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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
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Development of amine-functionalized fluorescent silica nanoparticles from coal fly ash as a sustainable source for nanofertilizer

Scientific Reports
Scaling up the synthesis of fluorescent silica nanoparticles to meet the current demand in diverse applications involves technological limitations. The present study relates to the hydrothermal synthesis of water-soluble, crystalline, blue-emitting amine-
Vikram Singh, Tuhin Mandal, Shiv Rag Mishra, Anupama Singh, Puja Khare   +4 more
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Bio‐Inspired Synthesis of Macroporous Single Crystal Particles as Scattering Agents

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A general strategy is presented that delivers unique, single‐crystal microparticles that combine submicron macroporosity and uniform particle shapes. A bioinspired approach is used to occlude three distinct types of additives – polystyrene microspheres, polymer vesicles and amino acids – within calcite single crystals, and subsequent thermal annealing ...
Stephanie E. Foster, Gianni Jacucci, Ouassef Nahi, Thomas Kress, Zabeada Aslam, Stuart Micklethwaite, Alexander N. Kulak, Rik Drummond‐Brydson, Melinda J. Duer, Yi‐Yeoun Kim, Silvia Vignolini, Fiona C. Meldrum   +11 more
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Effects of Silica Nanoparticles and Silica-Zirconia Nanoclusters on Tribological Properties of Dental Resin Composites

Journal of Nanotechnology, 2018
Roughness and hardness are among the most important variables in the wear (resistance) performance of dental resin composites. In this study, silica nanoparticles and nanoclusters of silica and silica-zirconia nanoparticles were evaluated for use as ...
Henry A. Rodríguez, Herley Casanova
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Ionic Precursors Transformed Into Vinyl Acetate Synthesis Catalyst via Reaction‐Driven Restructuring

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This work demonstrates that a simple physical mixture of Pd and Au ionic precursors, KOAc promoter, and SiO2 support can transform into a highly active vinyl acetate synthesis catalyst through reaction‐driven restructuring. The results highlight reaction‐induced restructuring as an innovative and sustainable catalyst design strategy.
Byeong Jun Cha, Welman C. Elias, Hunter P. Jacobs, Kimberly N. Heck, Saghar Rezaie, Sadegh Yazdi, Kiheon Hong, Justin J. Dodson, Laiyuan Chen, Sean G. Mueller, Steven R. Alexander, Michael S. Wong   +11 more
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Characterization of a bacterial cellulose-silica nanocomposite prepared from agricultural waste products

Materials Research Express, 2020
Bacterial cellulose (BC) has attracted considerable scientific interest and can be modified, making it more widely useful in composites with guest nanoparticles.
Wichai Soemphol, Panadda Charee, Sasiporn Audtarat, Supachai Sompech, Piyorot Hongsachart, Thananchai Dasri   +5 more
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Strong Lead‐Free Bioinspired Piezoceramics for Durable Energy Transducers

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
We fabricated brick‐and‐mortar lead‐free piezoceramics with Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3 monocrystal platelets as bricks and amorphous silica as mortar. The alignment of the bricks and the presence of the amorphous silica led to anisotropic residual stresses. These residual stresses increase the samples toughness, strength and durability while the brick alignment ...
Ruxue Yang, Temesgen Tadeyos Zate, Peiren Wang, Soumyajit Mojumder, Elo Overgaard Mogensen, Oriol Gavalda‐Diaz, Zihe Li, Shitong Zhou, Ajeet Kumar, James Roscow, Hamideh Khanbareh, Astri Bjørnetun Haugen, Florian Bouville   +12 more
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Biomineral‐Inspired Organic/Inorganic Colloidal Liquid‐Crystalline Hybrids for Photoresponsive Adhesion

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A new class of photoresponsive liquid‐crystalline (LC) adhesives based on biomineral‐inspired organic/inorganic colloidal hybrids is reported. These colloidal LC materials are formed by hybridization of a hydroxyapatite nanorod with azobenzene‐based forklike molecules.
Junya Uchida, Ryuta Kiguchi, Riki Kato, Yuta Nishina, Takashi Kato   +4 more
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Toxic effect of silica nanoparticles on endothelial cells through DNA damage response via Chk1-dependent G2/M checkpoint.

PLoS ONE, 2013
Silica nanoparticles have become promising carriers for drug delivery or gene therapy. Endothelial cells could be directly exposed to silica nanoparticles by intravenous administration.
Junchao Duan, Yongbo Yu, Yang Li, Yang Yu, Yanbo Li, Xianqing Zhou, Peili Huang, Zhiwei Sun   +7 more
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Functionalizing Micro‐to‐Mesoscopic Electrode Architectures for Regulating Electron Transfer Behaviors in Electrocatalysis

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A systematic review is conducted to assess the influence of electrode architecture across micro‐ to mesoscopic length scales on electron‐transfer pathways in electrocatalysis. We discuss the structure‐activity relationships in electrocatalytic applications, including resource recovery and environmental remediation, and provide cost‐effective, efficient
Manshu Zhao, Jiaojiao Zhang, Shideng Yuan, Xinmeng Yu, Keming Wan, Xiaoguang Duan, Zhining Wang   +6 more
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