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Conductive Hydrogels for Exogenous Sensing and Cell Fate Control

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
We engineer electrically conductive hydrogels by combining sulfated glycosaminoglycans with semiconducting polymers. These hydrogels bind bioactive proteins, including growth factors, whose release or retention can be modulated by low‐voltage stimulation. The hydrogels are also integrated as 3D channels in organic electrochemical transistors as part of
Teuku Fawzul Akbar, Carlos Alejandro Jimenez‐Rodriguez, Railia Biktimirova, Ilka Hermes, Thomas Kurth, My Duyen Pham, Mikhail Tsurkan, Jens Friedrichs, Francis L. C. Morgan, Hans Kleemann, Olga Guskova, Uwe Freudenberg, Peter Fratzl, Carsten Werner, Christoph Tondera, Ivan R. Minev   +15 more
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Fatigue Characteristics of Steel–Concrete Composite Beams

Infrastructures
Fatigue in steel–concrete composite beams can result from cyclic loading, causing stress fluctuations that may lead to cumulative damage and eventual failure over an extended period.
Ayman El-Zohairy, Hani Salim, Hesham Shaaban, Mahmoud T. Nawar   +3 more
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Phase Engineering of Nanomaterials (PEN): Evolution, Current Challenges, and Future Opportunities

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review summarizes the synthesis, phase transition, advanced characterization spanning ex situ to in situ and operando techniques, and diverse applications of phase engineering of nanomaterials (PEN). It further outlines key challenges and future opportunities, such as phase stability, architecture control, and artificial intelligence (AI)‐driven ...
Ye Chen, Zhanxi Fan, Jingjie Ge, Qiyuan He, Zhuangchai Lai, Jiawei Liu, Chaoliang Tan, Hua Zhang   +7 more
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Experimental Study on the Stiffness of Steel Beam-to-Upright Connections for Storage Racking Systems. [PDF]

Materials (Basel), 2020
Dumbrava F, Cerbu C.
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Rational Tuning of Hygroscopic Oscillation of Stacked Nanoflake Assemblies for Continuous Ambient Energy Harvesting

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Stacked nanoflake assembly (SNA) membranes can oscillate autonomously, offering opportunities for soft actuation and energy harvesting. This work uncovers the physical mechanism behind the sustained oscillation of SNA membranes in gradient humidity and identifies three governing dimensionless parameters, enabling rational design for optimizing SNA ...
Zijing Zhang, Jimin Fu, Gesa Zhang, Zhihua Liang, Boxun Zhang, Haimin Yao   +5 more
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Leaf‐Inspired Eutectic Skin With Extreme Fatigue Resistance and Robust Wet Adhesion for Amphibious Epidermal Electronics

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Inspired by Acorus calamus leaves, a heterogeneous eutectic skin integrates an aligned fibrous network within a hydrophobic eutectogel matrix. This hierarchical architecture triggers strain‐induced crystallization to achieve exceptional mechanical toughness and durable wet adhesion.
Jiayu Hou, Jiancheng Dong, Je Hyeong Kim, Chang Zhou, Shiyin Lin, Xingyu Liu, Hao Qiu, Mengting Zheng, Yuduo Zhang, Haijun Zhu, Kangjia Geng, Yidong Peng, Haoran Liu, Yunpeng Huang, Yongsheng Luo, Steve Park, Tianxi Liu   +16 more
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Ultrathin Li Metal Anodes: Quantitative Design Principles and Manufacturability Across Liquid and Solid‐State Batteries

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Ultrathin lithium metal anodes (≤15 µm) offer a promising route to high‐energy‐density batteries due to their high capacity and low potential. This review presents design principles for ultrathin Li, evaluates fabrication strategies, and discusses challenges in liquid and solid‐state cells.
Cheng Wang, Caoyu Wang, Shuixin Xia, Jodie A. Yuwono, Mingnan Li, Yanqiu Lyu, Ruizhi Zhang, Jun Wang, Jianfeng Mao, Zaiping Guo   +9 more
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High Center‐of‐Mass, Multi‐Legged Soft Robots Powered by Geometrically Encoded Liquid Crystal Elastomer Arc Appendages

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Inspired by the octopus and the golden wheel spider, soft robots with liquid crystal elastomer arc fibers as appendages are fabricated to transcend surface constraints through an elevated center of mass and minimal contact footprints. By leveraging curvature‐encoded deformation‐recovery cycles, these robots exhibit contractile, torsional, and flexural ...
Jong Bin Kim, Antonio Proctor Martinez, Yaoye Hong, Ziyun Zhang, Kun‐Yu Wang, Shu Yang   +5 more
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Femtosecond‐Laser Mould Texturing Enables Tunable Biointerfaces in COC Microfluidics

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Femtosecond‐laser texturing of injection‐mould inserts enables scalable engineering of biointerfaces in cyclic olefin copolymer microfluidics. Replicated micro‐ and nano‐topographies modulate surface roughness and wettability, leading to texture‐dependent protein adsorption and cell adhesion without chemical post‐processing.
Irene Varela‐Leniz, Nora Larreategi, Laura Gemini, Taieb Bakouche, Florent Husson, Leire Gartzia‐Rivero, Eider Bilbao Castellanos, Ane Miren Zaldua, José Luis Vilas‐Vilela, Leire Etxeberria   +9 more
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Transducers Across Scales and Frequencies: A System‐Level Framework for Multiphysics Integration and Co‐Design

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Transducers convert physical signals into electrical and optical representations, yet each mechanism is bounded by intrinsic trade‐offs across bandwidth, sensitivity, speed, and energy. This review maps transduction mechanisms across physical scale and frequency, showing how heterogeneous integration and multiphysics co‐design transform isolated ...
Aolei Xu, Mengyao Xiao, Zhouli Sui, Yinpeng Wang, Daoye Zheng, Yuxin Liu, Luwei Wang, Huajun Liu, Chengkuo Lee   +8 more
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