A team of researchers design sub-nanoporous, selective membranes for water treatment using self-assembled liquid crystal (LC) monomers. The membranes show salt rejection ability, ion selectivity, and excellent water permeability.
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Thermal Runaway-Induced Rupture Mechanisms of Lithium Ion Batteries
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Liquid Metals Exploit Electrochemistry to form Soft Circuitry at Low Voltage
Exploiting electrochemistry to gain control over the interactions of liquid metal droplets enables reversible switching for soft circuitry.
Inertial Frame Dragging in an Acoustic Analogue Spacetime
The Lense–Thirring effect, originating in rotating curved spacetimes, involves the precession of a spinning gyroscope around the axis of rotation relative to a Copernican frame. The rotating spacetime around the earth also exhibits the weaker version of this effect;...
Shape Memory Effects in Gold Nanoparticles
The combination of two irreversible processes is shown to lead to damage recovery and reversible restoration of particle shape.
The High Impact of Advanced Science
Advanced Science celebrates its new impact factor with the publication of an exclusive review issue.
Bye-Bye Palladium: Photocatalytic Stille-Type Coupling
A photocatalytic, palladium-free Stille-type coupling reaction is described.
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