Polydopamine‐Assisted Electroless Deposition of Magnetic Functional Coatings for 3D‐Printed Microrobots by Shuo Zhang, Caroline F. Harms, Zenghao Zhang, Jiwon Lim, John T. Heron, Jinsang Kim, Abdon Pena‐Francesch

“…Due to the material‐independent interfacial adhesive properties of PDA, this multilayer functionalization strategy can open up new magnetic microrobot fabrication schemes with a broad compatibility with materials and structures (including complex 3D‐printed polymer microstructures) and without the need for and limitations of PVD coating approaches.…”
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Experimental Investigation on Physical and Mechanical Behaviors of Paraffin Microcapsule Phase-Change Energy-Storage Concrete by Dongxue Wang, Zipeng Qin, Shixing Liu, Lefeng Chen, Guoxun Chen, Erjin Xu, Liangbin Zhang, Yan Tian, Zhengzheng Liu, Yifan Li, Saixuan Lei, Jiayi Pan, Peisheng Qiu, Xu Zhou

“…Five sets of concrete specimens with varying PCA content were designed and tested for their apparent densities, compressive strengths, water absorptions, thermal conductivities, and microstructures. The experimental results show that the apparent density, compressive strength, ultrasonic velocity, and thermal conductivity of phase-change energy-storage concrete (PCC) gradually decrease with the increasing PCA content. …”
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Contribution of Phosphorylation Modification to Stability and Antibacterial Activity of Egg White Protein Nanogels Loaded with Cinnamon Bark Essential Oil by Sheng-Qi Rao, Xin-Ru Gao, Hui Liu, Zhi-Rong Wang, Zhen-Quan Yang

“…Moreover, P-EWP-CBEO nanogels, with hydrophobic interactions and disulfide bonds as the main intermolecular forces, exhibited a remarkable conformational change in microstructures. In addition, the results of the antibacterial experiments on <i>Escherichia coli</i>, <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>, and <i>Listeria monocytogenes</i> showed that the MIC values of P-EWP-CBEO nanogels were two times lower than those of EWP-CBEO nanogels and could completely inhibit the growth of pathogenic bacteria within 108 h. …”
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Material analysis and broadband photoresponse characteristics of ZnO/N,N’-Dioctyl-3,4,9,10-perylenedicarboximide (PDI-C8) composite materials with organic nanostructures deposited... by Yi-Yu Tsai, Ming-Hsien Li, Ming-Yu Kuo

“…As the amount of organic material increases, bubble-like microstructures may form on the surface. Furthermore, an appropriate heterojunction between ZnO and PDI-C8 facilitates broadband light sensing. …”
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Fabrication of fabric-based flexible circuits via electron-beam radiation curing by ZHANG Maojiang, WANG Jinghua, WU Yanfu, DONG Chunlei, LIU Zhaowen, GAN Jie, CHEN Jianbing, WU Guozhong

“…This study focuses on the preparation of fabric-based flexible circuits using polyester fabric (PET) as a substrate via radiation curing and chemical copper plating methods. The microstructures, elemental distributions, durabilities, and stabilities of the flexible circuits were investigated. …”
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Downconversion mechanoluminescence from lanthanide codoped heterojunctions by Tianlong Liang, Yuantian Zheng, Qi’an Zhang, Ziyi Fang, Mingzhi Wu, Yang Liu, Qidong Ma, Jiazhen Zhou, Maryam Zulfiqar, Biyun Ren, Yanze Wang, Jingnan Zhang, Xiaoyu Weng, Dengfeng Peng

“…For the first time, we demonstrate the downconversion (quantum cutting) ML of Tb ^3+ –Yb ^3+ and Pr ^3+ –Yb ^3+ pairs within heterojunction microstructures. This study presents the design and synthesis of a novel heterojunction material capable of realizing downconversion ML, which holds promise for future applications in diverse fields.…”
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Glutathione-responsive PEGylated florfenicol via disulfide linkage enhances antibacterial activity, pharmacokinetics, and biosafety by Ming Niu, Fei Pan, Yaxin Zhou, Rourou Wang, Jing Zhou, Zhenghua Zhang, Lumei Pu, Weibing Xu

“…The self-assembled microstructures of the responsive and non-responsive conjugates are spherical and lamellar, respectively. …”
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Static and dynamic mechanical behavior of high-strength 22SiMn2TiB armor steel and welded structure by Jitang Fan, Ang Chen, Yongqiang Wang, Ke Bao, Yue Liu, Aiying Chen, Tao Fu, Linli Zhu

“…The cracking behavior as well as the corresponding microstructures are characterized at different length scales from millimeter to micron scale by optical microscope and scanning electron microscope. …”
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Compact Slow-Wave Electrode Design for High-Index Photonic Devices by J. W. Haefner, F. A. Juneghani, P. Kulkarni, P. Thapalia, S. Fathpour

