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{"title":"Materials design and integration strategies for next-generation smart batteries","authors":"Hailong Wang,Qianjin Xiong,Nuo Sun,Qinlang Rong,Zhenguo Wu,Stefano Passerini,Xin He","doi":"10.1038/s41578-026-00957-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-026-00957-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19081,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Materials","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":83.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149021414","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":"Pressure as a design tool for thermoelectricity in Bi2Te3","authors":"Hannah Hatcher","doi":"10.1038/s41578-026-00967-7","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41578-026-00967-7","url":null,"abstract":"An article in Communications Materials reports a high-pressure and high-temperature processing strategy that permanently switches the carrier polarity of Bi2Te3 while also enhancing its thermoelectric and mechanical properties.","PeriodicalId":19081,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Materials","volume":"11 10","pages":"760-760"},"PeriodicalIF":83.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149021415","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":"Reconciling flexibility and power generation in Bi2Te3","authors":"Giulia Pacchioni","doi":"10.1038/s41578-026-00966-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41578-026-00966-8","url":null,"abstract":"An article in Nature Communications shows that suppressing antisite defects in single-crystal Bi2Te3 through Se alloying simultaneously enhances mechanical flexibility and thermoelectric performance.","PeriodicalId":19081,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Materials","volume":"11 10","pages":"759-759"},"PeriodicalIF":83.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149021416","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":"The power of confined disorder","authors":"Giulia Pacchioni","doi":"10.1038/s41578-026-00964-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41578-026-00964-w","url":null,"abstract":"An article in Science Advances shows that confined copper ion dynamics in TiCu5Se3 induce strong anharmonic lattice vibrations and wave-like thermal transport, achieving high thermoelectric efficiency.","PeriodicalId":19081,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Materials","volume":"11 10","pages":"757-757"},"PeriodicalIF":83.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149021417","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":"A new funnel for thermoelectric materials discovery","authors":"Giulia Pacchioni","doi":"10.1038/s41578-026-00965-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41578-026-00965-9","url":null,"abstract":"An article in npj Computational Materials presents a thermoelectric inverse design framework that combines generative artificial intelligence with hierarchical first principles screening to identify previously unknown thermoelectric candidates with promising predicted performance.","PeriodicalId":19081,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Materials","volume":"11 10","pages":"758-758"},"PeriodicalIF":83.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149021418","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":"How single-atom catalysts reframe stability as adaptability","authors":"Gianvito Vilé","doi":"10.1038/s41578-026-00960-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41578-026-00960-0","url":null,"abstract":"Single-atom catalysts were initially developed to maximize metal utilization, but they have evolved into a powerful platform for interrogating the fundamental principles of catalysis. Recent studies reveal that their active sites continuously adapt through interactions with supports, defects and reactants. These findings challenge the conventional view of catalyst stability as structural persistence, redefining it as controlled adaptability and opening the way to catalysts that sense, switch and evolve with their reaction environment.","PeriodicalId":19081,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Materials","volume":"11 10","pages":"749-750"},"PeriodicalIF":83.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149100855","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":"Thermo-responsive materials for rechargeable batteries","authors":"Caicai Li, Chenglong Zhao, Qidi Wang","doi":"10.1038/s41578-026-00952-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41578-026-00952-0","url":null,"abstract":"Safety presents a central challenge in developing high-energy rechargeable batteries. Thermally responsive polymers provide an effective strategy for active safety regulation: upon heating, they undergo intrinsic structural transformations that suppress ion and electron transport, interrupt electrochemical reactions and mitigate thermal runaway, enabling safer and more reliable battery technology for next-generation energy storage.","PeriodicalId":19081,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Materials","volume":"11 10","pages":"751-753"},"PeriodicalIF":83.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149100857","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":"Engineered coacervates as emerging liquid biomaterials","authors":"Bo Yi \u0000 (, ), Jianyang Zhao \u0000 (, ), Qingqiao Xie \u0000 (, ), Yan Qiao \u0000 (, ), Pengchao Zhao \u0000 (, ), Liming Bian \u0000 (, )","doi":"10.1038/s41578-026-00950-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41578-026-00950-2","url":null,"abstract":"Liquid−liquid phase separation (LLPS) has emerged as a fundamental organizational principle in biological systems. A wide variety of engineered coacervates have been developed to investigate the mechanisms underlying liquid−liquid phase separation. However, the broader application potential of these coacervates has received comparatively little attention. In this Review, we present engineered coacervates as an emerging class of liquid biomaterials, beginning by highlighting their most distinctive and biomedically relevant properties: liquidity, molecular enrichment, the ability to maintain liquid stability against moderate dilution and the capability to reach hard-to-access locations. We further detail fabrication strategies that harness the supramolecular toolbox to construct engineered coacervates that meet strict biomaterial requirements. We then outline how these liquid biomaterials can be applied across diverse biomedical contexts — including drug delivery, tissue engineering, bioadhesion and antimicrobial applications — to address challenges that remain intractable with conventional approaches. Despite their great promise, key challenges remain in elucidating design principles that ensure the structural integrity and functionality of engineered coacervates within complex biological environments and in identifying the biomedical scenarios in which their advantages can be most prominently demonstrated. Overall, this Review outlines the potential of engineered coacervates as emerging liquid biomaterials for meeting pressing biomedical needs and aims to inspire broader interest and engagement from the research community. Although liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) is a fundamental biological principle, the potential of LLPS-driven engineered coacervates remains largely untapped. This Review reframes coacervates as powerful liquid biomaterials, detailing how their unique properties can be harnessed for diverse biomedical applications.","PeriodicalId":19081,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Materials","volume":"11 10","pages":"797-819"},"PeriodicalIF":83.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149100854","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":"A hierarchical fibre to trap and sense microplastics","authors":"Hannah Hatcher","doi":"10.1038/s41578-026-00956-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41578-026-00956-w","url":null,"abstract":"An article in Advanced Materials presents a tunicate nanocellulose and MXene fibre that can capture and detect trace levels of microplastics, inspired by the pollen-collecting structures on the legs of bees.","PeriodicalId":19081,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Materials","volume":"11 9","pages":"679-679"},"PeriodicalIF":83.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148872175","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":"Engineering disorder for luminous glasses","authors":"Chenyu Wang","doi":"10.1038/s41578-026-00955-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41578-026-00955-x","url":null,"abstract":"An article in Angewandte Chemie reports a deep eutectic solvent strategy that suppresses crystallization in hybrid metal halide glasses while preserving the local structural order required for efficient and tunable luminescence.","PeriodicalId":19081,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Materials","volume":"11 9","pages":"678-678"},"PeriodicalIF":83.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148872179","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}