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Two‐Dimensional Materials as a Multiproperty Sensing Platform

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Various sensing modalities enabled and/or enhanced by two‐dimensional (2D) materials are reviewed. The domains considered for sensing include: 1) optoelectronics, 2) quantum defects, 3) scanning probe microscopy, 4) nanomechanics, and 5) bio‐ and chemosensing.
Dipankar Jana, Shubhrasish Mukherjee, Dmitrii Litvinov, Magdalena Grzeszczyk, Sergey Grebenchuk, Makars Šiškins, Virgil Gavriliuc, Yihang Ouyang, Changyi Chen, Yuxuan Ye, Meng Yiming, Maciej Koperski   +11 more
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Charge‐Induced Morphing Gels for Bioinspired Actuation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study introduces a novel electroactive actuation mechanism that enables the gel material to generate substantial and reversible shape‐changing while preserving topological and isochoric (volumetric) equivalence. The resultant morphing behaviors can mimic the movements of muscle‐driven organelles in nature, including cilia‐like beating and ...
Ciqun Xu, Saba Firouznia, Charl F. J. Faul, Majid Taghavi, Jonathan Rossiter   +4 more
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Nanoscale mesh acts as anti-adhesive surface against particulate contamination in eyes of whiteflies

Scientific Reports
In many insects the surface of the eye is nanostructured by arrays of protuberances termed ommatidial gratings which provide the cuticle with anti-reflective, anti-wetting and self-cleaning properties.
Tomer Urca, Fritz-Olaf Lehmann, Elena V. Gorb, Stanislav N. Gorb   +3 more
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Comparative Analysis and Dynamic Size Optimization of Aluminum and Carbon Fiber Thin-Walled Structures of a Railway Vehicle Car Body

Materials
In the context of modern railway engineering, the demand for lighter and more reliable vehicles has become a key objective for rolling stock manufacturers. Reducing energy consumption and minimizing environmental impact are driving the adoption of advanced materials and innovative design methodologies.
Alessio Cascino, Enrico Meli, Andrea Rindi   +2 more
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Precursor Mineral Phases of Forming Mollusk Shell Nacre: A Study of Hydrated Samples

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Mineral, organic phase, and water are the essential components in mollusk shell nacre formation. Their interplay is not well understood, because the hydrated material is difficult to observe at high resolution, under close to native conditions. Forming nacre is studied using environmental and cryo‐electron microscopy and hydrated ACC phases, together ...
Anna Kozell, Xiao‐Meng Sui, Neta Varsano, Stephen Weiner, Lia Addadi   +4 more
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Insight into the Internal Structure of Biogenic, Synthetic and Geological Apatite by Electron Microscopy and X‐Ray Scattering

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Apatite occurs in many forms in nature, e.g. in teeth and geological minerals. Internally, biological apatite contains nanocrystals that are also found in synthetically prepared calcium phosphate nanoparticles which are used in biomedicine, e.g. for gene and drug delivery and for bone regeneration. Abstract Calcium phosphate is the inorganic component (
Kathrin Kostka, Oleg Prymak, Kateryna Loza, Matthias Epple   +3 more
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3D Digital Light Processing of Redox‐Active Polymers for Electrochemical Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
3D printing of electrochemically switchable conducting polymers is achieved by Digital Light Processing of redox‐active carbazole‐based polymer materials. Complex 2D and 3D architectures including dot arrays and pyramids clearly show the potential for novel 3D switchable electrochemical devices for sensors, electrochromic displays as well as 3D printed
Christian Delavier, Svenja Bechtold, Marcus H. Dodds, Eva Blasco, Sabine Ludwigs   +4 more
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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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High‐Yield Synthesis of Fe‐NC Electrocatalysts Using Mg2+ Templating and Schiff‐Base Porous Organic Polymers

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Fe─NC porous oxygen reduction electrocatalysts are prepared employing a 2,4,6‐Triaminopyrimidine‐based porous organic polymer, a Mg2+ Lewis acid, and a low‐temperature cation exchange protocol. Using the polymer precursor achieves high pyrolysis yields and results in atomically dispersed FeNx sites. The resulting catalysts feature hierarchical porosity
Eliot Petitdemange, Jinjie Zhu, Angus Pedersen, Joseph Parker, S. Esmael Balaghi, Shaohua Li, Silvia Favero, José Ignacio Martínez, Sarah Haigh, Maria‐Magdalena Titirici, Anna Fischer, Jesús Barrio   +11 more
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Microplastics from Wearable Bioelectronic Devices: Sources, Risks, and Sustainable Solutions

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Bioelectronic devices (e.g., e‐skins) heavily rely on polymers that at the end of their life cycle will generate microplastics. For research, a holistic approach to viewing the full impact of such devices cannot be overlooked. The potential for devices as sources for microplastics is raised, with mitigation strategies surrounding polysaccharide and ...
Conor S. Boland
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