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An article in Nature Communications reports a 3D nanoprinting platform that combines a microfluidic atomic force microscope to precisely deposit tiny amounts of polymer ink and surface-initiated crosslinking chemistry to solidify the ink immediately upon delivery.
Many graduate students experience mental health struggles that lead them to question their place in academia. Two scientists who experienced extreme lows in graduate school reflect on what helped them during their low points, and suggest strategies for everyone to contribute to mentally healthier workplaces in academia.
Memristors are devices that possess materials-level complex dynamics that can be used for computing, such that each memristor can functionally replace elaborate digital circuits. This Review surveys novel material properties that enable complex dynamics and new computing architectures that offer dramatically greater computing efficiency than conventional computers.
Producing low-carbon hydrogen to use as a clean energy carrier is an important step towards a decarbonized economy. Plasma pyrolysis is an emerging technology that has great potential for the large-scale production of low-carbon and affordable hydrogen.
Ferroelectric HfO2 and related materials are promising for device applications, given that non-ferroelectric HfO2 is already used for applications at the industrial scale, is CMOS-compatible and is robust to degradation. This Review summarizes the properties and origin of ferroelectricity in HfO2-based materials and surveys their potential applications.
Only in recent years has the Hall effect been predicted and observed in materials with antiferromagnetic order. This Review systematically organizes the current understanding of anomalous antiferromagnetic materials that generate a Hall effect, discussing these systems in the broad context of spintronics, topological condensed matter and multipole magnetism.
Multicaloric cooling promises environmentally friendly and high-efficiency refrigeration. In this Review, the authors discuss emerging multicaloric materials and their physics involving coexisting ferroic order parameters, examine key factors that govern the overall system efficiency of potential multicaloric devices and envision future applications.
An article in the Journal of the American Chemical Society reports a family of metal–organic macrocycles that can be envisioned as discrete versions of electrically conductive metal–organic frameworks.
An article in Advanced Materials reports the development of a stretchable, breathable and stable energy harvester that harnesses energy from a range of human movements to power electronic devices.
An article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports a surface treatment method that enables biocompatible, versatile and chemically stable functionalization of diamond quantum sensors.
Solar fuel production provides a sustainable route towards simultaneous energy harvesting and storage. However, this technology is hampered by the complexity and slow manual screening of the chemical design space to find suitable catalytic and light-harvesting materials. One solution is offered by automation, which has begun changing the landscape of material discovery and energy research.
Wearable devices can sense physiological signals on the surface of the human body. This Review discusses the design, sensing mechanisms and fabrication of wearable devices that can probe deep-tissue signals, beyond the skin, to provide information about human health and disease.
Crystalline silicon solar cells are today’s main photovoltaic technology, enabling the production of electricity with minimal carbon emissions and at an unprecedented low cost. This Review discusses the recent evolution of this technology, the present status of research and industrial development, and the near-future perspectives.
Methane, as a replacement for crude oil, can be converted into valuable chemicals through photocatalysis. This Review discusses the design of promising photocatalytic systems and strategies to understand their reaction mechanisms and outlines the most pressing questions still facing the field.
Inflammation plays a central role in our body’s response to injury or infection. If dysregulated, inflammatory responses can lead to chronic inflammation and the development of inflammatory diseases. This Review discusses biomaterials-based anti-inflammatory therapies, including scavenging, blockage and drug delivery strategies.
An article in Nature Synthesis reports a rapid and scalable strategy to synthesize a range of high-entropy nanoparticles at atmospheric temperature and pressure.
