• 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • A battery with a twist
    Markus Niederberger’s team of researchers at ETH has used stretchable materials to develop a battery that can be bent, stretched and twisted. For applications in bendable electronic devices, this is precisely the kind of battery ......
    lchaoxu 写于2019.10.21
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  • Electrochemically reconfigurable architected materials
    Architected materials can actively respond to external stimuli—such as mechanical forces, hydration and magnetic fields—by changing their geometries and thereby achieve novel functionalities. Such transformations are usually binary and volat......
    lchaoxu 写于2019.10.21
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  • Self-Sterilizing Laser-Induced Graphene Bacterial Air Filter
    Nosocomial infections transmitted through airborne, droplet, aerosol, and particulate-transported modes pose substantial infection risks to patients and healthcare employees. In this study, we demonstrate a self-cleaning filter comprised of ......
    lchaoxu 写于2019.10.16
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  • A multifunctional shape-morphing elastomer with liquid metal inclusions
    Natural soft tissue achieves a rich variety of functionality through a hierarchy of molecular, microscale, and mesoscale structures and ordering. Inspired by such architectures, we introduce a soft, multifunctional composite capable of a uni......
    lchaoxu 写于2019.10.16
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  • 蜘蛛如何「御电而行」?
    1832年,达尔文正在「小猎犬号」上担任博物学家。一日,他在甲板上发现了件怪事——一夜之间,甲板上多了上千只小红蜘蛛。...
    lchaoxu 写于2019.09.06
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