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Corrigendum to “Advances in crystallization regulation and defect suppression strategies for all-inorganic CsPbX3 perovskite solar cells” [Prog. Mater. Sci. 141 (2024) 101223] Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Jin Huang, Hao Wang, Chunliang Jia, Yizhe Tang, Husheng Yang, Chunyang Chen, Kaiyuan Gou, Yufan Zhou, Dan Zhang, Shengzhong Liu
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Tailoring the strengthening mechanisms of high-entropy alloys toward excellent strength-ductility synergy by metalloid silicon alloying: A review Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Mohammad Javad Sohrabi, Alireza Kalhor, Hamed Mirzadeh, Kinga Rodak, Hyoung Seop Kim
Metalloids and transition/refractory elements typically differ significantly in the electronic structure and atomic size, allowing for stronger solid-solution hardening in high-entropy alloys (HEAs) as well as improved work-hardening capability, which leads to exceptional strength-ductility balance. In this regard, Si addition has opened up a new pathway for developing novel and high-performance Cantor-based
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Progress in nanomaterial-based synergistic photothermal-enhanced chemodynamic therapy in combating bacterial infections Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Panchanathan Manivasagan, Thavasyappan Thambi, Ara Joe, Hyo-Won Han, Sun-Hwa Seo, Yeong Jun Jeon, João Conde, Eue-Soon Jang
The prevalence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacterial infections has emerged as a serious threat to clinical treatment and global human health, and has become one of the most important challenges in clinical therapy. Hence, there is an urgent need to develop safe, effective, and new antibacterial strategies based on multifunctional nanomaterials for the accurate detection and treatment of MDR bacterial
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Exploring the potential Ru-based catalysts for commercial-scale polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolysis: A systematic review Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Shaoxiong Li, Sheng Zhao, Feng Hu, Linlin Li, Jianwei Ren, Lifang Jiao, Seeram Ramakrishna, Shengjie Peng
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How biomimetic nanofibers advance the realm of cutaneous wound management: The state-of-the-art and future prospects Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Niloofar Eslahi, Foad Soleimani, Roya Lotfi, Fatemeh Mohandes, Abdolreza Simchi, Mehdi Razavi
Skin acts as a protective barrier for the underlying organs against external events such as irradiation of ultraviolet rays, incursion of harmful pathogens, and water evaporation. As the skin is constantly liable to damage, the wound-healing process is vital to the survival of all organisms. Materials design and development for enhanced wound healing and skin tissue regeneration have been found highly
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Biological optics, photonics and bioinspired radiative cooling Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Zhen Yan, Huatian Zhai, Desong Fan, Qiang Li
Radiative cooling with eco-friendly and zero-energy advantages is considered one of the most viable solutions to address the conflict between traditional energy-intensive cooling systems and global decarbonization. Despite significant advances, the development of radiative cooling still faces many challenges, such as fine-engineering of materials and structures to enhance solar reflection and mid-infrared
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Defect sensitivity and fatigue design: Deterministic and probabilistic aspects in additively manufactured metallic materials Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-31 Xiaopeng Niu, Chao He, Shun-Peng Zhu, Pietro Foti, Filippo Berto, Lanyi Wang, Ding Liao, Qingyuan Wang
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Tailored carbon materials (TCM) for enhancing photocatalytic degradation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Avtar Singh, Jaspreet Dhau, Rajeev Kumar, Rahul Badru, Paramjit Singh, Yogendra Kumar Mishra, Ajeet Kaushik
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Stretchable conductive fibers: Design, properties and applications Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Xiaoke Song, Jiujiang Ji, Ningjing Zhou, Mengjia Chen, Ruixiang Qu, Hengyi Li, Li'ang Zhang, Siyuan Ma, Zhijun Ma, Yen Wei
Stretchable conductive fibers (SCFs) are emerging materials that combine the advantages of both fibers and stretchable electronics, with broad applications in various electronic devices. Owing to their excellent stretchability, compliance, conductivity, and integratability, SCFs have drawn considerable attention from both academia and industry. Despite the emerging research enthusiasm in this field
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Emerging 2D materials beyond mxenes and TMDs: Transition metal carbo-chalcogenides Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Kassa Belay Ibrahim, Tofik Ahmed Shifa, Sandro Zorzi, Marshet Getaye Sendeku, Elisa Moretti, Alberto Vomiero
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Polymers of intrinsic microporosity for membrane-based precise separations Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Xiaoquan Feng, Junyong Zhu, Jian Jin, Yong Wang, Yatao Zhang, Bart Van der Bruggen
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Recent advancements in boron carbon nitride (BNC) nanoscale materials for efficient supercapacitor performances Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Rabia Manzar, Mohsin Saeed, Umer Shahzad, Jehan Y. Al-Humaidi, Shujah ur Rehman, Raed H. Althomali, Mohammed M. Rahman
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Manufacturing of metallic glass components: Processes, structures and properties Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Sajad Sohrabi, Jianan Fu, Luyao Li, Yu Zhang, Xin Li, Fei Sun, Jiang Ma, Wei Hua Wang
Metallic glasses (MGs) are out-of-equilibrium metallic systems known for their unique structural and functional properties arising from structural long-range disorder. Despite their attractive properties, practical applications of MGs fabricated by traditional casting strategy face challenges due to size constraints (limited glass-forming ability) and shape complexity issues. Over the decades since
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Crucibles and coatings for silicon melting and crystallization: An in-depth review of key considerations Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Rania Hendawi, Lars Arnberg, Marisa Di Sabatino
This paper discusses crucial aspects related to crucibles and coatings in the scope of silicon crystallization and melting. The paper thoroughly examines different types of crucibles, highlighting both their principal challenges and advantages. Additionally, it investigates coatings in-depth, examining their roles, stability, and wetting behaviour. Crucible selection criteria, including thermal properties
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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 (Chunhui) 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
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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 an 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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Biopolymer‐based gel electrolytes for electrochemical energy Storage: Advances and prospects Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 37.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Wu Yang, Wang Yang, Jiaming Zeng, Yuling Chen, Yongfa Huang, Juan Liu, Jianyun Gan, Tingzhen Li, Hao Zhang, Linxin Zhong, Xinwen Peng
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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
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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