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A novel seed dispersal mode of Apostasia nipponica could provide some clues to the early evolution of the seed dispersal system in Orchidaceae

Evolution Letters, 2020
Despite being one of the most diverse families, scant attention has been paid to the seed dispersal system in Orchidaceae, owing to the widely accepted notion that wind dispersal is the dominant strategy.
Kenji Suetsugu
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Solution‐Processed Two‐Dimensional Indium Oxide on Sodium‐Embedded Alumina for Reconfigurable Optoelectronic Synaptic Transistors

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Wafer‐scale two‐dimensioanl In2Se3 oxidized into InOx on sodium‐embedded beta‐alumina enables multifunctional reconfigurable electronics. Sodium ions accumulate within distinct spatial distribution under drain‐controlle and gate‐controlled operation. Drain‐control operation gives controllability of ultraviolet‐driven optoelectronic synaptic conductance
Jinhong Min, Yonghyun Albert Kwon, Hyunbin Kim, Jihyun Kim, Myeongjin Jung, Jaewon Heo, Gwang Ya Kim, Vlastimil Mazanek, Zdeněk Sofer, In Soo Kim, Jeong Ho Cho, Hyesung Park, Sang Min Won, Joohoon Kang   +13 more
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Dispersal mode mediates the seed functional traits of woody plants’ responses to urbanization in remnant forest patches

Trees, Forests and People
Urban remnant forests are essential for biodiversity conservation within city landscapes, facing direct impacts from urbanization and indirect changes from surrounding land use alterations that affect seed dispersal and plant diversity.
Minglu Guo, Zijin Wang, Yanjun Zheng, Ying Pan, Jingyi Yang   +4 more
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Chiral Phase Change Nanomaterials

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This work demonstrates reversible, non‐volatile phase transitions in chiral Ge2${\rm Ge}_2$Sb2${\rm Sb}_2$Te5${\rm Te}_5$ (GST) nanohelices for high‐speed optical modulation of chirality and dynamic control of the state of polarization (SOP). The chiral nanostructures are fabricated using a highly directional, wafer‐scale physical vapor deposition ...
Joshua A. Burrow, Md Shah Alam, Riad Yahiaoui, Evan M. Smith, Ryan Laing, Jules Gardener, Thomas A. Searles, Piyush J. Shah, Shivashankar Vangala, Joshua R. Hendrickson, Andrew M. Sarangan, Imad Agha   +11 more
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Endozoochory by the cooperation between beetles and ants in the holoparasitic plant Cynomorium songaricum in the deserts of Northwest China.

PLoS ONE
Cynomorium songaricum Rupr. first described by Carl Johann (Ivanovič) Ruprecht in 1840 is a desert parasitic plant that mainly parasitizes the roots of Nitraria L. (especially of Nitraria tangutorum Bobrov., Nitraria sibirica Pall.).
Zhi Wang, Huan Guan, Bingzhen Li, Qianqian Zhang, Qing Chen, Dehui Wang, Kexin He, Zikang Jin, Guilin Chen   +8 more
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Graphene Quantum Dot‐Induced Microstrain for Framework Stabilization of High‐Entropy Prussian Blue Analog in High‐Current Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The intrinsic distortion‐rich lattice of HEPBA with GQD‐enabled microstrain engineering establishes a mechanistic route toward high‐performance alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction. HEPBA inherently feature heterogeneous local coordination environments arising from multimetal incorporation, while properly introducing GQD during coprecipitation ...
Mia Rinawati, Yu‐Ru Liu, Wei‐Hsiang Huang, Kuan‐Yu Lin, Ching‐Ju Ho, Ling‐Yu Chang, Karel Roubik, Ni Luh Wulan Septiani, Ahmad Nuruddin, Wei‐Nien Su, Min‐Hsin Yeh   +10 more
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Experimental methods for wind tunnel studies of seed dispersal by wind

Applications in Plant Sciences
The complexity and variability of natural environments make quantitative studies of seed wind dispersal challenging. Wind tunnel experiments offer a controlled alternative to investigate the mechanisms of seed wind dispersal.
Liang Tian, Noelle G. Beckman, Lu Zong, Xuanping Qin, Minghu Liu, Zhimin Liu   +5 more
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Hierarchical Primary‐Secondary Coordination Synchronizes Ion Flux and Sulfur Redox in Solid Polymer Electrolytes

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Hierarchical coordination engineering redistributes Li+ from anion‐dominated pairing toward polymer‐mediated binding. Strong primary sites promote salt dissociation, while distributed secondary sites sustain dynamic hopping pathways. This coordination landscape couples ion flux with polysulfide conversion, suppresses transport‐conversion decoupling ...
Zhong‐Wei Zheng, Jing‐Yu Li, Meng‐Che Tsai, Tsung‐I. Yeh, Wei‐Ming Huang, Mohamed Gamal Mohamed, Shiao‐Wei Kuo, Bing‐Joe Hwang, Yun‐Sheng Ye   +8 more
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Animal‐mediated seed dispersal: A review of study methods

Applications in Plant Sciences
By dispersing seeds, animals provide ecological functions critical for the ecology, evolution, and conservation of plants. We review quantitative and empirical approaches and emerging technologies to quantify processes and patterns of animal‐mediated ...
Noelle G. Beckman, Erin K. Kuprewicz, Binod Borah, James M. Bullock, Amanda S. Gallinat, Juan P. González‐Varo, Abir Jain, Jun Ying Lim, Carina I. Motta, Omer Nevo, Haldre S. Rogers   +10 more
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Quantifying the mutualism-antagonism continuum for seed removal by a granivorous disperser

Basic and Applied Ecology
Seeds removed by animals have one of two mutually exclusive fates – they are either predated or dispersed and still alive. The quality of seed dispersal by animals and the number of predated seeds will therefore determine net interaction outcomes for ...
Finn Rehling, Eelke Jongejans, Nina Farwig, Dana G. Schabo   +3 more
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