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- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
Fast, Strong Capillary Liquid Metal Muscles
Harnessing liquid surface tension to perform mechanical work is widespread in nature and underpins many bioinspired technologies. However, fully exploiting liquid surface energy requires rapid, reversible, and wide‐range tuning of surface tension—capabilities lacking in conventio...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
ABSTRACT The synthesis of a multivariate metal–organic framework (MTV‐MOF) family, [Ln(DNNDI) 1.5 ] n ( UoB‐116 ), is reported (DNNDI: N , N' ‐bis(dinicotinate)‐1,4,5,8‐naphthalenetetracarboxydiimide). UoB‐116(Ln) is formed by 15 different metals (Ln = Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu,...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
ABSTRACT The synthesis of a multivariate metal–organic framework (MTV‐MOF) family, [Ln(DNNDI) 1.5 ] n ( UoB‐116 ), is reported (DNNDI: N , N' ‐bis(dinicotinate)‐1,4,5,8‐naphthalenetetracarboxydiimide). UoB‐116(Ln) is formed by 15 different metals (Ln = Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu,...
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
Optically Tracked Reversible Single-Atomic-Monolayer Redox in Plasmonic Nanocavities
Abstract Controlling redox reactions at the atomic scale is key to enabling next-generation low-power memristive and neuromorphic devices. Ultrathin metallic layers, such as atomic monolayer palladium (Pd), offer tunable redox behavior well suited for switchable components in nan...
- BiologyOpen access
Chloride-permeable channels in white adipocytes: their role in adipogenesis and membrane potential
Abstract Ion fluxes, regulated by membrane potential (Vm), are vital to white fat adipocyte (WFA) function and adipogenesis. These processes present a novel target to intervene in obesity. To explore this possibility we applied transcriptomics, immunohistochemistry, electrophysio...