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Pressure-driven grain fusion and mechanical properties improvement of high-entropy (Ti0.2Zr0.2Nb0.2Hf0.2Ta0.2)C ceramics

Materials & Design
Dense and fine-grained high entropy transition metal carbides are considered as one of the most promising materials with superior hardness, fracture toughness and electrical conductivity.
Wang Chen, Pengfei Shen, Wei Li, Shuailing Ma, Min Lian, Xinmiao Wei, Yaqian Dan, Xingbin Zhao, Mengyao Qi, Tian Cui, Ralf Riedel   +10 more
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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
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High Entropy Materials for CO2 Conversion

Metal-based oxides, ceramics, and composite catalysts are commonly used for CO2 conversion. To increase the efficiency of these catalysts, strategies such as heterostructure, defect engineering, nanolayers, mesoporous structure development, and oxygen ...
Simsek, Telem, Guler, Seval H., Simsek, Tuncay, Guler, Omer   +3 more
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Tuning the Optoelectronic Properties of Wide Bandgap Perovskites: Data‐Driven Insights from Combinatorial Synthesis and High‐Throughput Experimentation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Combinatorial vapor deposition enables independent tuning of Cs/Pb and Br/Cl in wide‐bandgap perovskites. Automated multimodal mapping of 500+ compositions reveals a high‐energy optical transition that correlates with enhanced photoluminescence, defining a practical Cs/Pb window.
Alexander Wieczorek, Sergey Tsarev, Nathan Rodkey, Oleksandr Pshyk, Stefanie Frick, Maksym V. Kovalenko, Sebastian Siol   +6 more
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Unlocking ultrastrong high-temperature ceramics via non-equimolar refractory metal high-entropy nitrides

Communications Materials
Refractory ceramic materials are critical for applications in extreme high-temperature environments. Refractory high-entropy ceramics belong to this class of materials and show great potential due to their remarkable combination of properties ...
O. V. Pshyk, A. Vasylenko, P. Küttel, B. Wicher, P. Schweizer, J. Michler, T.E.J. Edwards   +6 more
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Low-temperature consolidation of high-entropy (TiVNbTaMo)C4.5 ceramics with exceptional strength and hardness

Nano Research
Carbides are considered promising candidates for advanced manufacturing applications due to their superior mechanical properties and excellent thermal stability.
Jingwen Song, Hailong Wang, Wei Li, Zhuo Zhang, Mingliang Li, Rui Zhang   +5 more
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Coordinated Architectural and Chemical Reinforcement in the Crushing Mandible of a Soldier Termite

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The crushing mandible of a soldier termite withstands substantial biting loads despite lacking mineral. Its cuticle is partitioned: convex teeth pair hardness and zinc enrichment with aligned chitin fibers for contact durability, while stiffer concave regions between teeth carry bending loads.
Andrew Tran Nguyen, Patryk Wąsik, Juan Fernando Cucuyame Morales, Marie Kate Palau, Adrian Francisco Duran Ornelas, Phani Saketh Dasika, Jin Hee Kim, Radhika Laxminarayana, Eric Hintsala, Greta Chang, Junzhi Liao, Lizhi Sun, Nathan Lord, Atsushi Arakaki, Paul Bardunias, Pablo Zavattieri, David Kisailus   +16 more
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Optimizing high-temperature energy storage in tungsten bronze-structured ceramics via high-entropy strategy and bandgap engineering

Nature Communications
As a vital material utilized in energy storage capacitors, dielectric ceramics have widespread applications in high-power pulse devices. However, the development of dielectric ceramics with both high energy density and efficiency at high temperatures ...
Yangfei Gao, Zizheng Song, Haichao Hu, Junwen Mei, Ruirui Kang, Xiaopei Zhu, Bian Yang, Jinyou Shao, Zibin Chen, Fei Li, Shujun Zhang, Xiaojie Lou   +11 more
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Effects of LLZO Microstructure Porosity, LLZO/Li‐Metal Interfacial Polarization Resistance, and Applied Areal Current Density on Li‐Metal Dendrite Formation in LLZO Bilayer Symmetric Cells

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The effects of solid‐state electrolyte architecture and electrolyte/electrode interfacial polarization resistance on Critical Current Density and the risks for “interfacial” and “internal” Li‐metal dendrite formation were investigated in simulations of FIB‐reconstructed porous‐dense Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO) “bilayers”, providing insight for full cells ...
Tanner R. Hamann, Jon O'Neill, Eric D. Wachsman   +2 more
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Nitride MXenes Beyond Carbides: Bridging the Gap Between Computational Prediction and Experimental Realization

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Nitride MXenes remain constrained by a persistent gap between computational prediction and experimental realization. This Review identifies the thermodynamic, kinetic, and chemical barriers limiting their synthesis, critically evaluates emerging fabrication routes, and proposes a multidimensional computational‐experimental framework to accelerate the ...
Naresh Varnakavi, Masoud Soroush
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