Pub Date : 2025-11-05DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2025.102471
Jiawei Wu , Xianhu Liu , Guangming Tao , Zhuankai Wang , Changyu Shen
Functional liquid layers represent a novel type of interface that enables enhanced performance in air purification technologies. A comprehensive study by Yu et al. unveils how a liquid-mediated purification system (LMS) constructed over a fibrous matrix achieves highly effective and robust capture of hazardous airborne particles through a three-step mechanism, guiding future efforts to develop high-performance, versatile, and sustainable air purification filters.
{"title":"Liquid mediated: A new era of air purification","authors":"Jiawei Wu , Xianhu Liu , Guangming Tao , Zhuankai Wang , Changyu Shen","doi":"10.1016/j.matt.2025.102471","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.matt.2025.102471","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Functional liquid layers represent a novel type of interface that enables enhanced performance in air purification technologies. A comprehensive study by Yu et al. unveils how a liquid-mediated purification system (LMS) constructed over a fibrous matrix achieves highly effective and robust capture of hazardous airborne particles through a three-step mechanism, guiding future efforts to develop high-performance, versatile, and sustainable air purification filters.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":388,"journal":{"name":"Matter","volume":"8 11","pages":"Article 102471"},"PeriodicalIF":17.5,"publicationDate":"2025-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145441860","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 : 2025-11-05DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2025.102323
Guo Tian , Li Guo , Yuyu Gao , Weili Deng , Shenglong Wang , Tianpei Xu , Lu Peng , Binbin Zhang , Tao Yang , Boling Lan , Yue Sun , Yong Ao , Longchao Huang , Yang Liu , Xuelan Li , Long Jin , Weiqing Yang , Xinge Yu
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a widespread disorder afflicting hundreds of millions worldwide, requires real-time monitoring and intervention solutions. Although polysomnography (PSG) is the gold standard for diagnosing apnea, its clinical limitations necessitate the development of portable sleep management electronics. In response, we develop a wearable sensing-stimulative apnea management system (AMS) featuring a customized piezoelectric composite sensor for continuous monitoring of physiological signals and a soft magnetoelastic actuator delivering non-invasive mechanical stimulation. A machine learning algorithm is leveraged to analyze the collected data, enabling real-time apnea detection accuracy of 92.7%. Rigorous laboratory and clinical studies on patients demonstrate that the developed AMS is on par with the clinical gold standard, PSG, in identifying apnea events. The parallel comparison signals from AMS and PSG also confirm the efficacy of feedback stimulation. This research pioneers a closed-loop sensing-stimulative system for OSA management, creating a promising paradigm in personalized sleep care.
{"title":"A wearable all-in-one obstructive sleep apnea management system with flexible piezoelectric monitoring and soft magnetoelastic stimulating","authors":"Guo Tian , Li Guo , Yuyu Gao , Weili Deng , Shenglong Wang , Tianpei Xu , Lu Peng , Binbin Zhang , Tao Yang , Boling Lan , Yue Sun , Yong Ao , Longchao Huang , Yang Liu , Xuelan Li , Long Jin , Weiqing Yang , Xinge Yu","doi":"10.1016/j.matt.2025.102323","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.matt.2025.102323","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a widespread disorder afflicting hundreds of millions worldwide, requires real-time monitoring and intervention solutions. Although polysomnography (PSG) is the gold standard for diagnosing apnea, its clinical limitations necessitate the development of portable sleep management electronics. In response, we develop a wearable sensing-stimulative apnea management system (AMS) featuring a customized piezoelectric composite sensor for continuous monitoring of physiological signals and a soft magnetoelastic actuator delivering non-invasive mechanical stimulation. A machine learning algorithm is leveraged to analyze the collected data, enabling real-time apnea detection accuracy of 92.7%. Rigorous laboratory and clinical studies on patients demonstrate that the developed AMS is on par with the clinical gold standard, PSG, in identifying apnea events. The parallel comparison signals from AMS and PSG also confirm the efficacy of feedback stimulation. This research pioneers a closed-loop sensing-stimulative system for OSA management, creating a promising paradigm in personalized sleep care.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":388,"journal":{"name":"Matter","volume":"8 11","pages":"Article 102323"},"PeriodicalIF":17.5,"publicationDate":"2025-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144694017","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 : 2025-11-05DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2025.102433
Li Zeng , Dan Luo , Weishan Tang , Dayue Du , Hanna He , Chuhong Zhang
Achieving a high depth of discharge (DOD) in dendrite-free Zn anodes is essential for enhancing the energy density and cycling lifespan of zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs). However, conventional three-dimensional (3D) anodes featuring thick and disordered pore structures suffer from gradient and tortuous ion diffusion pathways, leading to mismatched electron/ionic transfer kinetics, which limit their DODs to usually lower than 40%. Herein, a low-tortuosity, N-doped 3D Zn anode is deftly crafted by 3D printing. The vertically aligned pore architecture significantly reduces electrode tortuosity, enabling rapid ion transport with shortened migration pathways. Meanwhile, the N-doped zincophilic surface substantially reduces the deposition energy barrier for uniform and compact Zn deposition even under high DODs. The resulting symmetrical cells exhibit dendrite-free cycling for 720 h at 1 mA cm−2 and 1 mAh cm−2 while sustaining stable plating/stripping processes at a high DOD of 61.7%. This work offers fundamental insights into the anode design philosophy for long-lasting and energy-dense ZIBs.
