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Rational Tuning of Hygroscopic Oscillation of Stacked Nanoflake Assemblies for Continuous Ambient Energy Harvesting

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Stacked nanoflake assembly (SNA) membranes can oscillate autonomously, offering opportunities for soft actuation and energy harvesting. This work uncovers the physical mechanism behind the sustained oscillation of SNA membranes in gradient humidity and identifies three governing dimensionless parameters, enabling rational design for optimizing SNA ...
Zijing Zhang, Jimin Fu, Gesa Zhang, Zhihua Liang, Boxun Zhang, Haimin Yao   +5 more
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Foreign Financial Flows on Financial Efficiency in Sub-Sahara African Countries

Copernican Journal of Finance & Accounting
The level of financial efficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remained low and incomparable to that of industrialized nations of the world, despite the supposed advantages of foreign capital inflows.
Rahji Ohize Ibrahim, Kamaldeen Ibrahem Nageri   +1 more
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THE MELLIFEROUS POTENTIAL OF THE FLORA IN THE GUȘTERIȚA LOCALITY, SIBIU COUNTY, ROMANIA [PDF]

Scientific Papers Series : Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development, 2019
The FPI inflows are very critical for growth of agriculture sectors in developing economies. The objective of this research is to examine the association of different governance indicators with inflows of FPI in Pakistan’s agricultural sector during 2005
Iuliana ANTONIE
doaj  

Biointegrated Battery‐Based Electroceuticals

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Biointegrated batteries go beyond passive power to serve as active therapeutic platforms for delivering programmable electrical cues and bioactive agents. This review examines their mechanisms and applications and provides a framework to guide battery‐based therapeutic design and clinical translation.
Yan Zhou, Zhilian Yue, Zhiqi Chen, Danming Chao, Xiaoteng Jia, Gordon Wallace, Caiyun Wang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cross-border capital inflows and systemic financial risks

International Review of Economics & Finance
Preventing cross-border capital flow risks and maintaining financial stability are important aspects of open economies participating in globalization. Based on cross-national sample data of more than 5000 financial institutions in 33 countries from 2005 ...
Haoran Xu, Wenlong Miao, Siyu Zhang
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Intrinsically Stretchable Piezoelectric Nanocomposites for Artificial Ultrasonic Sensory Synapse

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Applying ultrasonic stimulations to a soft‐stretchable underwater piezoelectric sensor based on the soft‐stretchable nanocomposite from the thermal cross‐linking between the ─C─F group of P(VDF‐TrFE) and the ─NH2 group of (PEG‐diamine) with incorporating amine‐terminated BTO@APTES nanofillers on the soft PDMS substrates generated high piezoelectric ...
Trung Dieu Do, Tran Quang Trung, Priyanuj Bhuyan, Minh Chien Nguyen, Que Thi Nguyen, Namjun Jo, Yeonsu Kim, Thanh Duy Cam Ha, Myung‐Gil Kim, Sungjune Park, Woo Jong Yu, Nae‐Eung Lee   +11 more
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To what extent does organic farming rely on nutrient inflows from conventional farming?

Environmental Research Letters, 2013
Organic farming is increasingly recognized as a prototype for sustainable agriculture. Its guidelines ban the use of artificial fertilizers. However, organic farms may import nutrients from conventional farming through material exchanges.
Benjamin Nowak, Thomas Nesme, Christophe David, Sylvain Pellerin   +3 more
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Sustainable Poly(Lactic Acid)/Graphene Oxide Bioelectronic Platform for Neurotransmitters Sensing and Tunable Stimulation of Astrocytes

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This work introduces sustainable PLA/graphene oxide bioelectronic interfaces featuring electrodes with tunable conductivity and strong electrocatalytic performance. These platforms were used to implement a new method for tuning astrocyte Ca2+ signaling and for the efficient detection of key biomarkers.
Alessandra Scidà, Giulia Cazzador, Roberta Fabbri, Matteo Calosi, Alessandro Silvestri, Andrea Candini, Fabiola Liscio, Franco Corticelli, Aikaterini Konstantoulaki, Andrea D'Iorio, Marco Caprini, Vincenzo Palermo, Monica Bertoldo, Valentina Benfenati, Chiara Zanardi, Emanuele Treossi   +15 more
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Anisotropic Masked Mycobacterium Potentiates Amplified Antitumor Trained Immunity via Spleen Targeting and Myelopoiesis Conversion

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
An engineered Trojan Mycobacterium, developed via a “peeling‐off and masking‐up” strategy, functions as a powerful splenic myelopoiesis converter. This spleen‐targeted nanomedicine induces trained immunity to reprogram immunosuppressive myeloid reservoirs into antitumoral effectors.
Jin‐Ho Choi, Sang Nam Lee, Jang Hun Heo, Soyoung Park, Sei Hyun Park, Yong Taik Lim   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

In Situ Change in Contact Angle of a Sessile Droplet on a Magnetoactive Elastomer

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Contact angles of persistent μL$\mu{\rm L}$‐sized water droplets on a mechanically soft MAE surface under time varying magnetic fields differ from those of newly deposited droplets. The ability to quickly alter the material properties allows one to observe intriguing droplet‐material interactions.
Raphael Kriegl, Alexander Kovalev, Stanislav Gorb, Mikhail Shamonin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source