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Carlos Alcaraz hopes Davis Cup finals won't be Rafael Nadal's 'last dance'

Carlos Alcaraz said he had "missed" his compatriot at the recent Laver Cup, which Rafael Nadal skipped because of injury.




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Rithvik Bollipalli and Arjun Kadhe in Challenger doubles final

In the final, the Indian pair will be challenged by Blake Ellis and Adam Walton of Australia




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WADA appeals to CAS against Jannik Sinner doping verdict, seeks suspension

WADA said it would seek "a period of ineligibility of between one and two years" for Italy's Jannik Sinner




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Jannik Sinner ‘disappointed and surprised’ by WADA appeal over doping case

WADA made the appeal announcement as Sinner was on court at the China Open, where the defending champion fought back to beat 69th-ranked Russian Roman Safiullin 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 in Beijing




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Bopanna & Dodig tumble early in Beijing




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TENNIS | Shrivalli sets sight on the Australian Open

The current National champion, she won’t be defending her title this week as she prepares for the grind in the international circuit




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Vishnu Vardhan, Vaidehi Chaudhari seeded No. 1 for National championship




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Sumit Nagal loses in the first round of Shanghai Masters




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NATIONAL TENNIS | Riya Bhatia squeezes past Yubrani Banerjee




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Rethin and Vaidehi win National tennis crowns

Aradhya overcomes stiff competition from Shanker to clinch the under-18 boys’ title, while Prisha recovered from the brink of defeat to beat Diya for the under-18 girls’ title




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Anirudh Chandrasekar and Niki Poonacha win Challenger title in Spain




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Coco Gauff wins China Open final in straight sets, Sinner and Alcaraz advance in Shanghai

Coco Gauff is also the second American champion in Beijing, following Serena Williams’ title runs in 2004 and 2013




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Circle of life playing out: Paes on Indian tennis' decline

The Indian team endured a 0-4 defeat against Sweden in its Davis Cup World Group I tie recently, which relegated them to the play-off stage for the upcoming year




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Rafael Nadal, 22-time Grand Slam champion, to retire from tennis after Davis Cup final

Rafael Nadal’s career has been hampered by injuries and he missed the 2023 French Open and was beaten in the first round by German Alexander Zverev this year




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Jannik Sinner through to Shanghai Masters final; Aryna Sabalenka rallies over Gauff at Wuhan

Victory ensured Sinner will be the ATP year-end No. 1. He is the first Italian to achieve that feat.




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Double delight for Aahan




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India clinch three medals, including historic women's doubles bronze at Asian TT Championships

The world No. 15 pair, who stunned the reigning world champions from China en route to a bronze at the Asian Games last year, fell to Japan's Miwa Harimoto and Miyuu Kihara, 4-11, 9-11, 8-11, in under 30 minutes in their last-four clash




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Jannik Sinner wins Shanghai Masters to extend Djokovic's wait for 100th title

The 23-year-old Sinner came out on top in a tiebreak in an enthralling opening set, before taking the one-sided second set to become the youngest-ever champion in Shanghai




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Injured Osaka pulls out of Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo

Naomi Osaka, representing Japan, withdraws from Pan Pacific Open due to back injury, missing out on tournament in Tokyo




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Plurality and identity: on the educational relations between chemistry and physics

Chem. Educ. Res. Pract., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RP00288A, Perspective
Pedro J. Sánchez Gómez, Mauricio Suárez
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Contribution of an instructional module, incorporating PhET simulations, to Rwanda students’ knowledge of chemical reactions and acids and bases through Social Interaction.

Chem. Educ. Res. Pract., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4RP00105B, Paper
Jean-Baptiste Ndagijimana, Jeannette Musengimana, Henriette Mushimiyimana, Evode MUKAMA, Olivier Habimana, Paulin Manirakiza , Jean Claude Dushimimana , Jean Pierre Alpha Munyaruhengeri , Samia Khan, Elizabeth Lakin
The current study ascertained the influence an instructional module had on enhancing students’ understanding of chemical reactions and acid-base topics. The sample size for this study consisted of 197 students,...
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Psychometric analysis of the resonance concept inventory

Chem. Educ. Res. Pract., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RP00170B, Paper
Grace C. Tetschner, Sachin Nedungadi
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Design, development, and evaluation of the organic chemistry representational competence assessment (ORCA)

Chem. Educ. Res. Pract., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3RP00188A, Paper
Lyniesha Ward, Fridah Rotich, Jeffrey R. Raker, Regis Komperda, Sachin Nedungadi, Maia Popova
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A systematic review of green and sustainable chemistry training research with pedagogical content knowledge framework: current trends and future directions

