Nature Materials, Published online: 04 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41563-024-02026-4Zero-elastic-energy modes drive the self-sustained locomotion of a liquid crystal elastomer torus across various environments.

Nature Materials, Published online: 02 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41563-024-02010-yA microscale kirigami metasheet shows electronically programmable shape morphing with a high degree of freedom and intricate locomotion.

Nature Materials, Published online: 01 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41563-024-02011-xAll-solid-state sodium-ion batteries are promising candidates for grid-scale energy storage, but they require superior solid-state electrolytes (SSEs). Here sodium-ion SSEs based on dual-anion frameworks of oxychloride are studied and found to show high ionic conductivity...

Nature Materials, Published online: 30 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41563-024-02017-5By precisely controlling the phases in materials with reduced dimensionality, the material properties can be tailored, leading to enhanced performance and multifunctionality.

Nature Materials, Published online: 30 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41563-024-01990-1Increasing the electronic carrier density in the overdoped state of high-temperature superconductors enhances the critical current density due to higher efficiency of vortex pinning defects.

Nature Materials, Published online: 30 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41563-024-01988-9Precise stress control of thin films enables damage-free dry transfer printing onto flexible substrates.