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Cell-derived nanomaterials for biomedical applications Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Li Xian Yip, Jinping Wang, Yuling Xue, Kuoran Xing, Cansu Sevencan, Katsuhiko Ariga, David Tai Leong
The ever-growing use of nature-derived materials creates exciting opportunities for novel development in various therapeutic biomedical applications. Living cells, serving as the foundation of nano...
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Self-healing and shape-memory polymers based on cellulose acetate matrix Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Han Jia, Keiya Jimbo, Hirogi Yokochi, Hideyuki Otsuka, Tsuyoshi Michinobu
The creation of self-healing polymers with superior strength and stretchability from biodegradable materials is attracting increasing attention. In this study, we synthesized new biomass-derived ce...
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Two-in-one strategy for optimizing chemical and structural properties of carbon felt electrodes for vanadium redox flow batteries Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Sung Joon Park, Min Joo Hong, Ye Ji Ha, Jeong-In Choi, Ki Jae Kim
Vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) have received significant attention for use in large-scale energy storage systems (ESSs) because of their long cycle life, flexible capacity, power design, and...
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Observation by SANS and PNR of pure Néel-type domain wall profiles and skyrmion suppression below room temperature in magnetic [Pt/CoFeB/Ru]10 multilayers Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Victor Ukleev, Fernando Ajejas, Anton Devishvili, Alexei Vorobiev, Nina-Juliane Steinke, Robert Cubitt, Chen Luo, Radu-Marius Abrudan, Florin Radu, Vincent Cros, Nicolas Reyren, Jonathan S. White
We report investigations of the magnetic textures in periodic multilayers [Pt(1 nm)/(CoFeB(0.8 nm)/Ru(1.4 nm)]10 using polarised neutron reflectometry (PNR) and small-angle neutron scattering (SANS...
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One-step formation of three-dimensional interconnected T-shaped microstructures inside composites by orthogonal bidirectional self-assembly method Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Zhiming Shen, Hiroyuki Saito, Wataru Mita, Takeshi Fujihara, Hong-Baek Cho, Tadachika Nakayama
The fillers inside a polymer matrix should typically be self-assembled in both the horizontal and vertical directions to obtain 3-dimentional (3D) percolation pathways, whereby the fields of applic...
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Mild selective photochemical oxidation of an organic sulfide using OxP-polyimide porous polymers as singlet oxygen generators Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Jan Hynek, Daniel T. Payne, Lok Kumar Shrestha, Mandeep K. Chahal, Renzhi Ma, Jiang Dong, Katsuhiko Ariga, Yusuke Yamauchi, Jonathan P. Hill
A series of porous organic polymers based on a singlet oxygen generating oxoporphyinogen (‘OxP’) has been successfully prepared from a pseudotetrahedral OxP-tetraamine precursor (OxP(4-NH2Bn)4) by ...
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Electrochemical and hot corrosion behaviour of steel reinforced with AlSiBeTiV high entropy alloy using friction stir processing Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Ragunath Sundaram, Radhika Nachimuthu, Aravind Krishna Sivanandam, Jeyaprakash Natarajan
A lightweight AlSiBeTiV high entropy alloy (HEA) powder is synthesized by the ball milling process and is reinforced on SS410 through friction stir processing (FSP). Subsequently, the annealing pro...
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Interaction of vascular endothelial cells with hydrophilic fullerene nanoarchitectured structures in 2D and 3D environments Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Tsai-Yu Chen, Kun-Chih Cheng, Pei-Syuan Yang, Lok Kumar Shrestha, Katsuhiko Ariga, Shan-hui Hsu
The interaction between diverse nanoarchitectured fullerenes and cells is crucial for biomedical applications. Here, we detailed the preparation of hydrophilic self-assembled fullerenes by the liqu...
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Ion-pairing assemblies of π-extended anion-responsive organoplatinum complexes Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Yohei Haketa, Yu Murakami, Hiromitsu Maeda
PtII complexes of π-extended dipyrrolyldiketones were synthesized as anion-responsive π-electronic molecules. The dipyrrolyldiketone PtII complexes exhibited red-shifted absorption and photolumines...
