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Porous monoliths from polyimide: Synthesis, modifications and applications Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Rubei Hu, Yiming Chen, Chunmei Zhang, Shaohua Jiang, Haoqing Hou, Gaigai Duan
High-performance porous polyimide (PI) monoliths, including PI aerogels, sponges, and foams, have become one of the hotspots in both researching and applications due to their superior properties such as high porosity, outstanding mechanical and thermal stability, low dielectric constant and thermal conductivity. Up to now, various fabricating methods and applicating situations for PI porous monolith
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Synthesis, properties, applications, 3D printing and machine learning of graphene quantum dots in polymer nanocomposites Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Vimukthi Dananjaya, Sathish Marimuthu, Richard Yang, Andrews Nirmala Grace, Chamil Abeykoon
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Bioinspired interpenetrating-phase metal composites Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Yanyan Liu, Bingqing Chen, Zengqian Liu, Zhefeng Zhang, Robert O. Ritchie
The ingeniously complex architectures of biological materials evolved in Nature are a source of inspiration for the design of man-made materials. This has led to a major research field over the past two decades to characterize and model the properties and mechanisms induced by such hierarchical biological structures. However, the inability to manufacture synthetic structural materials incorporating
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Towards load-bearing biomedical titanium-based alloys: From essential requirements to future developments Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Yu-Wei Cui, Liqiang Wang, Lai-Chang Zhang
The use of biomedical metallic materials in research and clinical applications has been an important focus and a significant area of interest, primarily owing to their role in enhancing human health and extending human lifespan. This article, particularly on titanium-based alloys, explores exceptional properties that can address bone health issues amid the growing challenges posed by aging population
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Passive daytime radiative cooling materials toward real-world applications Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Cunhai Wang, Hao Chen, Fuqiang Wang
Passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC) is an emerging cooling technique of a sunshine-exposed terrestrial surface by dissipating excessive heat into the deep-cold outer space. It is a passive technique without fuel consumption and paves a promising way to overcome the issues of energy shortage and environmental pollution at the global scale. In the contemporary era, highly developed nanophotonic
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Al-Si controlled expansion alloys for electronic packaging applications Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Kirtiratan Godbole, B. Bhushan, S.V.S. Narayana Murty, K. Mondal
The demand for thermal management in electronic packaging (EP) and its allied industries, especially in high-power electronics, has grown in the last three decades due to the continuous miniaturization of electronic components. The thermal management of EP warrants metal/alloys/composite with uniquely low thermal expansion and high thermal conductivity. Controlled expansion (CE) materials play a significant
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Polymer coated slow/ controlled release granular fertilizers: Fundamentals and research trends Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Ihsane Kassem, El-Houssaine Ablouh, Fatima-Zahra El Bouchtaoui, Mohamed Jaouahar, Mounir El Achaby
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From 0D to 2D: Synthesis and bio-application of anisotropic magnetic iron oxide nanomaterials Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Fuqiang Chang, Gemma-Louise Davies
Magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (MIPs) have garnered significant scientific interest due to their magnetic properties and unique features, including low toxicity, colloidal stability, and surface engineering capability. Recent advances in nanoparticle synthesis have enabled the development of MIPs with precise control over their physicochemical properties, making them suitable for medical applications
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Rare-earth tantalates for next-generation thermal barrier coatings Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Lin Chen, Baihui Li, Jing Feng
Ceramic thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) have attracted significant research attention owing to their utility in the thermally insulating alloy components of gas turbines and aircraft engines that operate at high temperatures. Most TBCs comprise yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ); however, YSZ no longer meets the demands of modern TBC applications due to its low working temperature and high thermal conductivity
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Simple shear methodology for local structure–property relationships of sheet metals: State-of-the-art and open issues Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Guofeng Han, Ji He, Shuhui Li, Zhongqin Lin
Simple shear presents a local material structure–property relationship and plays an important role in the development of material design, mechanical modeling, and manufacturing processes for sheet metals. Simple shear tests are extensively adopted to reveal the stress-state-dependent mechanisms of material microstructure evolution with their corresponding mechanical properties, to develop sophisticated
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Materials challenges for aluminum ion based aqueous energy storage devices: Progress and prospects Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Xiao Zheng, Cuiping Han, Chun-Sing Lee, Wenjiao Yao, Chunyi Zhi, Yongbing Tang
Due to the shortage of lithium resources, current lithium-ion batteries are difficult to meet the growing demand for energy storage in the long run. Rechargeable aqueous aluminum ion (Al) electrochemistry has the advantages of abundant resources, high safety, environmental friendliness, and high energy/power density. It is, therefore an ideal choice for alternative energy storage devices. However,
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Metal-based cathodes for hydrogen production by alkaline water electrolysis: Review of materials, degradation mechanism, and durability tests Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Naeemeh Esfandiari, Mahmood Aliofkhazraei, Alejandro N. Colli, Frank C. Walsh, Serhiy Cherevko, Ludwig A. Kibler, Mohamed M. Elnagar, Peter D. Lund, Dongke Zhang, Sasha Omanovic, Jaeyoung Lee
Durability tests for more realistic evaluation of cathode stability.
