Understanding melt pool characteristics in laser powder bed fusion: An overview of single- and multi-track melt pools for process optimization
October 2023
Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) has made significant progress in producing solid and porous metal parts with complex shapes and geometries. However, LPBF produced parts often have defects (e.g., porosity,...
Advancements in perovskites for solar cell commercialization: A review
April 2025
The efficiency of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) has progressed rapidly, exceeding 26% for single-junction devices and surpassing 34% in perovskite-silicon tandem configurations, establishing PSCs as...
Machine learning assisted quality control in metal additive manufacturing: a review
December 2025
Additive manufacturing (AM) promotes the production of metallic parts with significant design flexibility, yet its use in critical applications is hindered by challenges in ensuring consistent quality...
Machine learning application in thermal CO2 hydrogenation: Catalyst design, process optimization, and mechanism insights
December 2025
The growing demand for carbon neutrality has heightened the focus on CO2 hydrogenation as a viable strategy for transforming carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals and fuels. Advanced machine learning...
Synthesis and modification strategies of g-C3N4 nanosheets for photocatalytic applications
February 2024
Graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets (CNNs) become the most promising member in the carbon nitride family benefitted from their two-dimensional structural features. Recently, great endeavors have been...
AI-driven design of powder-based nanomaterials for smart textiles: from data intelligence to system integration
February 2026
Artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as a transformative enabler in the development of smart textile systems, particularly those integrating powder-based functional materials. This review highlights...
A comprehensive review on catalysts for seawater electrolysis
October 2024
Seawater electrolysis is a sustainable energy conversion technology that generates clean energy by splitting seawater into hydrogen and oxygen. However, the catalysts used in seawater electrolysis often...
A review on additive/subtractive hybrid manufacturing of directed energy deposition (DED) process
October 2022
Additive manufacturing (AM) processes are reliable techniques to build highly complex metallic parts. Direct energy deposition (DED) is one of the most common technologies to 3D print metal alloys....
Machine learning-driven insights into the microstructure and properties of high-entropy alloys
October 2025
High entropy alloys (HEAs) have recently become a popular category of alloys, composed of five or more elements. These alloys are of particular interest in the field of materials due to their unique...
Ultrastrong and ductile hierarchical heterostructured titanium composites from room to high temperatures
April 2026
Titanium matrix composites (TMCs) offer significant enhancements in strength and heat resistance while preserving the low-density characteristic of advanced lightweight titanium alloys. However, ultra-strong,...
Engineering inorganic perovskite solar cells: overcoming efficiency and stability barriers for next-generation photovoltaics
April 2026
Inorganic perovskite solar cells (IPSCs) offer superior thermal stability and reduced toxicity compared with hybrid perovskites, yet their practical deployment is still restricted by phase instability,...
Advancements in flexible Perovskite solar cells and their integration into self-powered wearable optoelectronic systems
August 2025
Driven by rapid advancements in smart wearable technologies and perovskite photovoltaics, flexible perovskite solar cells (FPSCs) have emerged as highly promising autonomous power sources, poised to...
Advanced strategies for solid electrolyte interface design with MOF materials
February 2024
Emerging energy technologies, aimed at addressing the challenges of energy scarcity and environmental pollution, have become a focal point for society. However, these actualities present significant...
Tetragonal-pseudocubic phase boundaries and octahedral order-disorder tilting transitions facilitate high piezoelectric performance in Bi1/2Na1/2TiO3-based single crystals
February 2026
High-performance lead-free piezoelectric single crystals are urgently needed for next-generation actuators and transducers. In this study, we reveal that a compositionally driven tetragonal-pseudocubic...
A wearable self-charging power system integrating micro-supercapacitors and triboelectric nanogenerators with MXene-coated fabric as conductive layer
December 2025
Self-charging power systems are required for wearable electronic devices to provide energy supply. However, low charging efficiency, complex preparation process and poor wearability limit its application....
Advances in powder nano-photocatalysts as pollutant removal and as emerging contaminants in water: Analysis of pros and cons on health and environment
December 2024
Photocatalysis is an advanced oxidation process where light exposure triggers a semiconducting nanomaterial (nano-photocatalyst) to generate electron-hole (e−/h+) pairs and free radicals. This phenomenon...
Scalable synthesis of high-purity Ti4N3Tx MXene via saturated salt solution (S3) etching
December 2025
Two-dimensional (2D) nitride MXenes are predicted to exhibit exceptional metallic properties and high polarity; however, their synthesis remains challenging. Research has relied on traditional molten...
Advances in electrocatalytic urea synthesis: From fundamentals to applications
December 2024
The electrocatalytic synthesis of urea (ESU) is a green and sustainable alternative to conventional production methods, and the related research is still in its infancy. Up to now, the field has been...
Enhancing dipole polarization loss in conjugated metal-organic frameworks via coordination symmetry breaking under electromagnetic field
August 2025
Modulating the dipole polarization loss in the single-atom region and establishing its direct relationship with the electromagnetic wave absorption (EWA) performance remain an unmet challenge. Here,...
Modulating the coordination environment in CeO2-x towards enhanced photocatalytic CO2 conversion stability and performance
February 2026
Oxygen vacancy (Vo) engineering has been recognized as one of the most effective strategies for enhancing the photocatalytic CO2 conversion performance of metal oxides, as it can simultaneously facilitate...
Design of titanium alloys by additive manufacturing: A critical review
January 2022
Additive manufacturing (AM) is an innovative technology that creates objects with a complex geometry layer-by-layer, and it has rapidly prospered in manufacturing metallic parts for structural and functional...
Orchestrating catalytic hotspots and macromolecular architectures: molecular engineering toward zero-waste polymer circularity
February 2026
The pervasive accumulation of plastic waste exacerbates environmental degradation and undermines resource circularity. Selective thermal catalysis emerges as a transformative pathway for valorizing...
Recent advances in single- and dual-atom catalysts for efficient nitrogen electro-reduction and their perspectives
April 2025
Electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (ENRR) is emerging as a favorable option to the power-intensive Haber-Bosch process for ammonia synthesis. However, obstacles such as poor selectivity, low...
Advances in nano-phases reinforced titanium matrix composites: interfacial engineering and configuration strategy
June 2026
Advances in aerospace technology have fueled a substantial demand for titanium matrix composites (TMCs), as promising candidates for structural load-bearing components. Traditional TMCs, however, encounter...
Copper indium sulfide colloidal quantum dots: Advances in synthesis, structure-optoelectronic properties, and applications
June 2025
The discovery of quantum dots (QDs) stands as one of the paramount technological breakthroughs of the 20th century. Their versatility spans from everyday applications to cutting-edge scientific research,...