作为顶级材料科学期刊，ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS 每周报道材料科学各个方面的突破性研究，包括纳米技术、化学、物理和生物学。ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS 以其快速和公平的同行评审、质量而闻名内容丰富，影响力大，成为国际材料科学界的首选。主题：材料科学、纳米技术、液晶、半导体、超导体、光学、激光、传感器、多孔材料、发光材料、陶瓷、生物材料、磁性材料、薄膜、胶体、先进、材料、能源材料。

Advanced Functional Materials is a leading journal in materials science that publishes groundbreaking research across various aspects of the field on a weekly basis, including nanotechnology, chemistry, physics, and biology. Renowned for its rapid and fair peer review process and high-quality content, it has become the preferred choice in the international materials science community. Key topics covered include materials science, nanotechnology, liquid crystals, semiconductors, superconductors, optics, lasers, sensors, porous materials, luminescent materials, ceramics, biomaterials, magnetic materials, thin films, colloids, advanced materials, and energy materials.

《Advanced Functional Materials》是顶尖的材料科学期刊，每周报道材料科学领域的最新突破，包括纳米技术、化学、物理和生物学等方面。该期刊以其快速而公正的同行评审和高质量的内容而闻名，成为国际材料科学界的首选。主要主题包括：材料科学、纳米技术、液晶、半导体、超导体、光学、激光、传感器、多孔材料、发光材料、陶瓷、生物材料、磁性材料、薄膜、胶体、先进材料和能源材料。

Advanced Functional Materials

Abstract Functional soft materials, especially hydrogels have been widely developed to achieve various soft structures and machines. However, synthetic hydrogels commonly show formula‐dependent mechanical properties to fulfill the requirements of mechanical elasticity, stiffness, toughness, and tearing‐resistance for adapting to complex application scenario. Inspired by heterostructures and materials found in nature such as leaves and insect wings, a sequential photopolymerization process combined with site‐selective patterning exposure is reported to prepare programmable hydrogels with locally heterogeneous reinforcement skeletons, i.e., interpenetrating double networks. The heterogeneous interface between soft matrices and stiff skeletons is seamlessly interlocked through strong multiple hydrogen bonds induced by phase transition. By harnessing the size, shape, and distribution of the patterned stiff skeletons, a wide range of mechanical properties of hydrogels including modulus (0.32–5.92 MPa), toughness (0.15–18 kJ m −2 ), dissipated energy (1–100 kJ m −3 ), impact resistance, and mechanical anisotropy can be readily sculpted within one material system without needing design and optimization of the complex and elusive material formulation on demand. It is believed that this simple yet powerful method relying on heterogenous patterning would guide the development of functional hydrogel materials with programmable mechanical properties toward potential engineering applications, such as damping and flexible circuits.

Bin Zhu

Jiayu Wu

Desheng Liu

Yuke Yan

Xingxing Yang

Yixian Wang

Changcheng Bai

Danli Hu

Zhixing Zhang

Pan Jiang

Xiaolong Wang

Sculpting Mechanical Properties of Hydrogels by Patterning Seamlessly Interlocked Stiff Skeleton

通过图案化无缝互锁刚性骨架塑造水凝胶的力学性能

Abstract Natural polysaccharides‐based hydrogels have drawn extensive attention yet have been plagued by less desirable stretchability due to their inherent nature. Here, ultra‐stretchable starch‐based hydrogels (amylopectin/polyacrylamide, AAM) are developed by constructing reversible intramolecular physical interactions. This strategy endows the hydrogel with exceedingly ultrahigh deformation due to a continuous hydrogen bonding network. It can be stretched from less than 0.5 to &gt;300 cm without breakage that the elongation exceeds 600 times the original length. The elongation collected by the universal testing machine reaches up to 36 000% without breakage outperforming previous reports and demonstrating extraordinary stretchability. Furthermore, an interwoven structure of hydrogen bonding interaction and trace covalent bonds make the stress of hydrogel reach 0.28 MPa, accompanied by an ultra‐high strain of 22 500% and significant toughness (47 MJ·m −3 ). The hydrogel displays high transparency (≈93%), low‐temperature resistance, moisturizing property, and extraordinary interfacial adhesion property. Intriguingly, the aqueous precursor can act as inks to prepare various forms of hydrogel within minutes through the facile writing or drawing method. This hydrogel verifies strong potential in both fields of human motion sensor (After long‐term or low‐temperature conditions) and energy storage. This study will facilitate the progress of ultra‐stretchable or multifunctional hydrogels.

