RSC – Mater. Horiz. latest articles- Cerium-alloyed dendrite-inhibited highly stable anodes for all-solid-state lithium batteries May 13, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH00466G, CommunicationXiaomeng Shi, Zhichao Zeng, Chao Li, Wenshuo Zhang, Zhiqiang Li, Guangrui Zhang, Lele Gao, Yaping DuAll-solid-state lithium (Li) batteries (ASSLBs) can inhibit the growth of Li dendrites to some extent, whereas Li dendrites are still unavoidable, which decreases the electrochemical performance of ASSLBs. Among the...The content of this RSS […]Xiaomeng Shi
- Scaled-down ionic liquid-functionalized geopolymer memristors May 12, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5MH00231A, Communication Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Maedeh Ahmadipour, Mahmudul Alam Shakib, Zhaolin Gao, Stephen A. Sarles, Caterina Lamuta, Reza MontazamiIonic liquid-functionalized geopolymers fabricated at the micron-scale exhibit enhanced memristive retention and biologically relevant synaptic functions, establishing a sustainable platform for […]Maedeh Ahmadipour
- Bioinspired wood-based wedge-shaped surface with gradient wettability for enhanced directional liquid transport and fog harvesting May 12, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5MH00440C, Communication Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Kaiwen Chen, Luyao Chen, Xianfu Xiao, Cheng Hao, Haonan Zhang, Tongtong Fu, Wei Shang, Hui Peng, Tianyi Zhan, Jianxiong Lyu, Ning YanInspired by cactus and beetle, a wedge-shaped wood surface with gradient wettability enabled […]Kaiwen Chen
- Mesoscale Superlubric Brownian Machine based on 2D graphitic interfaces May 11, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH00495K, Communication Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Keren Stein, Ron Bessler, Elad Koren, Gautham VijayanBrownian motors utilize thermal activation and asymmetric physical interactions to generate directed motion of nanoscale elements in space. On the other hand, structural superlubricity refers to a […]Keren Stein
- Precise Regulation of Hydrogen Bond Network for Rapid Ion Transport in PEO-Based Composite Solid Electrolytes May 11, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH00484E, CommunicationFei Wang, Kai Chen, Xiaoxiao Li, Yan Fang, Mingjia Lu, Chao Zhang, Yue-E Miao, Tianxi LiuPEO-based composite solid electrolytes (CSEs) hold significant promise for high-energy all-solid-state lithium metal batteries (SSLMBs) due to their excellent processability and enhanced safety. However, the unregulated chemical environment at the...The content of this RSS […]Fei Wang
- A general strategy for self-healing elastomer with ultralong room-temperature phosphorescence May 11, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH00424A, CommunicationNan Li, Shiyu Gu, Qi Wu, Jinrong WuIntegration of room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) into elastic matrices with persistent segment motions to build RTP elastomers is a trend for future flexible sensors and stretchable optics, which remains a critical...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryNan Li
- Heteroepitaxial growth of highly anisotropic Sb2Se3 films on GaAs May 11, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH00225G, CommunicationKelly Xiao, Virat Tara, Pooja D Reddy, Jarod Meyer, Alec Skipper, Rui Chen, Leland Nordin, Arka Majumdar, Kunal MukherjeeThe epitaxial integration of anisotropic materials with mainstream cubic semiconductors opens new routes to advanced electronic and photonic devices with directional properties. In this work, we synthesize heteroepitaxial thin films...The content […]Kelly Xiao
- Geometric control of multi-resonance backbone DABNA for narrowband deep-blue electroluminescence May 11, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH00649J, CommunicationHao Wu, Yizhong Shi, Mo-Yuan Li, Xiao-Chun Fan, Hui Wang, Tong-Yuan Zhang, Jia Yu, Kai Wang, Xiaohong ZhangMolecular geometry is well known as a determining factor to the photophysical properties of conventional organic emitters, but its potential influences on multi-resonance (MR) emitters have yet to be investigated....The content of […]Hao Wu
- Light-to-matter chirality transfer in plasmonics May 8, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH00179J, Focus Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Eva-Yazmin Santiago, Muhammad Irfan, Oscar Avalos Ovando, Alexander O. Govorov, Miguel Angel Correa-Duarte, Lucas V. BesteiroPlasmonic nanostructures are important tools in the study of chirality in the nanoscale. They are systems composed of conducting […]Eva-Yazmin Santiago
- Accelerated Discovery of Ultra-incompressible, Superhard Materials via Physics-Enhanced Active Learning May 8, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH00195A, CommunicationXiaoang Yuan, Bo Zhu, Chunbo Zhang, Qifan Zheng, Enlai Gao, Qian ShaoThe discovery of ultra-incompressible, superhard materials is constrained by the high computational cost of screening vast chemical spaces using density functional theory (DFT). To address this, we introduce a machine...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal […]Xiaoang Yuan
