L'Italia forestale e montanaIn the last years there has been a growing attention towards the need for a more “natural” approach in forest management. The call for a close to nature forest management is certainly not new. The aim of this review is to analyze how the concept of “nature” has evolved in forest management and discuss if “naturalness” is still a viable reference for ...
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Organic Materials of Tomorrow: Horizons of Artificial Intelligence
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This review examines machine learning techniques accelerating the discovery of organic semiconductors by linking molecular structure to properties. Key methods include graph neural networks, generative models, and active learning. Applications to organic photovoltaics demonstrate practical impact.
Harold Mena +3 more
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Can Elastomers Combine Stiffness, Toughness and Fatigue Resistance?
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This review studies how the molecular and macroscopic architecture of elastomers influence their mechanical properties including: stiffness, stretchability, toughness, fatigue resistance, and damping behavior. By linking the structure to performance, it proposes design principles for advanced elastomeric systems that combine mechanical properties ...
Eva Baur, Esther Amstad
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Dynamics of soil nitrogen availability following conversion of natural forests to various coffee cropping systems in northern Thailand. [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Soilueang P +9 more
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High‐Performance Bio‐Glue From the Berries of a Parasitic Plant
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.We report a fully bio‐based adhesive derived primarily from a (poly)saccharide extract obtained from the berries of the hemi‐parasitic plant mistletoe (Viscum album), supplemented with tannic and malic acid without any further chemical functionalization.
Ufuk Gürer +8 more
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Global patterns of tree density are contingent upon local determinants in the world's natural forests. [PDF]
Commun Biol, 2023 Madrigal-González J +27 more
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Sustainable and Multifunctional Natural Macromolecular Polymers for Aqueous Zn Metal Batteries
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.We comprehensively review the structure‐function relationships and regulatory mechanism of natural macromolecular polymers in stabilizing zinc anodes at the microscopic and mesoscopic scales. The interactions among polymer structures, optimization strategies, and regulatory mechanisms are discussed systematically summarizing recent related research ...
Yunuo Shi +13 more
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Large-scale sampling of beetle communities in Laos shows that conversion of natural forests into plantations leads to a decline in family richness and abundance. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2023 Chouangthavy B, Fourcade Y.
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Flax Composites With Improved Interfacial Strength Through Microbially Induced Mineral Precipitation
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.A bio‐inspired biomineralization strategy introduces an additional hierarchy to flax fiber composites. By controlling microbe‐mediated mineral particle deposition through tuned salt concentrations, stress transfer within the natural fiber composite is enhanced.
Deniz Sayinbas +5 more
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Journal of Crop Protection, 2019 The efficacy of sex pheromone traps for detection of Cydalima perspectalis (Walker) (Lepidoptera Crambidae) was assessed in 2017 in Cheshmeh-Bolbol Box Reservoir (Golestan province, Iran).
Farzaneh Kazerani +8 more
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