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Matter Pub Date : 2026-05-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2026.102756

Howie Joress , Brian DeCost , Katelyn Jones , A. Gilad Kusne , Austin McDannald , Zachary Trautt , Francesca Tavazza

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Amorphization—A new approach to enhancing the catalytic interlayer for suppressing polysulfide shuttling in lithium-sulfur batteries 非晶化——增强锂硫电池中抑制多硫化物穿梭的催化中间层的新方法

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Matter Pub Date : 2026-05-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2026.102772

Jun Li

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Oxidation pathway selection directed by atomic surface steps 由原子表面步骤指导的氧化途径选择

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Matter Pub Date : 2026-05-06 Epub Date: 2026-03-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2026.102704

Hehe Zhang , Ke Tong , Dmitri Zakharov , Min Wang , Menghao Yang , Judith Yang , Yongjun Tian , Guangwen Zhou , Lianfeng Zou

{"title":"Oxidation pathway selection directed by atomic surface steps","authors":"Hehe Zhang , Ke Tong , Dmitri Zakharov , Min Wang , Menghao Yang , Judith Yang , Yongjun Tian , Guangwen Zhou , Lianfeng Zou","doi":"10.1016/j.matt.2026.102704","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.matt.2026.102704","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The macroscopic properties of oxide films are profoundly influenced by their formation during metal oxidation, yet the atomic-scale mechanisms governing these processes remain elusive. Using <em>in situ</em> environmental transmission electron microscopy (ETEM), we observe the real-time transitions from lateral oxide growth on bare metal surfaces to inward growth along the oxide-metal interface, demonstrating that atomic-scale surface steps critically regulate oxide film growth. Positive Ni steps, located above the NiO-Ni interface, facilitate lateral NiO growth by promoting surface adatom transport. Conversely, negative Ni steps, situated below the interface, redirect growth inward along the NiO-Ni interface. Atomistic simulations illuminate that positive step edges create asymmetric energy barriers favoring surface diffusion for lateral growth, whereas negative steps restrict adatom diffusion, driving inward interfacial growth. These insights highlight the critical influence of surface steps on oxidation mechanisms, offering a pathway for engineering metal surfaces to control oxide film formation and tailor macroscopic properties.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":388,"journal":{"name":"Matter","volume":"9 5","pages":"Article 102704"},"PeriodicalIF":17.5,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147493025","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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Surface chemistry modulation in two-dimensional layered materials for highly stable zinc metal batteries 高稳定性锌金属电池用二维层状材料的表面化学调制

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Matter Pub Date : 2026-05-06 Epub Date: 2026-03-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2026.102699

Baoquan Liu , Xingqi Han , Yanzeng Ge , Si Tang , Jiafeng Du , Haizhen Jiang , Tianyu Qiu , Daoxiong Wu , Jing Li , Hui Zhang , Jinlin Yang , Xinlong Tian

{"title":"Surface chemistry modulation in two-dimensional layered materials for highly stable zinc metal batteries","authors":"Baoquan Liu , Xingqi Han , Yanzeng Ge , Si Tang , Jiafeng Du , Haizhen Jiang , Tianyu Qiu , Daoxiong Wu , Jing Li , Hui Zhang , Jinlin Yang , Xinlong Tian","doi":"10.1016/j.matt.2026.102699","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.matt.2026.102699","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Because of their rich surface chemistry, two-dimensional (2D) layered materials are promising components of modification layers for Zn metal batteries. However, the mechanisms regulating the Zn deposition behavior in such batteries remain unknown. Here, we use MXenes as model materials to elucidate the role of surface chemistry in stabilizing Zn anodes. By screening 10 surface terminations of MXenes via theoretical and experimental methods, we identified chalcogen-terminated MXenes as ideal modification layers with high zincophilicities, ionic/electronic conductivities, and hydrogen evolution-inhibiting capabilities. Unique chalcogen-terminated surface and conductive MXene framework collectively promoted dendrite-free Zn deposition and inhibited parasitic reactions. Consequently, the MXene-modified layer enabled reversible Zn plating/stripping over 4,000 cycles with a high Coulombic efficiency (>99.8%). Furthermore, highly reversible Zn plating/stripping was also observed for other 2D layered materials with chalcogen surfaces. This study advances understanding of the surface chemistry of 2D layered materials and its ability to regulate metal deposition behavior.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":388,"journal":{"name":"Matter","volume":"9 5","pages":"Article 102699"},"PeriodicalIF":17.5,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147507189","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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Regular backbone and random polar side chains for modulating carrier transport in diketopyrrolopyrrole-based thermoelectric copolymer 调节二酮吡咯基热电共聚物载流子输运的规则主链和随机极性侧链

