![A Detailed Study of Misfit Dislocations in Complex Oxides [Video]](https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/adfm201704437_ASN_image.png)
A team of researchers combine atomic resolution imaging and spectroscopic techniques to determine the structure of misfit dislocations in a perovskite-type heteroepitaxial system. The results shed light on the complex chemical behavior of misfit dislocations formed at the interface between two multinary oxides.
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Cecilia Leal from the University of Illinois and co-workers summarize the current research on lipid-based films for biomedical applications and provide new insight into multilayered hybrid lipid–polymer films for substrate-mediated drug delivery.
![ZIF-Derived Bifunctional Air Electrodes for Rechargeable Zinc–Air Batteries [Video]](https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/adfm201705048_ASN_image.png)
A simple, inexpensive, and scalable method is developed to produce cobalt-nanoparticles-encapsulated nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (Co-N-CNTs) as bifunctional air electrodes for Zn–air batteries.
![Tumor-Targeting “Polywraplex” for siRNA Delivery [Video]](https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ASN_feature_adfm201703207.jpg)
Tuo Jin and colleagues from Shanghai Jiao Tong University synthesize a synthetic carrier system for small interfering RNA (siRNA) with customizable size, pH-responsive degradability, and optimized surface population of cell-targeting agent.
![Organic Ferroelectric Tunnel Junction for Memristive Devices [Video]](https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ASN_featured_adfm201703273_001.jpg)
Researchers report a ferroelectric tunnel junction for organic-based memristors having a record-high tunneling electroresistance (TER) at room temperature, which could ensure large data integration density in computers.
Xavier Crispin and co-workers from Linköping University, Sweden, report a thermoelectric polymer aerogel with dual-sensing capability. This single-material device can deliver independent pressure and temperature assessments.
Via a bottom-up approach this research shows the production of scalable, stable InGaN nanowire photonic crystals for high efficient LEDs.
Dr. Marta Mas-Torrent and her team are developing high-performance electrolyte-gated field-effect transistors (EGOFETs), electronic devices capable of working in an aqueous environment.
Researchers from the University of Hong Kong report how solution shearing of organic semiconductor crystals is influenced by a surface tension gradient. Using a Marangoni-effect-assisted bar coating method, ultrathin, uniform layers of crystals with large domain sizes are obtained that show excellent performance in organic field-effect transistors.
For the first time, a new class of metal-to-metal charge-transfer (MMCT) systems is facilely synthesized.
Quantum entanglement visualized for the first time ever
Scientists take a closer look at rare particles called hypernuclei
French WEST reactor breaks record in nuclear fusion
Researchers take a glimpse at the structure of rare tetraquarks
An anti-inflammatory peptide may hold the key to low-back pain relief
Black hole images deliver a deathblow to alternative theory of gravity
CERN scientists search for new physics in unusual energy patterns linked to hidden particles
String theory provides a new take on the expansion of the Universe
Could a nuclear explosion set Earth’s atmosphere on fire?
New study reveals surprising impact of screen time on the developing brain