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From Photoalignment to Structured Light: Liquid Crystal Platforms for Beam Shaping and Complex Wavefronts

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Photoaligned and photopatterned liquid crystal platforms provide programmable control of optical phase, polarization, and spin‐orbit interactions, enabling compact generation of structured light and complex wavefronts. This review highlights how tailored molecular orientations transform simple beams into designed optical fields, opening versatile ...
Le Zhou, Tingjun Zhong, Sijie Liu, Pouya Nosratkhah, Ke Xu, Yuzhen Zhao, Kristiaan Neyts   +6 more
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Mechanistic Control of C─H Bond Activation and C─C Coupling in Light‐Driven Methane Conversion to C2+ Products over Multifunctional Photocatalysts

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Methane photocatalytic activation under mild conditions remains a formidable challenge in the synthesis of solar fuels. In this review, we emphasize the growing importance of multifunctional materials and hybrid systems within a unified mechanistic framework that integrates selective C─H bond activation, formation and control of intermediates, C─C ...
Di Hu, Yuheng Jiang, Vitaly V. Ordomsky, Bastian Mei, Zhiyong Tang, Andrei Y. Khodakov   +5 more
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High‐Performance n‐Type Organic Thermoelectrics Enabled by Control Over Microstructure, Orientation and Contact Plane in Naphthalenediimide‐Bithiazole‐Copolymer Films

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Effective control over the crystalline contact plane and microstructure of a naphthalenediimide‐bithiazole copolymer enables high‐performance n‐type thermoelectrics. While rubbing alignment induces a detrimental edge‐on orientation, subsequent solvent vapor‐induced re‐orientation facilitates a favorable mixed face‐on/edge‐on morphology.
Suhao Wang, Said Oummouch, Huan Wei, Karl Thorley, Adam Marks, Arianna Magni, Xiuming Sun, Alessandra Pistillo, Bruno Schmaltz, Olivier Bardagot, Sabine Ludwigs, Alberto Salleo, Yuanyuan Hu, Martin Brinkmann   +13 more
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Functionalizing Micro‐to‐Mesoscopic Electrode Architectures for Regulating Electron Transfer Behaviors in Electrocatalysis

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A systematic review is conducted to assess the influence of electrode architecture across micro‐ to mesoscopic length scales on electron‐transfer pathways in electrocatalysis. We discuss the structure‐activity relationships in electrocatalytic applications, including resource recovery and environmental remediation, and provide cost‐effective, efficient
Manshu Zhao, Jiaojiao Zhang, Shideng Yuan, Xinmeng Yu, Keming Wan, Xiaoguang Duan, Zhining Wang   +6 more
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Unusual Temperature‐Enhanced Bulk Photovoltaic Effect Beyond the Centrosymmetric Phase in CuCrP2S6 van der Waals Crystals

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Contrary to conventional expectations, the bulk photovoltaic effect in CuCrP2S6 is enhanced rather than suppressed upon transitioning into the crystallographically centrosymmetric phase. Dynamic Cu‐ion disorder creates transient polar states, which substantially amplifies zero‐bias photocurrent (shift‐current) generation, establishing dynamic symmetry ...
Ryoga Murata, Takao Sasagawa
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One‐Step Curcumin‐Mediated Multiphoton Lithography for Bioactive 3D Scaffolds

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Curcumin‐mediated multiphoton lithography enables one‐step fabrication of highly architected complex gelatin methacryloyl scaffolds by exploiting curcumin as a multifunctional bioactive photoinitiator. The resulting 3D structures support mesenchymal stem cell adhesion, proliferation, and migration, while exhibiting dual antibacterial activity through ...
Myrto Charitaki, Michalis Stavrou, Chrysanthi Pinelopi Apostolidou, Elmina Kabouraki, David Gray, Anna Mitraki, Anthi Ranella, Maria Farsari   +7 more
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Interaction‐Driven Assembly Pathways in Heterogeneous Active Microrobotic Systems

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Peanut‐ and cube‐shaped light‐powered microrobots exhibit distinct magnetic and photocatalytic responses that determine their heterogeneous self‐assembly. In the dark, magnetic dipole interactions drive colloidal copolymerization with cubes acting as nucleation centers, whereas under light irradiation, phoretic interactions compete with magnetic ...
Domenico Calabrò, Roshan Velluvakandy, Martin Pumera, Francesco Priolo, Salvo Mirabella, Mario Urso   +5 more
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Solution‐Processed Mn‐Doped 2d Perovskite Wavelength Shifters for Noble‐Liquid Photon Detection

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Solution‐processed Mn2+‐doped PEA2PbBr4 two‐dimensional perovskite films are demonstrated as large‐area wavelength shifters for noble‐liquid photon detectors. Mn2+ incorporation introduces a broad emission band at ∼620 nm with a large Stokes shift, suppressing self‐absorption and matching SiPM sensitivity.
Elisabetta Colantoni, Laura Basiricò, Andrea Ciavatti, Nicolò Tosi, Valentina Cicero, Massimo Loriggiola, Beatrice Fraboni   +6 more
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A Lightweight, 3D‐Printable, Low‐Cost, “One‐Click” Dorsal Skin Window for High‐Quality Long‐Term Multimodal Subcutaneous Tumor Imaging

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
An innovative, lightweight 3D‐printed skinfold chamber system is presented for long‐term intravital imaging. This affordable, biocompatible platform simplifies surgical implantation and allows high‐resolution, multimodal visualization of the tumor microenvironment for up to four weeks.
Iván Cortés Domínguez, Xabier Morales Urteaga, Maider Esparza, Lucía Grande, Ainhoa Urbiola, Cristina Ederra, Tomas Muñoz Santoro, Beatrice Pinci, Alvaro Teijeira, Carlos Ortiz de Solórzano   +9 more
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Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in the design and fabrication of sensory‐adaptation‐inspired devices and highlights their valuable applications in electronic skin, wearable electronics, and machine vision. The existing challenges and future directions are addressed in aspects such as device performance optimization ...
Guodong Gong, You Zhou, Qingxiu Li, Wenyu Zhao, Sunyingyue Geng, Hangfei Li, Yan‐Bing Leng, Shirui Zhu, Guanglong Ding, Yongbiao Zhai, Ziyu Lv, Ye Zhou, Su‐Ting Han   +12 more
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