jablonkagroup/rise_ai_scientists huggingface dataset:
Authors: Vladimir A. Baulin | Achille Giacometti | Dmitry A. Fedosov | Stephen J. Ebbens | Nydia Roxana Varela-Rosales | Neus Feliu | Mithun Chowdhury | Minghan Hu | Rudolf Marcel Füchslin | Marjolein Dijkstra | Matan Mussel | René van Roij | Dong Xie | Vassil Tzanov | Mengjie Zu | Samuel Hidalgo-Caballero | Ye Yuan | Luca Cocconi | Cheol-Min Ghim | Cécile Cottin-Bizonne | M. Carmen Miguel | M.J. Esplandiu | Juliane Simmchen | Wolfgang J. Parak | Marco Werner | Gerhard Gompper | Martin M. Hanczyc
Source: Soft Matter (review, 2025-01-01)
Field: Materials Science — Materials Chemistry

Intelligent soft matter: towards embodied intelligence Intelligent soft matter lies at the intersection of materials science, physics, and cognitive science, promising to change how we design and interact with materials. This transformative field aims to create materials with life-like capabilities, such as perception, learning, memory, and adaptive behavior. Unlike traditional materials, which typically perform static or predefined functions, intelligent soft matter can dynamically interact with its environment, integrating multiple sensory inputs, retaining past experiences, and making decisions to optimize its responses. Inspired by biological systems, these materials leverage the inherent properties of soft matter such as flexibility, adaptability, and responsiveness to perform functions that mimic cognitive processes. By synthesizing current research trends and projecting their evolution, we present a forward-looking perspective on how intelligent soft matter could be constructed, with the aim of inspiring innovations in areas such as biomedical devices, adaptive robotics, and beyond. We highlight new pathways for integrating sensing, memory and actuation with low-power internal operations, and we discuss key challenges in realizing materials that exhibit truly "intelligent behavior". These approaches outline a path toward more robust, versatile, and scalable materials that can potentially act, compute, and "think" through their inherent intrinsic material properties-moving beyond traditional smart technologies that rely on external control. Embodied cognition ; Transformative learning ; Soft matter ; Intersection (aeronautics) ; Cognitive science ; Field (mathematics) ; Nanotechnology ; Cognition ; Human–computer interaction ; Computer science ; Psychology ; Engineering ; Artificial intelligence ; Materials science ; Neuroscience ; Mathematics ; Aerospace engineering Machine Learning in Materials Science
Authors: Amin Talebian‐Kiakalaieh | Elhussein M. Hashem | Meijun Guo | Jingrun Ran | Shi‐Zhang Qiao
Source: Advanced Energy Materials (article, 2025-07-09)
Field: Materials Science — Materials Chemistry

Single Atom Extracting Photoexcited Holes for Key Photocatalytic Reactions Abstract Recent advances on material science result in the emerging concept of single atom catalysts as highly efficient photocatalysts to optimize the conversion efficiency of solar energy into chemicals/fuels. After more than five decades of research, severe electron–hole recombination remains the key bottleneck restricting the photocatalytic reactions. Particularly, the sluggish hole extraction/migration kinetic seriously suppresses the charge separation/transport. Thus, accelerating hole transfer kinetics emerges as the effective route to boost the photocatalytic processes. Nevertheless, to the best of our knowledge, a timely review, which focuses on single atom extracting photogenerated hole for important photocatalytic reactions, is still missing. Thus, this review summarizes the latest achievement of hole extraction in single‐/dual‐single atom photocatalysts for key energy/environment‐related reactions (e.g., water splitting, Carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) reduction, Nitrogen (N 2 ) fixation, and wastewater treatment/pollutant degradation). Particularly, this review introduces the important role of advanced ex/in situ characterizations for exploring charge kinetics. It also offers new insights into accurate design of advanced single‐/dual‐single atom photocatalysts with optimized electron/hole transfer kinetics for key energy/environmental‐related applications. Materials science ; Photocatalysis ; Atom (system on chip) ; Key (lock) ; Photochemistry ; Optoelectronics ; Nanotechnology ; Catalysis ; Organic chemistry Catalytic Processes in Materials Science ; Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques ; Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
Authors: Yasmina Elmahboub | Rofida Albash | Sadek Ahmed | Salwa Salah
Source: AAPS PharmSciTech (review, 2025-10-06)
Field: Materials Science — Biomaterials

