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Dismantlable Coronated Nanoparticles for Coupling the Induction and Perception of Immunogenic Cell Death Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-21 Huan Liang, Chunchen Xu, Daoxia Guo, Fei Peng, Nan Chen, Haiyun Song, Xiaoyuan Ji
Therapy‐induced immunogenic cell death (ICD) can initiate both innate and adaptive immune responses for amplified anti‐tumor efficacy. However, dying cell‐released ICD signals are prone to being sequestered by the TIM‐3 receptors on dendritic cell (DC) surfaces, preventing immune surveillance. Herein, dismantlable coronated nanoparticles (NPs) are fabricated as a type of spatiotemporally controlled
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Disorder‐Broadened Phase Boundary with Enhanced Amorphous Superconductivity in Pressurized In2Te5 Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Yi Zhao, Tianping Ying, Lingxiao Zhao, Juefei Wu, Cuiying Pei, Jing Chen, Jun Deng, Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu, Qi Wang, Weizheng Cao, Changhua Li, Shihao Zhu, Mingxin Zhang, Na Yu, Lili Zhang, Yulin Chen, Chui‐Zhen Chen, Tongxu Yu, Yanpeng Qi
As an empirical tool in materials science and engineering, the iconic phase diagram owes its robustness and practicality to the topological characteristics rooted in the celebrated Gibbs phase law (F = C – P + 2). When crossing the phase diagram boundary, the structure transition occurs abruptly, bringing about an instantaneous change in physical properties and limited controllability on the boundaries
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Knotted Artificial Muscles for Bio‐mimetic Actuation under Deepwater Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Wenhui Chen, Dezhong Tong, Linghan Meng, Bowen Tan, Ruochen Lan, Qifeng Zhang, Huai Yang, Cong Wang, Ke Liu
Muscles featuring high frequency and high stroke linear actuation are essential for animals to achieve superior maneuverability, agility, and environmental adaptability. Artificial muscles are yet to match their biological counterparts, due to inferior actuation speed, magnitude, mode, or adaptability. Inspired by the hierarchical structure of natural muscles, we create artificial muscles that are
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Engineering Large‐Scale Self‐Mineralizing Bone Organoids with Bone Matrix‐Inspired Hydroxyapatite Hybrid Bioinks Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Jian Wang, Yan Wu, Guangfeng Li, Fengjin Zhou, Xiang Wu, Miaomiao Wang, Xinru Liu, Hua Tang, Long Bai, Zhen Geng, Peiran Song, Zhongmin Shi, Xiaoxiang Ren, Jiacan Su
Addressing large bone defects remains a significant challenge owing to the inherent limitations in self‐healing capabilities, resulting in prolonged recovery and suboptimal regeneration. Although current clinical solutions are available, they have notable shortcomings, necessitating more efficacious approaches to bone regeneration. Organoids derived from stem cells show great potential in this field;
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Microneedle‐mediated Delivery of Immunomodulators Restores Immune Privilege in Hair Follicles and Reverses Immune‐Mediated Alopecia Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Nour Younis, Núria Puigmal, Abdallah El Kurdi, Andrew Badaoui, Dongliang Zhang, Claudia Morales, Anis Saad, Diane Cruz, Nadim Al Rahy, Andrea Daccache, Triana Huerta, Christa Deban, Ahmad Halawi, John Choi, Pere Dosta, Christine Lian, Natalie Artzi, Jamil R. Azzi
Disorders in the regulatory arm of the adaptive immune system result in autoimmune‐mediated diseases. While systemic immunosuppression is the prevailing approach to manage them, it fails to achieve long‐lasting remission due to concomitant suppression of the regulatory arm and carries the risk of heightened susceptibility to infections and malignancies. Alopecia Areata is a condition characterized
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Universal Synthesis of Single‐Atom Catalysts by Direct Thermal Decomposition of Molten Salts for Boosting Acidic Water Splitting Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Shubham Kaushik, Duojie Wu, Zhen Zhang, Xin Xiao, Cheng Zhen, Wenjuan Wang, Ning‐Yu Huang, Meng Gu, Qiang Xu
Single‐atom catalysts (SACs) are considered prominent materials in the field of catalysis due to their high metal atom utilization and selectivity. However, the wide‐ranging applications of SACs remain a significant challenge due to their complex preparation processes. Here, we report a universal strategy to prepare a series of noble metal single atoms on different non‐noble metal oxides through a
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A Glucose‐responsive Cannula for Automated and Electronics‐free Insulin Delivery Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Stephanie Fuchs, Julia S. Caserto, Qingsheng Liu, Kecheng Wang, Kaavian Shariati, Chase M. Hartquist, Xuanhe Zhao, Minglin Ma
