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In article number 1802537, Larysa Baraban, Denys Makarov, and co‐workers present novel plasmonic Ag/AgCl‐based spherical Janus micromotors and investigate their collective behavior upon interaction with nonmotile passive beads. An efficient exclusion behavior between Ag/AgCl micromotors and the surrounding passive beads is observed under visible light illumination in pure H2O. The exclusion effect...
It has been widely reported that “naked” gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) without protectors have glucose oxidase (GOx)‐like activity, and the use of protectors can inhibit the GOx‐like activity. Here, “non‐naked” Au NPs with GOx‐like activity are synthesized by using protein as protector. Although “naked” Au NPs have peroxidase‐like activity and GOx‐like activity, the optimal pH ranges of the both activities...
Protein‐based electronic materials have numerous potential advantages with respect to sustainability and biocompatibility over electronic materials that are synthesized using harsh chemical processes and/or which contain toxic components. The microorganism Geobacter sulfurreducens synthesizes electrically conductive protein nanowires (e‐PNs) with high aspect ratios (3 nm × 10–30 µm) from renewable...
In this paper, for the first time, a laser direct writing technique is reported to form S‐ and N‐doped graphene patterns on thin (0.3 mm thickness) polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and glass substrates from a specially formulated organic polybenzimidazole (PBI) ink, without thermally affecting the substrates and without the need for a metallic precursor. Unlike standard graphene ink printing, postcuring...
Microalgae are an attractive feedstock organism for sustainable production of biofuels, chemicals, and biomaterials, but the ability to rationally engineer microalgae to enhance production has been limited. To enable the evolution‐based selection of new hyperproducing variants of microalgae, a method is developed that combines phase‐transitioning monodisperse gelatin hydrogel droplets with commercial...
The mechanism of cells passing through microconstrictions, such as capillaries and endothelial junctions, influences metastasis of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in vivo, as well as size‐based enrichment of CTCs in vitro. However, very few studies observe such translocation of microconstrictions in real time, and thus the inherent biophysical mechanism is poorly understood. In this study, a multiplexed...
Drug delivery to a specific site in the body typically relies on the use of targeting agents that recognize a unique biomarker. Unfortunately, it is often difficult to identify unique molecular signatures that exist only at the site of interest. An alternative strategy is to deliver energy (e.g., light) to locally trigger release from a drug carrier; however, the use of this approach is limited because...
Flexible wearable pressure sensors have drawn tremendous interest for various applications in wearable healthcare monitoring, disease diagnostics, and human–machine interaction. However, the limited sensing range (<10%), low sensing sensitivity at small strains, limited mechanical stability at high strains, and complicated fabrication process restrict the extensive applications of these sensors...
The use of microscale fibers could facilitate nutrient diffusion in fiber‐based tissue engineering and improve cell survival. However, in order to build a functional mini tissue such as muscle fibers, nerve conduits, and blood vessels, hydrogel microfibers should not only mimic the structural features of native tissues but also offer a cell‐favorable environment and sufficient strength for tissue...
The ability to control the subcellular localization of nanoparticles within living plants offers unique advantages for targeted biomolecule delivery and enables important applications in plant bioengineering. However, the mechanism of nanoparticle transport past plant biological membranes is poorly understood. Here, a mechanistic study of nanoparticle cellular uptake into plant protoplasts is presented...
Insight is provided into the collective behavior of visible‐light photochemically driven plasmonic Ag/AgCl Janus particles surrounded by passive polystyrene (PS) beads. The active diffusion of single Janus particles and their clusters (small: consisting of two or three Janus particles and large: consisting of more than ten Janus particles), and their interaction with passive PS beads, are analyzed...
A photocatalytic reaction is always governed by energy band configuration of the catalyst, but its modulation is challenging. Here, the adjustment of band‐edge positions of Ag3PO4 through fluorescent carbon dots is reported for the first time. Both Ag3PO4 and carbon dots which keep the similar sizes constitute a heterojunction. Such heterostructure not only promotes visible light absorption, photogenerated...
Highly efficient earth‐abundant electrocatalysts for both hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) are of great importance for renewable energy conversion systems. Herein, hollow porous heterometallic phosphide nanocubes are developed as a highly active and robust catalyst for electrochemical water splitting via one‐step phosphidation of a NiCoFe Prussian blue analogue...
A novel colloidal approach is presented for preparing fully dispersed nanoparticle (NP) assemblies (clusters) of narrow size‐polydispersity over a wide range of sizes through irreversible depletion of stabilizing ligands onto a liquid–liquid interface. Unusually, the relative monodispersity of the assemblies continuously improves throughout the process. A detailed kinetics study into the assembly...
In article number 1802260, Byeong‐Soo Bae, Il‐Doo Kim, and co‐workers describe a highly sensitive, flexible sensing platform that employs Pt‐loaded SnO2 nanosheets (Pt‐SnO2 NSs) and an Ag nanowires embedded glass‐fabric reinforced hybrimer heater substrate. The ultrathin Pt‐SnO2 NSs‐loaded flexible heater substrate offers not only high mechanical stability but also a superior response towards 1 ppm...
Template‐based strategies are becoming increasingly important for controlling the position of nanoparticle‐based (NP‐based) structures on surfaces for a wide variety of encoding and device fabrication strategies. Thus, there is an increasing need to understand the behavior of NPs in confined spaces. Herein, a systematic investigation of the diffusion and adsorption properties of DNA‐modified NPs is...
Development of nanoagents with strong near‐infrared (NIR) absorbance and high photothermal conversion capacity is highly desired for efficient photoacoustic (PA) imaging and photothermal therapy of cancers. Herein, surfactant‐stripped micelles with photostable near‐infrared dye, β‐thiophene‐fused BF2‐azadipyrromethene (aza‐BDTP), are prepared in the presence of paclitaxel (PTX) with Pluronic F127...
A simple and generic strategy is proposed to pattern thin films deposited by a solution processable route. A soft approach based on an automated scalpel technique is developed to engrave thin films in a single step for sculpting functional planar devices. MXenes—the emerging family of 2D transition metal carbides and nitrides—combine metallic conductivity and hydrophilicity, enabling solution processing...
The development of flexible chemiresistors is imperative for real‐time monitoring of air quality and/or human physical conditions without space constraints. However, critical challenges such as poor sensing characteristics, vulnerability under toxic chemicals, and weak reliability hinder their practical use. In this work, for the first time, an ultrasensitive flexible sensing platform is reported...
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