Dendrites have posed a significant threat to the cycling life of zinc (Zn) metal batteries in organic electrolyte. The deposition behavior of Zn is largely influenced by the kinetics of electrodeposition, a better understanding of which is crucial but often neglected. In this study, we provide a more refined classification of the electrodeposition and establish a novel mixed nucleation model. By fitting the chronoamperometric curves of the anode under different bias potentials based on mixed nucleation model, the dynamic evolution of the anode nucleation mode over time can be clearly classified. Also, the mixed nucleation model fitting proved that the introduction of antimony (Sb) transformed the electrochemical kinetics of the Zn anode, increasing the nucleation site density and shifting zinc deposition from mostly 3D instantaneous nucleation to uniform progressive nucleation. Consequently, the alloyed Zn exhibits a quasi-2D deposition with predominantly exposed (002) nanocrystalline crystallographic plane. The flat and regular deposition enables excellent performance: steady cycling over 2600 h life at 5 mA cm-2, 5 mAh cm-2 in Zn||Zn symmetric cells; dendrite-free zinc plating/stripping at 99.94% coulombic efficiency in SS||Zn asymmetric cell. The mixed nucleation model may provide new insights for the electrodeposition behavior of metal anodes.
{"title":"Decoding the Electrodeposition of Zinc Anode With Dynamic Mixed Nucleation Model for Rechargeable Batteries.","authors":"Shunyu Yao,Yang Zhang,Huichao Lu,Jiqiong Liu,Xirui Kong,Ben Chong,Liangyu Wang,Yi Li,Hong Zhu,Jun Yang,Yanna NuLi,Jiulin Wang","doi":"10.1002/adma.72783","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.72783","url":null,"abstract":"Dendrites have posed a significant threat to the cycling life of zinc (Zn) metal batteries in organic electrolyte. The deposition behavior of Zn is largely influenced by the kinetics of electrodeposition, a better understanding of which is crucial but often neglected. In this study, we provide a more refined classification of the electrodeposition and establish a novel mixed nucleation model. By fitting the chronoamperometric curves of the anode under different bias potentials based on mixed nucleation model, the dynamic evolution of the anode nucleation mode over time can be clearly classified. Also, the mixed nucleation model fitting proved that the introduction of antimony (Sb) transformed the electrochemical kinetics of the Zn anode, increasing the nucleation site density and shifting zinc deposition from mostly 3D instantaneous nucleation to uniform progressive nucleation. Consequently, the alloyed Zn exhibits a quasi-2D deposition with predominantly exposed (002) nanocrystalline crystallographic plane. The flat and regular deposition enables excellent performance: steady cycling over 2600 h life at 5 mA cm-2, 5 mAh cm-2 in Zn||Zn symmetric cells; dendrite-free zinc plating/stripping at 99.94% coulombic efficiency in SS||Zn asymmetric cell. The mixed nucleation model may provide new insights for the electrodeposition behavior of metal anodes.","PeriodicalId":114,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials","volume":"34 1","pages":"e72783"},"PeriodicalIF":29.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147464970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiaowen Chen, Dongsheng Song, Filipp N. Rybakov, Nikolai S. Kiselev, Long Li, Wen Shi, Rui Wu, Xuewen Fu, Olle Eriksson, Stefan Blügel, Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski, Haifeng Du, Fengshan Zheng
Magnetic hopfions are 3D topological solitons – knotted, vortex-like spin configurations. In chiral magnets, hopfions can appear as isolated structures or they can be linked to skyrmion strings. Previous studies employed a sophisticated protocol and a special sample geometry to nucleate such hopfions linked to one or a few skyrmion strings. Here, we introduce an electric-current-assisted nucleation protocol that is simple and independent of the sample shape and size. The resulting hopfions exhibit extraordinary stability in the presence of both positive and negative magnetic fields, in perfect agreement with micromagnetic simulations. We also present a comprehensive framework for classifying hopfions, skyrmions, and merons by deriving the corresponding homotopy group.
