Bone biomaterials play a vital role in bone repair by providing the necessary substrate for
cell adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation and by modulating cell activity and function. In …

Bone fractures and segmental bone defects are a significant source of patient morbidity and
place a staggering economic burden on the healthcare system. The annual cost of treating …

Porous metal current collectors (CCs) serve as key component for aqueous Zn‐ion batteries
(AZIBs). Herein, a lightweight 3D‐Cu architecture with customizable geometries is …

Bone defects are commonly caused by severe trauma, malignant tumors, or congenital
diseases and remain among the toughest clinical problems faced by orthopedic surgeons …

Hard coatings used to protect engineering components from external loads and harsh
environments should ideally be strong and tough. Here we study the fracture toughness, K …

Over the past decades, enormous effort has been dedicated to enhancing the hardness of
refractory ceramic materials. Typically, however, an increase in hardness is accompanied by …

Chromium Nitride (CrN) coatings have widespread utilization across numerous industrial
applications, primarily attributed to their excellent properties. Among the different methods …

This study focuses on effects of layered design method on the corrosion resistance of the
coatings. The different corrosion behaviors could be extracted from the microstructure and …

The formation mechanism of twin boundaries in transition metal nitrides has remained
largely unexplored owing to their high stacking fault energy that hinders twin boundary …

A thin Li metal anode is imperative for practical lithium metal batteries (LMBs). Fabricating
and stabilizing< 50 μm Li-metal anode is daunting due to the poor processability of Li and its …