Chemically doped carbon-based candidates have emerged as a significant driving force across multifarious research domains including oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), electrochemical sensing, energy storage and conversion, and solar cell technologies, etc., This comprehensive review takes a critical stance, shedding light on the exceptional supercapacitance performance found within heteroatom-doped/enriched carbon derivatives. This includes an array of candidates such as graphene, carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibers, boron carbonitride, g-C3N4, mesoporous carbon, ordered mesoporous carbon, and oxygen-enriched porous carbon. The review delves into diverse synthetic methodologies, encompassing chemical vapor deposition, thermal annealing, hydrothermal, microwave routes, and arc discharge techniques for each of these carbon-based materials. Furthermore, an in-depth exploration of the underlying electrochemical mechanisms governing supercapacitive performance is provided. Notably, the synthesis and energy storage proficiency of heteroatom-enriched materials like g-C3N4 and BCN are meticulously scrutinized. The influence of heteroatom doping on crucial characteristics like wettability, and porosity is deeply examined, boosted by compelling empirical substantiation. Adding intrigue, the merits, and drawbacks inherent to each synthetic approach are thoughtfully presented systematically. As a result, this article stands as a highly valuable resource, offering substantial support and insightful information tailored to young researchers. By furnishing a panoramic survey of diverse synthetic avenues and an in-depth analysis of supercapacitive performances across distinct classes of heteroatom-doped/enriched carbon materials, we aspire for this work to become an indispensable reference.
{"title":"Insights into multifarious heteroatom-doped/enriched carbon-based materials: Synthesis and supercapacitor applications − A crucial review","authors":"Suresh Balaji Srinivasan, Sangamithirai Devendiran, Kirankumar Venkatesan Savunthari, Pandurangan Arumugam, Sanjeev Mukerjee","doi":"10.1016/j.pmatsci.2025.101470","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmatsci.2025.101470","url":null,"abstract":"Chemically doped carbon-based candidates have emerged as a significant driving force across multifarious research domains including oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), electrochemical sensing, energy storage and conversion, and solar cell technologies, etc., This comprehensive review takes a critical stance, shedding light on the exceptional supercapacitance performance found within heteroatom-doped/enriched carbon derivatives. This includes an array of candidates such as graphene, carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibers, boron carbonitride, g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>, mesoporous carbon, ordered mesoporous carbon, and oxygen-enriched porous carbon. The review delves into diverse synthetic methodologies, encompassing chemical vapor deposition, thermal annealing, hydrothermal, microwave routes, and arc discharge techniques for each of these carbon-based materials. Furthermore, an in-depth exploration of the underlying electrochemical mechanisms governing supercapacitive performance is provided. Notably, the synthesis and energy storage proficiency of heteroatom-enriched materials like g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> and BCN are meticulously scrutinized. The influence of heteroatom doping on crucial characteristics like wettability, and porosity is deeply examined, boosted by compelling empirical substantiation. Adding intrigue, the merits, and drawbacks inherent to each synthetic approach are thoughtfully presented systematically. As a result, this article stands as a highly valuable resource, offering substantial support and insightful information tailored to young researchers. By furnishing a panoramic survey of diverse synthetic avenues and an in-depth analysis of supercapacitive performances across distinct classes of heteroatom-doped/enriched carbon materials, we aspire for this work to become an indispensable reference.","PeriodicalId":411,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Materials Science","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":37.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143745768","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 : 2025-03-28DOI: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2025.101478
Abu Danish Aiman Bin Abu Sofian, S.R. Majid, Kisuk Kang, Jang-Kyo Kim, P.L. Show
The urgency of addressing the environmental and resource challenges posed by spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) has led to significant advancements in recycling and upcycling methodologies. This work aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the progress made for LIB recycling and upcycling, offering perspectives for achieving a circular economy in battery technology. The review examines the latest innovations in LIB material recovery, focusing on both conventional recycling techniques and emerging upcycling strategies. It explores the motivation and importance of recycling spent LIBs, showing the critical need for sustainable solutions. A comprehensive overview of LIB recycling methodologies is provided, including pretreatment, preprocessing, pyrometallurgical, hydrometallurgical, bioleaching, direct recovery processes, electrochemical processes, and deep eutectic solvents. Emphasis is placed on the advanced upcycling of the cathode, anode, and separator materials, exploring composition/crystallisation engineering and structural modifications, including doping and surface coating. Furthermore, upcycling spent LIB materials into high-value products like catalysts and graphene is explored. The environmental impact, legislative landscape, and socioeconomic implications of battery recycling are critically analysed, with life cycle assessments underscoring the ecological benefits of these processes. Global perspectives on battery recycling practices are also examined, considering the varied approaches across different regions. Additionally, integrating artificial intelligence and the internet of things in optimising battery recycling is explored, demonstrating their potential to enhance efficiency and sustainability. The review concludes by identifying current challenges and proposing recommendations for future research and policy development.