{"title":"Electric-Current-Assisted Nucleation of Zero-Field Hopfion Rings","authors":"Xiaowen Chen, Dongsheng Song, Filipp N. Rybakov, Nikolai S. Kiselev, Long Li, Wen Shi, Rui Wu, Xuewen Fu, Olle Eriksson, Stefan Blügel, Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski, Haifeng Du, Fengshan Zheng","doi":"10.1002/adma.202523417","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202523417","url":null,"abstract":"Magnetic hopfions are 3D topological solitons – knotted, vortex-like spin configurations. In chiral magnets, hopfions can appear as isolated structures or they can be linked to skyrmion strings. Previous studies employed a sophisticated protocol and a special sample geometry to nucleate such hopfions linked to one or a few skyrmion strings. Here, we introduce an electric-current-assisted nucleation protocol that is simple and independent of the sample shape and size. The resulting hopfions exhibit extraordinary stability in the presence of both positive and negative magnetic fields, in perfect agreement with micromagnetic simulations. We also present a comprehensive framework for classifying hopfions, skyrmions, and merons by deriving the corresponding homotopy group.","PeriodicalId":114,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147466164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lixin Liu, Han Yan, Leyi Loh, Kamal Kumar Paul, Soumya Sarkar, Deepnarayan Biswas, Tien-Lin Lee, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Manish Chhowalla, Yan Wang
Excellent gate electrostatics in field effect transistors (FETs) based on 2D transition metal dichalcogenide (2D TMD) channels can dramatically decrease static power dissipation. Energy-efficient FETs operate in enhancement mode with a small and positive threshold voltage (Vth) for n-type devices. However, most state-of-the-art FETs based on monolayer MoS2 channel operate in depletion mode with negative Vth due to doping from the underlying dielectric substrate. In this work, we identify key properties of the semiconductor/dielectric interface (MoS2 on industrially relevant high dielectric constant (k) HfO2, ZrO2 and hBN for reference) responsible for realizing enhancement-mode operation of 2D MoS2 channel FETs. We find that hBN and ZrO2 dielectric substrates provide low defect interfaces with MoS2 that enables effective modulation of the Vth using gate metals of different work functions (WFs). We use photoluminescence (PL) and synchrotron X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) measurements to investigate doping levels in monolayer MoS2 on different dielectrics with different WF gate metals. We complement the FET and spectroscopic measurements with capacitance-voltage analysis on dielectrics with varying thicknesses, which confirms that Vth modulation in ZrO2 devices is correlated with WF of the gate metals - in contrast with HfO2 devices that exhibit signatures of Vth pinning induced by oxide/interface defect states. Finally, we demonstrate FETs using a 2D MoS2 channel and a 6 nm of ZrO2 dielectric, achieving a subthreshold swing of 87 mV dec-1 and a threshold voltage of 0.1 V. Our results offer insights into the role of dielectric/semiconductor interface in 2D MoS2 based FETs for realizing enhancement mode FETs and highlight the potential of ZrO2 as a scalable high-k dielectric.
{"title":"Dielectric and Gate Metal Engineering for Threshold Voltage Modulation in Enhancement Mode Monolayer MoS<sub>2</sub> Field Effect Transistors.","authors":"Lixin Liu, Han Yan, Leyi Loh, Kamal Kumar Paul, Soumya Sarkar, Deepnarayan Biswas, Tien-Lin Lee, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Manish Chhowalla, Yan Wang","doi":"10.1002/adma.202523661","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202523661","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Excellent gate electrostatics in field effect transistors (FETs) based on 2D transition metal dichalcogenide (2D TMD) channels can dramatically decrease static power dissipation. Energy-efficient FETs operate in enhancement mode with a small and positive threshold voltage (V<sub>th</sub>) for n-type devices. However, most state-of-the-art FETs based on monolayer MoS<sub>2</sub> channel operate in depletion mode with negative V<sub>th</sub> due to doping from the underlying dielectric substrate. In this work, we identify key properties of the semiconductor/dielectric interface (MoS<sub>2</sub> on industrially relevant high dielectric constant (k) HfO<sub>2</sub>, ZrO<sub>2</sub> and hBN for reference) responsible for realizing enhancement-mode operation of 2D MoS<sub>2</sub> channel FETs. We find that hBN and ZrO<sub>2</sub> dielectric substrates provide low defect interfaces with MoS<sub>2</sub> that enables effective modulation of the V<sub>th</sub> using gate metals of different work functions (WFs). We use photoluminescence (PL) and synchrotron X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) measurements to investigate doping levels in monolayer MoS<sub>2</sub> on different dielectrics with different WF gate metals. We complement the FET and spectroscopic measurements with capacitance-voltage analysis on dielectrics with varying thicknesses, which confirms that V<sub>th</sub> modulation in ZrO<sub>2</sub> devices is correlated with WF of the gate metals - in contrast with HfO<sub>2</sub> devices that exhibit signatures of V<sub>th</sub> pinning induced by oxide/interface defect states. Finally, we demonstrate FETs using a 2D MoS<sub>2</sub> channel and a 6 nm of ZrO<sub>2</sub> dielectric, achieving a subthreshold swing of 87 mV dec<sup>-1</sup> and a threshold voltage of 0.1 V. Our results offer insights into the role of dielectric/semiconductor interface in 2D MoS<sub>2</sub> based FETs for realizing enhancement mode FETs and highlight the potential of ZrO<sub>2</sub> as a scalable high-k dielectric.</p>","PeriodicalId":114,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials","volume":" ","pages":"e23661"},"PeriodicalIF":26.8,"publicationDate":"2026-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147466286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