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How irradiation promotes intergranular stress corrosion crack initiation Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 G.S. Was, C.-B. Bahn, J. Busby, B. Cui, D. Farkas, M. Gussev, M. Rigen He, J. Hesterberg, Z. Jiao, D. Johnson, W. Kuang, M. McMurtrey, I. Robertson, A. Sinjlawi, M. Song, K. Stephenson, K. Sun, S. Swaminathan, M. Wang, E. West
Irradiation assisted stress corrosion cracking (IASCC) is a form of intergranular stress corrosion cracking that occurs in irradiated austenitic alloys. It requires an irradiated microstructure along with high temperature water and stress. The process is ubiquitous in that it occurs in a wide range of austenitic alloys and water chemistries, but only when the alloy is irradiated. Despite evidence of
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Chemical inhomogeneities in high-entropy alloys help mitigate the strength-ductility trade-off Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Evan Ma, Chang Liu
Metallurgists have long been accustomed to a trade-off between yield strength and tensile ductility. Extending previously known strain-hardening mechanisms, the emerging multi-principal-element alloys (MPEAs) offer additional help in promoting the strength-ductility synergy, towards gigapascal yield strength simultaneously with pure-metal-like tensile ductility. The highly concentrated chemical make-up
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Orientation of graphene nanosheets in magnetic fields Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-11 Viney Ghai, Sajjad Pashazadeh, Hengzhi Ruan, Roland Kádár
Aligning anisotropic nanoparticles using external fields is one of the major obstacles to unlocking their enormous potential for novel applications. The most famous such example is graphene, a 2D family of nanomaterials that has received enormous attention since its discovery. Using graphene to enhance mechanical, thermal, electric or gas barrier properties, imparting antibacterial properties etc.
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Progress in ATRP-derived materials for biomedical applications Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Mohsen Khodadadi Yazdi, Payam Zarrintaj, Mohammad Reza Saeb, Masoud Mozafari, Sidi A. Bencherif
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Advances and perspectives in understanding the structure-redox relationship of layered Li-Co-Ni-Mn oxide cathode materials Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Zhenxing Wang, Linqing Li, Zhenhua Sun, Pei Tang, Guangjian Hu, Jun Tan, Feng Li
Comprehensive understanding the layered transition oxide cathodes from the evolution of redox couples is crucial for developing electrochemically stable and high-energy-density cathode materials.
