Next MaterialsPub Date : 2025-03-04DOI: 10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100563
Xiaodi Jia, Shujie Jiao, Song Yang, Zehao Shi, Penghui Wang, Dongbo Wang, Shiyong Gao, Jinzhong Wang
{"title":"Pyro-phototronic effect enhanced self-powered photodetectors: A review on perovskite materials","authors":"Xiaodi Jia, Shujie Jiao, Song Yang, Zehao Shi, Penghui Wang, Dongbo Wang, Shiyong Gao, Jinzhong Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100563","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100563","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The self-powered photodetectors (PDs), characterized by their simple structure, low energy consumption and portability, are well-suited for meeting the needs of intelligent, wearable, mobile and portable electronic devices, showing promising potential in optoelectronics. A higher built-in electric field in the heterojunction is an advantageous condition for the excellent performance of self-powered PDs. Apart from choosing suitable materials to construct higher built-in electric field, utilization of the pyro-phototronic effect of materials can greatly tune up the built-in electric field. Additionally, the ferro-pyro-phototronic effect and the pyro-piezo-phototronic effect can further improve the performance of the self-powered PDs. Perovskite materials, as a star optoelectronic material, are widely used in self-powered PDs. In this review, we explore advancements in perovskite-based PDs, driven by the pyro-phototronic effect, aiming to offer novel insights and spur innovation in the realm of high-performance self-powered optoelectronics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100958,"journal":{"name":"Next Materials","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100563"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143534479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Next MaterialsPub Date : 2025-03-04DOI: 10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100572
Qiulong Gao , Jinxia Hu , Dong Pei , Zhangpeng Li , Jinqing Wang , Shengrong Yang
{"title":"Design and synthesis of boric acid-based deep eutectic solvents for green liquid superlubricity and bio-lubrication applications","authors":"Qiulong Gao , Jinxia Hu , Dong Pei , Zhangpeng Li , Jinqing Wang , Shengrong Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100572","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100572","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Research on the chemical structures and physicochemical properties of deep eutectic solvents (DESs) is crucial to develop high-performance DES-based lubricating materials for solving tribological problem, including friction and wear. Herein, a series of boric acid-based DESs (B-DESs) were synthesized using choline chloride (hydrogen bond acceptor, HBA) and sorbitol/boric acid (hydrogen bond donors, HBDs) through a simple heating-stirring method. The experimental investigations and quantum chemistry calculation demonstrated that B-DESs exhibited optimized chemical structures, favorable rheological properties, low melting points (below −61.6 °C), high thermostability (with decomposition temperatures exceeding 282 °C), and biocompatibility. As lubricants, they showed exceptional tribological performance, achieving macroscale superlubricity with a friction coefficient of ∼0.0088 and excellent anti-wear properties on polyoxymethylene substrates even under high-load conditions. The exceptional lubrication performance was attributed to synergetic lubrication between the fluid nature of B-DESs and the self-lubrication property of the substrates, as well as the potential formation of lubricating films at the tribo-interface. This study introduces a novel and straightforward approach for synthesizing green and high-performance DES-based liquid superlubricity materials, and offering significant potential in bio-lubrication applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100958,"journal":{"name":"Next Materials","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100572"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143534480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Next MaterialsPub Date : 2025-03-04DOI: 10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100576
J.Q. Yao , Y.S. Wang , X.W. Liu , X.F. Chen , S.M. Chen , L. Hu , H.T. Liu , Y.H. Qian , Y. Cheng , B. Song , C.Z. Yan , Y.S. Shi
{"title":"Multi laser beams directed energy deposition of a high-strength and high-toughness TC11 titanium alloy with coaxial wire feeding","authors":"J.Q. Yao , Y.S. Wang , X.W. Liu , X.F. Chen , S.M. Chen , L. Hu , H.T. Liu , Y.H. Qian , Y. Cheng , B. Song , C.Z. Yan , Y.S. Shi","doi":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100576","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100576","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Wire-feed laser directed energy deposition (WLDED) additive manufacturing technology, which utilizes a wire alloy, offers a high material utilization rate and produces less pollution, making it ideal for efficiently processing large components. However, the conventional paraxial wire feeding method faces challenges, such as inadequate coupling between the laser and the wire, as well as limited flexibility of the processing head when creating complex parts. This study introduces a new multi-laser beam coaxial wire