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Investigation of the Single-Particle Scale Structure-Activity Relationship Providing New Insights for the Development of High-Performance Batteries Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Fei Wang, Chong Zhang, Fan Wu, Zhichao He, Yudong Huang
As electric vehicles, portable electronic devices and tools have increasingly high requirements for battery energy density and power density, constantly improving battery performance has become a research focus. Accurate measurement of the structure-activity relationship of active materials is the key to advancing the research of high-performance batteries. However, the conventional performance tests
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Fluoro-Ethylene-Carbonate Plays a Double-Edged Role on the Stability of Si Anode-based Rechargeable Batteries during Cycling and Calendar Aging Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Joseph Quinn, Ju-Myung Kim, Ran Yi, Ji-Guang Zhang, Jie Xiao, Chongmin Wang
The energy storage density of Li-ion batteries could be improved by replacing graphite anodes with high-capacity Si-based materials, though instabilities have limited their implementation. Performance degradation mechanisms that occur in Si-anodes can be divided into cycling stability (capacity retention after repeated battery cycles) and calendar aging (shelf life). While the cycling stability and
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Acoustically Enhanced Triboelectric Stethoscope for Ultrasensitive Cardiac Sounds Sensing and Disease Diagnosis Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Xindan Hui, Lirong Tang, Dewen Zhang, Shanlin Yan, Dongxiao Li, Jie Chen, Fei Wu, Zhong Lin Wang, Hengyu Guo
Electronic stethoscope used to detect cardiac sounds that contains essential clinical information is a primary tool for diagnosis of various cardiac disorders. However, the linear electro-mechanical constitutive relation makes conventional piezoelectric sensors rather ineffective to detect low-intensity, low-frequency heart acoustic signal without the assistance of complex filtering and amplification
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Pressure-Dependent Superconductivity in Topological Dirac Semimetal SrCuBi Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Nahyun Lee, Cuiying Pei, Jahyun Koo, Yanpeng Qi, Sung Wng Kim
The discovery of superconducting states in diverse topological materials generated a burgeoning interest to explore a topological superconductor and to realize a fault-tolerant topological quantum computation. A variety of routes to realize topological superconductors have been proposed and many types of topological materials have been developed. However, a pristine topological material with a natural
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Confined Space Dual-Type Quantum Dots for High-Rate Electrochemical Energy Storage Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Qingjun Yang, KingYan Chung, Xinlong Liu, Lin Sun, Jing Han, Yujue Yang, Tiandi Chen, Weidong Shi, Bingang Xu
Owing to quantum size effect and high redox activity, quantum dots (QDs) play very essential roles toward electrochemical energy storage. However, it is very difficult to obtain different-type and uniformly dispersed high-active QDs in a stable conductive microenvironment, because QDs prepared by traditional methods are mostly dissolved in solution or loaded on the surface of other semiconductors.
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Ultrasound-Responsive Aligned Piezoelectric Nanofibers Derived Hydrogel Conduits for Peripheral Nerve Regeneration Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Dongyu Xu, Siqi Fu, Hui Zhang, Weicheng Lu, Jingdun Xie, Jilai Li, Huan Wang, Yuanjin Zhao, Renjie Chai
Nerve guidance conduits (NGCs) have been considered as promising treatment strategy and frontier trend for peripheral nerve regeneration; while their therapeutic outcomes are limited by the lack of controllable drug delivery and available physicochemical cues. Herein, we propose novel aligned piezoelectric nanofibers derived hydrogel NGCs with ultrasound (US)-triggered electrical stimulation (ES) and
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Two-dimensional Janus Polarization Functioned by Mechanical Force Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Zhao Guan, Yun-Zhe Zheng, Wen-Yi Tong, Ni Zhong, Yan Cheng, Ping-Hua Xiang, Rong Huang, Bin-Bin Chen, Zhong-Ming Wei, Jun-hao Chu, Chun-Gang Duan
Two-dimensional (2D) polarization materials have emerged as promising candidates for meeting the demands of device miniaturization, attributed to their unique electronic configurations and transport characteristics. Although the existing inherent and sliding mechanisms have been increasingly investigated in recent years, strategies for inducing 2D polarization with innovative mechanisms remain rare
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Dual‐mode Hydrogels with Structural and Fluorescent Colors Towards Multistage Secure Information Encryption Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Yu Sun, Xiaoxia Le, Hui Shang, Ying Shen, Yue Wu, Qingquan Liu, Partick Théato, Tao Chen
Constructing an anti‐counterfeiting material with non‐interference dual optical modes is an effective way to improve information security. However, it remains challenging to achieve multistage secure information encryption due to the limited stimulus responsiveness and color tunability of the current dual‐mode materials. Herein, a dual‐mode hydrogel with both independently tunable structural and fluorescent
