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Significance Reference Fan M, Li X, Jia C, Feng L, Cui M. Effect of Pyrolysis Temperature and Atmosphere on the Pyrolysis Characteristics of Cold-Rolled Oily Sludge with a High Oil Content. ACS Omega. 2025;10(43):50859-50867. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.5c02288.
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Microstructural Control in As-Cast 2195 Al-Cu-Li Alloys
Significance Reference Chunnan Zhu, Jin Zhang, Dongfeng Shi, Guoqing Wang, A novel approach to tailoring microstructure and enhancing performance in Al-Cu-Li alloys: Grain refinement driven by segregation bands, Materials Science and Engineering: A, Volume 944, 2025, 148948,
Read More »In situ extruded perovskite quantum dot polymer composites for light conversion application
Significance In Situ Formation of Luminescent Perovskite Quantum Dot/Polymer Composites: Scalable Synthesis, Continuous Processing and Functional Applications Reference Fan, Wenxuan & Wang, Shalong & Yang, Zhi & Yao, Jisong & Xu, Leimeng & Song, Jizhong. (2025). In Situ Formation of Luminescent Perovskite Quantum Dot/Polymer Composites: Scalable Synthesis, Continuous Processing and Functional Applications. Advanced Materials. 2025. 37. 2505600. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202505600.
Read More »Transparent Mesoporous Polysiloxane Networks for Thermal Insulation in Architectural Glazing
Significance Reference Bhardwaj A, Fleury B, Senyuk B, Abraham E, Ten Hove JB, Lee T, Cherpak V, Smalyukh II. Mesoporous optically clear heat insulators for sustainable building envelopes. Science. 2025 Dec 11;390(6778):1171-1176. doi: 10.1126/science.adx5568.
Read More »Bottom-Up Silicon Metasurfaces Exhibiting High-Quality Optical Magnetism
Significance Reference Parker MA, Barbosa R, Cibaka-Ndaya C, Castro-Grijalba A, De Marco ML, Korgel BA, Montero D, Lacomme S, Azéma A, Kravets VG, Grigorenko AN, Ponsinet V, Barois P, Roach L, Drisko GL. Self-Assembled Silicon@Silica Metasurfaces with High-Quality Resonances in the Infrared. Small Sci. 2025;5(7):2500119. doi: 10.1002/smsc.202500119.
Read More »Proton concentration control in tetra-n-butylammonium carboxylate semiclathrate hydrates
Significance Reference Tsugaya, Riko & Shimada, Jin & Sugahara, Takeshi & Hirai, Takayuki. (2025). Electrical Conductivity in Tetra-n-butylammonium Formate, Acetate, and Oxalate Semiclathrate Hydrates. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 8. 10.1021/acsaem.5c02210.
Read More »Current Paths and Thermal Fields in 3D Woven Carbon Composites
Significance Reference Xiaoyu Li, Juan Fang, Bohong Gu, Baozhong Sun, Electrical current conduction and temperature distribution of 3D carbon fiber woven composites under fault currents, Composite Structures, Volume 373, 2025, 119697,
Read More »Phosphorylated Polyethylene Glycol Solid–Solid Phase Change Materials with Intrinsic Flame Retardancy
Significance Reference Liang, Guangyuan & Cao, Yitong & Liu, Yuanzheng & Li, Guo & Geng, Long & Zhao, Jiateng & Liu, Changhui. (2025). Intrinsic Flame-Retardant Phosphorylated Solid–Solid Organic Phase Change Materials for Safe Thermal Energy Storage. ACS Applied Engineering Materials. 3. 10.1021/acsaenm.5c00548.
