Nature MaterialsPub Date : 2025-07-17DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02292-w
Lingli Huang, Thuc Hue Ly
{"title":"Intrinsic defects unlock the growth of rhombohedral stacking","authors":"Lingli Huang, Thuc Hue Ly","doi":"10.1038/s41563-025-02292-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02292-w","url":null,"abstract":"Wafer-scale growth of rhombohedral-stacked molybdenum disulfide is achieved through homoepitaxy promoted by intrinsic defects, which enables scalable and fatigue-resistant ferroelectric field-effect transistors.","PeriodicalId":19058,"journal":{"name":"Nature Materials","volume":"96 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":41.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144645331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature MaterialsPub Date : 2025-07-16DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02296-6
Zhu Cheng, Wenxuan Zhao, Qidi Wang, Chenglong Zhao, Anastasia K. Lavrinenko, Alexandros Vasileiadis, Victor Landgraf, Lars Bannenberg, Yuhang Li, Junwei Liang, Ming Liu, Swapna Ganapathy, Marnix Wagemaker
{"title":"Beneficial redox activity of halide solid electrolytes empowering high-performance anodes in all-solid-state batteries","authors":"Zhu Cheng, Wenxuan Zhao, Qidi Wang, Chenglong Zhao, Anastasia K. Lavrinenko, Alexandros Vasileiadis, Victor Landgraf, Lars Bannenberg, Yuhang Li, Junwei Liang, Ming Liu, Swapna Ganapathy, Marnix Wagemaker","doi":"10.1038/s41563-025-02296-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02296-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>All-solid-state batteries receive ample attention due to their promising safety characteristics and energy density. The latter holds true if they are compatible with next-generation high-capacity anodes, but most highly ion-conductive solid electrolytes decompose at low operating potentials, leading to lithium loss and increased cell resistances. Here the dynamic stability of solid electrolytes that can improve all-solid-state battery performance is demonstrated. Halide electrolytes Li<sub>3</sub>YCl<sub>3</sub>Br<sub>3</sub> and Li<sub>2</sub>ZrCl<sub>6</sub>, considered unstable at low potentials, are found to exhibit structurally reversible redox activity beyond their electrochemical stability windows, increasing compatibility with anodes and contributing to capacity without compromising ionic conductivity. The benefit of this dynamic stability window is demonstrated with cost-effective red phosphorus anodes, resulting in high reversible capacities (2,308 mAh g<sup>−1</sup>), high rate capacity retention (1,024 mAh g<sup>−1</sup> at 7.75 mA cm<sup>−2</sup>) and extended cycle life (61% retention after 1,780 cycles). Furthermore, high areal capacity (7.65 mAh cm<sup>−2</sup>) and stability (70% retention after 1,000 cycles) are achieved for halide-based full cells with red phosphorous anodes. The beneficial redox activity of halide electrolytes greatly expands their application scenarios and suggests valuable battery design principles to enhance performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":19058,"journal":{"name":"Nature Materials","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":41.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144639937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature MaterialsPub Date : 2025-07-16DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02281-z
Ruoyang Liu, Dan Zhao, Sailun Ji, Haipei Shao, Yongzhi Chen, Minjun Feng, Tie Wang, Juan Li, Ming Lin, Tze Chien Sum, Ning Yan, Shu Seki, Donglin Jiang
{"title":"Harvesting singlet and triplet excitation energies in covalent organic frameworks for highly efficient photocatalysis","authors":"Ruoyang Liu, Dan Zhao, Sailun Ji, Haipei Shao, Yongzhi Chen, Minjun Feng, Tie Wang, Juan Li, Ming Lin, Tze Chien Sum, Ning Yan, Shu Seki, Donglin Jiang","doi":"10.1038/s41563-025-02281-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02281-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Photocatalysis has traditionally been constrained by selective utilization of either singlet or triplet excited states, limiting efficiency and reaction scope. Achieving simultaneous optimization of both states has remained a challenge. Here we introduce donor–acceptor covalent organic frameworks (COFs) that integrate a dual-state activation strategy. The COFs feature segregated columnar <i>π</i>-arrays, aligned micropores and short donor–acceptor distances. Upon photoexcitation, electron transfer occurs at acceptor units, while energy transfer occurs at donor sites. The porous network also ensures efficient substrate transport to catalytic centres, while intra- and interlayer hydrogen bonding stabilizes excited states, further enhancing photostability and reactivity. This dual-state strategy provides a benchmark for photocatalytic organic transformations, including high turnover frequencies under red-light irradiation, broad-spectrum absorption extending into the near-infrared and operation without metals, co-catalysts or sacrificial donors. By integrating photophysical and structural optimizations, our approach establishes a design strategy that overcomes limitations in solar-driven chemical transformations and broadens the scope of COF-based photocatalysis.