Thermo-Induced Biomimetic Switchable Slippery Interfaces with Strong Dual-Phase Adhesion via Femtosecond Laser Fabrication.

Smart surfaces with switchable adhesion have garnered significant attention in wearable devices, robotics, and biological detection. However, achieving universal switchable adhesion at both solid and liquid interfaces is still challenging. Here, we report a thermo-induced biomimetic switchable slippery interface (TBSSI) with robust solid and liquid adhesion, inspired by octopus tentacles and slippery mussels.

Characterization of cis-polyisoprene produced in Periploca sepium, a novel promising alternative source of natural rubber.

Natural rubber is an important industrial raw material and is almost exclusively produced from Hevea brasiliensis latex. Because H. brasiliensis is limited its cultivation to specific tropical regions, the insufficient capacity of natural rubber has become increasingly urgent.

Hyper-YOLO: When Visual Object Detection Meets Hypergraph Computation.

We introduce Hyper-YOLO, a new object detection method that integrates hypergraph computations to capture the complex high-order correlations among visual features. Traditional YOLO models, while powerful, have limitations in their neck designs that restrict the integration of cross-level features and the exploitation of high-order feature interrelationships. To address these challenges, we propose the Hypergraph Computation Empowered Semantic Collecting and Scattering (HGC-SCS) framework, which transposes visual feature maps into a semantic space and constructs a hypergraph for high-order message propagation.

Liquid-Metal-Driven Synthesis of Mesoporous Noble Metal Thin Films and Micropatterns for Biosensing.

Nanoporous thin films (NPTFs) of noble metals are known for their exceptional durability, biocompatibility, and enlarged yet modifiable surface in broad biosensing applications. However, it remains challenging to devise a viable NPTF fabrication method that is generally applicable to different types of noble metals and for generating micro/nanopatterns. Here, we present a liquid-metal-based approach for transforming noble metal thin films and their lithographically formed patterns into NPTFs with mesoscale pores.