RSC – Mater. Horiz. latest articles- Noble Metal-P-Block-Element Intermetallics with d-p Orbital Hybridization for Highly Efficient Electrocatalysis December 13, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH01569C, CommunicationCaihong He, Chaoqun Ma, Qinbai Yun, Jing Xia, Sumei Han, Huaifang Zhang, Xiao Ma, Fukai Feng, Gang Lin, Jianing Song, Bin Li, Lijie Zhu, An-Liang Wang, Xiangmin Meng, Wenbin Cao, Qipeng LuAlloying is a widely accepted strategy for modulating the electronic structure of noble metal-based electrocatalysts and reducing the […]Caihong He
- Fullerene derivative integration controls morphological behaviour and recombination losses in non-fullerene acceptor-based organic solar cells December 12, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH02065D, Communication Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Apostolos Panagiotopoulos, Kyriakos Almpanidis, Esther Hung, Nikolaos Lempesis, Weidong Xu, George Perrakis, Sandra Jenatsch, Levon Abelian, Stoichko Dimitrov, Dimitar Kutsarov, Ehsan Rezaee, Benjamin Gallant, Vlad Stolojan, Konstantinos Petridis, Samuel D Stranks, Henry Snaith, George […]Apostolos Panagiotopoulos
- Ambipolar to anti-ambipolar light induced transition in WSe 2 -based FETs December 12, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH01871D, Communication Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Kimberly Intonti, Adolfo Mazzotti, Aniello Pelella, Filippo Giubileo, Nadia Martucciello, Stephen O'sullivan, Vilas Patil, Paul Hurley, Lida Ansari, Farzan Gity, Antonio Di BartolomeoThe growing need for efficient processing of large amounts of data in […]Kimberly Intonti
- Electrochemical Recovery and Regeneration of Polyethylene Terephthalate Materials December 11, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH01746G, Review ArticleChao Chen, Yi Wang, Jing Tang, Qixuan Zhu, Yu Chu, Jiacheng Zhao, Yusuke Yamauchi, Guiyin Xu, Meifang ZhuPolyethylene terephthalate (PET) is one of the most widely used synthetic polymer materials, which brings great convenience to social life and industrial applications. However, the extensive use of PET and...The content […]Chao Chen
- Isomeric Effects in Rod-Shaped Au20 Clusters: A Comparative Study on Near-Infrared Photothermal Enhancement December 11, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH01815C, CommunicationMinjian Wu, Lin Qin, Linhua Wang, Zihao Jiang, Penghao Bai, Liaoyuan Yao, Guo-Yu YangIn this work, we report two rod-shaped Au20 clusters with distinct core configurations and 14 free electrons, offering an important atomically precise model to probe structure–property relationships. A key finding...The content of this RSS Feed (c) […]Minjian Wu
- Photopolymerized helical acrylate networks enable stable and full-color circularly polarized luminescence in perovskite nanocrystals December 11, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH02011E, CommunicationAtanu Jana, Deblina Das, Sourav Mal, Tarak Nath Mandal, Youngsin Park, Sangeun ChoPhotopolymerized chiral polymer frameworks offer an unexplored strategy to couple structural confinement with optical activity in hybrid materials. Here, we introduce a confinement-driven design in which a photopolymerized hydrophobic helical...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The […]Atanu Jana
- A 3D printed Cu evaporator support for record-high interfacial solar evaporation December 11, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH02102B, CommunicationDeyu Wang, Yiming Bu, Xuan Wu, Gary Owens, Haolan XuInterfacial solar evaporation offers a sustainable route for seawater desalination, addressing global freshwater scarcity by harnessing solar energy for efficient water evaporation. However, its performance is typically constrained by the...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of […]Deyu Wang
- Engineering Oxygen Vacancies in Au/MnO2 Catalysts for Complete Formaldehyde Removal at Near-Freezing Temperatures December 11, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH01869B, CommunicationZhenghuan Yin, Yajun He, Wenjie Ma, Jian Liang, Tianyi Wang, Peiyu Huang, Yuhao Peng, Wei Xiao, Dong GuFormaldehyde (HCHO) is a major indoor air pollutant that poses serious risks to human health, making its efficient removal a critical environmental concern. Catalytic oxidation at room and subambient temperatures...The content of […]Zhenghuan Yin
- Iontronic pressure sensor with wide linearity range for plug-and-play fingertip pulse recording and statistical cardiovascular monitoring December 10, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH01890K, CommunicationLingyu Zhao, Minkun Cai, Siqi Lu, Gang Li, Xinyi Zheng, Jidong ShiCardiovascular diseases have been considered as a serious threat to human beings in modern society. Arterial pulse monitoring using wearable electronics could effectively help to assess the cardiac conditions of...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal […]Lingyu Zhao
- Light-Permissive Piezoelectrics: Advances in Pb-Based Transparent Ceramics and Crystals for Next-Generation Devices December 10, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH01880C, Review ArticleJ Kaarthik, Jongmoon JangTransparent piezoelectric materials that combine optical clarity with strong electromechanical coupling are gaining attention for their applications in integrated photonic, acoustic, and biomedical technologies. Among these, lead-based perovskites—particularly Pb (Zr,...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryJ Kaarthik