</p>","PeriodicalId":19058,"journal":{"name":"Nature Materials","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":41.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144639938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature MaterialsPub Date : 2025-07-16DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02288-6
Petro Maksymovych
{"title":"A tug-of-war recipe for nanoscale swirls","authors":"Petro Maksymovych","doi":"10.1038/s41563-025-02288-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02288-6","url":null,"abstract":"Mixed ceramics and thin films of well-known ferroelectric and antiferroelectric materials reveal dipolar skyrmions, providing a scalable platform to explore the properties and applications of non-collinear polarization textures.","PeriodicalId":19058,"journal":{"name":"Nature Materials","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":41.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144639936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature MaterialsPub Date : 2025-07-11DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02286-8
Taketo Handa, Xiaoyang Zhu
{"title":"Long-lived hot carriers in a polymeric semiconductor","authors":"Taketo Handa, Xiaoyang Zhu","doi":"10.1038/s41563-025-02286-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02286-8","url":null,"abstract":"Hot carriers with high mobility and long diffusion length are observed in a two-dimensional conjugated coordination polymer.","PeriodicalId":19058,"journal":{"name":"Nature Materials","volume":"92 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":41.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144603385","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature MaterialsPub Date : 2025-07-09DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02263-1
Jason S. Kahn, Brian Minevich, Aaron Michelson, Hamed Emamy, Jiahao Wu, Huajian Ji, Alexia Yun, Kim Kisslinger, Shuting Xiang, Nanfang Yu, Sanat K. Kumar, Oleg Gang
{"title":"Encoding hierarchical 3D architecture through inverse design of programmable bonds","authors":"Jason S. Kahn, Brian Minevich, Aaron Michelson, Hamed Emamy, Jiahao Wu, Huajian Ji, Alexia Yun, Kim Kisslinger, Shuting Xiang, Nanfang Yu, Sanat K. Kumar, Oleg Gang","doi":"10.1038/s41563-025-02263-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02263-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The ability to fabricate materials and devices at small scales by design has resulted in tremendous technological progress. However, the need for engineered three-dimensional (3D) nanoscale materials requires new strategies for organizing nanocomponents. Here we demonstrate an inverse design approach for the assembly of nanoparticles into hierarchically ordered 3D organizations using DNA voxels with directional, addressable bonds. By identifying intrinsic symmetries in repeating mesoscale structural motifs, we prescribe a set of voxels, termed a mesovoxel, that are assembled into target 3D crystals. The relationship between different degrees of encoded information used for voxel bonds and the fidelity of assembly is investigated using experimental and computational methods. We apply this assembly strategy to create periodic 3D nanoparticle ordered organizations, including structures with low-dimensional elements, helical motifs, a nanoscale analogue of a face-centred perovskite crystal and a distributed Bragg reflector based on a crystal with plasmonic and photonic length-scale regimes.</p>","PeriodicalId":19058,"journal":{"name":"Nature Materials","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":41.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144586420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Homoepitaxial growth of large-area rhombohedral-stacked MoS2","authors":"Lei Liu, Taotao Li, Xiaoshu Gong, Hengdi Wen, Liqi Zhou, Mingwei Feng, Haotian Zhang, Ningmu Zou, Shengqiang Wu, Yuhao Li, Shitong Zhu, Fulin Zhuo, Xilu Zou, Zehua Hu, Zhiyuan Ding, Susu Fang, Weigao Xu, Xingang Hou, Kai Zhang, Gen Long, Lei Tang, Yucheng Jiang, Zhihao Yu, Liang Ma, Jinlan Wang, Xinran Wang","doi":"10.1038/s41563-025-02274-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02274-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Interlayer stacking is an important degree of freedom to tune the properties of two-dimensional materials and offers enormous opportunities for designing functional devices. As a classic example, rhombohedral-stacked (3R) two-dimensional