Zhongze Gu and colleagues from Southeast University in China utilize direct laser writing to 3D-print omniphobic, triply re-entrant surfaces that can universally repel organic liquids.
![Super-Repellent Surfaces Based on Triply Re‐Entrant Structures [Video]](https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/adma201800103_ASN_image_003.jpg)
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New Entries to Advanced Materials Interfaces “Hall of Fame”
There are new top review papers in Advanced Materials Interfaces “Hall of Fame”. All included papers are free to read for a limited time!
Honeycomb Lattice Increase Battery Life
US researchers developed a honeycomb lattice that could increase battery life of electronic devices by more than a hundred-fold.
![Synthetic Anti-Ferromagnetic Nanostructures for Wearable Spintronic Devices [Video]](https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/adma201800449_ASN_image.png)
Synthetic Anti-Ferromagnetic Nanostructures for Wearable Spintronic Devices [Video]
Ionic gel modulation of Ruderman–Kittel–Kasuya–Yosida interactions in flexible, synthetic anti-ferromagnetic nanostructures.
Electrical Neurostimulation as Artificial Retina
Stimulation of nerves by an artificial retina toward therapeutics for blindness.
![Maximizing the Storage Capacity of Lithium in Carbon Materials [Video]](https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/smll201704394_ASN_image.jpg)
Maximizing the Storage Capacity of Lithium in Carbon Materials [Video]
A lithium-doped carbon material is developed as an anode that can enhance the lithium storage capacity in lithium-ion batteries.
Bioelectronic Hydrogels
Complex, aqueous-stable, hydrogel ionic circuits towards transparent, flexible, biocompatible bioelectronic devices.
Nano-Patched Strengthened Graphene for Soft Electronics
A new method to improve the mechanical durability of graphene films based on the introduction of chemically-attachable nanometer-thick organic patches onto a graphene surface is reported.
Happy Birthday Tongji University
Guest-edited by Yunhui Huang, the special issue “110th Anniversary of Tongji University” in Advanced Materials celebrates the long tradition of Tongji University and some of its top materials scientists.
Large‐Scale Preparation of Highly Transparent Conducting Thin Films
A research team from the institute for Materials Research and Technology in Luxembourg created a simple and easily scalable approach toward the simultaneous synthesis and deposition of conducting plasma‐polymerized 3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene (ppEDOT) coatings.
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