Rewriting Polymer Fate via Chemomechanical Coupling
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This work introduces a life‐like “living” polymer platform that can grow, degrow, and reprogram its properties after fabrication. By integrating mass transport, reversible polymerization, and controlled catalysis, the material achieves on‐demand changes in size, shape, and mechanical properties.
Jiahe Huang +9 more
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De Rerum Natura: How Do Halide Perovskites Self‐Heal From Damage?
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.How can lead‐halide‐perovskites self‐heal after damage from light, heat, mechanical strain, or radiation? We show that reversible chemical defects underly performance losses and recovery, highlighting the roles of halide and proton migration, redox‐driven reactions, and acid‐base equilibria.
Davide Raffaele Ceratti +2 more
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First Full-Scale 2D Field Experiment on Semi-Embedded Rubber Column Metamaterials: Enhanced Attenuation of Love Waves and Mechanistic Insights. [PDF]
Materials (Basel)Zhang X, Zheng N, Ji C, Lu Y, Shi Q.
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Photochemical Fuel Carrier Molecules for Robotic Embodied Energy
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.We designed a novel fuel carrier photoresponsive molecule for on‐demand energy storage and release. Carrier molecules undergo bond scission under UV light to release chemical fuel and locally generate propulsive Marangoni flows. We demonstrate this photochemical embodied energy strategy in small‐scale robots and active matter systems, enabling ...
Chuqi Huang +6 more
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Phase Control Mechanisms in Metasurfaces: From Static Approaches to Active and Space-Time Modulation. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel)Haroon M, Kim SW, Choi DY.
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Assembling a True “Olympic Gel” From over 16 000 Combinatorial DNA Rings
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Olympic gels are an elusive class of soft matter, consisting of molecular networks held together purely by mechanically interlocked rings. Their topological structure promises unique properties and functions, but their synthesis has proven notoriously difficult.
Sarah K. Speed +9 more
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Label-Free Microdroplet Concentration Detector Based on a Quadruple Resonant Ring Metamaterial. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel)Guo W, Cheng Y, Li J.
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Surface‐Capped Protein Nanoparticles for Nonviral Gene Delivery
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Developing simple, safe, and efficient nonviral delivery systems remains a significant challenge in bioengineering. Nanoparticles offer promising gene delivery capabilities with reduced toxicity; however, long‐standing challenges related to effective plasmid encapsulation and delivery exist.
Fjorela Xhyliu +9 more
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Gold-polymer hybrid metasurface for polarization-independent enhanced third harmonic generation in the ultraviolet. [PDF]
Sci RepMukhopadhyay S +6 more
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Electrospun PAN‐MXene nanofibers and yarns integrate enhanced thermal conductivity, photothermal conversion, and triboelectric energy harvesting within a flexible architecture. Interconnected MXene networks promote efficient phonon transport, while their surface chemistry strengthens tribo‐negative behavior, enabling a high power density of 432.7 mW m ...
Ahmadreza Moradi +2 more
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