Themed collection Recent Review Articles

Garnet-type cubic Li₇La₃Zr₂O₁₂ (c-LLZO) is a single-ion conductor, but the electrochemically generated charged vacancies make it a binary ionic electrolyte, which explains the current- and thickness-dependent lithium dendrite initiation dynamics.

Debonding-on-demand adhesives enable the disassembly of multilayer electronic devices under external stimuli, facilitating efficient recycling and reuse of valuable components.

Lost in translation: no targeted nanoparticle has reached the clinic due to poor targeting efficacy, and overcoming this will require rethinking pharmacokinetics, optimizing dosing regimens, and addressing issues like antigen depletion.

Na_2/3[Ni_1/3Mn_2/3]O₂ (NNMO) Na-ion battery cathodes cycle well between 2 and 4 V (a) but suffer from severe decay when cycled above 4 V (b) due to P2–O2 transition. Doping strategies used to overcome this issue are discussed in this article.

Many materials exhibit static and functional properties.

This article highlights recent advances in the rational design of uniform afterglow SiO₂ microparticles, facilitated by pseudomorphic transformation-assisted doping, identifies key challenges, and explores opportunities in this field.

The recent significant advances in biphasic liquid metal-based soldering systems for stretchable hybrid devices are systematically reviewed, offering insights into their potential for advanced electronic integration.

Aqueous zinc (Zn) batteries (AZBs) are becoming promising candidates for grid-scale energy storage because of their inherent safety, cost-effectiveness, and high theoretical capacity.

This mini review summarizes the recent progress of Zn–V static battery and Zn–V redox flow battery. Mechanisms, classification and structures, problems and modification strategies are discussed for future developments of these batteries.

An overview of MeSNs for photo-enhanced chemodynamic theranostics of tumors is provided in this review, offering insights into their potential for next-generation cancer treatments.

The tissue engineering strategy represents a balanced and dynamic approach that utilizes various tissue cells, bio-scaffolds and bio-agents (such as cells and drugs) to facilitate tissue repair and regeneration.

Hearing loss is a global health concern affecting hundreds of millions of individuals, with current interventions like hearing aids and cochlear implants offering only functional improvements rather than addressing the root causes.

This review discusses the challenges associated with the emerging all-organic perovskite materials while outlining opportunities for their further development and applications in the future.

This review presents a comprehensive overview of bioinspired rational design of nanozymes, guided by the catalytic mechanisms and structural characteristics of natural enzymes, and enhanced by emerging trend of machine learning assisted strategies.

Adsorption is widely recognized as an effective and practical approach for mitigating the environmental hazards associated with pharmaceutical waste, owing to its operational simplicity, economic feasibility, and consistent performance.

Working principles, representative deformation modes, manufacturing methodologies, diverse applications, as well as challenges and opportunities of shape-morphing bioelectronic devices.

In this review, we systematically analyze the interfacial challenges between garnet-type electrolytes/composite electrolytes and electrodes, mainly focusing on the interfacial failure mechanism of garnet-type based SSLMBs.

This review evaluates molecular aggregation structures across scales, elucidates mechanisms for enhancing tensile properties and summarizes methods to regulate structures, which provides critical insights for designing efficient and flexible OPVs.

An innovative biosensing smart mask for the future of respiratory monitoring.

This review provides a comprehensive overview of the latest key advancements in materials engineering strategies for carbon-based electrocatalysts for H₂O₂ production.

Recent progress on OSM-based cathodes for AZIBs has been summarized, with their molecular structure design or modification strategies being highlighted.

The piezoelectric phenomena observed in a wide range of materials from crystalline solids to 3D liquids are reviewed. Special emphasis is given to recent measurements of the piezoelectric responses of fluid ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals.

Nanozymes, an innovative class of biocatalytic nanomaterials, have emerged as transformative tools in cancer theranostics.

Insightfully connects low-cost poly(3-alkylthiophene) design with tailored morphology strategies for high-performance organic solar cells and photodetectors.

Nanotools in biomedicine open up novel applications in research, diagnostics, and clinical care.

This review explores 3D-printed solvent-impregnated polymeric gels for advanced flexible sensors, emphasizing their fabrication, versatility, and future potential.

ALD of superconducting films for various high performance applications.

This review summarizes recent advances in the modification strategies of 2D materials for photocatalytic H₂O₂ production and its in situ applications. Additionally, the existing challenges in this field and potential solutions are discussed.

With the advances and ongoing research efforts discussed in this review, a continuous breakthrough in high-performance thermogalvanic hydrogels for efficient low-grade heat harvesting and wearable electronics for health monitoring is foreseeable.

Research on circularly polarized luminescent (CPL) materials has evolved into a hot research topic because of their potential application prospects in the optoelectronics and chiroptical fields.

