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Cyclic Olefin Copolymers as Versatile Materials for Advanced Engineering Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Cyclic olefin copolymers (COCs) are presented as highly versatile materials combining tunable synthesis, excellent optical properties, and mechanical robustness. Their potential spans microfluidics, bioengineering, and advanced electronics, while emerging self‐healing and sustainable solutions highlight future opportunities.
Giulia Fredi, Norma Mallegni, Andrea Dorigato, Mario Milazzo   +3 more
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Construction of Donor-Acceptor Heterojunctions via Microphase Separation of Discotic Liquid Crystals with Ambipolar Transport. [PDF]

Molecules
Liu H, Xie M, Liu Y, Jia G, Liao R, Zhang A, Fang Y, Song X, Zhang C, Yu H.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Silicified Wood‐Inspired, High‐Strength Fire‐Resistant Chitin‐Based Aerogels for Sustainable High‐Temperature Thermal Insulation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Inspired by natural silicified wood, a biomimetic mineralized chitin‐derived aerogel is constructed. It can withstand 81 000 times its own weight, and its backside temperature is 130.4°C after exposure to ∼1300°C butane flame for 600 s, exhibiting high‐strength, fire‐resistance, and super thermal‐insulation properties.
Kai Xu, Qihang Lv, Lubin Liu, Zhezhe Zhou, Chentao Yan, Ao Qin, Jianting Ma, Shuhui Liang, Yue Xu, Min Hong, Bin Li, Pingan Song   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quadruple Helix Inversions of Liquid Crystals Orchestrated by Direct Chirality Transmission of an Intrinsically Chiral Light-Driven Molecular Machine. [PDF]

Adv Mater
Sheng J, Ryabchun A, Long G, Feringa BL.
europepmc   +1 more source

Light‐Actuated Fiber‐Climbing Inchworm Robot Toward Endoluminal Navigation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A kirigami‐inspired soft inchworm robot harnesses optical energy from a customized side‐emitting optical fiber, guaranteeing its propulsion along the fiber body. The wavelength‐selective responsiveness of dye‐functionalized liquid crystal elastomers and the application of temporal illumination patterns enable sequential control of robot components. The
Antonio Lobosco, Leilei Song, Fan Liu, Yu‐Hsiang Lin, Venkatasubramanian Kalpathy Venkiteswaran, Hao Zeng, Sarthak Misra   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

GHz-rate optical phase shift in light-matter interaction-engineered, silicon-ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Taghavi I, Esmaeeli O, Chowdhury SJ, Awan KM, Hammood M, Mitchell M, Witt D, Pecinovsky C, Sickler J, Young JF, Jaeger NAF, Shekhar S, Chrostowski L.   +12 more
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Solvent Co‐Intercalation Enabled Ca Storage in MoS2 for Ca‐Ion Batteries

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Regulating electrolyte solvation levels enables otherwise non‐intercalatable Ca2+ ions to reversibly co‐intercalate into molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) as ether‐solvated species. The intercalation reversibility is strongly governed by solvent chain length, as demonstrated using diethylene glycol dimethyl ether (G2) and tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether (
Yudong Luo, Matthias Golomb, Yupei Han, Pan He, Neubi Xavier, Wanjun Ren, Yi Lu, Matthew Hopper, Henry R. Tinker, Qiong Cai, Yang Xu   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unlocking Cryogenic Self-Assembly of Lyotropic Liquid Crystals: A Molecular Perspective From Short-Range to Long-Range Scales. [PDF]

Adv Sci (Weinh)
Guo W, Sun Z, Wang R, Zheng Z, Ke Y, Yang H, Xie L, Feng Y, Yin H.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Exploring an Alternative to mRNA Vaccine Cold Chain Storage: MRNA‐Lipid Nanoparticle Stability When Dried in a Polymer Matrix

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The nanostructure, size, and function of mRNA‐loaded lipid nanoparticles are evaluated before drying, within polymer microneedles, and after rehydration. The results reveal the polymer and LNP loadings required to recover nanostructure and preserve the delivery performance in dry‐state formulations.
Brendan P. Dyett, Shahad K. Alsaiari, John L. Daristotle, Timothy A. Forster, Alicia Lau, Dhruv Varshney, Rania Afaneh, Andrew R. Hanna, Charles Sloane, David Mankus, Haitao Yu, Jiali Zhai, DongSoo Yun, Lisa H. Tostanoski, Abigail Lytton‐Jean, Dan H. Barouch, Charlotte E. Conn, Robert Langer, Ana Jaklenec, Calum J. Drummond   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Mn-Doped ZnFe₂O₄ Ferrites on Structural Changes and Magneto-Optical Behavior in Nematic Liquid Crystals. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Bury P, Veveričík M, Černobila F, Patel H, Upadhyay RV, Parekh K, Lacková V, Rajnak M, Šafařík I, Oganesyan K, Timko M, Kopčanský P.   +11 more
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