Themed collection Journal of Materials Chemistry C Recent Review Articles

Transistors based on delicate electronic materials are frequently tested under extreme biasing conditions. Using in situ IR imaging of biased devices, we show that local temperature of channels in such studies can very quickly rise well above 150 °C.

Biosensors are versatile in many applications, but their adoption as reliable point-of-care tests is hindered by challenges in systematic optimization. Experimental design provides a solution by guiding their effective development and refinement.

We propose strategies for sulfur-based cathodes in aqueous zinc-ion batteries, using molecular engineering, adsorption-catalysis, and electrolyte chemistry to boost performance, conductivity, and stability, making them ideal for grid energy storage.

This perspective discusses various design strategies for high-performance ionic organic nonlinear optical crystals, their solid-state molecular phonon vibrations, as well as their influence on THz optical properties and THz applications.

Bottom-up materials innovation enables sustainable soft robots with self-healing, degradation and recycling.

Perovskite-based single-pixel imaging offers a promising alternative to traditional multi-pixel arrays, potentially revolutionizing imaging technologies for hyperspectral and remote sensing applications.

This review provides the mechanism, simulation, chemistries and processes employed in the plasma etching of silicon-based materials. Current applications and research prospects in plasma etching for micro and nanofabrication are discussed.

A review of lanthanide coordinated multicolor luminescent polymeric hydrogels (LPHs) based on the synthetic strategies.

Silicon transistor miniaturization has hit a limit, constraining further semiconductor advancements. ALD-derived oxide semiconductors enable 3D vertical integration, providing a route to higher integration density without continued scaling down.

To break the limitations of traditional molecular materials in electronic devices, especially in organic field-effect transistors (OFETs), developing monolayer molecular crystals (MMCs) with the ultimate thickness is crucial.

The burgeoning market for flexible pressure sensors has been invigorated by their enhanced performance and wearability, paving the way for innovative applications in wearable electronics and biomedical devices.

Perovskite quantum dots (PQDs), with their distinct optoelectronic characteristics like their tunable bandgap and high photoluminescence quantum yield, have attracted a lot of attention as viable options for a variety of optoelectronic uses.

This review article offers a comprehensive overview of toughening methods and mechanisms for flexible ceramic materials, highlighting potential applications and future opportunities.

This review aims to provide readers with more comprehensive insights and recent advances in large-area perovskite modules.

A review of the deformation mechanisms, characterisation and preparation of driven hydrogels.

This review highlights the challenges and advancements in p-GaN gate HEMTs on silicon substrates. It also discusses several attempts to enhance device performance and explores the future developments of p-GaN gate HEMT.

Heavy metal-free colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) are ideal materials for overcoming heavy metal problems. In this paper, the synthesis progress of CQDs and their phased research progress in the field of multi-type infrared detection are reviewed.

The continuous scaling down of semiconductor devices has significantly benefited consumers by enhancing the device performance, portability, power efficiency, and affordability.

Herein, we consider the influence of organic groups on material properties, take tungsten oxide as an example to introduce the mechanism change process in detail, and verify theoretical development with an example.

Strain sensors capable of recognizing the direction of mechanical stimuli are a key contributor to the development of wearable sensory platforms.

This review paper explores the potential of liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) and their ionic counterparts (iLCEs) as versatile materials for soft micro electromechanical systems (MEMS), highlighting their growing interest within the field.

This review introduces the synthesis methods of MOF nanosheets, discusses the application of MOF materials in RRAM memory devices, and explores the challenges and prospects of MOFs in developing RRAM memory devices.

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a powerful analytical tool and has been widely used, in different fields including molecular detection, food safety, anti-counterfeiting, and environmental monitoring.

This review focused on the research of Dy₂-SMMs for years and took the advantage of intricate relaxation mechanisms, manipulating strategies for synthesizing high-performance Dy₂-SMMs to provide insights to design high-performance Dy₂-SMMs.

The composition and microstructure control of Sm₂Fe₁₇N₃ powders lays the foundation for the enhancement of magnetic properties, which is mainly ascribed to the optimization of the intrinsic magnetic properties and domain structure.

Doped TiO₂ is vital in photocatalysis and optoelectronics. The unique properties of each dopant drive interest in computational study how doping enhances its structural, optical, and electrical properties of TiO₂ at the molecular level.

This review summarizes the transformative impact of Joule heating on the synthesis of energy storage materials and their applications in battery electrodes, supercapacitors, solid-state electrolytes, electrode recycling and current collectors.

This review explores recent advancements in Electrohydrodynamic (EHD) deposition techniques for the fabrication of organic thin-film transistors, highlighting their impact on device performance and potential applications.

The properties of MOFs based on copper(I) halides are described, and their various applications are explored. A demarcation from the field of MOFs is made concerning the luminescing node, and perspectives for their further development are proposed.

Carbon dots (CDs) have attracted much attention because of their unique structures and fascinating optical properties.

This review provides recent advances in flexible iontronic pressure sensors including strategies to enhance sensing performances and their applications and discusses future directions for implementing these advancements in practical applications.

This review summarizes and discusses existing literature on reliability issues of amorphous oxide semiconductor thin-film transistors. The investigation focuses on bias stress, electro-static discharge, bending, and radiation reliability.

