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    Vapour-induced phase transformation in ultrathin cellulose films

    The structural transformation of thin amorphous cellulose films in water and organic solvent vapour has been studied using grazing-incidence X-ray diffraction and atomic force microscopy. Amorphous cellulose f...

    Pengfei Liu, Wei Li, Zhankui Mei, Tao Zhu, Yoshiharu Nishiyama, Howard Wang in Cellulose (2023)

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    All-temperature zinc batteries with high-entropy aqueous electrolyte

    Electrification of transportation and rising demand for grid energy storage continue to build momentum around batteries across the globe. However, the supply chain of Li-ion batteries is exposed to the increas...

    Chongyin Yang, Jiale **a, Chunyu Cui, Travis P. Pollard… in Nature Sustainability (2023)

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    Multiscale characterization reveals oligomerization dependent phase separation of primer-independent RNA polymerase nsp8 from SARS-CoV-2

    RNA replication and transcription machinery is an important drug target for fighting against coronavirus. Non-structure protein nsp8 was proposed harboring primase activity. However, the RNA primer synthesis m...

    **xin Xu, **n Jiang, Yulong Zhang, Yan Dong, Changli Ma… in Communications Biology (2022)

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    Evaluation of the impact of residents’ participation on free flap reconstruction

    As microsurgery gains in popularity, surgical training becomes more critical. There have been numerous studies assessing resident involvement in an array of surgical subspecialties; however, there is a dearth ...

    Noah H. Saad, Howard Wang, Douglas Cromack… in European Journal of Plastic Surgery (2022)

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    Amorphous cellulose thin films

    Amorphous cellulose thin films with thicknesses of 8–100 nm and sub-nanometer roughness have been fabricated by spin-casting from molecular solutions of cellulose in mixtures of ionic liquids and organic solve...

    Rui Lu, **n Zhang, Li Fu, Hongfei Wang, Robert M. Briber, Howard Wang in Cellulose (2020)

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    High electronic conductivity as the origin of lithium dendrite formation within solid electrolytes

    Solid electrolytes (SEs) are widely considered as an ‘enabler’ of lithium anodes for high-energy batteries. However, recent reports demonstrate that the Li dendrite formation in Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO) and Li2S–P2S5 ...

    Fudong Han, Andrew S. Westover, Jie Yue, **ulin Fan, Fei Wang… in Nature Energy (2019)

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    Growth Hormone Improves Nerve Regeneration, Muscle Re-innervation, and Functional Outcomes After Chronic Denervation Injury

    This study investigates the efficacy of systemic growth hormone (GH) therapy in ameliorating the deleterious effects of chronic denervation (CD) injury on nerve regeneration and resulting motor function. Using...

    Joseph Lopez, Amy Quan, Joshua Budihardjo, Sinan **ang, Howard Wang… in Scientific Reports (2019)

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    Correction: Author Correction: Attenuation of RNA polymerase II pausing mitigates BRCA1-associated R-loop accumulation and tumorigenesis

    Nature Communications 8: Article number: 15908 (2017); Published 26 June 2017; Updated 30 March 2018 The original version of this Article omitted the following from the Acknowledgements: ‘The work was also sup...

    **aowen Zhang, Huai-Chin Chiang, Yao Wang, Chi Zhang… in Nature Communications (2018)

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    Attenuation of RNA polymerase II pausing mitigates BRCA1-associated R-loop accumulation and tumorigenesis

    Most BRCA1-associated breast tumours are basal-like yet originate from luminal progenitors. BRCA1 is best known for its functions in double-strand break repair and resolution of DNA replication stress. However, i...

    **aowen Zhang, Huai-Chin Chiang, Yao Wang, Chi Zhang… in Nature Communications (2017)

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    Negating interfacial impedance in garnet-based solid-state Li metal batteries

    Garnet-type solid-state electrolytes have attracted extensive attention due to their high ionic conductivity, approaching 1 mS cm−1, excellent environmental stability, and wide electrochemical stability window, f...