Automated delivery of insulin based on continuous glucose monitoring is revolutionizing the way insulin‐dependent diabetes is treated. However, challenges remain for the widespread adoption of these systems, including the requirement of a separate glucose sensor, sophisticated electronics and algorithms, and the need for significant user input to operate these costly therapies. Herein, we report a
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Ultrathin High‐Entropy Fe‐Based Spinel Oxide Nanosheets with Metalloid Band Structures for Efficient Nitrate Reduction towards Ammonia Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Shuai Qi, Zhihao Lei, Qihua Huo, Jingwen Zhao, Tianchi Huang, Na Meng, Jinglian Liao, Jiabao Yi, Chunyan Shang, Xue Zhang, Hengpan Yang, Qi Hu, Chuanxin He
Spinel oxides with tunable chemical compositions have emerged as versatile electrocatalysts, however their performance is greatly limited by small surface area and low electron conductivity. Here, we rationally design ultrathin high‐entropy Fe‐based spinel oxides nanosheets (i.e., (Co0.2Ni0.2Zn0.2Mg0.2Cu0.2)Fe2O4; denotes A5Fe2O4) in thickness of ∼4.3 nm with large surface area and highly exposed active
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Annual Energy‐Saving Smart Windows with Actively Controllable Passive Radiative Cooling and Multimode Heating Regulation Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Yuan Deng, Yihai Yang, Yuanhang Xiao, Xingping Zeng, He‐Lou Xie, Ruochen Lan, Lanying Zhang, Huai Yang
Smart windows with radiative heat management capability using the sun and outer space as zero‐energy thermodynamic resources have gained prominence, demonstrating a minimum carbon footprint. However, realizing on‐demand thermal management throughout all seasons while reducing fossil energy consumption remains a formidable challenge. Herein, an energy‐efficient smart window that enables actively tunable
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Advances in Cell‐Rich Inks for Biofabricating Living Architectures Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 José Almeida‐Pinto, Beatriz S. Moura, Vítor M. Gaspar, João F. Mano
Advancing biofabrication towards manufacturing living constructs with well‐defined architectures and increasingly biologically relevant cell densities is highly desired to mimic the biofunctionality of native human tissues. The formulation of tissue‐like, cell‐dense inks for biofabrication remains, however, challenging at various levels of the bioprinting process. Promising advances have been made
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Li‐Site Defects Induce Formation of Li‐Rich Impurity Phases: Implications for Charge Distribution and Performance of LiNi0.5‐xMxMn1.5O4 Cathodes (M = Fe and Mg; x = 0.05–0.2) Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Beth E. Murdock, Jiayi Cen, Alexander G. Squires, Seán R. Kavanagh, David O. Scanlon, Li Zhang, Nuria Tapia‐Ruiz
An understanding of the structural properties that allow for optimal cathode performance, and their origin, is necessary for devising advanced cathode design strategies and accelerating the commercialisation of next‐generation cathodes. High‐voltage, Fe‐ and Mg‐substituted LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 cathodes offer a low‐cost and cobalt‐free, yet energy‐dense alternative to commercial cathodes. In this work, we
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Design of Excellent Mechanical Performances and Magnetic Refrigeration via In Situ Forming Dual‐Phase Alloys Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Hong Zhong, Yuzhu Song, Feixiang Long, Hao Lu, Minjun Ai, Tianyu Li, Yonghao Yao, Yuki Sakai, Masahito Ikeda, Kazuki Takahashi, Masaki Azuma, Fengxia Hu, Xianran Xing, Jun Chen
Magnetic refrigeration technology can achieve higher energy efficiency based on the magnetocaloric effect. However, the practical application of MCE materials is hindered by their poor mechanical properties, making them challenging to process into devices. Conventional strengthening strategies usually lead to a trade‐off with refrigeration capacity reduction. Here, a novel design is presented to overcome
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Glucose‐Triggered Gelation of Supramolecular Peptide Nanocoils with Glucose‐Binding Motifs (Adv. Mater. 16/2024) Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Sihan Yu, Zhou Ye, Rajdip Roy, Ravi R. Sonani, Irawan Pramudya, Sijie Xian, Yuanhui Xiang, Guoqiang Liu, Belen Flores, Einat Nativ‐Roth, Ronit Bitton, Edward H. Egelman, Matthew J. Webber
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Symmetry Evolution Induced Two‐Dimensional Pt Single Atom Catalyst with High Density for Alkaline Hydrogen Oxidation Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Haoran Zhang, Feng Wu, Rui Huang, Xiaokang Liu, Zhiwen Zhang, Tao Yao, Yuen Wu
The performance of single‐atom catalysts is greatly influenced by the chemical environment surrounding the central atom. In this study, a salt‐assisted method was employed to transform the tetrahedral coordination structure of ZIF‐8 into a planar square coordination structure without altering the ligands. During the subsequent carbonization process, concurrent with the evaporation of zinc atoms, the