By actually addressing the title question, we provide a comprehensive and critical review of self-healing (SH) in lead-based halide perovskites (HaPs), a phenomenon with profound implications for the stability of these materials across all applications, from photovoltaics to light emission and radiation detection. We emphasize reasoning as a guide to interpreting the dynamic balance between degradation and recovery when HaPs are exposed to light, heat, mechanical stress, or radiation. We compile and assess what are, in our view, the most relevant, available reports of damage–healing dynamics, distinguishing verified facts and observations from interpretations and unresolved questions. Key topics include damage accumulation, light soaking, and photo-brightening, as well as the mechanistic roles of lattice dynamics, halide migration, redox chemistry, and acid–base equilibria in the disappearance of defects on accessible time scales. Thus, we go beyond a conventional summary by providing a unifying framework to clarify contradictions in the literature and reveal the underlying principles of reversible damage. By consolidating results that are often scattered into a coherent picture, we strive to establish a foundation for predictive models of SH kinetics, while guiding strategies to stabilize devices. We anticipate that this critical synthesis will serve as an authoritative reference for the metal halide perovskite research field.
{"title":"De Rerum Natura: How Do Halide Perovskites Self-Heal From Damage?","authors":"Davide Raffaele Ceratti, Gary Hodes, David Cahen","doi":"10.1002/adma.202518808","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202518808","url":null,"abstract":"By actually addressing the title question, we provide a comprehensive and critical review of self-healing (SH) in lead-based halide perovskites (HaPs), a phenomenon with profound implications for the stability of these materials across all applications, from photovoltaics to light emission and radiation detection. We emphasize reasoning as a guide to interpreting the dynamic balance between degradation and recovery when HaPs are exposed to light, heat, mechanical stress, or radiation. We compile and assess what are, in our view, the most relevant, available reports of damage–healing dynamics, distinguishing verified facts and observations from interpretations and unresolved questions. Key topics include damage accumulation, light soaking, and photo-brightening, as well as the mechanistic roles of lattice dynamics, halide migration, redox chemistry, and acid–base equilibria in the disappearance of defects on accessible time scales. Thus, we go beyond a conventional summary by providing a unifying framework to clarify contradictions in the literature and reveal the underlying principles of reversible damage. By consolidating results that are often scattered into a coherent picture, we strive to establish a foundation for predictive models of SH kinetics, while guiding strategies to stabilize devices. We anticipate that this critical synthesis will serve as an authoritative reference for the metal halide perovskite research field.","PeriodicalId":114,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials","volume":"273 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147466163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nitrile-based electrolytes offer exceptional oxidative stability for high-voltage cathodes but suffer from reductive instability at lithium metal anodes (LMAs) and poor rate capability. Herein, we report a molecular engineering strategy to overcome these limitations by introducing a benzonitrile-based electrolyte (BNE) to realize long-cycling, high-voltage, and high-rate LMBs. We leverage the unique molecular features of benzonitrile (BN), where the cyano groups dynamically coordinate lithium ions (Li+), the electron-deficient phenyl groups interact weakly with anions, and crucially, the bulky BN molecules compress the Li+ solvation sheath through a spatial site-blocking effect. The steric demand imposed by BN during Li+ solvation, coupled with its ability to simultaneously coordinate Li+ and interact with anions, induces a tighter aggregate (t-AGG) solvation structure, which is confirmed by various spectroscopic techniques and molecular dynamics simulations. Mechanistically, the t-AGG solvation structure eliminates most free BN molecules for enhanced stability at LMAs, accelerates Li+ transport kinetics via increased hopping frequency, and promotes an anion-derived solid-electrolyte interphase. Consequently, BNE enables a 4.5 V NCM811||Li cell to achieve 500 cycles with 80% capacity retention at 5C, setting a benchmark for nitrile-based LMBs. This work provides fundamental insights for designing high-performance nitrile-based electrolytes via precise solvation structure engineering for LMBs.
