Pub Date : 2025-12-05DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02430-4
Duo Xu, Juyeong Hong, Huilin Zhao, Sojeong Pak, Jejung Kim, Anh Tuan Hoang, Kyungtai Park, Beom Jin Kim, Seunghyeon Ji, Jonggyu Choi, Jineui Kim, Sunggu Yang, Chun Kee Chung, Sungchil Yang, Jong-Hyun Ahn
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Pub Date : 2025-12-05DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02411-7
Chengde Ding, Baolei Tang, Yuxing Zhou, Bowen Jin, Patrick Commins, Marieh B. Al-Handawi, Liang Li, Panče Naumov, Hongyu Zhang
Common self-healing mechanisms rely on the diffusion of chemical entities across a fissure to rebuild the interface. As diffusion is temperature-controlled, cryogenic conditions are prohibitive to self-healing. Here we report a molecular crystal that heals at ambient and high temperature (298 and 423 K) but that is also capable of autonomous recovery at 77 K. The efficiency of this process depends on dipole–dipole interactions as the dominant mechanism that reduces the separation between the interfaces. Comparative optical transmission measurements confirm that healed crystals are approximately 99% transparent relative to the same material before cracking. This cryogenic self-healing capability is used to design an autonomously reparative, all-organic, crystalline optical transmission system and enables substantial recovery of the optical losses due to the material’s ability to recover after damage. This and possibly other similar materials overcome the natural limitations of macromolecular self-healing media at cryogenic temperatures, opening opportunities for developing materials that can operate practically indefinitely under extreme conditions. Cryogenic conditions limit molecular diffusion, inhibiting self-healing in most molecular systems. Here the authors present an organic molecular crystal capable of autonomous recovery at 77 K due to strong dipole–dipole interactions between aligned molecular layers.
{"title":"Cryogenically self-healing organic crystals","authors":"Chengde Ding, Baolei Tang, Yuxing Zhou, Bowen Jin, Patrick Commins, Marieh B. Al-Handawi, Liang Li, Panče Naumov, Hongyu Zhang","doi":"10.1038/s41563-025-02411-7","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41563-025-02411-7","url":null,"abstract":"Common self-healing mechanisms rely on the diffusion of chemical entities across a fissure to rebuild the interface. As diffusion is temperature-controlled, cryogenic conditions are prohibitive to self-healing. Here we report a molecular crystal that heals at ambient and high temperature (298 and 423 K) but that is also capable of autonomous recovery at 77 K. The efficiency of this process depends on dipole–dipole interactions as the dominant mechanism that reduces the separation between the interfaces. Comparative optical transmission measurements confirm that healed crystals are approximately 99% transparent relative to the same material before cracking. This cryogenic self-healing capability is used to design an autonomously reparative, all-organic, crystalline optical transmission system and enables substantial recovery of the optical losses due to the material’s ability to recover after damage. This and possibly other similar materials overcome the natural limitations of macromolecular self-healing media at cryogenic temperatures, opening opportunities for developing materials that can operate practically indefinitely under extreme conditions. Cryogenic conditions limit molecular diffusion, inhibiting self-healing in most molecular systems. Here the authors present an organic molecular crystal capable of autonomous recovery at 77 K due to strong dipole–dipole interactions between aligned molecular layers.","PeriodicalId":19058,"journal":{"name":"Nature Materials","volume":"25 2","pages":"285-293"},"PeriodicalIF":38.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145680200","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}
Pub Date : 2025-12-04DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02427-z
Berit H. Goodge
Ultraviolet illumination dramatically increases electrical conductivity at the interface between two oxide compounds.
紫外线照射大大增加了两种氧化物之间界面的导电性。
{"title":"Shining a light on interfacial conductivity","authors":"Berit H. Goodge","doi":"10.1038/s41563-025-02427-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41563-025-02427-z","url":null,"abstract":"Ultraviolet illumination dramatically increases electrical conductivity at the interface between two oxide compounds.","PeriodicalId":19058,"journal":{"name":"Nature Materials","volume":"25 1","pages":"4-5"},"PeriodicalIF":38.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145664813","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}
Pub Date : 2025-12-04DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02435-z
Jie Zhang
Borrowing an idea from granular physics, researchers design and engineer soft composite materials with non-reciprocal static and dynamical mechanical behaviours, which could power the next generation of soft robots.
