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Materials design and integration strategies for soft bioelectronics in digital healthcare Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 86.2) Pub Date : 2025-06-23 Hye Jin Kim, Ja Hoon Koo, Seunghwan Lee, Taeghwan Hyeon, Dae-Hyeong Kim
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Overcoming copper stability challenges in CO2 electrolysis Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-06-16 Jesse Kok, Petru P. Albertini, Jari Leemans, Raffaella Buonsanti, Thomas Burdyny
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Next-generation materials for nucleic acid delivery Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-06-16 Roy van der Meel, Paul A. Wender, Olivia M. Merkel, Irene Lostalé-Seijo, Javier Montenegro, Ali Miserez, Quentin Laurent, Hanadi Sleiman, Paola Luciani
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Swarming intelligence in self-propelled micromotors and nanomotors Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-06-13 Tania Patiño Padial, Shuqin Chen, Ana C. Hortelão, Ayusman Sen, Samuel Sánchez
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The rising promise of organic photodetectors in emerging technologies Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-06-12 Kai Zhang, Junjiang Wu, Chunlong Sun, Dae Sung Chung, Yanhou Geng, Long Ye
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What decades of plastics waste management have taught us Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-06-10 Coralie Jehanno, Marta Ximenis, Louise Breloy, Oğuzhan Akin, Rita Kol, Kevin M. Van Geem, Steven De Meester, Haritz Sardón
Waste management has transformed over the past half a century, from key dumping and landfilling laws in the 1970s to today’s complex policies targeting plastic waste reduction and recycling. Still, global disparities are glaring, and stronger policies, infrastructure and technology are necessary to achieve a truly circular plastics economy.
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Cellulose nanocomposites by supramolecular chemistry engineering Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-06-06 Lu Chen, Le Yu, Luhe Qi, Stephen J. Eichhorn, Akira Isogai, Erlantz Lizundia, J. Y. Zhu, Chaoji Chen
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Ambient fabrication of perovskites for photovoltaics Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-05-27 Yu Zou, Wenjin Yu, Bo Qu, Zhijian Chen, Mingyang Wei, Lixin Xiao
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Multimaterial extrusion 3D printing printheads Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-05-22 Nathan C. Brown, Daniel C. Ames, Jochen Mueller
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Decoding the halogenation cost-performance paradox in organic solar cells Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-05-21 Guoping Li, Mohammed Al-Hashimi, Antonio Facchetti, Tobin J. Marks
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Inorganic solid-state electrolyte membranes for lithium extraction Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-05-16 Ze-Xian Low, Qianxi Zhang, Qiuyue Wang, Zhouyou Wang, Zhaoxiang Zhong, Weihong Xing, Huanting Wang
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Reducing immune response in semiconducting polymers through molecular design Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-05-13 Charlotte Allard
An article in Nature Materials reports on a method to reduce the foreign body response of semiconducting polymers.
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Plasmonic lattice lasers Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-05-13 Francisco Freire-Fernández, Sang-Min Park, Max J. H. Tan, Teri W. Odom
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Biomaterials in cellular agriculture and plant-based foods for the future Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-05-07 Edward B. Gordon, Inyoung Choi, Armaghan Amanipour, Yiwen Hu, Amin Nikkhah, Begum Koysuren, Champ Jones, Nitin Nitin, Reza Ovissipour, Markus J. Buehler, Nicole Tichenor Blackstone, David L. Kaplan
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Materials and device strategies to enhance spatiotemporal resolution in bioelectronics Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Jing Zhang, Zhe Cheng, Pengju Li, Bozhi Tian
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Gaps in quantifying environmental losses of plastics impede effective solutions Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-04-30 Vinay Yadav, Xunchang Fei, Mohit Arora, Tim H. M. van Emmerik, Yao Wang, Alexis Laurent
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Shell-reinforced macroporous hydrogels for bone repair Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-04-29 Charlotte Allard
An article in Nature Communications presents a hydrogel with a reinforced macroporous structure designed to guide stem cell differentiation.
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Stabilizing condensates and coacervates all the same Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-04-29 Ariane Vartanian
An article in Nature Chemistry reports a library of block polymers that can form stabilizing membranes around all kinds of synthetic coacervates and biomolecular condensates.
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Designing supramolecular catalytic systems for mammalian synthetic metabolism Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-04-29 Jingjing Han, Martin Fussenegger
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3D-printable photopolymers get fully recyclable Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-04-28 Giulia Pacchioni
A paper in Science reports the use of a dissociative network design that results in 3D-printable polymers with good mechanical properties that can be fully recycled without loss of functionality.
