{"title":"Deep potential-driven structure exploration of ice polymorphs.","authors":"Yuefeng Lei, Xiangyang Liu, Yaochen Yu, Haiyang Niu","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100881","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100881","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ice, a ubiquitous substance in nature, exhibits diverse forms under varying temperature and pressure conditions. However, our understanding of ice polymorphs remains incomplete. The directional nature of hydrogen bonding and the complexity of the networks they form pose significant challenges to computational studies of ice structures. In this work, we present an extensive exploration of ice polymorphs under pressure conditions ranging from 1 bar to 10 GPa. We employ an advanced crystal-structure-prediction scheme that integrates an evolutionary algorithm, an active-learning deep neural network potential, and molecular dynamics simulations with <i>ab initio</i> accuracy. Among the 131,481 predicted structures, we successfully identify all experimentally known ice phases within the target pressure range, including the particularly challenging ice IV and V. These phases feature highly intricate H-bond networks, which have hindered previous efforts to fully explore ice structures. Additionally, we identify 34 new ice polymorphs that are potential candidates for experimental discovery. Notably, we predict the existence of a new stable ice phase, ice L, within the temperature range of 253-291 K and pressure range of 0.38-0.57 GPa, exhibiting a unique topology unseen in any known crystals. Our findings highlight the potential for experimental discovery of new ice phases. Furthermore, our approach can be applied to other complex systems, particularly those with network structures.</p>","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 5","pages":"100881"},"PeriodicalIF":33.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12105487/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144162564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Glass scintillator: A window to future high-energy radiation detection.","authors":"Zexuan Sui, Sen Qian, Luyue Niu, Peng Hu, Zhehao Hua, Xiaoxin Zheng, Xinyuan Sun, Gao Tang, Hua Cai, Dong Yang, Weichang Li, Minghui Zhang, Jifeng Han, Jing Ren","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100878","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100878","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>With the significant progress of high-energy physics, nuclear science, and technology, the demand for high-performance scintillators is growing rapidly. Among solid-state scintillators, glass scintillators would play a vital role in the field of high-energy radiation detections because of their merits including low cost, batch production, and arbitrariness in shape. In this review article, the research and development of glass scintillators is introduced with respect to the following key parameters including: density, light yield, scintillation decay time, and radiation hardness. The scintillation mechanisms, preparation methods particularly for Ce<sup>3+</sup>-activated glasses, standard testing methods, scintillation performance, and applications of glass scintillators are comprehensively reviewed and critically discussed. Finally, the problems existing in the research field are presented and the future development directions of glass scintillators for performance improvement are suggested.</p>","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 5","pages":"100878"},"PeriodicalIF":33.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12105494/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144162569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multi-bioinspired electronic skins with on-demand adhesion and opto-electronic synergistic display capabilities.","authors":"Wenzhao Li, Jinbo Li, Xiaoya Ding, Qitao Tan, Weijian Sun, Puxiang Lai, Yuanjin Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100877","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100877","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Flexible electronic skins hold great promise for biomedical applications, although challenges remain in achieving controllable interactions with the biological interface and accurate signal collection. Inspired by octopuses and chameleons, we propose a novel electronic skin paradigm with on-demand adhesion and opto-electronic synergistic display capabilities. Our electronic skins are composed of a stretchable polyurethane (PU) inverse opal film integrated with a carbon nanotube (CNT)-hybridized polyacrylamide (PAAm)-gelatin double-network-hydrogel conductive flexible substrate and a temperature-responsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAm) octopus-inspired hemispherical adhesive array. The device's CNT hybrid double-network provides robust and sensitive monitoring of temperature and motion. Meanwhile, its flexible PU layer with an inverse opal structure allows for visual motion color sensing. Integrated neural network processing ensures accurate, wide-range, and independent multimodal display. Additionally, the integration of the photothermal effect of CNTs and the temperature-sensitive octopus-inspired PNIPAm adhesive array enables on-demand adhesion. The sensing and adhesion demonstrations <i>ex vivo</i> and <i>in vivo</i> showcase the proposed flexible electronic skin's inspirational design and functional utilities. The potential applications of such a versatile device are vast, ranging from healthcare to human-machine interactions.</p>","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 5","pages":"100877"},"PeriodicalIF":33.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12105526/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144162592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The InnovationPub Date : 2025-03-07eCollection Date: 2025-05-05DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100870
