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Synthesizing two dimensional (2D) nanomaterials with controlled sub-nanometer thicknesses from non-layered crystals presents both significant challeng......
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Microneedle (MN) patches consisting of miniature needles have emerged as a promising tool to perforate the stratum corneum and translocate biomolecule......
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Amino acid chirality plays an important role in conveying directionality and specificity to their supramolecular organization. However, the impact of ......
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How do scientific ideas become market products? There is probably no single pathway for such transformation. And yet, there are certain similarities i......
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Etching is one of the key steps in materials processing in the semiconducting industry and recent progress in this field has shown that etching can be......
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High-entropy alloys (HEAs) open up a new horizon for discovering un-explored mechanical properties and deformation mechanisms. Local chemical fluctuat......
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Atomically thin boron nitride nanosheets (BNNSs) are normally considered to be chemically inert, which makes them difficult to be functionalized. Many......
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Piezoelectrics exhibit mechanical strain in response to electrical stimuli and vice versa. A high level of electric -field-induced strain with minimal......
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During the past decade, flexible/stretchable energy storage devices have garnered increasing attention, with the successful development of wearable el......
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Owing to the use of solid electrolytes instead of flammable and potentially toxic organic liquid electrolytes, all solid-state lithium batteries (ASSL......
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For over two decades, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have drawn huge attention in the scientific community, with the promise to solve a wide variety ......
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Black phosphorus is a potential candidate material for next-generation energy storage devices and has attracted tremendous interest because of its adv......
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Non-lithium ion (Na/K/Mg/Ca/Zn/Al-ion) batteries (NLIBs) have stepped into the spotlight as alternatives or supplements to lithium-ion batteries in la......
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With the ever-growing development of multifunctional and miniature electronics, the exploring of high-power microwatt-milliwatt self-charging technolo......
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Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides (MXenes) have been synthesized and developed into a wide range of applicat......