Nature Materials, Published online: 01 May 2024; doi:10.1038/s41563-024-01889-xThe emergence of chiral morphologies from achiral building blocks is not well understood. Deep learning-based interpretation provides representative models for the process of symmetry breaking and chiral development during the growth of gold nanoparticles.

Nature Materials, Published online: 30 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41563-024-01880-6The thermalization of acoustic phonons after photoexcitation is traced by electron pulses in TiSe2, and the excitonic contribution to the structural order parameter of the material’s charge density wave phase is quantified.

Nature Materials, Published online: 29 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41563-024-01876-2Iodide-related defects pose serious challenges to the irradiation, thermal, light or reverse-bias stabilities of perovskite solar cells. Here, the authors find that by using the iodide/polyiodide capture and confine effects of perfluorodecyl iodide interfacing with perovskites,...

Nature Materials, Published online: 26 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41563-024-01884-2An interface modification strategy has been developed to uniformly distribute high-density sub-10 nm coherent MgO particles in an Al matrix, resulting in high strength and creep resistance at temperatures up to 500 °C.

Nature Materials, Published online: 26 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41563-024-01883-3The molten structure of plutonium oxide—a component of mixed oxide nuclear fuels—is measured, showing some degree of covalent bonding. Its atomic structure is similar to that of cerium oxide, which could be a non-radioactive structural surrogate.

Nature Materials, Published online: 26 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41563-024-01877-1Liquid bioelectronics based on a permanent fluidic magnet made from three-dimensional assembled magnetic colloidal particles can be injected into the surface of the heart for cardiovascular monitoring and subsequently retrieved after use.