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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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....
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 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...
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....
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...
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...
Asymmetrically Cu–O–Cu bridged dual-atom sites on bio-functionalized oxides for molecular nitrate upcycling
October 2026
The electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (NO3RR) is a promising strategy for decentralized ammonia (NH3) production and environmental remediation under ambient conditions. However, achieving complete...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
A defect-chemistry-informed phase-field model of grain growth in oxide ceramics: application to Fe-doped SrTiO3
October 2026
Dopants can significantly affect the properties of oxide ceramics through their impact on the property-determined microstructure characteristics such as grain boundary (GB) segregation, space charge...
Recent developments in synthesis, properties, and applications of 2D Janus MoSSe and MoSexS(1-x) alloys
August 2024
The Janus MoSSe and alloy MoSxSe(1-x), belonging to the family of two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), have gained significant attention for their potential applications in...
Interfacial hydrogen-bond engineering of PVP–bridged WO3/TiO2 for efficient solar-driven cathodic metal protection
October 2026
Durable photocathodic protection is an effective approach to mitigate marine metal corrosion, but its performance often suffers from rapid charge recombination and poor band-edge matching of semiconductors....