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Composites of Shellac and Silver Nanowires as Flexible, Biobased, and Corrosion‐Resistant Transparent Conductive Electrodes

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Shellac, a centuries‐old natural resin, is reimagined as a green material for flexible electronics. When combined with silver nanowires, shellac films deliver transparency, conductivity, and stability against humidity. These results position shellac as a sustainable alternative to synthetic polymers for transparent conductors in next‐generation ...
Rahaf Nafez Hussein, Tiago Carneiro Gomes, Eliza Ng, Simon Rondeau‐Gagné, Tricia Breen Carmichael   +4 more
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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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The performance, pyrolysis mechanism and environmental functions of forest surface fuel biochar

Communications Earth & Environment
Traditional wildfire fuel management faces critical barriers due to high cost, carbon emissions, and operational risks. While biochar technology offers a solution, the poor awareness of forest fuel biochar hinders its global implementation.
Lixuan Wang, Stephen Joseph, Wei Feng, Yi Ye, Ruijie Zhang, Weilong Zhang, Jibin Ning, Guang Yang, Jiaqi Gao, Xiankui Quan, Hongzhou Yu, Xiangbei Zhou   +11 more
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Raster Scale Farmland Productivity Assessment with Multi-Source Data Fusion—A Case of Typical Black Soil Region in Northeast China

Remote Sensing
Degradation of black soil areas is a serious threat to national food security and ecological safety; nevertheless, the current lack of information on the location, size, and condition of black soil farmland productivity is a major obstacle to the ...
Yuwen Liu, Chengyuan Wang, Enheng Wang, Xuegang Mao, Yuan Liu, Zhibo Hu   +5 more
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Conformal Metallosaccharide Hybrid Films for Protecting Wood Surfaces From Environmental Damage

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Ti‐ribose hybrid films fabricated by molecular layer deposition form a conformal and uniform coating on wood surfaces, which provides water repellence, dimensional stability, and resistance to acidic and alkaline environments, while preserving the natural appearance.
Wenwen Wang, Aranzazu Sierra Fernandez, Gabriele Botta, Evgenii Modin, Iva Šarić Janković, Shidong Ji, Junli Liu, Mato Knez   +7 more
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Effects of biotic and abiotic factors on ecosystem multifunctionality of plantations

Ecological Processes
Background Mixed forests are better than monoculture forests in biodiversity, stand structure and productivity stability. However, a more comprehensive assessment of the ecosystem functions of monoculture and mixed plantations is lacking. We compared the
Jiaxin Tian, Tian Ni, Zheng Miao, Yuanshuo Hao, Aiyun Ma, Lihu Dong, Fengri Li   +6 more
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Immunoinflammatory Mechanisms and Biocompatibility of Bioactive Dental Biomaterials: From Fundamental Insights to Clinical Translation

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Surface‐host dialogue at the implant interface governs biological fate and osseointegration. Surface physicochemical properties of titanium (Ti) dental implants, including microgrooves, nanopatterns, nanotopography, roughness, and wettability, modulate the initial adsorption of proteins and the formation of a dynamic biointerface.
Daniela Moreira Cunha, Amanda Paino Santana, Marta Maria Alves Pereira, Mariana Martins Guerreiro, Jose Mauro Granjeiro, Jamil Awad Shibli, Jeroen J. J. P. van den Beucken, Anton Sculean, Rafael Scaf de Molon, Erica Dorigatti de Avila   +9 more
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Wild mushrooms in Ethiopia: A review and synthesis for future perspective

Forest Systems, 2017
Aim of study: To review and provide all-purpose information about wild mushrooms in Ethiopia and to create awareness for conservation and use of mycological resources.
Tatek Dejene, Juan Andrés Oria-de-Rueda, Pablo Martín-Pinto   +2 more
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Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles in Biomedicine: Advances and Prospects

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Mesoporous silica nanoparticles offer unique properties like high surface area, tunable pores, and functionalization. They excel in drug delivery, tissue engineering, and stimuli‐responsive therapies, enabling targeted and controlled treatments. With roles in cancer therapy and diagnostics, their clinical translation requires addressing challenges in ...
Miguel Manzano, María Vallet‐Regí
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Trends in agricultural sustainability research: a 40-year bibliometric review

Discover Environment
This study presents a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of agricultural sustainability research published from 1984 to July 2024. Using 1,000 English-language publications retrieved from Crossref via the Publish or Perish platform, and analyzed with ...
Pierre Marie Chimi, Baruch Batamack Nkoué, Michèle Elodie Kouoguem Kamdem, Eusebe Ydelphonse Nyonce Pokam, Karimou Abdel Ngamsou, Guillaine Yonga, Danielle Bertille Osso, William Armand Mala   +7 more
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