Jing Zhao

Ran Chen

Dongmin Cheng

Xinyi Yang

Hong Zhang

Junping Zheng

Ruofei Hu

Extremely Ultrahigh Stretchable Starch‐Based Hydrogels with Continuous Hydrogen Bonding

具有连续氢键的极高拉伸性淀粉基水凝胶

Abstract Biomimicking organ phantoms with vivid biological structures and soft and slippery features are essential for in vitro biomedical applications yet remain hither to unmet challenges in their fabrication such as balancing between spatial structural complexity and matchable mechanical properties. Herein, 3D printable tissue‐mimicking elastomeric double network hydrogels with tailorable stiffness are evolved to idiosyncratically match diverse biological soft tissues by regulating the compositions of hydrogel matrix and the density of metal coordination bonds. Relying on digital light processing 3D printing, various mechanically tunable biomimetic volumetric hydrogel organ constructs with structural complexity and fidelity, including kidney, brain, heart, liver, stomach, lung, trachea, intestine, and even the intricate vascularized tissues, are fabricated faultlessly. Proof‐of‐concept 3D printed hydrogel heart and liver phantoms provide sophisticated internal channels and cavity structures and external realistic anatomical architectures that more closely mimic native organs. For the in vitro application demonstration, a 3D printed hydrogel brain phantom with tortuous cerebral arteries and slippery characters serves as an effective neurosurgical training platform for realistic simulation of endovascular interventions. This platform offers a means to construct mechanically precisely tunable hydrogel‐based biomimetic organ phantoms that are expected to be used in surgical training, medical device testing, and organs‐on‐chips.

Yaozhong Lu

Xin Xu

Zhongying Ji

Chufeng Sun

Weimin Liu

Engineering Tridimensional Hydrogel Tissue and Organ Phantoms with Tunable Springiness

工程化三维水凝胶组织和器官模型的可调弹性研究

Photocatalytic conversion of benzyl alcohol (BA) is a promising means to coproduce H2with value‐added chemicals. However, there is a lack of an efficient strategy to regulate the selectivity of the BA conversion products. Here, by a simple cocatalyst engineering technique, the selective conversion of BA over Zn2In2S5nanosheets (ZIS) is maneuvered. Two types of cocatalysts, i.e., Pt and Cd, are photo‐deposited onto ZIS that can shift the selectivity to diverse products, namely, Pt to benzaldehyde (BAD) and Cd to the carbon‐carbon (C─C) coupling compounds. Mechanistic studies indicate that Cd has a high reducing capacity to convert BAD back to the ketyl radical (C𝛼radical), favoring the construction of the C─C bonds. Pt, however, facilitates the generation of C𝛼radicals but is energetically unfavorable for their coupling reactions, resulting in the generation of BAD as the main product. Theoretical calculation reveals that the distinct catalytic behaviors of Pt and Cd stem from their different electronic structures that govern the adsorption strength to the reaction intermediates and the reaction energy barriers of the C─C coupling step. This work not only addresses the challenge of selectivity regulation for BA conversion but also brings fresh mechanistic insights into the role of the cocatalysts.

Ran Wang

Li Shi

Elena Yu. Konysheva

Xiaoxiang Xu

Adv Funct Materials

Selective Photocatalysis of Benzyl Alcohol Valorization by Cocatalyst Engineering Over Zn2In2S5 Nanosheets

通过助催化剂工程在Zn2In2S5纳米片上实现苯甲醇选择性光催化增值

Abstract MXenes, a novel class of 2D materials, exhibit great potential for energy storage due to their unique layered structure and excellent electrical conductivity. However, improving the intrinsic electrochemical storage capacity of MXenes remains a significant challenge, often requiring the incorporation of other Faradaic materials. Oxidation, in particular, poses a key issue that impacts the capacity of MXene devices. In this study, controlled oxidation is employed to create nanoscale holes within MXene, transforming them into holey MXene (H‐MXene) nanosheets. These porous structures shorten ion transport distances and increase ion transport pathways, thereby significantly enhancing the electrochemical storage capacity of MXenes. The resulting H‐MXene micro‐supercapacitors (MSCs) demonstrate exceptional performance, achieving an aerial capacitance 2.5 times that of unmodified MXene electrodes, along with excellent cycling stability, retaining 91.7% of their capacitance after 10 000 cycles. Additionally, a flexible integrated system combining energy storage and sensing functionalities is developed, showcasing its scalability in self‐powered sensing applications. The incorporation of self‐healing polyurethane (PU) enables the device to retain 90% of its storage capacity after undergoing self‐healing. This study presents a novel approach for developing high‐performance MXene‐based energy storage devices and provides valuable insights into efficient ion transport and storage in 2D materials.

