Themed collection Journal of Materials Chemistry C Recent Review Articles

Cyclic triimidazole, TT, is an emerging scaffold to prepare multiemissive organic and coordination systems to be exploited in various fields. TTs with dual emission, RTP from aqueous aggregates, mechanochromism and vapochromism are discussed here.

This review discusses recent advancements in chiral-based spin-electronic devices achieved using suitable combinations of organic, inorganic and hybrid materials.

Airflow sensors are in huge demand in many fields such as the aerospace industry, weather forecasting, environmental monitoring, chemical and biological engineering, health monitoring, wearable smart devices, etc.

For DRAM node downscaling, planar oxide-channel transistors must transition to VCT. This review explores strategies to reduce contact resistance, including conductive region formation, n⁺ layer insertion, metal selection, and surface engineering.

This review focuses on the design strategies, structure–function relationships, and recent advancements of MOF-based X-ray scintillators utilized in high-sensitivity and high-resolution X-ray detectors, flexible imaging, and X-ray radiation therapy.

Photoluminescent materials serve as light conversion auxiliaries in greenhouse films to enhance photosynthetic efficiency and crop productivity & quality by improving sunlight utilization.

This review presents the performance requirements, preparation strategies, and implantation methods of interfaces at different implantation sites, and emphasizes the mitigation methods of FBRs in implantable devices to adapt for long-term use.

This review explores 2D nanomaterials as lubricant additives, focusing on surface modification, composite methods, and lubrication mechanisms. Key challenges and future research directions are discussed.

In this article, we summarize the progress of materials, mechanisms and ML-assisted gas sensing data processing for MOS gas sensor arrays, with a view to providing a breakthrough direction for future research.

High purity and density of s-SWCNT arrays achieved through different methods enable a performance close to the expected device outcomes in FETs.

Research on photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide (CO₂) has extensively progressed.

This review discusses the molecular structures and scintillation properties of organic material based solid-state X-ray scintillators, assesses the development and practical application space, and raises related challenges and issues.

This article reviews the critical role of phase transition types in the electrocaloric effect and how compositional regulation can achieve an electrocaloric effect with a high peak value over a wide temperature span.

This review provides a succinct overview of the loss mechanisms underlying electromagnetic wave absorption and emphasizes the role of surfactants in the development of high-performance electromagnetic wave absorbing materials.

This paper reviews the recent advancements of III–V semiconductor wires as optical switches in solid-state lasers, while addressing the impact of factors such as strain and diameter on their electronic structure and thermal conductivity.

Three distinct etching strategies for MOFs, involving pore engineering, chemical modification, and phase conversion are reviewed to explore how pore structure, defects, composition, and morphology influence gas sensing performance.

The intermolecular interactions of the photoswitches can be tuned by controlling the assembly of the photoswitches within the STF materials to achieve efficient STF materials.

This review focuses on top-down dry and wet etching of III-nitrides, SiC, Ga₂O₃, and diamond to create micro/nanostructured UV photodetectors, enabling enhanced light trapping and improved device performance.

π-Stacked through-space charge transfer materials as TADF emitters are highly attractive for OLEDs due to their enhanced TADF characteristics enabled by controlled molecular rotations.

This review systematically summarizes the multi-field manipulations of the metal–insulator transition in correlated vanadium oxides, focusing on their phase transition mechanisms, advantages, and interdisciplinary applications.

A comprehensive review of random lasing in liquid crystals, highlighting principles, unique properties, applications, challenges, and future research directions for innovations in photonics.

The properties, classification, design criteria, and applications of hydrogel-based soft bioelectronic interfaces are reviewed along with summarizing their limitations, challenges and development prospects.

The types, morphologies, applications and prospects of NP-TENGs were comprehensively and timely introduced and analyzed.

This review covers the progress and applications of flexible CIGS solar cells from lab research to commercialization, emphasizing methods for evaluating mechanical flexibility and bending-induced phenomena.

This review summarizes the mechanisms, developments, and applications of flexible mechano-optical sensors using mechanoluminescence and mechanoplasmonics for robust sensing applications, while addressing challenges and prospects for their integration.

In this review, the structure and luminescence mechanisms of RTP-CDs are clearly demonstrated. Based on the potential strategies to optimize their luminescence performance, the applications and future perspectives of RTP-CD systems are presented.

This review summarized the efficient spiro-type HTMs reported in the last 8 years, discussed their structure–property relationship and photovoltaic performance, and proposed the general principles for designing HTMs.

Based on the understanding of photothermal catalysis, this review summarizes the recent progress of CeO₂-based multicomponent catalysts for photothermal catalytic CO₂ reduction.

This paper reviews the research, application and working principle of laser-induced graphene (LIG) in four fields: energy storage devices, mechanical sensors, gas sensors and biosensors.

Absorption spectra of photoreceptor pigments together with corresponding activators for plant growth LEDs.

This review systematically summarized the synthesis approaches towards both polycrystals and nanocrystals, and discussed the crystal/electronic structure, luminescence principle, and optimized strategies of lanthanide-based Cs₃LnCl₆ metal halides.

A review of correlated electron VO₂-based memristors in neuromorphic circuitry towards memory computing and sensing applications.

Polymorphism in mechanochromic materials is a subject of growing research interest due to its implication in various optoelectronic devices.

This review focuses on the recent progress of nano-scintillators (NSs) from fundamental theory, material properties, structural engineering to practical application, aiming to promote the innovative research of NSs in X-ray imaging.

In this review we provide an up-to-date overview of recent advances in the field of NAA-PC technology and its application in lasing systems. We also provide a list of challenges and opportunities, and the future prospects of this exciting field.

This review clarifies the confusion regarding similarities and differences between the photoluminescent hybrid organic–inorganic and coordination Cu(I) halides, including their crystal and electronic structures, and optical properties.

This review systematically summarizes the selection methods, modulation strategies, enhancement of the thermal stability and quantum efficiency, and multi-applications of green-emitting phosphors with enhanced luminescence performance.

This graph shows a Mg₂Si/Si heterojunction photodetector fabricated with the assistance of nanostructures, enabling enhanced optoelectronic performance with a 173–402% improvement in responsivity and a 111–281% improvement in specific detectivity.

The zero-dimensional (C₂₄H₂₀P)₂MnBr₄ exhibits remarkable high-pressure-induced emission tuning that shifts from green to red and an irreversible bandgap narrowing of 1.09 eV.

Our findings show that the spectral stability of the quasi-2D perovskite system is mainly affected by the uniformity of the Br–Cl distribution, rather than defects.

A Zn coordination polymer was constructed to identify chiral cinchonine and cinchonidine with high sensitivity, selectivity, and reproducibility.