{"title":"MXene-based bioabsorbable bandage speeds up diabetic wound repair","authors":"Giulia Pacchioni","doi":"10.1038/s41578-026-00941-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41578-026-00941-3","url":null,"abstract":"An article in Science Advances reports a fully bioabsorbable, glucose-powered electronic bandage that uses MXene-based electrodes to harvest biochemical energy and restore wound edge fields in diabetic tissues.","PeriodicalId":19081,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Materials","volume":"11 7","pages":"514-514"},"PeriodicalIF":83.3,"publicationDate":"2026-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148467730","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":"Transparent and flexible MXene antennas take shape","authors":"Giulia Pacchioni","doi":"10.1038/s41578-026-00940-4","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41578-026-00940-4","url":null,"abstract":"An article in Science Advances reports a MXene grid architecture that delivers a conformal, transparent and efficient antenna platform suitable for both wearable devices and flexible metasurfaces.","PeriodicalId":19081,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Materials","volume":"11 7","pages":"513-513"},"PeriodicalIF":83.3,"publicationDate":"2026-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148467732","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":"MXene electrodes enable real-time visualization of plant electrical signals","authors":"Giulia Pacchioni","doi":"10.1038/s41578-026-00942-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41578-026-00942-2","url":null,"abstract":"An article in Nature Electronics introduces a low-drift, high-density electrode array based on a dry MXene–pressure-sensitive adhesive composite that enables real-time visualization of environment-stimulated electrical waves in plants.","PeriodicalId":19081,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Materials","volume":"11 7","pages":"515-515"},"PeriodicalIF":83.3,"publicationDate":"2026-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148467688","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}
M. Amin Akhound, Mikkel O. Sauer, Kristian S. Thygesen
{"title":"Two-dimensional materials need a shared experimental memory","authors":"M. Amin Akhound, Mikkel O. Sauer, Kristian S. Thygesen","doi":"10.1038/s41578-026-00938-y","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41578-026-00938-y","url":null,"abstract":"There is no lack of possibilities for two-dimensional materials science; however, there is a lack of organized memory. Connecting what materials have been synthesized, how they were made and how they relate to computational predictions could shape future discoveries.","PeriodicalId":19081,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Materials","volume":"11 9","pages":"671-672"},"PeriodicalIF":83.3,"publicationDate":"2026-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148305370","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}
Julian M. Allwood, Felix F. Baker, Shichen Han, Emilie Herpain, Abdullah Mahmoud, Luke Morris, Isabella Nesti, Swasthi Surendran, Cameron A. Watson, Zhijian Zhang, Zihan Zhou, Jennifer L. Hawkin
{"title":"Author Correction: Demand-side innovation is the priority for decarbonizing materials","authors":"Julian M. Allwood, Felix F. Baker, Shichen Han, Emilie Herpain, Abdullah Mahmoud, Luke Morris, Isabella Nesti, Swasthi Surendran, Cameron A. Watson, Zhijian Zhang, Zihan Zhou, Jennifer L. Hawkin","doi":"10.1038/s41578-026-00939-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-026-00939-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19081,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Materials","volume":"58 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":83.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148305231","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}
Shulin Bai (, ), Da Wan (, ), Yu Tian (, ), Cheng Chang (, ), Hongyao Xie (, ), Chongjian Zhou (, ), In Chung (, ), Jiaqing He (, ), Peng Kang (, ), Li-Dong Zhao (, )
{"title":"Designing advanced thermoelectrics","authors":"Shulin Bai \u0000 (, ), Da Wan \u0000 (, ), Yu Tian \u0000 (, ), Cheng Chang \u0000 (, ), Hongyao Xie \u0000 (, ), Chongjian Zhou \u0000 (, ), In Chung \u0000 (, ), Jiaqing He \u0000 (, ), Peng Kang \u0000 (, ), Li-Dong Zhao \u0000 (, )","doi":"10.1038/s41578-026-00931-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41578-026-00931-5","url":null,"abstract":"The global pursuit of sustainable energy has accelerated research on thermoelectrics, which convert waste heat into electricity. Nevertheless, progress towards high thermoelectric figure-of-merit (ZT) remains constrained by the trade-off between electrical and thermal transport, requiring rational strategies for their decoupling. Importantly defects, which are thermodynamically unavoidable, perturb both phonons and charge carriers. This Review synthesizes emerging design