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Covalent organic frameworks for high-performance rechargeable lithium metal batteries: Strategy, mechanism, and application Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2025-02-12 Conghui Zhang, Fangkun Li, Tengteng Gu, Xin Song, Jujun Yuan, Liuzhang Ouyang, Min Zhu, Jun Liu
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Film capacitor materials for electric vehicle applications: Status Quo and future prospects Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2025-02-15 Mengjia Feng, Yancheng Liu, Xiaogang Wu, Yunqi Xing, Qingguo Chi
Owing to the urgent global demand for carbon emission reduction and enhanced energy efficiency, advanced semiconductor power devices in the electric vehicle (EV) industry have been increasingly adopted, and significant improvements in energy efficiency and the miniaturization of EV electrical systems have been made. A key component in this technological evolution is the polymer film capacitor, characterized
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Advanced materials for energy harvesting: Exploring the potential of MOFs and MXene membranes in osmotic energy applications Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2025-02-13 Brij Mohan, Kamal Singh, Rakesh Kumar Gupta, Armando J.L. Pombeiro, Peng Ren
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3D printed colloidal Aerogels: Principle, Process, Performance, and perspective Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2025-02-12 Qingqing Cheng, Zhizhi Sheng, Yafei Ding, Yuzhen Li, Xuetong Zhang
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Emerging innovations in rubbery polymeric membranes for CO2 separation: A review Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2025-02-08 Wei Shen Wilson Ong, Wai Fen Yong
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Comprehensive crystallographic engineering for high-efficiency and durable zinc metal anodes Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2025-02-05 Ziyu Peng, Xiran Shen, Binghui Li, Jiajie Cheng, Zhangxing He, Zhefei Sun, Bin Li, Zekun Zhang, Zilong Zhuang, Xianwen Wu, Lei Dai, Ling Wang, Guanjie He, Qiaobao Zhang
Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) hold significant promise for large-scale energy storage systems and wearable devices due to their high safety, acceptable energy density, and cost-effectiveness. However, AZIBs face formidable challenges, including Zn dendrites, side reactions, sluggish reaction kinetics, and shuttle effects, which lead to rapid capacity reduction and limited cycle life of Zn anodes
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Metal powder atomization preparation, modification, and reuse for additive manufacturing: A review Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2025-02-05 Pengyuan Ren, Yu Ouyang, Jierui Mu, Sheng Luo, Zijue Tang, Yi Wu, Chu Lun Alex Leung, J.P. Oliveira, Yu Zou, Haowei Wang, Hongze Wang
Additive manufacturing (AM) processes are pivotal in various manufacturing industries due to their efficiency and ability to produce parts with complex structures and shapes. Metal powders, essential as feedstock for AM, especially in direct energy deposition (DED) and powder bed fusion (PBF) processes, have garnered significant attention from academia and industry. However, a comprehensive review
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Lignin derived hard carbon for sodium ion batteries: Recent advances and future perspectives Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2025-02-04 Ao Wang, Gaoyue Zhang, Meng Li, Yuntong Sun, Yawen Tang, Kang Sun, Jong-Min Lee, Gengtao Fu, Jianchun Jiang
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In situ Spectroscopy: Delineating the mechanistic understanding of electrochemical energy reactions Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2025-02-03 Jayaraman Theerthagiri, K. Karuppasamy, C. Justin Raj, M.L. Aruna Kumari, L. John Kennedy, Gilberto Maia, Neshanth Vadivel, Arun Prasad Murthy, Akram Alfantazi, Soorathep Kheawhom, Myong Yong Choi
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Potential for medico-biological applications of potassium sodium niobate: A review Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-31 Myint Thu, Caitlin M. Guzzo, Julia Glaum, Ashutosh Kumar Dubey, Jukka P. Matinlinna, David C. Watts, Jittima Amie Luckanagul
Potassium sodium niobate (KNN) is a versatile lead-free piezoelectric material with a high Curie temperature (Tc) within the range of commercial soft lead zirconate titanate (PZT). KNN-based systems can be modified to have large piezoelectric coefficients competitive with soft PZT (350–700 pC/N), albeit with lower Tc values. In recent years, utilizing its functional characteristics for a broad variety
