Mayisha Ahmedullah, Harriet Whiley, Howard Fallowfield, Ingo Köper
{"title":"Viruses and Non-Woven Polymers: Surface Properties and Future Perspectives in Sampling for Wastewater-Based Epidemiology","authors":"Mayisha Ahmedullah, Harriet Whiley, Howard Fallowfield, Ingo Köper","doi":"10.1002/admi.202400155","DOIUrl":"10.1002/admi.202400155","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Environmental disease monitoring initiatives such as wastewater-based epidemiology can offer a unique perspective on the health status of a population. Such efforts are being increasingly utilized to guide public health initiatives and to aid in controlling the spread of infectious diseases. Key to these approaches is the sampling and identification of viruses, bacteria, and other pathogens. Advanced material technologies can be explored for the development of materials suitable for sampling, leading to the retention and detection of viruses. Here, how the surface interactions between viruses and adsorbent materials can inform the future development of effective, novel materials to aid in sampling viruses for wastewater-based epidemiology are considered. This review provides a summary of the surface properties of viruses along with their physiochemical interactions with adsorbent materials at the solid-water interface. Also discussed are the properties of non-woven polymer membranes, a newer material technology being employed for the retention of viruses, with a focus on virus-capture applications in aqueous environments.</p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"11 27","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202400155","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141940087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Susanne Wolff, Niclas Tilgner, Florian Speck, Philip Schädlich, Fabian Göhler, Thomas Seyller
{"title":"Correction for Quasi‐Freestanding Graphene via Sulfur Intercalation: Evidence for a Transition State","authors":"Susanne Wolff, Niclas Tilgner, Florian Speck, Philip Schädlich, Fabian Göhler, Thomas Seyller","doi":"10.1002/admi.202400596","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202400596","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Adv. Mater. Interfaces</i> <b>2024</b>, <i>11</i>, 2300725</p>\u0000<div>DOI: 10.1002/admi.202300725\u0000<ul>\u0000<li>In the introduction (1<sup>st</sup> page, right column), sentence</li>\u0000</ul>\u0000</div>\u0000<p>“However, to the best of our knowledge, the successful intercalation of chalcogen atoms (S, Se, Te) has not been established so far.”</p>\u0000<p> should read</p>\u0000<div>“The intercalation of the chalcogen sulfur has first been observed during chemical vapor deposition of MoS<sub>2</sub> on the buffer layer.<sup>[49,50]</sup> A detailed study of the intercalation mechanism of chalcogens under the buffer layer has not been presented so far.” <ul>\u0000<li>The following two references are added:</li>\u0000</ul>\u0000</div>\u0000<p>[49] G. Nordheim, M. Wanke, A. Schütze, F. Speck, T. Seyller, presented at the DPG Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section, Berlin, March 2015.</p>\u0000<p>[50] G. Nordheim, Master Thesis, Chemnitz University of Technology, November 2015.</p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"54 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141939923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yukiko Kamikawa, Marco Nardone, Hajime Shibata, Jiro Nishinaga, Shogo Ishizuka
{"title":"Multiple Impacts of the Aluminum Oxide Passivation Layer on the Properties OF Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells","authors":"Yukiko Kamikawa, Marco Nardone, Hajime Shibata, Jiro Nishinaga, Shogo Ishizuka","doi":"10.1002/admi.202301100","DOIUrl":"10.1002/admi.202301100","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this study, the origins of efficiency gains in Cu(In,Ga)Se<sub>2</sub> (CIGS) solar cells are investigated by introducing an Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> passivation layer in terms of the oxidation condition of Mo back contact, alkali-metal diffusion, minority carrier lifetimes (<i>τ</i>), and charge conditions. The study reveals that introduction of an Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> back-contact passivation layer into solar cells yields multiple impacts. Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> deposition enhances the oxidation of the Mo back contacts, increasing Na solubility in Mo and Na diffusion from Mo into the CIGS layer, thereby modifying the metastable properties of CIGS. The charge condition at the CIGS/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> interface is not fixed negative charge but variable, dependent on whether electrons or holes are supplied. During solar cell operation, the interfacial charge condition is expected to be neutral or positive for Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> grown using plasma or thermal atomic layer deposition techniques, respectively. Moreover, the mechanical peeling off of CIGS from Mo back contact enhanced <i>τ</i> in a similar way as with the insertion of Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>. Based on this study, the enhancement of alkali metal supply and the removal of direct contact of CIGS to the metal contact (Mo) can play crucial roles in improving the performance of CIGS solar cell.</p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"11 26","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202301100","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141940088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Seo Rim Park, Seungmin Oh, Woo Young Kim, Do Hyeog Kim, Sang Hoon Lee, Seungwoo Shin, Su Hyun Choi, Sin Kwon, Heedoo Lee, Seok Kim, Young Tae Cho
