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Our November 2025 issue is online!
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A core–shell Ru-based electrolyser for acidic hydrogen evolution.

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Scalable ruthenium core–shell hydrogen catalyst for efficient and robust proton-exchange membrane electrolyser - Nature Materials
Green hydrogen production often needs Pt-based electrolysers; however, their high cost and lack of scalability hinder uptake. Here a core–shell Ru-based electrolyser is demonstrated for acidic hydroge...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Electronic switching of topology in LaSbTe.

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Electronic switching of topology in LaSbTe - Nature Materials
This study shows that the nodal loop topology in LaSbxTe2−x can be controlled by chemical substitution and electron doping. The reversible opening and closing of a gap larger than 400 meV in the nodal...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Mechanical non-reciprocity in soft composite solids.

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Mechanical non-reciprocity programmed by shear jamming in soft composite solids - Nature Materials
Using the shear jamming transition within soft composite solids, non-reciprocal mechanics are achieved for the asymmetric spatiotemporal control of soft materials.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Room-temperature quantum sensor from silicon carbide qubits.

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Non-invasive bioinert room-temperature quantum sensor from silicon carbide qubits - Nature Materials
Alkene-terminated silicon carbide surfaces are proposed as a room-temperature divacancy spin qubit quantum sensor suitable for bioimaging and nanoscale nuclear spin sensing.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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We have observed a beautifully strange phenomenon of phase separation by human monocytes placed on soft matrix, which do it for survival.

We model it by incorporating the Cahn–Hilliard equation with a Turing mechanism of local activation/global inhibition

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Mechano-induced patterned domain formation by monocytes - Nature Materials
Human primary monocytes reversibly phase separate into regular, multicellular, multilayered domains on soft matrices with physiological stiffness due to local activation and global inhibition processe...
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November 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Mechano-induced patterns of monocytes.

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Mechano-induced patterned domain formation by monocytes - Nature Materials
Human primary monocytes reversibly phase separate into regular, multicellular, multilayered domains on soft matrices with physiological stiffness due to local activation and global inhibition processe...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Pore network tortuosity controls fast charging in supercapacitors.

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Pore network tortuosity controls fast charging in supercapacitors - Nature Materials
Supercapacitors are fast-charging energy-storage devices. However, an understanding of how structure impacts high-power energy storage is still lacking. Here pulsed-field-gradient nuclear magnetic res...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Hybrid lithium niobate photonic platform for on-chip quantum networking.

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Large-scale quantum dot–lithium niobate hybrid integrated photonic circuits enabling on-chip quantum networking - Nature Materials
Individual spectral strain tuning of waveguide-coupled quantum dot single-photon emitters into a thin-film lithium niobate photonic platform is demonstrated, allowing quantum interference of two spati...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Asymmetric entangled nodes in multi-component polymer networks.

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Weaving-inspired asymmetric entangled nodes in multi-component polymer networks - Nature Materials
Using crosslinked entanglement induced by weaving-inspired asymmetric nodes, flexible polyurethane and rigid epoxy polymers are efficiently integrated into a single multi-component polymeric network.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Inflatable porous organic crystals.

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Inflatable porous organic crystals - Nature Materials
Reversible and unidirectional expansion of an acicular porous molecular crystal is observed with gas uptake. Using in situ structural and photomicrographic techniques, a molecular-level insight is obt...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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IL-12-releasing nanoparticles for ovarian cancer immunotherapy.

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IL-12-releasing nanoparticles for effective immunotherapy of metastatic ovarian cancer - Nature Materials
Polymer-coated liposomes specifically target and deliver interleukin-12 to metastatic ovarian cancer, strongly sensitizing the tumours to combination therapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Ultrasound mechanogenetics for CAR T therapy.

