Themed collection 2023 Materials Horizons Most Popular Articles
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Recent development of end-of-life strategies for plastic in industry and academia: bridging their gap for future deployment
Bridging the gap between academia and industry in plastic recycling will accelerate innovation and deployment toward solving the global challenge of plastic waste management and establishing net zero carbon society.
Mater. Horiz., 2023,10, 1608-1624
https://doi.org/10.1039/D2MH01549H
The fundamentals and applications of piezoelectric materials for tumor therapy: recent advances and outlook
Here, we introduce bio-piezoelectric platforms from the perspective of antitumor therapy, review their recent applications as nanomedicines and carriers in tumor diagnosis and treatment, and discuss future challenges and opportunities.
Mater. Horiz., 2023,10, 1140-1184
https://doi.org/10.1039/D2MH01221A
High entropy alloying strategy for accomplishing quintuple-nanoparticles grafted carbon towards exceptional high-performance overall seawater splitting
Novel carbon materials with grafted high-entropy alloying quintuple nanoparticles exhibit multifunctionality in seawater splitting, including catalysis for hydrogen evolution reactions, oxygen evolution reactions, and chlorine evolution reactions.
Mater. Horiz., 2023,10, 5032-5044
https://doi.org/10.1039/D3MH00453H
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A polymer library enables the rapid identification of a highly scalable and efficient donor material for organic solar cells
A scalable, two-step synthesis facilitates the preparation of a polymer library of varying side chain and co-monomer, enabling rapid photovoltaic device screening. FO6-T emerged as the optimal donor achieving 15.4% PCE with L8BO as the acceptor.
Mater. Horiz., 2023,10, 4202-4212
https://doi.org/10.1039/D3MH00787A
A strain-reinforcing elastomer adhesive with superior adhesive strength and toughness
A strong and ductile polyurethane adhesive with mechano-responsive characteristics is synthesized to exceptionally show the different phenomenon of only interfacial failure yet still exhibiting superior adhesive strength and toughness.
Mater. Horiz., 2023,10, 4183-4191
https://doi.org/10.1039/D3MH00966A
A solar/radiative cooling dual-regulation smart window based on shape-morphing kirigami structures
A kirigami-inspired smart window is presented with a solar/radiative cooling dual-control function and improved durability. It is promising for building energy saving and outperforms state-of-the-art dual-regulation smart windows in the literature.
Mater. Horiz., 2023,10, 4243-4250
https://doi.org/10.1039/D3MH00671A
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Stable organic electrochemical neurons based on p-type and n-type ladder polymers
Rigid ladder-type conjugated polymers enable the development of stable and high-performance organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) and complementary OECT-based amplifiers for brain-inspired artificial neurons.
Mater. Horiz., 2023,10, 4213-4223
https://doi.org/10.1039/D3MH00858D
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Phonon-driven transient bandgap renormalization in perovskite single crystals
Our study demonstrates the significant role of phonons in the transient band gap renormalization of MAPbBr3 single crystals following photoexcitation, in addition to the well-known contribution of photo-generated hot carriers.
Mater. Horiz., 2023,10, 4192-4201
https://doi.org/10.1039/D3MH00570D
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Selective deconstruction of mixed plastics by a tailored organocatalyst
The developed highly efficient and versatile organocatalyst can deconstruct multiple condensation polymers selectively and sequentially into corresponding monomers, while keeping other polymers such as polyolefins or cotton intact.
Mater. Horiz., 2023,10, 3360-3368
https://doi.org/10.1039/D3MH00801K
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Microscopic strain mapping in polymers equipped with non-covalent mechanochromic motifs
We present a generalisable methodology based on fluorescent non-covalent mechanophores for producing quantitative maps of local strain around defects within three-dimensional polymeric matrices.
Mater. Horiz., 2023,10, 3467-3475
https://doi.org/10.1039/D3MH00650F
Highly adhesive chitosan/poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels via the synergy of phytic acid and boric acid and their application as highly sensitive and widely linear strain sensors
Chitosan/poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels with high adhesion of up to 527 kPa due to the synergy of phytic acid and boric acid. The hydrogel-based strain sensor has high sensitivity (gauge factor = 4.61) and wide linear strain range (up to 1000%).