Chem. Educ. Res. Pract., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RP00166D, Review Article
Sevgi Aydin Gunbatar, Betul Ekiz Kiran, Yezdan Boz, Elif Selcan Oztay
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Investigating students' expectations and engagement in general and organic chemistry laboratory courses

Chem. Educ. Res. Pract., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RP00277F, Paper
Elizabeth B. Vaughan, Saraswathi Tummuru, Jack Barbera
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Chemical bonding in Swedish upper secondary school education: a force-based teaching model for enhanced understanding

Chem. Educ. Res. Pract., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4RP00258J, Paper
Catalin Koro Arvidsson
This study investigates if a force-based teaching approach, based on quantum mechanical principles and developed in a lesson study, would enhance the understanding of chemical bonding among upper secondary school...
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Student’s study behaviors as a predictor of performance in General Chemistry I

Chem. Educ. Res. Pract., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3RP00207A, Paper
Lorraine Laguerre Van Sickle , Regina F Frey
General chemistry is often the first course taken by students interested in careers in STEM and health fields, and therefore, is considered an essential course for the success and retention...
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Self-regulated learning strategies for success in an online first-year chemistry course

Chem. Educ. Res. Pract., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4RP00159A, Paper
Langanani Rakhunwana, Angelique Kritzinger, Lynne Alison Pilcher
During their first year of study at university, many students encounter challenges in developing learning strategies that align with success in the courses in which they are enrolled. The emergence...
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Spin-degree manipulation for one-dimensional room-temperature ferromagnetism in a haldane system

Mater. Horiz., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4MH00134F, Communication
Pengfei Tan, Chuanhui Zhu, Xiaosheng Ni, Han-Qing Wu, Shuang Zhao, Tao Xia, Jinjin Yang, Tao Han, Mei-Huan Zhao, Yifeng Han, Yuanhua Xia, Zheng Deng, Muwei Wu, Dao-Xin Yao, Man-Rong Li
Exotic ferromagnetic order up to ∼700 K has been introduced in the well-known S = 1 Haldane system nickelate, Y2BaNiO5, induced by locally mixed S = 1 and 1/2 states (d8-Ni2+ and d9-Ni+) and oxygen vacancies along the finite chain segments.
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Hybridized local and charge transfer dendrimers with near-unity exciton utilization for enabling high-efficiency solution-processed hyperfluorescent OLEDs

Mater. Horiz., 2024, 11,1741-1751
DOI: 10.1039/D3MH01860A, Communication
Yixiao Yin, Songkun Zeng, Chen Xiao, Peng Fan, Dong Jin Shin, Ki Ju Kim, Hyewon Nam, Qian Ma, Huili Ma, Weiguo Zhu, Taekyung Kim, Jun Yeob Lee, Yafei Wang
Two dendrimers, called D-TTT-H and D-TTT-tBu, were prepared, which exhibits both hot exciton process and TADF characteristic simultaneously in solid state. The solution processable OLED showed an EQEmax of 30.88% employing D-TTT-H as a sensitizer.
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Enhanced photocatalysis of metal/covalent organic frameworks by plasmonic nanoparticles and homo/hetero-junctions

Mater. Horiz., 2024, 11,1611-1637
DOI: 10.1039/D3MH01645E, Review Article
Yannan Liu, Shengyun Huang, Xing Huang, Dongling Ma
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs) photocatalysts face challenge in poor photocatalytic efficiency, which was promoted by the introduction of plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs) and junctions.
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A UV non-hydrogen pure selenite nonlinear optical material for achieving balanced properties through framework-optimized structural transformation

Mater. Horiz., 2024, 11,1704-1709
DOI: 10.1039/D3MH01790G, Communication
Peng-Fei Li, Chun-Li Hu, Jiang-Gao Mao, Fang Kong
NCS NaLu(SeO3)2 was designed by framework-optimized structural transformation from CS NaGa(SeO3)2. NaLu(SeO3)2 exhibits large SHG responses, a wide band gap, a short UV cut-off edge, high LIDT, sufficient birefringence and high thermal stability.
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A high-performance and self-powered polarization-sensitive photoelectrochemical-type Bi2O2Te photodetector based on a quasi-solid-state gel electrolyte

Mater. Horiz., 2024, 11,1710-1718
DOI: 10.1039/D3MH01882B, Communication
Song Yang, Shujie Jiao, Yiyin Nie, Yue Zhao, Shiyong Gao, Dongbo Wang, Jinzhong Wang
A quasi-solid-state photoelectrochemical-type Bi2O2Te photodetector exhibits excellent linear polarized light detection capability.
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Elucidating the impact of oxygen functional groups on the catalytic activity of M–N4–C catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction: a density functional theory and machine learning approach