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Advances and application potential in the research of silicate mineral-based 3D printing materials Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-30 Qihang Zhao, Chao Gao, Yinmin Zhang, Yongfeng Zhang
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Integration of sustainable polymers with phase change materials Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-27 Jingkai Liu, Xinbei Zhu, Jinyue Dai, Kerong Yang, Shuaipeng Wang, Xiaoqing Liu
Sustainable polymers are expected to alleviate the dual pressure of energy and environment when integrated with advanced phase change material (PCM) systems, hence promoting carbon neutrality goals. The excellent intrinsic properties and flexible designability of sustainable polymers also enable them to demonstrate competitiveness in the preparation of cutting-edge phase-change composites. However
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Glass-ceramic engineering:tailoring the microstructure and properties Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-27 Christian Rüssel, Wolfgang Wisniewski
Traditionally, glass-ceramics are inorganic non-metallic materials obtained by the controlled crystallization of a glass. A modern definition has widened this class of materials to solid materials containing at least one glassy and one crystalline phase. The glass is usually obtained by quenching a melt. Re-heating it to a temperature slightly above the glass transition temperature allows nucleation
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A review on the current status and chemistry of tin halide perovskite films for photovoltaics Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-25 Jake Hardy, Holger Fiedler, John Kennedy
Tin halide perovskites are seen as the leading lead-free metal halide perovskite due to the high degree of similarity with the conventional lead-based materials. However, the chemistry of tin halide perovskites is distinct from that of lead halide perovskites, resulting in a material that is challenging to produce at a sufficient quality that enables high performing photovoltaic cells. This review
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Breaking through barrier: The emerging role of nucleic acids-based drug delivery in stroke Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-23 Guo Yin, Yufeng Zheng, Ming Li, Guanghao Wu, Yumin Luo
Stroke is a major cause of disability and mortality globally and is typically divided into ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke. When a stroke occurs, either blockage or rupture of cerebral blood vessels results in rapid neurological dysfunction because of ischemia or hemorrhage in the cerebral parenchyma. Although current treatment methods, such as intravascular thrombolysis, surgical hematoma evacuation
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Advancements in nanoscratch technology and its applications in cement-based materials: A review Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-21 Zhi-hai He, Wen-qiang Zhai, Jin-yan Shi, Cheng Du, Ruo-miao Sun, Çağlar Yalçınkaya, Branko Šavija
Cement-based materials (CBMs) are multiscale composites whose macroscopic properties largely depend on their micro/nanoscale features. Micro and nanomechanical properties of CBMs are typically characterized using local techniques such as nanoindentation. Compared with nanoindentation, the nanoscratch allows for continuous measurement of CBMs to acquire more comprehensive and reliable nanomechanical
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MXenes and its composite structures: synthesis, properties, applications, 3D/4D printing, and artificial intelligence; machine learning integration Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-20 Vimukthi Dananjaya, Nethmi Hansika, Sathish Marimuthu, Venkata Chevali, Yogendra Kumar Mishra, Andrews Nirmala Grace, Nisa Salim, Chamil Abeykoon
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Artificial piezoelectric metamaterials Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-20 Ziyan Gao, Yu Lei, Zhanmiao Li, Jikun Yang, Bo Yu, Xiaoting Yuan, Zewei Hou, Jiawang Hong, Shuxiang Dong
Piezoelectric materials, due to their unique electromechanical coupling properties, play an indispensable role in electromechanical devices. Therefore, continuously enhancing the performance of piezoelectric materials and maximizing their intrinsic piezoelectric properties are key to the development of related devices. However, since the discovery of piezoelectric materials, these modulation methods