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Irradiation performance of high entropy ceramics: A comprehensive comparison with conventional ceramics and high entropy alloys Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Shasha Huang, Jun Zhang, Haijun Fu, Yaoxu Xiong, Shihua Ma, Xuepeng Xiang, Biao Xu, Wenyu Lu, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Shijun Zhao
High entropy ceramics (HECs) are a novel class of ceramics that exhibit high melting point, excellent high-temperature mechanical performance, and superb corrosion resistance, making them promising candidates for advanced nuclear reactors. Notably, encouraging irradiation tolerance has been found in a few HECs based on the scattered reports in the current literature. In this article, we systematically
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Inorganic persistent luminescence materials: Emerging optical theranostic agents Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Junpeng Shi, Xia Sun, Liang Song, Maochun Hong, Quan Yuan, Yun Zhang
The development of optical theranostics has brought new requirements for the diagnostic and therapeutic properties of optical theranostics agents (OTAs) in recent years. Inorganic persistent luminescence materials (IPLMs) have garnered considerable attention owing to their unique persistent luminescence (PersL). IPLMs offer unique advantages in diagnosis and treatment because of this PersL property
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Tuning the properties of surgical polymeric materials for improved soft-tissue wound closure and healing Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Yunhua Chen, Muyuan Chai, Chengkai Xuan, Jiayi Lin, Huishang Yang, Chunhui Li, Manshan Xie, Serge Ostrovidov, Xuetao Shi, Chuanbin Mao
Effective wound management is important, as millions of people suffer traumatic injuries and surgical operations annually. Proper wound closure is essential for the structural and functional restoration of damaged tissues. In addition to conventional sutures, various advanced surgical materials with multiple functions have been developed for more reliable and improved wound healing performance in the
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Stable glass-protected CsPbX3 (X = Cl, Br, and I) perovskite quantum dots and their applications in backlight LED Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-03 Ching Liu, Wen-Tse Huang, Ru-Shi Liu
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Diffusion in High Entropy Alloy Systems – A Review Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Vivek Verma, Calvin H. Belcher, Diran Apelian, Enrique J. Lavernia
High entropy alloys (HEAs) represent a class of multicomponent alloys that have garnered significant attention within materials community over the past two decades, largely due to their potential for high-temperature applications. It is essential to comprehend the diffusion behavior within these systems as it forms the foundational basis for designing and developing materials for specific uses, especially
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Multifunctional flexible and stretchable electrochromic energy storage devices Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-27 Libu Manjakkal, Luis Pereira, Eric Kumi Barimah, Paul Grey, Fabiane F. Franco, Zhengyu Lin, Gin Jose, Richard A. Hogg
Electrochromic energy storage devices (EESDs) including electrochromic supercapacitors (ESC) and electrochromic batteries (ECB) have received significant recent attention in wearables, smart windows, and colour-changing sunglasses due to their multi-functionality, including colour variation under various charge densities. The performance of EESDs is mainly dependent on the properties of three major
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Carbon nitride based nanoarchitectonics for nature-inspired photocatalytic CO2 reduction Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-20 Aathira M. Sadanandan, Jae-Hun Yang, Vidyasagar Devtade, Gurwinder Singh, Nithinraj Panangattu Dharmarajan, Mohammed Fawaz, Jang Mee Lee, Ehsan Tavakkoli, Chung-Hwan Jeon, Prashant Kumar, Ajayan Vinu
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Cyclotriphosphazene based materials: Structure, functionalization and applications Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Daquan Wang, Xin Xu, Yao Qiu, Jiali Wang, Lingjie Meng
In recent decades, cyclotriphosphazene (CTP) and its derivatives have garnered significant attention due to their exceptional physical and chemical properties, such as remarkable thermal/radiation stability, chain flexibility, flame retardancy, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. Substantial progress has been made in CTP chemistry, as well as the exploration of new topological structures, functionalities
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Aromatic short peptide architectonics: Assembly and engineering Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-07 Kai Tao, Haoran Wu, Lihi Adler-Abramovich, Jiahao Zhang, Xinyuan Fan, Yunxiao Wang, Yan Zhang, Syed A.M. Tofail, Deqing Mei, Junbai Li, Ehud Gazit
