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Liquids as Reinforcements for Anisotropic and Tough Soft Matter Composites

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Liquid metal droplets are shaped and oriented within soft elastomers to create all‐soft matter composites with programmable mechanical anisotropy. These liquid inclusions act as fiber‐like reinforcements, enabling directional stiffness, enhanced toughness, and controlled crack steering under extreme deformation, offering new routes to resilient soft ...
Gwyneth M. Schloer, Ohnyoung Hur, Ravi Tutika, Aaron Haake, Eric J. Markvicka, Michael D. Bartlett   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

NIR‐Activated Ag2S Quantum Dots for Efficient Broad‐Spectrum Antibacterial and Biofilm Disruption

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
This study presents a novel non‐antibiotic strategy leveraging NIR‐activated Ag2S QDs for synergistic PTT/PDT. The platform degrades the protective extracellular matrix via localized hyperthermia, facilitating deep penetration and ROS‐induced oxidative damage.
Rui Yao, Peiqing Sun, Yaxin Chen, Zhijie Lei, Li Wang, Jianglin Yu, Ying Liu, Wusimanjiang Hailipitimu, Wei Wei, Jing Zhao, Xusheng Qiu   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Children and natural disasters

European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2018
The number of children affected by natural disasters each year is alarmingly high and can be expected to rise as climate change continues. The mental consequences have been documented not only in the rates of post-traumatic stress symptoms and post ...
Atle Dyregrov, William Yule, Miranda Olff   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The uses of unmanned aerial vehicles –UAV’s- (or drones) in social logistic: Natural disasters response and humanitarian relief aid

Procedia Computer Science, 2019
This paper evaluates the crucial role of unmanned aerial vehicles –UAV’s- (or Drones) in the case of natural disasters response and humanitarian relief aid.
Mario Arturo Ruiz Estrada, Abrahim Ndoma
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Multifunctional Oxadiazole‐Based Polycatenars: A Pathway to Polar Columnar Phases

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Aromatic core fluorination directs oxadiazole‐based polycatenars into ferroelectric and antiferroelectric columnar phases with supergelation and photo‐responsiveness. ABSTRACT Polar columnar liquid crystals (LCs) offer a promising pathway to nanostructured architectures for next‐generation ferroelectric devices.
Yu Cao, Tejal Nirgude, Jonathan Jende, Alexander Jarosik, Alexey Eremin, Feng Liu, Masafumi Yoshio, Mohamed Alaasar   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Natural disasters and electoral outcomes

, 2020
Natural disasters are good examples of catastrophic events that may affect vote decisions. In this study, we analyze how the occurrence of earthquakes changes voters' behavior at municipal elections and which channels drive this change, focusing in ...
G. Masiero, M. Santarossa
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Lattice Structures for Bone Replacement: The Intersection of Bone Biomechanics, Lattice Design, and Additive Manufacturing

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review outlines how understanding bone's biology, hierarchical architecture, and mechanical anisotropy informs the design of lattice structures that replicate bone morphology and mechanical behavior. Additive manufacturing enables the fabrication of orthopedic implants that incorporate such structures using a range of engineering materials ...
Stylianos Kechagias, Maxwell J. Munford, Frederik C.H. Masure, Richard J. van Arkel, Reece N Oosterbeek   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hierarchical Multi‐Material Architectures With Gradient Design for Dynamic‐Range Flexible Tactile Sensing

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Hierarchical multi‐material TPMS lattices are engineered as flexible tactile sensors by combining soft and stiff elastomeric layers with a conformal conductive coating. The bilayer architecture delivers sensitivity at low pressures while maintaining a broad detectable range under large loads, enabling reliable pressure and vibration monitoring for ...
Reza Noroozi, Domenic Quiquero, Yan Yan Shery Huang, HaoTian Harvey Shi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reverse Intersystem Crossing and Exciton Harvesting: A Pathway to Low Threshold in Multi‐Resonant TADF Electrically Pumped Organic Semiconductor Lasers

Advanced Optical Materials, EarlyView.
Electrically pumped organic lasing thresholds are lowered by mitigating triplet accumulation through a tailored host‐guest system. Integrating the multi‐resonant TADF emitter DABNA‐2 into a triplet‐scavenging BSBCz host suppresses singlet‐triplet annihilation.
Adam Bickerdike, Mahdiyar Nouri‐Rezaie, Takuji Hatakeyama, Chris Groves, Chihaya Adachi, Mujeeb U. Chaudhry, Roderick C. I. MacKenzie   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Machine learning approaches for mapping and predicting landslide-prone areas in São Sebastião (Southeast Brazil)

Natural Hazards Research
This study employs machine learning techniques to map and predict landslide-prone areas in São Sebastião, Brazil, a region susceptible to landslides due to its steep terrain and intense rainfall.
Enner Alcântara, Cheila Flávia Baião, Yasmim Carvalho Guimarães, José Roberto Mantovani, José Antonio Marengo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source