feeding device designed to fabricate and analyze the high-strength and high-toughness TC11 titanium alloy, frequently used in critical load-bearing aerospace components. By optimizing process parameters like wire feeding speed (WFS) and travel speed (TS), formability was improved with WFS set at 500 mm/min and TS at 4 mm/s. The findings show that the microstructural changes in various regions and the mechanical properties in the typical direction can be significantly influenced by the use of coaxial WLDED with specific thermal gradient (G) and solidification rate (R) characteristics, along with particular laser-wire coupling positions. The combined effects of a lower thermal gradient and heterogeneous nucleation, resulting from coaxial wire feeding, are essential in refining the microstructure of materials used in coaxial WLDED. As a result, the fundamental mechanisms underlying microstructural evolution and the improvement of tensile properties through multi-laser beam WLDED with a coaxial processing head have been elucidated.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100958,"journal":{"name":"Next Materials","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100576"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143551461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Next MaterialsPub Date : 2025-03-04DOI: 10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100567
Hugo Leonardo André Genier , Juliano Elvis de Oliveira , Sthefania Ferreira dos Santos , Julia Carvalho Araújo , Filippe Elias de Freitas Soares
{"title":"Controlled release of papain encapsulated in chitosan hydrogels and study of nematicidal action on Panagrellus sp.","authors":"Hugo Leonardo André Genier , Juliano Elvis de Oliveira , Sthefania Ferreira dos Santos , Julia Carvalho Araújo , Filippe Elias de Freitas Soares","doi":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100567","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100567","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Alternatives to the use of chemical products traditionally used to combat agricultural pests and diseases have been a concern for society. Thus, based to sustainable agriculture, the use of enzymes has grown as an alternative to the control with traditional. However, some limitations prevent greater effectiveness of action of these important biological catalysts, such as variations in pH and temperature, the presence of inhibitory ions, among others. In this study, papain, a plant enzyme, was incorporated into chitosan hydrogels by cross-linking with glutaraldehyde at different concentrations (0; 0,25 %; 0,5 %; 0,75 %; 1 %). The results of scanning electron microscopy showed a difference in the porous morphology of the different treatments compared to chitosan without crosslinking and the FTIR analysis suggests crosslink formation in the hydrogels. The enzymatic activity of free papain was reduced by approximately 57 % of the initial value. On the outher hand, the results indicate that the activity of the enzyme released from some hydrogels increased and the diffusion of papain probably occurred in the solution from the surface of the formed chitosan hydrogels, represented by a parabolic diffusion model. The mortality of <em>Panagrellus</em> sp., a model nematode, was evaluated and the treatments with hydrogels demonstrated high mortality of <em>Panagrellus</em> sp. above 80 % after 5 days. The hydrogels containing papain were effective in the mortality of the nematodes evaluated and constituted a slow release system, sustainable environmentally, as it has the potential to reduce the number of applications needed to control pests and diseases in agriculture.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100958,"journal":{"name":"Next Materials","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100567"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143534481","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Next MaterialsPub Date : 2025-03-01DOI: 10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100562
M.S.S.R. Tejaswini , Pankaj Pathak
{"title":"Optimizing the photodegradation process of low-density polyethylene using Taguchi's robust statistical design","authors":"M.S.S.R. Tejaswini , Pankaj Pathak","doi":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100562","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100562","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The present study employs the Taguchi statistical design for optimizing the photodegradation process of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) films by varying five significant parameters i.e., catalyst loading (%), exposure time (in days), pH, size of the films (cm x cm), and temperature (℃), simultaneously to determine the maximum photodegradation on LDPE. The physiochemical, morphological, and molecular structural changes were observed in all-nanocomposite (LDPE and catalyst samples) before and after degradation. One way-ANOVA (Analysis of Variance) results demonstrated that catalyst loading, and exposure time were the most influential factors and contributed 65 % and 25 %, respectively to determine the degradation rate. Further, a kinetic study was performed to determine the photo-degradation rate, and it follows first-order photo-kinetics model. The maximum photodegradation was observed for that LDPE sample that was loaded with 12 % catalyst with a pH of 6 at 45°C that was exposed to the UV light for 10 days in a photoreactor, it degraded most efficiently with a weight loss of 16.25 %. Additionally, recyclability studies confirmed that stability and reusability of TiO<sub>2</sub> as a photocatalyst for carrying out degradation experiments upto three consecutive cycles. Moreover, there is a high co-relation between predicted and experimental data with R<sup>2</sup>> 0.96, which demonstrates the effectiveness of the prediction with the maximum degradation of LDPE film.