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Large-scale, mechanically robust bioinspired confined MXene nanocomposites 大规模，机械坚固的仿生受限MXene纳米复合材料

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Nature Reviews Materials Pub Date : 2026-04-27 DOI: 10.1038/s41578-026-00918-2

Yuchen Li (, ), Xinrui Zhang (, ), Qunfeng Cheng (, )

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Transport of polaritons in hyperbolic media 双曲介质中极化的输运

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Nature Reviews Materials Pub Date : 2026-04-22 DOI: 10.1038/s41578-026-00907-5

Hai Hu, Hanchao Teng, Na Chen, Zhuoxin Xue, Zhipei Sun, F. Javier García de Abajo, Qing Dai

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Inverse design for scalable photonic systems 可扩展光子系统的逆设计

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Nature Reviews Materials Pub Date : 2026-04-20 DOI: 10.1038/s41578-026-00915-5

Louise Schul, Sydney Mason, Sungjun Eun, Geun Ho Ahn, Jelena Vučković

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Inverse design for scalable photonic systems 可扩展光子系统的逆设计

IF 83.3 1区材料科学

Nature Reviews Materials Pub Date : 2026-04-20 DOI: 10.1038/s41578-026-00915-5

Louise Schul, Sydney Mason, Sungjun Eun, Geun Ho Ahn, Jelena Vučković

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Redefining batteries as multifunctional materials 将电池重新定义为多功能材料

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Nature Reviews Materials Pub Date : 2026-04-17 DOI: 10.1038/s41578-026-00920-8

Richa Chaudhary (, ), Leif E. Asp, Varun Chaudhary (, )

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Turning a battery material into a bioelectronic inhibitor 将电池材料转化为生物电子抑制剂

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Nature Reviews Materials Pub Date : 2026-04-13 DOI: 10.1038/s41578-026-00921-7

Charlotte Allard

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The stability turn in perovskite photovoltaics 钙钛矿光伏电池的稳定性转变

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Nature Reviews Materials Pub Date : 2026-04-10 DOI: 10.1038/s41578-026-00917-3

Jingjing Xue (, )

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Composition–structure–property relationships in MXenes MXenes中的组合-结构-属性关系

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Nature Reviews Materials Pub Date : 2026-04-02 DOI: 10.1038/s41578-026-00911-9

Anupma Thakur, Jongyoun Kim, Brian C. Wyatt, Yury Gogotsi, Babak Anasori

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A moiré-enabled exciton crystal 一种莫尔海姆驱动的激子晶体

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Nature Reviews Materials Pub Date : 2026-04-01 DOI: 10.1038/s41578-026-00916-4

Lina Johnsen Kamra

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Artificial intelligence as a driver of sustainable materials and circularity 人工智能是可持续材料和循环的驱动因素

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Nature Reviews Materials Pub Date : 2026-03-27 DOI: 10.1038/s41578-026-00912-8

Ning Han (, ), Heng Guo (, ), Bingqi Zhang (, ), Zeai Huang (, ), Ying Zhou (, ), Anke Weidenkaff, Guoxing Chen (, )

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