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Exploring the dark side of pet ownership: Status- and control-based pet consumption

Desire for status or control may motivate some consumers to own certain types of pets. In the light of recent debates surrounding "designer pets," this article examines the dark side of pet ownership through interpretive interviews with dog owners.
Beverland, Michael B., Farrelly, Francis, Lim, Elison Ai Ching   +2 more
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Accelerated Discovery of Topological Spin Phase Diagrams in CrSBr Magnets Via High‐Throughput Optimization

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Here, we develop a high‐throughput algorithm that accelerates the elucidation of phase diagrams of topological spin textures using limited computational resources at high numerical accuracy. Applying this framework to the van der Waals magnet CrSBr, we unveiled a hierarchy of previously unknown topological textures (domain‐wall bimerons, bimeron chains,
Andrew Lyall, Mohammad H. Badarneh, Cristian Bonato, Rebecca Cheung, Elton J. G. Santos   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biodegradable 3D‐Printable and Coatable Antifouling Composites for Marine Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Marine biofouling damages submerged surfaces and raises greenhouse gas emissions. Biodegradable antifouling biocomposites were developed by hot‐mixing beeswax, Tween 80, and calcium stearate or stearic acid. Adjusting the component ratio enables processing via hot‐pressing, 3D‐printing, or dip‐coating.
Gabriele Corigliano, Lorenzo Ravelli, Martina Nardi, Ruowen Tu, Elena Bellini, Valerio Isa, Carlo Filippeschi, Roberta Finazzi, Luca Ceseracciu, Niloofar Paknezhad, Vincenzo Scribano, Paolo Galli, Silvia Lavorano, Simone Montano, Barbara Mazzolai, Marco Contardi, Pietro Cataldi, Athanassia Athanassiou   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reversible Calcium Alloying on Bulk and Indium (Sub)‐Micro Negative Electrodes for Calcium‐Based Batteries

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Description: Indium metal serves as a reversible calcium‐alloying negative electrode. By transitioning from planar electrodes to powders and (sub‐)micron indium particles, the specific surface area is increased, improving the areal capacity density and cycling stability for calcium‐based batteries.
Wouter Monnens, Robert Markowski, Zhenyu Zhou, Claude Poleunis, Livia Grgurić, Jan Bitenc, Pingping Tan, Han‐Hung Hsu, Alexandru Vlad, Koen Binnemans, Jan Fransaer   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decoupling Li+ Transport in Self‐Healing Polymer Dual‐Salt Electrolytes for Room Temperature Lithium Metal Batteries

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A self‐healable polymer matrix, crosslinked via dynamic imine bonds, is synergistically coupled with a LiPF6–LiDFOB dual‐salt system to decouple Li+ from the polymer matrix, enabling fast Li+ transport. This strategy offers an effective pathway toward high‐performance, next‐generation gel‐polymer‐based Li‐metal batteries.
Soumallya Banerjee, Yu‐Te Chen, Chi‐Hsuan Lee, Atul Dhage, Zeeshan Alam Ansari, Chun‐Wei Pao, Shun‐Hsiang Chan, Shun‐Ming Huang, Chu‐Chen Chueh, Hong‐Cheu Lin, Chih Wei Chu   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Consumer Resistance in the Pet Marketplace [PDF]

This study draws on Cherrier’s (2008) concept of consumer-resistant identities together with the work of Beverland, Farelly and Lim (2008) on the dark side of pet ownership to shed light on consumer resistance in the context of the pet marketplace.
McEachern, Morven G., Cheetham, Fiona
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Mechanistic Origins of Chemo‐Mechanical Instability and Failure in Solid‐State Lithium‐Sulfur Electrodes

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Conversion‐induced sulfur expansion generates strong mechanical constraints and localized stresses within solid‐state Li‐S cathodes. Heterogeneous solid‐electrolyte confinement creates tensile strain‐energy hotspots that govern particle cracking. Larger sulfur particles accelerate fracture, while higher porosity relaxes constraint and delays damage ...
Arpan K. Sharma, Ahmad Ahmad, Bairav S. Vishnugopi, Partha P. Mukherjee   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unexpected Asymmetric Mn‐Sb Site Mixing and Reentrant Spin‐Glass State of MnSb2Te4

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
MnSb2Te4 is an intrinsic magnetic topological insulator. Its properties are extraordinarily sensitive to tiny defects, making structural studies essential for understanding how magnetism and topology work together. This work shows that Mn can be unevenly distributed within the crystal and how that disorder is linked to a newly reported spin‐glass state
Gustavo Chavez Ponce de Leon, Ahmad Dibajeh, Gert ten Brink, Majid Ahmadi, Suyang Sun, Wei Zhang, Bart Jan Kooi, George Palasantzas   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nanoamphizymes: Self‐Assembled Amphiphilic Enzymatic Nanomaterials for High‐Performance Biocatalysis and Biosensing

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
An amphiphilic GOx nanoamphizyme was constructed by covalently introducing hydrophobic PPNI linkers onto GOx, enabling spontaneous self‐assembly into tunable nanoparticles. Mild crosslinking further stabilized the assemblies and enhanced catalytic performance and stability.
Yuan‐Hao Hsiao, Rajan Deepan Chakravarthy, Po‐Hsiang Chen, Abdelreheem Abdelfatah Saddik, Hsin‐Chieh Lin   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors of pet ownership associated with human health: A representative cross-sectional survey of Switzerland. [PDF]

PLoS One
Marti R, Hediger K, Pauli E, Hattendorf J.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source