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Self‐Assembled Oligopeptoplex‐Loaded Dissolving Microneedles for Adipocyte‐Targeted Anti‐Obesity Gene Therapy (Adv. Mater. 16/2024) Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Heekyung Choi, Juhyeong Hong, Yuha Seo, Seung‐Hwan Joo, Hanseok Lim, Shayan Fakhraei Lahiji, Yong‐Hee Kim
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Entangled Mesh Hydrogels with Macroporous Topologies via Cryogelation for Rapid Atmospheric Water Harvesting Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Jiajun Sun, Feng Ni, Jincui Gu, Muqing Si, Depeng Liu, Chang Zhang, Xiaoxue Shui, Peng Xiao, Tao Chen
Sorption‐based atmospheric water harvesting (SAWH) is a promising technology to alleviate freshwater scarcity. Recently, hygroscopic salt‐hydrogel composites (HSHCs) have emerged as attractive candidates with their high water uptake, versatile designability, and scale‐up fabrication. However, achieving high‐performance SAWH applications for HSHCs has been challenging because of their sluggish kinetics
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Neutrophil Extracellular Traps‐Inhibiting and Fouling‐Resistant Polysulfoxides Potently Prevent Postoperative Adhesion, Tumor Recurrence and Metastasis Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Jiafeng Wang, Yechun Wang, Junjun Li, Jiajia Ying, Yongli Mu, Xuanhao Zhang, Xuefei Zhou, Leimin Sun, Haiping Jiang, Wei Zhuo, Youqing Shen, Tianhua Zhou, Xiangrui Liu, Quan Zhou
Peritoneal metastasis (PM) is considered one of the most dreaded forms of cancer metastases for both patients and physicians. Aggressive cytoreductive surgery (CRS) is the primary treatment for peritoneal metastasis. Unfortunately, this intensive treatment frequently causes clinical complications, such as postoperative recurrence, metastasis, and adhesion formation. Emerging evidence suggest that neutrophil
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Room Temperature Polariton Condensation from Whispering Gallery Modes in CsPbBr3 Microplatelets Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Laura Polimeno, Annalisa Coriolano, Rosanna Mastria, Francesco Todisco, Milena De Giorgi, Antonio Fieramosca, Marco Pugliese, Carmela T. Prontera, Aurora Rizzo, Luisa De Marco, Dario Ballarini, Giuseppe Gigli, Daniele Sanvitto
Room temperature (RT) polariton condensate holds exceptional promise for revolutionizing various fields of science and technology, encompassing optoelectronics devices to quantum information processing. Using perovskite materials, like all‐inorganic CsPbBr3 single crystal, provides additional advantages, such as ease of synthesis, cost‐effectiveness, and compatibility with existing semiconductor technologies
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A Versatile Synthesis Platform Based on Polymer Cubosomes for A Library of Highly Ordered Nanoporous Metal Oxides Particles Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Wenhe Xie, Xin‐Yu Huang, Chengcheng Zhu, Fengluan Jiang, Yu Deng, Bingjie Yu, Limin Wu, Qin Yue, Yonghui Deng
Polymer cubosomes (PCs) have well‐defined inverse bicontinuous cubic mesophases formed by amphiphilic block copolymer bilayers. The open hydrophilic channels, large periods and robust physical properties of PCs are advantageous to many host‐guest interactions and yet not fully exploited, especially in the fields of functional nanomaterials. Here, we systematically investigate the self‐assembly of poly(ethylene
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Engineering Triple‐Phase Interfaces around the Anode towards Practical Alkali Metal‐Air Batteries Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Bingcheng Ge, Liang Hu, Xiaoliang Yu, Lixu Wang, Carlos Fernandez, Nianjun Yang, Qinghua Liang, Quan‐Hong Yang
Alkali metal–air batteries (AMABs) promise ultrahigh gravimetric energy densities, while the inherent poor cycle stability hinders their practical application. To address this challenge, most previous efforts were devoted to advancing the air cathodes with high electrocatalytic activity. Recent studies have underlined the solid–liquid–gas triple‐phase interface around the anode can play far more significant
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Room‐Temperature Antisymmetric Magnetoresistance in Van Der Waals Ferromagnet Fe3GaTe2 Nanosheets Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Guojing Hu, Hui Guo, Senhao Lv, Linxuan Li, Yunhao Wang, Yechao Han, Lulu Pan, Yulan Xie, Weiqi Yu, Ke Zhu, Qi Qi, Guoyu Xian, Shiyu Zhu, Jinan Shi, Lihong Bao, Xiao Lin, Wu Zhou, Haitao Yang, Hong‐jun Gao
Van der Waals (vdW) ferromagnetic materials have emerged as a promising platform for the development of two‐dimensional (2D) spintronic devices.[1] However, studies to date have been restricted to vdW ferromagnetic materials with low Curie temperature (Tc) and small magnetic anisotropy.[2] Here, we developed a chemical vapor transport (CVT) method to synthesize a high‐quality room‐temperature ferromagnet