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Instantaneous Thermal Energy for Swift Synthesis of Single‐Atom Catalysts for Unparalleled Performance in Metal‐Air Batteries and Fuel Cells Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Injoon Jang, Sehyun Lee, Dong‐gun Kim, Vinod K Paidi, Sujin Lee, Nam Dong Kim, Jae Young Jung, Kug‐Seung Lee, Hyung‐Kyu Lim, Pil Kim, Sung Jong Yoo
Based on experimental and computational evidence, phthalocyanine (Pc) compounds in the form of quaternary bound metal‐nitrogen (N) atoms are the most effective catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). However, the heat treatment process used in their synthesis may compromise the ideal structure, causing the agglomeration of transition metals. To overcome this issue, we developed a novel method
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Pt1.8Pd0.2CuGa Intermetallic Nanocatalysts with Enhanced Methanol Oxidation Performance for Efficient Hybrid Seawater Electrolysis Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Kaiyang Xu, Lecheng Liang, Tong Li, Mujie Bao, Zhipeng Yu, Jingwei Wang, Sitaramanjaneya Mouli Thalluri, Fei Lin, Quanbing Liu, Zhiming Cui, Shuqin Song, Lifeng Liu
Seawater electrolysis is a potentially cost‐effective approach to green hydrogen production, but it currently faces substantial challenges for its high energy consumption and the interference of chlorine evolution reaction (ClER). Replacing the energy‐demanding oxygen evolution reaction (OER) with the methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) represents a promising alternative, as the MOR occurs at a significantly
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Hydroxyl‐Bonded Co Single Atom Site on Boroncarbonitride Surface Realizes Non‐sacrificial H2O2 Synthesis in the Near‐Infrared Region Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Honghui Ou, Yu Jin, Ben Chong, Jiahui Bao, Song Kou, He Li, Yang Li, Xiaoqing Yan, Bo Lin, Guidong Yang
Photocatalytic synthesis of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) from O2 and H2O under near‐infrared light is a sustainable renewable energy production strategy, but challenging reaction. The bottleneck of this reaction lies in the regulation of O2 reduction path by photocatalyst. Herein, we construct the center of the one‐step two‐electron reduction (OSR) pathway of O2 for H2O2 evolution via the formation of
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Prestrain Guided Yield of Large Single‐Crystal Nickel Foils with High‐Index Facets Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Zhen Su, Meixiu Song, Huyang Li, Xin Song, Yuming Feng, Shuai Wang, Xin Zhang, Hongying Yang, Xingji Li, Yanxiang Zhang, Yuhang Jing, PingAn Hu
Single‐crystal metal foils with high‐index facets are currently being investigated owing to their potential application in the epitaxial growth of high‐quality van der Waals (vdW) film materials, electrochemical catalysis, gas sensing and other fields. However, the controllable synthesis of large single‐crystal metal foils with high‐index facets remains a great challenge because high‐index facets with
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Cultivating High‐Performance Flexible All‐in‐One Supercapacitors with 3D Network Through Continuous Biosynthesis Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Zhang‐Chi Ling, Qian He, Huai‐Bin Yang, Zhan Zhou, Zi‐Meng Han, Xiao‐Han Luo, Kun‐Peng Yang, Qing‐Fang Guan, Shu‐Hong Yu
Flexible supercapacitors are potential to power next‐generation flexible electronics. However, the mechanical and electrochemical stability of flexible supercapacitors under different flexible conditions is limited by the weak bonding between adjacent layers, posing a significant hindrance to their practical applicability. Herein, based on the uninterrupted 3D network during the growth of bacterial
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Ion and Molecular Sieving with Ultrathin Polydopamine Nanomembranes Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Jiyao Yu, Tommaso Marchesi D'Alvise, Iain Harley, Adam Krysztofik, Ingo Lieberwirth, Przemyslaw Pula, Pawel W. Majewski, Bartlomiej Graczykowski, Johannes Hunger, Katharina Landfester, Seah Ling Kuan, Rachel Shi, Christopher V. Synatschke, Tanja Weil
In contrast to biological cell membranes, it is still a major challenge for synthetic membranes to efficiently separate ions and small molecules, due to their similar sizes in the sub‐nanometer range. Inspired by biological ion channels with their unique channel wall chemistry that facilitates ion sieving by ion‐channel interactions, we report here the first free‐standing, ultrathin (10–17 nm) nanomembranes
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Active Passivation of Anion Vacancies in Antimony Selenide Film for Efficient Solar Cells Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Zhiyuan Cai, Bo Che, Yuehao Gu, Peng Xiao, Lihui Wu, Wenhao Liang, Changfei Zhu, Tao Chen
Binary antimony selenide (Sb2Se3) is a promising inorganic light‐harvesting material with high stability, non‐toxicity and wide light harvesting capability. In this photovoltaic material, it has been recognized that deep energy level defects with large carrier capture cross section, such as VSe (selenium vacancy), lead to serious open‐circuit voltage (VOC) deficit and in turn limit the achievable power
