Bioplastics for a circular economy

Nature Reviews Materials, Published online: 20 January 2022; doi:10.1038/s41578-021-00407-8Plastics support modern life but are also associated with environmental pollution. This Review discusses technologies for the production and recycling of bioplastics as part of a more sustainable and circular economy.

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Bioplastics for a circular economy

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Exploiting the paddle-wheel mechanism for the design of fast ion conductors

Nature Reviews Materials, Published online: 18 January 2022; doi:10.1038/s41578-021-00401-0The design of superionic conductors necessitates a fundamental understanding of how to invoke fast ion transport in the solid state. This Review discusses the role of framework anion rotational dynamics in enhancing cation diffusion through the paddle-wheel mechanism...

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Exploiting the paddle-wheel mechanism for the design of fast ion conductors

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Nanoreactors for particle synthesis

Nature Reviews Materials, Published online: 13 January 2022; doi:10.1038/s41578-021-00402-zNanoreactors that isolate chemical precursors within a confined space are promising tools for synthesizing nanoparticles. This Review unifies the many classes of solution-based and substrate-confined nanoreactors, evaluating their current synthetic capabilities...

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Nanoreactors for particle synthesis

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Behind the scenes of a big hybrid conference

Nature Reviews Materials, Published online: 12 January 2022; doi:10.1038/s41578-022-00414-3The 2021 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting was a hybrid event for the first time, featuring both an in-person meeting in Boston and a virtual meeting held separately. Nature Reviews Materials speaks to Gopal Rao, Chief Editor of Technical Content for...

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Behind the scenes of a big hybrid conference

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MRS fall meeting: a hybrid conference experience

Nature Reviews Materials, Published online: 11 January 2022; doi:10.1038/s41578-021-00410-zThe Materials Research Society (MRS) fall meeting is a fixture in the conference calendar of the global materials science community. This year, for the very first time, the conference went hybrid, posing new opportunities, but also challenges, for organizers,...

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Materials, assemblies and reaction systems under rotation

Nature Reviews Materials, Published online: 11 January 2022; doi:10.1038/s41578-021-00404-xCentrifugal and/or shear forces induced by rotary motion can drastically alter outcomes of chemical experiments and processes. This Review surveys rotary systems in which such forces control self-organization phenomena, materials synthesis or even chemical reactivity...

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