Elucidating the Role of Rational Separator Microstructures in Guiding Dendrite Growth and Reviving Dead Li.

Li metal has attracted considerable attention as the preferred anode material for high-energy batteries. However, Li dendrites have limited the development of Li-metal batteries. Herein, the effects of tuning the porous separator microstructure (SM) for guiding Li dendrite growth and reviving dead Li are revealed using a mechano-electrochemical phase-field model.

Studying antibiotic-membrane interactions via X-ray diffraction and fluorescence microscopy.

Antibiotic drug resistance is a serious issue for the treatment of bacterial infection. Understanding the resistance to antibiotics is a key issue for developing new drugs. We used penicillin and sulbactam as model antibiotics to study their interaction with model membranes.