{"title":"Upcycling and recycling of spent battery waste for a sustainable future: Progress and perspectives","authors":"Abu Danish Aiman Bin Abu Sofian, S.R. Majid, Kisuk Kang, Jang-Kyo Kim, P.L. Show","doi":"10.1016/j.pmatsci.2025.101478","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmatsci.2025.101478","url":null,"abstract":"The urgency of addressing the environmental and resource challenges posed by spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) has led to significant advancements in recycling and upcycling methodologies. This work aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the progress made for LIB recycling and upcycling, offering perspectives for achieving a circular economy in battery technology. The review examines the latest innovations in LIB material recovery, focusing on both conventional recycling techniques and emerging upcycling strategies. It explores the motivation and importance of recycling spent LIBs, showing the critical need for sustainable solutions. A comprehensive overview of LIB recycling methodologies is provided, including pretreatment, preprocessing, pyrometallurgical, hydrometallurgical, bioleaching, direct recovery processes, electrochemical processes, and deep eutectic solvents. Emphasis is placed on the advanced upcycling of the cathode, anode, and separator materials, exploring composition/crystallisation engineering and structural modifications, including doping and surface coating. Furthermore, upcycling spent LIB materials into high-value products like catalysts and graphene is explored. The environmental impact, legislative landscape, and socioeconomic implications of battery recycling are critically analysed, with life cycle assessments underscoring the ecological benefits of these processes. Global perspectives on battery recycling practices are also examined, considering the varied approaches across different regions. Additionally, integrating artificial intelligence and the internet of things in optimising battery recycling is explored, demonstrating their potential to enhance efficiency and sustainability. The review concludes by identifying current challenges and proposing recommendations for future research and policy development.","PeriodicalId":411,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Materials Science","volume":"72 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":37.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143734321","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}
The emergence of plasmonic nanoparticles in organic and perovskite optoelectronics has evolved beyond its role as a mere light emission and absorption enhancer, by delving into the exotic properties of semiconductor thin films. These properties include stimulated emission (lasing), coherent emission (superradiance), reversible spontaneous emission, and spontaneous synchronization leading to coherent emission. Despite the wealth of available fundamental knowledge, the commercialization of plasmonic nanoparticles in organic and perovskite optoelectronics such as light emitting diodes, photovoltaics and photodetectors, has yet to reach fruition. This paper reviews the technical challenges acting as barriers to commercialization and highlights how their solutions are influenced by economic, sustainability, and regulatory hurdles. A focused examination of technological challenges, including deposition, material compatibility, scalability, and reproducibility of the device performance, is presented. This perspective article concludes by proposing potential solutions and offering a future outlook for the field, emphasizing sustainability, the circular economy, and responsible electronics, alongside the continued advancement of fundamental knowledge.