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Hydrogen-triggered metal filament rupture in Cu-based resistance switches Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Bo Xiao, Xuefang Yu, Wenzuo Li, Qingzhong Li, Satoshi Watanabe
Cation-based resistance switches have been considered as promising candidates for memory cells and other novel devices. So far, the most accepted switching processes of such devices are based on th...
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Surface-mediated self-assembly of click-reactive cello-oligosaccharides for fabricating functional nonwoven fabrics Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Yudai Mizuuchi, Yuuki Hata, Toshiki Sawada, Takeshi Serizawa
Polymer fabrics are versatile materials used in various fields. Surface modification methods for hydrophobic polymer fibers have been developed to endow the materials with water wettability and fun...
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Fully printed non-contact touch sensors based on GCN/PDMS composites: enabling over-the-bottom detection, 3D recognition, and wireless transmission Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Bingxiang Li, Xianbin Zheng, SeHyun Kim, Xuhao Wang, Fuhao Jiang, Rong Li, Sang Woo Joo, Chenhao Cong, Xinlin Li
The rapid advancement in intelligent bionics has elevated electronic skin to a pivotal component in bionic robots, enabling swift responses to diverse external stimuli. Combining wearable touch se...
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Synthesis of thermo-responsive polymer gels composed of star-shaped block copolymers by copper-catalyzed living radical polymerization and click reaction Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Guohao Gao, Mitsuo Hara, Takahiro Seki, Yukikazu Takeoka
In recent times, there has been a significant surge in research interest surrounding thermo-responsive water-soluble polyacrylamides, primarily due to their intriguing capability to undergo signifi...
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Formation of electron traps in semiconducting polymers via a slow triple-encounter between trap precursor particles Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Mohammad Sedghi, Camilla Vael, Wei-Hsu Hu, Michael Bauer, Daniele Padula, Alessandro Landi, Mirko Lukovic, Matthias Diethelm, Gert-Jan Wetzelaer, Paul W. M. Blom, Frank Nüesch, Roland Hany
Already in 2012, Blom et al. reported (Nature Materials 2012, 11, 882) in semiconducting polymers on a general electron-trap density of ≈3 × 1017 cm−3, centered at an energy of ≈3.6 eV below vacuum...
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Emerging trends in research and development on earth abundant materials for ammonia degradation coupled with H2 generation Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Zakiullah Zaidi, Kamlesh, Yesleen Gupta, Sandeep Singhai, Manish Mudgal, Archana Singh
Ammonia, as an essential and economical fuel, is a key intermediate for the production of innumerable nitrogen-based compounds. Such compounds have found vast applications in the agricultural world...
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Engineering performance of tungsten network reinforced copper matrix composites synthesized by selective laser melting and infiltration Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Fuxing Yao, Wenge Chen, Yana Yang, Kai Zhou, Rong Li, Ahmed Elmarakbi, Richard Fu
To solve poor engineering performance of copper-tungsten alloys operated at high temperatures, 3D network tungsten frameworks were prepared using a selective laser melting (SLM) process, and then c...
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Antibacterial and osteogenic thin films on Ti-6Al-4V surface formed by passivation process in copper hydroxide solution Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Masaya Shimabukuro, Miki Morinobu, Akira Tsuchiya, Ryo Kishida, Masakazu Kawashita, Kunio Ishikawa
Implant-associated infections are threatening and devastating complications that lead to bone destruction and loss. As a smooth surface is suitable for inhibiting bacterial adhesion, endowing antib...
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Framework confinement of multi-metals within silica hollow spheres by one-pot synthesis process Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Wenli Zhao, Yangfeng Liu, Ao Li, Fancang Meng, Yang Du, Qingmin Ji
The control incorporation of metals in silica hollow spheres (SHSs) may bring new functions to silica mesoporous structures for applications including catalysis, sensing, molecular delivery, adsorp...