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Design and sustainability of polypeptide material systems Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-04-14 Sarah K. Yorke, Zhenze Yang, Elizabeth G. Wiita, Ayaka Kamada, Tuomas P. J. Knowles, Markus J. Buehler
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Wind turbine blade recycling for greener and sustainable wind energy Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-04-04 Baodong Wang, Guoxing Chen, Yang Dong, Heng Guo, Marc Widenmeyer, Zeai Huang, Ying Zhou, Anke Weidenkaff
The rapid expansion of wind farms has led to a growing challenge: the escalating accumulation of decommissioned wind turbine blades in landfills. Addressing this issue through innovative recycling and reuse strategies is pivotal to advancing a circular economy within the wind energy sector.
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Molecular design for low-cost organic photovoltaic materials Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-04-04 Ni Yang, Shaoqing Zhang, Yong Cui, Jianqiu Wang, Shuohan Cheng, Jianhui Hou
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New sorbents for removing forever chemicals need standardized reporting Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-03-28 Zicheng Su, Zhuojing Yang, Kehan Liu, Chunrong Yu, Jianhua Guo, Cheng Zhang
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), or ‘forever chemicals’, are persistent global pollutants that require efficient sorbents for removal. We propose a minimum data standard that should be reported for any new PFAS sorbent, aiming to enhance reproducibility, facilitate quantitative sorbent comparisons and accelerate PFAS removal technologies.
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Forcing imines into MOFs Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-03-26 Ariane Vartanian
An article in the Journal of the American Chemical Society describes a simple mechanochemical route to imine-based metal–organic frameworks, which have long been difficult to synthesize.
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Semi-transparent perovskites promote radicchio growth Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-03-24 Charlotte Allard
An article in Nature Communications shows that using semi-transparent perovskite rooftops in greenhouses enhances the growth of radicchio seedlings.
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The state of the art in photovoltaic materials and device research Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-03-20 Thomas Kirchartz, Genghua Yan, Ye Yuan, Brijesh K. Patel, David Cahen, Pabitra K. Nayak
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Understanding materials failure mechanisms for the optimization of lithium-ion battery recycling Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-03-20 Mengting Zheng, Ya You, Jun Lu
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The road ahead in materials and technologies for volumetric 3D printing Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-03-18 Paulina Nunez Bernal, Sammy Florczak, Sebastian Inacker, Xiao Kuang, Jorge Madrid-Wolff, Martin Regehly, Stefan Hecht, Yu Shrike Zhang, Christophe Moser, Riccardo Levato
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Topological fibres expand the horizons of fibre materials Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-03-17 Hanwei Wang, Cheng Zeng, Qingfeng Sun, Huiqiao Li
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2D non-layered crystals with high hole mobility enter the scene Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-03-13 Giulia Pacchioni
An article in Nature Materials reports a salt- and-oxygen-assisted chemical vapour deposition method for the synthesis of 2D single crystals of the non-layered material β-Bi2O3, which exhibit high hole mobility and result in field-effect transistors with attractive performance.
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Context dependence in assembly code for supramolecular peptide materials and systems Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-03-13 Kübra Kaygisiz, Deborah Sementa, Vignesh Athiyarath, Xi Chen, Rein V. Ulijn
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Palestinian and German researchers meet to strengthen scientific ties Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-03-06 Giulia Pacchioni
In February 2025, 15 researchers travelled from the West Bank to the Max Planck institute in Stuttgart to engage with German colleagues in discussions about science, the challenges they face in their research and potential collaborations.
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A kosmotropic solution to cathode manufacturing Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-02-27 Ariane Vartanian
An article in Nature Communications reports an aqueous processing solution, based on the kosmotropic effect, that enables the sustainable and cost-effective manufacturing of lithium-ion battery cathodes.
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Biodegradable origami soft robot Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-02-27 Charlotte Allard
An article in Science Advances demonstrates a dual closed-loop robotic system that uses biodegradable materials and features an origami-based design.
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Bridging theory and experiment in defect-tolerant semiconductors for photovoltaics Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-02-27 Maria S. Hammer, Hannah Schlott, Larry Lüer, Christoph J. Brabec, Mykhailo Sytnyk, Johannes Will, Bernd Meyer, Wolfgang Heiss
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Low-cost recycling of perovskite photovoltaics Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-02-26 Giulia Pacchioni
An article in Nature introduces a recycling strategy for perovskite photovoltaics based on green solvents, achieving high recycling efficiency and purity while mitigating environmental impacts.
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Publisher Correction: Materials for high-temperature digital electronics Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-02-24 Dhiren K. Pradhan, David C. Moore, A. Matt Francis, Jacob Kupernik, W. Joshua Kennedy, Nicholas R. Glavin, Roy H. Olsson, Deep Jariwala
Correction to: Nature Reviews Materials https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-024-00731-9, published online 18 October 2024.