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Oxygen Doping Cooperated with Co‐N‐Fe Dual‐Catalytic Sites: Synergistic Mechanism for Catalytic Water Purification within Nanoconfined Membrane Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Ziwei Wang, Zhigang Yi, Lok Wing Wong, Xiang Tang, Hou Wang, Han Wang, Chengyun Zhou, Yangzhuo He, Weiping Xiong, Guangfu Wang, Guangming Zeng, Jiong Zhao, Piao Xu
Atom‐site catalysts, especially for graphitic carbon nitride‐based catalysts, represents one of the most promising candidates in catalysis membrane for water decontamination. However, unravelling the intricate relationships between synthesis‐structure‐properties remains a great challenge. This study addressed the impacts of coordination environment and structure units of metal central sites based on
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Promotion of Probabilistic Bit Generation in Mott Devices by Embedded Metal Nanoparticles Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Yewon Seo, Yunkyu Park, Pyeongkang Hur, Minguk Jo, Jaeyeong Heo, Byung Joon Choi, Junwoo Son
Considerable attention has been drawn to the use of volatile two‐terminal devices relying on the Mott transition for the stochastic generation of probabilistic bits (p‐bits) in emerging probabilistic computing. To improve randomness and endurance of bit streams provided by these devices, delicate control of the transient evolution of switchable domains is required to enhance stochastic p‐bit generation
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Injectable 2D Material‐Based Sensor Array for Minimally Invasive Neural Implants Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Jejung Kim, Juyeong Hong, Kyungtai Park, Sangwon Lee, Anh Tuan Hoang, Sojeong Pak, Huilin Zhao, Seunghyeon Ji, Sungchil Yang, Chun Kee Chung, Sunggu Yang, Jong‐Hyun Ahn
Intracranial implants for diagnosis and treatment of brain diseases have been developed over the past few decades. However, the platform of conventional implantable devices still relies on invasive probes and bulky sensors in conjunction with large‐area craniotomy and provides only limited biometric information. Here, we report an implantable multi‐modal sensor array that can be injected through a
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Electric Double Layer Oriented Eutectic Additive Design towards Stable Zn Anodes with A High Depth of Discharge Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Huida Lyu, Siwei Zhao, Chenyi Liao, Guohui Li, Jian Zhi, Fuqiang Huang
ZnSO4‐based electrolytes for aqueous zinc ion batteries (AZIBs) fail to meet practical application metrics due to hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and dendrite growth. In this work, we rationally designed a highly polarized eutectic additive, glycerophosphorylcholine (GPC), to regulate the EDL structure for stable Zn anodes with a high depth of discharge (DOD). On one hand, GPC molecules with abundant
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Counter‐Doping Effect by Trivalent Cations in tin‐based Perovskite Solar Cells Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Tianyue Wang, Hok‐Leung Loi, Qi Cao, Guitao Feng, Zhiqiang Guan, Qi Wei, Changsheng Chen, Mingjie Li, Ye Zhu, Chun‐Sing Lee, Feng Yan
Sn‐based perovskite solar cells normally show low open circuit voltage due to serious carrier recombination in the devices, which can be attributed to the oxidation and the resultant high p‐type doping of the perovskite active layers. Considering the grand challenge to completely prohibit the oxidation of Sn‐based perovskites, a feasible way to improve the device performance is to counter‐dope the
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The Defects Genome of Janus Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Mohammed Sayyad, Jan Kopaczek, Carmem M. Gilardoni, Weiru Chen, Yihuang Xiong, Shize Yang, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Robert Kudrawiec, Geoffroy Hautier, Mete Atatüre, Seth Ariel Tongay
Two‐dimensional (2D) Janus Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDs) have attracted much interest due to their exciting quantum properties arising from their unique two‐faced structure, broken‐mirror symmetry, and consequent colossal polarisation field within the monolayer. While efforts have been made to achieve high‐quality Janus monolayers, the existing methods rely on highly energetic processes that
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All‐Oxide Metasurfaces Formed by Synchronized Local Ionic Gating Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Hyeon Han, Arpit Sharma, Jiho Yoon, Zhong Wang, Chris Körner, Hakan Deniz, Ankit K. Sharma, Fan Li, Chris Sturm, Georg Woltersdorf, Stuart S. P. Parkin
Ionic gating of oxide thin films has emerged as a novel way of manipulating the properties of thin films. Most studies have been carried out on single devices with a three‐terminal configuration but, by exploring the electrokinetics during the ionic gating, such a configuration with initially insulating films leads to a highly non‐uniform gating response of individual devices within large arrays of
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Solar‐Driven Drum‐Type Atmospheric Water Harvester Based on Bio‐Based Gels with Fast Adsorption/Desorption Kinetics Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Hao Zhou, Li Yan, Dexi Tang, Ting Xu, Lin Dai, Chenyu Li, Wenshuai Chen, Chuanling Si