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A highly-selective layer-by-layer membrane modified with polyethylenimine and graphene oxide for vanadium redox flow battery Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Saidatul Sophia Sha’rani, Mohamed Mahmoud Nasef, Nurfatehah Wahyuny Che Jusoh, Eleen Dayana Mohamed Isa, Roshafima Rasit Ali
A selective composite membrane for vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) was successfully prepared by layer-by-layer (LbL) technique using a perfluorosulfonic sulfonic acid or Nafion 117 (N117). The c...
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Synthesis of millimeter-scale ZIF-8 single crystals and their reversible crystal structure changes Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Azhar Alowasheeir, Nagy L. Torad, Toru Asahi, Saad M. Alshehri, Tansir Ahamad, Yoshio Bando, Miharu Eguchi, Yusuke Yamauchi, Yukana Terasawa, Minsu Han
Among various metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), the zeolitic imidazole framework (ZIF), constructed by the regular arrangement of 2-methylimidazole and metal ions, has garnered significant attention...
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Mesoporous bioactive glass nanoparticles with biomineralization activity for surgical hemorrhage control Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Shengyu Li, Xijin Wu, Jianglin Chen, Jinwei Wang, Lihong Gong, Jianyu Ni, Saifei Xi, Hong Zhang, Huiying Fu, Qiyang Shou
Bioactive glass nanoparticles (BGNs) are good bioactive materials for clinical treatment because of their unique composition and silica-oxygen network structure. Herein, we designed and reported a ...
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Site-activatable targeting of macromolecular alendronate for accelerated fracture healing Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Makoto Matsui, Yuka Kaihara, Yuto Honda, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Yutaka Miura
Sustainable social activity is a major goal in an aging society, although this is limited by loss of athleticism, with osteoporosis-related fractures being the most common cause of long-term behavi...
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Effects of degradation products from gelatin spongy scaffolds on angio-osteogenic capacity Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Takanori Hatakeyama, Ryo Hamai, Yukari Shiwaku, Takahisa Anada, Susumu Sakai, Tomoya Sato, Kazuyoshi Baba, Keiichi Sasaki, Osamu Suzuki
The objective of this study was to determine whether degradation products from spongy gelatin scaffolds can enhance angiogenesis and orthotopic bone regeneration. Spongy gelatin disks were prepared...
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Combinatorial treatment using bevacizumab/pemetrexed loaded core-shell silica nanoparticles for non-small cell lung cancer Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Deepika Radhakrishnan, Vaishwik Patel, Shan Mohanan, Sharon Wong, Jacob Netherton, Ajay Karakoti, Ajayan Vinu
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a life-threatening cancer associated with a higher mortality rate. Despite promising results shown by combination therapies, there remains a need for efficient...
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Curvature-enhanced localised emission from dark states in wrinkled monolayer WSe2 at room temperature Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Sebastian Wood, Filipe Richheimer, Tom Vincent, Vivian Tong, Alessandro Catanzaro, Yameng Cao, Olga Kazakova, Fernando Araujo de Castro
Localised emission from defect states in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides is of great interest for optoelectronic and quantum device applications. Recent progress towards high temperature...
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Development of a highly stable nickel-foam-based boron monosulfide–graphene electrocatalyst with a high current density for the oxygen evolution reaction Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Linghui Li, Norinobu Watanabe, Cheng Jiang, Akiyasu Yamamoto, Takeshi Fujita, Masashi Miyakawa, Takashi Taniguchi, Hideo Hosono, Takahiro Kondo
As an important part of water splitting, the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) requires efficient, low-cost, and stable catalysts to overcome its sluggish kinetic barrier. In this study, based on pre...
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Comparisons of 3D printed materials for biomedical imaging applications Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Mitchell A. Gabalski, Kylie R. Smith, Jeremy Hix, Kurt R. Zinn
In biomedical imaging, it is desirable that custom-made accessories for restraint, anesthesia, and monitoring can be easily cleaned and not interfere with the imaging quality or analyses. With the ...
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Zn2SnO4 ternary metal oxide for ultraviolet radiation filter application: a comparative study with TiO2 and ZnO Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Kadhim Al-Attafi, Amar Al-Keisy, Muhammad A. Alsherbiny, Jung Ho Kim
Ultraviolet (UV) radiation causes serious health risks. Inorganic metal oxides, such as titanium dioxide (TiO2) and zinc oxide (ZnO), have long been recognized for their effectiveness as UV radiati...
