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Coordinated Architectural and Chemical Reinforcement in the Crushing Mandible of a Soldier Termite

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The crushing mandible of a soldier termite withstands substantial biting loads despite lacking mineral. Its cuticle is partitioned: convex teeth pair hardness and zinc enrichment with aligned chitin fibers for contact durability, while stiffer concave regions between teeth carry bending loads.
Andrew Tran Nguyen, Patryk Wąsik, Juan Fernando Cucuyame Morales, Marie Kate Palau, Adrian Francisco Duran Ornelas, Phani Saketh Dasika, Jin Hee Kim, Radhika Laxminarayana, Eric Hintsala, Greta Chang, Junzhi Liao, Lizhi Sun, Nathan Lord, Atsushi Arakaki, Paul Bardunias, Pablo Zavattieri, David Kisailus   +16 more
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Dredging and dumping impact coastal fluxes of sediment and organic carbon. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Porz L, Chen J, Yilmaz R, Kuhlmann J, Zhang W, Schrum C.   +5 more
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Network Topology Governs Photocatalytic Water Splitting in Organic Two‐Dimensional Crystals

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Network topology in organic two‐dimensional crystals (O2DCs) dictates the photocatalytic water splitting performance. Kagome‐lattice O2DCs exhibit strong electron‐hole mass asymmetry, spatially separated carriers, and longer recombination lifetimes, exceeding rhombic isomers.
Preeti Bhauriyal, Thomas Heine
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Grassland restoration in typical wind-eroded regions effectively increase soil organic carbon. [PDF]

PLoS One
Xia B, Xu W.
europepmc   +1 more source

2D Co‐Assembly of Solid Acids Enables Stable Superprotonic Conduction Above 260°C

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A two‐dimensional co‐assembly strategy integrates antimony phosphate and phosphotungstic acid nanosheets into free‐standing inorganic lamellar membranes with confined acid–acid interfaces. The resulting interfacial hydrogen‐bond network enables anhydrous proton conductivity exceeding 0.1 S cm−1 at 260°C and supports stable high‐temperature fuel‐cell ...
Qiuning Li, Kaiqiang He, Dehua Dong, Fanmengjing Wang, Xiangcheng Liu, Zhikao Li, Jacek J. Jasieniak, Paul A. Webley, Huanting Wang   +8 more
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Potassium fertilization enhances both cereal yield and soil organic carbon: a meta-analysis. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Liang G, Schlesinger WH.
europepmc   +1 more source

Decoupling Electron and Phonon Transport in 3D‐Printed Bismuth Telluride via Synergistic Compositional Co‐Enrichment

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
In this work, we use direct ink writing (DIW) to 3D print Bi2Te3‐based materials and naturally induce hierarchical functional nanostructures, which reduced the lattice thermal conductivity by half, resulting in high zT of 0.87and 0.89 in p‐type and n‐type compounds, respectively, competitive with commercial materials.
Liangwei Hu, Wenhao Xie, Han Tang, Xiaolong Sun, Muyang Huang, Xiaolu Zhu, Yineng Gou, Weishuai Wang, Yun Zheng, Yue Hou, Guoqiang Wu, Ady Suwardi, Ziyu Wang   +12 more
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Effects of co-application chemical and organic fertilizers on microbial residues and their contribution to soil organic carbon accumulation. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
Yang Z, Wei Z, Li H, Chen Y, Simarani K, Jiang Y.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Balancing Hydrophobicity and Hydrophilicity: Dual Filler‐Engineered Proton Exchange Membranes for Durable, High‐Power Fuel Cells

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Polarity‐matched Zr–MOFs program Nafion's nanoscale morphology during solution casting. Hydrophilic UiO‐66 preserves hydrated pathways, while hydrophobic UiO‐67 increases the proton hopping sites by densifying ionic clusters. Combining both fillers yields a membrane that delivers 176 mS cm−1 conductivity, reaches 1.46 W cm−2 under 200 kPa, and triples ...
Yonghwi Cho, Yunseong Ji, Minkyu Choi, Junsu Kim, Yejin Kim, Su Jeong Lee, Wooyoung Choi, Choong Hoo Lee, Ju Yeon Kim, Ohchan Kwon, Hanim Kim, Du Yeol Ryu, Ki Chul Kim, Dae Woo Kim   +13 more
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Characteristics of sediment sorting and sediment bound organic carbon loss during soil erosion under different soil organic carbon levels. [PDF]

J Adv Res
Liu Y, Liu G, Gu J, Sun B, Zhang Q, Shi H, Shu C, Guo Z, Mohamed Abd Elbasit MA, Zhao Y, Zhao X.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source