Themed collection Virtual Collections—Materials Science & Engineering

In this review, the use of 1,3-butadiene as a comparably cheap and abundant raw material to harvest fine and bulk chemicals is summarized in detail.

A summary of recent progress with the application of organic room-temperature phosphorescent materials in luminescence and display, environmental detection and bioimaging.

The last decade has witnessed the birth and development of ionic skin. This article systematically reviews the research progress of ionic skin from the perspective of function.

Recent advances in the detection and removal of heavy metal ions using layered double hydroxide-based nanosensors and nanosorbents are summarized.

A new process of in situ Ag fine pattern formation by direct pattern transfer of a modified tannic acid photoresist and in situ electroless plating in an Ag ion solution was reported.

Ethanol is introduced into aqueous amine solution and the attractions between species of buffer solution lead to its limited etching capacity, which could selectively increase the micropore structure of zeolite.

A novel chemical exfoliation method is developed for the target preparation of 2D MOF monolayers from the 3D pillar-layered MOFs.

Carbon nanotube-reinforced polyethylene nanocomposites have been prepared and show good anti-scaling and corrosion-resistant properties.

With the use of supercritical CO₂, two-dimensional defective MoO_3−x can achieve ideal ferromagnetic responses with the Curie temperature reaching over 380 K.