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Vacuum-powered soft actuator with oblique air chambers for easy detachment of artificial dry adhesive by coupled contraction and twisting Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Seung Hoon Yoo, Minsu Kim, Han Jun Park, Ga In Lee, Sung Ho Lee, Moon Kyu Kwak
A gecko foot-inspired, mushroom-shaped artificial dry adhesive exploiting intermolecular forces between microstructure and surface has drawn research attention for its strong adhesive force. Howeve...
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Structural, mechanical, electronic and optical properties of N-decorated single-walled silicon carbide nanotube photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution via water splitting: a DFT study Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Yahaya Saadu Itas, Razif Razali, Salisu Tata, Mohammed Kolo, Hamid Osman, Abubakr M. Idris, Mayeen Uddin Khandaker
This work investigates the fundamental photocatalytic properties of nitrogen-doped single-walled silicon carbide nanotubes (N-doped SWSiCNTs) for hydrogen evolution for the first time. Investigatio...
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Epitaxy and transport properties of alkali-earth palladate thin films Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Yusuke Kozuka, Taisuke T. Sasaki, Terumasa Tadano, Jun Fujioka
Topological insulators and semimetals are an interesting class of materials for new electronic and optical applications owing to their characteristic electromagnetic responses originating from the ...
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Mapping stress inside living cells by atomic force microscopy in response to environmental stimuli Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Hongxin Wang, Han Zhang, Ryo Tamura, Bo Da, Shimaa A. Abdellatef, Ikumu Watanabe, Nobuyuki Ishida, Daisuke Fujita, Nobutaka Hanagata, Tomoki Nakagawa, Jun Nakanishi
The response of cells to environmental stimuli, under either physiological or pathological conditions, plays a key role in determining cell fate toward either adaptive survival or controlled death....
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Scaling-up of carbon dots hydrothermal synthesis from sugars in a continuous flow microreactor system for biomedical application as in vitro antimicrobial drug nanocarrier Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-17 Siriboon Supajaruwong, Sirawich Porahong, Agung Wibowo, Yu-Sheng Yu, Mohd Jahir Khan, Pisut Pongchaikul, Pattaraporn Posoknistakul, Navadol Laosiripojana, Kevin C.-W. Wu, Chularat Sakdaronnarong
Carbon dots (CDs) are a new class of nanomaterials exhibiting high biocompatibility, water solubility, functionality, and tunable fluorescence (FL) property. Due to the limitations of batch hydroth...
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Enhanced capacitive pressure sensing performance by charge generation from filler movement in thin and flexible PVDF-GNP composite films Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-16 Han Kim, Minseob Lim, Byungkwon Jang, Si-woo Park, Ji Young Park, Haishan Shen, Kangmo Koo, Hong-Baek Cho, Yong-Ho Choa
This study introduces an approach to overcome the limitations of conventional pressure sensors by developing a thin and lightweight composite film specifically tailored for flexible capacitive pres...
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Predicting the anion conductivities and alkaline stabilities of anion conducting membrane polymeric materials: development of explainable machine learning models Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-16 Yin Kan Phua, Tsuyohiko Fujigaya, Koichiro Kato
Anion exchange membranes (AEMs) are core components in fuel cells and water electrolyzers, which are crucial to realize a sustainable hydrogen society. The low anion conductivity and durability of ...
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Foreword to the focus issue: materials and technologies for memristors and neuromorphic devices Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-16 Ye Zhou, Su-Ting Han
Published in Science and Technology of Advanced Materials (Vol. 24, No. 1, 2023)
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Development of bioinspired damage-tolerant calcium phosphate bulk materials Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-12 Karen Kuroyama, Ryuichi Fujikawa, Tomoyo Goto, Tohru Sekino, Fumiya Nakamura, Hiromi Kimura-Suda, Peng Chen, Hiroyasu Kanetaka, Tomoka Hasegawa, Kaname Yoshida, Masaru Murata, Hidemi Nakata, Masaya Shimabukuro, Masakazu Kawashita, Tetsuya Yoda, Taishi Yokoi
Improving the damage tolerance and reliability of ceramic artificial bone materials, such as sintered bodies of hydroxyapatite (HAp), that remain in vivo for long periods of time is of utmost impor...
