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Enhanced Li‐Ion Battery Performance with Hybrid MXene/GnR Electrodes: Heterojunctions and Engineered Architectures Supported by DFT Mechanistic Studies for Improved Rate Performance, Stability & Capacity

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) remain central to energy storage but suffer from slow ion transport and degradation. Here, we present a binder‐free Ti3C2Tx MXene/GnR hybrid electrode with a porous 3D architecture formed via freeze casting. The structure enhances conductivity, ion transport, and stability, delivering 401 mAh/g, ∼97% efficiency, and 92 ...
Sara Mohseni Taromsari, Meysam Salari, Dipali Nayak, Saeed Habibpour, Ling Wei Hwang, Cristopher Carreiro, Carlos M. Da Silva, Aiping Yu, Chul B. Park, Cristina H. Amon, Hani E. Naguib   +10 more
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Amyloidogenic Peptide Fragments Designed From Bacterial Collagen‐like Proteins Form Hydrogel

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study identified amyloidogenic sequence motifs in bacterial collagen‐like proteins and exploited these to design peptides that self‐assemble into β‐sheet fibers and form hydrogels. One hydrogel supported healthy fibroblast growth, showing promise for biocompatible materials. Our work demonstrates that bacterial sequences can be harnessed to create
Vamika Sagar, Xuen J Ng, Lukas Lechel, Ashish Chand Rajwar, Hendrik Bargel, Abhishek A. Jalan   +5 more
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An Atomic-Scale Investigation of Liquid Crystal Orientation in Polar and Nonpolar Solvents. [PDF]

ACS Omega
Nisoh N, Kerdkaen N, Chattham N, Karttunen M, Wong-Ekkabut J.   +4 more
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Speckle‐Engineered Upconversion Amplification in Nanoemulsion‐Templated Hydrogel Microdomes

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Nanoemulsion‐confined PEGDA microdomes generate speckle‐like excitation fields that strongly amplify upconversion luminescence upon dehydration, enabling filter‐free visible readout with reversible on–off switching. DMD‐based lithography yields scalable, shape‐programmable arrays for moisture‐responsive displays and optical encryption.
Chaeyeong Ryu, Byungcheon Yoo, Seunghun Lee, Hyungyo Jeong, Sanggyun Jeong, Heesu Cho, Jongwon Oh, Dahye Baek, Jongkyu Kim, Yubin Lee, Eunsu Gu, Dong‐Hwan Kim, Jung‐Hoon Park, Jiseok Lee   +13 more
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Gyroid Labyrinth of Supertwisted Double Helices in a Liquid Crystal Polymer. [PDF]

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
Tang Y, Xue YN, Yang SG, Zhang R, Liu F, Zeng X, Ungar G.   +6 more
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Engineering Strategies for Stable and Long‐Life Alkaline Zinc‐Based Flow Batteries

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Alkaline zinc‐based flow batteries face persistent challenges from unstable zinc deposition, including dendrite growth, passivation, corrosion, and hydrogen evolution, which severely limit cycling stability. Current research addresses these issues through coordinated electrode structuring, electrolyte regulation, and membrane design to control zinc ...
Yuran Bai, Xiaoyu Huo, Xin Long, Enkang Fu, Xusong Gong, Lei Wei, Liang An   +6 more
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Shape‐Controlled Guanine Self‐Assemblies for Stable and Fast‐Ion Solid–Electrolyte Interphases in Sustainable Li Metal Batteries

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The shape of guanine self‐assemblies is tuned by introducing alkyl (G8), fluoroalkyl (G8f), and oligoether (G8g) side chains into the G moiety. The scanning tunneling microscopy results and calculations show that the presence and type of the side chain strongly affect the G self‐assembly network.
So‐Huei Kang, So‐Dam Sohn, Kyung Min Lee, Seok‐Kyu Cho, Byongkyu Lee, Ji Eun Lee, Sang‐Young Lee, Sang Kyu Kwak, Hyung‐Joon Shin, Changduk Yang   +9 more
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Single‐ and Dual‐Atom Configurations in Atomically Dispersed Catalysts for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Single‐atom and dual‐atom‐based atomically dispersed catalysts (ADCs) effectively address the shuttle effect and sluggish redox kinetics in Li–S batteries. With nearly 100% atomic utilization and tunable coordination environments, ADCs enhance LiPSs adsorption, lower conversion barriers, and accelerate sulfur redox reactions.
Haoyang Xu, Zhenfeng Li, Yue Fei, Ali Mohammadi, Ge Li   +4 more
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Whispering gallery mode study of phase transition and shape change in liquid crystal droplets. [PDF]

Soft Matter
Neogi A, Zaplotnik J, Ravnik M, Muševič I.   +3 more
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Inducing Ferromagnetism by Structural Engineering in a Strongly Spin‐Orbit Coupled Oxide

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Magnetic materials with strong spin‐orbit coupling (SOC) are essential for the advancement of spin‐orbitronic devices, as they enable efficient spin‐charge conversion, complex magnetic structures, spin‐valley physics, topological phases and other exotic phenomena.
Ji Soo Lim, Carmine Autieri, Merit Spring, Martin Kamp, Amar Fakhredine, Pavel Potapov, Daniel Wolf, Sergii Pylypenko, Axel Lubk, Johannes Schultz, Nicolas Perez, Börge Mehlhorn, Louis Veyrat, Mario Cuoco, Fadi Choueikan, Philippe Ohresser, Bernd Büchner, Giorgio Sangiovanni, Ralph Claessen, Michael Sing   +19 more
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