• Unwinding a spiral of cellulose nanocrystals for stimuli-responsive stretchable optics
    Unwinding a spiral of cellulose nanocrystals for stimuli-responsive stretchable opticsCellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) derived from biomass spontaneously organize into a helical arrangement, termed a chiral nematic structure. Th......
    lchaoxu 写于2019.11.01
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  • Metal-coordinated sub-10 nm membranes for water purification
    ltrathin membranes with potentially high permeability are urgently demanded in water purification. However, their facile, controllable fabrication remains a grand challenge. Herein, we demonstrate a metal-coordinated approach t......
    lchaoxu 写于2019.11.27
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  • Hierarchically oriented organization in supramolecular peptide crystals
    Hierarchical self-assembly and crystallization with long-range ordered spatial arrangement is ubiquitous in nature and plays an essential role in the regulation of structures and biological functions. Inspired by the multiscale hierarchical ......
    lchaoxu 写于2019.11.27
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  • Acoustic Holographic Cell Patterning in a Biocompatible Hydrogel
    Acoustophoresis is promising as a rapid, biocompatible, noncontact cell manipulation method, where cells are arranged along the nodes or antinodes of the acoustic field. Typically, the acoustic field is formed in a resonator, which results in high......
    lchaoxu 写于2019.12.02
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  • Wireless Monitoring Using a Stretchable and Transparent Sensor Sheet Containing Metal Nanowires
    Mechanically and visually imperceptible sensor sheets integrated with light-weight wireless loggers are employed in ultimate flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) to reduce vital stress/nervousness and monitor natural biosignal responses. The key tech......
    lchaoxu 写于2019.12.02
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  • Performing chemistry in floating droplets
    Could chemists be ready to ditch the venerable test tube, the very symbol of chemistry in the minds of many people? Maybe not quite yet, but Caltech's Jack Beauchamp is working on it....
    lchaoxu 写于2019.12.06
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  • Fast Digital Patterning of Surface Topography toward Three-Dimensional Shape-Changing Structures
    Exiting strategies for 3D shape-changing structures are constrained by either the complicated fabrication process or the harsh demands of active materials. Facile preparation of 3D shape-changing structures ......
    lchaoxu 写于2019.12.17
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  • Thermoplastic moulding of regenerated silk
    Early insights into the unique structure and properties of native silk suggested that β-sheet nanocrystallites in silk would degrade prior to melting when subjected to thermal processing. Since then, canonical approaches for fabricating silk......
    lchaoxu 写于2019.12.17
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  • A transparent, self-healing and high-κ dielectric for low-field-emission stretchable optoelectronics
    Stretchable optoelectronic materials are essential for applications in wearable electronics, human–machine interfaces and soft robots. However, intrinsically stretchable optoelectronic devices such as light-emitting capacitors usually requir......
    lchaoxu 写于2019.12.17
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