{"title":"Breaking the rule of reciprocity in soft composite solids","authors":"Jie Zhang","doi":"10.1038/s41563-025-02435-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41563-025-02435-z","url":null,"abstract":"Borrowing an idea from granular physics, researchers design and engineer soft composite materials with non-reciprocal static and dynamical mechanical behaviours, which could power the next generation of soft robots.","PeriodicalId":19058,"journal":{"name":"Nature Materials","volume":"25 1","pages":"13-14"},"PeriodicalIF":38.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145664814","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}
Pub Date : 2025-11-28DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02388-3
Shengsong Yang, Dai-Bei Yang, Yifan Ning, Yugang Zhang, James M. Kikkawa, Jeffery G. Saven, Christopher B. Murray
Designing superlattices of nanocrystals to mimic and extend the properties of atomic crystals has been a long-standing motivation in materials chemistry. Interstitial solid solutions, such as steel, are well-studied atomic lattices in which mobile components move among the interstices. These materials exhibit unique properties, including reversible structural changes and phase transitions. Interstitial solid solutions possess unique dynamic structures and reversible responses, which motivate the creation of their colloidal equivalents. Here we report a fully thermo-reversible colloidal interstitial solid solution by combining liquid crystals and nanocrystals functionalized with promesogenic ligands. Mesogen molecules fill and diffuse among the interstices of a superlattice, resulting in a super-large thermal expansivity. The approach uses a modular design of interparticle interactions, allowing control of interparticle distance, microstructure and transition between crystallographic forms. Combining liquid crystals and nanocrystals functionalized with promesogenic ligands yields an interstitial colloidal solid solution exhibiting high thermal expansivity and reversible superlattice phase transitions driven by mesogen diffusion.
{"title":"Super-expansive thermo-reversible interstitial solid solution of nanocrystal superlattices with mesogens","authors":"Shengsong Yang, Dai-Bei Yang, Yifan Ning, Yugang Zhang, James M. Kikkawa, Jeffery G. Saven, Christopher B. Murray","doi":"10.1038/s41563-025-02388-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41563-025-02388-3","url":null,"abstract":"Designing superlattices of nanocrystals to mimic and extend the properties of atomic crystals has been a long-standing motivation in materials chemistry. Interstitial solid solutions, such as steel, are well-studied atomic lattices in which mobile components move among the interstices. These materials exhibit unique properties, including reversible structural changes and phase transitions. Interstitial solid solutions possess unique dynamic structures and reversible responses, which motivate the creation of their colloidal equivalents. Here we report a fully thermo-reversible colloidal interstitial solid solution by combining liquid crystals and nanocrystals functionalized with promesogenic ligands. Mesogen molecules fill and diffuse among the interstices of a superlattice, resulting in a super-large thermal expansivity. The approach uses a modular design of interparticle interactions, allowing control of interparticle distance, microstructure and transition between crystallographic forms. Combining liquid crystals and nanocrystals functionalized with promesogenic ligands yields an interstitial colloidal solid solution exhibiting high thermal expansivity and reversible superlattice phase transitions driven by mesogen diffusion.","PeriodicalId":19058,"journal":{"name":"Nature Materials","volume":"25 2","pages":"294-301"},"PeriodicalIF":38.5,"publicationDate":"2025-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145611441","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}
Pub Date : 2025-11-28DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02418-0
Christoph Karfusehr, Markus Eder, Hao Yuan Yang, Brice Beinsteiner, Marion Jasnin, Friedrich C. Simmel
Biological compartmentalization creates and controls localized environments to ensure that chemical processes are efficient, thus enabling life’s complexity and functionality. Biological systems use crystalline protein cages for nanoscale compartments, whereas larger, dynamic structures, such as vesicles and cell membranes, are formed from lipid bilayers. Although membrane-based approaches have prevailed in bottom-up synthetic biology, DNA and protein nanotechnology has focused on designing rigid cage assemblies. Here we report on the self-assembly of radially symmetric DNA origami subunits that are inspired by the structure and interactions of lipids. The formed DNA origami monolayer membranes can be readily programmed to form vesicles or hollow tubes with diameters ranging from 100 nm to over 1 μm. These DNA origami membranes represent an approach for compartmentalization that opens possibilities in bottom-up biology and cell-scale soft robotics.