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Entropy: A controversy between experiment and calculations in grain boundary segregation Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-17 Pavel Lejček, Mojmír Šob
Grain boundary segregation is one of the crucial phenomena affecting the properties of the materials and their technological applications. However, 50 years since starting its intensive study, there still remain open questions and controversies related to this phenomenon. Probably, the most serious uncertainty consists in understanding the segregation entropy. While this term seems to result directly
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MOF membranes for gas separations Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-17 Yiming Zhang, Ben Hang Yin, Lingzhi Huang, Li Ding, Song Lei, Shane G. Telfer, Jürgen Caro, Haihui Wang
Metal-organic framework (MOF) membranes have emerged as a breakthrough technology for gas separation, offering unparalleled selectivity and permeability due to their high surface area, tuneable pore size, and versatile chemical functionalities. Encompassing the immense recent progress in the development of MOF-based membranes as supported thin layers as well as mixed matrix membranes (MMMs), this review
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Accelerated discovery of nanostructured high-entropy alloys and multicomponent alloys via high-throughput strategies Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-15 Changjun Cheng, Yu Zou
Nanostructured materials (NsMs) exhibit many interesting and useful properties; yet their grain sizes or phases are generally unstable at elevated temperatures, limiting their process methods and engineering applications. Many emerging alloys, especially high-entropy alloys (HEAs) and related multicomponent alloys, are reported to show enhanced thermal stability and mechanical strength. The identification
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Multi-scale assembly and structure-process-property relationships in nanocellulosic materials Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-12 Meryem Jamal, Abdelhaq Benkaddour, Lokendra Pal, Houssine Sehaqui, Lucian Lucia, Stephen J. Eichhorn, Youssef Habibi
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Physical strategies to engineer supramolecular composite hydrogels for advanced biomedical applications Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-09 Sravan Baddi, Auphedeous Y. Dang-i, Fengli Gao, Xiaxin Qiu, Chuanliang Feng
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3D-Printed photocatalysts for revolutionizing catalytic conversion of solar to chemical energy Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-07 He Lin, Ming Ma, Huan Qi, Xin Wang, Zheng Xing, Azhar Alowasheeir, Huiping Tang, Seong Chan Jun, Yusuke Yamauchi, Shude Liu
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Polymer gels for aqueous metal batteries Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-03 Tianfu Zhang, Keliang Wang, Hengwei Wang, Manhui Wei, Zhuo Chen, Daiyuan Zhong, Yunxiang Chen, Pucheng Pei
With the advantages of high energy density and low cost, aqueous metal batteries have received widespread attention as energy conversion and storage devices. Polymer gels are suitable electrolytes because of their high chemical stability, safety, and inhibition of metal dendrites. However, the commercial application of polymer gels is challenged by factors that include electrolyte–electrode interfaces
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Research progress in sodium-iron-phosphate-based cathode materials for cost-effective sodium-ion batteries: Crystal structure, preparation, challenges, strategies, and developments Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-12-27 Kouthaman Mathiyalagan, Rubini Raja, Dongwoo Shin, Young-Chul Lee
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Progress in multi-electron sodium vanadium phosphate cathode for emerging sodium-ion batteries Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-12-21 Hafiz Kashif Razzaq, Chun-Chen Yang, Muhammad Norhaffis Mustafa, Arshid Numan, Mohammad Khalid
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Corrigendum to “Inorganic sonosensitizer nanomaterials for sonodynamic therapy of diseases beyond cancer” [Prog. Mater. Sci. 148 (2025) 101384] Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-12-13 Alejandro Sosnik, Ivan Zlotver, Harischandra Potthuri
Acknowledgements. The authors thank the support of the project “Innovative Tools to Treat and Model Complex Cancer Environments” (TheraTools, Ref. 101073404) from the HORIZON-MSCA-2021-DN-01 call (Doctoral Networks - Joint Doctorates modality) of the research and innovation programme of Horizon Europe 2021 under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions.