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Resilience pathways for halide perovskite photovoltaics under temperature cycling Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-02-19 Luyan Wu, Shuaifeng Hu, Feng Yang, Guixiang Li, Junke Wang, Weiwei Zuo, José J. Jerónimo-Rendon, Silver-Hamill Turren-Cruz, Michele Saba, Michael Saliba, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Jorge Pascual, Meng Li, Antonio Abate
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Altermagnets as a new class of functional materials Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-02-14 Cheng Song, Hua Bai, Zhiyuan Zhou, Lei Han, Helena Reichlova, J. Hugo Dil, Junwei Liu, Xianzhe Chen, Feng Pan
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Chalcogens for high-energy batteries Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-02-11 Ze Chen, Chunyi Zhi
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Visible-to-THz near-field nanoscopy Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-02-10 Rainer Hillenbrand, Yohannes Abate, Mengkun Liu, Xinzhong Chen, D. N. Basov
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Organic solid-state photochromism using porous scaffolds Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-02-04 Samraj Mollick, Jin-Chong Tan
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A global policy framework for the circular use of forest biomass as building materials Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-02-03 Victor De Araujo, Maximilian Pramreiter, André Christoforo
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Large language models for reticular chemistry Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Zhiling Zheng, Nakul Rampal, Theo Jaffrelot Inizan, Christian Borgs, Jennifer T. Chayes, Omar M. Yaghi
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Efficient catalyst for alkaline water Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-30 Charlotte Allard
An article in Nature Communications presents a yttrium-doped NiMo/MoO2 catalyst that enhances water dissociation and optimizes intermediate dynamics for efficient hydrogen production from alkaline water.
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Make metal–organic frameworks safe and sustainable by design for industrial translation Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-29 Swaroop Chakraborty, Dhruv Menon, Iuliia Mikulska, Christian Pfrang, David Fairen-Jimenez, Superb K. Misra, Iseult Lynch
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Modular lattice structures Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-29 Ariane Vartanian
An article in Communications Materials introduces a modular assembly approach to scale up pyrolytic carbon lattice structures while retaining their strength and ductility.
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Design of oxide nanoparticles for biomedical applications Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-29 Bowon Lee, Yunjung Lee, Nohyun Lee, Dokyoon Kim, Taeghwan Hyeon
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Large-scale single MoS2 crystals unlocked Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-28 Giulia Pacchioni
An article in Nature Materials reports an adaptation of the Czochralski method that enables the growth of centimetre-scale single-crystal MoS2 flakes with ultra-low defect density.
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Author Correction: Emergence of melt and glass states of halide perovskite semiconductors Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-27 Akash Singh, David B. Mitzi
Correction to: Nature Reviews Materials https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-024-00759-x, published online 9 January 2025
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Delivering living medicines with biomaterials Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-27 Tetsuhiro Harimoto, Wei-Hung Jung, David J. Mooney
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No agreement yet on global plastics treaty Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-10 Ariane Vartanian
In 2022, the United Nations Environment Assembly voted to establish the world’s first legally binding international treaty to end plastic pollution — with the goal of having it finalized by the end of 2024. In December 2024 in Busan, South Korea, the intergovernmental negotiating committee met for the fifth, and what was supposed to be final, round of talks. They did not leave with an agreement as
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COP29 limps towards agreement on climate finance Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-10 Ariane Vartanian
The 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP29) adjourned in late November in Baku, Azerbaijan — over a day after it was scheduled to end — with a rushed and, to some, bitterly disappointing outcome. A key aim of the summit was to reach a new climate finance goal for high-income countries to help low- and middle-income nations cope with climate shocks and transition to renewable
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Emergence of melt and glass states of halide perovskite semiconductors Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-09 Akash Singh, David B. Mitzi
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Light delivery to pancreatic tumours Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-07 Giulia Pacchioni
An article in Advanced Materials reports the development of an implantable, shape-morphing 3D micro-light-emitting diode device that enables continuous and effective light irradiation of pancreatic tumours.
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The challenge of recycling fast-growing fibre-reinforced polymer waste Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-02 Huanyu Li, Ning Zhang, Lei Wang, Jian-Xin Lu, Renhao Dong, Huabo Duan, Jian Yang
Fibre-reinforced polymers are widely used — and waste is growing fast. Appropriate recycling technologies should be purposefully selected to reintegrate fibre-reinforced polymer waste into sustainable industries, yield high-quality industrial products and promote the broader recycling of fibre-reinforced polymers.
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Deformable soft magnetic fibres Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2024-12-16 Charlotte Allard
An article in Nature Communications presents a one-step spinning technique to fabricate soft magnetic high-entropy alloy fibres that exhibit enhanced plasticity and low coercivity.
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Temporarily solid, permanently porous Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2024-12-16 Eren J. Peterson
An article in Nature Communications demonstrates a modular synthetic method to create metal–organic polyhedra that maintain porosity during phase transformation.
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The amorphous state as a frontier in computational materials design Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 79.8) Pub Date : 2024-12-16 Yuanbin Liu, Ata Madanchi, Andy S. Anker, Lena Simine, Volker L. Deringer