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Research progress on conductive polymer-based microwave absorption materials: from materials design to functionalities and applications. 导电聚合物基微波吸收材料的研究进展：从材料设计到功能与应用。

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Materials Horizons Pub Date : 2025-09-15 DOI: 10.1039/d5mh00760g

Ying Zhang, Haojie Yu, Li Wang, Shan Jian, Hongyu Hu, Zheyi Zhu, Yalong Wang, Yuguang Lu, Chenguang Ouyang

{"title":"Research progress on conductive polymer-based microwave absorption materials: from materials design to functionalities and applications.","authors":"Ying Zhang, Haojie Yu, Li Wang, Shan Jian, Hongyu Hu, Zheyi Zhu, Yalong Wang, Yuguang Lu, Chenguang Ouyang","doi":"10.1039/d5mh00760g","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5mh00760g","url":null,"abstract":"Microwaves play a critical role in modern technological applications, yet excessive exposure poses significant threats to human health and electronic equipment reliability. These concerns necessitate the urgent development of high-performance microwave absorption materials (MAMs). In recent years, conductive polymer-based MAMs have emerged as a research frontier in electromagnetic (EM) wave absorption due to their unique structural and functional merits. These materials enable synergistic optimization of material density and absorption performance through molecular structure modulation and micromorphological design. Precise control of impedance matching characteristics can be achieved via doping or composite engineering, while the construction of multicomponent heterostructures induces pronounced dielectric-magnetic synergistic loss effects, thereby broadening the effective absorption bandwidth (EAB). Additionally, their intrinsic flexibility, corrosion resistance, and environmental stability further enhance their application potential. This review systematically examines recent advances in three representative conductive polymer-based composite systems for microwave absorption, focusing on composition design and structural strategies, highlighting the critical integration of microwave absorption capabilities with multifunctional properties, and analyzing their applications in military and civil fields. Finally, key challenges and future research directions for conductive polymer-based MAMs are identified to address evolving demands for next-generation microwave absorption solutions.","PeriodicalId":87,"journal":{"name":"Materials Horizons","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145062923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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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A reflection on ‘Flexibility versus rigidity: what determines the stability of zeolite frameworks? A case study’ 柔性与刚性：是什么决定了沸石骨架的稳定性？案例研究”

IF 10.7 2区材料科学

Materials Horizons Pub Date : 2025-09-15 DOI: 10.1039/D5MH90103K

Eric Breynaert, Dries Vandenabeele, Wenfu Yan, Valentin Valtchev, Bert Sels, Veronique Van Speybroeck and Christine Kirschhock

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Enabling accurate modelling of materials for a solid electrolyte interphase in lithium-ion batteries using effective machine learning interatomic potentials. 使用有效的机器学习原子间电位实现锂离子电池中固体电解质界面材料的精确建模。

