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Unlocking Multi‐Valley Energy Pockets and Interface‐Induced Phonon Filtering in InSb Thermoelectrics by Reaction‐Driven Interface Engineering

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
InSb, a narrow‐bandgap semiconductor with high carrier mobility, is promising for thermoelectric energy conversion but suffers from high lattice thermal conductivity and strong bipolar conduction. Here, in situ interface engineering using Co2O3 nanoprecursors forms hierarchical CoSbx/In2O3/CoSb3 heterostructures that enhance phonon scattering and ...
Jiwu Xin, Xiao Yang, Xiao‐Lei Shi, Chengyun Xu, Xi Ling, Pengyu Zhang, Jinfeng Dong, Yong Du, Haisheng Chen, Ting Zhang, Zhi‐Gang Chen   +10 more
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Near-field acoustic imaging with a caged bubble

Nature Communications
Bubbles are ubiquitous in many research applications ranging from ultrasound imaging and drug delivery to the understanding of volcanic eruptions and water circulation in vascular plants. From an acoustic perspective, bubbles are resonant scatterers with
Dorian Bouchet, Olivier Stephan, Benjamin Dollet, Philippe Marmottant, Emmanuel Bossy   +4 more
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Understanding the Effects of Conductive Polymer Electrode Coating on Recorded Neural Signals

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Conductive polymer coatings are widely explored to improve the quality of signals recorded with chronically implanted neural electrodes, offering enhanced biocompatibility along with reduced electrode impedance. Combining computational modelling and data from PEDOT:PTS coated and PtIr electrodes in rats, we show that improvements in signal quality with
Karthik Sridhar, Judith Evers, Alexandre Trotier, Manus Biggs, Madeleine M. Lowery   +4 more
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Scanning acoustic microscopy of polymeric materials and biological substances

Archives of Acoustics, 2015
For the last few years a new method of visualization and quantitative analysis of physico-mechanical properties and microstructure of heterogenetic media — the acoustic microscopy — has been intensively elaborated in the world.
Roman Gr. MAYEV
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Scanning Acoustical Microscopy [PDF]

Microscopy Today, 1994
Abstract One of Olympus' not well known product in the American market is the UH3 Scanning Acoustic Microscope (SAM). This state of the art, highly versatile microscope has many applications from non-destructive imaging to biomedical analysis, to pharmaceutical applications to name a few areas of current industrial interest.
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Smart Face Masks as Wearable Respiratory Sensors: A Review of Sensor Technologies, Materials, and Future Directions

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review highlights recent advances in smart face masks that actively monitor breathing. By integrating humidity, gas, temperature, pressure, strain, and triboelectric sensors, these masks track key respiratory parameters in real time. The article summarizes sensor mechanisms, compares performance across studies, and discusses challenges and future ...
Negin Faramarzi, Naseeh Backer Kannanthodi, Alice Nicole Casling, Babar Ali, Samira Lakouraj Mansouri, Alessandro Giuseppe D'aloia, Hossein Cheraghi Bidsorkhi, Maria Sabrina Sarto   +7 more
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Nanotherapies for Atherosclerosis: Targeting, Catalysis, and Energy Transduction

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Atherosclerosis management is hindered by poor drug targeting and plaque heterogeneity. Nanotechnology overcomes these barriers via three core strategies: (1) target‐engineered nanocarriers that achieve lesion‐specific precision via ligand modification, biomimetic camouflage, stimuli‐responsive release, and self‐propelling nanomotors; (2) catalytic ...
Yuqi Yang, Jingguo Qu, Tonghuan Xiao, Xinyang Han, Michael Tin‐Cheung Ying   +4 more
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Rapid Fabrication of Self‐Propelled and Steerable Magnetic Microcatheters for Precision Medicine

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A rapid Joule heating fabrication method for the production of self‐propelling, adaptive microcatheters, with tunable stiffness and integrated microfluidic channels is presented. Demonstrated through three microrobotic designs, including a steerable guiding catheter, an untethered wave‐crawling TubeBot, and a distal‐end propelled microcatheter, it was ...
Zhi Chen, Boris Rivkin, David Castellanos‐Robles, Ivan Soldatov, Lukas Beyer, Mariana Medina‐Sánchez   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Computational optical streak microscopy of megahertz acoustic microbubble dynamics

PhotoniX
Real-time dynamic imaging of microbubbles is crucial for understanding their microscale biophysical interactions and advancing ultrasound therapy. Despite progress in time-resolved optical imaging, existing techniques still face trade-offs between ...
Miguel Marquez, Yingming Lai, Miao Liu, Elahe Memari, Brandon Helfield, Jinyang Liang   +5 more
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Resolution Enhancement Strategies in Photoacoustic Microscopy: A Comprehensive Review

Micromachines
Photoacoustic imaging has emerged as a promising modality for medical imaging since its introduction. Photoacoustic microscopy (PAM), which is based on the photoacoustic effect, combines the advantages of both optical and acoustic imaging modalities. PAM
Jinying Zhang, Yifan Shi, Yexiaotong Zhang, Haoran Liu, Shihao Li, Linglu Liu   +5 more
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