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3D Printed Room Temperature Phosphorescence Materials Enabled by Edible Natural Konjac Glucomannan Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Ping Wu, Pengyu Li, Mingxing Chen, Jun Rao, Gegu Chen, Jing Bian, Baozhong Lü, Feng Peng
Shaping room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) materials into three‐dimensional (3D) bodies is important for stereoscopic optoelectronic displays, but remains challenging due to their poor processability and mechanical properties. Here, konjac glucomannan is employed to anchor arylboronic acids with various π conjugations via a facile B─O covalent reaction to afford printable inks, using which full‐color
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Building Stable Anodes for High‐Rate Na‐Metal Batteries (Adv. Mater. 16/2024) Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Xihao Wang, Jingyu Lu, Yehui Wu, Weiran Zheng, Hongqiang Zhang, Tiansheng Bai, Hongbin Liu, Deping Li, Lijie Ci
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In Situ Polymerization Facilitating Practical High‐Safety Quasi‐Solid‐State Batteries Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Xinyu Rui, Rui Hua, Dongsheng Ren, Feng Qiu, Yu Wu, Yue Qiu, Yuqiong Mao, Yi Guo, Gaolong Zhu, Xiang Liu, Yike Gao, Chang Zhao, Xuning Feng, Languang Lu, Minggao Ouyang
Quasi‐solid‐state batteries (QSSBs) are gaining widespread attention as a promising solution to improve battery safety performance. However, the safety improvement and the underlying mechanisms of QSSBs remain elusive. Herein, a novel strategy combining high‐safety ethylene carbonate‐free liquid electrolyte and in situ polymerization technique is proposed to prepare practical QSSBs. The Ah‐level QSSBs
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Scalable Fabrication of Ionic‐Conductive Covalent Organic Framework Fibers for Capturing of Sustainable Osmotic Energy Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Wang‐Xiang Pan, Liang Chen, Wan‐Ying Li, Qun Ma, Hengxue Xiang, Ning Ma, Xu Wang, Yi Jiang, Fan Xia, Meifang Zhu
High‐performance covalent organic framework (COF) fibers are demanded for an efficient capturing of blue osmotic power because of their excellent durability, simple integration, and large scalability. However, the scalable production of COF fibers is still very challenging due to the poor solubility and fragile structure of COFs. Herein, for the first time, we report that COF dispersions can be continuously
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Robust Chemiresistive Behavior in Conductive Polymer/MOF Composites Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Heejung Roh, Dong‐Ha Kim, Yeongsu Cho, Young‐Moo Jo, Jesús A. del Alamo, Heather J. Kulik, Mircea Dincă, Aristide Gumyusenge
Metal‐organic frameworks (MOFs) are promising materials for gas sensing but are often limited to single‐use detection. We demonstrate a hybridization strategy synergistically deploying conductive MOFs (cMOFs) and conductive polymers (cPs) as two complementary mixed ionic‐electronic conductors in high‐performing stand‐alone chemiresistors. Our work presents significant improvement in i) sensor recovery
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Empowering CO2 Eco‐Refrigeration With Colossal Breathing‐Caloric‐Like Effects in MOF‐508b (Adv. Mater. 16/2024) Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 María Gelpi, Javier García‐Ben, Sabina Rodríguez‐Hermida, Jorge López‐Beceiro, Ramón Artiaga, Álvaro Baaliña, Manuel Romero‐Gómez, Javier Romero‐Gómez, Sonia Zaragoza, Jorge Salgado‐Beceiro, Julian Walker, Charles James McMonagle, Socorro Castro‐García, Manuel Sánchez‐Andújar, María Antonia Señarís‐Rodríguez, Juan Manuel Bermúdez‐García
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Sub‐nanometer Mono‐Layered Metal‐Organic Frameworks Nanosheets for Simulated Flue Gas Photoreduction Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Dong He, Qian Wang, Yan Rong, Zhifeng Xin, Jing‐Jing Liu, Qiang Li, Kejing Shen, Yifa Chen
The dilemma between the thickness and accessible active site triggers the design of porous crystalline materials with mono‐layered structure for advanced photo‐catalysis applications. Here, we report a kind of sub‐nanometer mono‐layered nanosheets (Co‐MOF MNSs) through the exfoliation of a specifically designed Co3 cluster‐based metal‐organic frameworks (MOFs). The sub‐nanometer thickness and inherent
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Nature‐Inspired Helicoidal Nanocellulose‐Based Multi‐Compartment Assemblies with Tunable Chiroptical Properties Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Randy Mujica, Anusree Augustine, Matthias Pauly, Yann Battie, Gero Decher, Vincent Le Houérou, Olivier Felix
Cellulose‐based nanocomposites are highly appealing for the development of next‐generation sustainable functional materials. Although many advances have been made in this direction, the true potential of fibrillar nanocomposites has yet to be realized because available fabrication approaches are inadequate for achieving precise structural control at the sub‐micrometer scale. Here a spray‐assisted alignment