Read More »A Bubble-Derived 3D Graphene Framework Enabling Stable, Self-Supporting Si/C Anodes for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries
Significance Reference Junwei Shan, Zhiqing Zhu, Zhihao Chen, Feng Du, Quan Li, Si/C composites based on bubble 3D graphene-like porous materials as self-supporting anodes for high-performance lithium-ion batteries, Electrochimica Acta, Volume 529, 2025, 146281,
Read More »A Leading Thermodynamic Dissipation Framework for Crystallization-Induced Deformation in Unsaturated Sulfate-Saline Soils
Significance Reference Bing Bai, Bixia Zhang, Yanjie Ji, Yongchen Zong, A thermodynamic multi-field model for unsaturated sulfate-saline soils considering crystallization process, Computers and Geotechnics, Volume 184, 2025, 107251,
Read More »Amino-yne Click Polymerization as a Rapid Route to Functional β-Ketoenamine COFs
Significance Reference Bai, Wei & Song, Bo & Tian, Qi & Fu, Xinyao & Qin, Anjun & Tang, Ben. (2025). Efficient and Atom-Economic Construction of Functional β-Ketoenamine-Linked Covalent Organic Frameworks via Amino-yne Click Polymerization. Chemistry of Materials. 37. 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c00549.
Read More »Void Nucleation and Diffusion Limits at Lithium–Magnesium Solid-State Interfaces
Significance Reference Li, Ke & Huang, Jundi & Qu, Xinyi & Fu, Gaoming & Chen, Xiang & Shen, Weijia & Lin, Yixin. (2025). Enhancing Lithium Metal/Solid-State Electrolyte Interface Stability by Magnesium Alloying: Void Nucleation, Growth, and Interfacial Failure. Chemistry of Materials. 37. 5884-5898. 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c01122.
Read More »Ultrasonic Desorption for Ultra-Low-Energy Atmospheric Water Harvesting
Significance Figure: A schematic of the structure of a PAM-LiCl hydrogel with solvated lithium (Li⁺) and chloride (Cl⁻) ions diffused into a polymer network. Image credit: Nature Communications, 2025; 16 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-65586-2 REFERENCE Ikra Iftekhar Shuvo, Carlos D. Díaz-Marín, Marvin Christen, Michael Lherbette, Christopher Liem, Svetlana V. Boriskina. High-efficiency atmospheric water harvesting enabled by ultrasonic extraction. Nature Communications, 2025; …
Read More »Interfacial Hydrogen-Bond Engineering for Accelerated Lithium Transport in Polymer–Ceramic Composite Solid Electrolytes
Significance Reference Wang, Fei & Chen, Kai & Li, Xiaoxiao & Fang, Yan & Lu, Mingjia & Zhang, Chao & Miao, Yue-E & Liu, Tianxi. Precise Regulation of Hydrogen Bond Networks for Rapid Ion Transport in PEO-Based Composite Solid Electrolytes. Materials Horizons 2025, 12, 5872-5881.
Read More »Predictive Design of Flat-Nozzle Arrangements for Uniform Secondary Cooling in Slab Continuous Casting
Significance Reference Wang, Huisheng & Zhang, Jiangshan & Tao, Biao & Huang, Weili & Wu, Jun & Guan, Min & Liu, Qing. (2024). Prediction and Optimization of Water Flux Distribution for Flat Nozzles in Slab Continuous Casting. steel research international. 96(6). 2400738. 10.1002/srin.202400738.
Read More »Dielectric Miexcitons for Enhanced Light–Matter Interaction in Monolayer WS₂
Significance Reference Dingwei Chen and Junichi Takahara, “Demonstration of Miexciton: enhancement of light–matter interaction in monolayer WS2 on a Si metasurface,” Opt. Lett. 50, 7508-7511 (2025)
Read More »Dimensionality-Reduced LDH Granules for Rapid Lithium Adsorption from Low-Grade Salt Lakes
Significance Reference Chen, Jun & Yu, Jianguo & Lin, Sen. (2025). Reduction in adsorbent granule dimensionality to strengthen lithium adsorption in low‐grade salt lakes. AIChE Journal. 71. 10.1002/aic.18795.
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