Colloidal robotics

AT Liu, M Hempel, JF Yang, AM Brooks, A Pervan… - Nature materials, 2023 - nature.com
Robots have components that work together to accomplish a task. Colloids are particles,
usually less than 100 µm, that are small enough that they do not settle out of solution …

An asymmetric hygroscopic structure for moisture‐driven hygro‐ionic electricity generation and storage

Y Zhang, S Guo, ZG Yu, H Qu, W Sun… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The interactions between moisture and materials give rise to the possibility of moisture‐
driven energy generation (MEG). Current MEG materials and devices only establish this …

Sunlight‐coordinated high‐performance moisture power in natural conditions

J Bai, Y Huang, H Wang, T Guang, Q Liao… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
It is a challenge to spontaneously harvest multiple clean sources from the environment for
upgraded energy‐converting systems. The ubiquitous moisture and sunlight in nature are …

Recent advances in magnetically responsive photonic crystals assembled by anisotropic building blocks: Synthesis, challenges and outstanding applications

S Yang, R Ding, R Ma, M Wu, P Chen, Y Zhang… - Journal of Magnetism …, 2023 - Elsevier
Photonic crystals (PC) are periodically ordered dielectric materials with a wide range of
tunable optical properties and are the basis for most studies of responsive optical systems …

Generic Air‐Gen Effect in Nanoporous Materials for Sustainable Energy Harvesting from Air Humidity

X Liu, H Gao, L Sun, J Yao - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Air humidity is a vast, sustainable reservoir of energy that, unlike solar and wind, is
continuously available. However, previously described technologies for harvesting energy …

Self-induced interface enhanced moisture-harvesting and light-trapping toward high performance electric power generation

J Bai, Q Liao, H Yao, T Guang, T He… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Ubiquitous moisture and sunlight are widely available in nature and provide abundant,
clean sources for developing new types of sustainable power. Inspired by liquid migration …

Regulating Contact-Electro-Catalysis Using Polymer/Metal Janus Composite Catalysts

X Dong, Z Wang, Y Hou, Y Feng… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Interfacial contact electrification can catalyze redox reactions through a process called
contact-electro-catalysis (CEC). The two main reaction paths for producing reactive oxygen …

Oxidation-derived anticancer potential of sumanene–ferrocene conjugates

A Kasprzak, A Zuchowska, P Romanczuk… - Dalton …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
An effective synthetic protocol towards the oxidation of sumanene–ferrocene conjugates
bearing one to four ferrocene moieties has been established. The oxidation protocol was …

Power Generation from the Interaction of a Carbon Foam and Water

W Xue, Z Zhao, S Zhang, Y Li, X Wang… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Understanding the interaction mechanisms between the surface of carbon-based materials
and water is of great significance for the development of water-based energy storage and …

Synthesis and characterization of two-faced brush-like MXene anchored NiCo-LDH electrode for high-performance supercapacitors

M Sun, Y Wang, J Sunarso, X Meng, W Zhang, J Cao… - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Layered nickel‑cobalt double hydroxide (NiCo-LDH) with a high theoretical charge storage
capacity has great potential to be used as a supercapacitor (SC) electrode. However, its low …