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Crack‐Resistant and Self‐Healable Passive Radiative Cooling Silicone Compounds
28/02/2025 - This study investigates the impact of crack damage on passive radiative cooling and introduces a self‐healing, crack‐resistant radiative cooling silicone/boron nitride compound, developed through...
Waveguide Microactuators Self‐Rolled Around an Optical Fiber Taper
16/02/2025 - A novel self‐rolling integration strategy mounts ultrathin (≈2 µm) poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide)/Au microactuators onto optical fiber tapers, achieving unprecedented bending angles (>800°) and...
Tailored Nickel Base Multilayer Systems with Adjusted Grain Size and Chemical Composition
07/02/2025 - Nickel base multilayer systems are fabricated with pulsed electrodeposition and adjusted according to grain size and copper content. The material is characterized with scanning electron microscopy in...
Thermal Transport in Chalcogenide‐Based Phase Change Materials: A Journey from Fundamental Physics to Device Engineering
09/02/2025 - Phase‐change materials (PCMs) are transforming reconfigurable photonics with their electrically tunable optical properties. This review examines the thermal challenges of scaling PCM devices to...
Efficient Quasi‐Homogenous Photocatalysis Enabled by Molecular Nanophotocatalysts with Donor‐Acceptor Motif
02/12/2024 - A small molecule‐based quasi‐homogeneous nanophotocatalyst is developed by solution‐processing of donor‐acceptor molecules from micrometer‐sized powder into ≈60 nm uniform nanoparticles...
Spatiotemporal Programmability of 3D Chiral Color Units Driven by Ink Spontaneous Diffusion toward Customized Printing
19/11/2024 - A spatiotemporally?resolved 3D chiral color modulation method is proposed, utilizing diffusion?driven asymmetric lattice deformation in dual?chiral polymer?templated blue phases. Custom?printed...
Theoretical Design of Smart Bionic Skins with Self-Adaptive Temperature Regulation
15/11/2024 - Thermal management presents a significant challenge in electric design, particularly in densely packed electronic systems. This study proposes a theoretical model for radiative bionic skin that...
Fabrication of amorphous lamellar freestanding poly(N?dodecyl acrylamide) films and their mechanical properties
12/11/2024 - A freestanding film of completely uniaxially oriented amorphous lamellae was produced. The film exhibited enhanced tensile strength with increasing orientation of the lamella.An amorphous lamellar...
Precision Macroporous Monoliths Made Using High?Throughput Microfluidic Emulsification
13/11/2024 - A scalable microfluidic method produces macroporous materials with precise pore size control using monodisperse emulsion templates. After gravity?induced assembly into close?packed arrangements,...
Long?Range Proton Channels Constructed via Hierarchical Peptide Self?Assembly
12/11/2024 - The authors present proton nanochannels prepared by hierarchical self?assembly of cyclic peptides with transfer rates closely matching those of natural protein channels while maintaining transport...
Self?Reporting Multiple Microscopic Stresses Through Tunable Microcapsule Arrays
04/11/2024 - This work presents a method for detecting localized stress variations with micrometer resolution. It utilizes embedded microcapsule arrays that fluoresce in distinct colors at specific stress...
Fabrication of emulsion?templated open?cell polymethacrylimide foam
15/10/2024 - In this work, the emulsion?templating technique is proposed to fabricate polymethacrylimide (PMI) foam for the first time. Different from those PMI foam reported in the literature, having a...
Evaluation of size-dependent uptake, transport and cytotoxicity of polystyrene microplastic in a blood-brain barrier (BBB) model
15/10/2024 - Microplastics, particularly those in the micrometer scale, have been shown to enter the human body through ingestion, inhalation, and dermal contact. Recent research indicates that microplastics can...
Nanochannels in Fused Silica through NaOH Etching Assisted by Femtosecond Laser Irradiation
07/10/2024 - Sodium hydroxide (NaOH) is increasingly drawing attention as a highly selective etchant for femtosecond laser-modified fused silica. Unprecedented etching contrasts between the irradiated and...
Continuous glass fiber?reinforced polycaprolactone composite produced in a conventional fused filament fabrication equipment: Process modeling and parameters adjustment
01/10/2024 - Composite materials were produced using PLA reinforced with LCNF dispersed in PEG. Tensile strength and Young's modulus increased by 26% and 102% in composite with 2.5% (w/w) of LCNFp. The...
Microplastics, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, and Heavy Metals in Milk: Analyses and Induced Health Risk Assessment
26/09/2024 - The current study aims to develop isolation protocols for several contaminants of emerging concern (i.e., microplastics (MPs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and heavy metals (HMs)) from...
Improved Flux Performance in Brackish Water Reverse Osmosis Membranes by Modification with ZnO Nanoparticles and Interphase Polymerization
- With each passing year, water scarcity in the world is increasing, drying up rivers, lakes, and dams. Reverse osmosis technology is a very viable alternative which helps to reduce water shortages....
Effect of Phase Structure on the Viscoelasticity and Mechanical Properties of Isotactic Polypropylene Multicomponents Polymerized with Non-Conjugated α,ω-Diene
25/09/2024 - Increasing of rubber content in isotactic polypropylene/ethylene–propylene rubber (iPP/EPR) alloys can extend the applications of this kind of polyolefin. The EPR content and phase...
Adhesion Forces at High Temperatures – An Atomic Force Microscopy Study Using Two Particle Systems
02/08/2024 - Particle adhesion forces at elevated temperatures can differ largely from adhesion forces at ambient temperature, but have so far been little studied due to limitations in measurement technology....
Superatomic Layer of Cubic Mo4S4 Clusters Connected by Cl Cross?Linking
25/07/2024 - The preparation of Mo8S8Cl11, a superatomic layer with a sandwich structure of cubic Mo4S4 clusters connected by Cl cross?linking, is reported. This vapor?phase reaction within nanotubes promotes the...
Near Room Temperature Solvothermal Growth of Ferroelectric CsPbBr3 Nanoplatelets with Ultralow Dark Current
25/07/2024 - Ferroelectric CsPbBr3 nanoplatelets with exceptional optical properties and ultralow dark current are synthesized via a near?room temperature solvothermal method by enhancing precursor solubility in...