An anthropocene-framed transdisciplinary dialog at the chemistry-energy nexus.

At the energy-chemistry nexus, key molecules include carbon dioxide (CO), hydrogen (H), methane (CH), and ammonia (NH). The position of these four molecules and that of the more general family of synthetic macromolecular polymer blends (found in plastics) were cross-analyzed with the planetary boundary framework, and as part of five scientific policy roadmaps for the energy transition. According to the scenarios considered, the use of some of these molecular substances will be drastically modified in the coming years.

A Molecular Rheology Dynamics Study on 3D Printing of Liquid Crystal Elastomers.

This work presents a rheological study of a biocompatible and biodegradable liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) ink for three dimensional (3D) printing. These materials have shown that their structural variations have an effect on morphology, mechanical properties, alignment, and their impact on cell response. Within the last decade LCEs are extensively studied as potential printing materials for soft robotics applications, due to the actuation properties that are produced when liquid crystal (LC) moieties are induced through external stimuli.

Genome sequence of PSonyx, a singleton bacteriophage infecting .

PSonyx is a newly isolated phage that infects . This siphovirus was isolated from a French pond in the south of Paris by students from Paris-Saclay University. Its 80,277-bp singleton genome carries 136 protein-coding genes and 5 tRNAs.