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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.
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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.
Read More »A Developmental Framework for Symbolic Cognition in Neural Learning Systems
Significance Reference DongCai Zhao, Cognitive process and information processing model based on deep learning algorithms, Neural Networks, Volume 183, 2025, 106999,
Read More »A Multiscale Numerical Framework for Tracking SiO₂ Nanoparticle Evolution in High-Temperature Flame Environments
Significance Reference Ju, Jie & Luo, Lingli & Wu, Yingjie & Cheng, Qiling & Jiang, Hao & Hu, Yanjie & Li, Chunzhong. (2025). Multiscale numerical simulation of the evolution of SiO2 nanoparticles in high‐temperature rapid reaction processes neglecting sintering. AIChE Journal. 71. 10.1002/aic.18760.
Read More »Semi-Flexible PBI-QP Membranes: A Breakthrough in Durable, High-Conductivity Electrolytes for High-Temperature Fuel Cells
Significance Reference Yamei You, Xinyang Deng, Qian Liu, Yanjun Hou, Shoulei Miao, A semi-flexible polybenzimidazole with enhanced comprehensive performance for high-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 78, 2024, Pages 879-888,
Read More »Magnon-Induced Electric Polarization and the Hidden Nernst Phenomena in Quantum Magnonics
Microstructural Separator Engineering for Predictive and Proactive Lithium Dendrite Regulation
Reference Yajie Li &Yiping Wang &Bin Chen & Yuxiao Lin & Geng Zhang &Max Avdeev & Siqi Shi. (2025). Proactive Lithium Dendrite Regulation Enabled by Manipulating Separator Microstructure Using High‐Fidelity Phase‐Field Simulation. Advanced Energy Materials. 15. 10.1002/aenm.202500503.
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