实现无枝晶锌阳极的高放电深度（DOD）是提高锌离子电池能量密度和循环寿命的关键。然而，传统的三维（3D）阳极具有厚且无序的孔隙结构，其梯度和弯曲的离子扩散路径导致电子/离子转移动力学不匹配，这限制了它们的DODs通常低于40%。在此，通过3D打印巧妙地制作了低扭曲，n掺杂的3D Zn阳极。垂直排列的孔隙结构显著降低了电极弯曲度，使离子快速传输，缩短了迁移路径。同时，n掺杂的亲锌表面大大降低了沉积能垒，即使在高DODs下也能均匀致密地沉积锌。所得到的对称电池在1ma cm - 2和1mah cm - 2下表现出720小时的无树突循环，同时在61.7%的高DOD下保持稳定的电镀/剥离过程。这项工作为持久和能量密集的ZIBs的阳极设计理念提供了基本的见解。
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Pub Date : 2025-11-05DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2025.102472
Jiahao Liu , Jiaqi Lu , Shouzhong Peng , Zhaochun Liu , Yongzhuo Zhang , Jun Qiao , Shuo Wang , Weixiang Li , Jingsheng Chen , Zhiming Wang , Run-Wei Li , Yue Zhang , Weisheng Zhao
Antiferromagnetic materials have long been overshadowed by their ferromagnetic counterparts in the fields of magnetism, primarily due to the absence of net magnetization in their natural state. However, over the last decade, the unique properties of antiferromagnetic materials, such as their negligible stray fields, high spin precession frequency, and robustness against external magnetic perturbations, have sparked increasing interest and positioned antiferromagnets (AFMs) as a key component in next-generation spintronic devices. This review summarizes the fundamental properties, novel devices, and emerging applications of antiferromagnetic materials. We begin by outlining the basic properties of these materials, particularly non-collinear AFMs and altermagnets. Next, the exchange bias field and spin torque in AFM/ferromagnet structures are discussed. We elucidate the advantages of applying AFMs as an efficient spin source in spintronic devices as well as an emerging source of spin currents with tunable polarization direction. Subsequently, the latest electrical and optical methods for effective manipulation of the exchange bias field and AFM magnetic order are introduced. Finally, we summarize the state-of-the-art applications of antiferromagnetic materials in spintronic devices, with particular emphasis on the antiferromagnetic tunnel junction and the all-antiferromagnetic tunnel junction. A prospective outlook on the development direction of antiferromagnetic materials is provided, proposing a new all-spin hierarchy composed of various AFM-based spintronic devices.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-05DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2025.102317
Weiyi Zhao , Yunlei Zhang , Xiaoduo Zhao , Bo Yu , Licheng Zhang , Shuanhong Ma , Feng Zhou
Achieving the combined requirements of ultra-low swelling and durable lubricity under high loading in biological media remains a challenge for bio-hydrogels. Here, we developed an anti-swelling and durably lubricious bio-hydrogel by incorporating sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP) electrostatically crosslinked crystalline domains as load-bearing phase and a surface semi-interpenetrating layer with crack-blunting effect as lubricating phase. The STPP electrostatically crosslinked the network while inducing in situ salting out to protect against electrolyte disturbance. After achieving equilibrium in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS), the gel exhibited high tensile strength (18.0 MPa), modulus (6.5 MPa), toughness (33.55 MJ/m3), and fatigue threshold (843.0 J/m2). In particular, the bio-hydrogel showed an extremely low mass and modulus loss after immersing in PBS for 460 days, along with an ultra-low friction coefficient (∼0.0084) under high loading (2.8 MPa) over 100,000 sliding cycles. The further results showed its excellent biological compatibility and could serve as a robust lubrication coating for medical devices.