{"title":"Long-Term Immersion Study for Durability of Interconnected Micropatterned Surfaces with Sustained Water Repellency (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 22/2024)","authors":"Seo Rim Park, Seungmin Oh, Woo Young Kim, Do Hyeog Kim, Sang Hoon Lee, Seungwoo Shin, Su Hyun Choi, Sin Kwon, Heedoo Lee, Seok Kim, Young Tae Cho","doi":"10.1002/admi.202470056","DOIUrl":"10.1002/admi.202470056","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Long-Term Water Resistance Stability</b></p><p>In article 2400144, Seok Kim, Young Tae Cho, and co-workers show the variation in contact angle based on the pattern when two water-repellent surfaces, one consisting of a Hexagon Grid Pattern (HGP, on the right) and the other a Hierarchical Hexagon Grid Pattern (H-HGP, on the left), are immersed in water and subsequently removed. Upon removal from water, the HGP retains its hydrophobic properties, whereas the H-HGP transitions to hydrophilic.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"11 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202470056","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141939921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Grain Boundary Transport in the Argyrodite-Type Li6PS5Br Solid Electrolyte: Influence of Misorientation and Anion Disorder on Li Ion Mobility","authors":"Marcel Sadowski, Karsten Albe","doi":"10.1002/admi.202400423","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202400423","url":null,"abstract":"To realize efficient solid-state batteries, many efforts are directed toward maximizing the bulk Li<sup>+</sup> conductivity of sulfide superionic conductors, as demonstrated for the argyrodite-type materials Li<sub>6</sub>PS<sub>5</sub>Cl and Li<sub>6</sub>PS<sub>5</sub>Br. Notably, in these archetype materials, the fast Li<sup>+</sup> transport benefits from considerable anion disorder on the halide and sulfur sublattices. To further improve the Li<sup>+</sup> conductivity, however, one must consider not only the bulk properties of the solid electrolyte (SE) but also microstructural aspects. It is, however, controversially discussed whether grain boundary (GB) transport is generally detrimental for the overall ion conductivity in agyrodite-type SEs. Thus, by means of atomistic computer simulations, the Li<sup>+</sup> ion transport is studied in twist and tilt GBs of Li<sub>6</sub>PS<sub>5</sub>Br, revealing that the Br/S site exchange determines whether the presence of GBs deteriorates the ionic conductivity: Whereas the material with 0% Br/S site exchange only shows locally limited bulk diffusion but enhanced GB conductivity, at higher degrees of site exchange, GBs deteriorate Li<sup>+</sup> diffusion. These results show that the interplay of GB transport directly depends on the degree of site exchange in argyrodite-type materials.","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141880646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ignasia Handipta Mahardika, Jeong-Hyeop Shin, Jutiporn Yukird, Sang Ho Lee, Nayoon Pyun, Byung-Keun Oh, Kwanwoo Shin
{"title":"From Pregnancy to Pathogens: Boosting Lateral Flow Assays Sensitivity with a Hydrogel Reaction Trap","authors":"Ignasia Handipta Mahardika, Jeong-Hyeop Shin, Jutiporn Yukird, Sang Ho Lee, Nayoon Pyun, Byung-Keun Oh, Kwanwoo Shin","doi":"10.1002/admi.202400341","DOIUrl":"10.1002/admi.202400341","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Lateral Flow Assays (LFAs) are cost-effective and widely utilized for rapid diagnostics, yet they often suffer from limited sensitivity. This study introduces a straightforward yet highly effective method to enhance LFAs performance by integrating a poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA) hydrogel to create a “reaction trap.” This hydrogel reaction trap optimizes the flow rate and reaction time at the sensing components, substantially improving assay performance. By applying various hydrogel concentrations (6%, 9%, 12%, 15%, and 18% w/v), significant enhancements across a range of detection systems are achieved. An optimized 18% hydrogel concentration shows a 1.5 times increase in sensitivity in the tested commercial pregnancy test. Additionally, 12% hydrogel concentration is tested in pregnancy, ovulation, and Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) commercial kits, and the improvement reached up to a sevenfold increase in signal intensity. The enhancement in detection illustrates the profound impact of this simple modification and shows the importance of hydrogel concentration optimization to maximize detection improvement. These results demonstrate that hydrogel-coated LFAs offer a scalable and highly effective solution for boosting the reliability and sensitivity of rapid diagnostics across different healthcare settings, with broad potential for global health diagnostics applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"11 27","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202400341","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141880768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lorenzo Migliorini, Giacomo Valaperta, Fabio Acocella, Tommaso Santaniello, Nicolò Castelli, Alessandro Perin, Francesco Cavaliere, Maurizio Vertemati, Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti, Paolo Milani