Sorption‐based atmospheric water harvesting is an attractive technology for exploiting unconventional water sources. A critical challenge is how to facilitate fast and continuous collection of potable water from air. Here, a bio‐based gel (CAL gel), resulting from the integration of a whole biomass‐derived polymer network with lithium chloride is reported. A fast adsorption/desorption kinetics, with
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Emerging 2D Ferroelectric Devices for In‐Sensor and In‐Memory Computing Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Chunsheng Chen, Yaoqiang Zhou, Lei Tong, Yue Pang, Jianbin Xu
The quantity of sensor nodes within current computing systems is rapidly increasing in tandem with the sensing data. The presence of a bottleneck in data transmission between the sensors, computing, and memory units obstructs the system's efficiency and speed. To minimize the latency of data transmission between units, novel in‐memory and in‐sensor computing architectures are proposed as alternatives
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Inhibiting Residual Solvent induced side reactions in Vinylidene Fluoride‐based Polymer Electrolytes enables ultra‐stable Solid‐State Lithium Metal Batteries Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Dechao Zhang, Yuxuan Liu, Shuo Yang, Jiaxiong Zhu, Hu Hong, Shimei Li, Qi Xiong, Zhaodong Huang, Shixun Wang, Jun Liu, Chunyi Zhi
Residual solvents in vinylidene fluoride (VDF)‐based solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) have been recognized as responsible for their high ionic conductivity. However, side reactions by the residual solvents with the lithium (Li) metal induce poor stability, which has been long neglected. This study proposes a strategy to achieve a delicate equilibrium between ion conduction and electrode stability
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Edible Long‐Afterglow Photoluminescent Materials for Bioimaging Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Shen Shen, Qishan Xie, Smruti Ranjan Sahoo, Jian Jin, Glib Baryshnikov, Hao Sun, Hongwei Wu, Hans Ågren, Qingsong Liu, Liangliang Zhu
Confining luminophores into modified hydrophilic matrices or polymers is a straightforward and widely used approach for afterglow bioimaging. However, the afterglow quantum yield and lifetime of the related material remain unsatisfactory, severely limiting the using effect especially for deep‐tissue time‐resolved imaging. This fact largely stems from the dilemma between material biocompatibility and
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Linearly Polarized Broadband Emission and Multi‐Wavelength Lasing in Solution‐Processed Quantum Dots Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Jiaxuan Wang, Yifei Zhou, Dapeng Huang, Chuan Liao, Haifeng Zhou, Peng Guo, Zexin Li, Guangjun Zhou, Xiaoqiang Yu, Jifan Hu
A miniature laser with linear polarization is a long sought‐after component of photonic integrated circuits. In particular, for multi‐wavelength polarization lasers, it supports simultaneous access to multiple, widely varying laser wavelengths in a small spatial region, which is of great significance for advancing applications such as optical computing, optical storage, and optical sensing. However
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A Hemoglobin Bionics‐based System for Combating Antibiotic Resistance in Chronic Diabetic Wounds via Iron Homeostasis Regulation Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Yihan Sun, Manxuan Liu, Weihong Sun, Xiaoduo Tang, Yanmin Zhou, Junhu Zhang, Bai Yang
Owing to the increased tissue iron accumulation in patients with diabetes, microorganisms may activate high expression of iron‐involved metabolic pathways, leading to the exacerbation of bacterial infections and disruption of systemic glucose metabolism. Therefore, an on‐demand transdermal dosing approach that utilizes iron homeostasis regulation to combat antimicrobial resistance is a promising strategy
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Shape‐Versatile Fixed Cellular Materials for Multiple Target Immunomodulation Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Ana Rita Sousa, Ana Filipa Cunha, Ana Santos‐Coquillat, Beatriz Hernaez Estrada, Kara Spiller, Marta Barão, Artur Filipe Rodrigues, Susana Simões, Andreia Vilaça, Lino Ferreira, Mariana B. Oliveira, João F. Mano
Therapeutic cells are usually administered as living agents, despite the risks of undesired cell migration and acquisition of unpredictable phenotypes. Additionally, most cell‐based therapies rely on the administration of single cells, often associated with rapid in vivo clearance. Three‐dimensional cellular materials may be useful to prolong the effect of cellular therapies and offer the possibility
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Carbon Dots‐Inked Paper with Single/Two‐Photon Excited Dual‐Mode Thermochromic Afterglow for Advanced Dynamic Information Encryption Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Yupeng Liu, Dengke Cheng, Bingzhe Wang, Junxiang Yang, Yiming Hao, Jing Tan, Qijun Li, Songnan Qu
