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Open AccessStress-induced ordering evolution of 1D segmented heteronanostructures and their chemical post-transformations
Investigations of one-dimensional segmented heteronanostructures (1D-SHs) have recently attracted much attention due to their potentials for applications resulting from their structure and synergistic effects ...
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Open AccessEffect of polyethylene terephthalate particles on filamentous bacteria involved in activated sludge bulking and improvement in sludge settleability
Excessive proliferation of filamentous bacteria within activated sludge leads to sludge structural instability and diminished settling properties, which is a prevalent issue in tannery wastewater treatment. Ba...
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Open AccessAnomalous inapplicability of nacre-like architectures as impact-resistant templates in a wide range of impact velocities
Nacre is generally regarded as tough body armor, but it was often smashed by predators with a certain striking speed. Nacre-like architectures have been demonstrated to dissipate abundant energy by tablets sli...
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Open AccessImprove the product structural robustness based on network motifs in product development
The stability and safety of products will be reduced if product structures are vulnerable to failures of key components. Existing methods for improving product structural robustness mainly focus on some key co...
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Open AccessPollution exacerbates China’s water scarcity and its regional inequality
Inadequate water quality can mean that water is unsuitable for a variety of human uses, thus exacerbating freshwater scarcity. Previous large-scale water scarcity assessments mostly focused on the availability...
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Open AccessTracing the mass flow from glucose and phenylalanine to pinoresinol and its glycosides in Phomopsis sp. XP-8 using stable isotope assisted TOF-MS
Phomopsis sp. XP-8, an endophytic fungus from the bark of Tu-Chung (Eucommia ulmoides Oliv) showed capability to biosynthesize pinoresinol (Pin) and pinoresinol diglucoside (PDG) from glucose (glu) and phenylalan...
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Open AccessThe effects of climate and catchment characteristic change on streamflow in a typical tributary of the Yellow River
Hydrological cycle changes that occur due to a changing environment is a hot topic in the field of hydrological science. It is of great practical significance to study the response mechanism of hydrological pr...
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Open AccessFast and selective organocatalytic ring-opening polymerization by fluorinated alcohol without a cocatalyst
Organocatalysis is an important branch of catalysis for various organic transformations and materials preparation. Polymerizations promoted by organic catalysts can produce polymeric materials without any meta...
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Open AccessDiatomite derived hierarchical hybrid anode for high performance all-solid-state lithium metal batteries
Lithium metal based anode with hierarchical structure to enable high rate capability, volume change accommodation, and dendritic suppression is highly desirable for all-solid-state lithium metal battery. Howev...
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Open AccessIntravesicular administration of sodium hyaluronate ameliorates the inflammation and cell proliferation of cystitis cystica et glandularis involving interleukin-6/JAK2/Stat3 signaling pathway
Cystitis cystica et glandularis (CCEG) is a chronic cystitis that causes extreme agony in affected patients. However, there are lack of effective conservative treatments. In this study, it is evident that intr...
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Open AccessMass production of bulk artificial nacre with excellent mechanical properties
Various methods have been exploited to replicate nacre features into artificial structural materials with impressive structural and mechanical similarity. However, it is still very challenging to produce nacre...
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Open AccessThe shape of telephone cord blisters
Formation of telephone cord blisters as a result of buckling delamination is widely observed in many compressed film-substrate systems. Here we report a universal morphological feature of such blisters charact...
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Open AccessSilver nanoparticles-containing dual-function hydrogels based on a guar gum-sodium borohydride system
Dual-function hydrogels, possessing both stimuli-responsive and self-healing properties, have recently attracted attention of both chemists and materials scientists. Here we report a new paradigm using natural...
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Open AccessReconfigurable photonic crystals enabled by pressure-responsive shape-memory polymers
Smart shape-memory polymers can memorize and recover their permanent shape in response to an external stimulus (for example, heat). They have been extensively exploited for a wide spectrum of applications rang...