
Nanomaterials (Basel)Huo X, Li S, Sun B, Wang Z, Wei D.
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Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in the design and fabrication of sensory‐adaptation‐inspired devices and highlights their valuable applications in electronic skin, wearable electronics, and machine vision. The existing challenges and future directions are addressed in aspects such as device performance optimization ...
Guodong Gong +12 more
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Research Progress of Computational Fluid Dynamics in Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conducting Oxygen-Permeable Membranes. [PDF]
Membranes (Basel)Liu J +7 more
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Practical Considerations in the Design and Use of Non‐Crystalline Metal–Organic Frameworks
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This review explores the emerging field of non‐crystalline MOFs ‐ amorphous, liquid, and glassy forms ‐ highlighting how they differ from traditional crystalline MOFs. It discusses their unique synthesis strategies, fundamental principles, and diverse applications.
Hamidreza Mahdavi +8 more
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Borate‐Water‐Based 3D‐Slime Interface Quasi‐Solid Electrolytes for Li‐ion Batteries
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This advanced material, composed of lithium borate, lithium salt, and water, is a quasi‐solid that can be handled in air and has a 3D‐conducting‐interface network (3D‐Slime‐Interface Quasi‐Solid Electrolytes: 3D‐SLISE). The 3D‐SLISE is nonflammable and can be used in lithium‐ion batteries, and its water solubility allows direct recycling of active ...
Yosuke Shiratori +5 more
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From Carbon Nitrides to COFs: Opportunities and Prospects in Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.To underscore the potential of polymeric photocatalysts for CO2 photoreduction—from carbon nitrides to covalent organic frameworks—the table of contents graphic presents recent breakthroughs in the design of light‐responsive organic photocatalysts.
Wei Che +10 more
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