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Tumour priming by ultrasound mechanogenetics for CAR T therapy - Nature Materials
A focused-ultrasound-mediated mechanogenetics approach enables the genetic modification of cancer cells near solid tumours to activate chimeric antigen receptor T cell response and achieve tumour supp...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Polar antiferromagnetic metallicity in a double-layered perovskite.

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Geometry-driven polar antiferromagnetic metallicity in a double-layered perovskite cobaltate - Nature Materials
Cobalt ions in different sublayers of the double-layered Ruddlesden–Popper perovskite Sr3Co2O7 are found to develop inequivalent ionic displacements, geometrically generating a polar state while prese...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Multimodal sensing through memristive switching.

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Unisensory processing of interleaving memristive nanowires enabling multimodal sensing at human-scale resolution - Nature Materials
A fast and scalable sensor using a core–shell nanowire network is reported to capture multimodal information through memristive switching.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Synthesis of highly paired dual-atom catalysts.

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Ligand-restricted synthesis of highly paired dual-atom catalysts - Nature Materials
A ligand-restricted strategy is developed to realize the synthesis of dual-atom catalysts with high pairing ratio and tunable atomic distances.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Our November 2025 issue is online!
Featuring a Focus on PEG alternatives for RNA therapeutics and pieces on halide electrolytes for all-solid-state batteries, reprogrammable morphogenesis in free-standing 3D structures and more. Read it below.👇

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November 3, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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October 31, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Stable and efficient wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells.

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Intermediate phase evolution for stable and oriented evaporated wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells - Nature Materials
Stability issues hinder the commercialization of perovskite solar cells. An evaporated, highly oriented wide-bandgap perovskite film is reported, enabled through an intermediate phase evolution, resul...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Interleaved bond frustration in antiferromagnets.

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Interleaved bond frustration in a triangular lattice antiferromagnet - Nature Materials
The coexistence of frustrated magnetism and bond order is demonstrated in a family of antiferromagnets. Layers of dual frustrated orders are interleaved in the same crystal lattice, which presents an ...
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October 30, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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High-throughput screening of zeolite intergrowths

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Drawing boundaries between feasible and unfeasible zeolite intergrowths using high-throughput computational screening with synthesis validation - Nature Materials
Determining the feasibility of intergrowths between zeolites is investigated using high-throughput atomistic simulations and experimental verification. Interfacial energy is an effective descriptor fo...
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October 30, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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High-performance graphene-based carbon fibres.

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High-performance graphene-based carbon fibres prepared at room temperature via domain folding - Nature Materials
A domain-folding strategy is developed to assemble graphene into carbon fibres at room temperature, achieving ultrahigh strength and stiffness as well as greatly reducing energy consumption.
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October 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Hermetic stretchable seals.

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Hermetic stretchable seals enabled by a viscoplastic surface effect - Nature Materials
Viscoplastic surface effects in polymeric elastomers drive the development of sealing platforms with high hermeticity and large stretchability to safeguard stretchable electronics from degradation.
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October 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Zirconia-modified garnet solid-state electrolyte.

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Grain boundary zirconia-modified garnet solid-state electrolyte - Nature Materials
Garnet-type LLZO electrolytes are considered among the most promising solid-state electrolytes for all-solid-state batteries; however, numerous challenges need to be addressed before they are integrat...
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October 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Synthesis of high-entropy alloys with ultrahigh durability.

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Rapid synthesis of subnanoscale high-entropy alloys with ultrahigh durability - Nature Materials
A synthesis method mediated by laser-induced plasmon is developed to prepare subnanoscale high-entropy alloys, and a few such alloys display high stability for water splitting in proton exchange membr...
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October 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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A formal FeIII/V redox couple in an intercalation electrode.
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A formal FeIII/V redox couple in an intercalation electrode - Nature Materials
An FeIII/V redox mechanism in Li4FeSbO6 on delithiation without FeIV or oxygen formation with resistance to aging, high operating potential and low voltage hysteresis is demonstrated, with implication...
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October 22, 2025 at 8:32 AM