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Matter Pub Date : 2026-05-06 Epub Date: 2026-03-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2026.102701

Zhen Xu , Zhongchao Zhou , Siyi Luo , Fei Zhong , Jian Song , Lidong Chen , Hui Li

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Grid-like microphase separation of hydrogels for ultra-stable underwater flexible electronics 用于超稳定水下柔性电子设备的网格状水凝胶微相分离

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Matter Pub Date : 2026-05-06 Epub Date: 2026-03-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2026.102707

Rubin He , Xiuwen Zheng , Yunfei Zhang , Conghui Yuan , Yiting Xu , Birong Zeng , Lizong Dai

{"title":"Grid-like microphase separation of hydrogels for ultra-stable underwater flexible electronics","authors":"Rubin He , Xiuwen Zheng , Yunfei Zhang , Conghui Yuan , Yiting Xu , Birong Zeng , Lizong Dai","doi":"10.1016/j.matt.2026.102707","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.matt.2026.102707","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although hydrogels have gained remarkable advances in flexible electronics, a crucial limitation lies in their low environmental adaptability, especially in underwater scenarios. Furthermore, flexible electronics impose stringent demands on the integrated mechanical, optical, conductive, and sensing performances of hydrogels. Here, we present a set of versatile hydrogels enabled by grid-like microphase separation (GLMPS). The hydrogels are constructed by continuous grid-like microdomains with poly (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (PHEMA) dispersed in ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH) and grid-filling microdomains with EVOH dispersed in PHEMA. Dynamic borates enable interphase crosslinking and incorporate ion channels in the microdomains. The GLMPS structure endows the hydrogels with numerous merits, including mechanical robustness, light diffusion, high conductivity, linear strain sensitivity, self-lubrication, anti-swelling properties, and solvent resistance. Moreover, the hydrogels exhibit almost constant mechanical, conductive, and sensing performances in both air and underwater. The hydrogel-enabled electronic skins, touch panels, and flexible electrodes demonstrate a high adaptability to underwater environments with varied conditions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":388,"journal":{"name":"Matter","volume":"9 5","pages":"Article 102707"},"PeriodicalIF":17.5,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147381015","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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All-emission control in 2D-photonic crystal microlasers 二维光子晶体微激光器的全发射控制

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Matter Pub Date : 2026-05-06 Epub Date: 2026-03-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2026.102713

Zhiyang Xu , Leyuan Ji , Siqi Chang , Xiaomei Gao , Yinzhou Yan , Tianrui Zhai

{"title":"All-emission control in 2D-photonic crystal microlasers","authors":"Zhiyang Xu , Leyuan Ji , Siqi Chang , Xiaomei Gao , Yinzhou Yan , Tianrui Zhai","doi":"10.1016/j.matt.2026.102713","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.matt.2026.102713","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Two-dimensional photonic-crystal (2D-PhC) microlasers have evolved from early band-gap and defect-mode emitters into a platform where emission can be deliberately programmed across spectral, modal, spatial, power, and temporal degrees of freedom. In this review, we organize such “all-emission control” by using a 6 × 5 response matrix with six mechanistic levers—(L1) gain/materials platforms, (L2) lattice & band engineering, (L3) defect/nanocavity localization, (L4) singularities & topology, (L5) radiation engineering, and (L6) active control—and five output classes: spectral, modal, spatial and wavefront, threshold and power, and temporal. The matrix is a response map rather than an orthogonal basis; lever-output relations are generally cross coupled. Rather than cataloging devices by cavity types, emphasis is placed on how specific combinations of levers map onto the target figures of merit; how material and band design delimit spectral access; how cavity and topological confinement shape modal purity and beam structure; how radiation engineering sets directionality and polarization; and how gain dynamics and active control govern threshold, power scaling, and time-domain response. Across these axes, ultralow-threshold nanocavities, watt-class PhC surface-emitting lasers (PCSELs), metalasers with wavefront synthesis, and ultrafast vortex lasers are connected within a common design language. The review concludes by identifying three directions where 2D-PhC microlasers are likely to have the greatest impact: elevating temporal and ultrafast control to a primary design objective on par with spectral, modal, and spatial wavefront engineering; extending rich emission programmability into electrically pumped, visible, and organic 2D-PhC microlasers; and making robustness, manufacturability, and system-level integration explicit design axes for transforming emission-programmable PhC microlasers from elegant laboratory demonstrations into practical light sources.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":388,"journal":{"name":"Matter","volume":"9 5","pages":"Article 102713"},"PeriodicalIF":17.5,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147577995","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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Retraction Notice to: Constructing two-dimensional holey graphyne with unusual annulative π-extension 撤销：构造具有异常环形π扩展的二维多孔石墨炔