The Road to Precision Nanomedicine: An Insight on Drug Repurposing and Advances in Nanoformulations for Treatment of Cancer Cancer remains one of the most significant global health challenges, with its burden continuing to rise. The limitations of conventional anticancer therapies caused by the lack of tissue selectivity, demands urgent development of safer and more selective therapies to target tumors. Identifying the fundamental cancer hallmarks provided a comprehensive understanding of cancer biology for effective tumor targeting, encompassing tumor-promoting inflammation, metabolic reprogramming, immune evasion, genomic instability, phenotypic plasticity, epigenetic reprogramming, and polymorphic microbiomes. Moreover, drug repurposing is a cost-effective and time-saving method for cancer therapy that accelerates the drug discovery process by reusing drugs for new indications. Current research is focusing on combining drug repurposing with nanocarriers that enhance tumor targeting, reduce the side effects, and improve the bioavailability of the drug in a single nanoformulation. This article analyzes various types of nanoparticles encapsulating different classes of drugs, such as phenelzine, fexofenadine, telmisartan, losartan, metformin, canagliflozin, atorvastatin, and fenbendazole, highlighting their anticancer effects and the influence of nanocarriers on the drug's therapeutic effect. Results revealed that drug-encapsulated nanoparticles enhanced antitumor effects compared to the free drug solutions. This is attributed to the synergism from the nanocarrier's functionalization, sustained drug release, and improved cellular uptake within tumors that leads to targeting multiple cancer hallmarks. Additionally, this review highlights the present challenges in the clinical translation of nanoformulation and demonstrates how artificial intelligence may facilitate drug screening and identification, therapeutic optimization, and large-scale manufacture. Finally, using these technologies in combination with drug repurposing presents a promising direction for advancing cancer treatment. Repurposing ; Nanocarriers ; Drug repositioning ; Drug ; Cancer ; Drug discovery ; Cancer therapy ; Drug development Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery ; Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics ; Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response
Authors: Hatem A. Mahmoud | Tarek T. Ali | Shereen A. E. Nasr | Esraa Mahmoud | Lobna A. E. Nassr | Ibrahim M.A. Mohamed
Source: Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society (article, 2025-02-06)
Field: Materials Science — Materials Chemistry

Physicochemical and structural characterization of novel praseodymium and neodymium-incorporated TiO2 for photocatalytic application Abstract Novel photocatalytic metal–organic framework (MOF) materials are an exciting research topic. However, the lack of investigating rare-earth doped semiconductor as well as understanding their physicochemical and structural characterization will prevent commercial or industrial applications. To overcome this obstacle, this study investigates the physicochemical and structural characterization of novel applied Titania-based materials synthesized via MOF strategy for photodegradation of methyl orange (MO). The studied materials are TiO 2 , Pr-doped TiO 2 (Pr@TiO 2 ), and Nd-TiO 2 (Nd@TiO 2 ) and applied as promising photocatalysts. The synthesized photocatalysts were prepared via metal–organic framework strategy and characterized by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS). SEM analysis revealed that only Nd resulted in smaller, more uniform particle sizes. XRD patterns confirmed the retention of the anatase phase in the case of Nd-modification, indicating successful lattice distortions. XPS results showed the chemical existence of Pr and Nd, increased oxygen vacancies, and surface hydroxyl groups, essential for enhanced photocatalytic activity. Photodegradation studies demonstrated that both Pr-TiO 2 and Nd-TiO 2 exhibited better performance compared to TiO 2 without Pr or Nd, following pseudo-first-order kinetics. These findings highlight the potential of Pr and Nd modification in the TiO 2 photocatalysts for efficient environmental remediation, particularly in the treatment of dye-containing wastewater. Materials science ; Photocatalysis ; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy ; Photodegradation ; Methyl orange ; Anatase ; Chemical engineering ; Praseodymium ; Titanium dioxide ; Scanning electron microscope ; Nuclear chemistry ; Nanotechnology ; Catalysis ; Metallurgy ; Chemistry ; Composite material ; Organic chemistry Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis ; Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications ; Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Authors: Zizhuo Xiang | Chao Gao | Teng Long | Lifeng Ding | Tianhang Zhou | Zhenghao Wu
Source: The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (article, 2025-02-03)
Field: Materials Science — Polymers and Plastics