Achieving thermochromic afterglow (TCAG) in a single material for advanced information encryption remains a significant challenge. Herein, TCAG in carbon dots (CDs)‐inked paper (CDs@Paper) was achieved by tuning the temperature‐dependent dual‐mode afterglow of room‐temperature phosphorescence (RTP) and thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF). The CDs were synthesized through thermal treatment
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Polyacrylonitrile as an Efficient Transfer Medium for Wafer‐scale Transfer of Graphene Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Mingpeng Shang, Saiyu Bu, Zhaoning Hu, Yixuan Zhao, Junhao Liao, Chunyang Zheng, Wenlin Liu, Qi Lu, Fangfang Li, Haotian Wu, Zhuofeng Shi, Yaqi Zhu, Zhiying Xu, Bingbing Guo, Beiming Yu, Chunhu Li, Xiaodong Zhang, Qin Xie, Jianbo Yin, Kaicheng Jia, Hailin Peng, Li Lin, Zhongfan Liu
The disparity between growth substrates and application‐specific substrates can be mediated by reliable graphene transfer, the lack of which currently strongly hinders the graphene applications. Conventionally, the removal of soft polymers, that support the graphene during the transfer, would contaminate graphene surface, produce cracks, and leave unprotected graphene surface sensitive to airborne
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Structural Evolution of Liquid Metals and Alloys Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Vaishnavi Krishnamurthi, Pierre H A Vaillant, Jitendra Mata, Chung Kim Nguyen, Caiden J Parker, Karma Zuraiqi, Gary Bryant, Ken Chiang, Salvy P Russo, Andrew J Christofferson, Aaron Elbourne, Torben Daeneke
Low‐melting liquid metals are emerging as a new group of highly functional solvents due to their capability to dissolve and alloy various metals in their elemental state to form solutions as well as colloidal systems. Furthermore, these liquid metals can facilitate and catalyze multiple unique chemical reactions. Despite the intriguing science behind liquid metals and alloys, very little is known about
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Structural Defect‐Enabled Magnetic Neutrality Nanoprobes for Ultra‐High‐Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Isolated Tumor Cells In Vivo Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Hui Du, Qiyue Wang, Bo Zhang, Zeyu Liang, Canyu Huang, Dao Shi, Fangyuan Li, Daishun Ling
The identification of metastasis “seeds”, isolated tumor cells (ITCs), is of paramount importance for the prognosis and tailored treatment of metastatic diseases. The conventional approach to clinical ITCs diagnosis through invasive biopsies is encumbered by the inherent risks of overdiagnosis and overtreatment. This underscores the pressing need for non‐invasive ITCs detection methods that provide
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Photon‐Dipole‐Spin Interactions in M(TCNE)x/P(VDF‐TrFE) Multiferroic Heterostructure Available for Bimodal Control of Multistate Data‐Storage Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Mingsheng Gao, Xiangqian Lu, Yuying Yang, Wei Qin
Organic multiferroic heterostructure is one of the most promising structures for the future design of high‐density flexible energy‐efficient data storage. Here, we fabricate organic ferromagnetic M(TCNE)x/ferroelectric P(VDF‐TrFE) multiferroic heterostructures, where the excited state in M(TCNE)x interacted with localized dipole in P(VDF‐TrFE) provides a key link for the interfacial coupling. Thus
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Atomic‐Scale Tracking Topological Phase Transition Dynamics of Polar Vortex‐Antivortex Pairs Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-12 Ruixue Zhu, Sizheng Zheng, Xiaomei Li, Tao Wang, Congbing Tan, Tiancheng Yu, Zhetong Liu, Xinqiang Wang, Jiangyu Li, Jie Wang, Peng Gao
Non‐trivial topological structures, such as vortex‐antivortex (V‐AV) pairs, have garnered significant attention in the field of condensed matter physics. However, the detailed topological phase transition dynamics of V‐AV pairs, encompassing behaviors like self‐annihilation, motion, and dissociation, have remained elusive in real space. Here, we employ polar V‐AV pairs as a model system and track their
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Activating Iterative Revolutions of the Cancer‐Immunity Cycle in Hypoxic Tumors with a Smart Nano‐Regulator Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-12 Junying Ding, Yang Lu, Xueze Zhao, Saran Long, Jianjun Du, Wen Sun, Jiangli Fan, Xiaojun Peng
The activation of sequential events in the cancer‐immunity cycle (CIC) is crucial for achieving effective anti‐tumor immunity. However, formidable challenges, such as innate and adaptive immune resistance, along with the off‐target adverse effects of non‐selective immunomodulators, persist. In this study, a tumor‐selective nano‐regulator named PNBJQ has been presented, focusing on targeting two non‐redundant
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High‐Entropy Prussian Blue Analogues Enable Lattice Respiration for Ultra‐Stable Aqueous Aluminum‐Ion Batteries Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-12 Kai Du, Yujie Liu, Yiqi Zhao, Hui Li, Hexiong Liu, Chunhao Sun, Mingshan Han, Tianyi Ma, Yuxiang Hu
Aqueous aluminum ion batteries (AAIBs) hold significant potential for grid‐scale energy storage owing to their intrinsic safety, high theoretical capacity, and abundance of aluminum. However, the strong electrostatic interactions and delayed charge compensation between high‐charge‐density aluminum ions and the fixed lattice in conventional cathodes impede the development of high‐performance AAIBs.
