Among engineering materials, ceramics are indispensable in energy applications such as
batteries, capacitors, solar cells, smart glass, fuel cells and electrolyzers, nuclear power …

Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of mortality worldwide, and current preclinical
models including traditional animal models and 2D cell culture models have limitations in …

Glasses, unlike crystals, are intrinsically brittle due to the absence of microstructure-
controlled toughening, creating fundamental constraints for their technological applications …

We describe the first meltable iron-based zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF), denoted MUV-
24. This material, elusive from direct synthesis, is obtained from the thermal treatment of [Fe3 …

Transparent bulk glass is highly demanded in devices and components of daily life to
transmit light and protect against external temperature and mechanical hazards. However …

Bamboo as a natural biomaterial with excellent strength and toughness is widely used in
construction, furniture, decoration, handicrafts and other fields. However, the internal cracks …

Disordered solids are ubiquitous in engineering and everyday use. Although research has
made considerable progress in the last decades, our understanding of the mechanics of …

Light emission in response to mechanical stimulation-termed mechanoluminescence (ML)-
enables the optical detection and visualization of mechanical strain. In particular, materials …

The increasing use of oxide glasses in high‐tech applications illustrates the demand of
novel engineering techniques on nano‐and microscale. Due to the high viscosity of oxide …

Glasses are typically isotropic, but permanent or transient anisotropy can be induced by
tensile strain. We use persistent homology (PH) analysis to explore the topological effects of …