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Matter Pub Date : 2026-05-06 Epub Date: 2026-04-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2026.102820

Xinghui Liu, Soo Min Cho, Shiru Lin, Zhongfang Chen, Wooseon Choi, Young-Min Kim, Eunbhin Yun, Eun Hee Baek, Do Hyun Ryu, Hyoyoung Lee

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Self-floating COF-based Janus film: A robust triphase interface boosting charge separation for efficient H2O2 photosynthesis 基于cof的自漂浮Janus膜：一个强大的三相界面，促进有效H2O2光合作用的电荷分离

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Matter Pub Date : 2026-05-06 Epub Date: 2026-03-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2026.102679

Ying Li , Yuxin Zhang , Wenjie Shi , Chao Zhang , Qinbai Yun , Zongyang Liu , Fuli Ye , Jun Guo , Qingle Yuan , Wenqiang Li , Miao Wang , Xiaotao Zhang , Wenping Hu , Kuo Yuan , Di-chang Zhong , Tongbu Lu

{"title":"Self-floating COF-based Janus film: A robust triphase interface boosting charge separation for efficient H2O2 photosynthesis","authors":"Ying Li , Yuxin Zhang , Wenjie Shi , Chao Zhang , Qinbai Yun , Zongyang Liu , Fuli Ye , Jun Guo , Qingle Yuan , Wenqiang Li , Miao Wang , Xiaotao Zhang , Wenping Hu , Kuo Yuan , Di-chang Zhong , Tongbu Lu","doi":"10.1016/j.matt.2026.102679","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.matt.2026.102679","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> photosynthesis, as a gas-liquid-solid reaction, faces two giant challenges, i.e., charge recombination and sluggish oxygen transport. For improving efficiency, it is a feasible strategy to construct a robust triphase interface with optimized charge kinetics. Herein, we constructed a self-floating covalent-organic framework (COF)-based film with Janus heterostructure, i.e., COF-[NH<sub>2</sub>-GO]. In overall H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> photosynthesis, COF-[NH<sub>2</sub>-GO] exhibited the highest yield among COF film and powder, signifying improved separation and transfer of photogenerated carriers. The photocatalytic triphase system achieved 5,306.6 μmol·m<sup>−2</sup>·h<sup>−1</sup> H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> yield, higher than that of diphase counterpart, ascribed to the promoted O<sub>2</sub> delivery. It was demonstrated that excellent photocatalytic performance was attributed to the improved charge kinetics and mass transfer. A prototypical film-based device was designed for photosynthesis and collection of H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>, which exhibited bactericidal activity against <em>Escherichia coli</em>. More importantly, this strategy could be extended to other COFs and functional nanomaterials. This work provides new insights for challenging triphase photocatalysis.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":388,"journal":{"name":"Matter","volume":"9 5","pages":"Article 102679"},"PeriodicalIF":17.5,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147524735","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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Strutted graphene-selenium composite for transvalent-ion batteries 跨价离子电池用支撑石墨烯-硒复合材料

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Matter Pub Date : 2026-05-06 Epub Date: 2026-03-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2026.102710

Chiwei Xu , Yue Wang , Jinjue Zeng , Yuhang Meng , Zhipeng Sun , Shaochun Tang , Lijun Yang , Xiangfen Jiang , Chaobo Huang , Yoshio Bando , Jie Shu , Zheng Hu , Xuebin Wang

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