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100958,"journal":{"name":"Next Materials","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100562"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143521132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ballistic and impact resistance performance of natural fiber-reinforced composites from biomass resources","authors":"Olatunji Oladimeji Ojo , Mesach Olujoba Olaleke , Kenneth Kanayo Alaneme , Akintunde Olurotimi Dahunsi","doi":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100565","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100565","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Plant fibers are increasingly evolving as suitable natural substitutes to the synthetic and non-ecofriendly Kevlar, polyamide, and Dyneema fibers due to their availability and the drive towards maximum cost saving, sustainable manufacturing, and environmental friendliness. This set of fibers offers unique characteristics like comparatively low weight, high impact toughness, specific strength, and modulus. Considering the plethora of explored and unexplored plant fibers available in the world, extending the application frontiers of plant fibers to defense needs/ballistic impact resistance has remained an interesting and growing research area. This review provides a detailed appraisal of the ballistic impact performances of plant fiber-reinforced polymeric composites together with their multilayer armour systems available in the literature. It covers the ballistic impact phenomena of hard frontal and soft armour composites as well as the impact of composite properties such as thickness, stacking sequence, fiber distribution, and fiber volume percentage on the impact energy absorption and other ballistic properties of plant-fiber-reinforced composites. Insights on possible research prospects to advance the ballistic impact resistance of plant fiber-reinforced composites are also provided in this paper.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100958,"journal":{"name":"Next Materials","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100565"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143521136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recent challenges and scope in tandem cells for unassisted overall water splitting","authors":"Himanshi Goel , Riya Nagpal , Kumar Rakesh Ranjan , Vivek Mishra","doi":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100560","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100560","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Hydrogen is an efficient and cleaner source of energy and has potential to meet future energy demands. Hydrogen production by solar-driven unassisted water splitting methodology is a mandatory step to achieve this goal. Several strategic approaches are reported to improve efficiency by modifying the surface layers of the electrodes to enhance surface kinetics while some focused on improving stability of photo-electrodes in highly saline water medium and many have worked upon improving the catalyst reaction in the process of recombination of holes and electrons. Still challenges such as poor efficiency, low stability, small solar to hydrogen ratio, over-potential, rate of evolution and high cost are limiting the construction of PEC water splitting system. Herein, we briefly summarize the recent developments in solar to hydrogen conversion technology utilizing different mechanisms over the period including metal oxide, nitrides, monolithic configuration, photo-catalysts, electro-catalysts, surface modulation layers and low quantum yield.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100958,"journal":{"name":"Next Materials","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100560"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143521135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Next MaterialsPub Date : 2025-03-01DOI: 10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100571
Allah Rakha Aidid , Md. Khalid Hossain Shishir , Md. Ashikur Rahaman , Md. Tarikul Islam , Mubashira Mukta , Md. Ashraful Alam