Since the report of diphenylalanine (FF) peptide self-assembly into discrete nanostructures in 2003, aromatic short peptide architectonics have been extensively studied globally and exhibiting tremendous application potentials in diverse fields. In this occasion of the 20th anniversary of the FF self-assembly nanotechnology, the key achievements in the development of bioinspired supramolecular peptide
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Antiferroelectric oxide thin-films: Fundamentals, properties, and applications Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Yangyang Si, Tianfu Zhang, Chenhan Liu, Sujit Das, Bin Xu, Roman G. Burkovsky, Xian-Kui Wei, Zuhuang Chen
Antiferroelectrics have received blooming interests because of a wide range of potential applications in energy storage, solid-state cooling, thermal switch, transducer, actuation, and memory devices. Many of those applications are the most prospective in thin film form. The antiferroelectric ordering in thin films is highly sensitive to a rich set of factors, such as lattice strain, film thickness
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Anti-tumor immune potentiation targets-engineered nanobiotechnologies: Design principles and applications Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-30 Rong Jiao, Xia Lin, Qian Zhang, Yan Zhang, Wen Qin, Qiaoling Yang, Chuan Xu, Fubo Chen, Kun Zhang
Combined therapeutic strategies hold promises in augmenting antigen release to enhance anti-tumor immunity, which have garnered attention in numerous scholarly reviews. Beyond that, specific nanobiotechnologies aimed at enhancing immune potency have made substantial progress. However, there have no focused reviews on it yet. Herein, we comprehensively outlined the latest cutting-edge breakthroughs
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Recent progress in multifunctional, reconfigurable, integrated liquid metal-based stretchable sensors and standalone systems Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Jia Zhu, Jiaying Li, Yao Tong, Taiqi Hu, Ziqi Chen, Yang Xiao, Senhao Zhang, Hongbo Yang, Min Gao, Taisong Pan, Huanyu Cheng, Yuan Lin
Possessing a unique combination of properties that are traditionally contradictory in other natural or synthetical materials, Ga-based liquid metals (LMs) exhibit low mechanical stiffness and flowability like a liquid, with good electrical and thermal conductivity like metal, as well as good biocompatibility and room-temperature phase transformation. These remarkable properties have paved the way for
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Synthesis, properties, and applications of MXenes and their composites for electrical energy storage Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-13 Wenchao Bi, Guohua Gao, Chao Li, Guangming Wu, Guozhong Cao
MXenes, a new family of two-dimensional transition metal carbides, nitrides and carbonitrides, have emerged as promising materials for electrical energy storage (EES) systems due to their superior properties, such as high electronic conductivity, excellent mechanical capability, and hydrophily. These properties of MXenes are closely related to their structure and surface functional groups, and directly
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Tailoring gold nanocluster properties for biomedical applications: From sensing to bioimaging and theranostics Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Samad Mussa Farkhani, Pouya Dehghankelishadi, Ahmed Refaat, Deepagan Veerasikku Gopal, Anna Cifuentes-Rius, Nicolas H. Voelcker
Gold nanomaterials have emerged as versatile systems which hold a great promise for several biomedical applications. Among them, gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) — ultra-small nanoparticles— have gained attention due to their unique optical and electronic properties arising from their small size, quantum confinement effects, and surface ligands. Their biocompatibility, efficient renal clearance, photoluminescence
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Materials roadmap for inscription of nanogratings inside transparent dielectrics using ultrafast lasers Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-10 Heng Yao, Qiong Xie, Maxime Cavillon, Ye Dai, Matthieu Lancry
20 years ago, volume nanogratings were discovered in silica glass upon ultrafast laser irradiation. Since then, these extraordinary self-organised and birefringent structures have been observed in a wide range of transparent materials, including crystals and glasses. In the latter, the role of glass composition and chemistry drastically impact the overall nanostructuring, properties, and morphologies
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Kinetic equations and level-set approach for simulating solid-state microstructure evolutions at the mesoscopic scale: State of the art, limitations, and prospects Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-09 M. Bernacki
For over three decades, the front-capturing level-set method has demonstrated its prowess for the simulation, at the mesoscopic scale, of numerous mechanisms in the context of microstructure evolution occurring during complex thermomechanical paths. This review delves into the foundations of this numerical framework, charting its evolution concerning polycrystalline materials, examining its recent
