Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports 
This is an RSS file. You can use it to subscribe to this data in your favourite RSS reader or to display this data on your own website or blog.
This is an RSS file. You can use it to subscribe to this data in your favourite RSS reader or to display this data on your own website or blog.Tailoring PEDOT properties for applications in bioelectronics
Publication date: April 2020Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, Volume 140Author(s): Mary J. Donahue, Ana Sanchez-Sanchez, Sahika Inal, Jing Qu, Roisin M. Owens, David Mecerreyes, George G. Malliaras, David C. MartinAbstractResulting from its wide range of beneficial properties, the conjugated conducting polymer poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) is a promising material in a number of emerging applications. These material properties, particularly promising in the field of bioelectronics, include its well‐known high‐degree of mechanical flexibility, stability, and high conductivity. However, p...
Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports - February 12, 2020 Category: Materials Science Source Type: research
How far are we from attaining 10-year lifetime for metal halide perovskite solar cells?
Publication date: April 2020Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, Volume 140Author(s): Sisi He, Longbin Qiu, Luis K. Ono, Yabing QiAbstractMetal halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have attracted considerable attention from both academia and industry as a promising next-generation technology to harvest solar energy with high power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) at low-cost. At the current stage, efficiencies of these cells have been improved to an impressive level, but the instability issue remains as a major obstacle impeding further commercialization of this technology. In this review, we start with exa...
Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports - January 22, 2020 Category: Materials Science Source Type: research
Recent progress of all-polymer solar cells – From chemical structure and device physics to photovoltaic performance
Publication date: April 2020Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, Volume 140Author(s): Hang Yin, Cenqi Yan, Hanlin Hu, Johnny Ka Wai Ho, Xiaowei Zhan, Gang Li, Shu Kong SoAbstractSingle junction organic solar cells (OSCs) have now achieved power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) exceeding 17 %. Most of these high performance OSCs contain fullerene acceptors (FAs) and non-fullerene small-molecule acceptors (NFSMAs). In contrast, there are very limited usages of polymer acceptors. Recently, there are escalating recognition among perylene-diimide/naphthalene-diimide (PDI/NDI) and B⟵N-unit n-type polymers as el...
Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports - January 16, 2020 Category: Materials Science Source Type: research
Materials for blood brain barrier modeling in vitro
Publication date: April 2020Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, Volume 140Author(s): Magali P. Ferro, Sarah C. Heilshorn, Roisin M. OwensAbstractBrain homeostasis relies on the selective permeability property of the blood brain barrier (BBB). The BBB is formed by a continuous endothelium that regulates exchange between the blood stream and the brain. This physiological barrier also creates a challenge for the treatment of neurological diseases as it prevents most blood circulating drugs from entering into the brain. In vitro cell models aim to reproduce BBB functionality and predict the passage of active...
Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports - January 7, 2020 Category: Materials Science Source Type: research
Editorial Board
Publication date: January 2020Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, Volume 139Author(s): (Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports)
Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports - December 29, 2019 Category: Materials Science Source Type: research
Fusing electrochromic technology with other advanced technologies: A new roadmap for future development
Publication date: April 2020Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, Volume 140Author(s): Zhen Wang, Xiaoyu Wang, Shan Cong, Fengxia Geng, Zhigang ZhaoAbstractElectrochromism is the phenomenon of certain materials reversibly changing their colours or optical properties through redox reactions under an applied electric field, which has found applications in smart windows, displays and so on. The past four decades have witnessed the rapid development of electrochromic technology; however, it remains severely developmentally challenged due to its limited practical applications. Predictably, as a colour control t...
Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports - December 24, 2019 Category: Materials Science Source Type: research
Reviews of wearable healthcare systems: Materials, devices and system integration
Publication date: April 2020Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, Volume 140Author(s): Zheng Lou, Lili Wang, Kai Jiang, Zhongming Wei, Guozhen ShenAbstractWearable health monitoring systems are considered as the next generation of personal portable devices for telemedicine practice. These systems are based on monitoring different kinds of biological signals released by human beings through saliva, urine, breathing and epidemic skin perspiration. However, the development and commercialization of wearable healthcare equipment is still at a relatively slow pace, because the construction method of ordinary sem...
Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports - December 24, 2019 Category: Materials Science Source Type: research
Technological challenges and progress in nanomaterials plasma surface modification – A review
Publication date: January 2020Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, Volume 139Author(s): Cédric R. Vandenabeele, Stéphane LucasAbstractNanoscale particulate materials draw great interest in an increasing number of applications, such as electronics, energy storage, automotive, health or environment. In particular, the addition of nanofillers in a polymer matrix can significantly improve the thermal, mechanical, electrical, optical, and biological or corrosion protection properties of a nanocomposite, provided that the fillers exist as discrete entities and strongly adhere to the matrix. Nanocomposite synt...
Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports - December 4, 2019 Category: Materials Science Source Type: research
Editorial Board
Publication date: October 2019Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, Volume 138Author(s): (Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports)
Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports - November 8, 2019 Category: Materials Science Source Type: research
Nonlinear optoelectronic processes in organic optoelectronic devices: Triplet-triplet annihilation and singlet fission
Publication date: Available online 15 October 2019Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: ReportsAuthor(s): Xianfeng Qiao, Dongge MaAbstractOrganic semiconductors with optoelectronic properties have attracted intensive interests in the fields of organic light-emitting diodes, organic photovoltaics and organic photodetectors. In these functional devices, exciton evolution is the key process. Generally, linear process is dominant that one photon is created from each injected electron-hole pair, vice versa. This linear process restricts the internal quantum efficiency to be 100% in optoelectronic devices. Alternatively,...
Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports - October 16, 2019 Category: Materials Science Source Type: research
Device characteristics and material developments of indoor photovoltaic devices
Publication date: Available online 3 October 2019Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: ReportsAuthor(s): Addanki Venkateswararao, Johnny K.W. Ho, Shu Kong So, Shun-Wei Liu, Ken-Tsung WongAbstractIndoor photovoltaics (IPVs), which convert the indoor light energy into direct electricity, have attracted research attention due to their potential use as an excellent amicable solution of sustainable power source to drive low-power-needed sensors for the internet of things (IoT) applications. Our daily life adopts various indoor light sources, such as indirect sunlight, incandescent lamps, halogen lamps, fluorescent lamps...
Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports - October 3, 2019 Category: Materials Science Source Type: research
Materials development and potential applications of transparent ceramics: A review
Publication date: Available online 1 October 2019Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: ReportsAuthor(s): Zhuohao Xiao, Shijin Yu, Yueming Li, Shuangchen Ruan, Ling Bing Kong, Qing Huang, Zhengren Huang, Kun Zhou, Haibin Su, Zhengjun Yao, Wenxiu Que, Yin Liu, Tianshu Zhang, Jun Wang, Peng Liu, Deyuan Shen, Mathieu Allix, Jian Zhang, Dingyuan TangAbstractTransparent ceramics have various potential applications such as infrared (IR) windows/domes, lamp envelopes, opto-electric components/devices, composite armors, and screens for smartphones and they can be used as host materials for solid-state lasers. Transparent ce...
Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports - October 2, 2019 Category: Materials Science Source Type: research
New opportunities in transmission electron microscopy of polymers
Publication date: Available online 30 September 2019Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: ReportsAuthor(s): Brooke Kuei, Melissa P. Aplan, Joshua H. Litofsky, Enrique D. GomezAbstractRecent advances in instrumentation for transmission electron microscopy have pushed the resolution limit, leading to remarkable instruments capable of imaging at 0.5 Å. But, when imaging soft materials, the resolution is often limited by the amount of dose the material can handle rather than the instrumental resolution. Despite the strong constraints placed by radiation sensitivity, recent developments in electron microscopes have t...
Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports - October 2, 2019 Category: Materials Science Source Type: research
Polymers for supercapacitors: Boosting the development of the flexible and wearable energy storage
Publication date: Available online 28 September 2019Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: ReportsAuthor(s): Zifeng Wang, Minshen Zhu, Zengxia Pei, Qi Xue, Hongfei Li, Yan Huang, Chunyi ZhiAbstractThe ever-growing demand of portable and wearable electric devices requires energy storage devices with flexibility and wearable compatibility while not sacrificing the performance too much. This requires the electrode and electrolyte materials becoming robust and durable under mechanical deformations, which grants the polymers with inherent advantages. Therefore, polymers for supercapacitors, either as substrate/matrix or ...
Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports - September 29, 2019 Category: Materials Science Source Type: research
The path towards functional nanoparticle-DNA origami composites
Publication date: October 2019Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, Volume 138Author(s): Joshua A. Johnson, Abhilasha Dehankar, Ariel Robbins, Prerna Kabtiyal, Elizabeth Jergens, Kil Ho Lee, Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin, Michael Poirier, Carlos E. Castro, Jessica O. WinterAbstractNanoparticles (NPs) hold tremendous promise for diverse applications in fields such as imaging, sensing, nanorobotics, and for optical and electronic materials. These applications often require precisely controlled interactions between multiple NPs or between NPs and other components. Hence, the organization of NPs into composite mat...
Source: Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports - August 31, 2019 Category: Materials Science Source Type: research
