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An All‐Textile, Mechano‐Capacitive Subtle Movement Sensor

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A robust all‐textile capacitive sensor is introduced for measuring subtle body movements without long‐term degradation. By separating mechanical deformation from electrical sensing elements, accuracy, responsiveness, and durability are improved. Simple fabrication methods are presented, electrode effects are analyzed, and performance is validated ...
Easa AliAbbasi, Rachel Freire, Valentin Martinez‐Missir, Vineetha Rallabandi, Paul Strohmeier   +4 more
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Water Adsorption‐Induced Color Sensor: Insight Into the Sensing Mechanism and Interfacial Engineering for Improved Responsiveness

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
We report a unique color‐sensing phenomenon of a TiO2/SbSI:Sb2S3 device utilizing X‐ray absorption. Based on the revealed penetration and adsorption of water onto TiO2, we successfully improved the color response speed and sensitivity by incorporating a hydrophilic polymer interlayer, thereby opening up opportunities for photodetection applications ...
Tai Kobayashi, Ryosuke Nishikubo, Yusuke Tomiyori, Fumitaka Ishiwari, Daisuke Asakura, Eiji Hosono, Miho Kitamura, Hisao Kiuchi, Yoshihisa Harada, Akinori Saeki   +9 more
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Bioinspired Hierarchically Interconnected Supermacroporous Hydrogels via Dual‐Templating for Rapid Atmospheric Water Harvesting

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Inspired by lung alveolar architecture, a dual‐templating strategy combining CO2 bubble and ice templating creates mechanically robust super‐macroporous hydrogels with highly interconnected transport pathways. The resulting material achieves 3.37× faster moisture sorption and 1.72× higher solar‐driven water release than single‐templated counterparts ...
Pan Huang, Weiyan Zhu, Yuanyuan Wang, Hanxiao Zhang, Ying Hu, Siyuan Yang, Wenshuai Yang, Hongbo Zeng   +7 more
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Electrospun Wood‐Derived Biopolymers as Electrodes in Electrochemical Energy Storage Technologies

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Electrospinning transforms wood‐derived cellulose and lignin into architecturally defined, binder‐free carbon electrodes with tuneable porosity and functionality. This review shows how fibre design enables decoupled charge and mass transport, enhancing performance across battery systems, while identifying key challenges in spinnability, scalability ...
Michael W. Thielke, Hattie R. Chisnall, Jesus Vazquez Chavez, Ana B. Jorge Sobrido   +3 more
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Embedded Ferroelectric Nanoclusters Can Drive Polarization Reversal in a Non‐Ferroelectric Polar Film via the Proximity Effect

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Ferroelectric nanoclusters create local internal fields in a normally non‐switchable polar film because of polarization mismatch at their interfaces. That field opposes polarization in the regions with larger polarization and reinforces polarization in the regions with smaller polarization.
Anna N. Morozovska, Eugene A. Eliseev, Sergei V. Kalinin, Long‐Qing Chen, Dean R. Evans, Venkatraman Gopalan   +5 more
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Single‐Step Recovery of Water from Stable Crude Oil‐Water Emulsion Using Surface Engineered Hybrid Inorganic‐Polymer Membranes

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Atomic layer deposition is used to conformally surface engineer polymeric membranes to fabricate inorganic–organic hybrid membranes. These membranes have exceptionally strong attraction toward water even in high oil containing emulsions, which leads to an extremely strong hydration layer at the interface.
Bratin Sengupta, Yining Liu, Gaurab Sarkar, Rouke Cai, Katrina Sparks, Chi Thang Nguyen, Tamar Segal‐Peretz, Seth B. Darling, Jeffrey W. Elam   +8 more
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The impacts of project uncertainty and relationship conflict on relationship continuity in construction: The role of political skill.

PLoS ONE
Project uncertainty is a common feature in construction projects, and relationship conflicts often arise from interactions among project partners. This study examines the negative effects of project uncertainty and relationship conflict on relationship ...
Xiaoyan Huo, Shiya Gao, Huiyang Zhang
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Versatile Pneumatic Twisted Coiled Actuators Enabled by Fiber‐Polymer Composite Fabrication

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This work reports composite Pneumatic Twisted Coiled Actuators with embedded Kevlar fibers that convert pneumatic or hydraulic pressure into powerful linear motion. A novel precise manufacturing technique is used to systematically explore how design variables influence actuator mechanics and dynamics.
William J. Townsend, Jeongmin Kim, Samuel Tsai, Yichao Shi, Sameh Tawfick, James H. Pikul   +5 more
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From Photoalignment to Structured Light: Liquid Crystal Platforms for Beam Shaping and Complex Wavefronts

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Photoaligned and photopatterned liquid crystal platforms provide programmable control of optical phase, polarization, and spin‐orbit interactions, enabling compact generation of structured light and complex wavefronts. This review highlights how tailored molecular orientations transform simple beams into designed optical fields, opening versatile ...
Le Zhou, Tingjun Zhong, Sijie Liu, Pouya Nosratkhah, Ke Xu, Yuzhen Zhao, Kristiaan Neyts   +6 more
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Three‐Dimensional Biomimetic Aerogel Conduits with Electro‐Ionic‐Immune Coupling Reverse the Pathological Cascade of Spinal Cord Injury

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A biomimetic aerogel conduit was engineered from a nanofiber of gelatin/poly(l‐lactic acid) doped with polypyrrole nanoparticles, integrated with tannic acid and Mg2+. This “electro‐ionic‐immune” strategy mimicked spinal cord properties, reduced calcium overload, inflammation, oxidative damage, promoted neural stem cell differentiation, suppressed ...
Qingxiang Liu, Xin Yu, Jingtong Li, Chunyang Zheng, Yukang Zhang, Mingyu Jia, Tan Tian, Weiwei Zheng, Pinghui Zhou, Yingji Mao   +9 more
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