27 papers · ranked by Valyu relevance
Muhammad Tayyab Noman, Nesrine Amor, Musaddaq Azeem, Fiaz Hussain + 1 more
Fiber-matrix interface engineering plays a decisive role in determining the mechanical performance of fiber-reinforced polymer composites (FRPCs). Despite extensive research on surface modification strategies, translating improvements in interfacial properties into reliable structural performance remains a major…
Yi Wang, Tingyu Wang, Ran Tang, Dongtao Wang + 8 more
Multiscale composites with engineered interfaces have emerged as a cornerstone in the development of next-generation biomedical materials. This review provides a comprehensive and structured overview of interface design strategies spanning nano-to macro-scales, emphasizing their role in modulating mechanical…
Kailashbalan Periasamy, Everson Kandare, Raj Das, Maryam Darouie + 2 more
'Akbar A. Khatibi' 'Victor Tcherdyntsev'] The paper critically analyzed different interfacial enhancing methods used in thermoplastic composites. Although the absence of cross-linked polymer chains and chemical bonds on solidification enables the thermoplastics to be remelted, it creates weak interfacial adhesion…
Junghyup Han, Won Hyung Lee, Junwoo Park, Huding Jin + 7 more
'Seungyeon Yu' 'Lianghui Li' 'Jaewon Lee' 'Gunhoo Woo' 'Taesung Kim' 'Youn Sang Kim'] Title: Abstract Interface engineering is pivotal for enhancing the performance and stability of devices with layered structures, including solar cells, electronic devices, and electrochemical systems. Incorporating the interfacial…
Ryan J. Hickey, Maxime Leblanc Latour, James L. Harden, Andrew E. Pelling
In regenerative medicine, the healing of the interfacial zone between tissues is a major challenge, yet approaches for engineering and studying the complex microenvironment of this interface remain lacking^1–3^. Here, we create and study these complex living interfaces by manufacturing modular “blocks” of…
Kun Yu, Guangli Ye, Jun Zhang, Liangjie Fu + 2 more
'Huaming Yang'] Title: Abstract The interfacial compatibility between inorganic particles and polymer is crucial for ensuring high performance of composites. Current efforts to improve interfacial compatibility preferentially rely on organic modification of inorganic particles, leading to their complex process, high…
Chayanit Thiticharoentam, Shuya Fukamachi, Shuhei A. Horiguchi, Satoru Okuda
The spatial arrangement of cells is fundamental to the mechanical and functional integrity of three-dimensional (3D) tissues, yet engineering spatially well-controlled tissue architectures remains challenging. Here, we computationally investigated how layered tissue architectures can be designed by modulating cell-cell…
Haoqi Yang
Bionic materials represent an important frontier in modern materials science, where structural motifs, interfacial mechanisms, and functional strategies derived from natural systems are translated into engineered materials with enhanced performance . Over their long-term evolution, biological materials have developed…
Hasan, Mehedi, Murshed, Ishtiaq + 4 more
The development of next-generation electrochemical energy storage requires devices that synergistically combine the high energy density of batteries with the exceptional power capability and cycle life of supercacitors, yet fundamental understanding of the interfacial phenomena governing performance across these…
Bo Lu, Huagui Zhang, Abderrahim Maazouz, Khalid Lamnawar + 1 more
'Eduardo Guzmán'] The multilayer coextrusion process is known to be a reliable technique for the continuous fabrication of high-performance micro-/nanolayered polymeric products. Using laminar flow conditions to combine polymer pairs, one can produce multilayer films and composites with a large number of interfaces at…
Raquel C. Gonçalves, Mariana B. Oliveira, João F. Mano
The processing of materials at aqueous interfaces has enabled the generation of compartmentalization structures with broad biomedical interest. Controlling the porous structure of soft materials to create micro-sized pores that enable cell migration is crucial for tissue development and regeneration. This work presents…
Dibakar Datta
2D materials (2DM) and their heterostructures (2D + nD, n = 0,1,2,3) hold significant promise for applications in Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems (EESS), such as batteries. 2DM can serve as van der Waals (vdW) slick interface between conventional active materials (e.g., Silicon) and current collectors, modifying…
Joakim Halldin Stenlid, Pjotrs Žguns, Daniele Vivona, Abhishek Aggarwal + 7 more
- 1. KBR, Inc., Intelligent Systems Division, NASA Ames Research Center - 2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 4. Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of…
Vidushi Sharma, Dibakar Datta
Designing a new heterostructure electrode has many challenges associated with interface engineering. Demanding simulation resources and lack of heterostructure databases continue to be a barrier to understanding the chemistry and mechanics of complex interfaces using simulations. Mixed-dimensional heterostructures…
