Natural proteins must fold into complex three-dimensional structures to achieve excellent mechanical properties vital for biological...
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Metallacycles/cages have emerged as promising supramolecular cross-linkers for fabricating high-performance supramolecular polymer networks...
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A simple and intuitive tool that can predict without lengthy experimentation and calculation the reactivity of C–C bonds when designing mechanophores.
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We found that in myofibers isolated from the diaphragm of ventilated ICU patients, myosin is trapped in an energy-sparing, super-relaxed state.
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To study biomechanical forces in multicellular systems, effective mechanical stimulation is an essential tool. A 3D microstructure device is...
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The study by Duan et al. 1 proposes that chiral-structured heterointerfaces are mechanically more durable compared to the widely used non-chiral...
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This work develops a metal-doped nanoscale polymeric film with tunable composition, sodiophilic sites and improved stiffness.
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We find that mechanical vibrations from the pulse tube induce nonequilibrium dynamics in highly coherent qubits, leading to their correlated bit-flip errors.
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The interlocked cage 1 was able to separate the isomers (anthracene and phenanthrene) using a simple solvent extraction technique.
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This study introduced a novel mechanically-enhanced dynamic composting (MEDC) method for treating kitchen waste (KW) through partial-mixing and stratified...
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