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Hydrogel‐Based Photothermal‐Catalytic Membrane for Efficient Cogeneration of Freshwater and Hydrogen in Membrane Distillation System

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This work presents an overview of the PTC‐VMD system for water‐hydrogen co‐generation. a) Illustration of the hydrogel‐based PTC membrane and the co‐generation of water and hydrogen. b) Structure of the PTC‐VMD system and the functions of each component layer.
Jiawei Sun, Muhammad Usman Farid, Wenlong Xi, Gang Lu, Min Wei Boey, Sai Kishore Ravi, Patrick H.‐L. Sit, Alicia Kyoungjin An   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular engineering of chiral colloidal liquid crystals using DNA origami [PDF]

Nature Materials (2017), 2017
Establishing precise control over the shape and the interactions of the microscopic building blocks is essential for design of macroscopic soft materials with novel structural, optical and mechanical properties. Here, we demonstrate robust assembly of DNA origami filaments into cholesteric liquid crystals, 1D supramolecular twisted ribbons and 2D ...
arxiv   +1 more source

Analyzing Electronic Excitations and Exciton Binding Energies in Y6 Films

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The Y6 molecule is used for increasing the efficiency of organic solar cells. The exciton binding energy is calculated for ensembles of Y6 molecules that are representative of the typically used films. The calculations show that the excitons typically spread out over many molecules.
Sahar Javaid Akram, Sophie Meißner, Stephan Kümmel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chiral Engineered Biomaterials: New Frontiers in Cellular Fate Regulation for Regenerative Medicine

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Chiral engineered biomaterials can selectively influence cell behaviors in regenerative medicine. This review covers chiral engineered biomaterials in terms of their fabrication methods, cellular response mechanisms, and applications in directing stem cell differentiation and tissue function.
Yuwen Wang, Xin Zhang, Denghui Xie, Chunying Chen, Zhifeng Huang, Zhong Alan Li   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Non‐Enzymatic Destruction of the Extracellular Matrix for Activatable Orthotopic Tumor Treatment and Enhanced Drug Penetration

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Supramolecular biomimetic nanoaggregates (HFCu NAs), constructed with fluorinated histidine and copper ions via metal coordination and aromatic packing, exhibit enhanced reactive oxygen species （ROS）generation at tumor sites, which results in stepwise collapse of the extracellular matrix (ECM), affording tumor microenvironment responsive “turn‐on” 19F ...
Hui Wang, Ruxin Feng, Yan Wang, Qian Ma, Di Yuan, Xi Yang, Suying Xu, Tony D. James, Leyu Wang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Accelerated Atomistic Simulations of a Supramolecular Polymer in Water [PDF]

arXiv, 2018
All-atom molecular dynamics has been recently proven a useful tool for the study of supramolecular polymers. While the high resolution offered by the atomistic models may allow for deep comprehension of the assembled structure, obtaining a reliable equilibrated configuration for these soft assemblies in aqueous solution remains a challenging task ...
arxiv  

Predicting 2D Crystal Packing in Thin Films of Small Molecule Organic Materials

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A computational method is proposed for predicting the 2D molecular packing in crystalline thin films of flexible organic molecules. The approach employs a grid search for molecular arrangements, achieving accurate predictions of 2D packing motifs with strongly reduced computational costs.
Alexey O. Gudovannyy, Julia M. Schäfer, Olga Gerdes, Dirk Hildebrandt, Gunter Mattersteig, Martin Pfeiffer, Frank Ortmann   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Living supramolecular polymerization of fluorinated cyclohexanes

Nature Communications, 2021
Living supramolecular polymerization can produce precise covalent polymers, but the scope of monomers is still narrow. Here the authors show a molecular platform for living supramolecular polymerization that is based on the unique structure of all-cis 1 ...
Oleksandr Shyshov, Shyamkumar Vadakket Haridas, Luca Pesce, Haoyuan Qi, Andrea Gardin, Davide Bochicchio, Ute Kaiser, Giovanni M. Pavan, Max von Delius   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Making Photoresponsive Metal–Organic Frameworks an Effective Class of Heterogeneous Photocatalyst

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review summarizes photoresponsive MOFs for photocatalytic applications, focusing on their capacity to enhance light harvesting, charge transfer, and surface reactions. While existing studies provide foundational insights, emerging characterization techniques enable a deeper understanding of photoresponsive MOFs.
Rui Liu, Hao Wu, Hoi Ying Chung, Yun Hau Ng   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Near‐Infrared Circularly Polarized Electroluminescence with Switchable Handedness in Organic LEDs

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The first fully‐organic circularly polarized near‐infrared OLED, using a co‐assembled active layer of ITIC and a chiral inducer, exhibits dissymmetry values up to 0.074 and 1.65 Wsr−1m−2 radiance. The circular polarization sign can be switched by manipulating the position of the recombination zone, resulting in enhanced device performance and stability.
Francesco Zinna, Chiara Botta, Silvia Luzzati, Lorenzo Di Bari, Umberto Giovanella   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source