{"title":"The research path to commercialization: A perspective on plasmonic nanoparticles in organic and perovskite optoelectronics","authors":"Rachith Shanivarasanthe Nithyananda Kumar , Alessandro Martulli , Sebastien Lizin , Wim Deferme","doi":"10.1016/j.pmatsci.2025.101479","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pmatsci.2025.101479","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The emergence of plasmonic nanoparticles in organic and perovskite optoelectronics has evolved beyond its role as a mere light emission and absorption enhancer, by delving into the exotic properties of semiconductor thin films. These properties include stimulated emission (lasing), coherent emission (superradiance), reversible spontaneous emission, and spontaneous synchronization leading to coherent emission. Despite the wealth of available fundamental knowledge, the commercialization of plasmonic nanoparticles in organic and perovskite optoelectronics such as light emitting diodes, photovoltaics and photodetectors, has yet to reach fruition. This paper reviews the technical challenges acting as barriers to commercialization and highlights how their solutions are influenced by economic, sustainability, and regulatory hurdles. A focused examination of technological challenges, including deposition, material compatibility, scalability, and reproducibility of the device performance, is presented. This perspective article concludes by proposing potential solutions and offering a future outlook for the field, emphasizing sustainability, the circular economy, and responsible electronics, alongside the continued advancement of fundamental knowledge.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":411,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Materials Science","volume":"153 ","pages":"Article 101479"},"PeriodicalIF":33.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143739234","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}
Pub Date : 2025-03-25DOI: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2025.101477
Leiji Li , Shiyu He , Fei Xiao , Yi Zeng , Yang Liu , Ying Zhou , Xiaorong Cai , Xuejun Jin
Elastocaloric (eC) cooling, driven by the elastocaloric effect (eCE) in shape memory alloys (SMAs), presents a sustainable and efficient alternative to conventional refrigeration technologies. This review provides a comprehensive overview of recent advancements in eC cooling, covering fundamental principles, thermodynamics, and material performance. The discussion includes the mechanisms of eCE, martensitic transformations in various SMA systems (e.g., TiNi-based, Heusler-type, Cu-based, Fe-based), and key factors affecting cooling efficiency and cyclic stability. Advanced manufacturing techniques, including additive manufacturing, directional solidification, and heat treatments, are highlighted for their role in optimizing material properties. Additionally, the review explores multi-scale simulations and machine learning approaches for material design and performance prediction. The integration of eCE materials into prototypes is discussed, with a focus on thermodynamic cycles, prototype designs, performance evaluations, and potential applications. By addressing current challenges and opportunities, this work aims to guide future research and development toward the practical implementation of eC cooling technologies.
{"title":"Cooling innovations: Elastocaloric shape memory alloys, manufacturing, simulation, and refrigerator","authors":"Leiji Li , Shiyu He , Fei Xiao , Yi Zeng , Yang Liu , Ying Zhou , Xiaorong Cai , Xuejun Jin","doi":"10.1016/j.pmatsci.2025.101477","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pmatsci.2025.101477","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Elastocaloric (eC) cooling, driven by the elastocaloric effect (eCE) in shape memory alloys (SMAs), presents a sustainable and efficient alternative to conventional refrigeration technologies. This review provides a comprehensive overview of recent advancements in eC cooling, covering fundamental principles, thermodynamics, and material performance. The discussion includes the mechanisms of eCE, martensitic transformations in various SMA systems (e.g., TiNi-based, Heusler-type, Cu-based, Fe-based), and key factors affecting cooling efficiency and cyclic stability. Advanced manufacturing techniques, including additive manufacturing, directional solidification, and heat treatments, are highlighted for their role in optimizing material properties. Additionally, the review explores multi-scale simulations and machine learning approaches for material design and performance prediction. The integration of eCE materials into prototypes is discussed, with a focus on thermodynamic cycles, prototype designs, performance evaluations, and potential applications. By addressing current challenges and opportunities, this work aims to guide future research and development toward the practical implementation of eC cooling technologies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":411,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Materials Science","volume":"153 ","pages":"Article 101477"},"PeriodicalIF":33.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143759019","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 : 2025-03-25DOI: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2025.101476