{"title":"Superior anti-swelling and durably lubricious bio-hydrogels via robust crystalline domain construction for diverse biodevice coating","authors":"Weiyi Zhao , Yunlei Zhang , Xiaoduo Zhao , Bo Yu , Licheng Zhang , Shuanhong Ma , Feng Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.matt.2025.102317","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.matt.2025.102317","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Achieving the combined requirements of ultra-low swelling and durable lubricity under high loading in biological media remains a challenge for bio-hydrogels. Here, we developed an anti-swelling and durably lubricious bio-hydrogel by incorporating sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP) electrostatically crosslinked crystalline domains as load-bearing phase and a surface semi-interpenetrating layer with crack-blunting effect as lubricating phase. The STPP electrostatically crosslinked the network while inducing <em>in situ</em> salting out to protect against electrolyte disturbance. After achieving equilibrium in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS), the gel exhibited high tensile strength (18.0 MPa), modulus (6.5 MPa), toughness (33.55 MJ/m<sup>3</sup>), and fatigue threshold (843.0 J/m<sup>2</sup>). In particular, the bio-hydrogel showed an extremely low mass and modulus loss after immersing in PBS for 460 days, along with an ultra-low friction coefficient (∼0.0084) under high loading (2.8 MPa) over 100,000 sliding cycles. The further results showed its excellent biological compatibility and could serve as a robust lubrication coating for medical devices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":388,"journal":{"name":"Matter","volume":"8 11","pages":"Article 102317"},"PeriodicalIF":17.5,"publicationDate":"2025-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144694266","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 : 2025-11-05DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2025.102269
Zhikun Guo , Zeping Liu , Yu Zhang , Haoran Li , Man Qi , Chenyang Zhao , Xin Zhang , Zeen Wu , Jiayin Yuan , Naiqing Zhang
Dendrite growth in Zn anodes poses a significant challenge for Zn-ion batteries, limiting their practical application. Current approaches using artificial solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) layers struggle to improve mechanical strength and ion transport simultaneously. Inspired by the "brick-and-mortar" microstructure model of natural shells, we engineered a robust bioinspired interfacial layer (BIL) to cap the anode and succeeded in inhibiting dendrite growth. The BIL exhibits a high Young’s modulus of 9.8 GPa, which flattens the depositional growth of Zn on the anode. Equally importantly, the ion conductivity in the presence of the BIL achieves 2.1 mS cm−1, sufficient to meet the required ion transfer. When evaluated in symmetric Zn cells, the BIL enables steady cyclic operation for 2,500 h at 1 mA cm−2 with 1 mAh cm−2. Remarkably, at a limited amount of Zn as a BIL-protected anode in a Zn||MnO2 full cell, the discharge capacity remains at 132 mAh g−1 after 550 cycles.
锌阳极的枝晶生长对锌离子电池的实际应用提出了重大挑战。目前使用人工固体电解质间相（SEI）层的方法难以同时提高机械强度和离子传输。受天然壳的“砖石”微观结构模型的启发，我们设计了一个强大的生物激发界面层（BIL）来覆盖阳极，并成功地抑制了枝晶的生长。该材料的杨氏模量高达9.8 GPa，使锌在阳极上的沉积生长趋于平缓。同样重要的是，离子电导率在BIL存在下达到2.1 mS cm−1，足以满足所需的离子转移。当在对称锌电池中进行评估时，BIL能够在1ma cm - 2和1mah cm - 2下稳定循环操作2500小时。值得注意的是，在Zn||MnO2充满电池中，以一定量的Zn作为bill保护阳极，在550次循环后，放电容量保持在132 mAh g−1。
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Pub Date : 2025-11-05DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2025.102469
Yang Mei , Xin Hu , Huirong Wang , Yongxin Huang , Li Li , Feng Wu , Renjie Chen
Electric energy has propelled the development of clean transportation, intelligent buildings, and smart cities, while the diversification of application scenarios has put forward new requirements for its features. Therefore, the multifunctional batteries developed through structural design and integrated optimization have garnered significant interest due to their superior performance and good adaptability. Nevertheless, achieving a balance between battery performance and functionality continues to pose a challenge. This review examines structural design strategies for battery cells and systems to attain diverse functionality. The advanced materials and corresponding processing technologies employed in structural design have been summarized to provide feasible approaches. Subsequently, the representative architectures and corresponding characteristics of functional unit cells—involving microbatteries, deformable batteries, all-in-one batteries, and structural batteries—are thoroughly discussed based on classic cases. Attractively, a series of design principles have been proposed for the packaging and large-format integration of multifunctional batteries. Finally, the challenges and future prospects of multifunctional batteries, along with their design strategies, are discussed, culminating in a four-stage development road map.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-05DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2025.102424