- Suppression of Interfacial Layers in ZrO₂/TiN Capacitors by Atomic Layer Deposition Using Ligand-Engineered Zr Precursors for Scalable DRAM December 10, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH01502B, CommunicationHyeongjun Kim, Juan Hong, Sangyeon Jeong, Kyunghun Lyu, Seungmin Jo, Seokho Cho, Juhyeong Kim, Byung-Kwan Kim, Jin-Sik Kim, Woongkyu LeeAs dynamic random-access memory continues to scale down, the feasible physical thickness of the capacitor dielectric layer continuously decreases, thus, controlling the low-k interfacial layer formed at the ZrO 2...The […]Hyeongjun Kim
- Enhancing Soft Robots with Chemical Shielding for Harsh Corrosive Liquid Environments December 10, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH01593F, Communication Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Haitao Qing, Sravanthi Vallabhuneni, Yinding Chi, Mohammad Zarei, Pouya Sharbati, Haoze Sun, Jie Yin, Arun Kumar KotaSoft robots offer safe interactions and adaptability for underwater applications such as environmental monitoring. However, their operation in […]Haitao Qing
- Selective spontaneous reaction of flavonoids in CD-MOF-1 December 9, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH02115D, CommunicationDanyu Lv, Hanyu Xu, Wen Chen, Zhong Han, Hecheng Meng, Jieli Wu, Xin-An Zeng, Yongguang GuanDeveloping artificial reactors for peroxy (O-O) bond synthesis offers a new route to create flexible intermediate platforms. Herein, we report a selective spontaneous reaction of flavonoid with γ-cyclodextrin (γ-CD) in...The content of this RSS […]Danyu Lv
- Ordering-Induced Concentration Effect: A Mass Transport Boost for CO2 Electroreduction December 9, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH02031J, CommunicationZequn Han, Mengqian Li, Peipei Li, Wenya Fan, Chengbin Zhang, Haohao Duan, zhijie Wang, Qingxia Chen, Xingchen JiaoElectrocatalytic CO2 reduction into CO holds great promise in addressing environmental challenges and industrial needs. However, the practical implementation is hindered by the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), which competes for...The content of […]Zequn Han
- Desert locust-inspired wavelength-selective polarization vision by all two-dimensional ferroelectric heterostructures December 9, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH01714A, CommunicationXiankai Lin, Qian Zhang, Wenbo Li, Fang Yi, Shihong Ma, Guitian Qiu, Jianxian Yi, Jiwei Chen, Yingjie Luo, Chunlei Zhang, Guigang Zhou, Ziling Chen, Qijie LiangBionic vision system integrates image sensing, memory, and computing capabilities, overcoming the limitations of traditional von Neumann architectures. However, integrating polarization-sensitivity and wavelength-selectivity while […]Xiankai Lin
- Construction of hierarchical 2D/2D few-layered MoS2/S-doped g-C3N4 heterojunctions for enhanced photocatalytic formaldehyde removal December 8, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH01490E, CommunicationYihao Duan, Haihua Wang, Gui-qiang Fei, Yu Wang, Liyu SunModification of graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) with semiconductor nanomaterials has been widely investigated as an effective method to enhance photocatalytic activity. However, the construction of efficient g-C3N4-based heterojunction photocatalysts via...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of […]Yihao Duan
- Synergistic Interphase Regulation with KSeCN Bifunctional Additive for Stable and High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries December 8, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH01840D, Communication Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Junpeng Rao, Yuxuan Feng, Tong Yu, Ru Xiao, Yaozu Wang, Dean Shi, Feng Li, Zhenhua SunLithium sulfur batteries (LSBs) holds pretty potential for the next generation of energy storage. However, the practical applications of […]Junpeng Rao
- Oriented Membranes with In-Plane Aligned Nanosheets for High-Energy-Efficiency Zinc-based Flow Batteries December 6, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH01722J, CommunicationYuqin Huang, Zhaoyang Wei, Zhizhang Yuan, Xianfeng LiMixed-matrix membranes (MMMs) embedded with two-dimensional nanosheets are expected to overcome the ubiquitous limitation of permeability-selectivity trade-off, showing great potential in various energy-related technologies. However, it remains challenging to synthesis...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryYuqin Huang
- Scalable and Sustainable Manufacturing of Intermetallic Nanocrystals for Economical Water Splitting December 6, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH01854D, CommunicationMingjin Cui, Haijiao Liu, Ke Chen, Xinwei Shi, Bo Xu, Chenlu Jiang, Dehui Li, Ding Yuan, Yuhai Dou, Chao Wu, Menghao Yang, Shi Xue Dou, Yu DingIntermetallic nanocatalysts are pivotal for advancing energy conversion and storage technologies. However, their industrial-scale synthesis is fundamentally hindered by the difficulty of maintaining […]Mingjin Cui
- Hybrid Metamaterials for Decoupled Electromagnetic-Acoustic Wave Manipulation: Achieving Four Negative Constitutive Parameters December 6, 2025Mater. Horiz., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5MH01858G, CommunicationZhaolun Yu, Tian Gan, Xiaole Wang, Chunyu Zhao, Zhenyu Huang, Xudong LuoIn the context of metamaterials, decoupled access to the four constitutive parameters (permittivity, permeability, mass density and bulk modulus) using a single architecture can unlock substantial design freedom, thereby enabling...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal […]Zhaolun Yu
- Noble Metal-P-Block-Element Intermetallics with d-p Orbital Hybridization for Highly Efficient Electrocatalysis December 13, 2025