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The Unprecedented Biodegradable Polyzwitterion: A Removal‐Free Patch for Accelerating Infected Diabetic Wound Healing Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-12 Zhuoya Wang, Danyang Chen, Hongying Wang, Siyu Bao, Liping Lang, Chunyan Cui, Haotian Song, Jianhai Yang, Wenguang Liu
Zwitterionic polymers have emerged as an important class of biomaterials to construct wound dressings and antifouling coatings over the past decade due to their excellent hydrophilicity. However, all the reported zwitterionic polymers are non‐degradable because of non‐cleavable carbon‐carbon bonding backbones, and must be removed periodically after treatment to avoid hypoxia in the wound, thus leading
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Expanded ROS Generation and Hypoxia Reversal: Excipient‐free Self‐assembled Nanotheranostics for Enhanced Cancer Photodynamic Immunotherapy Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-12 Jing Yang, Bibo Ren, Xuntao Yin, Lunli Xiang, YanQiu Hua, Xue Huang, Haibo Wang, Zhengwei Mao, Wei Chen, Jun Deng
The efficacy of photodynamic therapy (PDT)‐related cancer therapies is significantly restricted by two irreconcilable obstacles, i.e., low reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation capability and hypoxia which constrains the immune response. Herein, we developed a self‐assembled clinical photosensitizer indocyanine green (ICG) and the HSP90 inhibitor 17‐dimethylaminoethylamino‐17‐demethoxygeldanamycin
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Nanogalvanic Cells Release Highly Reactive Electrons in Tumors to Effectively Eliminate Tumors Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-12 Wei‐Qiang Huang, Ya‐Qi Zhu, Fan Gao, Wei You, Guang Chen, Xuan Nie, Lei Xia, Long‐Hai Wang, Chun‐Yan Hong, Ze Zhang, Fei Wang, Yue Yu, Ye‐Zi You
External stimuli triggering chemical reactions in cancer cells to generate highly reactive chemical species are very appealing for cancer therapy, in which external irradiation activating sensitizers to transfer energy or electrons to surrounding oxygen or other molecules is critical for generating cytotoxic reactive species. However, poor light penetration into tissue, low activity of sensitizers
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Scalable Customization of Crystallographic Plane Controllable Lithium Metal Anodes for Ultralong-Lasting Lithium Metal Batteries Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Jian Tan, Longli Ma, Pengshu Yi, Yuan Wang, Zhiheng Li, Zhan Fang, Xuanyang Li, Shan He, Xuefeng Wang, Mingxin Ye, Jianfeng Shen
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Regulation of Protein Conformation Enables Cell-Selective Targeting of Virus-Mimicking Nanoparticles for siRNA Therapy of Glioblastoma Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Han Zhu, Yi-Fan Wang, Zhi-Gang Wang, Dai-Wen Pang, Shu-Lin Liu
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Atto-Scale Noise Near-Infrared Organic Photodetectors Enabled by Controlling Interfacial Energetic Offset through Enhanced Anchoring Ability Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Tae Hyuk Kim, Ji Hyeon Lee, Min Ho Jang, Gyeong Min Lee, Eun Soo Shim, Seunghyun Oh, Muhammad Ahsan Saeed, Min Jong Lee, Byoung-Soo Yu, Do Kyung Hwang, Chae Won Park, Sae Youn Lee, Jea Woong Jo, Jae Won Shim
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Accelerated Engineering of ELP-Based Materials through Hybrid Biomimetic-De Novo Predictive Molecular Design Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Timo Laakko, Antti Korkealaakso, Burcu Firatligil Yildirir, Piotr Batys, Ville Liljeström, Ari Hokkanen, Nonappa, Merja Penttilä, Anssi Laukkanen, Ali Miserez, Caj Södergård, Pezhman Mohammadi
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Stereoscopic Polymer Network for Developing Mechanically Robust Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells with an Efficiency Approaching 25% Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Yeyong Wu, Guiying Xu, Yunxiu Shen, Xiaoxiao Wu, Xiaohua Tang, Chuanshuai Han, Yujin Chen, Fu Yang, Haiyang Chen, Yaowen Li, Yongfang Li
Flexible perovskite solar cells (pero‐SCs) have the potential to overturn the application scenario of silicon photovoltaic technology. However, their mechanical instability severely impedes their practical applicability, and the corresponding intrinsic degradation mechanism remains unclear. In this study, we systematically analyzed the degradation behavior of flexible pero‐SCs under mechanical stress
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A Human‐Scale Clinically‐Ready Electromagnetic Navigation System for Magnetically‐Responsive Biomaterials and Medical Devices Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Simone Gervasoni, Norman Pedrini, Tarik Rifai, Cedric Fischer, Fabian C. Landers, Michael Mattmann, Roland Dreyfus, Silvia Viviani, Andrea Veciana, Enea Masina, Buse Aktas, Josep Puigmartí‐Luis, Christophe Chautems, Salvador Pané, Quentin Boehler, Philip Gruber, Bradley J. Nelson
Magnetic navigation systems are used to precisely manipulate magnetically responsive materials enabling the realization of new minimally invasive procedures using magnetic medical devices. Their widespread applicability has been constrained by high infrastructure demands and costs. we report on a portable electromagnetic navigation system, the Navion, which is capable of generating a large magnetic