principles that complement established extrinsic disorder strategies by emphasizing intrinsic control of electronic structure and lattice dynamics. We examine how band engineering and defect design enhance electrical transport without sacrificing carrier mobility, and discuss decoupling mechanisms arising from electronically driven instabilities and crystal symmetry. Moving from materials to devices, we highlight interface design for thermoelectric modules. Ultimately, we outline the potential of physics-informed descriptors derived from these design principles to enable artificial intelligence-assisted discovery and design of advanced thermoelectrics. Progress towards high-performance thermoelectrics that convert waste heat into electricity remains constrained by the coupling of electrical and thermal transport. This Review synthesizes design principles exploiting the electronic structure and lattice dynamics, and it highlights physics-informed descriptors for AI-assisted discovery and design.","PeriodicalId":19081,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Materials","volume":"11 10","pages":"761-778"},"PeriodicalIF":83.3,"publicationDate":"2026-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149100859","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":"Trustworthy benchmarks for halide perovskite transistors","authors":"Feng Li \u0000 (, )","doi":"10.1038/s41578-026-00935-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41578-026-00935-1","url":null,"abstract":"Halide perovskite transistors are advancing rapidly, yet reported mobility values remain highly sensitive to material properties, device physics and measurement protocols. Establishing reliable, reproducible and application-specific mobility metrics is essential for translating laboratory performance into credible device technologies.","PeriodicalId":19081,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Materials","volume":"11 9","pages":"673-675"},"PeriodicalIF":83.3,"publicationDate":"2026-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148872177","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":"From linear fixes to circular design: how polymer science has changed over the past decade","authors":"Katrina M. Knauer","doi":"10.1038/s41578-026-00933-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41578-026-00933-3","url":null,"abstract":"Over the past decade, polymer science has shifted from precision synthesis to circular economy design. Breakthroughs in recycling, depolymerization and data-driven methods will be instrumental in designing polymers for sustainability within planetary constraints.","PeriodicalId":19081,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Materials","volume":"11 7","pages":"505-506"},"PeriodicalIF":83.3,"publicationDate":"2026-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148288378","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}
Marta Ximenis, Coralie Jehanno, Louise Breloy, Oguzhan Akin, Rita Kol, Kevin M. Van Geem, Steven De Meester, Haritz Sardón
{"title":"Towards selective recycling technologies for complex plastic waste","authors":"Marta Ximenis, Coralie Jehanno, Louise Breloy, Oguzhan Akin, Rita Kol, Kevin M. Van Geem, Steven De Meester, Haritz Sardón","doi":"10.1038/s41578-026-00927-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41578-026-00927-1","url":null,"abstract":"Despite the growing volume of plastic waste, plastic recycling remains limited, hindered by a complex interplay of economic, societal and logistical challenges. Technical barriers persist, particularly in scaling laboratory innovations to industrially viable processes. Moreover, the research focus on idealized, single-polymer waste streams overlooks the complexity of real-world plastic waste streams, which are typically heterogeneous and contaminated. The development of strategies for the selective recycling of materials from complex waste streams is crucial to advancing a circular plastics economy. In this Review, we define the concept of complex plastic waste and assess recycling strategies that show potential for the selective recycling of plastic waste, namely, solvent-based recycling and depolymerization technologies. By classifying approaches according to application and evaluating their scalability and operational reliability, we identify key limitations and outline future directions for the selective and efficient recycling of industrially relevant plastic mixtures. Technologies for the selective recycling of heterogeneous and contaminated plastic waste streams are required to achieve a circular plastics economy. This Review surveys solvent-based recycling and depolymerization strategies towards the selective recycling of key types of plastic waste.","PeriodicalId":19081,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Materials","volume":"11 8","pages":"632-652"},"PeriodicalIF":83.3,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148288387","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}