Mater. Horiz., 2024, 11,1719-1731
DOI: 10.1039/D3MH02115G, Communication
Liang Xie, Wei Zhou, Yuming Huang, Zhibin Qu, Longhao Li, Chaowei Yang, Yani Ding, Junfeng Li, Xiaoxiao Meng, Fei Sun, Jihui Gao, Guangbo Zhao, Yukun Qin
While current experimental and computational studies often concentrate on introducing external structures or idealized MN4 models, we emphasize the often-overlooked impact of inherent OGs within the carbon structure of MN4 materials, presenting a new perspective on their catalytic activity origin.
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Distinguishing thermoelectric and photoelectric modes enables intelligent real-time detection of indoor electrical safety hazards

Mater. Horiz., 2024, 11,1679-1688
DOI: 10.1039/D3MH02187D, Communication
Gang Li, Chengzhi Chen, Zijian Liu, Qi Sun, Lirong Liang, Chunyu Du, Guangming Chen
Accurate identification and monitoring of indoor safety hazards can be achieved by integrating a photo-/thermoelectric material that exhibits different nominal Seebeck coefficients in the sensor.
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Integration of fine-tuned chiral donor with hybrid long/short-range charge-transfer for high-performance circularly polarized electroluminescence

Mater. Horiz., 2024, 11,1752-1759
DOI: 10.1039/D3MH02146G, Communication
Xiaojun Yin, Haoxin Huang, Nengquan Li, Wendi Li, Xuechao Mo, Manli Huang, Guohao Chen, Jingsheng Miao, Chuluo Yang
Synergistic integration of a fine-tuned chiral donor with hybrid long/short-range charge-transfer offers desirable circularly polarized emitters with both a high dissymmetry factor of 1.6 × 10−3 and maximum external quantum efficiency of 37.4%.
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Hierarchical porous dual-mode thermal management fabrics achieved by regulating solar and body radiations

Mater. Horiz., 2024, 11,1760-1768
DOI: 10.1039/D3MH01938A, Communication
Chuntao Lan, Jia Meng, Chongxiang Pan, Luyao Jia, Xiong Pu
A PTM fabric with cooling and heating abilities is achieved by simultaneously regulating solar and body radiations. The hierarchical porous fabric is suitable for various scenarios (e.g., indoors/outdoors, summer/winter, low/high latitude areas).
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Polyethylene fibers containing directional microchannels for passive radiative cooling

Mater. Horiz., 2024, 11,1787-1796
DOI: 10.1039/D3MH01881D, Communication
Mengxia Sun, Fei Peng, Shanshan Xu, Xianhu Liu, Kun Dai, Guoqiang Zheng, Chuntai Liu, Changyu Shen
The fabric woven by polyethylene fiber containing directional microchannels has excellent radiative cooling and self-cleaning property. Therefore, PFCDM fabric shows huge potential in the field of radiative cooling and human thermal management.
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Magnetically driven Janus conical vertical array for all-weather freshwater collection

Mater. Horiz., 2024, 11,1779-1786
DOI: 10.1039/D3MH02083E, Communication
Xiangyi Zhang, Mengyao Zhu, Junhao Chen, Zongwei Wang, Sanchuan Li, Huiyu Yang, Hongman Xu, Guang He, Ziwei Deng, Shaojin Gu, Xin Liu, Bin Shang
The strategy for fabricating a Janus conical vertical array is novel in the integration of solar vapor generation and fog collection, which has great significance for all-weather freshwater production.
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In situ self-reconstructed hierarchical bimetallic oxyhydroxide nanosheets of metallic sulfides for high-efficiency electrochemical water splitting

Mater. Horiz., 2024, 11,1797-1807
DOI: 10.1039/D3MH02090H, Communication
Yaning Fan, Junjun Zhang, Jie Han, Mengyuan Zhang, Weiwei Bao, Hui Su, Nailiang Wang, Pengfei Zhang, Zhenghong Luo
The obtained bimetallic sulfide catalyst can be reconstituted as FeCoOOH, which has high efficacy for water splitting. The activation energy barrier of key reaction steps can be effectively reduced by dual-metal cooperation.
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Advances and challenges in the modification of photoelectrode materials for photoelectrocatalytic water splitting

Mater. Horiz., 2024, 11,1638-1657
DOI: 10.1039/D4MH00020J, Review Article
Longyue Yang, Fang Li, Quanjun Xiang
With the increasing consumption of fossil fuels, the development of clean and renewable alternative fuels has become a top priority.
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Non-Hermitian metagrating for perfect absorption of elastic waves

