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Materials and systems for large-scale photocatalytic water splitting 大规模光催化水分解的材料和系统

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Nature Reviews Materials Pub Date : 2025-07-14 DOI: 10.1038/s41578-025-00823-0

Takashi Hisatomi, Taro Yamada, Hiroshi Nishiyama, Tsuyoshi Takata, Kazunari Domen

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Interfacial insight 界面洞察力

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Nature Reviews Materials Pub Date : 2025-07-03 DOI: 10.1038/s41578-025-00827-w

Claire Ashworth

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Spent battery regeneration for better recycling 废电池再生，更好地回收利用

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Nature Reviews Materials Pub Date : 2025-07-01 DOI: 10.1038/s41578-025-00816-z

Yun Zhao, Hao Du, Yuqiong Kang, Jie Zhang, Bo Lan, Zhenyu Guo, Maria-Magdalena Titirici, Yunlong Zhao, Naser Tavajohi, Feiyu Kang, Baohua Li

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Publisher Correction: Overcoming copper stability challenges in CO2 electrolysis 出版商更正：克服铜在二氧化碳电解中的稳定性挑战

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Nature Reviews Materials Pub Date : 2025-06-27 DOI: 10.1038/s41578-025-00825-y

Jesse Kok, Petru P. Albertini, Jari Leemans, Raffaella Buonsanti, Thomas Burdyny

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Synergistic integration of materials in medical microrobots for advanced imaging and actuation 用于先进成像和驱动的医用微型机器人材料的协同集成

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Nature Reviews Materials Pub Date : 2025-06-27 DOI: 10.1038/s41578-025-00811-4

Paul Wrede, Eva Remlova, Yi Chen, Xosé Luís Deán-Ben, Metin Sitti, Daniel Razansky

{"title":"Synergistic integration of materials in medical microrobots for advanced imaging and actuation","authors":"Paul Wrede, Eva Remlova, Yi Chen, Xosé Luís Deán-Ben, Metin Sitti, Daniel Razansky","doi":"10.1038/s41578-025-00811-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-025-00811-4","url":null,"abstract":"Medical microrobotics capitalizes on smart materials to target specific body sites effectively, precisely and locally, thus holding promise to revolutionize precision medicine in the future. Advances in material science and microfabrication or nanofabrication techniques have facilitated the implementation of a myriad of functionalities into microrobots. Efficient navigation and monitoring of microrobots within the highly dynamic and often inaccessible environment of living mammalian tissues is paramount for their effective in vivo applications and eventual clinical translation. This need calls for the deployment of biomedical imaging modalities with adequate sensitivity, penetration depth and spatiotemporal resolution, as well as for efficient integration of biocompatible contrast materials into microrobots. In this Review, we discuss emerging approaches for multiplexed imaging and actuation of microrobots within complex biological environments, focusing on the synergistic combination of responsive and contrasting materials to achieve desired morphological and functional properties, in vivo visibility and biosafety. The convergence between microrobotics and biomedical imaging paves the way for a new generation of medical microrobots enabling the use of energy for both mechanical actuation and efficient monitoring of their activity in vivo.","PeriodicalId":19081,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Materials","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":83.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144500785","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}

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Understanding solid-state battery electrolytes using atomistic modelling and machine learning 使用原子模型和机器学习来理解固态电池电解质

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Nature Reviews Materials Pub Date : 2025-06-24 DOI: 10.1038/s41578-025-00817-y

Ana C. C. Dutra, Benedek A. Goldmann, M. Saiful Islam, James A. Dawson

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Ionic potential for battery materials 电池材料的离子电位

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Nature Reviews Materials Pub Date : 2025-06-24 DOI: 10.1038/s41578-025-00822-1

