Search Results - "Verduzco, Rafael"
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Soft Ultrathin Electronics Innervated Adaptive Fully Soft Robots
Published in Advanced materials (Weinheim) (01-03-2018)“…Soft robots outperform the conventional hard robots on significantly enhanced safety, adaptability, and complex motions. The development of fully soft robots,…”
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Membrane Materials for Selective Ion Separations at the Water–Energy Nexus
Published in Advanced materials (Weinheim) (01-09-2021)“…Synthetic polymer membranes are enabling components in key technologies at the water–energy nexus, including desalination and energy conversion, because of…”
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Selective removal of divalent cations by polyelectrolyte multilayer nanofiltration membrane: Role of polyelectrolyte charge, ion size, and ionic strength
Published in Journal of membrane science (01-08-2018)“…We fabricated polyelectrolyte multilayer (PEM) nanofiltration (NF) membranes using a layer-by-layer (LbL) method for effective removal of scale-forming…”
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Covalent Organic Frameworks for Batteries
Published in Advanced functional materials (01-08-2021)“…Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have emerged as an exciting new class of porous materials constructed by organic building blocks via dynamic covalent bonds…”
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Understanding the spatial heterogeneity of COVID-19 vaccination uptake in England
Published in BMC public health (16-05-2023)“…Mass vaccination has been a key strategy in effectively containing global COVID-19 pandemic that posed unprecedented social and economic challenges to many…”
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High-efficiency two-dimensional Ruddlesden–Popper perovskite solar cells
Published in Nature (London) (18-08-2016)“…Thin-film solar cells were fabricated using layered two-dimensional perovskites with near-single-crystalline out-of-plane alignment, which facilitates…”
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Light-induced lattice expansion leads to high-efficiency perovskite solar cells
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (06-04-2018)“…Light-induced structural dynamics plays a vital role in the physical properties, device performance, and stability of hybrid perovskite-based optoelectronic…”
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Tailoring the Attraction of Polymers toward Surfaces
Published in Macromolecules (09-07-2019)“…In polymer blends and block copolymers, one constituent (or segment type) is often enriched at the surface. This enrichment has important consequences for a…”
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Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Analysis of Bottlebrush Polymers Prepared via Grafting-Through Polymerization
Published in Macromolecules (10-09-2013)“…Bottlebrush polymers are highly branched macromolecules with potential applications in antifouling coatings, rheological modifiers, and drug delivery systems…”
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Multifunctional Bio‐Nanocomposite Coatings for Perishable Fruits
Published in Advanced materials (Weinheim) (01-07-2020)“…Hunger and chronic undernourishment impact over 800 million people, which translates to ≈10.7% of the world's population. While countries are increasingly…”
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Porphyrin-based donor-acceptor COFs as efficient and reusable photocatalysts for PET-RAFT polymerization under broad spectrum excitation
Published in Chemical science (Cambridge) (15-12-2021)“…Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are crystalline and porous organic materials attractive for photocatalysis applications due to their structural versatility…”
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Three-dimensional covalent organic frameworks with pto and mhq-z topologies based on Tri- and tetratopic linkers
Published in Nature communications (19-05-2023)“…Three-dimensional (3D) covalent organic frameworks (COFs) possess higher surface areas, more abundant pore channels, and lower density compared to their…”
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Small‐angle neutron scattering analysis of bottlebrush backbone and side chain flexibility
Published in Journal of polymer science. Part B, Polymer physics (01-01-2017)“…ABSTRACT Bottlebrush polymers have densely tethered side chains grafted to a linear polymer backbone, resulting in stretching of both the side chains and…”
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Amphiphilic Bottlebrush Block Copolymers: Analysis of Aqueous Self-Assembly by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering and Surface Tension Measurements
Published in Macromolecules (22-01-2019)“…A systematic series of 16 amphiphilic bottlebrush block copolymers (BCPs) containing polystyrene and poly(N-acryloylmorpholine) (PACMO) side chains were…”
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Creation of a point-of-care therapeutics sensor using protein engineering, electrochemical sensing and electronic integration
Published in Nature communications (24-02-2024)“…Point-of-care sensors, which are low-cost and user-friendly, play a crucial role in precision medicine by providing quick results for individuals. Here, we…”
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Entropic and Enthalpic Effects in Thin Film Blends of Homopolymers and Bottlebrush Polymers
Published in Macromolecules (26-02-2019)“…We present a combined experimental and computational study of surface segregation in thin films of nearly athermal blends of linear and bottlebrush polymers…”
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Public transport accessibility indicators to urban and regional services in Great Britain
Published in Scientific data (09-01-2024)“…Public transport accessibility to urban and regional services has been found to relate to various social and economic processes, such as unemployment,…”
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Electromechanically Responsive Liquid Crystal Elastomer Nanocomposites for Active Cell Culture
Published in ACS macro letters (20-12-2016)“…Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are unique among shape-responsive materials in that they exhibit large and reversible shape changes and can respond to a…”
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Stimuli-responsive liquid crystal elastomers for dynamic cell culture
Published in Journal of materials research (28-02-2015)“…Responsive, biocompatible substrates are of interest for directing the maturation and function of cells in vitro during cell culture. This can potentially…”
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Fighting PFAS with PFAS
Published in ACS central science (22-04-2020)“…Charged and partially fluorinated hydrogels are demonstrated to be a promising new approach to selectively uptake PFAS contaminants in water…”
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