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A new benzodithiophene based donor-acceptor π-conjugated polymer (P1) is designed and explored as the photoactive donor for organic solar cells (OSCs). The synthesized donor polymer, P1 displays a wide absorption profile ranging from 300–750 nm with optical band gap of 1.61 eV and moderate ionization potential of −5.30 eV. It has good solubility in...
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Graphene oxide (GO) attracts tremendous attention for application in high-performance stimuli-responsive “smart” materials because of its unique and excellent electrical, mechanical, thermal, and optical properties, high biocompatibility, and potential application in a variety of fields, including nanocomposite-based devices. Even at an extremely s...
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Page 955, The third author’s name should be corrected as follows: Minho Kwon1, Taeheon Lee1, Young Sil Lee2, Jong Hun Han*,3, Hyun-jong Paik*,1
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Degeneration of retinal pigment epithelium cells (RPE) or delamination of RPE from Bruch’s membrane causes visual impairment. While regeneration of RPE cells is desirable to treat age-related macular degeneration (AMD) RPE cells of mammals, which are inherently non-renewable. Here, the bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) that have th...
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Soft electronic materials are key elements for realizing wearable, attachable, and stick-on electronics. The development of deformable and stretchable electrodes is a key research area as they are one of the most important components for soft electronic devices. Recently, significant progress in the development of deformable and stretchable electro...
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Poly(glycidyl methacrylate) (PGMA) coated soft-magnetic carbonyl iron (CI) particles were fabricated using a dispersion polymerization method in this study and then adopted for a magnetorheological (MR) elastomer. Physical characteristics of the fabricated PGMA coated CI particles, including morphology and magnetic properties, were analyzed by scan...
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Use of injection molding with pearl resin containing aluminum (Al) flakes to give a metallic texture on the molded product is increasing. An Al flake has a flat plate shape, and this two-dimensional shaped additive shows a complex orientation. In this study, the orientations of two-dimensional Al flakes were observed in injection molded specimen. S...
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The design and synthesis of photoactive semiconducting materials with an appropriate band gap and charge transport properties are crucial for developing vacuum-deposited organic solar cells (VD-OSCs). In this work, we synthesized a novel conjugated material, 2,2′-(((4,8-bis(5-(2-ethylhexyl)thiophen-2-yl)benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene-2,6-diyl)bis([...
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In this study, pyroprotein-incorporated freestanding papers (PFPs) were fabricated using silk proteins and carbon nanotubes through a facile filtration and heat treatment, and hierarchically nanoporous pyroproteins (HNPs) were fabricated using silk protein fibers via thermal treatment with activation using an alkali agent. The PFPs formed a monolit...
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Core-crosslinked star polymers, which have polyethylene oxide (PEO) as a shell and cross-linked poly(2-{4′-iodobenzoyloxy}-ethyl methacrylate) (PIEMA) with benzophenone derivatives as a core, have been successfully synthesized by an “arm-first” method. PEO-b-PIEMA was prepared via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of 2-{4′-iodobenzoyloxy}...
