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Dipole formation at organic/metal interfaces with pre-deposited and post-deposited metal
10.1038/am.2017.56 2017-05-19 Authors: Zhanhao Hu, Zhiming Zhong, Kai Zhang, Zhicheng Hu, Chen Song, Fei Huang, Junbiao Peng, Jian Wang & Yong Cao |
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A monolithic hydro/organo macro copolymer actuator synthesized via interfacial copolymerization
10.1038/am.2017.61 2017-05-19 Authors: Feilong Zhang, Junbing Fan, Pengchao Zhang, Mingjie Liu, Jingxin Meng, Lei Jiang & Shutao Wang |
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Supramolecular thermoplastics and thermoplastic elastomer materials with self-healing ability based on oligomeric charged triblock copolymers
10.1038/am.2017.63 2017-05-01 Supramolecular polymeric materials constitute a unique class of materials held together by non-covalent interactions. These dynamic supramolecular interactions can provide unique properties such as a strong decrease in viscosity upon relatively mild heating, ... |
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A rollable ultra-light polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell
10.1038/am.2017.72 2017-05-01 We have developed a highly flexible, ultra-light and thin polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell that can be used as a portable power source for flexible electronics. To achieve such flexibility and ultra-lightness, we fabricated a thin flow-field plate using... |
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In vivo high-efficiency targeted photodynamic therapy of ultra-small Fe3O4@polymer-NPO/PEG-Glc@Ce6 nanoprobes based on small size effect
10.1038/am.2017.68 2017-05-01 Effectively prolonging the residence time of nanoprobes in the tumor region and reducing the accumulation of nanoprobes in the vital organs (for example, lung, liver and spleen) is crucial for high-efficiency photodynamic therapy (PDT) of cancer. Herein, we s... |
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Hidden orbital polarization in diamond, silicon, germanium, gallium arsenide and layered materials
10.1038/am.2017.67 2017-05-01 It was previously believed that the Bloch electronic states of non-magnetic materials with inversion symmetry cannot have finite spin polarizations. However, since the seminal work by Zhang et al. (Nat. Phys. 10, 387–393 (2014)) on local spin polarizations of... |
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Nanogenerator-induced synaptic plasticity and metaplasticity of bio-realistic artificial synapses
10.1038/am.2017.64 2017-05-01 A bio-realistic artificial synapse integrated with a nanogenerator (NG), which can be used in neuromorphic systems, is demonstrated for self-powered biomedical devices in this study. Biocompatible amorphous (Na0.5K0.5)NbO3 (NKN) films are grown on TiN/polyimi... |
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A monolithic hydro/organo macro copolymer actuator synthesized via interfacial copolymerization
10.1038/am.2017.61 2017-05-01 Synthetic polymer actuators have attracted increasing attention for their potential applications in artificial muscles, soft robotics and sensors. The majority of previous efforts have focused on smart hydrogels with bilayer structures that can change their s... |
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Dipole formation at organic/metal interfaces with pre-deposited and post-deposited metal
10.1038/am.2017.56 2017-05-01 In organic electronic devices, the interfacial dipole at organic/metal interfaces is critical in determining the carrier injection or extraction that limits the performance of the device. A novel technique to enable the direct measurement of underburied dipol... |
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Superaerophobic graphene nano-hills for direct hydrazine fuel cells
10.1038/am.2017.55 2017-05-01 Hydrazine fuel-cell technology holds great promise for clean energy, not only because of the greater energy density of hydrazine compared to hydrogen but also due to its safer handling owing to its liquid state. However, current technologies involve the use o... |