Structural materials are critical components for our daily lives and industries. This Comment highlights the emerging concepts in structural materials over the past two decades, particularly the multi-principal element alloys, heterostructured materials and additive manufacturing that enables the fabrication of complex architectures.
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Ritchie, R.O., Zheng, X.R. Growing designability in structural materials. Nat. Mater. 21, 968–970 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-022-01336-9
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