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Accumulation of Long‐Lived Photogenerated Holes at Indium Single Atom Catalysts via Two Coordinate Nitrogen Vacancy Defect Engineering for Enhanced Photocatalytic Oxidation Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Jingjing Zhang, Xuan Yang, Guofang Xu, Biswal Basanta Kumar, Rajasekhar Balasubramanian
Visible light‐driven photocatalytic oxidation by photogenerated holes has immense potential for environmental remediation applications. While the electron‐mediated photoreduction reactions are often at the spotlight, active holes possess a remarkable oxidation capacity that can degrade recalcitrant organic pollutants, resulting in non‐toxic byproducts. However, the random charge transfer and rapid
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Topology Reconfiguration of Anion‐Pillared Metal‐Organic Framework from Flexibility to Rigidity for Enhanced Acetylene Separation Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Hanting Xiong, Yong Peng, Xing Liu, Pengxiang Wang, Peixin Zhang, Longsheng Yang, Junhui Liu, Hua Shuai, Lingmin Wang, Zhenning Deng, Shixia Chen, Jingwen Chen, Zhenyu Zhou, Shuguang Deng, Jun Wang
Flexible metal‐organic framework (MOF) adsorbents commonly encounter limitations in removing trace impurities below gate‐opening threshold pressures. Topology reconfiguration can fundamentally eliminate intrinsic structural flexibility, yet remains a formidable challenge and is rarely achieved in practical applications. Herein, we present a solvent‐mediated approach to regulate the flexible CuSnF6‐dpds‐sql
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Terahertz and Infrared Plasmon Polaritons in PtTe2 Type‐II Dirac Topological Semimetal Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Salvatore Macis, Annalisa D'Arco, Lorenzo Mosesso, Maria Chiara Paolozzi, Silvia Tofani, Luca Tomarchio, Pinaka Pani Tummala, Sara Ghomi, Veronica Stopponi, Eleonora Bonaventura, Chiara Massetti, Davide Codegoni, Andrea Serafini, Paolo Targa, Michele Zacchigna, Alessio Lamperti, Christian Martella, Alessandro Molle, Stefano Lupi
Surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) are electromagnetic excitations existing at the interface between a metal and a dielectric. SPPs provide a promising path in nanophotonic devices for light manipulation at the micro and nanoscale with applications in optoelectronics, biomedicine, and energy harvesting. Recently, SPPs have been extended to unconventional materials like graphene, transparent oxides,
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Transdermal Sensing of Enzyme Biomarker Enabled by Chemo‐Responsive Probe‐Modified Epidermal Microneedle Patch in Human skin Tissue Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Nazanin Poursharifi, Morteza Hassanpouramiri, Alexander Zink, Muhammed Ucuncu, Onur Parlak
Wearable bioelectronics represents a significant breakthrough in healthcare settings, particularly in (bio)sensing which offers an alternative way to track individual health for diagnostics and therapy. However, there has been no notable improvement in the field of cancer, particularly for skin cancer. Here, we established a wearable bioelectronic patch for transdermal sensing of the melanoma biomarker
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Near‐Infrared Luminescent Materials Incorporating Rare Earth/Transition Metal Ions: From Materials to Applications Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Hua‐hui Li, Ya‐Kun Wang, Liang‐Sheng Liao
Near‐infrared materials exhibiting high photoluminescence quantum yields present a promising avenue to broaden our capacity and threshold for detection and manipulation, extending beyond the visible emission range. The spotlight has shifted to near‐infrared (NIR) luminescent materials emitting beyond 1000 nm, with growing interest due to their unique characteristics. The ability of NIR‐II emission
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Binary Organic Solar Cells with Exceeding 19% Efficiency via the Synergy of Polyfluoride Polymer and Fluorous Solvent Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Zhilong He, Siyuan Li, Rui Zeng, Yi Lin, Yi Zhang, Zhe Hao, Shimin Zhang, Feng Liu, Zheng Tang, Hongliang Zhong
Rational molecular design and suitable device engineering are two important strategies to boost the efficiencies in organic solar cells (OSCs). Yet these two approaches are independently developed, while their synergy is believed to be more productive. Herein, a branched polyfluoride moiety, heptafluoroisopropoxyl group, is introduced into the sidechains of conjugated polymers for the first time. Compared
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Uniaxial‐Oriented Chiral Perovskite for Flexible Full‐Stokes Polarimeter Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Quanlin Chen, Zijin Ding, Li Zhang, Di Wang, Cong Geng, Yanxing Feng, Jia Zhang, Miao Ren, Saisai Li, Saif M. H. Qaid, Yuanzhi Jiang, Mingjian Yuan
