RSC – Mater. Horiz. latest articles- Unravelling the Mechanism of Coloration and Prolonged Discoloration in Abnormally Thermochromic PDMS Nanocomposites February 20, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH00046G, CommunicationYujie Peng, Peipei Shao, Ye Yuan, Jingru Mou, Ruitao Wen, Hong Chen, Ming XiaoTraditional thermochromic materials prioritize high sensitivity and rapid discoloration. Reversible thermochromism with delayed discoloration is highly desirable for applications like thermal history indicators and energy-saving windows, yet it has rarely...The content of this RSS Feed (c) […]Yujie Peng
- Materials Horizons Emerging Investigator Series: Dr Katharina Ehrmann, Institute for Applied Synthetic Chemistry, Technische Universität Wien, Austria February 20, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5MH90020D, EditorialOur Emerging Investigator Series features exceptional work by early-career researchers working in the field of materials science.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
- Advances in small droplets manipulation on bio-inspired slippery surfaces: Chances and Challenges February 19, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4MH01666A, Review ArticleZhiguang Guo, Wenhao Zhang, Xiaobo WangThe manipulation of droplets with non-destructive, efficient and high-precision features is of great importance in a number of fields, including microfluidics and biomedicine. The stable lubrication layer of bioinspired slippery...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryZhiguang Guo
- CO2-crosslinked Cellulose for Radiative-cooling-driven Passive Thermoelectric Devices: One Stone Two Birds February 19, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH00020C, CommunicationLegeng Li, Doudou Xing, Hao Yu, Zhihan Wang, Yingjie Zhou, Feng YanRadiative-cooling-driven passive thermoelectric device (RC-TED) offers a potentially sustainable energy solution. However, most RC-TED strategies utilize unsustainable polymers. Herein, a green and sustainable CO2-crosslinked cellulose (Pulp-CO2) was developed for use...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal […]Legeng Li
- Semiconductor-Mediated Radiosensitizers: Progress, Challenges and Perspectives February 18, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4MH01703J, Review ArticleYunsong Wang, Bocan Yang, Shujuan Liu, Jiahe Song, Jinghuai Zhang, Xiangqun Chen, Nannan Zheng, Liangcan He, Wei Cai, Shaoqin LiuRadiotherapy has become one indispensable treatment strategy for treating malignant tumors. However, the therapeutic effect of radiotherapy is limited due to the low sensitivity and large side effects of […]Yunsong Wang
- Polyimide nanocomposites for next generation spacesuits February 18, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4MH01816H, Review ArticlePriyanka Prakash, Janith Weerasinghe, Igor Levchenko, Karthika Prasad, Katia AlexanderPolyimides have a long history of use in space missions, with Kapton® being the first polymer material to touch the surface of the Moon. Polyimides offer remarkable mechanical strength, superior...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society […]Priyanka Prakash
- Critical role of pore size on perfluorooctanoic acid adsorption behaviors in carbonaceous sorbents February 18, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4MH01771D, CommunicationMark Robertson, Bradley G. Lamb, Anthony Griffin, Lilin He, Boran Ma, Zhe QiangPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are an emergent threat to the environment due to their toxic, carcinogenic, and environmentally persistent nature. Commonly, these harmful micropulltants are removed from contaminated water...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The […]Mark Robertson
- Neuromorphic devices for electronic skin applications February 18, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4MH01848F, Review ArticleChandrashekhar S. Patil, Sourabh B. Ghode, Jungmin Kim, Girish Kamble, Somnath Kundale, Abdul Mannan, Yongbin Ko, Muhammad Noman, Qazi Muhammad Saqib, Swapnil Patil, Seo Yeong Bae, Jin Hyeok Kim, Jun Hong Park, Jinho BaeNeuromorphic devices represent an important advancement in technology, drawing inspiration from the intricate and efficient […]Chandrashekhar S. Patil
- Sieging tumor cells via an amorphous ferric coordination polymer February 18, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4MH01558D, CommunicationTeng Gong, Wen Liu, Luwen Zhuang, Yanli Li, Ruoqi Zhang, Yuan-Ye Dang, Yongyu Liang, Lulu Wang, Na ChenMetastasis is one of the main reasons for cancer treatment failure. Unfortunately, most treatment approaches inevitably destroy the extracellular matrix (ECM) during tumor cell elimination, thereby augmenting metastasis risk. Herein,...The content of […]Teng Gong
- NIMTE’s rising young scientists: celebrating 20 years of Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences February 17, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4MH90140A, EditorialZhiyi Lu, Tao Chen, Liping WangHighlighting the rising stars who have contributed their latest work to this collection celebrating the 20th anniversary of NIMTE.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of […]Zhiyi Lu
