Given the severe energy and environmental crises,there is a pressing need for the development of high-performance functional materials.Therefore,significant challenges facing current functional materials must be addre...Given the severe energy and environmental crises,there is a pressing need for the development of high-performance functional materials.Therefore,significant challenges facing current functional materials must be addressed,including further improving material performance,resolving complex trade-offs between properties,and achieving multifunctionality for greater energy efficiency while effectively preventing premature failures during functional processes.Traditional materials may exhibit translational periodicity at the lattice level,but their microstructures,such as grains and their characteristics,are often randomly distributed.Recent discoveries indicate that if the microstructure is constructed in an ordered manner,e.g.,grain size gradient,materials can perform distinctively compared to their conventional counterparts,potentially breaking through the trade-offs between various properties and achieving transformative performance[1-3].展开更多
基金supported by the Beijing Natural Science Foundation(4242058)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52271236,U22A20116,51931007,and 51971196)the National Key R&D Program of China(2022YFB3505600)。
文摘Given the severe energy and environmental crises,there is a pressing need for the development of high-performance functional materials.Therefore,significant challenges facing current functional materials must be addressed,including further improving material performance,resolving complex trade-offs between properties,and achieving multifunctionality for greater energy efficiency while effectively preventing premature failures during functional processes.Traditional materials may exhibit translational periodicity at the lattice level,but their microstructures,such as grains and their characteristics,are often randomly distributed.Recent discoveries indicate that if the microstructure is constructed in an ordered manner,e.g.,grain size gradient,materials can perform distinctively compared to their conventional counterparts,potentially breaking through the trade-offs between various properties and achieving transformative performance[1-3].