Bin Wu (武斌) , Zuohuan Chen (陈作焕) , Junjun Wang (王军军) , Jilong Xu (徐吉龙) , Shuai Niu (牛帅) , Xiaoyang Du (杜晓阳) , Wen-Jie Jiang (江文杰) , Xiaofeng Shi (石晓峰) , Wenliang Gao (高文亮) , Yifan Ye (叶逸凡) , Dingsheng Wang (王定胜) , Liqiang Mai (麦立强)
Since being proposed in 2011, single-atom catalysts (SACs) have garnered significant interest as cutting-edge materials due to their exceptional atomic efficiency and as ideal platforms for understanding structure-performance relationships. While numerous reviews have covered SAC synthesis, characterization, structure-performance links, and industrial scalability, the varied and often incomparable performance of SACs produced via different methods hinders broader adoption, revealing a literature gap concerning universal SAC synthesis. Universal synthesis, aiming to produce SACs with multiple metal sites via one method, has recently seen major breakthroughs. However, a comprehensive review of these strategies is still lacking but is essential for achieving consistent, comparable catalytic performance. Universally synthesized SACs enhance synthesis reliability and guide high-performance SAC design. Here, we summarize recent universal SAC synthesis progress, providing insights for standardization. We comprehensively overview reported universal approaches, categorizing them into four key strategies: (1) molecular anchoring, (2) metal complex pyrolysis, (3) lattice confinement, and (4) electrochemical deposition. Finally, we offer future perspectives evaluating these strategies’ potential for advancing fundamental and industrial SAC synthesis and outline research directions for optimization and innovation.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-05DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2025.102368
Enhui Wang , Shaohua Ge , Wenbin Li , Beibei Fu , Fangyi Zhou , Weihua Chen
Solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) plays a critical role in the cycling stability and safety issues of rechargeable batteries. To provide valuable suggestions for customized SEI regulation, a precise SEI understanding is essential and advanced detection techniques are indispensable. In this review, SEI formation, structure, ion transport, and failure mechanisms were first elucidated from the fundamental perspectives. Emerging detection techniques were briefly introduced, according to the high demands of SEI deciphering in high sensitivity, visualization, quantification, and simulation. Then, emphasis was given to the current advances of SEI study, to provide a systematic cognition of SEI in the aspects of component identification, structural distribution, physical-chemical properties, SEI functionalities (including ion conductivity and electronic insulation), and SEI chemistry-structure-property relationship. In the future, more efforts are suggested to penetrate into basic scientific issues, dynamic processes, multi-technique integration, and simulational techniques to provide more reliable understanding and guidance of high-quality SEI.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-05DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2025.102264
Dhamelyz Silva-Quinones , Xingjian Hu , Brian Cole , Anna Bethke , Alexander Hool , Yilin Zhao , William Collins , Wubin Bai , Qiangu Yan , Jianjun Wei , Michael D. Dickey , Daniel Franke , Aaron D. Franklin , Haozhe Wang
The transition metal carbide (TMC) Ti3C2Tx features high conductivity, photothermal conversion, and flexibility, making it promising for light-driven soft actuators. However, conventional synthesis often results in fluorine terminations that degrade photothermal efficiency. This study introduces a plasma-enabled atomic layer etching (plasma-ALE) approach to precisely engineer the surface termination of Ti3C2Tx, transforming the surface chemistry from fluorine-dominated to oxygen-dominated terminations, achieving an 80% conductivity increase and significantly enhanced photothermal efficiency. Incorporating cellulose nanofibrils further improves ALE-treated actuator response under near-infrared light, yielding up to 165° bending and 40 mN force, outperforming other 2D material-based actuators. The plasma-ALE process is compatible with various fabrication methods, including vacuum filtration and aerosol jet printing, enabling scalable designs. Furthermore, plasma-ALE treatment facilitates actuators capable of grasping and locomotion. This work paves the way for advanced surface engineering of TMCs and their integration into multifunctional soft robotic systems.
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