Yongfa Cheng

Kunmo Koo

Yukun Liu

Michael L. Barsoum

Zizhen Cai

Omar K. Farha

Xiaobing Hu

Vinayak P. Dravid

Oxidation‐Driven Enhancement of Intrinsic Properties in MXene Electrodes for High‐Performance Flexible Energy Storage

氧化驱动增强MXene电极本征性能以实现高性能柔性能源存储

Abstract Accurate detection of minute external strains is crucial for the development of efficient strain‐responsive sensors. However, designing a recyclable strain‐responsive sensor that simultaneously combines high sensitivity at low strain levels, excellent mechanical properties, and cost‐effectiveness remains a significant challenge. In this study, a strain‐responsive sensor named Cu 2+ ‐crosslinked conductive acrylic resin (PAV/Cu 2+ ‐CB‐x) has been designed by integrating conductive carbon black (CB) into an acrylic resin matrix crossed by Cu 2+ to form a hierarchical dynamic network. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations reveal that this molecular structure consists of multilevel strong and weak dynamic bonds: weaker coordination bonds and hydrogen bonds endow this sensor with exceptional sensitivity to minor strains, while stronger ionic bonds ensure superior mechanical properties. This meticulous molecular design enables the PAV/Cu 2+ ‐CB‐x to exhibit a tensile strength of 7.16 MPa, an elongation at break of 355.50%, high conductivity of 0.294 S cm −1 , and excellent sensitivity under the strains below 5% (gauge factor = 8.24). Additionally, this PAV/Cu 2+ ‐CB‐x demonstrates a remarkable tensile strength recovery rate of 95.35% after multiple recycling. When applied as a strain‐responsive sensor, it can precisely capture movements of human joints and throat activity. This work provides a promising solution for future applications in motion detection and voice recognition.

Tiantai Yang

Hualiang Xu

Zhimeng Liu

Yao Xiao

Xiaowei Fu

Yuan Lei

Jingxin Lei

Liang Jiang

Designing Highly Strain‐Responsive and Recyclable Sensors Via Multilevel Strong and Weak Dynamic Structures Under Low Strain

设计低应变下多级强弱动态结构的高应变响应和可回收传感器

Abstract Electrodes with high active areas often compromise with limited ion transport kinetics in flow electrochemical devices. Herein, hierarchically porous carbon colloidal aerogels (HPCCAs) are constructed with multiscale porosities to meet the tradeoff between highly active areas and efficient mass transfer behavior. It is realized by introducing multiphase co‐separation in a sol‐gel transition process of aramid nanofibers/polyvinylpyrrolidone/carbon nanotubes followed by subsequent freeze‐drying and carbonization. The resulting HPCCA possesses a high volumetric electrochemically accessible surface area (3.27 × 10 7 m −1 ) and excellent mass transfer efficiency, 2–3 times higher permeability than commercial Toray carbon paper and 9.86 times higher than bare aerogel. An all‐vanadium single cell with HPCCAs as electrodes possesses a high energy efficiency of 83.18% under the current density of 100 mA cm −2 , which is 10–31% higher than most of the state‐of‐the‐art carbon electrode materials including commercial carbon papers. In addition, the cell with HPCCAs shows outstanding long‐term stability up to 1000 cycles. Notably, HPCCAs are applicable to more flow battery systems, such as iron/chromium (Fe/Cr), iron/vanadium (Fe/V), zinc/bromine (Zn/Br), vanadium/methylene blue (V/MB), sodium salt of flavin mononucleotide/potassium ferrocyanide (FMN‐Na/K 4 [Fe(CN) 6 ]), and methyl viologen/4‐hydroxy‐2,2,6,6‐tetramethyl‐piperidin‐1‐oxyl (MV/4‐HO‐TEMPO). This work offers a new chemistry paradigm for developing advanced nanoporous aerogel materials and paves the way toward highly efficient flow electrochemical devices.

