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Beyond Thin Film Limits—Superhard and Hydrogen‐Free Amorphous Carbon Coatings With Over 100 µm Thickness

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
For the first time, an extreme‐thick laser‐arc PVD ta‐C (DLC) coating exceeding 100 µm is demonstrated, opening up new possibilities for ultra‐high load bearing capacity. This superhard amorphous carbon architecture combines >50% sp3 bonding, robust adhesion and self‐supporting performance, shielding substrates from plastic flow under extreme contact ...
Martin Zawischa, Frank Kaulfuß, Stefan Makowski, Volker Weihnacht   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intracrystalline Void‐Mediated Toughening of Brittle Crystals in Quail Eggshells

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
In quail eggshells, the high density and disordered arrangement of intracrystalline voids inhibit lattice cleavage, suppress long‐range crack propagation, and promote deformation twinning and quasi‐plasticity, serving as an essential toughening motif. We show that these voids remain within a narrow subcritical size range and therefore predominantly do ...
Jingxiao Zhong, Qihang Wang, Andre E. Vellwock, Sinuhe Perea Puente, Tingting Zhu, Jia Hui Lim, Kadda Medjoubi, Sebastian Hoerl, Erika Griesshaber, Wolfgang W. Schmahl, Yannicke Dauphin, Emeline Raguin, Peter Werner, Francesco Stellacci, Michael V. Swain, Peter Fratzl, Shahrouz Amini   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Remote Activation of Wnt Signaling and Cell Proliferation by E‐Cadherin Magnetomechanical Stimulation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A pioneering magnetogenetic toolkit enables non‐invasive, precise spatiotemporal modulation of intracellular Wnt/β‐catenin signaling. Functionalized magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs@E/EC15) target cellular E‐cadherins to generate localized magnetomechanical forces under low‐intensity magnetic fields.
Christian Castro‐Hinojosa, Pablo Martínez‐Vicente, Lucía G. Recaredo, Susel Del Sol‐Fernández, Pilar Gomollón‐Zueco, Yilian Fernández‐Afonso, Raluca M. Fratila, María Moros   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bio-Inspired Optimization in Soft Robot Design: Methods, Applications, and Future Directions. [PDF]

Biomimetics (Basel)
Sun Y, Lueth TC.
europepmc   +1 more source

Bistable Isochoric Chiral Metamaterials with Reprogrammable Multiaxial Responses

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
An isochoric bistable rotational unit cell enables in situ modification of internal contact conditions post‐fabrication, without altering the global envelope dimensions of the surrounding architecture. By selectively switching between open and closed states, the tessellated chiral metamaterial can reprogram its volumetric response, including bulk ...
Shujia Chen, Lei Wu, Jingran Liu, Damiano Pasini   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A new paradigm for marine ecological monitoring through swarm intelligence, digital twins, and Human-Swarm interaction. [PDF]

Front Robot AI
Couceiro MS, Mazloum F, Araújo AG, Rocha RP, Bio A, Ferreira G.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Deformation‐Tolerant Functional Elastomer Overlayers for Haze‐Assisted Light Extraction and Color Conversion in Stretchable Mechanoluminescent Films

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Functional elastomer overlayers are integrated onto stretchable ZnS:Cu‐PDMS mechanoluminescent films to regulate light after emission without modifying the emissive composite. NLC‐PU provides haze‐assisted light extraction to enhance green mechanoluminescence, while DCM‐NLC‐PU combines green‐to‐yellow‐orange color conversion with enhanced outward light
Gyudam Jeon, Seongkyu Song, Soon Moon Jeong, Na Young Ha   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Programming Neuromorphic Plasticity Through Ionic and Electronic Coupling in Organic Electrochemical Transistors

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Neuromorphic plasticity in OECTs is governed by the post‐stimulus evolution of coupled ionic and electronic states. Semiconductor chemistry and morphology, electrolyte composition and interfaces, and device architecture regulate ion injection, transport, confinement, and release, shifting responses from rapidly relaxing STP to metastable memory and ...
Inho Lee, Hyoik Jang, Ji Hwan Kim, Jonghyun Won, Namhee Kim, Wonseok Shin, Giwon Lee, Eunho Lee, Daegun Kim, Sungjun Park   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microfluidic Architecting of Patchy MXene Core‐Shell Particles for Ultralow‐Loading Photothermal Shape‐Memory Actuation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Spatially distributing Ti3C2Tx nanosheets into core‐shell architecture, rather than as directly dispersed flakes, mitigates aggregation and enhances photon harvesting. When the Ti3C2Tx core‐shell particles are incorporated into a shape‐memory polymer matrix at an ultralow loading of 0.0024 wt%, the improved photothermal conversion translates into ...
May Maung Zaw, Maxim M. Trubyanov, Qian Wang, Siyu Chen, Hongyi Chen, Keyu Chen, Hongbin Sun, Muthu Vignesh Vellayappan, Xiaoying Qi, Sharon Mui Ling Nai, Kostya S. Novoselov, David W. Rosen, Daria V. Andreeva   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Collective climbing of colloidal swarms on the vertical wall. [PDF]

Sci Adv
Yang S, Sun M, Horna-Shirola S, Zhao D, Ji X, Perez-Marcos LR, Cordova Figueroa UM, Yang C, Aranson IS, Zhang L.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source