Modulating the Optical Properties and Functions of Organic Molecules through Polymerization

Mater. Horiz., 2021, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D1MH01030A, Review ArticleWenbo Wu, Bin LiuOrganic functional materials with advanced optical properties have attracted much attention due to their broad applications, such as light emitting diodes, solar cells, anti-counterfeiting, photocatalysis, and even disease diagnosis and...The content of this...

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Super-ions of sodium cations with hydrated hydroxide anions: inorganic structure-directing agents in zeolite synthesis

Mater. Horiz., 2021, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D1MH00733E, CommunicationKarel Asselman, Nick Pellens, Sambhu Radhakrishnan, C. Vinod Chandran, Johan Martens, Francis Taulelle, Toon Verestraelen, Matti Hellström, Eric Breynaert, Christine E. A. KirschhockIn inorganic zeolite formation, a direct correspondence between liquid state species in the...

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Rapid and Label-Free Cancer Theranostics Via In-Situ Bio-Self-Assembled DNA-Gold Nanostructures Loaded Exosomes

Mater. Horiz., 2021, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D1MH00880C, CommunicationFarouk Semcheddine, Nida El Islem Guissi, Weiwei Liu, Tayyaba Tayyaba, Gang Lv, Hui Jiang, Xuemei WangChemically engineered nanomaterials have been extensively used in early tumor detection and cancer therapy. Despite the promises shown, some chemical or exogenous nature...

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Fully-hydrophobic ionogel enables highly efficient wearable underwater sensor and communicator

Mater. Horiz., 2021, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D1MH00998B, CommunicationJunjie Wei, Yinfei Zheng, Tao ChenUnderwater sensing has extraordinary significance in ocean exploration (e.g., marine resources development, marine biology research, marine environment reconnaissance), but the great difference between the marine environment and the land environment...The...

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Detecting triplet states in opto-electronic and photovoltaic materials and devices by transient optically detected magnetic resonance

Mater. Horiz., 2021, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D1MH00999K, CommunicationJeannine Grüne, Vladimir Dyakonov, Andreas SperlichTriplet excited states in organic semiconductor materials and devices are notoriously difficult to detect and study with established spectroscopic methods. Yet, they are a crucial intermediate step in next-generation organic...The...

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Boosting nanomedicine performance by conditioning macrophages with methyl palmitate nanoparticles

Mater. Horiz., 2021, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D1MH00937K, Communication Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Roberto Palomba, Martina di Francesco, Valentina di Francesco, Federica Piccardi, Tiziano Catelani, Miguel Ferreira, Anna Lisa Palange, Paolo DecuzziMethyl Palmitate Nanoparticles...

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Light-controlled versatile manipulation of liquid metal droplets: a gateway to future liquid robots

Mater. Horiz., 2021, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D1MH00647A, Communication Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Hongtai Ren, Hu Jin, Jian Shu, Jie Xie, Erlong Wang, Du-An Ge, Shi-Yang Tang, Xiangpeng Li, Weihua Li, Shiwu ZhangA light-controlled method for the versatile manipulation...

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Self-sensing coaxial muscle fibers with bi-lengthwise actuation

Mater. Horiz., 2021, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D1MH00743B, CommunicationLizhong Dong, Ming Ren, Yulian Wang, Jian Qiao, Yulong Wu, Jianfeng He, Xulin Wei, Jiangtao Di, Qingwen LiAn MXene/SWCNTs-coated CNT@PDMS coaxial muscle fiber with bi-lengthwise actuation driven by solvent to elongate and electrothermally to contract has a linear self-position...

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Design strategies of improving the crystallinity of covalent organic frameworks and conjugated polymers: A review

Mater. Horiz., 2021, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D1MH00809A, Review ArticleJie Yang, Fangyuan Kang, Xiang Wang, Qichun ZhangHighly crystalline covalent organic frameworks (COFs) or conjugated polymers (CPs) are very important and highly desirable because these materials would have better performance in diverse devices and provide more structure-property...The...

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Design of ‘Tolerant and Hard’ Superhydrophobicity to Freeze Physical Deformation

Mater. Horiz., 2021, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D1MH00857A, CommunicationManideepa Dhar, Avijit Das, Arpita Shome, Angana Borbora, Uttam MannaWhile the development of mechanically durable and abrasion tolerant superhydrophobicity on a rigid interface itself remains a highly challenging task, the design of superhydrophobic coating that can restrict...

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