IF 10.7 2区材料科学

Materials Horizons Pub Date : 2025-09-12 DOI: 10.1039/d5mh01343g

Wen-Qing Li, Gang Wu, Juan Manuel Arce-Ramos, Yang Hao Lau, Man-Fai Ng

{"title":"Enabling accurate modelling of materials for a solid electrolyte interphase in lithium-ion batteries using effective machine learning interatomic potentials.","authors":"Wen-Qing Li, Gang Wu, Juan Manuel Arce-Ramos, Yang Hao Lau, Man-Fai Ng","doi":"10.1039/d5mh01343g","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5mh01343g","url":null,"abstract":"Accurate modelling of the structural and dynamic properties of the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) in lithium-ion batteries remains a longstanding challenge due to the high complexity of the SEI structure and the lack of structural information. Atomistic simulations using molecular dynamics (MD) can provide insights into the structure of the SEI but require large models and accurate interatomic potentials; however, existing computational tools struggle to evaluate these potentials in mixed-material systems efficiently and reliably. Here, we demonstrate the effectiveness of machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) defined using amorphous structures as reference data, specifically the moment tensor potential (MTP), combined with density functional theory (DFT) calculations and active learning loops that enable rapid sampling of MD trajectories. For SEI relevant materials (e.g., Li2CO3, bulk Li, LiPF6, and Li2EDC), our trained MTP models accurately capture the key structural properties (e.g., lattice parameters, elastic constants, or phonon spectra). For the dynamical properties of monoclinic Li2CO3 and amorphous Li2EDC, the models are validated against previous theoretical predictions in the literature. Particularly, we illustrate the finite temperature effects on computing energy barriers. The determined mechanism of dominant diffusion carriers (Li vacancy, interstitial Li, and Li Frenkel pair) in Li2CO3 is highly consistent with DFT calculations. Furthermore, we show that the generated training datasets can be applied to train graph-neural-network (GNN)-based interatomic potentials that can further improve accuracy. The developed machine learning workflow provides a scalable approach for SEI modelling, enabling simulations at larger time and length scales to tackle the limitations of conventional DFT methods.","PeriodicalId":87,"journal":{"name":"Materials Horizons","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145038717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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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Interface regulation toward high-performance narrow-bandgap perovskite photodetectors: mechanisms and challenges. 面向高性能窄带隙钙钛矿光电探测器的界面调节：机制和挑战。

IF 10.7 2区材料科学

Materials Horizons Pub Date : 2025-09-12 DOI: 10.1039/d5mh01425e

Shuangshuang Xie, Minghui Cao, Henan Li, Zhi Xing, Longbin Li, Jinwei Gao, Huiliang Sun, Yiwang Chen

{"title":"Interface regulation toward high-performance narrow-bandgap perovskite photodetectors: mechanisms and challenges.","authors":"Shuangshuang Xie, Minghui Cao, Henan Li, Zhi Xing, Longbin Li, Jinwei Gao, Huiliang Sun, Yiwang Chen","doi":"10.1039/d5mh01425e","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5mh01425e","url":null,"abstract":"Narrow-bandgap perovskite photodetectors (PPDs) have emerged as promising candidates for broadband photodetection due to their extended spectral response from the visible to near-infrared region, high sensitivity, and low-cost solution processability. However, limitations such as instability, slow response speed, and insufficient spectral selectivity continue to restrict their practical application. This review critically examines the latest advances in interface engineering strategies for near-infrared PPDs, with a particular focus on optimizing carrier transport layers and structural technology, as well as defect passivation methods. We systematically analyze the potential mechanisms through which interface modulation affects charge extraction, defect density, energy level alignment, and carrier recombination dynamics. In addition, we compared different interface design methods to highlight their advantages, limitations, and potential synergies in multi-scale regulation. By identifying the current research bottlenecks and proposing targeted solutions, and summarizing the future development direction, this review provides a theoretical and technical basis for the development of high-performance narrow-bandgap PPDs.","PeriodicalId":87,"journal":{"name":"Materials Horizons","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145038682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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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A chessboard-like photothermoelectric cement cell: a new design for scalable and high efficiency solar energy conversion. 棋盘状光热电水泥电池：一种可扩展和高效太阳能转换的新设计。

IF 10.7 2区材料科学

Materials Horizons Pub Date : 2025-09-12 DOI: 10.1039/d5mh01248a

Mohamad Barzegar, Guido Goracci, Pavel Martauz, Jorge S Dolado

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Introduction to the soft wearable sensors themed collection. 介绍软可穿戴传感器主题系列。

IF 10.7 2区材料科学

Materials Horizons Pub Date : 2025-09-11 DOI: 10.1039/d5mh90105g

Wenlong Cheng, Dae-Hyeong Kim, Nanshu Lu, John Rogers, Alina Rwei

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Globular proteins as functional-mechanical materials: a multiscale perspective on design, processing, and applications. 球形蛋白作为功能机械材料：设计、加工和应用的多尺度视角。

