Nature Reviews Materials is a monthly, online-only, peer-reviewed journal that publishes Reviews and Perspectives in all scientific disciplines within materials science; and spanning fundamental to applied research.
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Sexism in academia is bad for science and a waste of public funding

Nature Reviews Materials, Published online: 27 November 2023; doi:10.1038/s41578-023-00624-3Higher education and research institutions are critical to the well-being and success of societies, meaning their financial support is strongly in the public interest. At the same time, value-for-money principles demand that such investment delivers. Unfortunately,...

Mon Nov 27, 2023 20:11
Propelling the widespread adoption of large-scale 3D printing

Nature Reviews Materials, Published online: 24 November 2023; doi:10.1038/s41578-023-00626-13D printing can be used to automate the manufacturing of building elements for large-scale structures such as skyscrapers, aircraft, rockets and space bases without human intervention. However, challenges in materials, processes, printers and software control...

Fri Nov 24, 2023 23:07
Human and environmental safety of carbon nanotubes across their life cycle

Nature Reviews Materials, Published online: 23 November 2023; doi:10.1038/s41578-023-00611-8Carbon nanotubes are used in a growing number of applications, but recent European Union actions propose to ban them. This Perspective highlights gaps in knowledge regarding potential safety and environmental risks throughout the life cycle of carbon nanotubes...

Fri Nov 24, 2023 11:10
Meet the spinaron

Nature Reviews Materials, Published online: 23 November 2023; doi:10.1038/s41578-023-00632-3An article in Nature Physics presents experimental evidence for spinaronic states in Co atoms on a Cu(111) surface.

Fri Nov 24, 2023 11:10
3D to 2D perovskite conversion

Nature Reviews Materials, Published online: 22 November 2023; doi:10.1038/s41578-023-00629-yAn article in Nature Communications presents a general method to create intermixed 2D/3D heterostructures to improve the stability of all-perovskite tandem solar cells.

Wed Nov 22, 2023 17:08
Sandwiched bismuthene

Nature Reviews Materials, Published online: 22 November 2023; doi:10.1038/s41578-023-00627-0An article in Nano Letters presents a strategy for the growth of single-crystal bismuthene by sandwiching it between hexagonal boron nitride and copper.

Wed Nov 22, 2023 17:08

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