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Soft condensed matter physics [PDF]

Solid State Communications, 1997
Soft condensed matter physics is the study of materials, such as fluids, liquid crystals, polymers, colloids, and emulsions, that are ``soft" to the touch. This article will review some properties, such as the dominance of entropy, that are unique to soft materials and some properties such as the interplay between broken-symmetry, dynamic mode ...
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Hybrid Auxetic Architectures: Integrating Curvature‐Driven Design for Enhanced Mechanical Tunability and Structural Performance

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Curvature‐tuned auxetic lattices are designed, fabricated, and mechanically characterized to reveal how geometric curvature governs stretchability, stress redistribution, and Poisson's ratio evolution. Photoelastic experiments visualize stress pathways, while hyperelastic simulations quantify deformation mechanics.
Shuvodeep De, Giovanni Meli, Meysam Khalighian, Anahita Emami   +3 more
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Advancing Research on Biomaterials and Biological Materials with Scanning Electron Microscopy under Environmental and Low Vacuum Conditions

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Herein, environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM) is discussed as a powerful extension of conventional SEM for life sciences. By combining high‐resolution imaging with variable pressure and humidity, ESEM allows the analysis of untreated biological materials, supports in situ monitoring of hydration‐driven changes, and advances the functional ...
Jendrian Riedel, Lea Dierker, Antoine Eyram Kwame, Kim Nora Wagner, Jonas J. Unterholzner, Jan‐Henning Dirks, Dorothea Brüggemann   +6 more
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Can Ti‐Based MXenes Serve as Solid Lubricants for Brake Applications? A Tribological Study

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This study explores the first implementation of Ti‐based MXenes materials in brake pad friction composite material. The resulting composite material exhibits a 48% reduction in the wear rate; alongside significant improvements are observed for thermal and mechanical properties.
Eslam Mahmoud, Jakob Gruber, Hakan Göçerler, Pierluigi Bilotto, Christian Gierl‐Mayer, Elham Loni, Michael Naguib, Carsten Gachot   +7 more
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Hydrogels: soft matters in photomedicine

Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 2019
Photodynamic therapy (PDT), a shining beacon in the realm of photomedicine, is a non-invasive technique that utilizes dye-based photosensitizers (PSs) in conjunction with light and oxygen to produce reactive oxygen species to combat malignant tissues and infectious microorganisms.
Senge, Mathias, Khuruna, Bhavya, Gierlich, Piotr, Meindl, Alina, Gomes-da-Silva, Lígia C.   +4 more
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Screen‐Printed Flexible Piezoelectric Force Sensor Array with Electromagnetic Interference Shielding

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This article introduces a flexible screen‐printed piezoelectric sensor array designed for low‐frequency healthcare applications such as tactile sensing and cardiovascular monitoring. The device integrates interface electronics enabling the simultaneous acquisition of up to 128 signals, along with flexible EMI shielding that significantly reduces noise ...
Joseph Faudou, Mohammed Benwadih, Arnaud Gabas, Lina Kadura, Minh‐Quyen Le, Daniel Grinberg, Pierre‐Jean Cottinet   +6 more
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Ideal Molecular Sieving with a Dense MOF for Helium Upgrading with Highly Diffusion Selective Mixed Matrix Membranes

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The separation of Helium gas from natural gas is challenging but highly important. MIL‐116(Ga), a “non‐porous” metal–organic framework is used as a molecular sieve to separate He from CH4. Druse‐like MIL‐116(Ga) particles are integrated into polysulfone mixed matrix membranes.
Ayisha Komal, Laura Calderón‐Rodríguez, Oksana Smirnova, Eren Grossmann, Aparna Binu Varghese, Karen Marlenne Garcia Alvarez, Andreas Schneemann, Thomas Hoyer, Ralf Wyrwa, Felix Helmut Schacher, Alexander Knebel   +10 more
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Synchrotron Radiation for Quantum Technology

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Materials and interfaces underpin quantum technologies, with synchrotron and FEL methods key to understanding and optimizing them. Advances span superconducting and semiconducting qubits, 2D materials, and topological systems, where strain, defects, and interfaces govern performance.
Oliver Rader, Sakura Pascarelli, Klaus Attenkofer, Anna A. Makarova, Karsten Holldack, Kai Rossnagel, Kristiaan Temst, George Kourousias, Stefano Carretta, Caterina Biscari, Helmut Dosch   +10 more
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Fractional Skyrmion Tubes in Chiral‐Interfaced 3D Magnetic Nanowires

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
In chiral 3D helical magnetic nanowires, the coupling between the geometric and magnetic chirality provides a way to create topological spin states like vortex tubes. Here, it is demonstrated how the breaking of this coupling in interfaced 3D nanowires of opposite chirality leads to even more complex topological spin states, such as fractional ...
John Fullerton, Naëmi Leo, Jakub Jurczyk, Claire Donnelly, Dédalo Sanz‐Hernández, Luka Skoric, Nicholas Mille, Stefan Stanescu, Donald A MacLaren, Rachid Belkhou, Aurelio Hierro‐Rodriguez, Amalio Fernández‐Pacheco   +11 more
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Atomic Size Misfit for Electrocatalytic Small Molecule Activation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review explores the application and mechanisms of atomic size misfit in catalysis for small molecule activation, focusing on how structural defects and electronic properties can effectively lower the energy barriers of chemical bonds in molecules like H2O, CO2, and N2.
Ping Hong, Changfan Xu, Huaping Zhao, Yong Lei   +3 more
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