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Phase Transition and Optical Properties for Ultrathin KNbO3 Nanowires

Advances in Condensed Matter Physics, 2013
Fascicular KNbO3 nanowires with tetragonal perovskite structures and ultrasmall diameters are synthesized by hydrothermal route at about 150°C for 24 hours.
Shulin Yang, Yongming Hu, Shengfu Wang, Haoshuang Gu, Yu Wang   +4 more
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Laser‐Based Sculpturing of Embedded Ultrathin Metal‐Oxide Nanopores for Enhanced Biomolecular Sensing

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Controlled laser‐drilling of embedded HfO2 membranes creates three layer nanopores with Gaussian‐shaped cavities sculptured in the supporting layers. These embedded solid‐state nanopores slow DNA translocation by 12‐fold compared to SiNx pores, enabling high‐resolution, label‐free detection of short DNAs, RNAs, and proteins.
Jostine Joby, Yulia Marom, Guocong Lin, Aleksandra Baron‐Wiechec, Amit Meller   +4 more
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Mechanoregulatory Effects of Cell‐Scale Microwells on Epithelial Cell Phenotype

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
In small polycaprolactone microwells, A549 epithelial cells span well edges, in contrast to cells growing on flat substrates. Focal adhesion sites (yellow) concentrate at topographic boundaries, while cytoskeletal tension (magenta stress fibers) is transmitted to the nucleus (blue), reducing nuclear sphericity.
Ruiwen He, Wang Sik Lee, Phattadon Yajan, Aaron Lee, Mauro Sousa de Almeida, Sandeep Keshavan, Jozef Adamcik, Céline Loussert‐Fonta, Dimitri Vanhecke, Barbara Rothen‐Rutishauser, Alke Petri‐Fink   +10 more
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MagPiezo: A Magnetogenetic Platform for Remote Activation of Endogenous Piezo1 Channels in Endothelial Cells

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
MagPiezo enables wireless activation of endogenous Piezo1 channels without genetic modification using 19 nm magnetic nanoparticles and low‐intensity magnetic fields. It generates torque forces at the piconewton scale to trigger mechanotransduction in endothelial cells, standing as a novel platform to interrogate and manipulate Piezo1 activity in vitro.
Susel Del Sol‐Fernández, Mariarosaria De Simone, Yilian Fernández‐Afonso, Daniel Garcia‐Gonzalez, Pablo Martínez‐Vicente, Thomas van Zanten, Raluca M. Fratila, Maria Moros   +7 more
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Electro‐Chemo‐Mechanical Coupling in Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 Ferroionic Heterostructures

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Schematic of a ferroionic HZO heterostructure where epitaxial interfaces enable dynamic oxygen‐vacancy exchange, coupling ionic and ferroelectric degrees of freedom. Vacancy‐mediated polarization modulation biases HZO polymorphism, suppresses leakage, and enhances piezoelectric response, yielding distinct butterfly‐loop evolution and diode‐like ...
Achilles Bergne, Denis Alikin, Milica Vasiljevic, Victor B. Tinti, Javier Zamudio‐García, Leonardo Soares de Oliveira, Megan Landberg, Dimitrios Koukoulis, Huaiyu Chen, Jesper Wallentin, David Marrero‐López, Astri Bjørnetun Haugen, Sizhao Huang, Dennis Christensen, Nini Pryds, Alexander Tselev, Andrei Kholkin, Vincenzo Esposito   +17 more
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Enhanced UV photodetectivity in solution driven ZnO nanosheets via piezo-phototronic effect

Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2021
Here in, we report the fabrication of thin two dimensional (2D) ZnO nanosheets (NSs) flexible piezo-phototronic ultraviolet (UV) photodetector (PD). The morphological and optical properties of the as-synthesized ZnO NSs is characterized in detail.
Dong Jin Lee, Sung Ryong Ryu, Ganesan Mohan Kumar, Il-Ho Ahn, Jihoon Kyhm, Deuk Young Kim, Pugazhendi Ilanchezhiyan   +6 more
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Integration of Single‐Atom Catalyst with Z‐Scheme Heterojunction for Cascade Charge Transfer Enabling Highly Efficient Piezo‐Photocatalysis

Advancement of science, 2023
Piezo‐assisted photocatalysis (namely, piezo‐photocatalysis), which utilizes mechanical energy to modulate spatial and energy distribution of photogenerated charge carriers, presents a promising strategy for molecule activation and reactive oxygen ...
Wenbin Jiang, Hui Zhu, Jing Yang, B. Q. L. Low, Wen-Ya Wu, Mingxi Chen, Jun Ma, R. Long, Jingxiang Low, Houjuan Zhu, J. Heng, K. Tang, Casandra Hui Teng Chai, Ming Lin, Qiang Zhu, Yong-wei Zhang, D. Chi, Zibiao Li, X. Loh, Y. Xiong, E. Ye   +20 more
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In Situ Amidation‐Derived Interfacial Modulation for Homogeneous Ultra‐High Nanoparticle Loading Toward Robust and Flexible Piezoelectric Composites

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Synergistic interfacial strategy between inorganic ceramic fillers and polymer chains effectively inhibit particle aggregation and interfacial incompatibility. complex covalent and non‐covalent interfacial interactions promote superior uniformity, ultra‐high ceramic filler loading, and strong grain‐to‐grain connectivity, thereby enabling the ...
HakSu Jang, In Beom Heo, Changyeon Baek, Dong Won Jeon, Donghun Lee, Nagamalleswara Rao Alluri, Hyejeong Choi, HyoMin Jeon, SungHoon Kim, Hyunseung Kim, Jihun Choi, Hyun‐Soo Chang, Chang Kyu Jeong, Min‐Ku Lee, Jun Mo Koo, Tiandong Zhang, Geon‐Tae Hwang, Sung Beom Cho, Gyoung‐Ja Lee, Hyeong Min Jin, Kwi‐Il Park   +20 more
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KCNN4 links PIEZO-dependent mechanotransduction to NLRP3 inflammasome activation

Science immunology, 2023
Immune cells sense the microenvironment to fine-tune their inflammatory responses. Patients with cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome (CAPS), caused by mutations in the NLRP3 gene, develop autoinflammation triggered by nonantigenic cues such as from ...
Li Ran, Tao Ye, Eric Erbs, S. Ehl, Nathalie Spassky, I. Sumara, Zhirong Zhang, R. Ricci   +7 more
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Atomic‐Level Ionic Displacement Polarization Enhanced Piezocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution in Covalent Organic Frameworks

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Two isomorphic COFs were synthesized and compared, including an amphoteric COF (SQ‐TAPT) and a neutral COF (PDA‐TAPT). The ionic bonds in SQ‐TAPT introduce more Born effective charges, thereby enhancing its ionic displacement polarization. Experimental and theoretical calculations demonstrated that SQ‐TAPT exhibited higher polarity and stronger ...
Ge Yan, Xiaodong Sun, Kailai Zhang, Shuai Zhang, Haijun Hu, Hui Li, Zhenglong Li, Hongwei Huang, Liqun Ye, Jiyang Li, Yunling Liu, Hongge Pan, Tianyi Ma   +12 more
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