- Experimental and Computational Insights into CuS-Mg Composites for High-Performance p-Type Transparent Conducting Materials February 17, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4MH01501K, Communication Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Stener Lie, Qingde Sun, Pritish Mishra, Patrick Wen Feng Li, Anupam Sadhu, Teddy Salim, Shuzhou Li, Geoffroy Hautier, Lydia Helena WongAchieving fully transparent electronic devices requires improving p-type transparent conducting materials (TCMs) to match […]Stener Lie
- Pyramid-shaped quantum dot superlattice exhibiting tunable room-temperature coherent emission via oriented attachment February 17, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4MH01748J, CommunicationZheng Liu, Xiya Chen, Ruizhao Yao, Lihui Li, Huanteng Luo, Guangcan Li, Xiao LiuOriented attachment drives perovskite superlattices to form mesocrystals, which exhibit coherent optical properties due to long-range ordering and strong dipole interactions, enabling coherent emission at ambient conditions.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use […]Zheng Liu
- Regulating Intermolecular Interactions for Stable Multifunctional Organic-Inorganic Metal Halide Hybrid Glasses February 17, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4MH01427H, CommunicationChunyan Jiang, Jing Yan, Jianrong Qiu, Mingmei Wu, Beibei XuDue to diverse properties complementary to their crystalline state, organic inorganic metal halide hybrid (OIMH) glasses are drawing increasing attention. Nevertheless, the fundamental principles governing glass formation and crystallization in...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of […]Chunyan Jiang
- Micromechanical finite element modeling of crystalline lipid-based materials: monoglyceride-based oleogels and their composites February 17, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4MH01891E, Communication Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Patrick Grahn, Petri Lassila, Fabio ValoppiDigital twins based on true 3D microstructures predict the bulk mechanical response of lipid-based materials and composites made thereof.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the […]Patrick Grahn
- Two decades of materials research excellence at NIMTE: celebrating the 20th anniversary of Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences February 17, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4MH90139H, EditorialZhiyi Lu, Tao Chen, Liping WangZhiyi Lu, Tao Chen and Liping Wang introduce this Materials Horizons collection celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE).To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this […]Zhiyi Lu
- Significantly enhanced energy harvesting performance in lead-free piezoceramic via a synergistic design strategy February 14, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4MH01902D, CommunicationJianxun Zhang, Qianqian Xu, Yan Zhang, Wei Guo, Hanmin Zeng, Yimeng He, Jiatao Wu, Longlong Guo, Kechao Zhou, Dou ZhangWith the rapid development of the Internet of Things, there exists an urgent necessity for high performance piezoelectric energy harvesters to facilitate the construction of more efficient wireless sensor systems....The […]Jianxun Zhang
- Fast and stable NH4+ storage in multielectron H-bonding-acceptor organic molecules for aqueous zinc batteries February 13, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4MH01809E, CommunicationQi Huang, Ting Shi, Yang Qin, Yaowei Jin, Lu Huang, Yaojie Sun, Chengmin Hu, Ziyang Song, Fengxian XieHigh-capacity small organic compounds are easily dissolved in aqueous electrolytes, resulting in limited cycling stability of Zn-organic batteries (ZOBs). To conquer this issue, here we propose knitting superstable lock-and-key hydrogen-bonding...The content of […]Qi Huang
- A linearly programmable strategy for polymer elastomer mechanics February 12, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH00220F, CommunicationDichang Xue, Xing Su, Jin Xu, Xiaodong Li, Hao jiang, Lichen Zhang, Zichen Bai, Ruibin Wang, Zitong Deng, Lixiang Zhu, Zhengnan Su, Meishuai ZouThe mechanical properties of polymer elastomer materials, such as strength and ductility, play important roles in a wide range of applications, including the carrying of major […]Dichang Xue
- Multifunctional solar-driven interfacial evaporation system for simultaneous clean water production and high-value-added ion extraction February 12, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4MH01857E, Review ArticleJing Wu, Guang Yin, Ji Liu, Zhong-Zhen Yu, Xiaofeng LiThis review highlights the potential of solar-driven interfacial evaporation (SIE) technology to simultaneously produce clean water and extract valuable ions from water, addressing both water scarcity and resource recovery challenges.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use […]Jing Wu
- Recent advances in metal single−atom catalysts for ammonia electrosynthesis February 12, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH00042D, Review ArticleZhaole Lu, Jijie Zhang, Yuting Wang, Yifu Yu, Lingjun KongElectrochemical ammonia synthesis is a promising alternative to the Haber−Bosch process, offering significant potential for sustainable agricultural production and the development of portable carbon-free energy carriers. The development of electrocatalytic...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society […]Zhaole Lu
- Unravelling the Mechanism of Coloration and Prolonged Discoloration in Abnormally Thermochromic PDMS Nanocomposites February 20, 2025
