The mechanical properties of materials are not only indispensable key factors in their
application fields, but are also fundamentally important in terms of materials science. Since …

It has long been an aspirational goal to create artificial structures that allow fast permeation
of water but reject even the smallest hydrated ions, replicating the feat achieved by nature in …

Proactively programming materials toward target nonlinear mechanical behaviors is crucial
to realize customizable functions for advanced devices and systems, which arouses …

Graphene is a unique attractive material owing to its characteristic structure and excellent
properties. To improve the preparation efficiency of graphene, reduce defects and costs, and …

In recent decades, material performances improved by the discovery of new bulk materials
have slowed down. By contrast, novel and unprecedented material properties have been …

Carbon nanomaterials (eg, carbon nanotubes and graphene) have been deemed as
versatile building blocks to create a novel generation of nanocomposites desired for a …

Graphene is considered to be an ideal reinforcement in metals, and its strengthening to the
metal matrix is found to be the combined effect of load-sharing and the alteration of …

Blisters can form spontaneously when transferring 2D materials on a substrate because of
the small molecules trapped at the interface. Though extensive works have revealed a …

Multilayer van der Waals (vdW) materials exhibit nontrivial out-of-plane responses and
deformability due to their inherent atomic scale thickness coupled with weak interlayer vdW …