Force-Field Benchmark for Polydimethylsiloxane: Density, Heat Capacity, Isothermal Compressibility, Viscosity and Thermal Conductivity Polysiloxanes are versatile polymeric materials with widespread applications in industries ranging from electronics to biomedical devices because of their unique thermal and viscoelastic properties. Accurate molecular simulations of polysiloxanes are essential for understanding their broad applications from a microscopic perspective. However, the accuracy of these simulations is highly dependent on the quality of the force fields used. In this work, we present a comprehensive benchmark and development of force fields tailored for polydimethylsiloxane, which is one of the most widely used polysiloxane materials. Our focus is on their performance in predicting key thermophysical properties including density, heat capacities, isothermal compressibility, and transport properties such as viscosity and thermal conductivity. Experimental measurements are performed in parallel to rigorously validate simulation outcomes. Existing force fields for polydimethylsiloxane, including those derived for organic and inorganic systems, are systematically evaluated against experimental data to identify limitations in accuracy and transferability. Simulation results are compared extensively with experimental observations across a range of temperatures and pressures, revealing the strengths and shortcomings of these commonly utilized force fields for polydimethylsiloxane. Discrepancies between force field predictions and experimental measurements are analyzed in detail for thermodynamic and transport properties of polydimethylsiloxane. This benchmark study serves as a critical assessment of current force fields for polydimethylsiloxane and offers guidelines for their further development, enabling more reliable simulations of polysiloxane-based materials for various industrial applications. Thermal conductivity ; Compressibility ; Materials science ; Viscosity ; Heat capacity ; Polydimethylsiloxane ; Isothermal process ; Thermodynamics ; Mechanics ; Composite material ; Physics Polymer crystallization and properties ; Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics ; Polymer Foaming and Composites
Authors: Monika Negi | Vinju Thankachan | Arya Rajeev | M. Vairamuthu | S. Arundhathi | P.V. Nidheesh
Source: Water (article, 2025-02-06)
Field: Materials Science — Biomaterials

Clean and Green Bamboo Magic: Recent Advances in Heavy Metal Removal from Water by Bamboo Adsorbents Adsorbents derived from bamboo, such as biochar, charcoal, activated carbon, and chemically modified bamboo, are recognized for their efficiency and cost-effectiveness in removing heavy metals from water. Despite this, there remains a gap in applying bamboo-based adsorbents for treating heavy metal-contaminated water sources, particularly regarding their physicochemical properties, adsorption mechanisms, and modifications. This review highlights the influence of factors such as specific surface area, pore distribution, pH, cation exchange capacity, elemental composition, and surface functional groups on the ability of bamboo adsorbents to adsorb heavy metals. It also discusses recent advancements in enhancing the properties of bamboo adsorbents through physical and chemical modifications and examines how variables like adsorbent dosage, water pH, temperature, initial concentrations of cations, and heavy metals affect heavy metal removal. The review categorizes the mechanisms of heavy metal adsorption into surface complexation, physical adsorption, electrostatic interaction, ion exchange, precipitation, and redox effect. While bamboo-based adsorbents have shown higher sorption capacity in laboratory settings, there is a need for more comprehensive studies to optimize their performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness in real-world applications. Bamboo ; MAGIC (telescope) ; Adsorption ; Pulp and paper industry ; Waste management ; Environmental science ; Materials science ; Chemistry ; Composite material ; Engineering ; Physics ; Organic chemistry Advanced Cellulose Research Studies ; Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal ; Extraction and Separation Processes
Authors: Laixiang Qin | Li Wang
Source: Nano-Micro Letters (review, 2025-05-13)
Field: Materials Science — Materials Chemistry