{"title":"Self-assembled cell-scale containers made from DNA origami membranes","authors":"Christoph Karfusehr, Markus Eder, Hao Yuan Yang, Brice Beinsteiner, Marion Jasnin, Friedrich C. Simmel","doi":"10.1038/s41563-025-02418-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02418-0","url":null,"abstract":"Biological compartmentalization creates and controls localized environments to ensure that chemical processes are efficient, thus enabling life’s complexity and functionality. Biological systems use crystalline protein cages for nanoscale compartments, whereas larger, dynamic structures, such as vesicles and cell membranes, are formed from lipid bilayers. Although membrane-based approaches have prevailed in bottom-up synthetic biology, DNA and protein nanotechnology has focused on designing rigid cage assemblies. Here we report on the self-assembly of radially symmetric DNA origami subunits that are inspired by the structure and interactions of lipids. The formed DNA origami monolayer membranes can be readily programmed to form vesicles or hollow tubes with diameters ranging from 100 nm to over 1 μm. These DNA origami membranes represent an approach for compartmentalization that opens possibilities in bottom-up biology and cell-scale soft robotics.","PeriodicalId":19058,"journal":{"name":"Nature Materials","volume":"207 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":41.2,"publicationDate":"2025-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145611381","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}
Pub Date : 2025-11-27DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02429-x
Dewei Zhao, Liang Li
Adding an ammonium propionic acid stabilizes the phases of both the middle and top perovskite layers, which further enables efficient and stable perovskite/perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells.
{"title":"One additive for all","authors":"Dewei Zhao, Liang Li","doi":"10.1038/s41563-025-02429-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41563-025-02429-x","url":null,"abstract":"Adding an ammonium propionic acid stabilizes the phases of both the middle and top perovskite layers, which further enables efficient and stable perovskite/perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells.","PeriodicalId":19058,"journal":{"name":"Nature Materials","volume":"25 2","pages":"164-165"},"PeriodicalIF":38.5,"publicationDate":"2025-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145609578","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}
Pub Date : 2025-11-27DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02426-0
Christoph Rehbock, Stephan Barcikowski
A technique combining laser fragmentation in liquids with the reduction of multiple metal salt precursors is developed to synthesize alloy nanoparticles, simultaneously achieving ultrasmall size and high compositional complexity for efficient and stable electrocatalysis.
{"title":"Two birds with one stone","authors":"Christoph Rehbock, Stephan Barcikowski","doi":"10.1038/s41563-025-02426-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41563-025-02426-0","url":null,"abstract":"A technique combining laser fragmentation in liquids with the reduction of multiple metal salt precursors is developed to synthesize alloy nanoparticles, simultaneously achieving ultrasmall size and high compositional complexity for efficient and stable electrocatalysis.","PeriodicalId":19058,"journal":{"name":"Nature Materials","volume":"25 1","pages":"2-3"},"PeriodicalIF":38.5,"publicationDate":"2025-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145609582","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}
Pub Date : 2025-11-26DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02441-1
Quantum technologies are moving towards practical solutions in computing, sensing and secure communications, with photonics driving scalability and connectivity.
量子技术正朝着计算、传感和安全通信的实用解决方案发展，光子学推动了可扩展性和连接性。
{"title":"The photonic path to quantum advantage","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41563-025-02441-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41563-025-02441-1","url":null,"abstract":"Quantum technologies are moving towards practical solutions in computing, sensing and secure communications, with photonics driving scalability and connectivity.","PeriodicalId":19058,"journal":{"name":"Nature Materials","volume":"24 12","pages":"1863-1863"},"PeriodicalIF":38.5,"publicationDate":"2025-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41563-025-02441-1.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145601251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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