Haocheng Fu , Bin Wang , Jinpeng Li , Pengfei Li , Chengliang Duan , Feiyu Tang , Hao Jiang , Jun Xu , Jinsong Zeng , Wenhua Gao , Daxian Cao , Kefu Chen
Cellulose-based conductive gels represent a unique platform for integrating intelligent electronic devices seamlessly into daily life due to their excellent flexibility, adjustable three-dimensional (3D) structure, and sustainability. Mechanical strength and conductivity, as two key parameters, play significant roles in this process. Nevertheless, transferring excellent mechanical properties and conductivity to 3D gels simultaneously poses numerous challenges due to their inherent conflict in typical cases. The advancements in functionalizing crosslinking networks at the single cellulosic material level and within the constructed cellulose-based 3D matrix have fundamentally altered their utility. This review provides a systematic and in-depth understanding of designing advanced crosslinking networks in developing cellulose-based conductive gels with superior mechanical strength and conductivity. Here, we introduce the advantages of cellulose in designing conductive gels and the component effect of the gels on mechanical and conductive properties. Then, we systematically summarize the importance and design methods of crosslinking network engineering in balancing these features theoretically. Furthermore, fabrication strategies for achieving superior mechanical strength and enhanced conductivity through structural optimization of cellulose-derived crosslinking networks are investigated, with particular emphasis on interfacial engineering and functional integration mechanisms. We further review the compatibility of crosslinking networks and other key properties (self-healing and low-temperature tolerance). We also discuss advanced analysis methods of structure-performance relationship for developing novel cellulose-based conductive gels with superior physicochemical characteristics. Finally, we introduce potential applications and highlight key technologies to broaden the application prospects of cellulose-based conductive gels for smart wearable devices.
{"title":"Crosslinking network design of cellulose-based conductive gels: Mechanism, strategies, and characterization","authors":"Haocheng Fu , Bin Wang , Jinpeng Li , Pengfei Li , Chengliang Duan , Feiyu Tang , Hao Jiang , Jun Xu , Jinsong Zeng , Wenhua Gao , Daxian Cao , Kefu Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.pmatsci.2025.101476","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pmatsci.2025.101476","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cellulose-based conductive gels represent a unique platform for integrating intelligent electronic devices seamlessly into daily life due to their excellent flexibility, adjustable three-dimensional (3D) structure, and sustainability. Mechanical strength and conductivity, as two key parameters, play significant roles in this process. Nevertheless, transferring excellent mechanical properties and conductivity to 3D gels simultaneously poses numerous challenges due to their inherent conflict in typical cases. The advancements in functionalizing crosslinking networks at the single cellulosic material level and within the constructed cellulose-based 3D matrix have fundamentally altered their utility. This review provides a systematic and in-depth understanding of designing advanced crosslinking networks in developing cellulose-based conductive gels with superior mechanical strength and conductivity. Here, we introduce the advantages of cellulose in designing conductive gels and the component effect of the gels on mechanical and conductive properties. Then, we systematically summarize the importance and design methods of crosslinking network engineering in balancing these features theoretically. Furthermore, fabrication strategies for achieving superior mechanical strength and enhanced conductivity through structural optimization of cellulose-derived crosslinking networks are investigated, with particular emphasis on interfacial engineering and functional integration mechanisms. We further review the compatibility of crosslinking networks and other key properties (self-healing and low-temperature tolerance). We also discuss advanced analysis methods of structure-performance relationship for developing novel cellulose-based conductive gels with superior physicochemical characteristics. Finally, we introduce potential applications and highlight key technologies to broaden the application prospects of cellulose-based conductive gels for smart wearable devices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":411,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Materials Science","volume":"153 ","pages":"Article 101476"},"PeriodicalIF":33.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143739233","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 : 2025-03-20DOI: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2025.101475