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Challenges and Breakthroughs in Enhancing Temperature Tolerance of Sodium‐Ion Batteries Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Chang Che, Feng Wu, Yu Li, Ying Li, Shuqiang Li, Chuan Wu, Ying Bai
Lithium‐based batteries (LBBs) are highly researched and recognized as a mature electrochemical energy storage (EES) system in recent years. However, their stability and effectiveness are primarily confined to room temperature conditions. At temperatures significantly below 0 °C or above 60 °C, LBBs experience substantial performance degradation. Under such challenging extreme contexts, sodium‐ion
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Bistable Electrochromic Ionogels via Supramolecular Interactions for Energy‐Efficient Displays Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Yuyang Wang, Chuxin Lei, Weixin Guan, Kai Wu, Bowen Zhang, Guihua Yu
Bistable electrochromic (EC) materials and systems offer significant potential for building decarbonization through their optical modulation and energy efficiency. However, challenges such as limited design strategies and bottlenecks in cost, fabrication, and color have hindered the full commercialization of energy‐saving EC windows and displays, with few materials achieving true bistability. Herein
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Redox Gating for Colossal Carrier Modulation and Unique Phase Control (Adv. Mater. 16/2024) Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Le Zhang, Changjiang Liu, Hui Cao, Andrew J. Erwin, Dillon D. Fong, Anand Bhattacharya, Luping Yu, Liliana Stan, Chongwen Zou, Matthew V. Tirrell, Hua Zhou, Wei Chen
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Crystallographic and Photophysical Analysis on Facet‐Controlled Defect‐Free Blue‐Emitting Quantum Dots (Adv. Mater. 16/2024) Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Yu Jin Lee, Sungwoo Kim, Junho Lee, Eunseog Cho, Yu‐ho Won, Taehyung Kim, Dongho Kim
Quantum Dots
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Proton‐Assisted Assembly of Colloidal Nanoparticles into Wafer‐Scale Monolayers in Seconds (Adv. Mater. 16/2024) Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Doeun Kim, JuHyeong Lee, Gyurin Kim, Jiyeong Ma, Hyun Min Kim, Jang‐Hwan Han, Hyeon‐Ho Jeong
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Durable Perovskite Solar Cells with 24.5% Average Efficiency: the Role of Rigid Conjugated Core in Molecular Semiconductors Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Ming Ren, Lingyi Fang, Yuyan Zhang, Felix T. Eickemeyer, Yi Yuan, Shaik M. Zakeeruddin, Michael Grätzel, Peng Wang
Efficient and robust n‐i‐p perovskite solar cells necessitate superior organic hole‐transport materials with both mechanical and electronic prowess. Deciphering the structure−property relationship of these materials is crucial for practical perovskite solar cell applications. Through direct arylation, we synthesized two high glass transition temperature molecular semiconductors, DBC‐ETPA (202 °C) and
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Title Extraordinary Enhancement of Nonlinear Optical Interaction in NbOBr2 Microcavities Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Wenduo Chen, Song Zhu, Ruihuan Duan, Chongwu Wang, Fakun Wang, Yao Wu, Mingjin Dai, Jieyuan Cui, Sang Hoon Chae, Zhipeng Li, Xuezhi Ma, Qian Wang, Zheng Liu, Qi Jie Wang
Two‐dimensional (2D) materials are burgeoning as promising candidates for investigating nonlinear optical effects due to high nonlinear susceptibilities, broadband optical response, and tunable nonlinearity. However, most 2D materials suffer from poor nonlinear conversion efficiencies, resulting from the reduced light‐matter interactions and lack of phase matching at atomic thicknesses. Herein, we
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Highly Efficient and Stable Organic Photovoltaic Cells for Underwater Applications Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Yafei Wang, Yong Cui, Jianqiu Wang, Yang Xiao, Zhihao Chen, Wenxuan Wang, Yue Yu, Shiwei Yang, Runnan Yu, Xiaotao Hao, Shaoqing Zhang, Jianhui Hou
Organic photovoltaic (OPV) technology holds tremendous promise as a sustainable power source for underwater off‐grid systems. However, research on underwater OPV cells is relatively scarce. Here, we address this gap by focusing on the exploration and development of OPV cells specifically designed for underwater applications. An acceptor, named ITO‐4Cl, with excellent water resistance was rationally
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Cluster‐Triggered Self‐Luminescence, Rapid Self‐Healing and Adaptive Reprogramming Liquid Crystal Elastomers Enabled by Dynamic Imine Bond Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Qingyan Fan, Yuting Tang, Haonan Sun, Dekang Guo, Jiawei Ma, Jinbao Guo