Qidi Wang, Yong-Sheng Hu, Hong Li, Hui-Ming Cheng, Tianshou Zhao, Chenglong Zhao

{"title":"Ionic potential for battery materials","authors":"Qidi Wang, Yong-Sheng Hu, Hong Li, Hui-Ming Cheng, Tianshou Zhao, Chenglong Zhao","doi":"10.1038/s41578-025-00822-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-025-00822-1","url":null,"abstract":"Developing high-performance rechargeable batteries requires a revolutionary advancement in battery materials, guided by a fundamental understanding of their underlying science and mechanisms. However, this task remains a challenge owing to the complex relationship among composition, structure and property in electrode and electrolyte materials. Ionic potential, a concept derived from geochemistry, has been incorporated into battery materials research since 2020 as a methodology for predicting and optimizing their functional properties. Defined as the ratio of charge number of an ion to its ionic radius, ionic potential serves as a measure of the interaction strength within the structure of a material. In this Perspective, we explore the role of ionic potential in guiding the design of advanced materials for rechargeable batteries. Specifically, we discuss how integrating ionic potential into material design frameworks can capture critical structural interactions, thereby enabling improvements in properties such as ionic conductivity, redox activity and phase transition behaviours. Furthermore, we identify the broader relevance of ionic potential in battery systems, highlighting its potential in advancing fundamental understanding and performance capabilities in battery technology.","PeriodicalId":19081,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Materials","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":83.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144370468","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}

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Materials design and integration strategies for soft bioelectronics in digital healthcare 数字医疗中软生物电子学的材料设计和集成策略

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Nature Reviews Materials Pub Date : 2025-06-23 DOI: 10.1038/s41578-025-00819-w

Hye Jin Kim, Ja Hoon Koo, Seunghwan Lee, Taeghwan Hyeon, Dae-Hyeong Kim

{"title":"Materials design and integration strategies for soft bioelectronics in digital healthcare","authors":"Hye Jin Kim, Ja Hoon Koo, Seunghwan Lee, Taeghwan Hyeon, Dae-Hyeong Kim","doi":"10.1038/s41578-025-00819-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-025-00819-w","url":null,"abstract":"Advancements in bioelectronics are revolutionizing traditional healthcare by shifting the focus from in-hospital disease diagnosis and treatment to at-home continuous preventive care. This transformation integrates real-time health monitoring and point-of-care interventional therapies and enables artificial intelligence-based health management strategies. However, the mechanical mismatch between rigid bioelectronic devices and soft biological tissues presents important challenges, particularly in long-term applications, including poor adhesion, tissue degeneration, high noise level, signal interference and device instability. To address these challenges, soft bioelectronics — leveraging high-performance, tissue-mimicking and mechanically soft materials — has emerged as a disruptive solution. This Review highlights advancements in materials design and system-level integration strategies for soft bioelectronics, driving the development of next-generation digital healthcare technologies. We categorize materials design approaches, introduce fabrication techniques for soft bioelectronics and explore integration methods. Furthermore, we showcase applications of wearable and implantable soft bioelectronics, demonstrating their potential for continuous health monitoring and therapeutic interventions, ultimately enabling closed-loop health management.","PeriodicalId":19081,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Materials","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":83.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144341368","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}

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Next-generation materials for nucleic acid delivery 下一代核酸传递材料

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Nature Reviews Materials Pub Date : 2025-06-16 DOI: 10.1038/s41578-025-00814-1

Roy van der Meel, Paul A. Wender, Olivia M. Merkel, Irene Lostalé-Seijo, Javier Montenegro, Ali Miserez, Quentin Laurent, Hanadi Sleiman, Paola Luciani

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Overcoming copper stability challenges in CO2 electrolysis 克服CO2电解中铜稳定性的挑战

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Nature Reviews Materials Pub Date : 2025-06-16 DOI: 10.1038/s41578-025-00815-0

Jesse Kok, Petru P. Albertini, Jari Leemans, Raffaella Buonsanti, Thomas Burdyny

{"title":"Overcoming copper stability challenges in CO2 electrolysis","authors":"Jesse Kok, Petru P. Albertini, Jari Leemans, Raffaella Buonsanti, Thomas Burdyny","doi":"10.1038/s41578-025-00815-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-025-00815-0","url":null,"abstract":"Copper and copper-based catalysts can electrochemically convert CO2 into ethylene and higher alcohols, among other products, at room temperature and pressure. This approach may be suitable for the production of high-value compounds. However, such a promising reaction is heavily burdened by the instability of copper during CO2 reduction. To date, non-copper catalysts have also failed to supplant the activity and selectivity of copper, leaving CO2-to-C2 electrolysis in the balance. In this Perspective, we discuss copper catalyst instability from both the atomistic and the microstructure viewpoint. We motivate that increased fundamental understanding, material design and operational approaches, along with increased reporting of failure mechanisms, will contribute to overcoming the barriers to multi-year operation. Our narrative focuses on the copper catalyst reconstruction occurring during CO2 reduction as one of the major causes inducing loss of C2 activity. We conclude with a rational path forward towards longer operations of CO2-to-C2 electrolysis.","PeriodicalId":19081,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Materials","volume":"230 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":83.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144296063","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}

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