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Ferroelectric fluoropolymer/MXene composites for flexible pressure sensors: Fabrication and application Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-12-12 Yu-Jie Wu, Jia-Xing Guo, Xing Zhao, Chun-Yan Tang, Tao Gong, Qi Jing, Kai Ke, Yu Wang, Rui-Ying Bao, Kai Zhang, Ming-Bo Yang, Wei Yang
The rapid development of Internet of Things and artificial intelligence leads to a surge in the demand for wearable electronics in the fields of medical diagnosis, healthcare, intelligent control, and human–machine interface. Owing to excellent piezoelectric and dielectric properties of ferroelectric fluoropolymers, the composites consisting of ferroelectric polymers and MXene have shown promising
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Advances and challenges in inorganic bulk-based flexible thermoelectric devices Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-12-12 Qing-Yi Liu, Xiao-Lei Shi, Tian-Yi Cao, Wen-Yi Chen, Lan Li, Zhi-Gang Chen
The development of flexible thermoelectric devices (F-TEDs) has significantly improved their thermoelectric performance and unique flexibility, with increasing efforts directed toward standardization and commercialization. Among the various types of F-TEDs, those incorporating all-inorganic bulk materials are more practical and broadly applicable due to the superior thermoelectric performance of these
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Electrorheological fluids: A living review Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-12-11 Lenka Munteanu, Andrei Munteanu, Michal Sedlacik
Electrorheological (ER) materials have attracted considerable attention over the decades, owning to their unique ability to rapidly change their rheological properties upon exposure to an electric field. Such feature enables these materials in numerous applications. This paper reviews the general aspects of electrorheological fluids (ERFs), and introduces the most often used ER materials. Liquid carriers
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Recent advances in non-ionic surfactant templated synthesis of porous metal oxide semiconductors for gas sensing applications Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-12-06 Jinwu Hu, Yidong Zou, Yu Deng, Hui-Jun Li, Hui Xu, Ding Wang, Limin Wu, Yonghui Deng, Guisheng Li
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Layered double hydroxide-based nanomaterials for supercapacitors and batteries: Strategies and mechanisms Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-12-06 Chuan Jing, Shengrong Tao, Bin Fu, Lu Yao, Faling Ling, Xiaolin Hu, Yuxin Zhang
Supercapacitors and batteries play crucial roles in sustainable energy storage devices. Layered double hydroxide (LDH) exhibits outstanding adaptability to various electrochemical environments. However, poor electrical conductivity, limited electrochemical activity, and insufficient stability limits the application of LDH. Overcoming these obstacles is essential to fully exploit its potential in large-scale
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Recent advances in heteroatom-doped/hierarchical porous carbon materials: Synthesis, design and potential applications Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-11-30 Asif Hayat, Muhammad Sohail, Abdullah Yahya Abdullah Alzahrani, Hamid Ali, Ahmed M. Abu-Dief, M.S. Amin, Asma M Alenad, Saedah R. Al-Mhyawi, Yas Al-Hadeethi, Zeeshan Ajmal, Sheng-Rong Guo, Yasin Orooji
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Electrothermally activated soft materials: Mechanisms, methods and applications Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-11-22 Chengyun Long, Rui Wang, Yongyu Wang, Hongbo Lan, Xiaoyang Zhu, Yuan-Fang Zhang
Responsive soft materials, with unique advantages of light weight, flexibility and large deformation upon activation, have attracted extensive attention in the fields of aerospace engineering, soft robots and human–computer interaction. Electrothermal activation, enabled by the integration of engineered electrical heaters, is emerging as a new dimension in the design of novel functionalities for devices
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Photothermal fabrics for solar-driven seawater desalination Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-11-19 Jinjing Hu, Yan Sun, Zixiao Liu, Bo Zhu, Lisha Zhang, Ning Xu, Meifang Zhu, Jia Zhu, Zhigang Chen
Solar-driven seawater desalination has received massive attention as it holds great promise to solve the worldwide freshwater and energy issues. The key of this technology relies on the exploitation of broad-spectrum solar absorbers and the construction of evaporators with high-efficient thermal management. Among all the available solar absorbers, photothermal fabrics stand out with conspicuous properties
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Quantum dots@layered double hydroxides: Emerging nanocomposites for multifaceted applications Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-11-13 Garima Rathee, Antonio Puertas-Segura, Jeniffer Blair, Jyotsna Rathee, Tzanko Tzanov
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Thermoelectric materials and applications in buildings Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-11-04 Qi Sun, Chunyu Du, Guangming Chen
