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Tailoring inorganic–polymer composites for the mass production of solid-state batteries by Fan, Li-Zhen, He, Hongcai, Nan, Ce-Wen

“…Solid-state batteries (SSBs) have recently been revived to increase the energy density and eliminate safety concerns associated with conventional Li-ion…”
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Materials for solar-powered water evaporation by Zhao, Fei, Guo, Youhong, Zhou, Xingyi, Shi, Wen, Yu, Guihua

“…Solar-powered water evaporation — the extraction of vapour from liquid water using solar energy — provides the basis for the development of eco-friendly and…”
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Chemical recycling to monomer for an ideal, circular polymer economy by Coates, Geoffrey W., Getzler, Yutan D. Y. L.

“…The majority of post-consumer plastic waste is not recycled. Impediments to the recycling of commodity polymers include separation, impurities and degradation…”
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The stiffness of living tissues and its implications for tissue engineering by Guimarães, Carlos F., Gasperini, Luca, Marques, A. P., Reis, R. L.

“…The past 20 years have witnessed ever- growing evidence that the mechanical properties of biological tissues, from nanoscale to macroscale dimensions, are…”
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Resistive switching materials for information processing by Wang, Zhongrui, Wu, Huaqiang, Burr, Geoffrey W., Hwang, Cheol Seong, Wang, Kang L., Xia, Qiangfei, Yang, J. Joshua

“…The rapid increase in information in the big-data era calls for changes to information-processing paradigms, which, in turn, demand new circuit-building blocks…”
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Understanding interface stability in solid-state batteries by Xiao, Yihan, Wang, Yan, Bo, Shou-Hang, Kim, Jae Chul, Miara, Lincoln J., Ceder, Gerbrand

“…Solid-state batteries (SSBs) using a solid electrolyte show potential for providing improved safety as well as higher energy and power density compared with…”
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Scalable fabrication and coating methods for perovskite solar cells and solar modules by Park, Nam-Gyu, Zhu, Kai

“…Since the report in 2012 of a solid-state perovskite solar cell (PSC) with a power-conversion efficiency (PCE) of 9.7% and a stability of 500 h, intensive…”
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Lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery by Hou, Xucheng, Zaks, Tal, Langer, Robert, Dong, Yizhou

“…Messenger RNA (mRNA) has emerged as a new category of therapeutic agent to prevent and treat various diseases. To function in vivo, mRNA requires safe,…”
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Polymer photocatalysts for solar-to-chemical energy conversion by Banerjee, Tanmay, Podjaski, Filip, Kröger, Julia, Biswal, Bishnu P., Lotsch, Bettina V.

“…Solar-to-chemical energy conversion for the generation of high-energy chemicals is one of the most viable solutions to the quest for sustainable energy…”
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Bioplastics for a circular economy by Rosenboom, Jan-Georg, Langer, Robert, Traverso, Giovanni

“…Bioplastics — typically plastics manufactured from bio-based polymers — stand to contribute to more sustainable commercial plastic life cycles as part of a…”
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Engineered biomaterials for in situ tissue regeneration by Gaharwar, Akhilesh K., Singh, Irtisha, Khademhosseini, Ali

“…In situ tissue regeneration harnesses the body’s regenerative potential to control cell functions for tissue repair. The design of biomaterials for in situ…”
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Deep neural networks for the evaluation and design of photonic devices by Jiang, Jiaqi, Chen, Mingkun, Fan, Jonathan A.

“…The data-science revolution is poised to transform the way photonic systems are simulated and designed. Photonic systems are, in many ways, an ideal substrate…”
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End-to-end design of wearable sensors by Ates, H. Ceren, Nguyen, Peter Q., Gonzalez-Macia, Laura, Morales-Narváez, Eden, Güder, Firat, Collins, James J., Dincer, Can

“…Wearable devices provide an alternative pathway to clinical diagnostics by exploiting various physical, chemical and biological sensors to mine physiological…”
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The fundamentals and applications of ferroelectric HfO2 by Schroeder, Uwe, Park, Min Hyuk, Mikolajick, Thomas, Hwang, Cheol Seong

“…Since the first report of ferroelectricity in a Si-doped HfO 2 film in 2011, HfO 2 -based materials have attracted much interest from the ferroelectric…”
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Cancer nanomedicine for combination cancer immunotherapy by Nam, Jutaek, Son, Sejin, Park, Kyung Soo, Zou, Weiping, Shea, Lonnie D., Moon, James J.

“…Cancer immunotherapy is revolutionizing oncology. However, dose-limiting toxicities and low patient response rates remain major challenges in the clinic…”
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Fundamentals, status and promise of sodium-based batteries by Usiskin, Robert, Lu, Yaxiang, Popovic, Jelena, Law, Markas, Balaya, Palani, Hu, Yong-Sheng, Maier, Joachim

“…Na-based batteries have shown substantial progress in recent years and are promising candidates for mitigating the supply risks associated with Li-based…”
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Mechanical properties and deformation mechanisms of gradient nanostructured metals and alloys by Li, Xiaoyan, Lu, Lei, Li, Jianguo, Zhang, Xuan, Gao, Huajian

“…Inspired by the gradient structures of biological materials, researchers have explored compositional and structural gradients for about 40 years as an approach…”
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Room-temperature phosphorescence from organic aggregates by Zhao, Weijun, He, Zikai, Tang, Ben Zhong

“…Triplet excitons in organic molecules underscore a variety of processes and technologies as a result of their long lifetime and spin multiplicity. Organic…”
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Synthesis and alignment of liquid crystalline elastomers by Herbert, Katie M., Fowler, Hayden E., McCracken, Joselle M., Schlafmann, Kyle R., Koch, Jeremy A., White, Timothy J.

“…Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are crosslinked polymer networks that combine the elastic properties of rubber with the anisotropic properties of liquid…”
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High-entropy alloys by George, Easo P., Raabe, Dierk, Ritchie, Robert O.

“…Alloying has long been used to confer desirable properties to materials. Typically, it involves the addition of relatively small amounts of secondary elements…”
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