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Water Organization and Hydration‐Dependent Hydroxide Transport in Anion Exchange Membranes (AEM)

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Hydroxide transport in anion exchange membranes is governed by the organization of water within the polymer rather than by hydration alone. A hydration‐window framework is presented to unify transport, swelling, and mechanical stability, providing guidance for designing durable membranes for fuel cells and other hydroxide‐based electrochemical ...
Phumlani F. Msomi
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Engineered Nanotopography to Modulate Growth and Signaling of Neuronal Networks

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study examines the interaction between neurons and nanoscale topographies on engineered substrates. Neurons cultured on nanowires, nanopillars and nanoneedles exhibit enhanced neurite outgrowth, form more organized neuronal circuits, and display improved synaptic connectivity, compared to flat substrates.
Hao Nguyen Tran, Kalyan Shobhana, Zlatan Trifunovic, Dan Smith, Michael Stuiber, Chennupati Jagadish, Mirella Dottori, Andrea J. O'Connor, Vini Gautam   +8 more
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Electrochemical Pathways for Nitrate Conversion to Ammonia: From Environmental Challenges to Ammonia Economy

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This perspective presents recent advances in electrocatalytic nitrate reduction, focusing on reaction mechanisms, catalyst design, and electrolyzer configurations. Key challenges in selectivity, stability, and practical wastewater treatment are highlighted, while future directions for advancing sustainable ammonia synthesis and nitrate remediation are ...
Xintong Li, Yunpeng Zuo, Xiaoran Zhang, Jieqiong Shan, Kenneth Mei Yee Leung, Bin Liu, Peter Strasser, Adrian Fisher, Zonglong Zhu, Xin Wang   +9 more
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MEMS Smart Glass with Larger Angular Tuning Range and 2D Actuation

Micromachines
Millions of electrostatically actuatable micromirror arrays have been arranged in between windowpanes in inert gas environments, enabling active daylighting in buildings for illumination and climatization. MEMS smart windows can reduce energy consumption
Md Kamrul Hasan, Mustaqim Siddi Que Iskhandar, Steffen Liebermann, Shilby Baby, Jiahao Chen, Muhammad Hasnain Qasim, Dennis Löber, Roland Donatiello, Guilin Xu, Hartmut Hillmer   +9 more
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Advancing SafeWax, A Bio‐Inspired Superhydrophobic Coating, Toward Sustainable and Climate‐Resilient Crop Protection

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study advances SafeWax, a bio‐inspired, fatty‐acids‐based superhydrophobic coating, by identifying an agriculturally compliant solvent and revealing how solvent‐controlled Fatty acid crystallization governs the coating's microscopic structure and performance.
Niv Ben‐Arie, Iryna Polishchuk, Franziska Tauber, Coralie Schneider, Elena Prudnikov, Alessia Calora, Silvia Milita, Simona Fermani, Mireia Alejandra Ibanez Revert, Ilaria Filippetti, Claudio Ratti, Matthias Kellermeier, Markus Rueckel, Boaz Pokroy   +13 more
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Single photon superradiance enhanced light–matter interaction in spatially ordered shape and volume controlled single quantum dots: enabling on-chip photonic networks

Nanophotonics
On-chip photonic networks require adequately spatially ordered matter-photon interconversion qubit sources with emission figures-of-merit exceeding the requirements that would enable the desired functional response of the network.
Jordao Lucas, Chattaraj Swarnabha, Huang Qi, Lu Siyuan, Zhang Jiefei, Madhukar Anupam   +5 more
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Nanoconfinement‐Induced Second‐Harmonic Circular Dichroism via Chirality–Ferroelectric Coupling

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Nanoconfinement of a ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal within a chiral nanoporous sponge yields an enhanced second‐harmonic generation circular dichroism (|gSHG–CD| ≈ 1.1). Polarization‐resolved analysis suggests an additional magnetic‐dipole‐associated nonlinear contribution under nanoconfinement, highlighting chirality–ferroelectric coupling as a ...
Jae‐Jin Lee, Hiroya Nishikawa, Tae‐Woong Moon, Dong‐Ha Kim, Fumito Araoka, Suk‐Won Choi   +5 more
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Capacitance–Voltage Studies on Electrostatically Actuated MEMS Micromirror Arrays

Micromachines
This article presents the electrostatic actuation performance of micromirror arrays for intelligent active daylight control and energy management in green buildings using a capacitive–voltage (C-V) measurement technique.
Jiahao Chen, Xiaohui Yang, Mustaqim Siddi Que Iskhandar, Md. Kamrul Hasan, Shilby Baby, Muhammad Hasnain Qasim, Dennis Löber, Shujie Liu, Roland Donatiello, Steffen Liebermann, Guilin Xu, Hartmut Hillmer   +11 more
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Pressure‐Assisted Dimensional Transformation of 2D Hydrogenated Borophene into 0D Boron Quantum Dots

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Hydrogenated borophene (HB) is transformed into distinct boron nanostructures through a solvent‐free thermal process. Under flowing nitrogen, hydrogen escape promotes reconstruction into B2O3 nanoplatelets, whereas hydrogen‐induced pressure under sealed conditions facilitates fragmentation into boron quantum dots.
Ozden Gunes Yildiz, Ramin Yazdaanpanah, Yongfeng Guo, Pouriya Naziri, Sachin Kulkarni, Martina Mercurio, Maria Cristina Larciprete, Ilaria Fratoddi, Paul Simon, Wan‐Lu Li, Koray Aydin, Umut Aydemir   +11 more
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Enhanced Ferroelectric Phase Formation via Local Structure Modification in the Pre‐Crystalline State of Hafnium Zirconium Oxide Thin Films

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Hafnium zirconium oxide thin films are grown using plasma‐enhanced atomic layer deposition with the addition of an atomic layer annealing (ALA) step. ALA leads to a change in the short‐range structure of the deposit and encourages formation of the ferroelectric Pca21 phase. The result is wake‐up‐free performance with films exposed to ALA.
Nicolas K. Lam, Gerald R. Bejger, Waseem A. Wani, Kristina M. Holsgrove, Andrew N. Titus, Niyorjyoti Sharma, Shihao Wang, Keithen Orson, Megan K. Lenox, Liron Shvilberg, Yong Kyu Choi, Ian A. Brummel, Benjamin L. Aronson, Petra Reinke, Quentin Ramasse, Amit Kumar, Brian J. Rodriguez, Christina M. Rost, Jon F. Ihlefeld   +18 more
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