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Electroactive Liquid Crystal Elastomers as Soft Actuators

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Electroactive liquid crystal elastomers (eLCEs) can be actuated via electromechanical, electrochemical, or electrothermal effects. a) Electromechanical effects include Maxwell stress, electrostriction, and the electroclinic effect. b) Electrochemical effects arise from electrode redox reactions.
Yakui Deng, Min‐Hui Li
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Bioinspired Bromination Enables Extensible, Strain‐Stiffening Resilin Peptide Scaffolds with Tunable Degradation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Bioinspired bromination of a resilin‐derived peptide enables the fabrication of electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds that uniquely combine strain‐stiffening elasticity, proteolytic stability, and antioxidant functionality. These brominated peptide–gelatin hybrids mimic the extensibility of natural elastomers, demonstrating tunable mechanical resilience ...
Elisa Marelli, Lorenzo Sori, Chiara Russo, Claudia Pigliacelli, Lorenza Draghi, Monica Soncini, Pierangelo Metrangolo   +6 more
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Photo‐Switching Thermal and Lithium‐Ion Conductivity in Azobenzene Polymers

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Light‐responsive azobenzene polymers control thermal and ionic transport simultaneously through structural transitions. UV illumination disrupts π–π stacking, converting crystalline trans states to amorphous cis configurations. Thermal conductivity drops from 0.45 to 0.15 W·m−1·K−1 while Li+ diffusivity increases 100 fold. This dual transport switching
Jaeuk Sung, Jungwoo Shin, Qiujie Zhao, Minjee Kang, Christopher Evans, Cecilia Leal, Paul V. Braun, David G. Cahill   +7 more
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Living Liquid Metal Composites Embedded with Electrogenic Endospores for Next‐Generation Bioelectronics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A new class of living liquid metal composites is introduced, embedding Bacillus subtilis endospores into eutectic gallium–indium (EGaIn). The spores enhance droplet coalescence, strengthen interfacial conductivity, and provide on‐demand electrogenic functionality after germination. The composites exhibit high conductivity, self‐healing, patternability,
Maryam Rezaie, Yang Gao, Seokheun Choi
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Atomic‐Level Dual‐Cation Engineering Enables High‐Performance Na4VMn(PO4)3 Cathodes for Sodium‐Ion Batteries

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Dual‐cation site engineering unlocks stable and fast sodium storage in Na4VMn(PO4)3 cathodes. Li+ at Na2 suppresses Jahn‐Teller distortion, while K+ at Na1 expands ion channels, enabling synchronized V/Mn redox and quasi‐single‐phase kinetics. This atomic‐level strategy achieves ultralong cycling stability, high‐rate capability, and full cell viability
Jiaze Sun, Xiaoyu Hu, Xianhe Meng, Nengjun Yu, Qiaoling Kang, Lijing Yan, Meiqiang Fan, Chubin Wan, Tingli Ma   +8 more
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Engineering Cortical Networks: An Open Platform for Controlled Human Circuit Formation and Synaptic Analysis In Vitro

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
An advanced on‐chip cortical network platform merges human stem cell‐derived neurons with microfabricated devices, enabling precise large‐format circuit design, optogenetic control, and molecular dissection of synaptic formation. This innovative system offers a powerful new tool to explore and model brain connectivity, disease mechanisms, can serve as ...
Pacharaporn Suklai, Taylor Minckley, Cathleen Hagemann, Karolina Faber, Rosalind Norkett, Ludovica Guetta, Kelly O'Toole, Bethany Geary, Michael J. Devine, Andrea Serio   +9 more
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Cell Surface Thiol Engineering Mechanoregulates Myogenic Differentiation via the FAK–PI3K–AKT Axis

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Schematic diagram illustrating how cell surface modification of skeletal muscle progenitor cells through TCEP treatment reveals enhanced cell adhesion, intracellular tension, and myogenesis at 19.66 kPa stiffness, leading to optimal cell fusion. In contrast, no significant changes are observed in the softer (10.61 kPa) or stiffer (49.4 kPa) matrices ...
Juyeon Kim, Sung Sik Hur, Jae Hong Park, Myung Jin Ban, Jin‐Young Kim, Joo Hyun Kim, Ji Hyae Choo, Hae‐Won Kim, Ju Hun Lee, Man Ryul Lee, Yongsung Hwang   +10 more
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Crystal tensor properties of magnetic materials with and without spin-orbit coupling. Application of spin point groups as approximate symmetries. [PDF]

Acta Crystallogr A Found Adv
Etxebarria J, Perez-Mato JM, Tasci ES, Elcoro L.   +3 more
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Xeno‐Free Biocompatible Peptide‐Based Bioinks Reinforced with Cellulose Nanofibers for 3D Printing

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A xeno‐free bioink combining self‐assembled peptides and cellulose nanofibers is developed for 3D printing. The bioink forms a non‐cross‐linked 3D scaffold, mimicking the extracellular matrix and supporting over 95% cell viability. This approach offers enhanced biocompatibility and mechanical stability, advancing 3D printing for personalized medicine ...
Francesca Netti, Mor Tsuriano, Noam Rattner, Vania Altobelli, Yoav Dan, Lihi Adler‐Abramovich   +5 more
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A Max-Flow Approach to Random Tensor Networks. [PDF]

Entropy (Basel)
Fitter K, Loulidi F, Nechita I.
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