Mater. Horiz., 2024, 11,1658-1667
DOI: 10.1039/D3MH01866K, Communication
Jiali Cheng, Yabin Hu, Bing Li
With only a specific small amount of loss, perfect absorption of elastic waves can be achieved by a compact NHMG composed of only a single type of unit cell, enabling cloaking for arbitrary-shaped targets.
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Correction: Solution-processed white OLEDs with power efficiency over 90 lm W−1 by triplet exciton management with a high triplet energy level interfacial exciplex host and a high reverse intersystem crossing rate blue TADF emitter

Mater. Horiz., 2024, 11,1817-1817
DOI: 10.1039/D4MH90021A, Correction
Open Access
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Liang Chen, Yufei Chang, Song Shi, Shumeng Wang, Lixiang Wang
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A dual-responsive microemulsion with macroscale superlubricity and largely switchable friction

Mater. Horiz., 2024, 11,1668-1678
DOI: 10.1039/D3MH01978K, Communication
Siwei Chen, Hong Sun, Jian Liu, Jinyu Wang, Hongsheng Lu, Jingcheng Hao, Lu Xu, Weimin Liu
A dual-responsive microemulsion capable of providing macroscale superlubrication in a broad temperature range and switching its coefficient of friction by ∼25 fold is reported. It also shows ultrahigh colloidal stability and anti-freezing properties.
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A reflection on ‘A shape-memory scaffold for macroscale assembly of functional nanoscale building blocks’

Mater. Horiz., 2024, 11,1608-1610
DOI: 10.1039/D4MH90010C, Commentary
Xiang-Sen Meng, Li-Bo Mao, Shu-Hong Yu
Yu et al. reflect on their first Materials Horizons paper (Mater. Horiz., 2014, https://doi.org/10.1039/c3mh00040k) published in the inaugural issue of the journal, and discuss how their work may have influenced the research field over the past decade.
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An adjustable multistage resistance switching behavior of a photoelectric artificial synaptic device with a ferroelectric diode effect for neuromorphic computing

Mater. Horiz., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4MH00064A, Communication
Xi-Cai Lai, Zhenhua Tang, Junlin Fang, Leyan Feng, Di-Jie Yao, Li Zhang, Yan-Ping Jiang, Qiu-Xiang Liu, Xin-Gui Tang, Yi-Chun Zhou, Jie Shang, Gao-Kuo Zhong, Ju Gao
The ever-growing information data has driven the pursuit of advanced BFCO thin-film synapses, which have multifunctionality, adjustable plasticity, unique photoelectric response, and optical memory effects detected by femtosecond lasers.
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Aluminothermic reduction of CeO2: mechanism of an economical route to aluminum–cerium alloys

Mater. Horiz., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4MH00087K, Communication
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Alfred Amon, Emily E. Moore, Hunter B. Henderson, Jibril Shittu, Martin Kunz, Shane Kastamo, Nikolai Huotari, Adam Loukus, Ryan Ott, David Weiss, Scott K. McCall
Time-resolved X-ray diffraction enabled mechanistic insight into the aluminothermic reduction of CeO2. The environmentally friendly process enables a direct route to Al–Ce alloy production and a high-value use for excess Ce from rare earth mining.
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Ultra-high piezoelectric properties and ultra-high Curie temperature of Li/Ce-doped La2Ti2O7 ceramics

Mater. Horiz., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3MH02098C, Communication
Manjing Tang, Zhi Tan, Jie Xing, Hao Chen, Xinji Yang, Hongjiang Li, Wen Zhang, Jianguo Zhu
Li/Ce dual doping strategy induces local heterogeneity via ion size and charge differences, the modified La2Ti2O7 ceramics exhibit significantly enhanced piezoelectric performance, resistivity, and ultra-high TC.
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Exploring negative thermal expansion materials with bulk framework structures and their relevant scaling relationships through multi-step machine learning

Mater. Horiz., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3MH01509B, Communication
Yu Cai, Chunyan Wang, Huanli Yuan, Yuan Guo, Jun-Hyung Cho, Xianran Xing, Yu Jia
We uses the multi-step ML method to mine 1000 potential NTE materials from ICSD, MPD and COD databases, and the presented phase diagram can serve as a preliminary criterion for judging and designing new NTE materials.
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Dual-ligand quasi-2D perovskites with chiral-induced spin selectivity for room temperature spin-LEDs

Mater. Horiz., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3MH02029K, Communication
Haotian Gao, Yu Chen, Ruxi Zhang, Rui Cao, Yong Wang, Yunfei Tian, Yin Xiao
We developed new quasi-2D perovskites with chiral and achiral organic cations as co-ligands and demonstrated their effective application in spin-LEDs at room temperature based on the chiral-induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect.
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