Mechanistic design of COF membranes enables high-selectivity ion transport for lithium extraction via diffusion and electrodialysis.

Photo- and electro-active poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT)-based materials serve as efficient and highly biocompatible phototransducers for cutting-edge bioelectronic applications.

This review presents the latest advancements in the mechanisms and fabrication techniques of Ti₃C₂T_x-based MSCs, emphasizes their applications across various components of MSCs, and provides a summary of integrated examples of MSC-powered systems.

This research proposes performance-boosting strategies for silicon anodes in solid-state batteries by leveraging nanostructuring, doping and compositing. Moreover, it surveys the field's perspective and charts future research directions.

This review highlights recent advances in flexible OLED technologies tailored for biomedical applications, with emphasis on their current use in phototherapy and prospects in wearable healthcare.

Ensuring access to safe drinking water is a key global priority.

This review presents a comprehensive three-stage synthesis planning framework for atomically precise metal nanoclusters, demonstrating how data-driven approaches can systematically address design and synthesis challenges to enhance rational design.

Polyimide-based “inert” components in LIBs include separators, solid-state electrolytes, protective layers, and binders.

Bridging biological neural systems and halide perovskite-based neuromorphic hardware for next-generation intelligent applications.

Conceptual overview of 2D materials-based flash memory: architectures, materials, and applications.

Recent advances in clay-based proton exchange membranes are reviewed, focusing on microstructural design and regulation of proton transport channels.

Advances in chronic wearable biosignal acquisition are reviewed, emphasizing biointerfaces, wireless power, multimodal sensing, analytics, and challenges in epidermal turnover, accuracy, power and clinical translation.

A pioneering review of process intensification strategies in nanomaterial synthesis, detailing mechanisms and applications to accelerate advances in the field.

MOFs, as cathodes, photocathodes, and solid-state electrolytes, greatly boost Li–O₂ battery performance by enhancing catalytic efficiency, safety, and energy density—paving the way for advanced, practical energy storage solutions.

This review categorizes PC-based structural color switches into four distinct approaches, establishing a mechanistic framework to analyze their stimulus-responsive behaviors and applications in sensors, anticounterfeiting, and display.

This review gives an overview of RCA/RCT-based nanocarriers for nucleic acid drug delivery, systematically summarizing their nanoization strategies, drug loading approaches, targeting modalities, and controlled release mechanisms.

This review provides an overview of recent progress in tattoo electrodes, emphasizing fabrication techniques and material selection, and explores their broad range of applications in wearable bioelectronic systems.

Nanoparticles upon interaction with proteins form a protein corona, altering their characteristics. This corona influences nanoparticles' biodistribution, pharmacokinetics, and therapeutic efficacy.

This paper reviews graphene nanostructures as promising materials for wearable biosensors, detailing their synthesis, tunability, and biocompatibility, and outlining their role in next-generation wearable diagnostics for real-time health monitoring.

The latest developments in thiolate-protected metal nanoclusters in important electrocatalytic applications, such as hydrogen evolution, oxygen reduction and CO₂ reduction reactions, are briefly reviewed in this work.

This review covers wet chemically synthesized nanomaterials for soft wearable biosensors, covering materials, inks, fabrication and sensing applications, and concludes with challenges and opportunities in personalized healthcare.

Various aptasensors offer rapid, accurate and reliable detection tools for diagnosis of infectious disease pathogens.

This review explores the recent advances in agricultural nanozymes for sustainable agriculture, emphasizing their physicochemical properties, enzyme-like activities, and applications in alleviating biotic and abiotic stresses.

This review highlights recent advancements in soft wearable bioelectronics for neurological disorders, focusing on device design strategies and their clinical applications.

Porous materials are a class of materials with abundant micro-nano pore structures, low density, light weight, and large specific surface area, and they have been widely used in various fields.

The performance of n-type thermoelectrics has increased significantly over the years, with side chain engineering playing a pivotal role in advancing this field.

Hydrazine-assisted water electrolysis exhibits various advantages compared with conventional water electrolysis and other hybrid water electrolysis systems in terms of reaction, electrocatalyst design and application expansion.

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) are localized waves within radiating backgrounds, offering ultra-high quality factors. BICs have been applied in developing ultra-sensitive sensors. This review summarizes recent advances in this emerging field.

The electrochemical performance of LDH-based hybrid supercapacitors (SCs) with improved energy density (ED), enhanced stability, high porosity, and a large accessible surface area has attracted attention as a promising energy storage device.

Polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) based materials could provide a sustainable alternative to conventional materials, especially for separation applications.

This review elucidates the potential of GDY heterostructures for advancing energy storage technologies by examining doping methods, investigating doping mechanisms via calculations, and showcasing the superior applications in metal ion batteries.

Surface engineering strategies, including surface modifications and surface composites, were classified and illustrated to promote photocatalytic H₂O₂ production.