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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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Bio‐Inspired Artificial Ionic Mechanoreceptor

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A skin‐inspired artificial mechanoreceptor based on ionic interactions is presented for biomimetic tactile sensing. Pressure‐driven ionic redistribution within microfluidic channels generates a self‐powered electrical signal without external bias. The generated waveform exhibits mechanoreceptor‐like temporal features, including overshoot and undershoot,
Mohammad Akbari, Jeppe Don, Lasse A. N. Pedersen, John Noee, Rassoul Tabassian   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Oxygen‐Vacancy‐Regulated Crystallization and Ferroelectric Phase Stabilization in Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 Thin Films

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Temperature‐resolved in situ grazing‐incidence wide‐angle X‐ray scattering reveals that oxygen vacancies actively regulate crystallization in Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 thin films. By decoupling macroscopic strain from intrinsic phase evolution, a vacancy‐lean environment significantly lowers the activation energy barrier for crystallization.
Hyun Woo Jeong, Jaewook Lee, Junseong Seo, Hyojun Choi, Dong Hee Han, Seungjae Heo, Tae‐Yeol Jeon, Yunseok Kim, Younghwan Lee, Min Hyuk Park   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The association of noise sensitivity with music listening, training, and aptitude. [PDF]

Noise Health, 2015
Kliuchko M, Heinonen-Guzejev M, Monacis L, Gold BP, Heikkilä KV, Spinosa V, Tervaniemi M, Brattico E.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Tracking Battery Microstructural Degradation Through Directional Thermal Transport Signatures

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
In lithium‐ion batteries, heat conduction varies between the through‐plane and in‐plane directions because of the cell's layered structure. Therefore, cell degradation influences thermal conductivity in each direction uniquely due to detailed microstructural and compositional changes.
Mohammad Shoghi Tekmedash, Rituparna Mohanty, Jack Leber, David Nageb, Mirella Richard, Sharan Singh, Amin Reihani   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of Transportation Noise and Noise Sensitivity on Annoyance: A Cross-Sectional Study in South Korea. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2017
Sung JH, Lee J, Jeong KS, Lee S, Lee C, Jo MW, Sim CS.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Bulk‐Like Spin Cycloid and Fast Switching in Freestanding BiFeO3

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Freestanding BiFeO3 membranes overcome substrate‐induced constraints by simultaneously restoring the intrinsic bulk‐like spin cycloid and enabling ≈50% faster ferroelectric switching than substrate‐clamped epitaxial thin films. This combination of robust noncollinear antiferromagnetic order and efficient electric‐field switching establishes ...
Pratap Pal, Xiaoxi Deng, Gi‐Yeop Kim, Kyoungjun Lee, Jheng‐Cyuan Lin, Prithwijit Mandal, Jiangfeng Yang, Paul Steadman, Pascal Manuel, Roger D. Johnson, Si‐Young Choi, Paolo G. Radaelli, Chang‐Beom Eom   +12 more
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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
wiley   +1 more source

Anisotropic Phonon Dynamics and Directional Transport in Actinide Van der Waals Semiconductor Uranium Triselenide

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
USe3 is introduced as an actinide van der Waals semiconductor that mirrors the quasi‐one‐dimensional physics of transition‐metal trichalcogenides. Polarization‐resolved Raman spectroscopy on exfoliated flakes maps strong in‐plane phonon anisotropy and strain‐tunable mode shifts.
Aljoscha Söll, Valentino Jadriško, Sourav Dey, Nassima Benchtaber, Kalyan Sarkar, Borna Radatović, Jan Luxa, Fedor Lipilin, Kseniia Mosina, Vojtěch Kundrát, Jakub Zalesak, Jana Vejpravová, Martin Žáček, Szymon J. Zelewski, Nikolas Antonatos, Christoph Gadermaier, José J. Baldoví, Zdeněk Sofer   +17 more
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