Two-Dimensional Materials, the Ultimate Solution for Future Electronics and Very-Large-Scale Integrated Circuits The relentless down-scaling of electronics grands the modern integrated circuits (ICs) with the high speed, low power dissipation and low cost, fulfilling diverse demands of modern life. Whereas, with the semiconductor industry entering into sub-10 nm technology nodes, degrading device performance and increasing power consumption give rise to insurmountable roadblocks confronted by modern ICs that need to be conquered to sustain the Moore law's life. Bulk semiconductors like prevalent Si are plagued by seriously degraded carrier mobility as thickness thinning down to sub-5 nm, which is imperative to maintain sufficient gate electrostatic controllability to combat the increasingly degraded short channel effects. Nowadays, the emergence of two-dimensional (2D) materials opens up new gateway to eschew the hurdles laid in front of the scaling trend of modern IC, mainly ascribed to their ultimately atomic thickness, capability to maintain carrier mobility with thickness thinning down, dangling-bonds free surface, wide bandgaps tunability and feasibility to constitute diverse heterostructures. Blossoming breakthroughs in discrete electronic device, such as contact engineering, dielectric integration and vigorous channel-length scaling, or large circuits arrays, as boosted yields, improved variations and full-functioned processor fabrication, based on 2D materials have been achieved nowadays, facilitating 2D materials to step under the spotlight of IC industry to be treated as the most potential future successor or complementary counterpart of incumbent Si to further sustain the down-scaling of modern IC. Moore's law ; Electronics ; Integrated circuit ; Engineering physics ; Dangling bond ; Electronic circuit ; Nanotechnology ; Semiconductor ; Scaling ; Electrical engineering ; Controllability ; Materials science ; Computer science ; Optoelectronics ; Engineering ; Silicon Graphene research and applications ; Advanced Memory and Neural Computing ; Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices
Authors: Ehsan Niknejad | Reza Jafari | Naser Valipour Motlagh
Source: Molecules (review, 2025-08-05)
Field: Materials Science — Biomaterials

Mechanical Properties of Biodegradable Fibers and Fibrous Mats: A Comprehensive Review The growing demand for sustainable materials has led to increased interest in biodegradable polymer fibers and nonwoven mats due to their eco-friendly characteristics and potential to reduce plastic pollution. This review highlights how mechanical properties influence the performance and suitability of biodegradable polymer fibers across diverse applications. This covers synthetic polymers such as polylactic acid (PLA), polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), polycaprolactone (PCL), polyglycolic acid (PGA), and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), as well as natural polymers including chitosan, collagen, cellulose, alginate, silk fibroin, and starch-based polymers. A range of fiber production methods is discussed, including electrospinning, centrifugal spinning, spunbonding, melt blowing, melt spinning, and wet spinning, with attention to how each technique influences tensile strength, elongation, and modulus. The review also addresses advances in composite fibers, nanoparticle incorporation, crosslinking methods, and post-processing strategies that improve mechanical behavior. In addition, mechanical testing techniques such as tensile test machine, atomic force microscopy, and dynamic mechanical analysis are examined to show how fabrication parameters influence fiber performance. This review examines the mechanical performance of biodegradable polymer fibers and fibrous mats, emphasizing their potential as sustainable alternatives to conventional materials in applications such as tissue engineering, drug delivery, medical implants, wound dressings, packaging, and filtration. Materials science ; Polylactic acid ; Biodegradable polymer ; Ultimate tensile strength ; Composite material ; Polymer ; Polyvinyl alcohol ; Electrospinning ; Polycaprolactone ; Polyester ; Cellulose fiber ; Fiber ; Tensile testing ; Spinning ; Fibroin ; Synthetic fiber ; SILK Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications ; biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties ; Silk-based biomaterials and applications
Authors: Tengfei Qu | Xiaowen Wang | Fengchun Zhang
Source: Polymers (review, 2025-07-02)
Field: Materials Science — Biomaterials

