https://cluster-site.onrender.com/categories/materials/ Recent content in Materials on Tenu Tech Brief Hugo -- 0.146.0 en-us Thu, 26 Feb 2026 07:50:29 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/an-%C3%A5ngstr%C3%B6m-scale-janus-aperture-as-a-gas-flow-rectifier/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 07:32:53 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/an-%C3%A5ngstr%C3%B6m-scale-janus-aperture-as-a-gas-flow-rectifier/ • Abstract Directional mass transport in confined space is crucial to life and the water-energy-environment nexus • Despite progress in understanding biological and designing artif https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/how-ions-squeeze-water-out-of-n-type-ladder-organic-mixed-conductors/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 07:32:53 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/how-ions-squeeze-water-out-of-n-type-ladder-organic-mixed-conductors/ • Subjects Electronic devices Polymers Unlike common organic mixed ionic-electronic conductors that swell upon electrochemical doping, poly(benzimidazobenzophenanthroline) exhibits https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/topological-control-of-spontaneous-failure-in-active-nematic-solids/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 07:32:53 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/topological-control-of-spontaneous-failure-in-active-nematic-solids/ • Abstract Active solids using energy influx to generate non-equilibrium forces undergo spontaneous mechanical failure, but how topological defects concentrate internal stresses an https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/a-molten-salt-dispersion-of-lanthanides-at-the-atomic-scale/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:41:46 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/a-molten-salt-dispersion-of-lanthanides-at-the-atomic-scale/ • Abstract Lanthanide (Ln) elements have distinctive electronic structures and chemical behaviours that can be used to tune electrocatalytic performance when they are introduced as https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/restoring-the-tumour-mechanophenotype-of-vocal-fold-cancer-reverts-its-malignant-properties/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:41:43 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/restoring-the-tumour-mechanophenotype-of-vocal-fold-cancer-reverts-its-malignant-properties/ • Abstract Increased extracellular matrix deposition and stiffness promotes solid tumour progression. • Yet, the precise mechanotransduction pathways, especially in less-studied me https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/bulk-heterojunction-doping-in-lead-halide-perovskites-for-low-resistance-metal-contacts/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:41:40 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/bulk-heterojunction-doping-in-lead-halide-perovskites-for-low-resistance-metal-contacts/ • Abstract Efficient carrier injection at metal-semiconductor interfaces is essential for probing intrinsic electronic properties and enabling high-performance devices. • Thinning https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ultralow-contact-resistance-in-halide-perovskite-devices/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:41:38 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ultralow-contact-resistance-in-halide-perovskite-devices/ • Subjects Electronic devices Electronic properties and materials A charge transfer between metal oxide and halide perovskites occurring beneath the metal contact surface locally d https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/interface-complexes-unlock-ultrahigh-strength-martensite/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:41:35 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/interface-complexes-unlock-ultrahigh-strength-martensite/ • Subjects Mechanical properties Metals and alloys A martensitic medium-entropy alloy surpasses the long-standing strength-ductility ceiling of conventional ultrahigh-strength stee https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/crystal-facet-directed-all-vacuum-deposited-perovskite-solar-cells/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:41:33 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/crystal-facet-directed-all-vacuum-deposited-perovskite-solar-cells/ • Abstract Vacuum-based deposition is a scalable, solvent-free industrial method ideal for uniform coatings on complex substrates. • However, all-vacuum-deposited perovskite solar https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/six-state-clock-physics-in-an-atomically-thin-antiferromagnet/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:41:29 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/six-state-clock-physics-in-an-atomically-thin-antiferromagnet/ • Abstract The study of collective behaviour driven by spontaneous symmetry breaking and topology is crucial for understanding phase transitions in quantum matter. • The two-dimens https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/altermagnetic-multiferroics-with-symmetry-locked-magnetoelectric-coupling/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:41:27 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/altermagnetic-multiferroics-with-symmetry-locked-magnetoelectric-coupling/ • Subjects Ferroelectrics and multiferroics Magnetic properties and materials We discuss altermagnetic multiferroics, materials hosting distinct advantages for low-power spintronic https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/reconstructing-into-a-denser-phase/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:41:32 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/reconstructing-into-a-denser-phase/ • Subjects Two-dimensional materials Tellurium vacancies can drive atomic reconstruction in PdTe2thin films, converting them into non-layered PdTe. • Such a non-stoichiometric phas https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/multiscale-structured-miniaturized-3d-force-sensors/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:41:29 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/multiscale-structured-miniaturized-3d-force-sensors/ • Abstract Flexible tactile sensors are pivotal for advancing neuroprosthetics, human-machine interactions and intelligent robotics. • However, achieving