Muyideen Adegbite, Ahmed A. Tiamiyu
To address one of the key challenge areas associated with high-entropy alloys (HEAs)— “Scattered Data with Uncertain Materials Pedigree”, as highlighted in the TMS accelerator study in 2021: Defining Pathways for Realizing the Revolutionary Potential of High Entropy Alloys, this review collates HEA mechanical data over strain-rates, , between 10-5 and 105 s-1. We focus the aggregated data on coarse-grained HEAs to isolate processing pathway and grain-size effects, identify uncharted regimes, and establish a strong strain-rate–yield strength relationship. We evaluate the deformation mechanisms in HEAs and develop a deformation mechanism map for FCC-HEA—CoCrFeMnNi. With a brief discussion on strengthening mechanisms and evaluation of aggregated data, we develop simple yield-strength prediction models for FCC ] and BCC [] HEAs; —melting point. These models are simple with parameters that can easily be determined from HEA composition and test condition, yet they capture the essential physics related to bond strength and yield strength; moreover, the models can be coupled with other strengthening sources. Finally, the deformation kinetics of HEAs are examined: the activation-volume range in the thermal-activation regime for FCC-HEAs is 10-100b3 (about one-magnitude lower than conventional FCC metals—100-1000b3), while BCC-HEAs are within the activation-volume range for conventional BCC metals. The activation-volume range for both FCC and BCC-HEAs is the same—0-10b3 in the viscous phonon-drag regime, which is not well documented. In general, this review shows that HEA mechanical data are aggregable to establish a strong trend observed in deformed HEAs despite their compositionally-complex nature.
{"title":"Strain-rate effects on the mechanical behavior of high-entropy alloys: A focused review","authors":"Muyideen Adegbite, Ahmed A. Tiamiyu","doi":"10.1016/j.pmatsci.2025.101475","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pmatsci.2025.101475","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>To address one of the key challenge areas associated with high-entropy alloys (HEAs)— “Scattered Data with Uncertain Materials Pedigree”, as highlighted in the <em>TMS accelerator study in 2021: Defining Pathways for Realizing the Revolutionary Potential of High Entropy Alloys</em>, this review collates HEA mechanical data over strain-rates, <span><math><mover><mi>ε</mi><mo>̇</mo></mover></math></span>, between 10<sup>-5</sup> and 10<sup>5</sup> s<sup>-1</sup>. We focus the aggregated data on coarse-grained HEAs to isolate processing pathway and grain-size effects, identify uncharted regimes, and establish a strong strain-rate–yield strength relationship. We evaluate the deformation mechanisms in HEAs and develop a deformation mechanism map for FCC-HEA—CoCrFeMnNi. With a brief discussion on strengthening mechanisms and evaluation of aggregated data, we develop simple yield-strength prediction models for FCC <span><math><mrow><mo>[</mo><msubsup><mi>σ</mi><mrow><mi>y</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>m</mi><mi>o</mi><mi>d</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>l</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>FCC</mi><mo>-</mo><mi>H</mi><mi>E</mi><mi>A</mi></mrow></msubsup><mo>=</mo><mrow><mo>(</mo><mn>0.0245</mn><msup><mrow><mover><mi>ε</mi><mo>̇</mo></mover></mrow><mfrac><mn>1</mn><mn>4</mn></mfrac></msup><mo>+</mo><mspace></mspace><mn>0.1171</mn><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>∗</mo><msub><mi>T</mi><mi>m</mi></msub></mrow></math></span>] and BCC [<span><math><mrow><msubsup><mi>σ</mi><mrow><mi>y</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>m</mi><mi>o</mi><mi>d</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>l</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>BCC</mi><mo>-</mo><mi>H</mi><mi>E</mi><mi>A</mi></mrow></msubsup><mo>=</mo><mrow><mo>(</mo><mn>0.0445</mn><msup><mrow><mover><mi>ε</mi><mo>̇</mo></mover></mrow><mfrac><mn>1</mn><mn>4</mn></mfrac></msup><mo>+</mo><mspace></mspace><mn>0.5075</mn><mo>)</mo></mrow><mrow><mo>∗</mo></mrow><msub><mi>T</mi><mi>m</mi></msub></mrow></math></span>] HEAs; <span><math><msub><mi>T</mi><mi>m</mi></msub></math></span>—melting point. These models are simple with parameters that can easily be determined from HEA composition and test condition, yet they capture the essential physics related to bond strength and yield strength; moreover, the models can be coupled with other strengthening sources. Finally, the deformation kinetics of HEAs are examined: the activation-volume range in the thermal-activation regime for FCC-HEAs is 10-100<em>b<sup>3</sup></em> (about one-magnitude lower than conventional FCC metals—100-1000<em>b<sup>3</sup></em>), while BCC-HEAs are within the activation-volume range for conventional BCC metals. The activation-volume range for both FCC and BCC-HEAs is the same—0-10<em>b<sup>3</sup></em> in the viscous phonon-drag regime, which is not well documented. In general, this review shows that HEA mechanical data are aggregable to establish a strong trend observed in deformed HEAs despite their compositionally-complex nature.