Functionally Graded, Bone‐ and Tendon‐Like Polyurethane for Rotator Cuff Repair

10.1002/adfm.201707107

2018-03-30

Critical considerations in engineering biomaterials for rotator cuff repair include bone‐tendon‐like mechanical properties to support physiological loading and biophysicochemical attributes that stabilize the repair site over the long‐term. In this study, UV‐...

Particle‐Free Emulsions for 3D Printing Elastomers

10.1002/adfm.201707032

2018-03-30

3D printing is a rapidly growing field that requires the development of yield‐stress fluids that can be used in postprinting transformation processes. There is a limited number of yield‐stress fluids currently available with the desired rheological properties...

Development of Graphene Oxide/Polyaniline Inks for High Performance Flexible Microsupercapacitors via Extrusion Printing

10.1002/adfm.201706592

2018-03-30

Extrusion printing of interdigitated electrodes for flexible microsupercapacitors (fMSCs) offers an attractive route to the fabrication of flexible devices where cost, scalability, and processability of ink formulations are critical. In this work, highly conc...

Tuning Electrical and Thermal Transport in AlGaN/GaN Heterostructures via Buffer Layer Engineering

10.1002/adfm.201705823

2018-03-30

Progress in wide bandgap, III–V material systems based on gallium nitride (GaN) has enabled the realization of high‐power and high‐frequency electronics. Since the highly conductive, 2D electron gas (2DEG) at the aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN)/GaN interface...

Remarkable Acid Stability of Polypyrrole‐MoS4: A Highly Selective and Efficient Scavenger of Heavy Metals Over a Wide pH Range

10.1002/adfm.201800502

2018-03-30

The new material polypyrrole/MoS42−(MoS4‐Ppy), prepared by ion‐exchange of NO3‐ of NO3‐Ppy with MoS42−, displays high acid stability and excellent uptake for heavy metal ions such as Hg2+, Ag+, Cu2+, and Pb2+. The different maximum adsorption capacities (qm) ...

Correlation between Geometrically Induced Oxygen Octahedral Tilts and Multiferroic Behaviors in BiFeO3 Films

10.1002/adfm.201800839

2018-03-26

The equilibrium position of atoms in a unit cell is directly connected to crystal functionalities, e.g., ferroelectricity, ferromagnetism, and piezoelectricity. The artificial tuning of the energy landscape can involve repositioning atoms as well as manipulat...

Coding Cell Micropatterns Through Peptide Inkjet Printing for Arbitrary Biomineralized Architectures

10.1002/adfm.201800228

2018-03-25

Well‐designed micropatterns present in native tissues and organs involve changes in extracellular matrix compositions, cell types and mechanical properties to reflect complex biological functions. However, the design and fabrication of these micropatterns in ...

Toward High Performance Lithium–Sulfur Batteries Based on Li2S Cathodes and Beyond: Status, Challenges, and Perspectives

10.1002/adfm.201800154

2018-03-24

Lithium sulfur (Li–S) batteries are attracting ever‐increasing interests as a new generation rechargeable battery system with high energy density and low cost. Li–S batteries will fulfill their theoretical potential if the problem of polysulfides shuttle effe...

Graphene Platelets and Their Polymer Composites: Fabrication, Structure, Properties, and Applications

10.1002/adfm.201706705

2018-03-24

Graphene oxide is extensively compounded with polymers toward a wide variety of applications. Less studied are few‐layer or multi‐layer highly crystalline graphene, both of which are herein named as graphene platelets. This article aims to provide the most re...

Few‐Layer MoSe2 Nanosheets with Expanded (002) Planes Confined in Hollow Carbon Nanospheres for Ultrahigh‐Performance Na‐Ion Batteries

10.1002/adfm.201707480

2018-03-15

Sodium‐ion batteries (SIBs) are considered as a promising alternative to lithium‐ion batteries, due to the abundant reserves and low price of Na sources. To date, the development of anode materials for SIBs is still confronted with many serious problems. In t...