highly sensitive tactile s https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/radioisotope-mimetic-molecular-afterglow-probe-for-downregulated-cancer-biomarker-imaging/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:41:26 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/radioisotope-mimetic-molecular-afterglow-probe-for-downregulated-cancer-biomarker-imaging/ • Abstract Molecular afterglow imaging is a biomedical modality with high sensitivity and specificity. • However, due to the short half-lives of existing afterglow agents, longitud https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/reconstructing-into-a-denser-phase/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:41:45 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/reconstructing-into-a-denser-phase/ • Subjects Two-dimensional materials Tellurium vacancies can drive atomic reconstruction in PdTe2thin films, converting them into non-layered PdTe. • Such a non-stoichiometric phas https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/multiscale-structured-miniaturized-3d-force-sensors/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:41:43 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/multiscale-structured-miniaturized-3d-force-sensors/ • Abstract Flexible tactile sensors are pivotal for advancing neuroprosthetics, human-machine interactions and intelligent robotics. • However, achieving highly sensitive tactile s https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/radioisotope-mimetic-molecular-afterglow-probe-for-downregulated-cancer-biomarker-imaging/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:41:39 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/radioisotope-mimetic-molecular-afterglow-probe-for-downregulated-cancer-biomarker-imaging/ • Abstract Molecular afterglow imaging is a biomedical modality with high sensitivity and specificity. • However, due to the short half-lives of existing afterglow agents, longitud https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/a-molten-salt-dispersion-of-lanthanides-at-the-atomic-scale/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:41:36 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/a-molten-salt-dispersion-of-lanthanides-at-the-atomic-scale/ • Abstract Lanthanide (Ln) elements have distinctive electronic structures and chemical behaviours that can be used to tune electrocatalytic performance when they are introduced as https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/restoring-the-tumour-mechanophenotype-of-vocal-fold-cancer-reverts-its-malignant-properties/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:41:33 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/restoring-the-tumour-mechanophenotype-of-vocal-fold-cancer-reverts-its-malignant-properties/ • ECM stiffness and deposition fuel vocal fold cancer progression through mechanotransduction. • Patient-derived cells show loss of laminin-binding integrins and flocking motility https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/bulk-heterojunction-doping-in-lead-halide-perovskites-for-low-resistance-metal-contacts/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:41:29 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/bulk-heterojunction-doping-in-lead-halide-perovskites-for-low-resistance-metal-contacts/ • Abstract Efficient carrier injection at metal-semiconductor interfaces is essential for probing intrinsic electronic properties and enabling high-performance devices. • Thinning https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ultralow-contact-resistance-in-halide-perovskite-devices/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:41:26 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ultralow-contact-resistance-in-halide-perovskite-devices/ • Subjects Electronic devices Electronic properties and materials A charge transfer between metal oxide and halide perovskites occurring beneath the metal contact surface locally d https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/interface-complexes-unlock-ultrahigh-strength-martensite/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:41:24 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/interface-complexes-unlock-ultrahigh-strength-martensite/ • Subjects Mechanical properties Metals and alloys A martensitic medium-entropy alloy surpasses the long-standing strength-ductility ceiling of conventional ultrahigh-strength stee https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/cation-polymer-interactions-drive-water-expulsion-and-deswelling-in-n-type-ladder-organic-mixed-conductors/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:41:40 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/cation-polymer-interactions-drive-water-expulsion-and-deswelling-in-n-type-ladder-organic-mixed-conductors/ • Abstract Controlling ion-polymer interactions in organic mixed ionic-electronic conductors is crucial for optimizing device performance in applications ranging from bioelectronic https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/diverse-polymers-with-chemical-recyclability-via-regioirregular-polymerization-of-a-single-monomer/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:41:37 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/diverse-polymers-with-chemical-recyclability-via-regioirregular-polymerization-of-a-single-monomer/ • Abstract The development of polymer products with a circular economy lifecycle represents a path to alleviate the growing plastic waste and energy crisis. • However, long-standin https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/helical-metasurfaces-based-on-topological-surface-states-in-three-dimensional-photonic-topological-insulators/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:41:34 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/helical-metasurfaces-based-on-topological-surface-states-in-three-dimensional-photonic-topological-insulators/ • Abstract Topological photonics expands the landscape of artificial electromagnetic materials and provides a variety of responses via robust boundary modes. • Three-dimensional ph https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ideal-non-crystals-as-a-distinct-form-of-ordered-states-without-symmetry-breaking/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:41:32 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ideal-non-crystals-as-a-distinct-form-of-ordered-states-without-symmetry-breaking/ • Abstract Order and disorder are central concepts in condensed-matter physics. • Crystals break translational and rotational symmetries, whereas quasicrystals challenge this parad https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/atomically-precise-synthesis-and-simultaneous-heterostructure-integration-of-2d-transition-metal-dichalcogenides-through-nano-confinement/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 01:59:20 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/atomically-precise-synthesis-and-simultaneous-heterostructure-integration-of-2d-transition-metal-dichalcogenides-through-nano-confinement/ • Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) materials, such as graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) and hexagonal boron nitride, exhibit intriguing properties that are sensitive t https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ultraclean-monolayers-from-a-van-der-waals-confinement/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 01:59:17 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ultraclean-monolayers-from-a-van-der-waals-confinement/ • Subjects Materials science Nanoscience and technology Growing transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers at a buried van der Waals interface simultaneously improves thickness con https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/narrowband-quantum-emitters-with-optically-addressable-spin-states-generated-in-hexagonal-boron-nitride/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:41:33 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/narrowband-quantum-emitters-with-optically-addressable-spin-states-generated-in-hexagonal-boron-nitride/ • Single-step thermal process produces high-density, narrowband quantum emitters in hexagonal boron nitride. • Emitters exhibit narrow spectral linewidths, ideal for single-photon https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/sun-orchids-successfully-trick-bees-with-false-anthers/ Mon, 16 Feb 2026 06:04:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/sun-orchids-successfully-trick-bees-with-false-anthers/ • Deceptive sun orchids are known to mimic nearby flowering plants, displaying showy anthers to lure bees. • Now, researchers report that fruit production in sun orchids plummeted https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/alex-plajer-from-postdoc-to-pi-combining-unusual-monomers-into-functional-polymers/ Mon, 16 Feb 2026 06:03:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/alex-plajer-from-postdoc-to-pi-combining-unusual-monomers-into-functional-polymers/ • Plajer did not begin his career intending to become a polymer scientist. • His doctoral work at Cambridge under Dominic Wright was characterized by the unusual degree of academic https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/microplastics-in-gastric-tissue-a-newly-discovered-risk-factor-for-cancer-development/ Mon, 16 Feb 2026 06:02:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/microplastics-in-gastric-tissue-a-newly-discovered-risk-factor-for-cancer-development/ • Microplastics are everywhere, from the highest mountains to the deepest seas and even in rainwater, as recently detected in Jakarta, Indonesia. • Now, for the first time, scienti https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/a-single-blood-test-could-spot-multiple-cancers-early-saving-lives/ Mon, 16 Feb 2026 06:01:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/a-single-blood-test-could-spot-multiple-cancers-early-saving-lives/ • Implementing multi-cancer blood tests in routine screening could help doctors diagnose cancer at earlier stages, when treatment is more effective and patients are more likely to https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/pesticide-free-climate-smart-agriculture-with-safewax/ Mon, 16 Feb 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/pesticide-free-climate-smart-agriculture-with-safewax/ • Modern agriculture is facing a paradoxical crisis: we need to produce more food than ever before, yet the tools we use to protect that food are slowly destroying the environment https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/teaching-machines-to-quiet-the-noise-in-quantum-computers/ Mon, 02 Feb 2026 06:05:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/teaching-machines-to-quiet-the-noise-in-quantum-computers/ • IIT Madras team uses machine learning to pinpoint noise sources in quantum computers. • Neural networks trained on synthetic data predict noise features with minimal accuracy los https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/laura-horan-of-vanguard-automation-on-being-a-photonics-engineer/ Mon, 02 Feb 2026 06:04:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/laura-horan-of-vanguard-automation-on-being-a-photonics-engineer/ • In this interview, Elisenda Lara, EPIC’s MarCom Manager, talks with Laura Horan, Staff Engineer and Head of Product Management at Vanguard Automation, about how young people can https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/honeysuckles-therapeutic-potential-for-inflammatory-bowel-disease/ Mon, 02 Feb 2026 06:03:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/honeysuckles-therapeutic-potential-for-inflammatory-bowel-disease/ • An ‘Eastern meets Western medicine’ study reveals that tiny vesicles from the honeysuckle plant reduce colon inflammation and restore the balance between ‘good and bad’ gut bacte https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/from-kombucha-fermentation-to-green-electronics/ Mon, 02 Feb 2026 06:02:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/from-kombucha-fermentation-to-green-electronics/ • During the COVID-19 pandemic, while some people were experimenting with homemade bread, others were focused on beverage fermentation. • Kombucha was the focus of this trend, as i https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/fruit-colour-plays-a-smaller-role-in-birds-choice-than-previously-thought/ Mon, 02 Feb 2026 06:01:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/fruit-colour-plays-a-smaller-role-in-birds-choice-than-previously-thought/ • Animals and birds that eat fruits help spread plant seeds and shape ecosystems. • Historically, researchers have argued that this mutualism has led fruits to evolve traits tailor