    **aogang Han, Yunhui Gong, Kun (Kelvin) Fu, **ngfeng He… in Nature Materials (2017)

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    Genome-wide DNA methylation profiling reveals parity-associated hypermethylation of FOXA1

    Early pregnancy in women by the age of 20 is known to have a profound effect on reduction of lifelong breast cancer risk as compared to their nulliparous counterparts. Additional pregnancies further enhance t...

    Sagar Ghosh, Fei Gu, Chou-Miin Wang, Chun-Lin Lin… in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment (2014)

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    Regulation of adipose oestrogen output by mechanical stress

    Adipose stromal cells are the primary source of local oestrogens in adipose tissue, aberrant production of which promotes oestrogen receptor-positive breast cancer. Here we show that extracellular matrix compl...

    Sagar Ghosh, Keith Ashcraft, Md Jamiul Jahid, Craig April… in Nature Communications (2013)

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    Optically Interconnected High Performance Data Centers

    Large-scale computing systems, once solely the domain of state-of-the-art supercomputers, are now represented by an increasingly heterogeneous class of cluster-oriented computational platforms. In particular, ...

    Keren Bergman, Howard Wang in Optical Interconnects for Future Data Center Networks (2013)

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    X-ray Reflectivity Study of Gold Nanoparticles in a Polymer Matrix

    We have examined the structural evolution of a thin gold layer sandwiched between two polymer films using specular X-ray reflectivity. We used a depth-profiling model consisting of three independent layers, up...

    Kwanwoo Shin, Howard Wang, Sushil K. Satija… in MRS Online Proceedings Library (2011)

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    Correlations Between Structural Characteristics and Process Conditions of HSQ Based Porous Low-k Thin Films

    A novel methodology using a combination of ion scattering, x-ray reflectivity (SXR), and small angle neutron scattering was used to characterize the structure and properties of a hydrogen silsesquioxane (HSQ) ...

    Hae-Jeong Lee, Eric K. Lin, Howard Wang, Wen-Li Wu… in MRS Online Proceedings Library (2011)

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    The characterization of various ZnO nanostructures using field-emission SEM

    Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a unique material that has prompted a vast amount of research. Various morphologies and sizes of ZnO materials have led to a wide range of promising applications. Although research related ...

    Zhiyong Xu, Jiann-Yang Hwang, Bowen Li, **aodi Huang, Howard Wang in JOM (2008)

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    Small Angle Scattering Study of Polyethylene Crystallization from Solutions

    Crystallization of low molecular weight polyethylene from concentrated solutions has been studied using small angle neutron scattering (SANS). The detection sensitivity of the volume fraction degree of crystal...

    Howard Wang in Progress in Understanding of Polymer Crystallization (2007)

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    Wetting and Phase Separation in Polymer Blend Films: Identification of Four Thickness Regimes with Distinct Morphological Pathways

    Using forward recoil spectrometry and atomic force microscopy, the phase evolution of a critical blend thin film of deuterated poly(methyl methacrylate) (dPMMA) and poly(styrene-ran-acrylonitrile) (SAN) is found ...

    Howard Wang, Russell J. Composto in Interface Science (2003)

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    Silica Nano-particle Filled Poly(ethylene-ran-hexene)/xylene Gels

    The effect of silica nano-particle filler on poly(ethylene-co-hexene)/xylene gels has been investigated using mainly small angle neutron scattering and rheological measurements. Both non-filled and filled poly...

    Howard Wang, Charles C. Han in MRS Online Proceedings Library (2001)

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    Structure and property characterization of low-k dielectric porous thin films

    A novel methodology is developed that uses a combination of high energy ion scattering, x-ray reflectivity, and small angle neutron scattering to characterize the structure and properties of porous thin films....

    Barry J. Bauer, Eric K. Lin, Hae-Jeong Lee, Howard Wang… in Journal of Electronic Materials (2001)