Tingting Ye, Rongbin Xu, Wenzhong Huang, Zhengyu Yang, Pei Yu, Wenhua Yu, Yanming Liu, Yao Wu, Bo Wen, Yiwen Zhang, Jaime E Hart, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Michael J Abramson, Yuming Guo, Shanshan Li
{"title":"Billions of people exposed to increasing heat but decreasing greenness from 2000 to 2022.","authors":"Tingting Ye, Rongbin Xu, Wenzhong Huang, Zhengyu Yang, Pei Yu, Wenhua Yu, Yanming Liu, Yao Wu, Bo Wen, Yiwen Zhang, Jaime E Hart, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Michael J Abramson, Yuming Guo, Shanshan Li","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100870","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100870","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Rising heat stress due to climate warming poses a significant threat to human health, and greenness offers a nature-based solution to mitigate heat-related health impacts and enhance resilience. Although global greenness has increased, it remains unclear whether these trends align with the population's heat mitigation needs. In this study, we integrated spatially resolved demographic data with satellite-derived greenness metric and reanalysis-based heat stress data to construct a global profile of joint exposure at 1 × 1 km resolution from 2000 to 2022. We found that 69.3% of global populated areas and 41.3% of the global population (∼2.9 billion people) were exposed to increasing heat stress but decreasing greenness (IHDG), representing the most concerning situation for heat mitigation. Urban populations were disproportionately affected, with 50.8% exposed compared to 27.1% in rural areas. Low- and middle-income countries exhibited more pronounced trends of increasing heat stress and bore the greatest burden from IHDG, accounting for 85% of total exposed populations. Moreover, there was a notable demographic shift in IHDG-exposed populations toward older groups, exacerbating the heat mitigation crisis. This study advances the understanding of the joint dynamics of heat stress and greenness and provides a profile of population exposure at a fine grid level. By highlighting the scale of IHDG conditions, our findings emphasize the urgent need to address this environmental challenge and a significant opportunity for improving greenness to mitigate increasing heat globally. The spatially detailed assessment maps offer essential data for informed decision-making.</p>","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 5","pages":"100870"},"PeriodicalIF":33.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12105507/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144162558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The InnovationPub Date : 2025-03-05eCollection Date: 2025-05-05DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100864
Xiaojing Ma, Chenhao Lin, Hengyu Yang, Yuhao Fu, Kun Liang, Xin Bao, Sheng Ye, Jian Wang, Peng Zhao, Jiang Chen, Shizhen Zhi, Longzhi Wu, Sichen Duan, Feng Cao, Qian Zhang, Jun Mao
{"title":"Elevating thermoelectric performance in the sub-ambient temperature range for electronic refrigeration.","authors":"Xiaojing Ma, Chenhao Lin, Hengyu Yang, Yuhao Fu, Kun Liang, Xin Bao, Sheng Ye, Jian Wang, Peng Zhao, Jiang Chen, Shizhen Zhi, Longzhi Wu, Sichen Duan, Feng Cao, Qian Zhang, Jun Mao","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100864","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100864","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Solid-state thermoelectric coolers, which enable direct heat pumping by utilizing electricity, play an essential role in electronic refrigeration. Given that these devices usually cool down to the sub-ambient temperature range, their performance is critically dependent on the material properties at temperatures below 300 K. Consequently, enhancing the thermoelectric properties of materials at sub-ambient temperature is of paramount importance for advancing cooling technology. Herein, a single-crystalline Mg<sub>3</sub>Bi<sub>2</sub>-based material has been prepared and exhibits high electron mobility. As a result, thermoelectric figure-of-merit values of ∼1.05 at 300 K and ∼0.87 at 250 K (along the <i>ab</i> plane) have been achieved, which are superior to commercial n-type Bi<sub>2</sub>(Te, Se)<sub>3</sub>. Thermoelectric coolers (single- and double-stage devices) based on the n-type single-crystalline Mg<sub>3</sub>Bi<sub>1.497</sub>Sb<sub>0.5</sub>Te<sub>0.003</sub> and p-type (Bi, Sb)<sub>2</sub>Te<sub>3</sub> have been fabricated. The double-stage cooler demonstrates a remarkable maximum cooling temperature difference of ∼106.8 K at the hot-side temperature of 350 K, surpassing the performance of commercial Bi<sub>2</sub>Te<sub>3</sub>-based devices. Notably, the Mg<sub>3</sub>Bi<sub>2</sub>-based double-stage device exhibits exceptional cyclic stability, maintaining its cooling performance without any observable degradation after approximately 2,000 cycles between the input currents of 1 and 3 A. These findings show that single-crystalline Mg<sub>3</sub>Bi<sub>2</sub> alloys hold great promise for thermoelectric cooling applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 5","pages":"100864"},"PeriodicalIF":33.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12105525/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144162566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The InnovationPub Date : 2025-02-26eCollection Date: 2025-05-05DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100863
Lei Gu, Dominik L Schumacher, Hui-Min Wang, Jiabo Yin, Erich M Fischer
{"title":"Land-atmosphere feedbacks drive dryland drought and expansion under climate warming.","authors":"Lei Gu, Dominik L Schumacher, Hui-Min Wang, Jiabo Yin, Erich M Fischer","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100863","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100863","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 5","pages":"100863"},"PeriodicalIF":33.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12105499/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144162571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}