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Binary and Ternary Metal Oxide Semiconductor Thin Films for Effective Gas Sensing Applications: A Comprehensive Review and Future Prospects Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Kalainathan Sivaperuman, Anju Thomas, Ravikumar Thangavel, Logu Thirumalaisamy, Soundarrajan Palanivel, Sudhagar Pitchaimuthu, Nazmul Ahsan, Yoshitaka Okada
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Simulation methods for self-assembling nanoparticles Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-08 Petr Král, Henry Chan, Lela Vuković, Sanoj Raj, Soumyo Sen, Yanxiao Han, Michal Sawczyk
In the last decades, nanoparticles (NPs) have been assembled into clusters, low-dimensional superstructures, crystallites, and bulk materials. Typically, the self-assembly processes are controlled by competing and relatively complex interactions acting between the nanoscale components, which depend on the types of NPs, solvents, and external fields. Here, we show how selected mean-field, coarse-grained
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Advances in Crystallization Regulation and Defect Suppression Strategies for All-inorganic CsPbX3 Perovskite Solar Cells Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Jin Huang, Hao Wang, Chunliang Jia, Yizhe Tang, Husheng Yang, Chunyang Chen, Kaiyuan Gou, Yufan Zhou, Dan Zhang, Shengzhong Liu
All-inorganic CsPbX3 perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have become a research topic in the field of photovoltaics in recent years due to their suitable bandgap and excellent stability. The power conversion efficiency (PCE) has increased from 2.9% to more than 21% at present, which possesses great commercialization potential and broad practical application prospects. The crystal growth and defect level
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Mechanical enhancement of carbon fiber-reinforced polymers: From interfacial regulating strategies to advanced processing technologies Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Zhaoling Sun, Yuxin Luo, Chaoyu Chen, Zhijia Dong, Gaoming Jiang, Fengxiang Chen, Pibo Ma
Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites with marked comprehensive properties, such as lightweight, high specific strength, and stiffness, have attracted riveting attention in recent years owing to their wider applications in aerospace, military, wind power apparatus, vehicle industries, and other advanced civil products. However, the poor interfacial compatibility between carbon fibers (CFs)
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Two-dimensional layered double hydroxides for biomedical applications: From nano-systems to surface- and body-systems Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-25 Huihui Du, Dongdong Zhang, Feng Peng, Kelvin W.K. Yeung, Xuanyong Liu
Two-dimensional layered double hydroxides (2D LDHs) have attracted extensive attention in the field of biomedicine owing to various advantages, including biocompatibility, biodegradation, pH responsiveness, anion exchange effect, and easy functionalization. Based on the essential characteristics of LDHs nanosheets, this review introduces the construction strategies of relevant LDH-based materials,
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Supercapacitor electrode energetics and mechanism of operation: Uncovering the voltage window Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Deepak Pandey, Kowsik Sambath Kumar, Jayan Thomas
In recent years, supercapacitors have received enormous popularity as energy storage devices due to their high power density and long-lasting cycle life compared to Lithium-Ion batteries and other similar energy storage devices. To attain high energy density, pseudocapacitive materials are being primarily investigated for asymmetric configuration-based supercapacitors. While most of the research is
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Engineered Biomimetic Hydrogels for Organoids Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Yihan Li, Qimanguli Saiding, Zhen Wang, Wenguo Cui
Organoids, intricate three-dimensional tissue assemblies derived from either pluripotent or adult stem cells cultured under laboratory conditions, emerge as a captivating model and innovative tool for modern medical research. Biomimetic substrates, crafted to mirror the in vivo microenvironment, are pivotal for the successful cultivation of organoids. Biomimetic hydrogels, meticulously engineered to
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Recent progress in functionalized and targeted polymersomes and chimeric polymeric nanotheranostic platforms for cancer therapy Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Mohammad Beygi, Fatemeh Oroojalian, Seyed Samad Hosseini, Ahad Mokhtarzadeh, Prashant Kesharwani, Amirhossein Sahebkar
The majority of advances in cancer therapy have been achieved based on developments in public awareness, as well as novel diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. Treatment breakthroughs such as nanotheranostics and innovative nano-based solutions have profoundly contributed to improved cancer diagnosis, control, and treatment, and tackled the drawbacks of conventional therapies. Nanotheranostics is
