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In a murine model of acute colitis, hyaluronic acid–bilirubin-based nanomaterials have been shown to modulate immune response and the gut microbiome, as well as restore the epithelial barrier.
Photonic crystals with optical bandgaps across the entire visible spectrum are generated by reconfiguring three-dimensional blue phase liquid crystalline lattices into long-lived metastable non-cubic structures using sequences of electric pulses.
Epithelial layers under compression avoid buckling by active contraction, but only up to a well-defined threshold at 35% strain, beyond which buckling occurs.
Mild Lewis and Brønsted acid sites within the confined porous structure of a Nb–Al-containing zeolite work in co-operation to efficiently break down bio-based γ-valerolactone to butenes.
A transparent, high-permittivity elastomeric dielectric material shows potential for light-emitting soft robots and stretchable optoelectronics that can self-heal.
Polymer precipitation under turbulent flow is used for the high-throughput synthesis of soft microparticles with fractal coronas that display significant adhesive properties.
Inducing a topological phase transition by applying pressure is shown to be a successful strategy for improving the performance of thermoelectric materials.
By using solid polymer electrolytes, insight into the local control of iron fluoride conversion based positive electrodes for stable next-generation lithium and Li-ion batteries is obtained.
Topological corner states characteristic to second-order topological phases are observed on the surface of a solid using a scanning tunnelling microscope. This observation opens a new connection between higher-order topological physics and surface science.
Pressure-induced changes in the layer stacking order is found to result in new magnetic ground states in two-dimensional insulating CrI3. Such van der Waals engineering should provide ample opportunities to design desired magnetic phases.
Ultralow-threshold plasmonic lasers under continuous-wave pumping at room temperature have been created using lattice plasmonic cavities integrated with gain material consisting of upconverting nanoparticles.
Shape-directed assembly of engineered microparticles enables multicomponent machines that can reconfigure dynamically to control their field-driven locomotion.
A molecular pathway has been identified in the regulation of unjamming to overcome cancer cell migration and proliferation arrest leading to collective cell invasion.
Physical confinement and magnetic fields are used to align organic molecules that self-assemble into large-size single crystals with perfect positional order.
A first-order ferroelectric phase transition is driven supercritically in multilayer capacitors of PbSc0.5Ta0.5O3, enabling an electrocaloric response of 5.5 K near room temperature.