“…The addition of these two microstructures permits modification of the capacitance and inductance of a standard ground-signal-ground coplanar waveguide. …”
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Bidirectional Phase Transformations in Multi‐Principal Element Alloys: Mechanisms, Physics, and Mechanical Property Implications by Jiayi Sun, Heqing Li, Yujie Chen, Xianghai An

“…Furthermore, the profound significance of the distinct B‐TRIP behavior in shaping mechanical properties and creating specialized microstructures c to harness superior material characteristics is underscored. …”
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Evolution of Pore Characteristics for Bentonite Modified by an Ionic Soil Stabilizer during Hydration Processes by Wei Huang, Zili Feng, Huanran Fu, Wei Xiang

“…An ionic soil stabilizer (ISS) is used to reinforce clay soils because the ISS can regulate the hydration processes and microstructures of clays. To evaluate the regulation of ISS, natural bentonite was modified by ISS at different concentrations in this research. …”
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Sex differences of negative emotions in adults and infants along the prefrontal-amygdaloid brain pathway by Leiming Wu, Zilong Hong, Shujun Wang, Jia Huang, Jixin Liu

“…Using diffusion magnetic resonance imaging data from 418 healthy individuals, we identified sex differences in white-matter microstructures of the striato-amygdaloid-prefrontal tracts, particularly the amygdala (Amy)-medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) pathway. …”
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Fluorine-doped micropore-covered mesoporous carbon nanofibers for long-lasting anode-free sodium metal batteries by Haolin Zhu, Linfeng Peng, Junxiu Wu, Siwu Li, Qiang Wu, Shijie Cheng, Jia Xie, Jun Lu

“…These findings demonstrate the efficacy of tailoring the compositions and microstructures of porous carbon current collectors for enhancing the cycling life and stability characteristics of sodium metal batteries.…”
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Electrochemically Modified Mn₂P₄O₁₂ as an Emerging Catalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction by Kassa Belay Ibrahim, Tommaso Michelutti, Alessandro Gradone, Mahnoor Hassan, Sandro Zorzi, Paolo Moras, Vittorio Morandi, Elisa Moretti, Tofik Ahmed Shifa, Alberto Vomiero

“…The spherical Mn₂P₄O₁₂ microstructures act as pre‐catalysts and undergo surface reconstruction during electrochemical activation, leading to the formation of β‐MnO₂ as the true active phase. …”
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Dynamic Mechanical Behavior of Dry and Water Saturated Igneous Rock with Acoustic Emission Monitoring by Jun Guo, Guo-rui Feng, Ting-ye Qi, Pengfei Wang, Jian Yang, Zhen Li, Jinwen Bai, Xianjie Du, Zehua Wang

“…The mineral compositions and the microstructures of the dry and water saturated igneous rock are also presented. …”
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Kinetic‐Controlled Crystallization of α‐FAPbI3 Inducing Preferred Crystallographic Orientation Enhances Photovoltaic Performance by Sooeun Shin, Seongrok Seo, Seonghwa Jeong, Anir S. Sharbirin, Jeongyong Kim, Hyungju Ahn, Nam‐Gyu Park, Hyunjung Shin

“…The results provide observations of a direct correlation between the crystallographic orientation and device performance as it highlights the importance of crystallization kinetics resulting in desirable microstructures for device engineering.…”
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Fully 3D‐Printed Soft Capacitive Sensor of High Toughness and Large Measurement Range by Fei Xiao, Zhuoheng Wei, Zhipeng Xu, Hao Wang, Jisen Li, Jian Zhu

“…It is believed that the strategy, employing 3D printing for soft microstructured sensors, is a general approach not only applicable for improving the performance of soft sensors, but also conducive to designing powerful soft functional devices.…”
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Design of a Noise Mitigation System Using Lightweight Graded Micro-Porous Material by Bharath Kenchappa, Kunigal Shivakumar

“…It was demonstrated that a microstructurally graded material is needed to optimize both sound absorption and transmission loss. …”
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Study on the Relationship Between Porosity and Mechanical Properties Based on Rock Pore Structure Reconstruction Model by Nan Xiao, Jun-Qing Chen, Xiang Qiu, Fu Huang, Tong-Hua Ling

“…Initially, high-resolution X-ray computed tomography (CT) was utilized to capture three-dimensional geometric features of Sichuan white sandstone microstructures, complemented by mechanical parameter acquisition through standardized testing protocols. …”
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Influence of the Mesoscopic Viscoelastic Contact Model on Characterizing the Rheological Behavior of Asphalt Concrete in the DEM Simulation by Jiaolong Ren, Zhe Liu, Jinshun Xue, Yinshan Xu

“…The numerical simulation based on the discrete element method (DEM) is popular to analyze the material behavior of asphalt concrete in recent years because of the advantage of the DEM in characterizing the heterogeneous microstructures. As a type of viscoelastic material, the rheological behavior of asphalt concrete is represented depending on the mesoscopic viscoelastic contact model between two particles in a contact in DEM simulations. …”
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