{"title":"Conductive Gel Phantoms for Training in Electrosurgery","authors":"Lorenzo Migliorini, Giacomo Valaperta, Fabio Acocella, Tommaso Santaniello, Nicolò Castelli, Alessandro Perin, Francesco Cavaliere, Maurizio Vertemati, Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti, Paolo Milani","doi":"10.1002/admi.202400246","DOIUrl":"10.1002/admi.202400246","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Considering the increasing demand for personalized surgical care, as well as current healthcare resources limitations, the use of anatomical accurate 3D physical phantoms is becoming increasingly important for the training of surgeons and the test of surgical instruments. A lack of physical models is nowadays denoted regarding the training in electrosurgery, despite its wide diffusion in medical practice. This work reports an extensive characterization of electrosurgical physical phantoms fabricated with tissue-mimicking ionogels and hydrogels. A careful design of the conductive gels allow the fine tuning of their mechanical and electrical properties, in order to match those of biological tissues. The manufacturing of a novel multi-material skin stratification bench-top pad is reported together with its use for training in both cold and electrical surgery. Furthermore, a feasibility study is reported, showing the use of conductive ionogels for simulating the coagulation of cortical vessels during brain surgery.</p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"11 26","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202400246","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141887056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rana Faisal Shahzad, Shahid Rasul, Mohamed Mamlouk, Ian Brewis, Rana Abdul Shakoor, Cecil Cherian Lukose, Abdul Wasy Zia
{"title":"Designing Molybdenum Trioxide and Hard Carbon Architecture for Stable Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes","authors":"Rana Faisal Shahzad, Shahid Rasul, Mohamed Mamlouk, Ian Brewis, Rana Abdul Shakoor, Cecil Cherian Lukose, Abdul Wasy Zia","doi":"10.1002/admi.202400258","DOIUrl":"10.1002/admi.202400258","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Molybdenum Trioxide (MoO<sub>3</sub>) is a promising candidate as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIB), with a theoretical capacity of 1 117 mAhg<sup>−1</sup>. Nevertheless, MoO<sub>3</sub> has inherent lower electronic conductivity and suffers from significant volume expansion during the charge–discharge cycle, which hinders its ability to attain a substantial capacity and cyclability for practical applications. In this study, a novel material design strategy is reported for LIB anodes containing MoO<sub>3</sub> and hard carbon (HC) architecture fabricated using a Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) technique. MoO<sub>3</sub>/HC as anode materials are evaluated for LIBs, which demonstrate an exceptional performance with a capacity of 953 mAhg<sup>−1</sup> at a discharging rate of 0.2 C. Additionally, MoO<sub>3</sub>/HC anode demonstrated exceptional rate capability during fast charging at 5 C and achieved a capacity of 342 mAhg<sup>−1</sup>. The MoO<sub>3</sub>/HC anode demonstrates remarkable cycle life, retaining over > 99% Coulombic efficiency after 3 000 cycles at a rate of 0.2 C. The exceptional performance of MoO<sub>3</sub>/HC anode can be attributed to the novel material design strategy based on a multi-layered structure where HC provides a barrier against the possible volumetric expansion of LIB anode.</p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"11 31","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202400258","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141880735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yasuaki Inoue, Kevin H. Putera, Leonie van ‘t Hag, Warren Batchelor
{"title":"Effect of Lignin Particle Size on the Properties of Cellulose Nanofiber/Lignin Composite Sheets","authors":"Yasuaki Inoue, Kevin H. Putera, Leonie van ‘t Hag, Warren Batchelor","doi":"10.1002/admi.202400455","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202400455","url":null,"abstract":"Cellulose and lignin have been widely studied to develop a bio‐based alternative to replace fossil‐based packaging materials and coatings. Lignin can be used to improve the water vapor barrier properties of cellulose‐based sheets due to its hydrophobicity. In this study, composite sheets based on cellulose nanofiber (CNF) and lignin are formed via spray deposition the effects of lignin particle size and concentration on the properties of the composite sheets are investigated. Scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy with infrared spectroscopy analysis show that lignin nanoparticles (LNPs, particle diameter <100 nm) migrate to the top surface during drying to form a dense layer. The water vapor permeability of the sheet including LNPs is reduced to 4.5 × 10<jats:sup>−11</jats:sup> g·s<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup>·m<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup>·Pa<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup>, which is ≈20% lower than the value for CNF alone. This improvement is related to the dense LNP layer on the top surface. Water contact angle measurements indicate that the layer of LNPs also increases the surface hydrophobicity. Overall, this study provides a simple process to produce a fully bio‐based option for packaging material with enhanced water vapor barrier properties and surface hydrophobicity.","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"104 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141867063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}