The integration of advanced functions and diverse practical applications calls for multifunctional liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs); however, the structure‐intrinsic luminescence and excellent mechanical properties of LCEs have not yet been explored. In this study, clusteroluminescence (CL)‐based LCEs (CL‐LCEs) were successfully fabricated without depending on large conjugated structures, thereby avoiding
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Boosting External Quantum Efficiency of Blue Perovskite QLEDs Exceeding 23% by Trifluoroacetate Passivation and Mixed Hole Transportation Design Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Yingyi Nong, Jisong Yao, Jiaqi Li, Leimeng Xu, Zhi Yang, Chuang Li, Jizhong Song
Perovskite quantum dot‐based light‐emitting diodes (QLEDs) have been considered a promising display technology due to their wide color gamut for authentic color expression. Currently, the external quantum efficiency (EQE) for state‐of‐the‐art blue perovskite QLEDs is about 15%, which still lags behind its green and red counterparts (>25%) and blue film‐based LEDs. Here, we present blue perovskite QLEDs
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Immunogenic Material Vaccine for Cancer Immunotherapy by Structure‐dependent Immune Cell Trafficking and Modulation Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Wei Yang, Jianwei Cao, Sichen Di, Wenjin Chen, Hui Cheng, Hongze Ren, Yujie Xie, Liang Chen, Meihua Yu, Yu Chen, Xingang Cui
Inherently immunogenic materials offer enormous prospects in enhancing vaccine efficacy. However, the understanding and improving material adjuvanticity remain elusive. Herein we report how the structural presentation of immunopotentiators in a material governs the dynamic dialogue between innate and adaptive immunity for enhanced cancer vaccination. We precisely manipulate the immunopotentiator manganese
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Influence of Li Content on the Topological Inhibition of Oxygen Loss in Li‐Rich Cathode Materials Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Zhefeng Chen, Wentao Zhang, Jiajie Liu, Mingzheng Zhang, Shunning Li, Feng Pan
Lithium‐rich layer oxide cathodes are promising energy storage materials due to their high energy densities. However, the oxygen loss during cycling limits their practical applications. Here we reveal the essential role of Li content on the topological inhibition of oxygen loss in lithium‐rich cathode materials, and the relationship between the migration networks of oxygen ions with the transition
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Seeding Atomic Silver into Internal Lattice Sites of Transition Metal Oxide for Advanced Electrocatalysis Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Wenjun Song, Kun He, Chenghang Li, Ruonan Yin, Yaqing Guo, Anmin Nie, Yanshuai Li, Keqin Yang, Mengting Zhou, Xiaoruizhuo Lin, Zheng‐Jun Wang, Qingqing Ren, Shaojun Zhu, Ting Xu, Suya Liu, Huile Jin, Jing‐Jing Lv, Shun Wang, Yifei Yuan
Transition metal oxides (TMOs) are widely studied for loading of various catalysts due to their low cost and high structure flexibility. However, the prevailing close‐packed nature of most TMOs crystals has restricted the available loading sites to surface only, while their internal bulk lattice remains unactuated due to the inaccessible narrow space that blocks out most key reactants and/or particulate
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Bio‐Inspired Pressure‐Dependent Programmable Mechanical Metamaterial with Self‐Sealing Ability Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Naeim Ghavidelnia, Viacheslav Slesarenko, Olga Speck, Chris Eberl
Self‐sealing is one of the fascinating functions in nature that enables living material systems to respond immediately to damage. A prime plant model is Delosperma cooperi, which can rapidly self‐seal damaged succulent leaves by systematically deforming until the wound closes. Inspired by this self‐sealing principle, we have developed a novel programmable mechanical metamaterial that mimics the underlying
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Ultra‐uniform Plating of Lithium on 10‐nm‐scale Ordered Carbon Grids for Long Lifespan Lithium Metal Batteries Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Chuanren Ye, Kun Ni, Jinze Wang, Weibin Ye, Shengyuan Li, Ming‐Sheng Wang, Xiulin Fan, Yanwu Zhu
Tailorable lithium (Li) nucleation and uniform early‐stage plating is essential for long lifespan Li metal batteries. Among factors influencing the early plating of Li anode, the substrate is critical, but a fine control of the substrate structure on a scale of ∼10 nm has been rarely achieved. Herein, we prepare a carbon consisting of ordered grids, as a model to investigate the effect of substrate
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Self‐Assembly for Creating Vertically‐Aligned Graphene Micro Helices with Monolayer Graphene as Chiral Metamaterials Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Zihao Lin, Carol Mikhael, Chunhui Dai, Jeong‐Hyun Cho