Mater. Horiz., 2023,10, 3488-3498
https://doi.org/10.1039/D3MH00739A
Soft–hard interface design in super-elastic conductive polymer hydrogel containing Prussian blue analogues to enable highly efficient electrochemical deionization
Soft-hard interface has been developed by introducing conducting polymer hydrogels to improve the cycling electrochemical deionization performance of Prussian blue analogues.
Mater. Horiz., 2023,10, 3548-3558
https://doi.org/10.1039/D2MH01149B
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Redox-active ions unlock substitutional doping in halide perovskites
Electrical doping of metal halide perovskites (MPHs) is a key step towards the use of this efficient and cost-effective semiconductor class in modern electronics.
Mater. Horiz., 2023,10, 2845-2853
https://doi.org/10.1039/D3MH00663H
Metal-phenolic self-assembly shielded probiotics in hydrogel reinforced wound healing with antibiotic treatment
Living probiotics secrete bioactive substances to accelerate wound healing, but the clinical application of antibiotics inhibits the survival of probiotics.
Mater. Horiz., 2023,10, 3114-3123
https://doi.org/10.1039/D3MH00033H
Self-healing liquid metal hydrogel for human–computer interaction and infrared camouflage
The liquid metal hydrogel with multiple physical cross-links possesses super-stretchability, notch resistance, self-healing properties, and photothermal properties, which give it the potential for human–computer interaction and infrared camouflage.
Mater. Horiz., 2023,10, 2945-2957
https://doi.org/10.1039/D3MH00341H
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Anomalously abrupt switching of wurtzite-structured ferroelectrics: simultaneous non-linear nucleation and growth model
Anomalously abrupt nucleation and growth kinetics in polarization switching of wurtzite ferroelectrics are demonstrated. The anomaly inspires an extension of the traditional model to a regime that simultaneous non-linear nucleation and growth occur.
Mater. Horiz., 2023,10, 2936-2944
https://doi.org/10.1039/D3MH00365E
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Room-temperature stacking disorder in layered covalent-organic frameworks from machine-learning force fields
Large-scale computer simulations of layered covalent-organic frameworks reveal temporal and spatial fluctuations that can be described as zigzag disorder.
Mater. Horiz., 2023,10, 2883-2891
https://doi.org/10.1039/D3MH00314K
A sweat-pH-enabled strongly adhesive hydrogel for self-powered e-skin applications
A tough adhesive hydrogel composed of cellulose nanofibril, poly acrylic-acid with a tight hydrogen-bond network is realized via turning the perceived intrinsic flaws of sweat into merits, showing great potential in self-powered e-skins.
Mater. Horiz., 2023,10, 2271-2280
https://doi.org/10.1039/D3MH00174A
Physical crosslinked hydrogel-derived smart windows: anti-freezing and fast thermal responsive performance
A physical crosslinked thermochromic smart hydrogel demonstrated easy fabrication, improved anti-freezing and good structural integrity across phase transition, to be used in smart windows, sensing, camouflage, etc.
Mater. Horiz., 2023,10, 2004-2012
https://doi.org/10.1039/D3MH00057E
What is special about Y6; the working mechanism of neat Y6 organic solar cells
Morphological modification by DIO additive facilitates charge generation in the bulk of Y6, suppresses the bimolecular recombination, which results in an increased JSC and FF of single component Y6 solar cells.
Mater. Horiz., 2023,10, 1825-1834
https://doi.org/10.1039/D2MH01411D
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Angle-independent solar radiation capture by 3D printed lattice structures for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting
Illustration of improved solar absorption capabilities of transparent 3D lattice structured electrodes compared to conventional flatbed electrodes for photoelectrochemical water electrolysis.
Mater. Horiz., 2023,10, 1806-1815
https://doi.org/10.1039/D2MH01475K
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MOF/polymer hybrids through in situ free radical polymerization in metal-organic frameworks
A simple yet powerful strategy of carrying out free radical polymerization of methacrylate monomers using a MOF-based initiator. The obtained composites maintain high catalytic activity towards a chemical warfare agent (CWA) simulant.
Mater. Horiz., 2023,10, 1301-1308
https://doi.org/10.1039/D2MH01202B
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Multifunctional sound-absorbing and mechanical metamaterials via a decoupled mechanism design approach
We report a new paradigm, via a decoupled approach, in the design of acousto-mechanical multifunctional metamaterials.
Mater. Horiz., 2023,10, 75-87
https://doi.org/10.1039/D2MH00977C
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