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Growth and martensitic transformation of ferromagnetic Co-Cr-Ga-Si epitaxial films Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Yuru Ge, Klara Lünser, Fabian Ganss, Peter Gaal, Lukas Fink, Sebastian Fähler
During cooling, conventional martensitic transformation can only be realized from austenite to martensite. Recently, a so-called reentrant martensitic transformation attracted much interest due to ...
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Ce-based solid-phase catalysts for phosphate hydrolysis as new tools for next-generation nanoarchitectonics Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-08 Makoto Komiyama
This review comprehensively covers synthetic catalysts for the hydrolysis of biorelevant phosphates and pyrophosphates, which bridge between nanoarchitectonics and biology to construct their interd...
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Fluorescent optotracers for bacterial and biofilm detection and diagnostics Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Agneta Richter-Dahlfors, Elina Kärkkäinen, Ferdinand X. Choong
Effective treatment of bacterial infections requires methods that accurately and quickly identify which antibiotic should be prescribed. This review describes recent research on the development of ...
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Microstructure characterization, phase transition, and device application of phase-change memory materials Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-08-30 Kai Jiang, Shubing Li, Fangfang Chen, Liping Zhu, Wenwu Li
Phase-change memory (PCM), recently developed as the storage-class memory in a computer system, is a new non-volatile memory technology. In addition, the applications of PCM in a non-von Neumann co...
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Hydroxyapatite-filled osteoinductive and piezoelectric nanofibers for bone tissue engineering Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Frederico Barbosa, Fábio F. F. Garrudo, Paola S. Alberte, Leonor Resina, Marta S. Carvalho, Akhil Jain, Ana C. Marques, Francesc Estrany, Frankie J. Rawson, Carlos Aléman, Frederico Castelo Ferreira, João C. Silva
ABSTRACT Osteoporotic-related fractures are among the leading causes of chronic disease morbidity in Europe and in the US. While a significant percentage of fractures can be repaired naturally, in delayed-union and non-union fractures surgical intervention is necessary for proper bone regeneration. Given the current lack of optimized clinical techniques to adequately address this issue, bone tissue
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A La2O3/MXene composite electrode for supercapacitors with improved capacitance and cycling performance Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-08-18 Jahangir Khan, Rana Tariq Mehmood Ahmad, Qiangmin Yu, Heming Liu, Usman Khan, Bilu Liu
Developing efficient electrode materials is a key towards high power electrochemical energy storage devices. Two-dimensional (2D) MXene shows excellent conductivity and electrochemical performance ...
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Recent advances in micro-sized oxygen carriers inspired by red blood cells Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-22 Qiming Zhang, Natsuko F. Inagaki, Taichi Ito
ABSTRACT Supplementing sufficient oxygen to cells is always challenging in biomedical engineering fields such as tissue engineering. Originating from the concept of a ‘blood substitute’, nano-sized artificial oxygen carriers (AOCs) have been studied for a long time for the optimization of the oxygen supplementation and improvement of hypoxia environments in vitro and in vivo. When circulating in our
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Metal nanoclusters: from fundamental aspects to electronic properties and optical applications Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-21 Rodophe Antoine, Michel Broyer, Philippe Dugourd
ABSTRACT Monolayer-protected noble metal clusters, also called nanoclusters, can be produced with the atomic precision and in large-scale quantity and are playing an increasingly important role in the field of nanoscience. To outline the origin and the perspectives of this new field, we overview the main results obtained on free metal clusters produced in gas phase including mainly electronic properties
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Super-compressible and mechanically stable reduced graphene oxide aerogel for wearable functional devices Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-05 Keerti Rathi, Duckjong Kim
ABSTRACT The graphene-based aerogels with good electrical conductivity and compressibility have been reported. However, it is challenging to fabricate the graphene aerogel to have excellent mechanical stability for its application in wearable devices. Thus, inspired by macroscale arch-shaped elastic structures and the importance of crosslinking in microstructural stability, we synthesized the mechanically