Graphene's emergence enables creating chiral metamaterials in helical shapes for terahertz applications, overcoming material limitations. However, practical implementation remains theoretical due to fabrication challenges. This paper introduces a dual‐component self‐assembly technique that enables creating vertically‐aligned continuous monolayer graphene helices at microscale with great flexibility
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Vacuum Thermoforming of Optically Switchable Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Spherical Actuators Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Lansong Yue, Erik P. J. Ambergen, Sean J. D. Lugger, Akhil Reddy Peeketi, Ratna Kumar Annabattula, Albert P. H. J. Schenning, Michael G. Debije
Liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) actuators are generally limited in shape, size, and quantity by the need for aligning via stretching and fixing via photopolymerizing. We present a thermoplastic LCE that may be vacuum thermoformed into centimeter‐sized hemispheres. The scalable industrial process induces LCE alignment without requiring post fixing. The hemispheres display remarkable properties, actuating
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Hierarchically Ordered Pore Engineering of Metal−Organic Framework‐based Materials for Electrocatalysis Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Xiaofang Li, Xin‐Tao Wu, Qiang Xu, Qi‐Long Zhu
Ordered pore engineering that embeds uniform pores with periodic alignment in electrocatalysts opens up a new avenue for achieving further performance promotion. Hierarchically ordered porous metal−organic frameworks (HOP‐MOFs) possessing multi‐level pores with ordered distribution are the promising precursors for the exploration of ordered porous electrocatalysts, while the scalable acquisition of
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Elucidation of Spatial Cooperativity in Chemo-Immunotherapy by a Sequential Dual-pH-Responsive Drug Delivery System Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Shihao Wang, Lifeng Liu, Limin Tian, Pengcheng Xu, Shixuan Li, Lixin Hu, Yanming Xia, Yang Ding, Jian Wang, Suxin Li
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Lignin Derived Ultra‐Thin All‐Solid Polymer Electrolytes with Three dimensional Single‐ion Nanofiber Ionic Bridge Framework for High Performance Lithium Batteries Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Yuhan Liu, Pinhui Wang, Zhenyue Yang, Liying Wang, Zhangnan Li, Chengzhe Liu, Baijun Liu, Zhaoyan Sun, Hanwen Pei, Zhongyuan Lv, Wei Hu, Yunfeng Lu, Guangshan Zhu
Solid‐state lithium batteries are promising candidates for the next generation high security and high performance batteries. Here, the lignin derived ultra‐thin all‐solid composite polymer electrolytes (CPEs) with a thickness of only 13.2 μm, which possessed three dimensional nanofiber ionic bridge networks composed of single‐ion lignin based lithium (L‐Li) and poly(vinylidene fluoride‐co‐hexafluoropropylene)
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Anchored Cobalt Nanoparticles on Layered Perovskites for Rapid Peroxymonosulfate Activation in Antibiotic Degradation Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Yaobin Wang, Dong Li, Xinlei Ge, Jianghua Yu, Yunxia Zhao, Yunfei Bu
In the Fenton‐like reaction, revealing the dynamic evolution of the active sites is crucial to achieve the activity improvement and stability of the catalyst. This study reports a perovskite oxide in which atomic (Co0) in‐situ embedded exsolution occurs during the high‐temperature phase transition. This unique anchoring strategy significantly improves the Co3+/Co2+ cycling efficiency at the interface
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Boosting Formate Electrooxidation by Heterostructured PtPd Alloy and Oxides Nanowires Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Tian‐Jiao Wang, Li‐Bo Sun, Xuan Ai, Pei Chen, Yu Chen, Xin Wang
Direct formate fuel cells (DFFCs) receive increasing attention as promising technologies for the future energy mix and environmental sustainability, as formate can be made from carbon dioxide utilization and is carbon neutral. Herein, heterostructured PtPd alloy and oxides nanowires (PtPd‐ox NWs) with abundant defect sites are synthesized through a facile self‐template method and demonstrated high
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Handedness‐Inverted and Stimuli‐Responsive Circularly Polarized Luminescent Nano/Micro‐Materials through Pathway‐Dependent Chiral Supramolecular Polymorphism Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Chenyang Zhao, Yuan Wang, Yuqian Jiang, Ningning Wu, Hanxiao Wang, Tiejun Li, Guanghui Ouyang, Minghua Liu
The precise manipulation of supramolecular polymorphs has been widely applied to control the morphologies and functions of self‐assemblies, but is rarely utilized for the fabrication of circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) materials with tailored properties. Here, we report that an amphiphilic naphthalene‐histidine compound (NIHis) readily self‐assembled into distinct chiral nanostructures through
