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Skyrmion nanodomains in ferroelectric–antiferroelectric solid solutions
Nature Materials, Published online: 15 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41563-025-02216-8
Polar skyrmions are of interest for nanoelectronics due to their exotic properties. However, so far, these are metastable states requiring a delicate balance of boundary conditions to form in heterostructures. In ferroelectric and antiferroelectric solid solutions, skyrmionic textures are observed to form in both bulk and film.
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Locating dislocations in organic crystals
Nature Materials, Published online: 11 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41563-025-02203-z
The formation of dislocations upon slip–slide events in organic crystals has been revealed by advanced electron microscopy and data-mining techniques.
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Shedding light on quantum geometry
Nature Materials, Published online: 10 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41563-025-02172-3
Measuring the bulk photovoltaic effect in twisted bilayer graphene provides a fascinating way to probe the quantum geometry shaped by interactions.
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A non-fullerene acceptor for perovskites
Nature Materials, Published online: 10 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41563-025-02189-8
A non-fullerene-based electron-transporting material helps achieve superior efficiency, thermal stability, processability and defect passivation in perovskite solar cells.
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Bridging the gap between precatalysts and electrocatalysts
Nature Materials, Published online: 10 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41563-025-02210-0
An operando tracking and tuning of the activation procedure of oxygen evolution electrocatalysts substantially enhances durability, highlighting the importance of informed and controlled transformations of precatalysts for applicative design.
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Enhanced energy storage in high-entropy ferroelectric polymers
Nature Materials, Published online: 09 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41563-025-02211-z
High-entropy systems can present a range of striking physical properties, but mainly involve metal alloys. Here, using low-energy proton irradiation, a high-entropy superparaelectric phase is generated in a relaxor ferroelectric composition, increasing polarizability and enabling a capacitive energy density of 45.7 J cm–3.
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DNA photofluids show life-like motion
Nature Materials, Published online: 09 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41563-025-02202-0
Artificial DNA photofluids exhibit dissipative life-like motion when fuelled by light in space and time, converting photoenergy into out-of-equilibrium structures on the macroscale.
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Spin chains enter their heavy-metal phase
Nature Materials, Published online: 08 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41563-025-02208-8
Chains of localized spins coexist with conduction electrons in Ti4MnBi2, enabling studies of how the collective physics of one-dimensional magnets is modified in metals.
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Frustrated spin-1/2 chains in a correlated metal
Nature Materials, Published online: 08 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41563-025-02192-z
The authors report that the metallic spin-1/2 chain compound Ti4MnBi2 forms near a quantum critical point with inherent frustration. They identify strong 1D spin and 3D electron coupling that should stimulate the search for materials exhibiting a 1D Kondo effect and heavy fermions.
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Boron nitride in AA stacking
Nature Materials, Published online: 04 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41563-025-02200-2
Controlled growth of suspended boron nitride layers with metastable AA stacking has been realized on gallium nitride wafers, with surface steps aligning the layer orientation and electron doping stabilizing the stacking configuration.
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Spinons in nanographene spin chains
Nature Materials, Published online: 03 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41563-025-02197-8
The excitation spectra of spin-1/2 Heisenberg chains on carbon nanostructures, obtained by on-surface synthesis, are reported.
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Precise synthesis of advanced polyarylamines for efficient perovskite solar cells
Nature Materials, Published online: 03 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41563-025-02199-6
The precise synthesis of functional polyarylamines based on a reactivity-regulated sequent cross-coupling carbon–nitrogen polycondensation method has been reported, with excellent batch-to-batch uniformity for perovskite solar cells.
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Biorhythm-mimicking growth hormone patch
Nature Materials, Published online: 03 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41563-025-02188-9
A bioinspired microneedle patch mimics the natural rhythm of human growth hormone secretion by combining burst-release and delayed-release modules to promote improved bone growth in mice and rats.
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The influence of pressure on lithium dealloying in solid-state and liquid electrolyte batteries
Nature Materials, Published online: 03 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41563-025-02198-7
Stack pressure controls porosity during Li alloying/dealloying. A threshold pressure is needed for the densification and stable cycling of Li alloys in batteries, leading to the design of Li alloy anodes with densified interfacial layers for cycling at low pressures in solid-state batteries.
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Giant nonlinear Raman responses from organic semiconductors
Nature Materials, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41563-025-02196-9
Organic semiconductors suffer from low optical damage thresholds, limiting their use in applications. Here the authors bypass this limit by utilizing spectrally tailored gain from stimulated emission to amplify molecular vibrations in organic semiconductors for efficient Raman lasers.
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Microstructure engineering in diamond-based materials
Nature Materials, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41563-025-02168-z
Diamond-based materials present diverse microstructures that can be tailored to tune their properties. This Review examines the latest developments in diamond and its derivative materials, focusing on microstructural design strategies, phase transition mechanisms, property enhancements and emergent phenomena.
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Rising complexity in metamaterials
Nature Materials, Published online: 01 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41563-025-02217-7
Metamaterials are advancing with intricate structure designs and material combinations, with the support of computational methods and scalable fabrication techniques. These advancements enable the creation of multifunctional and smart devices, with growing presence in commercial devices.
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Author Correction: Terahertz photocurrent probe of quantum geometry and interactions in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene
Nature Materials, Published online: 01 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41563-025-02227-5
Author Correction: Terahertz photocurrent probe of quantum geometry and interactions in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene
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Searching for a two-dimensional silver bullet
Nature Materials, Published online: 01 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41563-025-02178-x
Two-dimensional-materials-based gate-all-around field-effect transistors are demonstrated at the wafer scale using the high-mobility two-dimensional semiconductor Bi2O2Se and its native oxide dielectric Bi2SeO5, enabling promising performance and energy efficiency for monolithic three-dimensional integrated circuits beyond silicon.
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Twist-assisted intrinsic toughening in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides
Nature Materials, Published online: 01 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41563-025-02193-y
Intrinsic toughening in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides can be achieved simply by twisting the layers. This twisting promotes cross-layer healing and grain boundary formation, which shield fracture tips from stress concentration.
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