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Multistage, Self‐Sensing Artificial Muscles With Coordination From Liquid Crystal Elastomer‐Graphene Composite Fibers

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Inspired by skeletal muscles’ precision and endurance, CoilLCE integrates a self‐sensing liquid crystal elastomer/graphene artificial muscle with an embedded Joule‐heating copper coil, enabling closed‐loop multistage actuation with programmable intermediate states (strain accuracy of 2%), and antagonistic coordination (32% total strain). These features
Ziyun Zhang, Xuelin Wu, Yinding Chi, Qingya Huang, Yaoye Hong, Antonio Proctor Martinez, Jingxian Wu, Bingzhi He, Cynthia Sung, Shu Yang   +9 more
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Thermoresponsive Liquid Crystalline Polymer Coatings Programmed by Field‐Induced Topological Defects for Tunable Optical and Topographical Responses

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Resonant standing waves generate large‐area lattices of liquid‐crystal topological defects that are permanently encoded into polymer coatings by photopolymerization. The preserved director architecture produces thermally reconfigurable surface topographies while maintaining programmable optical functionality, demonstrating a scalable strategy for ...
Jacques A. Peixoto, Mufeeduzaman Chavilkkadan, Alexander Fusi, Marko Beslać, Dirk J. Broer, Etienne Brasselet, Danqing Liu   +6 more
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Melanin's Role in Balancing Mechanical Strength and Reproductive Output in Environmentally Stressed Fungal Spores

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Melanin content directly controls fungal spore mechanical properties, with pigmented spores achieving rupture forces two orders of magnitude higher than hyaline spores. Environmental stress drives this quantity‐quality tradeoff; stressed species invest energy in melanin‐reinforced, mechanically superior thick‐walled, super‐hydrophobic spores, while ...
Atul Agrawal, Steven E. Naleway
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CO2‐to‐CO Conversion in a Gas‐Fed, Zero‐Gap, PEM Electrolyzer Enabled by Polycations and Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon‐Supported Cobalt Nanoparticles

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A gas‐fed, zero‐gap, PEM CO2 electrolyzer is realized by incorporating PDDA+ ions onto the carbonaceous Co/N‐C electrocatalyst, with gaseous H2 and CO2 fed into the anode and cathode, respectively. Operating without an aqueous electrolyte, the system sustains a peak FECO of 65.1% at 100 mA cm−2. ABSTRACT Electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction (ECO2R)
Yuen Leong Chow, Hsi‐Wen Wu, Aimin Li, Yalou Guo, Duhong Chen, Jie Zhang, Paul A. Webley   +6 more
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Physics‐Grounded Materials Artificial Intelligence for Reliable Materials Discovery

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Physics‐Grounded Materials AI (PhysMat AI) integrates physical priors, descriptors, constraints, verification, and data infrastructure into a unified full‐stack framework, enabling reliable, interpretable, and autonomous AI‐driven materials discovery.
Yuhang Wang, Qian Wang, Seong‐Hoon Jang, Hao Li   +3 more
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ATP‐Mediated Bidirectional Communication Between Natural and Artificial Cells for Controlled Bioreactions

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Establishment of bidirectional communication behavior between natural and artificial cells. The first type of communication from natural dendritic cells to artificial polymeric cells was achieved via ATP release after cell lysis. The released ATP was taken up via gated UV‐controlled permeability increase of the polymeric membrane for performing ...
Ilona Kalte, Tsvetomir Ivanov, Leonhard Seufert, Shoupeng Cao, Lucas Caire da Silva, Volker Mailänder, Katharina Landfester   +6 more
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Advances in Solution‐Processed Textile Triboelectric Nanogenerators: Ink Formation, Processing Strategies, Applications, and Challenges

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Advanced ink systems for solution‐processed textile triboelectric nanogenerators are systematically summarized, spanning conductive, tribo‐negative, and tribo‐positive layers. By connecting ink chemistry, deposition methods, and device function, the present review reveals the key governing principles of solution development and highlights practical ...
Xinlong Sun, Stephen Beeby
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Embedded Direct Ink Writing of Thermoset and Elastomeric Polymers via Frontal Polymerization

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Embedded frontal polymerization direct ink writing (FP‐DIW) combines frontal ring‐opening metathesis polymerization with embedded 3D printing to decouple deposition from curing. A yield‐stress support bath stabilizes low‐viscosity inks, while on‐demand thermal initiation enables controlled front propagation. This approach expands the accessible feature
Mohammad Tanver Hossain, Yun Seong Kim, Pallab Layak, Pranav Krishnan, Young bum Lee, Minjiang Zhu, Shubh Singh, Philippe H. Geubelle, Paul V. Braun, Jeffery W. Baur, Nancy R. Sottos, Sameh H. Tawfick, Randy H. Ewoldt   +12 more
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Self‐Assembled Hybrid Cell‐Enzyme Materials for Gas‐Powered Biocatalysis

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Integrating living cells with programmable enzyme networks enables hybrid materials that convert gaseous feedstocks into chemical reducing power. These gas‐powered catalytic beads operate as modular, recyclable platforms for adaptive biocatalysis and sustainable synthesis.
Marius Stoeckle, Kersten S. Rabe, Christof M. Niemeyer   +2 more
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Synergistic Integration of Liquid Crystalline Ordering and Dynamic Networks for Ultrarobust Bismaleimide Vitrimers

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A liquid‐crystalline bismaleimide vitrimer integrates local mesogenic organization with exchange‐active ester connectivity, achieving a glass‐transition temperature near 300°C while remaining reprocessable. Stress‐relaxation analysis and temperature‐dependent remolding reveal how segmental mobility, network rearrangement, and structural integrity ...
Woohyeon Kwon, Van‐Kien Hoang, Kyosun Ku, Hyeonuk Yeo   +3 more
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