丁腈基电解质在高压阴极中具有优异的氧化稳定性,但在锂金属阳极(lma)中存在还原不稳定性和速率能力差的问题。在此,我们报告了一种分子工程策略,通过引入苯腈基电解质(BNE)来克服这些限制,实现长循环,高电压和高速率的lmb。我们利用了苯腈(BN)独特的分子特征,其中氰基动态配位锂离子(Li+),缺电子的苯基与阴离子相互作用弱,至关重要的是,体积庞大的BN分子通过空间位点阻断效应压缩Li+溶剂化鞘。BN在Li+溶剂化过程中施加的空间需求,加上其同时配位Li+并与阴离子相互作用的能力,诱导了更紧密的聚合体(t-AGG)溶剂化结构,各种光谱技术和分子动力学模拟证实了这一点。从机理上说,t-AGG溶剂化结构消除了大多数游离BN分子,增强了LMAs的稳定性,通过增加跳频加速了Li+的运输动力学,并促进了阴离子衍生的固体电解质间相。因此,BNE使4.5 V NCM811||锂电池能够在5C下实现500次循环并保持80%的容量,为腈基lmb设定了基准。这项工作为通过lmb的精确溶剂化结构工程设计高性能腈基电解质提供了基础见解。
{"title":"Benzonitrile-Based Electrolyte with Tighter Aggregate Solvation Structure Enables Ultralong Cycling and High-Rate 4.5 V Lithium Metal Batteries.","authors":"Chuan Luo,Chunpeng Ning,Xuehai Huang,Tianrui Huang,Yu Wang,Zhenxing Liang,Kan Yue","doi":"10.1002/adma.72819","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.72819","url":null,"abstract":"Nitrile-based electrolytes offer exceptional oxidative stability for high-voltage cathodes but suffer from reductive instability at lithium metal anodes (LMAs) and poor rate capability. Herein, we report a molecular engineering strategy to overcome these limitations by introducing a benzonitrile-based electrolyte (BNE) to realize long-cycling, high-voltage, and high-rate LMBs. We leverage the unique molecular features of benzonitrile (BN), where the cyano groups dynamically coordinate lithium ions (Li+), the electron-deficient phenyl groups interact weakly with anions, and crucially, the bulky BN molecules compress the Li+ solvation sheath through a spatial site-blocking effect. The steric demand imposed by BN during Li+ solvation, coupled with its ability to simultaneously coordinate Li+ and interact with anions, induces a tighter aggregate (t-AGG) solvation structure, which is confirmed by various spectroscopic techniques and molecular dynamics simulations. Mechanistically, the t-AGG solvation structure eliminates most free BN molecules for enhanced stability at LMAs, accelerates Li+ transport kinetics via increased hopping frequency, and promotes an anion-derived solid-electrolyte interphase. Consequently, BNE enables a 4.5 V NCM811||Li cell to achieve 500 cycles with 80% capacity retention at 5C, setting a benchmark for nitrile-based LMBs. This work provides fundamental insights for designing high-performance nitrile-based electrolytes via precise solvation structure engineering for LMBs.","PeriodicalId":114,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials","volume":"13 1","pages":"e72819"},"PeriodicalIF":29.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147464972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Panlong Zhai, Chen Wang, Guan Sheng, Chao Ye, Jungang Hou, Qinfen Gu, Tao Ling, Ye Zhu, Pei Liang, Xin Wang, Jieqiong Shan
The electrosynthesis of cyclohexanone oxime from cyclohexanone and nitrogenous feedstock driven by renewable electricity presents a sustainable alternative to energy-intensive and hazardous industrial processes. However, achieving high activity and selectivity is challenged by the over-reduction of key intermediates and the lack of effective sites for C─N coupling. Herein, we report a Fe1Bi single-atom alloy (Fe1Bi SAA) featuring Fe-Bi atomic interfaces that collaborate for the one-pot electrosynthesis of cyclohexanone oxime. The Fe1Bi SAA achieves a remarkable Faradaic efficiency of 70.9% and a yield rate of 0.94 mmol cm−2 h−1 for cyclohexanone oxime. Combined in situ electrochemical spectroscopic measurements and density functional theory calculations reveal an atomic-scale synergistic mechanism: dispersed Fe sites adsorb and activate cyclohexanone, while adjacent Bi sites selectively reduce nitrite to the key hydroxylamine intermediate. The techno-economic analysis based on flow electrolyzer operation confirms the potential economic viability of the electrosynthesis of cyclohexanone oxime. This work provides profound atomic-level insight into cooperative catalysis for C─N coupling reactions toward the electrosynthesis of value-added organonitrogen compounds.