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":411,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Materials Science","volume":"153 ","pages":"Article 101475"},"PeriodicalIF":33.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143666059","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}
Pub Date : 2025-03-11DOI: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2025.101474
James Rowe , Sabrina Shen , Amadeus C.S. de Alcântara , Munir S. Skaf , Daniele Dini , Nicholas M. Harrison , Ulrich Hansen , Markus J. Buehler , Richard L. Abel
Decades of bone research have revealed the intricate hierarchical structures in bone, from the nanoscale building blocks of collagen and mineral to the complex micro-architecture and macro-geometry. Multiscale architecture confers bones their incredible toughness and strength that enables us to move through our daily lives. However, childhood and adult diseases can cause bone fragility and subsequent fractures, leading to disability, and mortality. A foundational understanding of bone mechanics across disparate scales is critical to improve the diagnosis and management of such diseases. At present, we have limited knowledge of how macroscale deformations that occur during everyday movement are transferred down to the nanoscale in order to resist fracture, especially due to historic limitations in measuring nanoscale mechanics experimentally. Recent advances in both experimental and computational tools are equipping researchers to probe the nanoscale for the first time. Here we provide a timely review of existing and next-generation experimental and computational tools and offer new perspectives on how to leverage the strengths of each approach to overcome the limitations of others. We focus on bone structure ranging from atomistic phenomena to microscale mineralized fibril interactions to build a bottom-up understanding of continuum bone mechanics and accelerate research towards impactful clinical translation.
{"title":"Integrating computational and experimental advances in bone multiscale mechanics","authors":"James Rowe , Sabrina Shen , Amadeus C.S. de Alcântara , Munir S. Skaf , Daniele Dini , Nicholas M. Harrison , Ulrich Hansen , Markus J. Buehler , Richard L. Abel","doi":"10.1016/j.pmatsci.2025.101474","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pmatsci.2025.101474","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Decades of bone research have revealed the intricate hierarchical structures in bone, from the nanoscale building blocks of collagen and mineral to the complex micro-architecture and macro-geometry. Multiscale architecture confers bones their incredible toughness and strength that enables us to move through our daily lives. However, childhood and adult diseases can cause bone fragility and subsequent fractures, leading to disability, and mortality. A foundational understanding of bone mechanics across disparate scales is critical to improve the diagnosis and management of such diseases. At present, we have limited knowledge of how macroscale deformations that occur during everyday movement are transferred down to the nanoscale in order to resist fracture, especially due to historic limitations in measuring nanoscale mechanics experimentally. Recent advances in both experimental and computational tools are equipping researchers to probe the nanoscale for the first time. Here we provide a timely review of existing and next-generation experimental and computational tools and offer new perspectives on how to leverage the strengths of each approach to overcome the limitations of others. We focus on bone structure ranging from atomistic phenomena to microscale mineralized fibril interactions to build a bottom-up understanding of continuum bone mechanics and accelerate research towards impactful clinical translation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":411,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Materials Science","volume":"153 ","pages":"Article 101474"},"PeriodicalIF":33.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143590035","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}
Pub Date : 2025-03-01DOI: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2025.101473
