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,...
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...
Harvesting energy from friction: the revolutionary decade of triboelectric nanogenerators
April 2026
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have rapidly developed into a transformative energy harvesting technology, enabling self-powered, sustainable electronic systems. This review offers the first comprehensive,...
Machine learning for carbon dots: Capabilities, limitations, and the path toward rational design
December 2026
Carbon dots (CDs), as significant luminescent carbon-based nanomaterials, exhibit broad application potential in sensing, biomedicine, and optoelectronic devices. However, their synthesis processes...
Data-driven design of electrocatalysts: Machine learning workflows, paradigm shifts, and applications
October 2026
Machine learning (ML) is transforming the discovery of electrocatalysts for the carbon-neutral energy transition by overcoming the limitations of trial-and-error experimentation and costly quantum simulations....
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...
Unleashing superior strength and ductility in additively manufactured β-titanium alloys through spinodal decomposition
December 2026
To address the strength-ductility trade-off issue caused by precipitate strengthening in metastable β-titanium alloys, this study proposes an innovative strategy, i.e., tailoring the spinodal decomposition...
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...
SAMM: a general-purpose segmentation model for material micrographs based on the segment anything model 2
August 2026
Precise segmentation is fundamental to quantitative microstructural analysis, a cornerstone of establishing processing-structure-property relationships in materials science. However, the generalization...
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 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...
Process-structure-property relationships in low-temperature microwave dielectric ceramics: from glass-assisted sintering to cold sintering for 5G/6G devices
December 2026
With the rapid advancement of wireless communication from 5G to 6G, a pressing need has emerged for microwave dielectric ceramics with excellent performance at reduced processing temperatures, compatible...
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...
Engineering porphyrinic MOFs via in-situ N–H chlorination for HOCl generation, detoxification, phototheranostics and antimicrobial activity
February 2027
Reactive chlorine species (RCS), notably hypochlorous acid (HOCl), are central to innate immune defense due to their strong redox activity and broad-spectrum antimicrobial efficacy. Here, we report...
Low electric field-induced ultrahigh strain in lead-free piezoelectric via synergistic approach of phase and defect engineering
December 2026
Achieving ultrahigh-strain performance under a low electric field with good thermal stability in polycrystalline ceramics is a major challenge for high-temperature piezoelectric actuators. The design...
Progress and opportunities for AI in additively manufactured NiTi-based shape memory alloys
August 2026
Additively manufactured NiTi-based shape memory alloys (SMAs) offer transformative potential for aerospace and biomedical devices, combining unique functional properties with unparalleled design freedom....
Biomimetic electrochemistry: a systematic framework for advancing aqueous Zn-ion batteries
October 2026
Aqueous Zn-ion batteries (AZIBs) have emerged as highly promising candidates for large-scale energy storage systems, owing to their intrinsic safety, economic viability, and ecological compatibility....
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...
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...
Coupled polymer-cation coordination and anion-derived inorganic-rich interphases in ionic liquid-regulated gel electrolytes for stable lithium metal batteries
December 2026
The practical application of lithium metal batteries is constrained by low coulombic efficiency and safety risks arising from Li dendrite growth. Developing functional gel polymer electrolytes (GPEs)...
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...
Targeted microstructural repair of lithium-ion battery cathodes via direct regeneration
December 2026
With the rapid growth of the battery industry, sustainable development has become an increasingly important concern. In this context, recycling battery materials to enable closed-loop supply chains...
Papyrus-inspired 3D printed stainless steel-based lattice metamaterials with architected stress redistribution for superior mechanical performance
October 2026
3D printed lattice metamaterials are valued for their lightweight, high strength, and excellent energy absorption. However, widely used conventional lattice topologies such as body-centered cubic (BCC)...
Sulfur substitution for lattice oxygen in Co(OH)2 activates the lattice oxygen-mediated mechanism for enhancing oxygen evolution reaction
October 2026
Water electrolysis for hydrogen production is a highly promising sustainable technology, yet its advancement is hindered by the sluggish kinetics of the anodic oxygen evolution reaction (OER). The lattice...
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...