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Celebrating 5 Years of the ACS Au Journal Family.

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ACS Materials Au Pub Date : 2025-02-25 eCollection Date: 2025-03-12 DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialsau.5c00021

Paul D Goring, Amelia Newman, Christopher W Jones, Shelley D Minteer

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Celebrating 5 Years of the ACS Au Journal Family

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ACS Materials Au Pub Date : 2025-02-25 DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialsau.5c0002110.1021/acsmaterialsau.5c00021

Paul D. Goring, Amelia Newman, Christopher W. Jones* and Shelley D. Minteer*,

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ACS Materials Au: Announcing the 2024 Rising Stars in Materials Science

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ACS Materials Au Pub Date : 2025-02-24 DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialsau.5c0002010.1021/acsmaterialsau.5c00020

Stephanie L. Brock*, Maksym V. Kovalenko and Mary Ann Meador,

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ACS Materials Au: Announcing the 2024 Rising Stars in Materials Science.

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ACS Materials Au Pub Date : 2025-02-24 eCollection Date: 2025-03-12 DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialsau.5c00020

Stephanie L Brock, Maksym V Kovalenko, Mary Ann Meador

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Glucose-Responsive Materials for Smart Insulin Delivery: From Protein-Based to Protein-Free Design.

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ACS Materials Au Pub Date : 2025-01-31 eCollection Date: 2025-03-12 DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00138

Suchetan Pal, Tatini Rakshit, Sunita Saha, Dharmesh Jinagal

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Zinc Single-Atom Nanozyme As Carbonic Anhydrase Mimic for CO₂ Capture and Conversion.

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ACS Materials Au Pub Date : 2025-01-31 eCollection Date: 2025-03-12 DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00156

Eslam M Hamed, Fun Man Fung, Sam F Y Li

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Glucose-Responsive Materials for Smart Insulin Delivery: From Protein-Based to Protein-Free Design

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ACS Materials Au Pub Date : 2025-01-31 DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c0013810.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00138

Suchetan Pal*, Tatini Rakshit, Sunita Saha and Dharmesh Jinagal,

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Zinc Single-Atom Nanozyme As Carbonic Anhydrase Mimic for CO2 Capture and Conversion

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ACS Materials Au Pub Date : 2025-01-30 DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c0015610.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00156

Eslam M. Hamed*, Fun Man Fung* and Sam F. Y. Li*,

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Pancake Bonding in the Stabilization of Cationic Acene Dimers.

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ACS Materials Au Pub Date : 2025-01-30 eCollection Date: 2025-03-12 DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00153

Rameswar Bhattacharjee, Hans Lischka, Miklos Kertesz

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Pancake Bonding in the Stabilization of Cationic Acene Dimers

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ACS Materials Au Pub Date : 2025-01-30 DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c0015310.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00153

Rameswar Bhattacharjee*, Hans Lischka and Miklos Kertesz*,

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