The latest research from Nature Materials November 2021

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This conference aims to capture diverse bio-inspired perspectives from prominent researchers pushing the boundaries of materials science and technology based in structures seen in nature. This event is now hybrid! [conferences.nature.com/Nanomaterials]( Advertisement 2020 Peer Review Metrics The [Communications Chemistry]( team are pleased to announce their 2020 metrics, which now include a first Impact Factor of 6.581. The journal also has an Article Influence Score of 1.687 and an Immediacy Index of 1.197. The team thank their authors, reviewers and readers for their continued support. *2020 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics, 2021) [Submit your research >>]( [Communications Chemistry]( [] Editorial [ ] [Architectures down to nano]( doi:10.1038/s41563-021-01147-4 Nanoarchitecture design of materials offers great opportunities to achieve unusual properties, but requires fabrication techniques that ensure sufficient resolution and material quality. [] News & Views [ ] [Arresting grain boundaries with topology]( Philip Ball doi:10.1038/s41563-021-01145-6 [ ] [Built from connected nested tubes]( Yujia Wang & Xiaoyan Li doi:10.1038/s41563-021-01131-y Nanoarchitected carbon composed of intricate tube-in-tube beams connected with nanostruts has been fabricated, achieving both ultralightweight and ultrahigh modulus. [ ] [Printing glass in the nano]( Paolo Colombo & Giorgia Franchin doi:10.1038/s41563-021-01137-6 A transparent suspension containing colloidal silica is used to additively manufacture three-dimensional structures and photonic devices of silica glass at the nanoscale. [ ] [Nano goes the distance]( Andreas Stein & Nathan A. Mara doi:10.1038/s41563-021-01071-7 Centimetre-scale crack-free metal nanolattices are realized, enabling outstanding high tensile strength in low-density materials. [ ] [Precision doping to heal traps]( Oana D. Jurchescu doi:10.1038/s41563-021-01081-5 Passivation of traps via site-specific surface doping allows access to the intrinsic properties of organic semiconductors and leads to the observation of electron atmospheres in organic crystals. [ ] [A photocurable bioelectronics–tissue interface]( Tsuyoshi Sekitani doi:10.1038/s41563-021-01103-2 A functional bioadhesive has been developed to possess properties such as mechanical compliance, electrical conductivity and optical transparency, and is utilized for bonding electronic devices to various organs in the body for up to several months. Advertisement [5th International Flash DSC conference]( December 6–8, 2021 (on-line/on-site) Register now for the Flash DSC conference to gain access to some incredible talks on the frontiers of materials research using Mettler Toledo’s award-winning MEMS-based chip calorimeter. The talks will cover a whole range of materials, including, polymers, metals and proteins. [Mettler Toledo GmbH Analytical] [] Perspectives [ ] [Designing and controlling the properties of transition metal oxide quantum materials]( Charles Ahn, Andrea Cavalleri, Antoine Georges, Sohrab Ismail-Beigi, Andrew J. Millis et al. doi:10.1038/s41563-021-00989-2 This Perspective addresses the properties of strongly correlated materials, with a particular focus on computational, synthetic and spectroscopic approaches. [ ] [Obstacles and opportunities in a forward vision for cancer nanomedicine]( Irene de Lázaro & David J. Mooney doi:10.1038/s41563-021-01047-7 This Perspective discusses biological barriers that have limited clinical translation of cancer nanomedicines and elaborates on new directions for the field that capitalize on a deeper understanding of the nano–bio interface. [] Letters [ ] [Atomic-scale visualization of electronic fluid flow]( Xiaolong Liu, Yi Xue Chong, Rahul Sharma & J. C. Séamus Davis doi:10.1038/s41563-021-01077-1 Atomic-scale visualization of the superfluid velocity field, the electron-pair density and the superfluid current density in an electron-pair superfluid surrounding an Abrikosov vortex in a superconducting sample of NbSe2 is demonstrated, using superconducting-tip scanning tunnelling microscopy. [ ] [Local electronic structure variation resulting in Li ‘filament’ formation within solid electrolytes]( Xiaoming Liu, Regina Garcia-Mendez, Andrew R. Lupini, Yongqiang Cheng, Zachary D. Hood et al. doi:10.1038/s41563-021-01019-x Solid electrolytes are promising for enabling the use of Li metal anodes but Li infiltration along grain boundaries can lead to battery failure. Li infiltration in a model solid oxide electrolyte is now found to be strongly associated with local electronic band structure. [] Articles [ ] [Supersonic impact resilience of nanoarchitected carbon]( Carlos M. Portela, Bryce W. Edwards, David Veysset, Yuchen Sun, Keith A. Nelson et al. doi:10.1038/s41563-021-01033-z Nanoarchitected materials have predominantly been studied in the quasi-static regime. Here, the supersonic microparticle impact regime for three-dimensional nanomaterials is uncovered, showcasing extreme energy dissipation and a predictive framework for damage. [ ] [Ultra-low-density digitally architected carbon with a strutted tube-in-tube structure]( Jianchao Ye, Ling Liu, James Oakdale, Joseph Lefebvre, Sanjit