Designing components that can robustly self-assemble into structures with biological complexity is a grand challenge for material science. Proofreading and error correction is required to improve assembly yield beyond...
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Designing components that can robustly self-assemble into structures with biological complexity is a grand challenge for material science. Proofreading and error correction is required to improve assembly yield beyond equilibrium limits, using energy to avoid kinetic traps in the energy landscape. Here, we introduce an explicit two-staged proofreading scheme for patchy particle colloidal assemblies that substantially improves assembly yield and robustness. The first stage implements local rules whereby particles increase their binding strengths when they detect a local environment corresponding to a desired target. The second stage corrects remaining errors, adding a reverse pathway inspired by kinetic proofreading. The scheme shows significant yield improvements, eliminating kinetic traps, giving a much broader temperature range with high yield. Additionally, the scheme is robust against quenched disorder in the components. Our findings illuminate a pathway for advancing the programmable design of synthetic living materials, potentially fostering the synthesis of novel biological materials and functional behaviors.
Atomic-scale defects generated in materials under both equilibrium and irradiation conditions can significantly impact their physical and mechanical *** the energetically most favorable ground-state configurations of ...
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Atomic-scale defects generated in materials under both equilibrium and irradiation conditions can significantly impact their physical and mechanical *** the energetically most favorable ground-state configurations of these defects is an important step towards the fundamental understanding of their influence on the performance of materials ranging from photovoltaics to advanced nuclear ***,using fluorite-structured thorium dioxide(ThO_(2))as an exemplar,we demonstrate how density functional theory and machine learning interatomic potential can be synergistically combined into a powerful tool that enables exhaustive exploration of the large configuration spaces of small point defect *** study leads to several unexpected discoveries,including defect polymorphism and ground-state structures that defy our physical *** physical origins of these unexpected findings are elucidated using a local cluster expansion model developed in this work.
A body that violates Kirchhoff’s law of thermal radiation exhibits an inequality in its spectral directional absorptivity and *** such an inequality is of fundamental interest as well as a prerequisite for achieving ...
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A body that violates Kirchhoff’s law of thermal radiation exhibits an inequality in its spectral directional absorptivity and *** such an inequality is of fundamental interest as well as a prerequisite for achieving thermodynamic limits in photonic energy conversion1 and radiative *** far,inequalities in the spectral directional emissivity and absorptivity have been limited to narrow spectral resonances3,or wavelengths well beyond the infrared *** the gap from basic demonstrations to practical applications requires control over a broad spectral range of the unequal spectral directional absorptivity and *** this work,we demonstrate broadband nonreciprocal thermal emissivity and absorptivity by measuring the thermal emissivity and absorptivity of gradient epsilon-near-zero InAs layers of subwavelength thicknesses(50 nm and 150 nm)with an external magnetic *** effect occurs in a spectral range(12.5–16μm)that overlaps with the infrared transparency window and is observed at moderate(1 T)magnetic fields.
This article primarily focuses on advancements in the realm of solar concentrating collectors (SCCs) with an emphasis on improving heat transfer efficiency (HTE) through the integration of phase change materials (PCMs...
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Approaches for stochastic nonlinear model predictive control (SNMPC) typically make restrictive assumptions about the system dynamics and rely on approximations to characterize the evolution of the underlying uncertai...
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The focus of this study is on investigating the vanadyl 2,9,16,23-tetraphenoxy-29H, 31H-phthalocyanine(VOPc Ph O)and its blend with o-xylenyl C60 bis-adduct(OXCBA), for use as a lateral ultraviolet organic photodetect...
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The focus of this study is on investigating the vanadyl 2,9,16,23-tetraphenoxy-29H, 31H-phthalocyanine(VOPc Ph O)and its blend with o-xylenyl C60 bis-adduct(OXCBA), for use as a lateral ultraviolet organic photodetector. The research focuses on improving dark current reduction, which is a challenge in lateral organic photodetector. By integrating the OXCBA, low dark current values of 4.83 nA·cm^(-2)(D_(shot)^(*)= 1.414 × 10^(11)Jones) have been achieved as compared to the stand-alone VoPcPhO device of 14.06 nA·cm^(-2). The major contributing factors to dark current reduction are due to the efficient charge transfer at the photoactive-electrode interface, the deep highest occupied molecular orbital(HOMO)level of OXCBA, which leads to favorable energy level alignments hindering hole injection, and the occurrence of bulk heterojunction vertical phase segregation between VOPcPhO and OXCBA. These findings shed light on the relationship between the organic photoconductor's material composition, morphology, and performance metrics and open new avenues for metal phthalocyanine-based lateral ultraviolet organic photodetectors with low dark current and enhanced performance.
The interaction of band topology and disorder can give rise to intriguing *** paradigmatic example is the topological Anderson insulator,whose nontrivial topology is induced in a trivial system by *** this study,we in...
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The interaction of band topology and disorder can give rise to intriguing *** paradigmatic example is the topological Anderson insulator,whose nontrivial topology is induced in a trivial system by *** this study,we investigate the efect of purely non-Hermitian disorders on topological systems using a one-dimensional acoustic lattice with coupled ***,we construct a theoretical framework to describe the non-Hermitian topological Anderson insulator phase solely driven by disordered loss ***,the complete evolution of non-Hermitian disorder-induced topological phase transitions,from an initial trivial phase to a topological Anderson phase and finally to a trivial Anderson phase,is revealed experimentally using both bulk and edge ***,topological modes induced by non-Hermitian disorders to be immune to both weak Hermitian and non-Hermitian *** findings pave the way for future research on disordered non-Hermitian systems for novel wave manipulation.
The polarized diffraction from inexpensive, self-assembled conducting-polymer metagratings indicates nonlocal, spatially-varying birefringence. We demonstrate their application in a simple, single-shot, and low-cost n...
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Hydrogen is a highly promising energy carrier because of its renewable and clean qualities. Among the different methods for H2production, photoelectrocatalysis（PEC） water splitting has garnered significant interest,...
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Hydrogen is a highly promising energy carrier because of its renewable and clean qualities. Among the different methods for H2production, photoelectrocatalysis（PEC） water splitting has garnered significant interest, thanks to the abundant and perennial solar energy. Single-atom catalysts（SACs）, which feature well-distributed atoms anchored on supports, have gained great attention in PEC water splitting for their unique advantages in overcoming the limitations of conventional PEC ***, we comprehensively review SAC-incorporated photoelectrocatalysts for efficient PEC water splitting. We begin by highlighting the benefits of SACs in improving charge transfer, catalytic selectivity, and catalytic activity, which address the limitations of conventional PEC reactions. Next, we provide a comprehensive overview of established synthetic techniques for optimizing the properties of SACs, along with modern characterization methods to confirm their unique structures. Finally, we discuss the challenges and future directions in basic research and advancements, providing insights and guidance for this developing field.
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