Materials Engineering

Significance  Reference Dubey, Mansha & Türedi, Bekir & Kanak, Andrii & Kovalenko, Maksym & Leite, Marina. (2026). Reversible, Photo‐Induced Lattice Distortions in Halide Perovskites. Advanced Materials. 10.1002/adma.202521800.

Significance    Reference Ran Gu, Yonghui An, Wanhai Han, Jinping Ou, A novel biomimetic arc support enhanced re-entrant honeycomb with enhanced strength: Experiments and simulations of mechanical performance, Composite Structures, Volume 373, 2025, 119607.

Significance  Reference Liu, Yang & Wang, Zhaogui & Yi, Bohao. (2025). Enhancing Mechanical Performances of Material Extrusion Additively Manufactured Composite Sandwich Structures via Multi‐Scale Interfacial Bonding Strategies. Polymer Composites. 46. 17041-17055. 10.1002/pc.70094.

Significance    Reference Cheng-Hui Xia, Xiao-Gang Lu, A modified substitutional solution model for describing thermal vacancies, Acta Materialia, Volume 301, 2025, 121564,

Significance  Reference Li SR, Ma ZQ, Lv JW, Cheng TB. Constitutive behaviors of carbon fiber reinforced silicon carbide minicomposites at elevated temperatures. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 109(1) (2026) e70245. doi: 10.1111/jace.70245.

Significance    Reference Yingqi Zheng, Jialin Sun, Shurong Ning, Xiao Li, Jun Zhao, Determination of optimal graphene configuration on the mechanical responses and machining performance of ceramic cutting tool, Ceramics International, Volume 51, Issue 29, Part A, 2025, Pages 60542-60554,

Significance  Reference Zhou, Zikang & Liang, Fei & Zeng, Yuyao & Yang, Chuntian & Wu, Zhongxin. (2025). Research on Zero Value Effect of Positive and Negative Thermal Expansion Mixed Ceramic Fillers and Its Application in BT Resin‐Based Composites. Polymer Composites. 46. 16302-16310. 10.1002/pc.70046.

Significance    Reference Kelun Liu, Ruilin Xiao, Bohan Sun, Ying Ruan, Bingbo Wei, Unusual growth mechanism for refractory multicomponent Laves phase, Acta Materialia, Volume 302, 2026, 121685,

Significance  Reference Zhang W, Li Z, Gao H, Greer JR. Nanoporosity-driven deformation of additively manufactured nano-architected metals. Nat Commun. 2026;17(1):3279. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-69845-8.

Significance    Reference Mengyue Li, Jiayao Ma, Xiao-Lei Tang, Yan-Feng Wang, Yan Chen, Double-tubular origami metamaterials with independently programmable and tunable mechanical and acoustic properties, Composites Part B: Engineering, Volume 306, 2025, 112804.

Significance  Reference Yuya Doi, Naoto Sakabe, Yoshiaki Takahashi, Atsushi Takano, Yushu Matsushita, Miscibility enhancement in a symmetric ring diblock copolymer melt due to topological constraint studied by SAXS and rheology, Polymer, Volume 338, 2025, 129092,

Significance  Reference Gu, H., Lüders, A. & Bechinger, C. Non-monotonic magnetic friction from collective rotor dynamics. Nat. Mater. (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-026-02538-1

Significance    Reference Xie JL, Liu T, Leng YC, Mei R, Wu H, Liu CK, Wang JH, Li Y, Yu XF, Lin ML, Tan PH. Quantitatively Predicting Angle-Resolved Polarized Raman Intensity of Anisotropic Layered Materials. Adv Mater. 2025 Oct;37(40):e2506241. doi: 10.1002/adma.202506241.

Significance  Reference Tian Z, Zhu M, Kim J, Behera P, Xu M, Lee TJ, Lin CC, Pamula S, Raja A, Pan H, Kim J, LeBeau JM, Martin LW. Unleashing the Electromechanical Response of Ferroelastic Domain Reorganization in Mixed-Phase Tetragonal Ferroelectric Multilayers. Adv Mater. 2026 Apr;38(19):e18417. doi: 10.1002/adma.202518417.

Significance  Image Credit: Nature Materials, 2026; DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02538-1   Reference Hongri Gu, Anton Lüders, Clemens Bechinger. Non-monotonic magnetic friction from collective rotor dynamics. Nature Materials, 2026; DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02538-1

Significance  Reference Liu, Cheng & He, Chaowei & Dai, Xiaobin & Yan, Li‐Tang & Xu, Huaping. (2025). Achieving Mechanical Evolution in Polymer Materials Through Phase Evolution Induced by Visible Light. Advanced Materials. 37. 10.1002/adma.202508549.

Significance    Reference Shunli Wang, Yinsheng Li, Limei Tian, High-toughness polyurethane elastomers for recyclable carbon fiber-reinforced composites with excellent tear resistance, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, Volume 198, 2025, 109140,