- The van der Waals antiferromagnetic proximity effect at the FePS3/Pt uncompensated interface May 8, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5MH00023H, Communication Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Yinchang Ma, Shijie Xu, Zhuo Chen, Chen Liu, Tao Yang, Yuan Yan, Jefferson Zhe Liu, Fei Xue, Xixiang ZhangThe van der Waals antiferromagnetic proximity effect in FePS3/Pt heterostructures is experimentally demonstrated, where interfacial Fe […]Yinchang Ma
- Recent advances in atomic layer deposition of superconducting thin films: a review May 8, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5MH00323G, Review Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Getnet Kacha Deyu, Marc Wenskat, Isabel González Díaz-Palacio, Robert H. Blick, Robert Zierold, Wolfgang HillertALD of superconducting films for various high performance applications.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the […]Getnet Kacha Deyu
- Silk Fibroin-Based Hydrogel Desensitizer Achieving 660 μm Dentin Tubule Occlusion for Dentin Hypersensitivity Treatment May 8, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4MH01927J, CommunicationKuangDi Xin, Wanshan Gao, Yulu Xie, Xioahua Dong, Lingshan Ran, Tianyi Xia, Jing Xie, Jiaojiao Yang, Tao Hu, Jianshu Li, Xiaoyu Huang, Rongming Qiu, Jun LuoDentin hypersensitivity (DH) causes sharp pain due to external stimuli transmitted through narrow dentinal tubules (DTs) in exposed dentin. Current desensitizers struggle to provide […]KuangDi Xin
- Spontaneous helix formation in a polar smectic phase May 8, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5MH00469A, Communication Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Ewa Gorecka, Magdalena Majewska, Ladislav Fekete, Jakub Karcz, Julia Żukowska, Jakub Herman, Przemysław Kula, Damian PociechaA new type of smectic phase, SmCHP, is presented, with a proper ferroelectric nature and a spontaneously formed heliconical […]Ewa Gorecka
- Complex phase transition and asymmetric ferroelectricity of homochiral secondary ammonium salts May 7, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH00091B, CommunicationDai-Bei Yang, Jie Bie, Wei Fa, Shuang ChenChirality, an inherent asymmetry in nature, continues to captivate scientists due to its pivotal role in material assembly and their resulting properties. In particular, homochiral molecules can be introduced to...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryDai-Bei Yang
- Correction: A flexible dual-mode sensor with decoupled strain and temperature sensing for smart robots May 7, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5MH90057C, Correction Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Shiying Li, Mengyu Yang, Yuanzhao Wu, Waqas Asghar, Xingjian Lu, Haifeng Zhang, Enhong Cui, Zaojun Fang, Jie Shang, Yiwei Liu, Run-Wei LiTo cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form […]Shiying Li
- Multifunctional Polyoxomolybdate Ionic Liquid Coatings for Mitigating Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion May 7, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH00373C, Communication Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Mariella Malefioudaki, Archismita Misra, Nadja Sbeity, Juan Zueco-Vincelle, Miguel Angel Laguna-Bercero, Andrea Koerdt, Rafael Martín-Rapún, Scott George MitchellCorrosion of metals and other materials in marine environments poses significant economic, operational, safety, and environmental challenges […]Mariella Malefioudaki
- Harnessing mesoporous g-C3N4-based photocatalytic materials for sustainable fuel production via solar energy conversion: a review May 7, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH00294J, Review Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Pratikshya Dash, Ashish K Kar, Rajendra Srivastava, Kulamani ParidaThe current energy production technology is associated with incompetent and unsustainable global conditions like climate change, the greenhouse effect, etc. Therefore, the call for sustainable […]Pratikshya Dash
- Natural Wood with Optimal Capillary Water Content and Evaporation Enthalpy for Efficient Interfacial Solar Steam Generation May 7, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH00394F, CommunicationMaosong Tian, Junbo Chen, Jingfu Tian, Zhihao Liang, Yuanpeng XieNatural wood has garnered significant interest in the field of solar steam generation (SSG), due to its merits of widespread availability, hydrophilicity, and inherent porous structure. However, the limited capillary...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of […]Maosong Tian
- In-situ construction of multifunctional femtosecond laser-induced graphene on arbitrary substrates May 7, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH00144G, CommunicationLingxiao Wang, Kai Yin, Xun Li, Xiaolong Liu, Jianqiang Xiao, Jiaqing Pei, Xinghao SongThe construction of laser-induced graphene (LIG) on various substrates is important for expanding new applications. However, current LIG transfer technologies are hampered by limited substrates, complicated process, induced graphene defects,...The content of this RSS Feed (c) […]Lingxiao Wang
- Cerium-alloyed dendrite-inhibited highly stable anodes for all-solid-state lithium batteries May 13, 2025