IF 10.7 2区材料科学

Materials Horizons Pub Date : 2025-09-11 DOI: 10.1039/d5mh01107h

Haonan He, Peng Zhang, Jian Ji

{"title":"Globular proteins as functional-mechanical materials: a multiscale perspective on design, processing, and applications.","authors":"Haonan He, Peng Zhang, Jian Ji","doi":"10.1039/d5mh01107h","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5mh01107h","url":null,"abstract":"Globular proteins, traditionally regarded as non-structural biomolecules due to the limited load-bearing capacity in their monomeric states, are increasingly recognized as valuable building blocks for functional-mechanical materials. Their inherent bioactivity, chemical versatility, and structural tunability enable the design of materials that combine biological functionality with tailored mechanical performance. This review highlights recent advances in engineering globular proteins-spanning natural systems (serum albumins, enzymes, milk globulins, silk sericin, and soy protein isolates) to recombinant architectures including tandem-repeat proteins-into functional-mechanical platforms. We discuss strategies such as sequence engineering, crosslinking chemistry, hybrid modulation, and hierarchical assembly to enhance the mechanical properties. Diverse material formats including fibers, films, hydrogels, and porous scaffolds are examined, along with processing techniques like wet/electro-spinning, 3D printing, and self-assembly suited to the proteins' thermal and solubility constraints. Emerging applications span tissue engineering, soft electronics, and environmentally adaptive systems. Key challenges such as maintaining functional activity during reinforcement, achieving interfacial stability, and developing scalable, standardized processing methods are critically evaluated. By repositioning globular proteins as dynamic, tunable material platforms, this work aims to inspire new directions in the development of intelligent, biocompatible, and sustainable materials.","PeriodicalId":87,"journal":{"name":"Materials Horizons","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145032467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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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S-La₂Mo₂O₉ solid solution: a sulfur cathode with a non-shaped matrix enables a better lithium-sulfur battery. S-La2Mo2O9固溶体：具有非形状基体的硫阴极使锂硫电池性能更好。

IF 10.7 2区材料科学

Materials Horizons Pub Date : 2025-09-10 DOI: 10.1039/d5mh01572c

Hafiz Muhammad Umair Arshad, Jiamiao Suo, Qianyi Zhang, Xueping Gao, Guoran Li

{"title":"S-La2Mo2O9 solid solution: a sulfur cathode with a non-shaped matrix enables a better lithium-sulfur battery.","authors":"Hafiz Muhammad Umair Arshad, Jiamiao Suo, Qianyi Zhang, Xueping Gao, Guoran Li","doi":"10.1039/d5mh01572c","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5mh01572c","url":null,"abstract":"A prefabricated matrix is normally used as the cathode host for lithium-sulfur batteries to address the shuttle effect problem. Unconventionally, herein we present a non-shaped matrix for a sulfur cathode that enables a better lithium-sulfur battery. The fast oxide-ion conductor La2Mo2O9 is introduced into the sulfur cathodes for the first time. Specifically, La2Mo2O9 is highly dispersed in sulfur to form a solid solution (LMO-in-S), in which the two components are homogenously mixed to a molecular level, which is completely different from the conventional model. The non-shaped matrix provides enormous surface contact with sulfur and high catalytic ability for the conversion of polysulfides to deliver a high discharge capacity and satisfactory cycle stability. LMO-in-S, which exhibits a high tap density, delivers a high gravimetric capacity of 1374.1 mAh g-1, corresponding to a volumetric capacity of 2294.8 mAh cm-3 at a 0.1C rate. Notably, LMO-in-S exhibits satisfactory cycle stability with a low fade rate of 0.07% per cycle over 400 cycles at 1C rate. Furthermore, it allows an ultra-high sulfur content (92.6 wt%) to deliver a high capacity of 1076.5 mAh g-1 at a 0.1C rate. Objectively, this work breaks through the original concept of sulfur cathode structures and provides a novel possibility for developing high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries.","PeriodicalId":87,"journal":{"name":"Materials Horizons","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145028514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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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Stretch-activated morphing enabled by integrated physical-chemical network engineering. 拉伸激活变形由集成的物理化学网络工程实现。

