Advanced Materials
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Multifunctional Conductive MXene Binders for Battery and Supercapacitor Electrodes
ABSTRACT Binders serve as a pivotal component in electrode fabrication as they can adhere active materials and conductive additives to the current collector. Nev...
Polymeric Sorbents as Energy‐Efficient Alternative to Cryogenic Distillation for Light Hydrocarbon Purification
ABSTRACT Light hydrocarbons are essential gaseous compounds for fuel, polymer manufacturing, fertilizer production, and so forth. The efficient recovery and purification of these gas...
Geoscience‐Inspired Pore Topology Engineering for Ultra‐Thick Cathodes Toward High‐Energy‐Density Zinc‐Ion Batteries
ABSTRACT Zinc‐ion batteries (ZIBs) are promising for safe and large‐scale energy storage, yet the construction of high‐performance ultrathick and high‐loading ca...
Spatial Control of Light‐Responsive Proteins and Optogenetics Within Hydrogels via Volumetric Bioprinting
ABSTRACT Spatiotemporal control over cell fate and behavior within bioprinted constructs remains a key challenge in tissue engineering. Optogenetics offers versatile potential for no...
Simultaneous Enhancement of Charge Transport and Stretchability for IDTBT Polymer Semiconductor via Partial Substitution of Long Alkyl Chains With Cyclopentyl Groups
ABSTRACT Polymer semiconductors that simultaneously exhibit high charge mobility and robust mechanical stretchability are essential for the next generation of fl...
Ultrasound‐Driven Interfacial Electron Modulation Reprograms Mitochondrial Metabolism for Glioblastoma Therapy
ABSTRACT Glioblastoma (GBM) remains difficult to treat because the restrictive blood–brain barrier (BBB), the hypoxic tumor microenvironments, and mitochondrial...
Electrolyte Design for Fast‐Charging Lithium‐Based Batteries
ABSTRACT Fast charging is essential for the widespread adoption of lithium (Li)‐ion batteries, but it is fundamentally limited by sluggish interfacial kinetics, Li plating, and elect...
Bridging the Gap to Practical Aqueous Zinc–Iodine Batteries: Advanced Hydrogel Electrolytes via Interfacial Chemistry and Architectural Engineering
ABSTRACT Aqueous zinc–iodine (Zn–I 2 ) batteries are promising for grid‐scale storage and flexible electronics because of...
Nonvolatile Electrical Control of Spin‐Polarized Tunneling via Sublattice‐Asymmetric Interfacial Magnetoelectric Coupling
ABSTRACT Achieving nonvolatile, all‐electric control of spin‐dependent transport properties remains a fundamental challenge in spintronics. Here, we demonstrate nonvolatile electric‐...
Dual‐Binder‐Enabled 18‐µm‐Thick High‐Conductivity Sulfide Electrolyte Film for High‐Energy‐Density All‐Solid‐State Batteries
ABSTRACT The development of ultrathin, high ionic conductivity sulfide solid‐state electrolytes (SSEs) film is essential for achieving high‐energy‐density all‐so...
Closed‐Loop Solid‐State Synthesis Planning for Materials Discovery With Large Language Models
ABSTRACT Developing reliable synthesis routes for complex materials remains a major bottleneck in accelerating materials discovery. This study establishes a large language model‐base...
Trace Aqueous Humor Proteome via Macroporous MOF Platform Reveals High‐Resolution Molecular Phenotypes of Diabetic Macular Edema
ABSTRACT Diabetic macular edema (DME) is a leading cause of vision impairment worldwide. While aqueous humor (AH) proteomics holds promise for uncovering disease...
Self‐Growing Conductive Hydrogels Establish Volumetric Biointerfaces for Cardiac Conduction Restoration
ABSTRACT Restoring three‐dimensional electrical conduction in infarcted myocardium remains a critical challenge, as conventional conductive hydrogel patches larg...
Waterborne Interfacial‐Reinforcement Strategy for Sustainable Natural Rubber Latex Bioelastomers With Self‐Healing, Crack Tolerance, and Multifunctional Durability
ABSTRACT Developing bio‐based elastomers that combine mechanical robustness, crack tolerance, self‐healing, and functional durability remains challenging. Here,...
Intrinsic Defect‐Induced Exotic Polarization Waves in Van der Waals Layered Topological Insulators
ABSTRACT The engineering of inversion symmetry breaking in 2D materials, for example via interlayer twist‐angle control, has initiated the ‘2D age’ due to its tr...
Sustainable Poly(Lactic Acid)/Graphene Oxide Bioelectronic Platform for Neurotransmitters Sensing and Tunable Stimulation of Astrocytes
ABSTRACT Biocompatible and biodegradable electrode platforms were developed using laser‐scribed poly(lactic acid)/graphene oxide (PLA/GO) composites, prepared vi...
Dual Oxygen Precursors Boosting the Ionic Conductivity of Glassy Electrolytes for All‐Solid‐State Sodium Batteries
ABSTRACT Amorphous halide‐based solid electrolytes (SEs) are promising candidates for all‐solid‐state Na batteries (ASSNaBs) due to their structural flexibility...
Ultrafast Electrochromic Flexible Displays via Solvent‐Induced Porous and Loosely Packed Films
ABSTRACT Electrochromic devices (ECDs) represent one of the promising application areas of organic electrochromic materials, offering advantages such as low power consumption and non...
Trions as Fundamental Species in Chemically Doped Polymer Semiconductors
ABSTRACT Doping is a cornerstone strategy for enhancing charge transport in semiconducting polymers, important for their application in, for example, semi‐transp...
Gold‐Stabilized Copper Enables Anodic Hydrogen Evolution for Ultralow‐Voltage CO‐to‐Ethylene Electrolysis
ABSTRACT Electrochemical upgrading from CO 2 and CO to ethylene has typically been coupled with the oxygen evolution reac...
Bubble‐Assisted Dynamic Confinement Enables Programmable Solid‐State Photoswitching and Heterogeneous Photoresponsive Architectures
ABSTRACT Achieving programmable photoisomerization of azobenzenes in the solid‐state remains a long‐standing challenge for photoresponsive materials. Here, we in...
Bionic Flexible Wrinkled Strain Sensors With Water‑Accelerated Self‐healing Capability for Underwater Detection and Motion Interaction
ABSTRACT Developing flexible sensors capable of long‐term, high‐sensitivity monitoring for flow fields and motion interactions is crucial for advancing unmanned underwater operations...
3D‐Printed Architected Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Displays With Spatiotemporal Color Modulation
ABSTRACT Cholesteric liquid crystals (CLCs) can exhibit reversible structural colors through selective reflection from their helical superstructures when well‐defined planar alignmen...
Lysosome‐Targeted Self‐Adjuvanting Ammonia Nanogenerator Potentiates Hepatocellular Carcinoma Immunotherapy via Ammonia Death
ABSTRACT Ammonia death is a recently identified form of regulated cell death with unique molecular mechanisms and prominent anticancer activity. Nevertheless, it...
Liquid Crystal Elastomer‐Based Haptic Pixel Arrays at Your Fingertips for Advanced Human–Machine Interfaces
ABSTRACT The sense of touch is underutilized in our digital lives, especially when compared to the prevalence and complexity of information transfer through our visual and auditory i...