Dear Prof. Yu,

Thank you for submitting your manuscript entitled "Ultrafast plasma-assisted synthesis of bio-inspired bi-functional interlayer on Zinc anode with enhanced Lewis-base sites for long-life Zinc-iodine batteries" (Research Article, No. adfm.202502870R1) to Advanced Functional Materials.

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