Full‐Stokes polarization detection, with high integration and portability, offers an efficient path toward next‐gen multi‐information optoelectronic systems. Nevertheless, current techniques relying on optical filters create rigid and bulky configurations, limiting practicality. Here, we first report a flexible, filter‐less full‐Stokes polarimeter featuring a uniaxial‐oriented chiral perovskite film
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A Single Component, Single Layer Flexile Foam Evaporator with the Higher Efficiency for Water Generation Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Ruoxin Li, Mingrui Wu, Haijun Ma, Yongqi Zhu, Hongyi Zhang, Qiaomei Chen, Chuhong Zhang, Yen Wei
One of the greenest and promising ways to solve the problem of freshwater crisis is surface solar steam generation from seawater. A great number of photothermal materials with multi‐component and multi‐layered delicate yet complex structures often suffer from either low evaporation rate or high energy loss. Here, we present a single component foam evaporator with steam generation rate of up to 4.32
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Boosting Upconversion Efficiency in Optically Inert Shelled Structures with Electroactive Membrane through Electron Donation Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Liu‐Chun Wang, Hong‐Kai Chen, Wen‐Jyun Wang, Fang‐Yi Hsu, Hong‐Zhang Huang, Rui‐Tong Kuo, Wei‐Peng Li, Hong‐Kang Tian, Chen‐Sheng Yeh
This study innovatively addresses challenges in enhancing upconversion efficiency in lanthanide‐based nanoparticles (UCNPs) by exploiting Shewanella oneidensis MR‐1, a microorganism capable of extracellular electron transfer. Electroactive membranes, rich in c‐type cytochromes, are extracted from bacteria and integrated into membrane‐integrated liposomes (MILs), encapsulating core‐shelled UCNPs with
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Deep‐Blue and Fast Delayed Fluorescence from Carbene‐Metal‐Amides for Highly Efficient and Stable Organic Light‐Emitting Diodes Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Alexander C. Brannan, Hwan‐Hee Cho, Antti‐Pekka M. Reponen, Sebastian Gorgon, Nguyen Le Phuoc, Mikko Linnolahti, Neil C. Greenham, Alexander S. Romanov
Linear gold complexes of the “carbene‐metal‐amide” (CMA) type are prepared with a rigid benzoguanidine amide donor and various carbene ligands. These complexes emit in the deep‐blue range at 424 and 466 nm with 100% quantum yields in all media. The deep‐blue thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) originates from a charge transfer state (CT) with an excited state lifetime as low as 213 ns,
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Composition dictates octahedral tilt and photostability in halide perovskites Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Affan N. Iqbal, Kieran W. P. Orr, Satyawan Nagane, Jordi Ferrer Orri, Tiarnan A. S. Doherty, Young‐Kwang Jung, Yu‐Hsien Chiang, Thomas A. Selby, Yang Lu, Alessandro J. Mirabelli, Alan Baldwin, Zher Ying Ooi, Qichun Gu, Miguel Anaya, Samuel D. Stranks
Halide perovskites are excellent candidate materials for use in solar cell, LED, and detector devices, in part because their composition can be tuned to achieve ideal optoelectronic properties. Empirical efficiency optimisation has led the field towards compositions rich in FA (formamidinium) on the A‐site and I on the X‐site, with additional small amounts of MA (methylammonium) or Cs A‐site cations
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Stable Photo‐Rechargeable Al Battery for Enhancing Energy Utilization Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Li‐Li Chen, Xudong Bu, Wei‐Li Song, Hao‐Sen Chen, Wei Wang, Shuqiang Jiao
The photovoltaic cells (PVs) are able to convert solar energy to electric energy, while energy storage devices are required to be equipped due to the fluctuations of sunlight. However, the electrical connection of PVs and energy storage devices leads to increased energy consumption, and thus energy storage ability and utilization efficiency are decreased. One of the solutions is to explore an integrated
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Controlled Growth Lateral/Vertical Heterostructure Interface for Lithium Storage Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Tao Wang, Mingsheng Li, Li Yao, Wenlong Yang, Yuliang Li
Artificial heterostructures with structural advancements and customizable electronic interfaces are fundamental for achieving high‐performance lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs). Here, we propose a design idea for a covalently bonded lateral/vertical black phosphorus (BP)‐graphdiyne oxide (GDYO) heterostructure achieved through a facile ball‐milling approach. Lateral heterogeneity is realized by the sp2‐hybridized
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Synchronous Switching Strategy to Enhance the Real‐Time Powering and Charging Performance of Triboelectric Nanogenerator Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Yuxuan Xia, Jinyan Zhi, Ruichao Zhang, Feng Zhou, Shuhai Liu, Qi Xu, Yong Qin
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) are of great significance as sustainable power sources that harvest energy from the human body and environment. Nevertheless, due to TENG's impedance‐dependent output voltage characteristics, in traditional strategy (TS), real‐timely powering a sensor with TENG has a poor sensing on/off ratio (or response), and directly charging a capacitor with TENG shows a low