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Nature Materials@NatureMaterials
7 Jul 2025
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Join the team! We’re seeking for an Associate or Senior Editor with a research background in the fields of energy materials or catalysis. Deadline: October the 13th. Apply here 👇 springernature.wd3.myworkday…

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Metal-tip-based electron sources are constrained by a trade-off between energy spread and pulse width. Here the authors report a carbon-nanotube-based electron source with a 0.3-eV energy spread and an electron pulse width of about 13 fs. nature.com/articles/s41563-0…

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News & Views: Shedding light on quantum geometry nature.com/articles/s41563-0…

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Related paper: Terahertz photocurrent probe of quantum geometry and interactions in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene nature.com/articles/s41563-0…

Terahertz photocurrent probe of quantum geometry and interactions in magic-angle twisted bilayer...

Nature Materials - Exploiting the intrinsic response of magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene to resonant terahertz radiation, the interplay between electron interactions and quantum geometry is...

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A hybrid epoxy–acrylate resin is reported for the digital light processing 3D printing of bioinspired metamaterial structures with precisely patterned hard and soft domains. @ZPageGroup nature.com/articles/s41563-0…
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Comment: Identification of the glassy state in nanoparticles by transmission electron microscopy nature.com/articles/s41563-0…

Identification of the glassy state in nanoparticles by transmission electron microscopy

Nature Materials - Identification of amorphous phases in nanoparticles by atomic-resolution transmission electron microscopy (TEM) requires analyses such as tilt-angle-dependent TEM imaging and...

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Editorial: A Hall lot of effects nature.com/articles/s41563-0…

A Hall lot of effects

Nature Materials - The Hall effect has been a powerful probe of the physics of materials for more than a century.

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Cell migration in confined environments is initiated by a cytoplasmic pool of anillin and Ect2 that promotes RhoA/myosin II-mediated activation at the poles of migrating cells, in a process dependent on the extracellular environment stiffness. nature.com/articles/s41563-0…

Cytoplasmic anillin and Ect2 promote RhoA/myosin II-dependent confined migration and invasion

Nature Materials - Cell migration in confined environments is initiated by a cytoplasmic pool of anillin and Ect2 that promotes RhoA/myosin II-mediated activation at the poles of migrating cells,...

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Formation of a stable self-assembled monolayer for high-efficiency perovskite solar cells remains a challenge. Here uniform and stable SAM anchoring is achieved on a hydroxylated ITO surface, leading to highly efficient stable perovskite solar cells. nature.com/articles/s41563-0…

Engineering bonding sites enables uniform and robust self-assembled monolayer for stable perovskite...

Nature Materials - Formation of a stable self-assembled monolayer for high-efficiency perovskite solar cells remains a challenge. Here uniform and stable SAM anchoring is achieved on a hydroxylated...

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Here a droplet-driven nanoribbon-to-film growth strategy is reported to achieve amorphous metal chalcogenides at the single-layer limit. nature.com/articles/s41563-0…

Sub-2-nm-droplet-driven growth of amorphous metal chalcogenides approaching the single-layer limit

Nature Materials - The synthesis of atom-thin amorphous films remains challenging as their thermodynamically favourable grains are neither two dimensional nor layered. Here a droplet-driven...

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A universal, high-resolution printing technology for metal oxide thin-film transistors is lacking. A plasmonic printing technology fabricates solution-processed all-metal oxide thin-film electronics under room temperature and ambient conditions. nature.com/articles/s41563-0…

Plasmonic printing of high-performance metal oxide electronics under room temperature

Nature Materials - A universal, high-resolution printing technology for metal oxide thin-film transistors is still lacking. A plasmonic printing technology is reported to fabricate...

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Here the authors resolve the phonon dynamics and band structures of five different self-assembled nanoparticle lattices, revealing the role of nanoscale colloidal interactions in modulating the lattice properties. nature.com/articles/s41563-0…
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The authors use nitrogen-vacancy centre magnetometry to explore layer number and magnetic field evolution of ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic domains in the A-type antiferromagnet CrPS4. nature.com/articles/s41563-0…

Configurable antiferromagnetic domains and lateral exchange bias in atomically thin CrPS4

Nature Materials - The authors use nitrogen-vacancy centre magnetometry to explore layer number and magnetic field evolution of ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic domains in the A-type...

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A hybrid ECM-hydrogel with tunable mechanical stiffness and biochemical composition of young or aged cardiac tissue is used to identify the specific contributions of ECM ligands and mechanics for fibroblast aging. @nano_jenn nature.com/articles/s41563-0…

Hybrid hydrogel–extracellular matrix scaffolds identify biochemical and mechanical signatures of...

Nature Materials - A hybrid extracellular matrix–hydrogel with tunable mechanical stiffness and biochemical composition of young or aged cardiac tissue is used to identify the specific...

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Review: Water uptake of solids and its impact on ion transport nature.com/articles/s41563-0…

Water uptake of solids and its impact on ion transport

Nature Materials - The uptake of water by polar solids can modify electrical and mass transport properties. This Review discusses hydration mechanisms and surveys case studies of the effects water...

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News & Views: Stiff yet stretchy dissipative metamaterials @CarlosMPortela nature.com/articles/s41563-0…

Stiff yet stretchy dissipative metamaterials

Nature Materials - Hydrogels inspire a class of double-network mechanical metamaterials with an unprecedented combination of stiffness, stretchability and energy dissipation.

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Related paper: Double-network-inspired mechanical metamaterials nature.com/articles/s41563-0…
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While nanofluidics demonstrate unconventional properties at the nanoscale, large-scale implementation remains challenging. Macroscale resonant electro-osmotic transport is demonstrated in asymmetric membranes for advanced water filtration applications. nature.com/articles/s41563-0…
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News & Views: DNA droplets shuffle in the spotlight @WaltherLab nature.com/articles/s41563-0…

DNA droplets shuffle in the spotlight

Nature Materials - When exposed to polarized light, DNA condensate droplets with molecular photoswitches undergo life-inspired shape changes and motion.

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Related paper: DNA photofluids show life-like motion @dengnannan nature.com/articles/s41563-0…

DNA photofluids show life-like motion

Nature Materials - Artificial DNA photofluids exhibit dissipative life-like motion when fuelled by light in space and time, converting photoenergy into out-of-equilibrium structures on the macroscale.

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