Ernesto Scoppola

Crystallization of magnesium calcite otoconia in the inner ear of the developing quail

Einat Kedar, Jia Hui Lim, Ernesto Scoppola, Peter Fratzl et autres

Abstract Otolith organs are specialized structures of the vertebrate inner ear that provide the inertial mass required for maintaining equilibrium. Mammals possess two otolithic organs, the utricle and the saccule, whereas birds and other non-mammalian vertebrates also retain a third one, the …

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Calcium tunes snail mucus–based materials to multiple functions

Mariella Gabler, Émeline Raguin, Ernesto Scoppola, Barbara A. Steigenberger et autres

Mucus is known as a viscous fluid; yet, snails manufacture various mucus-based materials with much higher cohesion and tailored to different and even antagonistic functions, including lubrication, adhesion, protection, and defense. To gain insight into this versatility, we use a multidisciplinary approach …

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Unravelling the Secret of Sulfur Confinement and High Sulfur Utilization in Hybrid Sulfur‐Carbons (Adv. Mater. 34/2026)

Tim Horner, Enis Oğuzhan Eren, Elif Begüm Yılmaz, Jiyong Kim et autres

Hybrid Sulfur-Carbons The cover image illustrates a collapsed, hierarchically porous carbon architecture that imposes both chemical and kinetic confinement on sulfur species in a sodium-sulfur composite cathode. Short sulfur chains are stabilized within interconnected pore compartments, where interfacial anchoring at carbon defect …

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Unravelling the Secret of Sulfur Confinement and High Sulfur Utilization in Hybrid Sulfur‐Carbons

Tim Horner, Enis Oğuzhan Eren, Elif Begüm Yılmaz, Jiyong Kim et autres

ABSTRACT Understanding sulfur confinement and chemical transformation in hybrid sulfur‐carbon materials is critical for advancing metal‐sulfur batteries. Here, we investigate the structural evolution of a sulfur‐rich polymer into a hybrid sulfur‐carbon via inverse vulcanization and thermal condensation. Multiscale analyses reveal a stepwise …

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Unravelling the Secret of Sulfur Confinement and High Sulfur Utilization in Hybrid Sulfur‐Carbons

Tim Horner, Enis Oğuzhan Eren, Elif Begüm Yılmaz, Jiyong Kim et autres

Understanding sulfur confinement and chemical transformation in hybrid sulfur‐carbon materials is critical for advancing metal‐sulfur batteries. Here, we investigate the structural evolution of a sulfur‐rich polymer into a hybrid sulfur‐carbon via inverse vulcanization and thermal condensation. Multiscale analyses reveal a stepwise transformation, …

Zinc and hydroxyapatite co-localize during in vitro E. coli biofilms mineralization

Leona Johanna Bauer, Laura Zorzetto, Ernesto Scoppola, Yannick Wagener et autres

Biofilms are biological materials that form as bacteria protect themselves from environmental challenges secreting extracellular matrix and accumulating minerals under specific conditions. To understand biofilm formation and mineralization, we grew Escherichia coli on agar plates containing a nutritive and mineralizing medium. Previous …

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Structural and chemical properties of insect’s chitin-containing extracellular matrices

Hans Merzendorfer, Mario Wegmann, Marius Beck, Stefan Cord-Landwehr et autres

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CVD-grown tunable carbon films for high-performance sodium storage

Enis Oğuzhan Eren, Evgeny Senokos, Tim Horner, Leonardo Cancellara et autres

reversible plateau capacity. By enabling control over heteroatom composition, confinement, and electronic structure, this approach not only addresses the challenge of designing uniform and electronically continuous carbon coatings on highly porous substrates but also establishes a general route for designing functional carbon …

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CVD-grown tunable carbon films for high-performance sodium storage

Enis Oğuzhan Eren, Evgeny A. Senokos, Tim Horner, Leonardo Cancellara et autres

Sodium-ion batteries are considered a promising and sustainable energy-storage technology, yet achieving competitive energy density requires electrode materials with high reversible capacity. Here, we introduce a chemical vapor deposition strategy that allows the growth of uniform, electronically continuous carbon coatings onto highly …

Accumulation of zinc during E. coli biofilm mineralization: within or surrounding the hydroxyapatite?

Leona Johanna Bauer, Laura Zorzetto, Ernesto Scoppola, Yannick Wagener et autres

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Structural, Mechanical, and Genetic Insights into Heat‐Pressed Fomes Fomentarius Mycelium from Solid‐State and Liquid Cultivations

Huaiyou Chen, Sophie Klemm, Ernesto Scoppola, Bertram Schmidt et autres

Abstract Fungal mycelium‐based materials are highly valued for their versatility and for harnessing renewable plant biomass through sustainable biotechnological production. Heat pressing is often used to produce fungal particle boards and leather substitutes. In this study, the impact of heat pressing on …

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Bacterial cellulose: Enhancing productivity and material properties through repeated harvest

Nicole Rackov, Nils Janßen, Aghilas Akkache, Bernhard Drotleff et autres

Bacterial cellulose (BC), a promising versatile biopolymer produced by bacteria, has an immense potential in various industries. However, large-scale application is hindered by high production costs and low yields. This study introduces an innovative approach combining a prolonged static culturing with intermittent …

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