Themed collection Advanced Functional Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Guest Editors Jessica Winter, Jawwad Darr, and John Wang introduce the Materials Advances themed collection on advanced functional materials and manufacturing processes.

Silicon quantum dots (SiQDs) are of great interest because they are believed to be harmless to living organisms, mainly due to their low toxicity.

This review discusses a key issue, namely scalable production, in industrial translation of microscopic particles-based drug delivery systems.

Multidimensional therapeutic applications of nanotechnology for combating of chronic diseases such as cancer, COVID-19, and HIV/AIDS.

Calcium ion batteries have been increasingly explored as an alternative energy storage system as industry begins to manoeuvre towards an age of ‘Beyond lithium’ research and development.

Formic acid is an efficient processing additive for Li₄Ti₅O₁₂ anodes, but the amount has to be carefully optimized. Fluoroethylene carbonate as electrolyte additive can further enhance the performance by facilitating the interfacial charge transfer.

3D printed SrNbO₂N photocatalyst, its reconstructed XRD-CT image, band structure and photo-oxidation process.

Disordered rocksalt Li_1.2Ni_0.4Ti_0.4O₂ is transformed into a new cation ordered layered phase Li_1.2Ni_0.4Mo_0.2Mg_0.2O₂ through a dual cation substitution strategy.

Poly(ethylene imine) (PEI) and poly(propylene imine) (PPI) are supported within metal–organic framework UiO-67(Zr) pores and evaluated for CO₂ capture from simulated flue gas and air.

Silicatein fusion proteins display comparable silica and ceria biomineralization capabilities regardless of fusion partner or oligomerization status. Therefore, for scalable biomanufacturing, inherent properties of the enzyme should be explored.

Better resin wettability increases strength and stiffness in high solids loading composites that can be additively manufactured with high resolution.

Benefiting from the enhanced POD-like activity of Au/UiO-66, multi-target detection of glucose, dopamine and sulfide ion was realized based on a distinct mechanism.