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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
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Nickel-Zinc Hydroxide-Orchestrated Nitrogen-Doped Carbon/ Bismuth Vanadate Nanosheet Aerogels Power 24 Hour Solar-to-Hydrogen Systems

Engineered Science
Ring-opening polymerization (ROP) affords a powerful driving force for the large-scale assembly of polymer precursors and photo-induced charge channels via incorporating aromatic repeat units into the polymer main chain.
Ruhua Zha, Zhen Zhang, Yang Zhang, QingCheng Wang, Liu He, Tuo Shi, Min Zhang   +6 more
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CO2‐to‐CO Conversion in a Gas‐Fed, Zero‐Gap, PEM Electrolyzer Enabled by Polycations and Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon‐Supported Cobalt Nanoparticles

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A gas‐fed, zero‐gap, PEM CO2 electrolyzer is realized by incorporating PDDA+ ions onto the carbonaceous Co/N‐C electrocatalyst, with gaseous H2 and CO2 fed into the anode and cathode, respectively. Operating without an aqueous electrolyte, the system sustains a peak FECO of 65.1% at 100 mA cm−2. ABSTRACT Electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction (ECO2R)
Yuen Leong Chow, Hsi‐Wen Wu, Aimin Li, Yalou Guo, Duhong Chen, Jie Zhang, Paul A. Webley   +6 more
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Advances in Solution‐Processed Textile Triboelectric Nanogenerators: Ink Formation, Processing Strategies, Applications, and Challenges

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Advanced ink systems for solution‐processed textile triboelectric nanogenerators are systematically summarized, spanning conductive, tribo‐negative, and tribo‐positive layers. By connecting ink chemistry, deposition methods, and device function, the present review reveals the key governing principles of solution development and highlights practical ...
Xinlong Sun, Stephen Beeby
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Stateful self-assembly

, 2013
Nature shows us many organised structures that form through interactions between their components with little external guidance. These self-assembling systems range from simple crystals to considerably more complex biological structures and organisms ...
Spanton, Robert
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Embedded Direct Ink Writing of Thermoset and Elastomeric Polymers via Frontal Polymerization

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Embedded frontal polymerization direct ink writing (FP‐DIW) combines frontal ring‐opening metathesis polymerization with embedded 3D printing to decouple deposition from curing. A yield‐stress support bath stabilizes low‐viscosity inks, while on‐demand thermal initiation enables controlled front propagation. This approach expands the accessible feature
Mohammad Tanver Hossain, Yun Seong Kim, Pallab Layak, Pranav Krishnan, Young bum Lee, Minjiang Zhu, Shubh Singh, Philippe H. Geubelle, Paul V. Braun, Jeffery W. Baur, Nancy R. Sottos, Sameh H. Tawfick, Randy H. Ewoldt   +12 more
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Dynamic assembly, disassembly and bundling of the bacterial cell division protein FtsZ and YgfE (ZapA) [PDF]

The protein FtsZ is a tubulin-like GTPase, which plays an essential role in prokaryotic cell division. In vivo it assembles into a dynamic ring (the Z-ring) at the future site of cell division on the inner surface of the cytoplasmatic membrane.
Cheng, Xi, Ph.D.
core  

Self‐Assembled Hybrid Cell‐Enzyme Materials for Gas‐Powered Biocatalysis

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Integrating living cells with programmable enzyme networks enables hybrid materials that convert gaseous feedstocks into chemical reducing power. These gas‐powered catalytic beads operate as modular, recyclable platforms for adaptive biocatalysis and sustainable synthesis.
Marius Stoeckle, Kersten S. Rabe, Christof M. Niemeyer   +2 more
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Stereospecific supramolecular polymerization of nanoclusters into ultra-long helical chains and enantiomer separation

Nature Communications
During the construction of supramolecular polymers of smaller nanoparticles/nanoclusters bearing hierarchy and homochirality, the mechanism understanding via intuitive visualization and precise cross-scale chirality modulation is still challenging.
Zexi Zhu, Guohua Zhang, Bao Li, Minghua Liu, Lixin Wu   +4 more
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