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Honeycomb layered frameworks with metallophilic bilayers Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2023-10-21 Godwill Mbiti Kanyolo, Titus Masese, Yoshinobu Miyazaki, Shintaro Tachibana, Chengchao Zhong, Yuki Orikasa, Tomohiro Saito
Honeycomb layered frameworks have garnered traction in a wide range of disciplines owing not only to their unique honeycomb configuration, but also to the plenitude of physicochemical and topological properties such as fast ionic conduction, diverse coordination chemistry and structural defects amongst others typically exploited for energy storage applications. In turn, honeycomb layered frameworks
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Polymer dielectrics for high-temperature energy storage: Constructing carrier traps Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2023-10-21 Jun-Wei Zha, Mengyu Xiao, Baoquan Wan, Xinmo Wang, Zhi-Min Dang, George Chen
Film capacitors are essential components used for electrical energy storage in advanced high-power electrical and electronic systems. High temperature environments place exacting demands on the polymer dielectrics of film capacitors. The nonlinear increase in conduction of polymer dielectrics at elevated temperatures leads to deterioration of the energy storage characteristics. Effectively suppressing
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Recent progress in polymer dielectric energy storage: From film fabrication and modification to capacitor performance and application Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2023-10-16 Tiandong Zhang, Hai Sun, Chao Yin, Young Hoon Jung, Seongwook Min, Yue Zhang, Changhai Zhang, Qingguo Chen, Keon Jae Lee, Qingguo Chi
Polymer-based film capacitors have attracted increasing attention due to the rapid development of new energy vehicles, high-voltage transmission, electromagnetic catapults, and household electrical appliances. In recent years, all-organic polymers, polymer nanocomposites, and multilayer films have proposed to address the inverse relationship between dielectric constant and electric breakdown strength
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A comprehensive review on perovskite and its functional composites in smart textiles: Progress, challenges, opportunities, and future directions Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2023-10-12 Archana Pandiyan, Loganathan Veeramuthu, Zhen-Li Yan, Yan-Cheng Lin, Cheng-Hang Tsai, Sung-Te Chang, Wei-Hung Chiang, Shumao Xu, Tao Zhou, Chi-Ching Kuo
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External power-driven micro/nanorobots: Design, fabrication, and functionalization for tumor diagnosis and therapy Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2023-10-09 Miao An, Ying Feng, Yang Liu, Huaming Yang
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Lead-free metal halide perovskites as the rising star in photocatalysis: The past, present, and prospective Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Girum Getachew, Aswandi Wibrianto, Akash S. Rasal, Shamsa Kizhepat, Worku Batu Dirersa, Vivek Gurav, Jia-Yaw Chang
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Towards practically accessible high-voltage solid-state lithium batteries: From fundamental understanding to engineering design Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Xiaofei Yang, Qianwen Yin, Changhong Wang, Kieran Doyle-Davis, Xueliang Sun, Xianfeng Li
High-voltage all-solid-state lithium batteries (HV-ASSLBs) have attracted enormous attention as ideal next-generation energy storage devices with improved safety and higher energy density. Nevertheless, the practical energy density and cycling life of HV-ASSLBs are limited by relatively low operating voltage (typically ≤ 4.3), the unsatisfied electrochemical stability windows (ESWs) of solid-state
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Recent progress in gradient-structured metals and alloys Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Weiming Ji, Runhua Zhou, Priyanka Vivegananthan, Mao See Wu, Huajian Gao, Kun Zhou
Gradient structures found in biological materials have served as a source of inspiration for scientists seeking to enhance the performance of metals and alloys over the past decades. These gradient-structured metals and alloys have manifested themselves with unprecedented mechanical properties as compared to their homogeneous counterparts, including superior strength–ductility synergy, high fracture
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Recent progress in functionalized and targeted polymersomes and chimeric polymeric nanotheranostic platforms for cancer therapy Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Mohammad Beygi, Fatemeh Oroojalian, Seyed Samad Hosseini, Ahad Mokhtarzadeh, Prashant Kesharwani, Amirhossein Sahebkar
The majority of advances in cancer therapy have been achieved based on developments in public awareness as well as novel diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. Treatment breakthroughs, such as nanotheranostics and innovative nano-based solutions, have profoundly contributed to improved cancer diagnosis, control, and treatment, and tackled the drawbacks of conventional therapies. Nanotheranostics are