This review introduces the potential applications of biomimetic systems based on flexible memristive biosensors in the medical field of intelligent healthcare.

Recent advances in small-molecule organic fluorescent semiconductors are summarized from the aspects of aggregation structures, materials and properties, and their related optoelectronic applications.

The remarkable photodetection qualities of perovskite photodetectors (PDs), such as their low cost and high responsivity, have attracted a lot of attention.

Circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) from chiral TADF molecules.

Wound infection has always been a huge threat to human health.

In this article, we summarize the progress in the studies of the detection mechanism and application of fluorescent MOFs in gas detection, with a view to providing a breakthrough direction for future research.

Iron based nanomaterials/complexes/alloys/MOFs have been discussed for CO₂ reduction, N₂ fixation, pollutants degradation and OER/HER via type II, Z-scheme and S-scheme heterojunctions.

Review article summarizing the current state of knowledge on remote optical nanothermometers based on the properties of lanthanide ions, both excitable and emitting within the biological windows range.

We here discuss the development of inorganic and organic superconductors having a structural chirality.

This paper reviews recent research on III–V nitrides, including their physical and chemical properties, synthesis methods, and applications in optoelectronic devices.

Flexible electronics has been widely recognized as the future of electronics for a broad range of applications, which is also the foundation for wearable devices that can go or even seamlessly integrate with the human skin.

Cu/Ni Keggin viologen complexes with one-dimensional proton channels are synthesized and directly used as excellent materials for supercapacitors. The 1//AC ASC exhibits an energy density of 9.39 W h kg⁻¹ at a power density of 6000 W kg⁻¹.

This review provides the latest application of organoboron materials based on five B–N building blocks (PPAB, BODIPY, BNTT, BNIDT and BNBP) and one B–O structure (BF₂bdks) in the field of organic photovoltaics and luminescence.

We present an insightful review of photodetector devices utilizing all-inorganic perovskite films, covering material composition, preparation methodologies, and device advancements, thereby facilitating researchers in visually capturing the features.

The research progress of Ce³⁺/Eu²⁺ doped phosphors that can be excited by violet light, including the structural models, composition regulation, and spectral tuning, is summarized.

Eight sulfur precursor moieties are reviewed to discuss and develop optimal synthetic strategies for metal sulfide synthesis.

This review article provides a comprehensive overview of the advantages and latest progress of MHP materials for plant lighting. Efforts to enhance stability for plant lighting applications are explored.

This review highlights the recent progress on polymerizable deep eutectic solvents (PDES) and polyDES as liquid-free ionic elastomers in bioelectronics and discusses future directions on how these functional polymers can expand the field.

The development and ongoing discovery of 2D materials and their optical and electronic properties led to interest in the stacking of different 2D materials into layered heterostructures, giving rise to a number of colloidal approaches.

Understanding the components and mechanisms of dark current in metal halide perovskite-based photodiodes (MHPPDs) and implementing techniques to suppress it enable achieving significantly enhanced performance and stability.

While perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have achieved remarkable power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) exceeding 26.1%, significant challenges remain in enhancing their efficiency and stability for commercial viability.

This article provides a comprehensive review of chiral quantum dots used for bioapplications. The chiral mechanisms, g factor and some bioapplications are also discussed.

The advances in developing multiple stopband photonic structures are reviewed, which can help researchers to develop photonic structures with multiple stopbands and tackle the challenges to meet the demands for anticounterfeiting, etc.

This review introduces the response mechanism of photoresponsive lanthanide luminescent materials. In particular, various applications in luminescent actuators, photoswitches, intelligent anticounterfeiting, and theranostics are highlighted.

We summarize the molecular design of photoresponsive liquid-crystalline polymers, manipulation at multiple scales and various applications based on their intrinsic properties, providing an opportunity for future development in this field.

Extensive synthetic strategies and manipulation of perovskite-based nanocrystals not only improve the inherent optical and electrical properties but also stabilize them to enhance ECL efficiency and be used as a potential ECL luminophore material.

Different applications of semiconductor quantum dots with their unique fundamental properties.

The recent progress and development directions in lead-free perovskites are summarized from the perspective of device physics and materials science.

A comprehensive review of recent developments in the study of sulfur mustard fluorescent sensors, organized according to detection strategies, including direct detection, indicator displacement assay, and degradation product detection.

This perspective highlights the significance of crystal engineering intervention in the design and development of applied optical materials.

As emerging medical tool microneedles have attracted significant attention since puncture the skin noninvasively and painlessly, facilitating tasks such as physiological monitoring, disease diagnosis, and transdermal drug delivery.

This review summarizes recent developments in quadruple perovskite oxides, including their preparation strategies, structural characterization, physical properties, and potential applications across diverse technological and scientific domains.

This article provides a comprehensive review of organic photonic synaptic transistors (OPSTs) used for artificial visual systems (AVSs). The typical structures and some innovative applications of OPSTs in AVSs were discussed.

Organic thin film transistors (OTFTs) mark a breakthrough in flexible electronics, offering advantages over traditional inorganic semiconductors through their adaptability, cost efficiency, and low-temperature production.