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Volume 7 Issue 4, April 2022

Spin–orbit coupling can be leveraged to enable new functional properties in oxide materials, in particular for spintronics applications. The cover image is an artistic impression of spin-charge conversion in a Rashba two-dimensional electron gas. See Felix Trier et al.

Image: Diogo C. Vaz. Cover design: Charlotte Gurr.

Volume 7 Issue 4

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  • 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.

    • Katarzyna P. Sokol
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  • 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.

    • Sadra Bakhshandeh
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  • An article in Nature Materials reports a 3D-printing method to fabricate electrodes that efficiently harness energy from photosynthetic cells.

    • Giulia Pacchioni
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  • 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.

    • Hannah Hatcher
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  • 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.

    • Ariane Vartanian
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  • The materials community must address the greenhouse gas emissions burden of materials production. This Review assesses the potential for decarbonization of the cement, metals and petrochemical industries, revealing opportunities to strengthen the connections across industries and length scales — from the atomic scale through to materials markets — to meet climate targets.

    • Katrin Daehn
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  • Sex-related differences in health and disease are often overlooked in tissue engineering. This Review discusses sex-based differences in the (patho)physiology of the cardiovascular system, providing a design framework for sex-specific cardiac tissue models and an outlook to developing sex-specific in vitro models in general.

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  • The central nervous system is protected by tightly regulated physiological barriers, which make drug delivery into the brain and spinal cord very challenging. This Review discusses the pathophysiological changes that complicate drug delivery into the central nervous system and examines materials-based strategies to bypass or overcome these barriers for drug delivery.

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    • Drew L. Sellers
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