Themed collection 2021 Materials Horizons most popular articles
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Gels as emerging anti-icing materials: a mini review
This review summarizes the emerging anti-icing gels and corresponding anti-icing mechanisms, and provides a future perspective.
Mater. Horiz., 2021,8, 3266-3280
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1MH00910A
Metal–organic frameworks for chemical sensing devices
An emerging trend in the application of metal–organic frameworks is to engineer mobile devices to possess chemical detecting capabilities for environmental monitoring, point-of-care testing, artificial intelligence, food security and defence.
Mater. Horiz., 2021,8, 2387-2419
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1MH00609F
Catalytic methods for chemical recycling or upcycling of commercial polymers
A review covering catalytic method development to enable efficient chemical recycling and upcycling of the most abundant commercial polymers.
Mater. Horiz., 2021,8, 1084-1129
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0MH01286F
Biomimetic anti-freezing polymeric hydrogels: keeping soft-wet materials active in cold environments
The bio-inspired general synthesis strategies of anti-freezing hydrogels and their potential application fields.
Mater. Horiz., 2021,8, 351-369
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0MH01029D
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Biohybrid plants with electronic roots via in vivo polymerization of conjugated oligomers
Conjugated oligomers polymerize in vivo on the root system of intact plants forming an extended network of tissue integrated conductors while the plants continue to grow and develop. The conducting roots are used to store energy in the plant.
Mater. Horiz., 2021,8, 3295-3305
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1MH01423D
Erythrocyte-mediated delivery of bioorthogonal nanozymes for selective targeting of bacterial infections
Hitchhiking bioorthogonal nanozymes on red blood cells for selective killing of pathogenic bacterial infections.
Mater. Horiz., 2021,8, 3424-3431
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1MH01408K
D–π*–A type planar chiral TADF materials for efficient circularly polarized electroluminescence
D–π*–A type planar chiral TADF emitters were synthesized and the enantiomer-based CP-OLEDs exhibited EQEmax of up to 20.1%.
Mater. Horiz., 2021,8, 3417-3423
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1MH01404H
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Exploring and expanding the Fe-terephthalate metal–organic framework phase space by coordination and oxidation modulation
Modulated self-assembly of Fe-terephthalate metal–organic frameworks allows fine control over phase formation, offers insight into kinetic and thermodynamic landscapes, and the discovery of novel materials in an already well-studied complex system.
Mater. Horiz., 2021,8, 3377-3386
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1MH01663F
Room-temperature synthesis of blue-emissive zero-dimensional cesium indium halide quantum dots for temperature-stable down-conversion white light-emitting diodes with a half-lifetime of 186 h
Zero-dimensional Cs3InX6 QDs with broadband blue emission were synthesized at room-temperature. A white LED was further fabricated by using Cs3InX6 QDs powder as down-conversion phosphor, demonstrating a remarkable working stability.
Mater. Horiz., 2021,8, 3432-3442
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1MH01370J
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Freeform direct laser writing of versatile topological 3D scaffolds enabled by intrinsic support hydrogel
By combining a photocurable and a thermogelling hydrogel, it is possible to perform 3D freeform structuring via two-photon-polymerization and to manufacture concatenated parts without additional support structures.
Mater. Horiz., 2021,8, 3334-3344
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1MH00925G
Design of ultra-stretchable, highly adhesive and self-healable hydrogels via tannic acid-enabled dynamic interactions
By leveraging tannic-acid-enabled dynamic interactions, we designed an ionic hydrogel with boosted bulk and interfacial properties such as ultra-stretchability, remarkable self-healing capability and robust adhesion.
Mater. Horiz., 2021,8, 3409-3416
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1MH01324F
An autonomously ultrafast self-healing, highly colourless, tear-resistant and compliant elastomer tailored for transparent electromagnetic interference shielding films integrated in flexible and optical electronics
We report herein an autonomously ultrafast self-healing, colorless elastomer as a substrate for embedding Ag NWs to fabricate transparent and stretchable EMI shielding materials capable of fully restoring EMI SE at the resting and stretching states.
Mater. Horiz., 2021,8, 3356-3367
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1MH01199E
Tailoring the multistability of origami-inspired, buckled magnetic structures via compression and creasing
The number and configurations of stable states existing in origami-inspired ferromagnetic structures can be tailored by creasing and compression. Reconfigurations among the stable states and potential applications in soft robotics were presented.
Mater. Horiz., 2021,8, 3324-3333
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1MH01152A
Fluorescent, electrically responsive and ultratough self-healing hydrogels via bioinspired all-in-one hierarchical micelles
A bioinspired all-in-one strategy was proposed to construct fluorescent, electrically responsive and ultratough self-healing hydrogels via multifunctional and hierarchical polyelectrolyte–surfactant micelles.
Mater. Horiz., 2021,8, 3096-3104
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1MH01172C
A fully hydrophobic ionogel enables highly efficient wearable underwater sensors and communicators
A fully hydrophobic ionogel sensor possesses excellent underwater sensing performance with high sensitivity, rapid responsiveness and superior durability, showing great potential in underwater communication and marine biological research.
Mater. Horiz., 2021,8, 2761-2770
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1MH00998B
A flexible quasi-solid-state thermoelectrochemical cell with high stretchability as an energy-autonomous strain sensor
A self-powered strain sensing system based on a quasi-solid-state thermoelectrochemical cell is developed via combining remarkable thermoelectrochemical performance with excellent mechanical flexibility/stretchability.
Mater. Horiz., 2021,8, 2750-2760
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1MH00775K
Balancing the mechanical, electronic, and self-healing properties in conductive self-healing hydrogel for wearable sensor applications
Dynamic interfacial interactions between the HAPAA and PANI hydrogels are favorable for self-healing; thus, the PANI network can enhance the mechanical and electronic properties of HAPAA hydrogel without compromising its self-healing performance.
Mater. Horiz., 2021,8, 1795-1804
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1MH00085C
Integrating molecular rigidity and chirality into thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters for highly efficient sky-blue and orange circularly polarized electroluminescence
Two pairs of D*–A type blue and orange CP-TADF emitters based on a rigid point chiral donor reveal high molecular rigidity, excellent PLQYs, and intense luminescence dissymmetry factors, which jointly enable highly efficient CP-OLEDs.
Mater. Horiz., 2021,8, 547-555
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0MH01521K
Synergy between dynamic covalent boronic ester and boron–nitrogen coordination: strategy for self-healing polyurethane elastomers at room temperature with unprecedented mechanical properties
Boron–nitrogen coordination in polyurethane elastomers enhances the dynamics of the boronic ester while introduces inter- and intra-molecular interactions, leading to mechanical robustness and excellent self-healing efficiency simultaneously.
Mater. Horiz., 2021,8, 216-223
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0MH01142H
A self-reinforcing and self-healing elastomer with high strength, unprecedented toughness and room-temperature reparability
A mechano-responsive strategy, known as strain-induced crystallization, is proposed to tailor room-temperature self-healing, highly mechanically-strong and unprecedentedly tough polyurethane elastomers.
Mater. Horiz., 2021,8, 267-275
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0MH01447H
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