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Resolving the Structural Duality of Graphene Grain Boundaries

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Cantilever ncAFM resolves the atomic structure of grain boundaries in graphene, revealing coexisting stable and metastable types. Both contain pentagon/heptagon defects, but metastable GBs show irregular geometries. Modeling shows metastable GBs form under compression, exhibiting vertical corrugation, while stable GBs are flat.
Haojie Guo, Emiliano Ventura‐Macías, Mariano D. Jiménez‐Sánchez, Nicoleta Nicoara, Pierre Mallet, Jean‐Yves Veuillen, Vincent T. Renard, Antonio J. Martínez‐Galera, Pablo Pou, Julio Gómez‐Herrero, Rubén Pérez, Iván Brihuega   +11 more
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Crystal Growth Engineering for Dendrite‐Free Zinc Metal Plating

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This research employed the rare‐earth ion dysprosium (Dy) to modulate aqueous zinc (Zn) metal plating. Integrated multiscale experiments and computational modeling unveiled the preferential adsorption of Dy on specific crystal facets, which activated screw dislocation‐driven Zn growth.
Guifang Zeng, Sharona Horta, Qing Sun, Malik Dilshad Khan, Maria Ibáñez, Yuhang Han, Shang Wang, Longqiu Li, Lijie Ci, Yanhong Tian, Andreu Cabot   +10 more
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Water Permeates and Plasticizes Amorphous Carbon Dots: Unraveling the Inner Accessibility of the Nanoparticles by Glass Transition Studies

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The water permeability of amorphous carbon dots (CDs) is demonstrated by investigating their plasticization. Novel polyamide‐based and amorphous nanoparticles are synthesized by controlling their inner packing density. Water plasticization is evidenced by the decrease of the CDs glass transition temperature with increasing the hydration degree.
Elisa Sturabotti, Valerio Di Lisio, Lucia Cardo, Alessandro Camilli, Estela Moretón Alfonsín, Daniele Cangialosi, Amaia Iturrospe Ibarra, Arantxa Arbe, Maurizio Prato   +8 more
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Solvent‐Free Thermal Defect Engineering in Molecular Frameworks With Volatile Linkers

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Thermal removal of neutral volatile linkers enables precise and solvent‐free generation of metal vacancies in MOFs. This strategy affords redox‐stable, coordinatively unsaturated FeII sites with tunable spin, ligand coordination, and catalytic behavior. The approach offers a general route to design defect‐functional materials through local coordination
Sonia Martínez‐Giménez, Alejandro Orellana‐Silla, Marta Galbiati, Efrén Navarro‐Moratalla, Luca Braglia, Sara Stolfi, José Antonio Real, Víctor Rubio‐Giménez, Sergio Tatay, Carlos Martí‐Gastaldo   +9 more
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Tuning Amorphous‐Crystalline Catalytic Interfaces by Mechanochemistry: Cu‐Based Metallic Glasses Coupled with Ceria for CO Oxidation

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Ball‐milling Cu‐based metallic glasses with ceria creates a unique nanostructure where metallic glass particles are wrapped by CeO2 nanoparticles. The intimate integration triggers copper state reorganization during reaction and aging, boosting CO oxidation and COPrOx activity.
Maahin Mirzay‐Shahim, Mehran Nabahat, Laia Pascua‐Solé, Isabel Serrano, Ilaria Lucentini, Xènia Garcia, Marina Armengol‐Profitós, Asier Agrelo‐Lestón, Ignasi Burgués‐Ceballos, Núria J. Divins, Ignacio J. Villar‐Garcia, Virginia Pérez‐Dieste, Carlos Escudero, Carlo Marini, Jordi Llorca, Eloi Pineda, Pere Bruna, Lluís Soler   +17 more
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Opportunities of Semiconducting Oxide Nanostructures as Advanced Luminescent Materials in Photonics

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The review discusses the challenges of wide and ultrawide bandgap semiconducting oxides as a suitable material platform for photonics. They offer great versatility in terms of tuning microstructure, native defects, doping, anisotropy, and micro‐ and nano‐structuring. The review focuses on their light emission, light‐confinement in optical cavities, and
Ana Cremades, Pedro Hidalgo, David Maestre, Ruth Martínez‐Casado, Emilio Nogales, Beatriz Rodríguez, G. Cristian Vásquez, Bianchi Méndez   +7 more
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2D Co‐Mo‐Hydroxide‐Based Multifunctional Material for the Development of H2‐Based Clean Energy Technologies

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
2D α‐Co(OH)2 interleaved with Mo species displays an appealing dual functionality for the production and use of green hydrogen.Mo incorporation greatly benefits the electrochemical behaviour in Oxygen Evolution Reaction for H2 production, while the magnetocaloric response at liquid H2 temperature paves the way for alternative cryogenic refrigerants ...
Daniel Muñoz‐Gil, Celia Castillo‐Blas, Dawid Krystian Feler, Isabel Gómez‐Recio, Miguel Tinoco, Ana Querejeta‐Fernández, Rodrigo González‐Prieto, Felipe Gándara, Romualdo Santos Silva Jr, Pilar Ferrer, Carlos Prieto, Luc Lajaunie, José Luis Martinez‐Peña, María Luisa Ruiz‐González, José María González‐Calbet   +14 more
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Polyimide‐Linked Hexaazatriphenylene‐Based Porous Organic Polymer with Multiple Redox‐Active Sites as a High‐Capacity Organic Cathode for Lithium‐Ion Batteries

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A high‐capacity polyimide‐linked porous organic polymer (HAT‐PTO) incorporating numerous redox‐active centers is synthesized via a hydrothermal reaction, delivering a high theoretical capacity of 484 mAh g−1. In situ hybridization with carboxyl‐functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes enhances conductivity and stability, achieving 397 mAh g−1 at C ...
Arindam Mal, Jonathan Caroni, Asia Patriarchi, Olivera Luzanin, Rafael Ramos, Jan Bitenc, Manuel Melle‐Franco, Manuel Souto   +7 more
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Atomistic Mechanisms Triggered by Joule Heating Effects in Metallic Cu‐Bi Nanowires for Spintronics

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Bi doped metallic Cu nanowires are promising for spintronics thanks to the stabilization of a giant spin Hall effect. However, heat resulting from current injection forces Bi to leave solution, forcing segregation into monoatomic decorations which evolve into coherent crystalline aggregates.
Alejandra Guedeja‐Marrón, Juan Ignacio Beltrán, Matilde Saura‐Múzquiz, Paolo Perna, M. Carmen Muñoz, Lucas Pérez, Maria Varela   +6 more
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In Situ Amine Formation to Modulate MOF‐Derived PdIn N‐Doped Carbon Catalysts

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
An amine‐assisted approach converts PdIn‐MOF into PdIn intermetallic nanoparticles embedded in N‐doped carbon. In situ‐generated amines trigger early Pd nucleation, producing smaller PdIn domains than direct pyrolysis. Amine sterics and basicity tune composition and particle size, while solvent and amine co‐determine textural features.
Gonzalo Egea, Jordan Santiago Martinez, M. Asunción Molina, Jaime Mazarío, Lucy Costley‐Wood, Christian Cerezo‐Navarrete, Carlo Marini, Eduardo Villalobos‐Portillo, Andrew M. Beale, Pascual Oña‐Burgos   +9 more
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