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Research Highlights in 2024

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  • An article in Nature Communications presents a one-step spinning technique to fabricate soft magnetic high-entropy alloy fibres that exhibit enhanced plasticity and low coercivity.

    • Charlotte Allard
    Research Highlight
  • An article in Nature Communications demonstrates a modular synthetic method to create metal–organic polyhedra that maintain porosity during phase transformation.

    • Eren J. Peterson
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  • An article in Science Advances reports the computational design and experimental validation of Al-enriched refractory high-entropy alloys that combine high strength and ductility with reduced cost and good oxidation resistance.

    • Giulia Pacchioni
    Research Highlight
  • An article in Nature Communications reports a degradable polymer-based diabetic wound dressing that addresses both inflammation and tissue regeneration to promote healing.

    • Ariane Vartanian
    Research Highlight
  • An article in Science Advances presents a material that can intrinsically change colour depending on the incoming light.

    • Charlotte Allard
    Research Highlight
  • An article in Nature Materials reports the synthesis of single crystals of ultrathin gadolinium pentoxide (Gd2O5) that combine a high dielectric constant of 25.5 and a wide bandgap of almost 7 eV.

    • Giulia Pacchioni
    Research Highlight
  • An article in Nature Materials demonstrates that the use of dual-anion sublattices in solid-state electrolytes results in superior ionic conductivity and good cycling stability.

    • Giulia Pacchioni
    Research Highlight
  • An article in Nature Communications uses mechanophores to visualize shockwaves, induced by high-velocity impacts, in a block copolymer.

    • Ariane Vartanian
    Research Highlight
  • An article in Nature Materials reports the fabrication of microscopic metasheet robots that can be electronically controlled to achieve a range of shapes and a locomotion gait.

    • Giulia Pacchioni
    Research Highlight
  • An article in the Journal of the American Chemical Society reports porous photocatalytic nanowires that extract record amounts of uranium from seawater, a step closer to tapping the ocean’s vast uranium reserves for nuclear energy.

    • Ariane Vartanian
    Research Highlight
  • An article in Science Robotics presents a high-energy-density, picolitre-sized battery.

    • Charlotte Allard
    Research Highlight
  • An article in Nature Materials describes the bioprinting of hydrogel force sensors directly into the tissues of live embryos to quantify the mechanical forces driving morphogenesis.

    • Ariane Vartanian
    Research Highlight
  • An article in Nature Communications presents a synthetic biodegradable void-forming hydrogel that supports in vitro formation of 3D networks from human primary cells for bone-on-a-chip applications.

    • Sunjie Ye
    Research Highlight

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