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  • Shape-changing polymers are attractive in a range of applications, but achieving non-homogeneous growth is challenging. Here, the authors report the development of a method for controlled, growth-induced shape transformations in synthetic materials on the macroscale.

    • Xinhong Xiong
    • Xiaozhuang Zhou
    • Jiaxi Cui
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 16, P: 1-10

  • A bilayer material comprising catalyst-bearing microstructures embedded in a responsive gel and actuated into and out of a reactant-containing ‘nutrient’ layer continuously interconverts chemical, thermal and mechanical energy and thereby shows autonomous, self-sustained homeostatic behaviour, which regulates the temperature of the system in a narrow range.

    • Ximin He
    • Michael Aizenberg
    • Joanna Aizenberg
    Research
    Nature
    Volume: 487, P: 214-218

  • Multiple parameters are generally responsible for the reactivity of particulate catalysts, although nanoparticle proximity is often neglected. Here the authors report the impact of such structural factor using the hydrogenation of benzaldehyde over PdAu nanoparticles supported on macroporous SiO2 as the probe reaction.

    • Kang Rui Garrick Lim
    • Selina K. Kaiser
    • Joanna Aizenberg
    Research
    Nature Catalysis
    Volume: 7, P: 172-184

  • Growth constitutes a powerful method to post-modulate materials’ structures and functions without compromising their mechanical performance for sustainable use, but the process is irreversible. To address this issue, the authors here report a growing-degrowing strategy that enables thermosetting materials to either absorb or release components for continuously changing their sizes, shapes, compositions, and a set of properties simultaneously.

    • Xiaozhuang Zhou
    • Yijun Zheng
    • Jiaxi Cui
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 14, P: 1-9

  • The extraction of (bio)molecules from fluid mixtures is vital for applications ranging from biomedical diagnostics to environmental analysis. Now a robust chemomechanical sorting system for the extraction of thrombin is described in which pH-dependent binding of the analyte to a specific aptamer is combined with volume changes of the pH-responsive hydrogel in a biphasic microfluidic regime, resulting in a catch-and-release system.

    • Ankita Shastri
    • Lynn M. McGregor
    • Ximin He
    Research
    Nature Chemistry
    Volume: 7, P: 447-454

  • Micropillars made of liquid crystal elastomers and exposed to light exhibit diverse stroke-like motions, leading to complex dynamic pattern evolution and collective communication  in arrays.

    • Shucong Li
    • Michael M. Lerch
    • Joanna Aizenberg
    Research
    Nature
    Volume: 605, P: 76-83

  • The slick interior of the pitcher plant has inspired a slippery material possessing self-lubricating, self-cleaning and self-healing properties. The secret is to infuse a porous material with a liquid that repels oils and water. See Letter p.443

    • Michael Nosonovsky
    News & Views
    Nature
    Volume: 477, P: 412-413

  • Rapid switching between discrete states in the solid state is a cornerstone for the technological development of devices based on stimuli-responsive materials. Here authors break the speed limit of common classes of photochromic molecules through tailoring framework environments.

    • Grace C. Thaggard
    • Kyoung Chul Park
    • Natalia B. Shustova
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 14, P: 1-12

  • Dilute alloy nanoparticles are a promising class of heterogeneous catalysts, but how their composition and structure affects performance is imperfectly understood. Here dilute PdAu catalysts are shown to be highly dynamic, which enables systematic tuning of their structure and composition to maintain an active state.

    • Mathilde Luneau
    • Erjia Guan
    • Cynthia M. Friend
    ResearchOpen Access
    Communications Chemistry
    Volume: 3, P: 1-9

  • By infusing a ferrofluid into a microstructured matrix and applying a magnetic field, dynamic, multiscale topographical reconfigurations emerge, enabling functions such as colloidal self-assembly, switchable adhesion and friction, and biofilm removal.

    • Wendong Wang
    • Jaakko V. I. Timonen
    • Joanna Aizenberg
    Research
    Nature
    Volume: 559, P: 77-82

  • Ice repellency can be achieved on various hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces, although a surface that repels ice under all environmental scenarios remains elusive. Different strategies are reviewed with a focus on the recent development of superhydrophobic and lubricant-infused surfaces.

    • Michael J. Kreder
    • Jack Alvarenga
    • Joanna Aizenberg
    Reviews
    Nature Reviews Materials
    Volume: 1, P: 1-15