Antibacterial Food Packaging with Chitosan and Cellulose Blends for Food Preservation With the increasing demand for food quality and the need for green and sustainable development of food packaging materials in the environment, the preparation and optimization of multifunctional natural and renewable antibacterial packaging materials have become an important trend. This article aims to explore the development of chitosan-cellulose composite materials with good antibacterial properties and promote the widespread application of chitosan and cellulose in food packaging materials. Combining various natural polysaccharide polymers, we discuss the application of chitosan cellulose in meat, dairy products, fruits and vegetables, and fishery products. Meanwhile, we explore their antibacterial and antioxidant behaviors during their use as food packaging materials. This provides a reference for effectively improving the performance of modified chitosan and cellulose food packaging materials in the future. Based on the above explanation, we analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of modified chitosan and cellulose and looked forward to the future development trends of chitosan and cellulose blend films in food preservation. Chitosan-cellulose blends not only have important prospects in food packaging and preservation applications, but can also be combined with intelligent manufacturing to enhance their food preservation performance. The aim of this review is to provide valuable references for basic research on the antimicrobial properties of these composites and their practical application in smart food packaging. Chitosan ; Food packaging ; Cellulose ; Materials science ; Food science ; Polymer science ; Chemistry ; Organic chemistry Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging ; biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties ; Biopolymer Synthesis and Applications
Authors: Mudasir A. Dar | Rongrong Xie | Jun Liu | Shehbaz Ali | Kiran D. Pawar | I Made Sudiana | Jianzhong Sun
Source: International Journal of Molecular Sciences (review, 2025-02-09)
Field: Materials Science — Biomaterials

Current Paradigms and Future Challenges in Harnessing Nanocellulose for Advanced Applications in Tissue Engineering: A Critical State-of-the-Art Review for Biomedicine Nanocellulose-based biomaterials are at the forefront of biomedicine, presenting innovative solutions to longstanding challenges in tissue engineering and wound repair. These advanced materials demonstrate enhanced mechanical properties and improved biocompatibility while allowing for precise tuning of drug release profiles. Recent progress in the design, fabrication, and characterization of these biomaterials underscores their transformative potential in biomedicine. Researchers are employing strategic methodologies to investigate and characterize the structure and functionality of nanocellulose in tissue engineering and wound repair. In tissue engineering, nanocellulose-based scaffolds offer transformative opportunities to replicate the complexities of native tissues, facilitating the study of drug effects on the metabolism, vascularization, and cellular behavior in engineered liver, adipose, and tumor models. Concurrently, nanocellulose has gained recognition as an advanced wound dressing material, leveraging its ability to deliver therapeutic agents via precise topical, transdermal, and systemic pathways while simultaneously promoting cellular proliferation and tissue regeneration. The inherent transparency of nanocellulose provides a unique advantage, enabling real-time monitoring of wound healing progress. Despite these advancements, significant challenges remain in the large-scale production, reproducibility, and commercial viability of nanocellulose-based biomaterials. This review not only underscores these hurdles but also outlines strategic directions for future research, including the need for bioengineering of nanocellulose-based wound dressings with scalable production and the incorporation of novel functionalities for clinical translation. By addressing these key challenges, nanocellulose has the potential to redefine biomedical material design and offer transformative solutions for unmet clinical needs in tissue engineering and beyond. Nanocellulose ; Biomedicine ; Nanotechnology ; Tissue engineering ; Regenerative medicine ; Drug delivery ; Materials science ; Biomedical engineering ; Medicine ; Engineering ; Bioinformatics ; Stem cell ; Biology Advanced Cellulose Research Studies ; Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications ; Wound Healing and Treatments