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Anion-templated silver nanoclusters: precise synthesis and geometric structure Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-05-25 Yusuke Horita, Mai Ishimi, Yuichi Negishi
ABSTRACT Metal nanoclusters (NCs) are gaining much attention in nanoscale materials research because they exhibit size-specific physicochemical properties that are not observed in the corresponding bulk metals. Among them, silver (Ag) NCs can be precisely synthesized not only as pure Ag NCs but also as anion-templated Ag NCs. For anion-templated Ag NCs, we can expect the following capabilities: 1)
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Solution-processed zirconium acetylacetonate charge-trap layer for multi-bit nonvolatile thin-film memory transistors Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-05-23 Song Lee, Jeong-In Lee, Chang-Hyun Kim, Jin-Hyuk Kwon, Jonghee Lee, Amos Amoako Boampong, Min-Hoi Kim
ABSTRACT The charge trap property of solution-processed zirconium acetylacetonate (ZAA) for solution-processed nonvolatile charge-trap memory (CTM) transistors is demonstrated. Increasing the annealing temperature of the ZAA from room temperature (RT) to 300°C in ambient, the carbon double bonds within the ZAA decreases. The RT-dried ZAA for the p-type organic-based CTM shows the widest threshold voltage
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Structural water molecules dominated p band intermediate states as a unified model for the origin on the photoluminescence emission of noble metal nanoclusters: from monolayer protected clusters to cage confined nanoclusters Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-05-15 Bo Peng, Jia-Feng Zhou, Meng Ding, Bing-Qian Shan, Tong Chen, Kun Zhang
ABSTRACT In the past several decades, noble metal nanoclusters (NMNCs) have been developed as an emerging class of luminescent materials due to their superior photo-stability and biocompatibility, but their luminous quantum yield is relatively low and the physical origin of the bright photoluminescence (PL) of NMNCs remain elusive, which limited their practical application. As the well-defined structure
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Photoactivatable surfaces resolve the impact of gravity vector on collective cell migratory characteristics Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-05-03 Shinya Sakakibara, Shimaa A. Abdellatef, Shota Yamamoto, Masao Kamimura, Jun Nakanishi
ABSTRACT Despite considerable interest in the impact of space travel on human health, the influence of the gravity vector on collective cell migration remains unclear. This is primarily because of the difficulty in inducing collective migration, where cell clusters appear in an inverted position against gravity, without cellular damage. In this study, photoactivatable surfaces were used to overcome
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Foreword to the focus issue: advancements of functional materials with nanoarchitectonics as post-nanotechnology concept in materials science Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-04-25 Katsuhiko Ariga
Published in Science and Technology of Advanced Materials (Vol. 24, No. 1, 2023)
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Effect of scan strategy on the formation of a pure nickel single-crystal structure using a flat-top laser beam via laser powder bed fusion Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-04-25 Dennis Edgard Jodi, Tomonori Kitashima, Makoto Watanabe
ABSTRACT In this study, the role of a scan strategy in the fabrication of a single crystal (SX) structure of face-centered cubic (fcc) pure Ni using a flat-top laser profile by a laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) process was investigated. A flat-top laser with a uniform heat intensity across the beam profile was employed to fabricate the SX structure with a <001> texture parallel to the build direction
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Emerging memristive neurons for neuromorphic computing and sensing Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-04-19 Zhiyuan Li, Wei Tang, Beining Zhang, Rui Yang, Xiangshui Miao
ABSTRACT Inspired by the principles of the biological nervous system, neuromorphic engineering has brought a promising alternative approach to intelligence computing with high energy efficiency and low consumption. As pivotal components of neuromorphic system, artificial spiking neurons are powerful information processing units and can achieve highly complex nonlinear computations. By leveraging the