{"title":"Inter-Atomic Synergy on Single-Atom Alloy Promotes Cyclohexanone Oxime Electrosynthesis","authors":"Panlong Zhai, Chen Wang, Guan Sheng, Chao Ye, Jungang Hou, Qinfen Gu, Tao Ling, Ye Zhu, Pei Liang, Xin Wang, Jieqiong Shan","doi":"10.1002/adma.72807","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.72807","url":null,"abstract":"The electrosynthesis of cyclohexanone oxime from cyclohexanone and nitrogenous feedstock driven by renewable electricity presents a sustainable alternative to energy-intensive and hazardous industrial processes. However, achieving high activity and selectivity is challenged by the over-reduction of key intermediates and the lack of effective sites for C─N coupling. Herein, we report a Fe<sub>1</sub>Bi single-atom alloy (Fe<sub>1</sub>Bi SAA) featuring Fe-Bi atomic interfaces that collaborate for the one-pot electrosynthesis of cyclohexanone oxime. The Fe<sub>1</sub>Bi SAA achieves a remarkable Faradaic efficiency of 70.9% and a yield rate of 0.94 mmol cm<sup>−2</sup> h<sup>−1</sup> for cyclohexanone oxime. Combined in situ electrochemical spectroscopic measurements and density functional theory calculations reveal an atomic-scale synergistic mechanism: dispersed Fe sites adsorb and activate cyclohexanone, while adjacent Bi sites selectively reduce nitrite to the key hydroxylamine intermediate. The techno-economic analysis based on flow electrolyzer operation confirms the potential economic viability of the electrosynthesis of cyclohexanone oxime. This work provides profound atomic-level insight into cooperative catalysis for C─N coupling reactions toward the electrosynthesis of value-added organonitrogen compounds.","PeriodicalId":114,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147466168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Organizing upconversion functionality into an integrated material system holds great promise for high-security encryption and data diversification. However, the practical application of facile upconversion imaging has long been hindered by its limited active area. Herein, we address this challenge by designing a holographic polymer waveguide composed of liquid crystals (LCs) and dithienylethene (DTE) as the high-refractive-index phase, with a polymer matrix embedded with upconversion nanoparticles serving as the low-refractive-index phase. This design enables the transformation of upconversion emission from a localized point to a macroscopic area, expanding the imaging region by up to 225 times. Mechanistic studies reveal that the synergy between LCs and DTE is crucial: the high-refractive-index LCs facilitate waveguiding, while DTE promotes the formation of well-defined holographic waveguide structures. Beyond this conceptual advance, the holographic polymer waveguide has successfully enabled triple-mode image encryption-integrating solidified holograms with rewritable upconversion and photochromic images-thereby opening new avenues for high-security anticounterfeiting technologies.
{"title":"Point-Excitation Wide-Field Upconversion Imaging via a Holographic Polymer Waveguide.","authors":"Yue Zhang,Dengfu Lu,Ying Ma,Yonggui Liao,Xingping Zhou,Zhong'an Li,Haiyan Peng,Xiaolin Xie","doi":"10.1002/adma.202521024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202521024","url":null,"abstract":"Organizing upconversion functionality into an integrated material system holds great promise for high-security encryption and data diversification. However, the practical application of facile upconversion imaging has long been hindered by its limited active area. Herein, we address this challenge by designing a holographic polymer waveguide composed of liquid crystals (LCs) and dithienylethene (DTE) as the high-refractive-index phase, with a polymer matrix embedded with upconversion nanoparticles serving as the low-refractive-index phase. This design enables the transformation of upconversion emission from a localized point to a macroscopic area, expanding the imaging region by up to 225 times. Mechanistic studies reveal that the synergy between LCs and DTE is crucial: the high-refractive-index LCs facilitate waveguiding, while DTE promotes the formation of well-defined holographic waveguide structures. Beyond this conceptual advance, the holographic polymer waveguide has successfully enabled triple-mode image encryption-integrating solidified holograms with rewritable upconversion and photochromic images-thereby opening new avenues for high-security anticounterfeiting technologies.","PeriodicalId":114,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials","volume":"5 1","pages":"e21024"},"PeriodicalIF":29.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147465739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mostafa Mousa, Alberto Comoretto, Johannes T.B. Overvelde, Antonio E. Forte
Soft Robots
柔软的机器人
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