Wettability Gradient-Induced Diode:MXene-Engineered Membrane for Passive-Evaporative Cooling

Thermoregulatory textiles,leveraging high-emissivity structural materials,have arisen as a promising candidate for personal cooling management;however,their advancement has been hindered by the underperformed water moisture transportation capacity,which impacts on their thermophysiological comfort.Herein,we designed a wettability-gradient-induced-diode(WGID)membrane achieving by MXene-engineered electrospun technology,which could facilitate heat dissipation and moisture-wicking transportation.As a result,the obtained WGID membrane could obtain a cooling temperature of 1.5℃ in the“dry”state,and 7.1℃ in the“wet”state,which was ascribed to its high emissivity of 96.40%in the MIR range,superior thermal conductivity of 0.3349 W m^(-1) K^(-1)(based on radiation-and conduction-controlled mechanisms),and unidirectional moisture transportation property.The proposed design offers an approach for meticulously engineering electrospun membranes with enhanced heat dissipation and moisture transportation,thereby paving the way for developing more efficient and comfortable thermoregulatory textiles in a high-humidity microenvironment.

Bioinspired All‑Fibrous Directional Moisture‑Wicking Electronic Skins for Biomechanical Energy Harvesting and All‑Range Health Sensing

Electronic skins can monitor minute physiological signal variations in the human skins and represent the body’s state,showing an emerging trend for alternative medical diagnostics and human-machine interfaces.In this study,we designed a bioinspired directional moisture-wicking electronic skin(DMWES)based on the construction of heterogeneous fibrous membranes and the conductive MXene/CNTs electrospraying layer.Unidirectional moisture transfer was successfully realized by surface energy gradient and push-pull effect via the design of distinct hydrophobic-hydrophilic difference,which can spontaneously absorb sweat from the skin.The DMWES membrane showed excellent comprehensive pressure sensing performance,high sensitivity(maximum sensitivity of 548.09 kPa^(−1)),wide linear range,rapid response and recovery time.In addition,the single-electrode triboelectric nanogenerator based on the DMWES can deliver a high areal power density of 21.6μW m^(−2) and good cycling stability in high pressure energy harvesting.Moreover,the superior pressure sensing and triboelectric performance enabled the DMWES for all-range healthcare sensing,including accurate pulse monitoring,voice recognition,and gait recognition.This work will help to boost the development of the next-generation breathable electronic skins in the applications of AI,human-machine interaction,and soft robots.

Bioinspired Stable Single‑Layer Janus Fabric with Directional Water/Moisture Transport Property for Integrated Personal Cooling Management

Extensive progress has been achieved regarding Janus fabric for directional water transport due to its excellent and feasible personal cooling management ability,which has great significance for energy conservation,pollution reduction,and human health.However,existing Janus asymmetric multilayer fabrics for directional water transport are still limited by their com-plicated syntheses and poor stabilities.Inspired by the compositionally graded architecture of leaf cuticles,we propose a single-layer Janus personal cooling management fabric(JPCMF)via a one-step electrospinning method.The JPCMF shows not only great directional bulk water transport ability but also asymmetry moisture(water vapor)transport ability with a high asymmetry factor(1.49),water vapor transmission value(18.5 kg^(-1) m-2 D-1),and water evaporation rate(0.735 g h^(-1)).Importantly,the JPCMF exhibits outstanding durability and stability thanks to a novel electrostatic adsorption-assisted self-adhesion strategy for resisting abrasion,peeling and pulling.With these characteristics,the JPCMF can achieve a 4.0°C personal cooling management effect,better than taht of cotton fabric,on wet skin.The good biocompatibility and nontoxic-ity also endow the JPCMF with the potential to be a self-pumping dressing.Our strategy should facilitate a new method for developing next-generation intelligent multifunctional fabrics.

Electrospun Textile Strategies in Tendon to Bone Junction Reconstruction

The repair of tendon to bone junction(TBJ)remains a tremendous challenge in tissue engineering due to the complicated structure,components,mechanical properties,and cell types.In order to reconstruct the tissue and restore its functionality,biomedical scaffolds with hierarchical and gradient structures have been fabricated by various strategies.In recent decades,electrospinning has become one of the most popular methods in fabricating TBJ scaffolds due to easy fabrication,high porosity,and ECM-like nano-scale structure.However,mechanical properties are the pain point of electrospun biomedical scaffolds.Traditional textile technology can be exploited to compensate for this weakness,which will be deeply discussed here.This review will start with a brief introduction to the structure and function of the native TBJ tissue and a short overview of electrospinning technology.Then,different electrospun biomedical scaffolds for TBJ repair will be summarized and compared.Furthermore,some advanced technologies and modification methods in fabricating functionalized electrospun TBJ scaffolds are discussed.In the end,current challenges and solutions are being proposed,which would provide instruction for the research of electrospun textile TBJ scaffolds.

Characterizing a lubricant additive for 1,3,4-tri-(2-octyldodecyl) cyclopentane: Computational study and experimental verification

In order to increase the life of spacecraft, it is important to improve the comprehensive lubrication performance. Multiple alkylated cyclopentane (MAC) lubricants are presently gaining wide acceptance for actual space applications; adding extreme pressure additive is a strategy to improve lubrication performance. In this study, taking 1,3,4-tri-(2-octyldodecyl) cyclopentane as base oil, tricresol phosphate (traditional additive) and tri-(2-octyldodecyl) phosphate (developmental additive) have been screened computationally for compatibility, shear film forming and energy dissipation. Theoretical results indicate that (a) tricresol phosphate additive is not suited for addition to 1,3,4-tri-(2-octyldodecyl) cyclopentane lubricant due to limited compatibility; (b) tri-(2-octyldodecyl) phosphate is an excellent lubricant additive due to its perfect compatibility, ease of forming a shear film on the surface of friction pairs, higher strength, and low energy dissipation; and (c) lubrication occurs through the solid-liquid composite lubrication mechanism. These theoretical results were confirmed experimentally.