Creating multifunctionality with hierarchical heterostructures

Materials with multifunctionalities are essential for saving energy and conserving natural resources, but intrinsic multiple trade-offs among material properties often limit the development of next-generation multifunctional materials. This Perspective highlights the concept of hierarchical heterost...

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Main Author: Yuntian Zhu
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2025-03-01
Series:Materials Research Letters
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21663831.2024.2448500
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description Materials with multifunctionalities are essential for saving energy and conserving natural resources, but intrinsic multiple trade-offs among material properties often limit the development of next-generation multifunctional materials. This Perspective highlights the concept of hierarchical heterostructure with the potential to create unprecedented multifunctional properties. This strategy enables an exceptional combination of multiple conflicting properties beyond the reach of conventional approaches through activating multiple physical mechanisms. This paper aims to draw the attention of materials community to the emerging heterostructured materials and to motivate active investigations on this topic for creating transformative materials with multifunctionalities.
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spelling doaj-art-2d25acbb4b1542cca4d1ecb00b2fa9912025-08-20T02:54:26ZengTaylor & Francis GroupMaterials Research Letters2166-38312025-03-0113317517810.1080/21663831.2024.2448500Creating multifunctionality with hierarchical heterostructuresYuntian Zhu0Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of ChinaMaterials with multifunctionalities are essential for saving energy and conserving natural resources, but intrinsic multiple trade-offs among material properties often limit the development of next-generation multifunctional materials. This Perspective highlights the concept of hierarchical heterostructure with the potential to create unprecedented multifunctional properties. This strategy enables an exceptional combination of multiple conflicting properties beyond the reach of conventional approaches through activating multiple physical mechanisms. This paper aims to draw the attention of materials community to the emerging heterostructured materials and to motivate active investigations on this topic for creating transformative materials with multifunctionalities.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21663831.2024.2448500Heterostructureshierarchical nanostructuresmultifunctional materialsferromagnetic materials
spellingShingle Yuntian Zhu
Creating multifunctionality with hierarchical heterostructures
Materials Research Letters
Heterostructures
hierarchical nanostructures
multifunctional materials
ferromagnetic materials
title Creating multifunctionality with hierarchical heterostructures
title_full Creating multifunctionality with hierarchical heterostructures
title_fullStr Creating multifunctionality with hierarchical heterostructures
title_full_unstemmed Creating multifunctionality with hierarchical heterostructures
title_short Creating multifunctionality with hierarchical heterostructures
title_sort creating multifunctionality with hierarchical heterostructures
topic Heterostructures
hierarchical nanostructures
multifunctional materials
ferromagnetic materials
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21663831.2024.2448500
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