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Complex element combinations increase the variety of microstructural features and facilitate property manipulation for materials design. This joint Focus between Nature Materials and Nature Computational Science highlights recent developments in the field and brings together experts' opinions on the opportunities in both computational methods and experimental approaches for complex element coupling.