Thermoelectric materials are functional materials that utilize the movements of charge carriers to achieve the direct interconversions between heat and electricity. Recently, high-performance thermoelectric materials and multifunctional devices have witnessed explosive progresses to alleviate energy burdens. As the energy consumption in buildings continues to increase, the integration of thermoelectric
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Advanced hard carbon materials for practical applications of sodium-ion batteries developed by combined experimental, computational, and data analysis approaches Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-10-28 Zongfu Sun, Huawei Liu, Wen Li, Ning Zhang, Shan Zhu, Biao Chen, Fang He, Naiqin Zhao, Chunnian He
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Advances in aqueous zinc-ion battery systems: Cathode materials and chemistry Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-10-28 Yulong Fan, Qingping Wang, Yingying Xie, Naigen Zhou, Yang Yang, Yichun Ding, Yen Wei, Guoxing Qu
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Impact of inhibition mechanisms, automation, and computational models on the discovery of organic corrosion inhibitors Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-10-24 David A. Winkler, Anthony E. Hughes, Can Özkan, Arjan Mol, Tim Würger, Christian Feiler, Dawei Zhang, Sviatlana V. Lamaka
The targeted removal of efficient but toxic corrosion inhibitors based on hexavalent chromium has provided an impetus for discovery of new, more benign organic compounds to fill that role. Developments in high-throughput synthesis of organic compounds, the establishment of large libraries of available chemicals, accelerated corrosion inhibition testing technologies, the increased capabilities of machine
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Retraction notice to “Recent Advancements in Boron Carbon Nitride (BNC) Nanoscale Materials for Efficient Supercapacitor Performances” [Prog. Mater. Sci. 144 (2024) 101286] Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-10-18 Rabia Manzar, Mohsin Saeed, Umer Shahzad, Jehan Y. Al-Humaidi, Shujah ur Rehman, Raed H. Althomali, Mohammed M. Rahman
This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies/article-withdrawal).
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A materials science approach to extracellular matrices Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-10-16 Nathalie Bock, Martina Delbianco, Michaela Eder, Richard Weinkamer, Shahrouz Amini, Cecile M. Bidan, Amaia Cipitria, Shaun P. Collin, Larisa M. Haupt, Jacqui McGovern, Flavia Medeiros Savi, Yi-Chin Toh, Dietmar W. Hutmacher, Peter Fratzl
Extracellular matrices (ECMs) are foundational to all biological systems and naturally evolved as an intersection between living systems and active materials. Despite extensive study, research on ECMs often overlooks their structural material complexity and systemic roles. This Perspective argues for a holistic examination of ECMs from a materials science viewpoint, emphasizing their highly variable
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Contact resistance and interfacial engineering: Advances in high-performance 2D-TMD based devices Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-10-15 Xiongfang Liu, Kaijian Xing, Chi Sin Tang, Shuo Sun, Pan Chen, Dong-Chen Qi, Mark B.H. Breese, Michael S. Fuhrer, Andrew T.S. Wee, Xinmao Yin
The development of advanced electronic devices is contingent upon sustainable material development and pioneering research breakthroughs. Traditional semiconductor-based electronic technology faces constraints in material thickness scaling and energy efficiency. Atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have emerged as promising candidates for next-generation nanoelectronics
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Advancing battery thermal management: Future directions and challenges in nano-enhanced phase change materials-Based systems Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-10-14 Mahendran Samykano
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Performance failure mechanisms and mitigation strategies of high-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-10-12 Shufan Wang, Yun Zheng, Chenhui Xv, Haishan Liu, Lingfei Li, Wei Yan, Jiujun Zhang
As one type of promising electrochemical technologies, high temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells (HT-PEMFCs) have been widely recognized as the next-generation fuel cell technology for clean energy conversion due to their superiorities of fast electrochemical kinetics, simplified water management, good tolerance to feeding gas contaminants, low emission and high efficiency of energy conversion
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Advances in high entropy oxides: synthesis, structure, properties and beyond Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-10-10 Chang Liu, Shun Li, Yunpeng Zheng, Min Xu, Hongyang Su, Xiang Miao, Yiqian Liu, Zhifang Zhou, Junlei Qi, Bingbing Yang, Di Chen, Ce-Wen Nan, Yuan-Hua Lin
