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Effect of Bonding on the Structure and Properties of Nanocellulose Films

BioResources, 2022
In this study, cellulose nanofibers (CNF) were obtained by chemical pretreatment using a rubberwood substrate. Different forms of drying were used to prepare three CNF film variants.
Changbao Liang, Jiayi Zhang, Guohua Fu, Zhiyang Jin, Quanji Lu, Xiaowen Li, Daran Yue   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Coordinated Architectural and Chemical Reinforcement in the Crushing Mandible of a Soldier Termite

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The crushing mandible of a soldier termite withstands substantial biting loads despite lacking mineral. Its cuticle is partitioned: convex teeth pair hardness and zinc enrichment with aligned chitin fibers for contact durability, while stiffer concave regions between teeth carry bending loads.
Andrew Tran Nguyen, Patryk Wąsik, Juan Fernando Cucuyame Morales, Marie Kate Palau, Adrian Francisco Duran Ornelas, Phani Saketh Dasika, Jin Hee Kim, Radhika Laxminarayana, Eric Hintsala, Greta Chang, Junzhi Liao, Lizhi Sun, Nathan Lord, Atsushi Arakaki, Paul Bardunias, Pablo Zavattieri, David Kisailus   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

2D Co‐Assembly of Solid Acids Enables Stable Superprotonic Conduction Above 260°C

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A two‐dimensional co‐assembly strategy integrates antimony phosphate and phosphotungstic acid nanosheets into free‐standing inorganic lamellar membranes with confined acid–acid interfaces. The resulting interfacial hydrogen‐bond network enables anhydrous proton conductivity exceeding 0.1 S cm−1 at 260°C and supports stable high‐temperature fuel‐cell ...
Qiuning Li, Kaiqiang He, Dehua Dong, Fanmengjing Wang, Xiangcheng Liu, Zhikao Li, Jacek J. Jasieniak, Paul A. Webley, Huanting Wang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Melanin's Role in Balancing Mechanical Strength and Reproductive Output in Environmentally Stressed Fungal Spores

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Melanin content directly controls fungal spore mechanical properties, with pigmented spores achieving rupture forces two orders of magnitude higher than hyaline spores. Environmental stress drives this quantity‐quality tradeoff; stressed species invest energy in melanin‐reinforced, mechanically superior thick‐walled, super‐hydrophobic spores, while ...
Atul Agrawal, Steven E. Naleway
wiley   +1 more source

Tree species preferences for foraging site and ways in which the preferences affect the distribution, abundance and species composition of arboreal woodland avifauna [PDF]

, 1989
The tree species preferences by six arboreal bird species and their role in structuring the bird communities in woodland were investigated in two sites in County Durham.
Peck, Kirsi Marianne
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Designing Vanadium‐Based Oxide Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting: Experimental and Mechanistic Insights with Machine Learning

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review establishes structure‐property‐mechanism relationships across six modification strategies for V‐based oxide water‐splitting electrocatalysts: lattice engineering, heteroatom doping, interface engineering, carbon‐based hybridization, morphology engineering, and surface reconstruction and pre‐catalyst design, where dissolution is reframed as ...
Youness El Issmaeli, Amina Lahrichi, Hoje Chun, Rafael Gómez‐Bombarelli, Bruno G. Pollet   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Electron‐Deficient Linkers Enhance H2O2 Electrosynthesis in Covalent Organic Frameworks

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Linker π‐conjugation modulates the electronic state of the Ni–N4 centers and their interaction with the key *OOH intermediate while preserving the primary coordination motif. NiPc‐PTDA delivers an H2O2 selectivity of 92% and a production rate of 34.8 mol gcat−1 h−1, highlighting linker electronic properties as a molecular design parameter for NiPc ...
Houting Xie, Rui Guo, Zhen Liu, Yang Hu, Laichun Zhao, Omid Mazaheri, Bufeng Zhang, Shuaijun Pan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diversify first! Fatten the tails of phenotypic diversity to enhance adaptive capacity in the Anthropocene

Global Ecology and Conservation
The current pace of environmental change exceeds what most organisms have experienced over the past few million years, with more extreme shifts and events anticipated in the Anthropocene.
Charles H. Cannon, Chai-Shian Kua
doaj   +1 more source

Architecture‐Driven Functional Coupling in Vertically Aligned Nanocomposites

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Vertically aligned nanocomposites define a growth‐engineered architecture in which vertical interfaces, strain fields, defect pathways, and phase connectivity are created simultaneously. This review shows how these architectural features couple ferroic, optical, ionic, electrochemical, and device responses, establishing design rules and open challenges
Md Shatil Islam‐Shanto, Javier Zamudio‐García, Abraham Sánchez‐Caballero, David Marrero‐López, Vincenzo Esposito   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tree Species Composition and Distribution in Sungai Lalang Forest Reserve, Selangor, Malaysia [PDF]

Species richness, species composition, height, diameter class structure and tree species diversity were examined in a 1 plot in lowland tropical rain forest in Sungai Lalang forest reserve, Selangor, Malaysia.
izzati, munifatul, hendrarto, budi, sasse, fadal farag k   +2 more
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