The “Up-and-Coming” series of Perspectives provides a place for up-and-coming, early career scientists to discuss and provide insights into emerging and exciting areas of materials science, and to showcase their research accomplishments.

Oxygen Sponges for Electrocatalysis: Oxygen Reduction/Evolution on Nonstoichiometric, Mixed Metal Oxides Xiang-Kui Gu, Samji Samira, and Eranda Nikolla Photoinduced Controlled Radical Polymerizations Performed in Flow: Methods, Products, and Opportunities Bonnie L. Buss and Garret M. Miyake Designing Ionic Conductors: The Interplay between Structural Phenomena and Interfaces in Thiophosphate-Based Solid-State Batteries Sean P. Culver, Raimund Koerver, Thorben Krauskopf, and Wolfgang G. Zeier Germanium Chalcogenide Thermoelectrics: Electronic Structure Modulation and Low Lattice Thermal Conductivity Subhajit Roychowdhury, Manisha Samanta, Suresh Perumal, and Kanishka Biswas Controlling and Expanding the Selectivity of Filtration Membranes Ilin Sadeghi, Papatya Kaner, and Ayse Asatekin Colloidal Nanocrystals as Heterogeneous Catalysts for Electrochemical CO2 Conversion Jianfeng Huang, and Raffaella Buonsanti From the Bottom-Up: Toward Area-Selective Atomic Layer Deposition with High Selectivity Adriaan J. M. Mackus, Marc J. M. Merkx, and Wilhelmus M. M. Kessels Engineered Noble-Metal Nanostructures for in Vitro Diagnostics Zheng Xi, Haihang Ye, and Xiaohu Xia Applications of Piezoelectrics: Old and New Alicia María Manjón-Sanz and Michelle R. Dolgos

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Toward Reaction-by-Design: Achieving Kinetic Control of Solid State Chemistry with Metathesis Andrew J. Martinolich and James R. Neilson Understanding and Controlling Anionic Electrochemical Activity in High-Capacity Oxides for Next Generation Li-Ion Batteries Bao Qiu, Minghao Zhang, Yonggao Xia, Zhaoping Liu, and Ying Shirley Meng Interrogating Cellular Functions with Designer Janus Particles Yi Yi, Lucero Sanchez, Yuan Gao, Kwahun Lee, and Yan Yu Between the Sheets: Postsynthetic Transformations in Hybrid Perovskites Ian C. Smith, Matthew D. Smith, Adam Jaffe, Yu Lin, and Hemamala I. Karunadasa Forging Solid-State Qubit Design Principles in a Molecular Furnace Michael J. Graham, Joseph M. Zadrozny, Majed S. Fataftah, and Danna E. Freedman Development of a Cambridge Structural Database Subset: A Collection of Metal–Organic Frameworks for Past, Present, and Future Peyman Z. Moghadam, Aurelia Li, Seth B. Wiggin, Andi Tao, Andrew G. P. Maloney, Peter A. Wood, Suzanna C. Ward, and David Fairen-Jimenez Visualization of Electrochemical Reactions in Battery Materials with X-ray Microscopy and Mapping Mark Wolf, Brian M. May, and Jordi Cabana Atomic Layer Deposition on 2D Materials Hyun Gu Kim and Han-Bo-Ram Lee Colloidal Halide Perovskite Nanoplatelets: An Exciting New Class of Semiconductor Nanomaterials Mark C. Weidman, Aaron J. Goodman, and William A. Tisdale Emerging Non-Aqueous Potassium-Ion Batteries: Challenges and Opportunities Xianyong Wu, Daniel P. Leonard, and Xiulei Ji Tetrahedral Transition Metal Chalcogenides as Functional Inorganic Materials Xiuquan Zhou and Efrain E. Rodriguez Constructing Soft Substrate-less Platforms Using Particle-Assembled Fluid–Fluid Interfaces and Their Prospects in Multiphasic Applications Hiang Kwee Lee, Yih Hong Lee, Gia Chuong Phan-Quang, Xuemei Han, Charlynn Sher Lin Koh, and Xing Yi Ling Fulleretic Materials: Buckyball- and Buckybowl-Based Crystalline Frameworks Allison M. Rice, Ekaterina A. Dolgopolova, and Natalia B. Shustova Divide-and-Conquer Chemical Bonding Models for Materials: A Tool for Materials Design at the Electronic Level Anastassia N. Alexandrova Finding Harmony between Ions and Electrons: New Tools and Concepts for Emerging Energy Storage Materials Kenneth Hernández-Burgos, Zachary J. Barton, and Joaquín Rodríguez-López Nanostructured Electrode Materials for High-Energy Rechargeable Li, Na and Zn Batteries Yamin Zhang and Nian Liu Enabling Widespread Use of Microporous Materials for Challenging Organic Solvent Separations Melinda L. Jue, Dong-Yeun Koh, Benjamin A. McCool, and Ryan P. Lively