The unique structural features of high entropy oxides (HEOs) offer opportunities for flexible and precise structure control, thereby fostering a broad spectrum of structure–property tuning. This review surveys the extensive research carried out on HEOs, from initial exploration to recent advancement, summarizing progress in the refinement of synthesis techniques, elucidation of the high entropy effect
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Exploring the synthesis, properties, and potential of chitosan-functionalized metal-organic frameworks in emerging applications Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-10-09 Anbazhagan Sathiyaseelan, Xin Zhang, Yuting Lu, Nazeer Abdul Azeez, Lina Zhang, Gopal Shankar Krishnakumar, Myeong-Hyeon Wang
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Multiscale structural regulation of Two-Dimensional materials for photocatalytic reduction of CO2 Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-10-05 Junyan Wu, Lina Zhao, Xu Gao, Yuxin Li
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Lignin/polysaccharide composite: A nature-made match toward multifunctional bio-based materials Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-10-05 Shixu Yu, Lu Chen, Yimin Xie, Qinghua Feng, Chaoji Chen
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Advanced Mg-based materials for energy storage: fundamental, progresses, challenges and perspectives Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-10-01 Junrui Zhang, Mili Liu, Jiacheng Qi, Nuo Lei, Shengrong Guo, Jiangfeng Li, Xuezhang Xiao, Liuzhang Ouyang
Magnesium (Mg)-based materials exhibit higher hydrogen-storage density among solid-state hydrogen-storage materials (HSMs). Highly reliable hydrolysis can be achieved using them for hydrogen production. They can also achieve the integration of hydrogen production and storage via the regeneration. Furthermore, rechargeable magnesium batteries (RMBs), which possess desirable qualities that exhibit immense
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Inorganic sonosensitizer nanomaterials for sonodynamic therapy of diseases beyond cancer Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-10-01 Alejandro Sosnik, Ivan Zlotver, Harischandra Potthuri
Ultrasound (US) is a technology that utilizes sound waves above 20 kHz and has extensive applications in medical imaging and therapy. Sonodynamic Therapy (SDT) uses low-intensity US to locally activate sono-responsive molecules or nanomaterials (the sonosensitizer), inducing the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the biological microenvironment, and triggering a biological response. As
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The concept of high entropy for rechargeable batteries Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-09-30 Huangxu Li, Xueliang Sun, Haitao Huang
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Next generation phase change materials: State-of-the-art towards sustainable future Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-09-29 B. Kalidasan, A.K. Pandey
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Water: The soul of hydrogels Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-09-28 Yue Yuan, Qianqian Zhang, Shumiao Lin, Jinlong Li
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A comprehensive review of 4D-printed thermo-responsive hydrogel-based smart actuators for solar steam generation: Advanced design, modeling, manufacturing, and finite element analysis Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-09-22 Nitai Chandra Adak, Wonoh Lee
The worldwide request for clean water and renewable energy is growing rapidly due to the rising population, changing ways of life, expanding economies, and increased utilization of natural resources. One way researchers from multiple disciplines are striving to meet these demands is to develop a direct solar steam generation (DSSG) system providing steam interrelated with the water-energy conversion
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Recent progress in electrospun polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)-based nanofibers for sustainable energy and environmental applications Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-09-19 Fatemeh Mokhtari, Akbar Samadi, Ahmed O. Rashed, Xue Li, Joselito M. Razal, Lingxue Kong, Russell J. Varley, Shuaifei Zhao
Clean energy, water, and air are all critical to the sustainable development of humanity. Electrospun nanofibers, including nanofibrous membranes, have attracted enormous interest for energy and environmental applications, whether for energy generation and storage, or separation and purification. Electrospun polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF)-based nanofibers, in particular, have been extensively studied
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Bioengineering nanomaterials for tumor therapy and anti-metastasis Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF 33.6) Pub Date : 2024-09-19 Junjie Cheng, Yuanbo Pan, Jianhua Zou, Miya Zhang, Yang Zhu, Yangzhong Liu, Xiaoyuan Chen
Tumor metastasis, responsible for the majority of cancer-related mortality, represents a critical challenge to effective treatment. Despite the deployment of various therapeutic strategies, difficulties remain due to tumor heterogeneity and the complexity of the biological microenvironment. Functional nanomaterials possess unique acoustic, optical, electromagnetic, and thermal properties, playing critical