{"title":"Powder X-ray line diffraction pattern profiling of anatase-quartz binary oxide: A crystallographic investigation","authors":"Allah Rakha Aidid , Md. Khalid Hossain Shishir , Md. Ashikur Rahaman , Md. Tarikul Islam , Mubashira Mukta , Md. Ashraful Alam","doi":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100571","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100571","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>High-crystalline binary oxide of TiO<sub>2</sub> and SiO<sub>2</sub> was successfully synthesized using a simple, unique method involving titanium isopropoxide, silicon tetraethoxide and isopropyl alcohol (IP). The resulting crystalline preferred oriented powder was analyzed using X-ray diffraction (XRD). Rietveld refinement showed that the titania-silica (TS) crystalline binary oxide consisted of anatase and quartz phases with a composition of 49.40 % crystalline anatase and 50.60 % crystalline quartz. The pure titania-silica binary oxide (TSBO) had detailed lattice parameters: for anatase, α=β=γ=90.0°, a=b=3.7856 Å, c=9.5159 Å, lattice strain of 0.079 %, lattice volume of 136.372 ų and specific surface area of 20.0 m²/g with tetragonal crystal structure. For quartz, the parameters were α= β=90.0°, γ=120.0°, a=b=4.9143 Å, c=5.4059 Å, lattice strain of 0.012 %, lattice volume of 113.063 ų and specific surface area of 12.5 m²/g with hexagonal crystal structure. The most intense diffractions were associated with the (101) plane at 2θ=25.289° for anatase and the (101) plane at 2θ=26.634° for quartz. The synthesized material exhibited peak in UV absorbance at 324.50 nm (0.783 a.u.) caused blue shift explored nano-size contribution and optical band gap of 3.071 eV. The zeta potential for +55.33 to −65.93 mV showed good stability of TSBO. The crystallographic data verified the successful synthesis of pure TSBO contributing to advancements in nanotechnology.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100958,"journal":{"name":"Next Materials","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100571"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143521197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Next MaterialsPub Date : 2025-03-01DOI: 10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100568
Nour W. Sabry, Ibrahim Naeem, Seed A. Hassanien, Osama Abuzalat, Ahmad Baraka
{"title":"Alkali-treatment of Lupine peels for valorizing adsorption of organic cationic pollutants from wastewater: Kinetics, isotherm, thermodynamic, regeneration, and mechanism","authors":"Nour W. Sabry, Ibrahim Naeem, Seed A. Hassanien, Osama Abuzalat, Ahmad Baraka","doi":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100568","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100568","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Vegetable and fruit peels are gaining attention as economical and effective adsorbents for organic pollutants. This study highlights the potential of alkaline-treated Yellow Lupine Peels Powder (T-YLPP) as a biomaterial for removing cationic methylene blue (MB) from wastewater through adsorption. Characterization of untreated (YLPP) and NaOH-treated (T-YLPP) samples using FTIR, BET, SEM/EDX, and XPS revealed that alkaline treatment enhances functional group exposure, increases active sites, boosts surface area from 376.23 to 427.49 m²/g, and enlarges pore volume and size. Kinetic, isotherm, thermodynamic, and regeneration studies confirmed that MB adsorption by both samples is spontaneous, exothermic, and dominated by physical interactions, with pore diffusion controlling the process. The adsorption capacity of T-YLPP increased significantly from 3.99 mg/g (YLPP) to 46.51 mg/g. Effective regeneration was achieved through acid treatment combined with heating. The adsorption mechanism likely involves dipole-dipole interactions, hydrogen bonding, and cation exchange, making T-YLPP a promising candidate for wastewater treatment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100958,"journal":{"name":"Next Materials","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100568"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143521131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of artificial intelligence-discovered patterns and expert-designed aging patterns for 0.2 % proof stress in Ni-Al alloys with γ – γ' two-phase structure","authors":"Vickey Nandal , Sae Dieb , Dmitry S. Bulgarevich , Toshio Osada , Toshiyuki Koyama , Satoshi Minamoto , Masahiko Demura","doi":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100564","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100564","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study presents the comprehensive analysis of flexible non-isothermal aging (NIA) patterns discovered through artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the mechanical strength (0.2 % proof stress) in γ – γ' two-phase, binary Ni-Al alloys. In our recent investigation, we found that the AI algorithm could propose aging patterns with superior strength compared to conventional isothermal aging heat treatment. In this current study, we continued our extensive exploration of AI methodologies, uncovering diverse patterns that also surpassed the isothermal aging benchmark. Remarkably, out of 2823 NIA schedules, we found 173 ones outperforming the isothermal aging benchmark. Furthermore, we conducted a detailed analysis of newly AI-discovered patterns and expert-designed patterns inspired by AI. We identified two critical factors for strength improvement: exposure at 700 ℃ and the number of consecutive 700 ℃ exposures (optimally set at two), alongside non-consecutive steps (up to five). The insights gained from these findings may demonstrate the potential of AI-driven approaches to yield ideas on how to achieve improved strength in Ni-Al alloys.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100958,"journal":{"name":"Next Materials","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100564"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143521134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}