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Nature Materials
Nature Materials is a multidisciplinary journal aimed at bringing together cutting-edge research across the entire spectrum of materials science and technology. Nature Materials covers all applied and fundamental aspects of the synthesis/processing, structure/composition, properties and performance of materials. Nature Materials provides a forum for the development of a common identity among materials scientists while encouraging researchers to cross established subdisciplinary lines. To achieve this, Nature Materials takes an interdisciplinary, integrated and balanced approach to all areas of materials research while fostering the exchange of ideas between scientists involved in different communities.
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Molecular weaving goes multilevel
Nature Materials, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41563-026-02770-9
Integrating distinct weaving topologies within a single molecular network creates coupled deformation modes and adaptive adsorption behaviour, pointing to a shift from constructing molecular topologies to exploiting them for functions.
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Taking the heat off tantalum
Nature Materials, Published online: 09 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41563-026-02766-5
Krypton-assisted growth of low-loss α-phase tantalum on silicon stays within back-end-of-line semiconductor thermal budgets while delivering state-of-the-art qubit coherence.
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Magnetic control of an exciton–polariton condensate in a van der Waals magnet
Nature Materials, Published online: 08 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41563-026-02751-y
Magnetically tunable exciton–polariton condensation is demonstrated in CrSBr, a van der Waals magnet, using microwires embedded in an optical cavity under photoexcitation. The observation may enable ultrafast control of condensate emission through coupling to coherent magnons.
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Ultrafast anisotropic valleytronics in SnSe
Nature Materials, Published online: 08 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41563-026-02765-6
Polarization-selective excitation in SnSe reveals anisotropic valley dynamics with distinct channels: one channel with near-unity valley polarization and one channel that rapidly depolarizes through electron–phonon-mediated intervalley scattering.
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Gene-driven self-morphing microtubule-based active matter
Nature Materials, Published online: 08 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41563-026-02767-4
Cell-free gene expression is embedded directly within a microtubule network to generate a genetically programmed active material with complementary biochemical and physical controls.