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Crystal‐Phase‐Engineered High‐Entropy Alloy Aerogels for Enhanced Ethylamine Electrosynthesis from Acetonitrile Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Honggang Huang, Cun Chen, Chun‐Chi Chang, Feili Lai, Shangheng Liu, Hui Fu, Yao Chen, Hanjun Li, Wei‐Hsiang Huang, Nan Zhang, Tianxi Liu
Crystal‐phase engineering that promoting the rearrangement of active atoms to form new structural frameworks has achieved excellent result in the field of electrocatalysis and optimized the performance of various electrochemical reactions. Herein, for the first time, we found that the different components in metallic aerogels will affect the crystal‐phase transformation, especially in high‐entropy
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Rapid Selenoprotein Activation by Selenium Nanoparticles to Suppresses Osteoclastogenesis and Pathological Bone Loss Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Binhua Zou, Zushuang Xiong, Yanzi Yu, Sujiang Shi, Xiaoling Li, Tianfeng Chen
Osteoclast hyperactivation stands as a significant pathological factor contributing to the emergence of bone disorders driven by heightened oxidative stress levels. The modulation of the redox balance to scavenge reactive oxygen species (ROS) emerges as a viable approach in addressing this concern. Selenoproteins, characterized by selenocysteine (SeCys2) as the active center, are crucial for selenium‐based
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Dynamic (Sub)surface‐Oxygen Enables Highly Efficient Carbonyl‐Coupling for Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 You‐Chiuan Chu, Kuan‐Hsu Chen, Ching‐Wei Tung, Hsiao‐Chien Chen, Jiali Wang, Tsung‐Rong Kuo, Chia‐Shuo Hsu, Kuo‐Hsin Lin, Li Duan Tsai, Hao Ming Chen
Nowadays high‐valent Cu species (i.e., Cuδ+) has been clarified to enhance multi‐carbon production in electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR). Nonetheless, the inconsistent average Cu valence states have been reported to significantly govern the product profile of CO2RR, which may lead to misunderstanding of the enhanced mechanism for multi‐carbon production and results in an ambiguous roles
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High Hydrogen Storage in Trigonal Prismatic Monomer‐based Highly Porous Aromatic Frameworks Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Dae Won Kim, Yu Chen, Hyunlim Kim, Namju Kim, Young Hoon Lee, Hyunchul Oh, Yongchul G. Chung, Chang Seop Hong
Hydrogen storage is crucial in the shift toward a carbon‐neutral society, where hydrogen serves as a pivotal renewable energy source. Utilizing porous materials can provide an efficient hydrogen storage solution, reducing tank pressures to manageable levels and circumventing the energy‐intensive and costly current technological infrastructure. Herein, we report two highly porous aromatic frameworks
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Synergizing Fe2O3 nanoparticles on single atom Fe‐N‐C for nitrate reduction to ammonia at industrial current densities Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Eamonn Murphy, Baiyu Sun, Martina Rüscher, Yuanchao Liu, Wenjie Zang, Shengyuan Guo, Yu‐Han Chen, Uta Hejral, Ying Huang, Alvin Ly, Iryna V. Zenyuk, Xiaoqing Pan, Janis Timoshenko, Beatriz Roldán Cuenya, Erik D. Spoerke, Plamen Atanassov
The electrochemical reduction of oxidized nitrogen species enables a pathway for the carbon neutral synthesis of ammonia (NH3). The most oxidized form of nitrogen, nitrate (NO3−) can be reduced to NH3 via the electrocatalytic nitrate reduction reaction (NO3RR), which has been demonstrated at high selectivity. However, to make NH3 synthesis cost‐competitive with current technologies, high NH3 partial
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Sulfur‐Tuned Main‐Group Sb−N−C Catalysts for Selective 2‐Electron and 4‐Electron Oxygen Reduction Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Minmin Yan, Hao Yang, Zhichao Gong, Jiarui Zhu, Christopher Allen, Tao Cheng, Huilong Fei
The selective oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is important for various energy conversion processes such as the fuel cells and metal‐air batteries for the 4e− pathway and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) electrosynthesis for the 2e− pathway. However, it remains a challenge to tune the ORR selectivity of a catalyst in a controllable manner. Herein, we report an efficient strategy for introducing sulfur dopants
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The Impact of Local Strain Fields in Non‐Collinear Antiferromagnetic Films Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Freya Johnson, Frederic Rendell‐Bhatti, Bryan D. Esser, Aisling Hussey, David W. McComb, Jan Zemen, David Boldrin, Lesley Cohen
Antiferromagnets hosting structural or magnetic order that breaks time reversal symmetry are of increasing interest for “beyond von Neumann” computing applications because the topology of their band structure allows for intrinsic physical properties, exploitable in integrated memory and logic function. One such group are the non‐collinear antiferromagnets. Essential for domain manipulation is the existence