W. Hirsch, Erik Natkowski, Markus Kästner
The application of hybrid composites in lightweight engineering enables the combination of material-specific advantages of fiber-reinforced polymers and classical metals. The interface between the connected materials is of particular interest since failure often initializes in the bonding zone. In this contribution the…
Rob A. Lehane, Alonso Gamero-Quijano, Sigita Malijauskaite, Angelika Holzinger + 6 more
The versatility of conducting polymers (CPs) facilitates their use in energy conversion and storage, sensor, and biomedical technologies, once processed into thin films. Hydrophobic CPs, like poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT), typically require the use of surfactant additives, such as poly(styrenesulfonate)…
Alexandra Chrysanthou, Hassan Kanso, Wencheng Zhong, Li Shang + 1 more
Cell culture at liquid-liquid interfaces, for example at the surface of oil microdroplets, is an attractive strategy to scale up adherent cell manufacturing whilst replacing the use of microplastics. Such process requires the adhesion of cells at interfaces stabilized and reinforced by protein nanosheets displaying…
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Proton transfer at electrochemical interfaces is fundamentally important across science and technology, yet kinetic measurements of this elementary step at electrode|electrolyte interfaces are convoluted with other electron-transfer steps and by inhomogeneous electrode surfaces. We use facilitated proton transfer at…
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Water at interfaces exhibits unique properties that differ markedly from bulk water. In particular, a myriad of water-interface-related enhanced reactivity including on-water catalysis and microdroplet chemistry has been documented since 1980s but remains mechanistically unclear. This review focuses on recent advances…
Rob A. Lehane, Alonso Gamero-Quijano, José A. Manzanares, Micheál D. Scanlon
Conducting polymer (CP) thin films find widespread use, for example in bioelectronic, energy harvesting and storage, and drug delivery technology. Electrosynthesis at a polarisable liquid|liquid interface using an aqueous oxidant and organic soluble monomer provides a route to free-standing and scalable CP thin films…
Hadi Arjmandi‐Tash, Amedeo Bellunato, Chenyu Wen, René C. L. Olsthoorn + 3 more
'René C. L. Olsthoorn' 'Ralph H. Scheicher' 'Shi‐Li Zhang' 'Grégory F. Schneider'] High-fidelity analysis of translocating biomolecules through nanopores demands shortening the nanocapillary length to a minimal value. Existing nanopores and capillaries, however, inherit a finite length from the parent membranes. Here…
Yuki Uematsu
Hydrophobic interfaces have unique physicochemical properties and are used in various chemical products such as food, cosmetics, soap, and medicine and technologies such as pan coating and ski wax. In this chapter, we describe the fundamental concept of hydrophobic interfaces and explain their ion adsorption and zeta…
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Understanding the coupling between mechanical integrity and ionic conductivity in solid electrolytes is central to the development of high-performance solid-state lithium batteries. In this work, a machine-learning interatomic potential (MLIP) was developed and iteratively refined to investigate the structural…
Jiannan Li, Carolyn Kim, Hossein V. Alizadeh, Shreya Garg + 5 more
Engineering native-mimetic tissue constructs is challenging due to their intricate biological and structural gradients. To address this, Hybprinter-SAM was developed by integrating three bioprinting technologies: syringe extrusion (SE), acoustic droplet ejection (ADE) and molten material extrusion (MME). This system…
Rahul Sharma, Sankha Shuvra Das, Udita Uday Ghosh, Sunando DasGupta + 1 more
'Suman Chakraborty'] Bio-inspired anti-wetting surfaces, such as lotus leaf or pitcher plant, have led to the development of stable liquid infused slippery surfaces for various scientific applications. The present work demonstrates the use of biomimetic superhydrophobic surface (inspired from taro leaf) for fabrication…
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Electricity generation using microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology emphasises the development of new materials for separating the anode and cathode. This study reports for the first time the use of transparent nanocomposite membranes as separators in dual-chamber MFCs. Thin films of polyvinyl alcohol/poly…
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Hybrid nanocomposite hydrogels consist of the homogeneous incorporation of nano-objects in a hydrogel matrix. The latter, whether made of natural or synthetic materials, possesses a microporous, soft structure that makes it an ideal host for a variety of polymer and lipid-based nano-objects as well as metal- and…