Multicolor T‐Ray Imaging Using Multispectral Metamaterials

10.1002/advs.201700982

2018-03-25

Recent progress in ultrafast spectroscopy and semiconductor technology is enabling unique applications in screening, detection, and diagnostics in the Terahertz (T‐ray) regime. The promise of efficaciously operation in this spectral region is tempered by the ...

Acorn Barnacles Secrete Phase‐Separating Fluid to Clear Surfaces Ahead of Cement Deposition

10.1002/advs.201700762

2018-03-14

Marine macrofoulers (e.g., barnacles, tubeworms, mussels) create underwater adhesives capable of attaching themselves to almost any material. The difficulty in removing these organisms frustrates maritime and oceanographic communities, and fascinates biomedic...

Trojan‐Horse‐Like Stimuli‐Responsive Microcapsules

10.1002/advs.201700960

2018-03-13

Multicompartment microcapsules, with each compartment protected by a distinct stimuli‐responsive shell for versatile controlled release, are highly desired for developing new‐generation microcarriers. Although many multicompartmental microcapsules have been c...

Microstructured Elastomer‐PEG Hydrogels via Kinetic Capture of Aqueous Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation

10.1002/advs.201701010

2018-03-12

Heterogeneous hydrogels with desired matrix complexity are studied for a variety of biomimetic materials. Despite the range of such microstructured materials described, few methods permit independent control over microstructure and microscale mechanics by pre...

Green‐Light‐Activated Photoreaction via Genetic Hybridization of Far‐Red Fluorescent Protein and Silk

10.1002/advs.201700863

2018-03-12

Fluorescent proteins often result in phototoxicity and cytotoxicity, in particular because some red fluorescent proteins produce and release reactive oxygen species (ROS). The photogeneration of ROS is considered as a detrimental side effect in cellular imagi...

Tailoring Surface Frustrated Lewis Pairs of In2O3−x(OH)y for Gas‐Phase Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2 by Isomorphous Substitution of In3+ with Bi3+

10.1002/advs.201700732

2018-03-12

Frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) created by sterically hindered Lewis acids and Lewis bases have shown their capacity for capturing and reacting with a variety of small molecules, including H2 and CO2, and thereby creating a new strategy for CO2 reduction. Here,...

How Low Nucleation Density of Graphene on CuNi Alloy is Achieved

10.1002/advs.201700961

2018-03-12

CuNi alloy foils are demonstrated to be one of the best substrates for synthesizing large area single‐crystalline graphene because a very fast growth rate and low nucleation density can be simultaneously achieved. The fast growth rate is understood to be due ...

Nanofabricated Ultraflexible Electrode Arrays for High‐Density Intracortical Recording

10.1002/advs.201700625

2018-03-10

Understanding brain functions at the circuit level requires time‐resolved simultaneous measurement of a large number of densely distributed neurons, which remains a great challenge for current neural technologies. In particular, penetrating neural electrodes ...

Primitive Photosynthetic Architectures Based on Self‐Organization and Chemical Evolution of Amino Acids and Metal Ions

10.1002/advs.201701001

2018-03-09

The emergence of light‐energy‐utilizing metabolism is likely to be a critical milestone in prebiotic chemistry and the origin of life. However, how the primitive pigment is spontaneously generated still remains unknown. Herein, a primitive pigment model based...

Realizing Crack Diagnosing and Self‐Healing by Electricity with a Dynamic Crosslinked Flexible Polyurethane Composite

10.1002/advs.201800101

2018-03-08

Combining self‐healing functions with damage diagnosing, which can achieve timely healing autonomously, is expected to improve the reliability and reduce life cycle cost of materials. Here, a flexible conductive composite composed of a dynamically crosslinked...