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Recent advances in processing, and mechanical, thermal and electrical properties of Cu-SiC metal matrix composites prepared by powder metallurgy Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-23 Mohammad Reza Akbarpour, Farid Gazani, Homayoun Mousa Mirabad, Iman Khezri, Ali Moeini, Nafiseh Sohrabi, Hyoung Seop Kim
The demand for advanced materials such as silicon carbide particles reinforced copper matrix composites (Cu-SiC) is increasing due to the stringent design requirement in the electronic packaging, mechanical relays, welding electrodes, electrical contacts, contactors, switches, and circuit breaks industries. High interest in Cu-SiC composites is highlighted by combining high thermal and electrical conductivity
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Rheology and printability: A survey of critical relationships for direct ink write materials design Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Daniel A. Rau, Christopher B. Williams, Michael J. Bortner
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Cellulose nanomaterials in oil and gas industry: Current status and future perspectives Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Mei-Chun Li, Xinyue Liu, Kaihe Lv, Jinsheng Sun, Caili Dai, Bo Liao, Chaozheng Liu, Changtong Mei, Qinglin Wu, Martin Hubbe
With the increase in global fossil fuel consumption and growing demand for sustainability, the advancement of novel technologies and green materials in the oil and gas industry are becoming critically essential. Given the merits of abundance, cost-effectiveness, and renewability, together with high specific surface area, tunable surface chemistry, and exceptional mechanical, barrier, thermal and rheological
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Total disc replacement devices: Structure, material, fabrication, and properties Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-15 Guangsheng Song, Zhihui Qian, Kunyang Wang, Jing Liu, Yuyang Wei, Fabio Galbusera, Zhenmin Zou, Hans-Joachim Wilke, Luquan Ren, Lei Ren
The intervertebral disc (IVD) is an important component of the human spine that maintains physiological motion and distributes loads. Single- or multi-segment degeneration occurs alongside normal aging or damage to the human spine. These phenomena may in turn cause persistent pain and disability. This is among the major musculoskeletal system diseases worldwide. Total disc replacement (TDR) is one
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Recent Advances in Bio-based Functional Additives for Polymers Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Valentina Marturano, Angela Marotta, Sarai Agustin Salazar, Veronica Ambrogi, Pierfrancesco. Cerruti
In recent decades, the strong global concern on depletion of fossil fuel and the environmental impact of oil-based compounds has pushed towards more sustainable approaches in the development of polymer-based materials. This interest is driven by the need of a more sustainable economy and a lower dependency on fossil fuels. In this frame, the replacement of synthetic additives with natural compounds
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Recent crucial discoveries and perspectives on crystal nucleation in supercooled liquids and oxide glasses Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-02 Lorena Raphael Rodrigues, María Helena Ramírez Acosta, Edgar Dutra Zanotto
Due to their measurable crystallization kinetics, oxide glass-formers are adequate systems for evaluating theoretical approaches to describe and predict crystal nucleation dynamics and mechanisms. Also, their controlled crystallization can result in glass-ceramics materials with an unusually favorable combination of properties. Therefore, understanding the crystal nucleation process in these systems
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Advancing personalized healthcare and entertainment: Progress in energy harvesting materials and techniques of self-powered wearable devices Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2023-08-25 Prithu Bhatnagar, Sadeq Hooshmand Zaferani, Nassim Rafiefard, Bardia Baraeinejad, Amir Reza Vazifeh, Raheleh Mohammadpour, Reza Ghomashchi, Harald Dillersberger, Douglas Tham, Daryoosh Vashaee
The emergence of self-powered wearable devices has revolutionized health and wellness monitoring by effortlessly integrating it into daily life. This article explores the recent advancements and challenges in energy efficiency and harvesting technologies, which have been instrumental in the development of these wearables. These self-powered systems encompass sensors, energy harvesting mechanisms, power
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Fluorine-free MXenes via molten salt Lewis acidic etching: Applications, challenges, and future outlook Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2023-08-25 Sadaf Siddique, Abdul Waheed, Muhammad Iftikhar, Muhammad Taqi Mehran, Muhammad Zafar Zarif, Hassan A. Arafat, Sajjad Hussain, Faisal Shahzad