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Recent progress in neuromorphic and memory devices based on graphdiyne Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-04-14 Zhi-Cheng Zhang, Xu-Dong Chen, Tong-Bu Lu
ABSTRACT Graphdiyne (GDY) is an emerging two-dimensional carbon allotrope featuring a direct bandgap and fascinating physical and chemical properties, and it has demonstrated its promising potential in applications of catalysis, energy conversion and storage, electrical/optoelectronic devices, etc. In particular, the recent breakthrough in the synthesis of large-area, high-quality and ultrathin GDY
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Accelerated discovery of high-performance Al-Si-Mg-Sc casting alloys by integrating active learning with high-throughput CALPHAD calculations Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-04-11 Jianbao Gao, Jing Zhong, Guangchen Liu, Shaoji Zhang, Jiali Zhang, Zuming Liu, Bo Song, Lijun Zhang
ABSTRACT Scandium is the best alloying element to improve the mechanical properties of industrial Al-Si-Mg casting alloys. Most literature reports devote to exploring/designing optimal Sc additions in different commercial Al-Si-Mg casting alloys with well-defined compositions. However, no attempt to optimize the contents of Si, Mg, and Sc has been made due to the great challenge of simultaneous screening
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Emerging photoelectric devices for neuromorphic vision applications: principles, developments, and outlooks Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Yi Zhang, Zhuohui Huang, Jie Jiang
ABSTRACT The traditional von Neumann architecture is gradually failing to meet the urgent need for highly parallel computing, high-efficiency, and ultra-low power consumption for the current explosion of data. Brain-inspired neuromorphic computing can break the inherent limitations of traditional computers. Neuromorphic devices are the key hardware units of neuromorphic chips to implement the intelligent
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Organocatalysis with carbon nitrides Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Sujanya Maria Ruban, Kavitha Ramadass, Gurwinder Singh, Siddulu Naidu Talapaneni, Gunda Kamalakar, Chandrakanth Rajanna Gadipelly, Lakshmi Kantham Mannepalli, Yoshihiro Sugi, Ajayan Vinu
ABSTRACT Carbon nitrides, a distinguished class of metal-free catalytic materials, have presented a good potential for chemical transformations and are expected to become prominent materials for organocatalysis. This is largely possible due to their low cost, exceptional thermal and chemical stability, non-toxicity, ease of functionalization, porosity development, etc. Especially, the carbon nitrides
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Metal-organic frameworks and plastic: an emerging synergic partnership Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Teresa F. Mastropietro
ABSTRACT Mismanagement of plastic waste results in its ubiquitous presence in the environment. Despite being durable and persistent materials, plastics are reduced by weathering phenomena into debris with a particle size down to nanometers. The fate and ecotoxicological effects of these solid micropollutants are not fully understood yet, but they are raising increasing concerns for the environment
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Pseudo-transistors for emerging neuromorphic electronics Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-03-20 Jingwei Fu, Jie Wang, Xiang He, Jianyu Ming, Le Wang, Yiru Wang, He Shao, Chaoyue Zheng, Linghai Xie, Haifeng Ling
ABSTRACT Artificial synaptic devices are the cornerstone of neuromorphic electronics. The development of new artificial synaptic devices and the simulation of biological synaptic computational functions are important tasks in the field of neuromorphic electronics. Although two-terminal memristors and three-terminal synaptic transistors have exhibited significant capabilities in the artificial synapse
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Block catiomers with flanking hydrolyzable tyrosinate groups enhance in vivo mRNA delivery via π–π stacking-assisted micellar assembly Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. (IF 5.5) Pub Date : 2023-03-16 Wenqian Yang, Takuya Miyazaki, Yasuhiro Nakagawa, Eger Boonstra, Keita Masuda, Yuki Nakashima, Pengwen Chen, Lucas Mixich, Kevin Barthelmes, Akira Matsumoto, Peng Mi, Satoshi Uchida, Horacio Cabral
ABSTRACT Messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics have recently demonstrated high clinical potential with the accelerated approval of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. To fulfill the promise of unprecedented mRNA-based treatments, the development of safe and efficient carriers is still necessary to achieve effective delivery of mRNA. Herein, we prepared mRNA-loaded nanocarriers for enhanced in vivo delivery using biocompatible