materials exhibit ferroelectricity and optical nonlinearity that are non-existent in naturally abundant hexagonal-stacked (2H) counterparts. However, the ability to grow stacking-controlled large-area films remains challenging due to the thermodynamic competition of different polytypes. Here we report the chemical vapour deposition growth of two-inch wafer-scale 3R-MoS<sub>2</sub> films with high phase purity by homoepitaxy on top of a crystalline monolayer MoS<sub>2</sub>. A defect-promoted nucleation mechanism was proposed, in which Mo-substituted sulfur vacancy is identified as one of the possible defects promoting 3R stacking. We fabricate ferroelectric semiconductor field-effect transistors with 3R-MoS<sub>2</sub> channels and demonstrate non-volatile memory characteristics. The control of interlayer stacking is an essential step towards the large-scale production of two-dimensional materials for multifunctional integration.</p>","PeriodicalId":19058,"journal":{"name":"Nature Materials","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":41.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144586422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature MaterialsPub Date : 2025-07-09DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02262-2
Hao Liu, Na Liu, Hao Yan
{"title":"Programming precise nanoparticle patterns","authors":"Hao Liu, Na Liu, Hao Yan","doi":"10.1038/s41563-025-02262-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02262-2","url":null,"abstract":"Harnessing DNA-programmable bonds through inverse design, nanoparticles are directed to self-assemble into hierarchically ordered three-dimensional architectures, enabling the nanofabrication of complex, multifunctional materials.","PeriodicalId":19058,"journal":{"name":"Nature Materials","volume":"109 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":41.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144586387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature MaterialsPub Date : 2025-07-09DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02282-y
Jannis Bensmann, Robert Schmidt, Kirill O. Nikolaev, Dimitri Raskhodchikov, Shraddha Choudhary, Richa Bhardwaj, Shabnam Taheriniya, Akhil Varri, Sven Niehues, Ahmad El Kadri, Johannes Kern, Wolfram H. P. Pernice, Sergej O. Demokritov, Vladislav E. Demidov, Steffen Michaelis de Vasconcellos, Rudolf Bratschitsch
{"title":"Dispersion-tunable low-loss implanted spin-wave waveguides for large magnonic networks","authors":"Jannis Bensmann, Robert Schmidt, Kirill O. Nikolaev, Dimitri Raskhodchikov, Shraddha Choudhary, Richa Bhardwaj, Shabnam Taheriniya, Akhil Varri, Sven Niehues, Ahmad El Kadri, Johannes Kern, Wolfram H. P. Pernice, Sergej O. Demokritov, Vladislav E. Demidov, Steffen Michaelis de Vasconcellos, Rudolf Bratschitsch","doi":"10.1038/s41563-025-02282-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02282-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Magnonic networks based on magnetic insulators are poised to revolutionize information processing due to their energy efficiency. However, current experimental realizations of spin-wave waveguides, which constitute the building blocks of such a network, suffer from limited spin-wave propagation lengths and inefficient dispersion tuning capabilities. Here we realize low-loss spin-wave waveguides in yttrium iron garnet thin films using silicon ion implantation, which creates an amorphous waveguide cladding. We measure spin-wave decay lengths exceeding 100 µm in submicrometre waveguides. The dispersion of the waveguides can be continuously tuned due to the precise and localized ion implantation, which sets them apart from commonly etched waveguides. Using our maskless waveguide definition, we demonstrate a large-scale magnonic network consisting of 198 crossings, paving the way for wafer-scale magnonic integrated circuits.</p>","PeriodicalId":19058,"journal":{"name":"Nature Materials","volume":"89 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":41.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144586421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature MaterialsPub Date : 2025-07-08DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02283-x
Atsutomo Nakamura, Yan Li
{"title":"Plastic processing of bulk semiconductors","authors":"Atsutomo Nakamura, Yan Li","doi":"10.1038/s41563-025-02283-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02283-x","url":null,"abstract":"Bulk inorganic semiconductors can show remarkable plasticity and extensibility, defying their inherent brittleness and enabling opportunities in advanced semiconductor manufacturing and processing.","PeriodicalId":19058,"journal":{"name":"Nature Materials","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":41.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144577812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}