Yinglai Hou

Zhizhi Sheng

Mengchuang Zhang

Kaifa Lin

Jie Kong

Xuetong Zhang

Hierarchically Porous Carbon Colloidal Aerogels for Highly Efficient Flow Cells

分级多孔碳胶体气凝胶用于高效流动电池

Abstract Metal ions have regulatory activities of multi‐tissue regeneration but usually interrupt early coagulation, resulting in an abnormal hematoma structure that is not conducive to long‐term repair or regeneration. To address free metal ions immobilization during the coagulation phase and effectively promote ionic bioactivities through controlled macrophage uptake after coagulation, metal ion “adjuvants” are required. [Si─O 4 ] tetrahedron has a unique coordination tetrahedral structure to capture various metal ions and adsorb plasma proteins such as fibrinogen to facilitate macrophage uptake via receptor‐mediated endocytosis during the degradation of the fibrin network. Taking advantage of the hypoxia induction and tissue regeneration ability of copper ions, Cu[Si─O 4 ] tetrahedrons are prepared which successfully immobilized copper ions and addressed the coagulation interruption. Cu[Si─O 4 ] tetrahedrons effectively promote copper ionic uptake by macrophages via LRP1‐mediated endocytosis to create a hypoxia microenvironment and promote periodontal multi‐tissue regeneration. Therefore, [Si─O 4 ] tetrahedron is a kind of advanced multifunctional metal ion “adjuvants” that can capture metal ions and assist their transmembrane transporting to address metal ion‐induced coagulation interruption and promote multi‐tissue regeneration, providing a new strategy for metal ion‐mediated biotherapy research.

Lv Xie

Zhengjie Shan

Linjun Zhang

Xinyi He

Mixiao Gui

Yingye Zhang

Junlong Xue

Chen Ye

Yang Zou

Mengxi Su

Zhuofan Chen

Shiyu Wu

Yin Xiao

Zetao Chen

Metal Ion “Adjuvant” [Si─O4] Tetrahedron Addresses Coagulation Interruption and Promotes Multi‐Tissue Regeneration via Smart Ionic Capturing and Cell Membrane Transporting

金属离子“佐剂”[Si─O4]四面体通过智能离子捕获和细胞膜转运解决凝血中断并促进多组织再生

Abstract Nanoprecipitates are crucial for determining diversse properties of nanoheterogeneous materials. For instance, the tetragonal L6 0 nanoprecipitates dispersing in the body‐centered cubic A2 matrix yield the large magnetostrictive effect in Fe‐Ga alloys. Nanoprecipitates are usually coarsened under thermally activated circumstances in most of nanoheterogenous materials, which typically leads to the degeneration of the material performance. This is a bottleneck issue for the long‐time usage of nanoheterogeneous materials under thermally activated conditions. In this study, it is found that the L6 0 nanoprecipitates in large‐magnetostriction Fe 81 Ga 19 single crystals are superiorly stable under accelerating aging experiments, as evidenced by the almost unchanged phase structure, average size, volume fraction and tetragonality. Accordingly, the large magnetostrictive effect is highly stable upon long‐time thermal excitations. Systematic studies combing experimental and theoretical efforts reveal that the stronger chemical bonding between the L6 0 nanoprecipitates and the A2 matrix relative to the original chemical bonding within the A2 matrix results in a strikingly negative interfacial energy that stabilizes the nanoprecipitates. Thus, this work provides a promising strategy for stabilizing nanoprecipitates via interfacial chemical bonding strengthening induced negative interfacial energy and hence achieving highly stable performance of nanoheterogeneous materials.

Boying Qiao

Shuoyu Zhao

Jichao Yao

Keyu Yan

Xiang Feng

Jingmin Wang

Dazhuang Kang

Jinghua Liu

Jiaxiang Shang

Qianfan Zhang

Yuye Wu

Wei Zhan

Ruiqiang Chen

Chengbao Jiang

Highly Stable Magnetostriction in Nanoheterogeneous Fe81Ga19 Alloy Enabled by Uncoarsening of Nanoprecipitates Due to Negative Interfacial Energy

由于负界面能导致的纳米沉淀物未粗化，纳米异质Fe81Ga19合金中实现高度稳定的磁致伸缩

Abbreviation	Adv. Funct. Mater.
Journal Impact	18.38
Quartiles(Global)	PHYSICS, CONDENSED MATTER(Q1)

ISSN	1616-301X
h-index	402
Top Journals	Yes

Publication Information	Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag，Publishing cycle: Weekly，Journal Type: journal，Open Access Journals: No
Basic data	Year of publication: 2000，Proportion of original research papers: 91.02%，Self Citation Rate:5.90%， Gold OA Rate: 13.91%
Average review cycle	网友分享经验：平均2.9个月
Average recruitment ratio	网友分享经验：约25%

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