Pedram Yousefian, Betul Akkopru-Akgun, Clive A. Randall, Susan Trolier-McKinstry
The properties of dielectric and piezoelectric oxides are determined by their processing history, crystal structure, chemical composition, microstructure, dopants (or defect) distribution, and defect kinetics. Significant advances in understanding the materials, processing, properties, and reliability of these materials have led to their widespread use in aerospace, medical, military, transportation, power engineering, and communication applications, where they are used as ceramic discs, thick and thin films, multilayer devices, etc. Appropriate engineering of the defect chemistry and the correlated charge transport mechanisms is a pivotal element for the successful commercialization of perovskite oxides. Therefore, the exploration of optical, thermal, electrical, and structural techniques, and their application in investigating defects in perovskites, is critical. This review delves into electrical degradation in dielectrics and piezoelectrics, focusing on defect chemistry and key characterization techniques to assess the failure modes. In particular, it provides a detailed discussion of various spectroscopic, microscopic, and electronic characterization techniques essential for analyzing defects and degradation mechanisms.
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Pub Date : 2025-02-26DOI: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2025.101461
Jinhui Wang , Xiaodan Guo , Chenchen Bian , Yu Zhong , Jiangping Tu , Pooi See Lee , Guofa Cai
Electrochromic devices are truly promising contenders for large-scale energy-saving smart windows, low-power displays, self-dimming rear mirrors and wearable electronics because of their environmental friendliness, low power consumption, and excellent optical memory effect under open circuit conditions. Extensive research efforts have been devoted to designing and developing high-performance electrochromic devices. Nevertheless, there are still challenges to realizing their full potential and meeting the performance requirements of commercial applications. This review comprehensively covers and evaluates the recent advances and current limitations along with possible solutions in the pursuit of high-performance electrochromic devices. To guide the future fabrication of high-performance electrochromic devices, considerable emphasis is paid to the design of high-quality electrochromic materials, ion storage materials, electrolytes satisfying wide voltage windows, high ionic conductivity, and high transparency. The solution-processed film-coating methods and the selection strategies of transparent conducting electrodes are also discussed, considering sealing methods and bus-bars formation. Moreover, recent advances in multifunctional electrochromic devices were elaborately reviewed. Ultimately, the future challenges and perspectives of electrochromic devices are outlined. We believe that these analyses and summaries are valuable for a systematic understanding of the structure–activity relationship in electrochromic materials and serve as roadmap for rationally constructing material and surface/interface structures in electrochromic devices.
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Pub Date : 2025-02-26DOI: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2025.101472
Long Zhang , Haifeng Zhang
Metallic glass composites (MGCs), which consist of crystalline phases embedded within the amorphous matrix, exhibit an excellent strength-ductility combination, compared to the brittle failure of monolithic bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) under uniaxial tension. Owing to the large forming size as well as the good microstructural controllability and repeatability, Ti-based MGCs containing β-Ti dendrites attracted intense research interest in the past years. The critical casting diameters of Ti-based MGCs depend on the glass-forming ability of the glass matrices, which were revealed to be over 50 mm, as ones of the reported-largest BMGs and MGCs. The thermodynamic and kinetic principles along with the techniques underlying the good microstructural controllability of Ti-based MGCs have been explored in-depth. Furthermore, the phase stability of β-Ti dendrites can be largely tuned, and various deformation mechanisms, including dislocation gliding, twining and phase transformations, can be incorporated into Ti-based MGCs, significantly deepening the understanding of cooperative deformation of the glass-crystal dual-phase alloys. Ti-based MGCs possess high strength, high tensile ductility with strain-hardening capability, high toughness and large sizes, which render them promising for wide application as structural engineering materials. The aim of the present work is to provide a comprehensive review on the recent progress of Ti-based MGCs.
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