IF 10.7 2区材料科学

Materials Horizons Pub Date : 2025-09-10 DOI: 10.1039/d5mh01289a

Zhao Xu, Zi-Yang Fan, Dun-Wen Wei, Rui-Ying Bao, Wei Yang

{"title":"Stretch-activated morphing enabled by integrated physical-chemical network engineering.","authors":"Zhao Xu, Zi-Yang Fan, Dun-Wen Wei, Rui-Ying Bao, Wei Yang","doi":"10.1039/d5mh01289a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5mh01289a","url":null,"abstract":"Mechanical stimuli-responsive shape transformations, exemplified by mimosa leaves, are widespread in nature, yet remain challenging to realize through facile fabrication in synthetic morphing materials. Herein, we demonstrate stretch-activated shape-morphing enabled by an elastic-plastic bilayer structure assembled via dynamic crosslinking. Through dioxaborolane metathesis, a dynamic, crosslinked polyolefin elastomer (POEV) with elasticity and a co-crosslinked POE/paraffin wax blend (POE/PW-V) with tunable plasticity are prepared. An elastic-plastic mismatched bilayer is then assembled via dioxaborolane metathesis at the interface. Upon stretching and release, the elastic POEV layer attempts to recover, while the plastic POE/PW-V layer resists recovery, inducing curled deformation of the bilayer strips. The localized bilayer design allows for selective activation and region-specific shape transformation under tensile stress, enabling the creation of customizable morphing geometries. Moreover, the low-entropy conformation fixed during stretching spontaneously reverts to a high-entropy state upon heating-induced melting of PW crystals, thereby restoring the original shape. This thermally induced recovery ensures repeatable stretch activation. This work presents a design strategy that integrates physical and chemical network engineering to develop heterogeneously responsive systems, offering promising potential for soft morphing device applications.","PeriodicalId":87,"journal":{"name":"Materials Horizons","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145028578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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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Grain boundary tuning determines iodide and lithium-ion migration in a solid adiponitrile-LiI molecular crystal electrolyte. 晶界调谐决定了碘离子和锂离子在固体己二腈- lii分子晶体电解质中的迁移。

IF 10.7 2区材料科学

Materials Horizons Pub Date : 2025-09-08 DOI: 10.1039/d5mh00900f

Shujit Chandra Paul, William A Goddard, Michael Zdilla, Prabhat Prakash, Stephanie L Wunder

{"title":"Grain boundary tuning determines iodide and lithium-ion migration in a solid adiponitrile-LiI molecular crystal electrolyte.","authors":"Shujit Chandra Paul, William A Goddard, Michael Zdilla, Prabhat Prakash, Stephanie L Wunder","doi":"10.1039/d5mh00900f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5mh00900f","url":null,"abstract":"This work presents the synthesis of a molecular crystal of adiponitrile (Adpn) and LiI via a simple melting method. The molecular crystal has both Li+ and I- channels and can be either a Li+ or an I- conductor. In the stoichiometric crystal (Adpn)2LiI, the Li+ ions interact only with four CN groups of Adpn, while the I- ions are uncoordinated. Ab initio calculations indicate that the activation energy for ion hopping is less for the I- ions (Ea = 60 kJ mol-1) than that for the Li+ ions (Ea = 93 kJ mol-1), and this crystal is predominantly an I- conductor, with a lithium-ion transference number (tLi+) of tLi+ = 0.15; no lithium plating/stripping is observed in the cyclic voltammograms (CVs), with a conductivity of σ = 10-4 S cm-1 at 30 °C. With the addition of excess adiponitrile, which resides in the grain boundaries between the crystal grains, the contribution of Li+ ions to the conductivity increases, so that for the nonstoichiometric molecular crystal (Adpn)3LiI, Li ↔ Li+ redox reactions are observed in the CVs, tLi+ = 0.63, conductivity increases to σ = 10-3 S cm-1 at 30 °C, and the voltage stability window is 4 V, and it is thermally stable up to 130 °C, showcasing the potential of this electrolyte for advanced solid-state Li-I battery applications. The solid (Adpn)3LiI electrolyte minimizes the migration of polyiodides, inhibiting the \"shuttle\" effect.","PeriodicalId":87,"journal":{"name":"Materials Horizons","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145013487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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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