Nature Materials
Nature Materials is a multidisciplinary journal aimed at bringing together cutting-edge research across the entire spectrum of materials science and technology. Nature Materials covers all applied and fundamental aspects of the synthesis/processing, structure/composition, properties and performance of materials. Nature Materials provides a forum for the development of a common identity among materials scientists while encouraging researchers to cross established subdisciplinary lines. To achieve this, Nature Materials takes an interdisciplinary, integrated and balanced approach to all areas of materials research while fostering the exchange of ideas between scientists involved in different communities.
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Double-sided van der Waals epitaxy of topological insulators across an atomically thin membrane
Nature Materials, Published online: 22 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41563-024-02079-5
Double-sided epitaxy of van der Waals materials through atomic membranes is demonstrated, enabling electrons to resonantly tunnel between aligned topological insulator surfaces with the conservation of energy, momentum and spin helicity. -
Platinum hydride formation during cathodic corrosion in aqueous solutions
Nature Materials, Published online: 22 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41563-024-02080-y
Cathodic corrosion of platinum is investigated using operando high-resolution X-ray absorption spectroscopy matched with density functional calculations. Platinum hydrides are found to be reaction intermediates in conditions at which these species are expected to be unstable. -
Revitalizing interphase in all-solid-state Li metal batteries by electrophile reduction
Nature Materials, Published online: 20 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41563-024-02064-y
Solid-state electrolyte reduction and Li dendrite growth limit the stability of all-solid-state Li metal batteries. Here the authors show that reductive electrophiles gain electrons and metal cations from metal–nucleophile materials on contact, allowing the electrochemical formation of a dense, electron-blocking film that improves the stability of both the anode and high-voltage cathode. -
Bose–Einstein condensation of a two-magnon bound state in a spin-1 triangular lattice
Nature Materials, Published online: 20 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41563-024-02071-z
The authors report Bose–Einstein condensation of a two-magnon bound state in Na2BaNi(PO4)2. This should stimulate further work on these types of geometrically frustrated materials. -
Stretch-induced endogenous electric fields drive directed collective cell migration in vivo
Nature Materials, Published online: 17 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41563-024-02060-2
Electric fields guide collective cell migration in developing embryos of Xenopus laevis via a voltage-sensitive phosphatase.