Nanomanufacturing: High-Throughput, Cost-Effective Deposition of Atomic Scale Thin Films via Atmospheric Pressure Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition Kevin P. Musselman, Chukwuka F. Uzoma, and Michael S. Miller Engineering Crystal Modifiers: Bridging Classical and Nonclassical Crystallization Katy N. Olafson, Rui Li, Bryan G. Alamani, and Jeffrey D. Rimer Shining Light on Indium Phosphide Quantum Dots: Understanding the Interplay among Precursor Conversion, Nucleation, and Growth Brandi M. Cossairt Dynamic Materials Inspired by Cephalopods Long Phan, Rylan Kautz, Erica M. Leung, Kyle L. Naughton, Yegor Van Dyke, and Alon A. Gorodetsky Computational Insight into the Covalent Organic–Inorganic Interface Qing Tang and De-en Jiang Conducting Polymers for Pseudocapacitive Energy Storage Aimee M. Bryan, Luciano M. Santino, Yang Lu, Shinjita Acharya, and Julio M. D’Arcy Packing Principles for Donor–Acceptor Oligomers from Analysis of Single Crystals Chi-Feng Huang, San-Lien Wu, Yi-Fan Huang, Ying-Cheng Chen, Shu-Ting Chang, Tzu-Yi Wu, Kuan-Yi Wu, Wei-Tsung Chuang, and Chien-Lung Wang Soft Photocatalysis: Organic Polymers for Solar Fuel Production  Vijay S. Vyas, Vincent Wing-hei Lau, and Bettina V. Lotsch Hollow Zeolite Structures: An Overview of Synthesis Methods Céline Pagis, Ana Rita Morgado Prates, David Farrusseng, Nicolas Bats, and Alain Tuel Transient Electronics: Materials and Devices Kun Kelvin Fu, Zhengyang Wang, Jiaqi Dai, Marcus Carter, and Liangbing Hu Templated Self-Assembly of Colloidal Nanocrystals into Three-Dimensional Mesoscopic Structures: A Perspective on Synthesis and Catalytic Prospects Ioannis T. Papadas, Ioannis Vamvasakis, Ioannis Tamiolakis, and Gerasimos S. Armatas Designing Hierarchically Nanostructured Conductive Polymer Gels for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Ye Shi and Guihua Yu Revealing Complexity of Nanoparticle Synthesis in Solution by in Situ Hard X-ray Spectroscopy—Today and Beyond Dorota Koziej More than Conformational “Twisting” or “Coplanarity”: Molecular Strategies for Designing High-Efficiency Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells Chuanlang Zhan and Jiannian Yao Drug-Initiated Synthesis of Polymer Prodrugs: Combining Simplicity and Efficacy in Drug Delivery Julien Nicolas Pursuit of Sustainable Iron-Based Sodium Battery Cathodes: Two Case Studies Prabeer Barpanda Bottom-up Nanofabrication Using DNA Nanostructures Zhenbo Peng and Haitao Liu Time as the Fourth Dimension: Opening up New Possibilities in Chemical Vapor Deposition Henrik Pedersen

Oxygen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalysis on Transition Metal Oxides and (Oxy)hydroxides: Activity Trends and Design Principles Michaela S. Burke, Lisa J. Enman, Adam S. Batchellor, Shihui Zou, and Shannon W. Boettcher Challenges in Co-Alloyed Titanium Oxynitrides, a Promising Class of Photochemically Active Materials James J. Brancho and Bart M. Bartlett Rising Again: Opportunities and Challenges for Platinum-Free Electrocatalysts Muhammad A. Abbas and Jin Ho Bang Tough Electrodes: Carbon Nanotube Fibers as the Ultimate Current Collectors/Active Material for Energy Management Devices Juan J. Vilatela and Rebeca Marcilla Correlating Structure and Function in Organic Electronics: From Single Molecule Transport to Singlet Fission Jonathan Z. Low, Samuel N. Sanders, and Luis M. Campos Coupling Bulk and Near-Electrode Interfacial Nanostructuring in Ionic Liquids Arik Yochelis, Maibam Birla Singh, and Iris Visoly-Fisher Atomic-Scale Derivatives of Solid-State Materials Tianyang Li and Joshua E. Goldberger Probing Structural and Electronic Dynamics with Ultrafast Electron Microscopy Dayne A. Plemmons, Pranav K. Suri, and David J. Flannigan NMR Techniques for Noble Metal Nanoparticles Lauren E. Marbella and Jill E. Millstone Responsive Metal–Organic Frameworks and Framework Materials: Under Pressure, Taking the Heat, in the Spotlight, with Friends François-Xavier Coudert

Precisely Engineered Colloidal Nanoparticles and Nanocrystals for Li-Ion and Na-Ion Batteries: Model Systems or Practical Solutions? Marek F. Oszajca, Maryna I. Bodnarchuk, and Maksym V. Kovalenko Stacking of Two-Dimensional Materials in Lateral and Vertical Directions Hyunseob Lim, Seong In Yoon, Gwangwoo Kim, A-Rang Jang, and Hyeon Suk Shin Metal–Organic Frameworks: Rise of the Ligands Teng-Hao Chen, Ilya Popov, Watchareeya Kaveevivitchai, and Ognjen Š. Miljanić Recent Highlights and Perspectives on Acene Based Molecules and Materials Qun Ye and Chunyan Chi Molecularly Stretchable Electronics Suchol Savagatrup, Adam D. Printz, Timothy F. O’Connor, Aliaksandr V. Zaretski, and Darren J. Lipomi

Colloidal Nanocrystals as Building Blocks for Well-Defined Heterogeneous Catalysts Matteo Cargnello Are Chalcogenide Perovskites an Emerging Class of Semiconductors for Optoelectronic Properties and Solar Cell? Abhishek Swarnkar, Wasim J. Mir, Rayan Chakraborty, Metikoti Jagadeeswararao, Tariq Sheikh, and Angshuman Nag Growing Nanoscale Model Surfaces to Enable Correlation of Catalytic Behavior Across Dissimilar Reaction Environments Daniel D. Robertson, and Michelle L. Personick Conjugated Polymers Inspired by Crystalline Silicon Eric A. Marro, and Rebekka S. Klausen Surface Engineering of Extracellular Vesicles through Chemical and Biological Strategies Joseph J. Richardson, and Hirotaka Ejima Unraveling the Mechanisms of Thermal Quenching of Luminescence in Ce3+-Doped Garnet Phosphors Yuan-Chih Lin, Marco Bettinelli, and Maths Karlsson