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Aligned arrays of semiconducting carbon nanotubes (s-CNTs) with high homogenous density and orientation are urgently needed for high-performance carbon-based electronics. Herein, a length-controlled approach u...
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Producing lightweight, mechanically strong, ductile, and biocompatible materials remains a significant challenge in material engineering due to the conflict between structural and mechanical features. Inspired...
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Quantitative Evaluation of Pseudo Strain Signals Caused by Yarn Structural Deformation
Yarn-based strain sensors (YSSs) have shown great promising in the fabrication of wearable devices for their good comfortability and flexible designability. However, the false signals generated by the changes ...
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Open AccessFlexible ceramic nanofibrous sponges with hierarchically entangled graphene networks enable noise absorption
Traffic noise pollution has posed a huge burden to the global economy, ecological environment and human health. However, most present traffic noise reduction materials suffer from a narrow absorbing band, larg...
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Structural Characterization of Silk Fibers by Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering
Nature is rich in all kinds of unbelievably designed microstructures, which endows the natural materials with various fantastic performances. Unveiling the mystery of the sophisticated configurations and the r...
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Spinning Methods Used for Construction of One- and Two-Dimensional Fibrous Protein Materials
Natural silk protein fibers have shown a great attraction to the researchers due to the extraordinary mechanical property, biocompatibility, and functional diversity. Unfortunately, the low yield and unevennes...
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Synchrotron FTIR Microspectroscopy Methods to Understand the Conformation of Single Animal Silk Fibers
Animal silks have received extensive attention in these years due to their unique mechanical properties. The study of the structure–property relationship of animal silks is not only critical for the understand...
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Structural Characterization of Silk Fibers by Wide-Angle X-Ray Scattering
As one of the most advanced techniques to gain insight into the structure of the materials, wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) records the scattering information at wide angles which typically larger than 5° (2θ)...
