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Nature Nanotechnology

Cryogenic energy storage enabled by dipole glass with unit-cell-level polar disorder

Yangyang Si, Denan Li, Yijie Li, Changsheng Chen, Jingxuan Li, Chao Zhou, Hao Xiong, Tianfu Zhang, Wenjing Liao, Zhongqi Ren, Huaicheng Yuan, Dong Li, Jing-Kai Qin, Cheng-Yan Xu, Ye Zhu, Yunlong Tang, Sujit Das, Jieun Kim, Junling Wang, Hao Pan, Fei Li, Zhen Chen, Shi Liu & Zuhuang Chen

Nature Nanotechnology 2026

🔗 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-026-02260-8
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Small

Role of defects on the electrochemical activity of ZnV2O4 spinel cathode for secondary Zn-ion batteries

D. Singh, Y. Hu, S.K. Parate, S. Thareja, Y. Shang, P. Nukala, M. Fichtner, D. Kundu, P. Barpanda

Small 2026

🔗 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202506524
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A

High-stability cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries: Optimization strategies and promising future applications

R. Deokate, P. Barpanda

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2026

🔗 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D5TA06797A
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Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.

Designing Nuclease-Resistant Enzyme-Mimicking Assemblies of Oligonucleotides Through Supramolecular Conjugation with Platinum(II) Complexes

Alisha Kamra, Rohit Kapila, Abhay Srivastava, Bhaskar Sen, and Subinoy Rana*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026

🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.1002/anie.202522266
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Material Advances

Effect of Ti-doping on electrochemical activity of Li0.44MnO2 cathode material for Li-ion batteries

J. Yadav, S.P. Vanam, S.K. Parate, N. Doddi, V. Srihari, V. Pralong, M. Fichtner, P. Barpanda

Material Advances 2025

🔗 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D5MA00455A
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ACS Nano

Construction of a Minimal Sensor Array Using Fingerprint Protein Corona on Nanostars for Detecting Protein Isoforms and Disease States

Preeti Bhatt, Alisha Kamra, Aitichya Chandra, Joel P. Joseph, Avik Chattopadhyay, Kalpana Rajendran, Debasis Das, Dipankar Nandi, Subinoy Rana*

ACS Nano 2025

🔗 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5c16346
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