Bhowmick et al. doi:10.1038/s41563-021-01125-w A nanoscale tube-in-tube sandwich structure is generated by a two-step templating-pyrolysis process, which strengthens the log-pile carbon architecture and slows down the decrease of stiffness with decreasing density. [ ] [3D-printed silica with nanoscale resolution]( Xiewen Wen, Boyu Zhang, Weipeng Wang, Fan Ye, Shuai Yue et al. doi:10.1038/s41563-021-01111-2 A 3D-printing technique has been developed to create high-quality pure silica nanostructures with sub-200 nm resolution and the flexible capability of rare-earth element doping. It shows excellent application potential in three-dimensional micro- and nanophotonics. [ ] [Centimetre-scale crack-free self-assembly for ultra-high tensile strength metallic nanolattices]( Zhimin Jiang & James H. Pikul doi:10.1038/s41563-021-01039-7 Metal nanolattices are fabricated at an unprecedented scale by using a crack-free self-assembly method. The dense nanostructures enable tensile strengths that approach the theoretical limit. [ ] [The transport–structural correspondence across the nematic phase transition probed by elasto X-ray diffraction]( Joshua J. Sanchez, Paul Malinowski, Joshua Mutch, Jian Liu, J.-W. Kim et al. doi:10.1038/s41563-021-01082-4 The authors combine simultaneous transport and X-ray diffraction measurements with in-situ tunable strain to measure the temperature dependence of the shear modulus and elastoresistivity above the nematic transition and the spontaneous orthorhombicity and resistivity anisotropy below the nematic transition of Co-doped BaFe2As2. [ ] [Thermal chiral anomaly in the magnetic-field-induced ideal Weyl phase of Bi1−xSbx]( Dung Vu, Wenjuan Zhang, Cüneyt Şahin, Michael E. Flatté, Nandini Trivedi et al. doi:10.1038/s41563-021-00983-8 A thermal signature of the chiral anomaly is reported in an ideal Weyl semimetal. [ ] [Site-specific chemical doping reveals electron atmospheres at the surfaces of organic semiconductor crystals]( Tao He, Matthias Stolte, Yan Wang, Rebecca Renner, P. Paul Ruden et al. doi:10.1038/s41563-021-01079-z Organic semiconductor crystals can be selectively doped at the crystallographic step edges, deactivating shallow traps and recovering band-like transport. The space charge induced by chemical doping is observed by scanning Kelvin probe microscopy. [ ] [Confining isolated chromophores for highly efficient blue phosphorescence]( Wenpeng Ye, Huili Ma, Huifang Shi, He Wang, Anqi Lv et al. doi:10.1038/s41563-021-01073-5 A strategy to confine phosphorescent organic chromophores within ionic crystals proves effective in suppressing non-radiative recombination channels and increasing the phosphorescence efficiency of blue-emitting heavy-atom-free emitters. [ ] [Extending insertion electrochemistry to soluble layered halides with superconcentrated electrolytes]( Nicolas Dubouis, Thomas Marchandier, Gwenaelle Rousse, Florencia Marchini, François Fauth et al. doi:10.1038/s41563-021-01060-w Insertion compounds in layered oxide or sulfide electrodes provide the fundamental basis of current commercialized Li-ion batteries. The feasibility of reversibly intercalating Li+ electrochemically into halide compounds via the use of superconcentrated electrolytes is now demonstrated. [ ] [Hydrophilicity gradient in covalent organic frameworks for membrane distillation]( Shuang Zhao, Chenghao Jiang, Jingcun Fan, Shanshan Hong, Pei Mei et al. doi:10.1038/s41563-021-01052-w Membrane distillation can use low-grade heat for salt water desalination, but the materials used can often suffer from limited permeance. Here, a strategy is proposed to construct a pore surface and size functionality gradient in a covalent organic framework, enabling a flux of 600 l m–2 h–1 with NaCl rejection of 99.99%. [ ] [Photocurable bioresorbable adhesives as functional interfaces between flexible bioelectronic devices and soft biological tissues]( Quansan Yang, Tong Wei, Rose T. Yin, Mingzheng Wu, Yameng Xu et al. doi:10.1038/s41563-021-01051-x A functional interfacial material has been developed for soft integration of bioelectronic devices with biological tissues. This has been applied in battery-free optoelectronic systems for deep-brain optogenetics and subdermal phototherapy as well as wireless millimetre-scale pacemakers and flexible multielectrode epicardial arrays. [ ] [A hybrid erbium(III)–bacteriochlorin near-infrared probe for multiplexed biomedical imaging]( Ting Wang, Shangfeng Wang, Zhiyong Liu, Zuyang He, Peng Yu et al. doi:10.1038/s41563-021-01063-7 An erbium(III)–bacteriochlorin probe with large Stokes shift and efficient near-infrared to near-infrared energy conversion enables multiplexed imaging of deep tissues in living animals. [] Amendments & Corrections [ ] [Author Correction: Extraction of mobile charge carrier photogeneration yield spectrum of ultrathin-film metal oxide photoanodes for solar water splitting]( Daniel A. Grave, David S. Ellis, Yifat Piekner, Moritz Kölbach, Hen Dotan et al. doi:10.1038/s41563-021-01116-x [nature events]( Natureevents is a fully searchable, multi-disciplinary database designed to maximise exposure for events organisers. The contents of the Natureevents Directory are now live. The digital version is available [here](. 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