Neural-network-guided design of twisted multilayer van der Waals materials enables on-demand control of polariton canalization across the visible, infrared and terahertz spectral regions.

This Review presents a symmetry-based classification of antiferromagnetism and discusses the progress and challenges in detecting, exciting and probing the dynamics of antiferromagnets.

Polymer-like viscoelasticity of two-dimensional graphene oxide in viscous solvents enables ultrahigh-ratio drawing during fibre spinning, which achieves macroscopic graphene fibres with a compelling c...

The kinetics and thermodynamics of void formation are investigated in all-solid-state lithium metal batteries and found to be controlled by interfacial lithium concentration and diffusivity. Diffusivi...

Atomic electron tomography resolves nucleation and growth in multi-principal-element alloy nanoparticles, revealing gradient structural ordering coupled to the local chemical order.

Electrical switching and reading of perpendicular altermagnetic order is demonstrated in a Dirac semimetal/altermagnet heterostructure PtTe2/CrSb. The switching of altermagnetic CrSb is realized using...

The organic ligand phenanthroline acts as a flux to vitrify otherwise non-glass-forming metal–organic frameworks as well as restructuring the coordination environment and network topology of the resul...

Lanthanide substitution, ultrahigh magnetic field measurements and high-pressure studies are utilized to compare and contrast ambient- and high-pressure superconductivity in bilayer nickelate films.

Krypton sputtering is found to promote the synthesis of body-centred-cubic tantalum films on silicon at temperatures as low as 200 °C, compatible with back-end-of-line fabrication standards. Supercond...

A bionic eye system based on a hemispherical tandem retina combines practical resolution, wide-band colour vision, self-powered motion detection and computational efficiency.

Magnetotransport measurements on numerous samples of monolayer–multilayer (1 + N) rhombohedral graphene reveal a high-Chern-number quantum anomalous Hall effect with Chern number C = N. Further, in tw...

Electrical doping is commonly used in organic optoelectronics to tune the electronic properties. A mechanism using unstable radical anions of p-doping agents increases the hole densities in the organi...

A ligand-free polymer–lipid mRNA nanoparticle with inherent T cell-activating capacity enables in vivo T cell engineering and transient chimeric antigen receptor T cell generation to deplete pathogeni...

A perovskite quasi-bound state in the continuum metasurface with broken in-plane inversion symmetry generates topology-driven spin polaritons, in which condensation and spin–orbit coupled half-vortex ...

Challenges in the preparation of uniform large-area kesterite Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 (CZTSSe) thin films have hindered the scalability of related solar cells. A molecular-level regulation of metal–organic coo...

A gut microbiota–bile acid pathway is identified that controls the liver clearance of nanomedicines, thereby improving drug delivery to tumours and cancer treatment responses.

Interfacial effects and nonlinear electronic processes hinder the development of high-performance organic artificial synapses. A highly efficient organic all-photonic synapse is developed with linear ...

Hydrogel bioelectronics typically fail mechanically and electrically because of swelling in wet conditions. An anti-swelling hydrogel with minimal foreign-body reactions is reported and engineered int...

Axis-dependent carrier polarity, in combination with flat-band and van Hove singularity states, enable transverse thermopower of 18.4 μV K−1 and transverse Peltier conductivity of 105 A m−1 K−1 at roo...

Time-resolved measurements of interlayer exciton transport in van der Waals heterobilayers show that lattice reconstruction generates potential energy gradients, driving rapid exciton drift towards lo...

Directional asymmetry in light absorption and emission emerges in simple materials from the interplay of chirality and linear anisotropy.

Aptamer constructs attached to biomaterial scaffolds promote tissue repair by the harvesting and cell-activated delivery of endogenous growth factors from cells and injury sites, and are able to modulate cell responses at physiologically relevant doses.

Advances in electron microscopy instrumentation and methods continue to drive progress in the physical and life sciences. The 4th edition of this conference will bring together researchers from physic...

Intercalants confined between two-dimensional atomic layers can self-assemble into ordered interlayer structures, giving rise to well-defined intercalated superlattices that offer chemically programma...

Hydrogen embrittlement in Ni-based alloys at elevated temperatures is shown to differ fundamentally from that at ambient conditions. The high temperature promotes vacancy-mediated hydrogen trapping an...

Large-scale growth of various two-dimensional metallic oxides with high crystalline quality is achieved via mica surface-reconstruction-assisted van der Waals epitaxy, enabling their exploration in qu...

The scalable formation of jammed interconnected bilayer emulsions provides a platform for replicating structural and functional properties of biological tissues.

The piezoelectric response of Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–PbTiO3 crystals is enhanced through engineering of the vortex domain density.

Skyrmions with opposite core polarity are found to form in a single sublattice of a compensated synthetic antiferromagnet, offering a route to programmable, layer-selective three-dimensional spin text...

Wafer-scale monolayer single crystals of p-type semiconducting MoSi2N4 are grown via chemical vapour deposition, and exhibit high mobility and stability.

Conventional aqueous vanadium-ion batteries have low capacities, as the fundamental charge-storage mechanism is a one-electron insertion process. Here, using a mesoporous carbon shell approach, a four...

Rotational misalignment between the top and bottom boron nitride layers encapsulating graphene acts as a switch for anomalous gating effects, such as gate ineffectiveness and hysteresis. These effects...

Triazolate metal–organic frameworks with Zn5Cl4 nodes are formed with terminal Zn-bound groups pointing inwards, creating tunable confined pores. Post-synthetic chloride-to-hydroxide exchange yields d...

High-performance polymer semiconductors are required for next-generation organic electronics. A strategy that modulates multi-scale structural ordering and controls the alignment of polymers yields si...

Magnetotransport measurements and mean-field calculations of twisted monolayer–multilayer (1 + n) rhombohedral graphene reveals high-Chern-number orbital magnetism with Chern number C = n. Electrical ...

Leakage current affects the operation and reliability of electronic devices, but obtaining accurate measurements of leakage current across two-dimensional (2D) materials has been difficult. This artic...

Hearing loss affects millions of people, requiring technology to repair their auditory pathway. A biohybrid interface is developed that combines a self-powered acoustic device and an artificial audito...

DNA-based nanocarrier vaccines with optimized surface antigen arrangements induce mucosal, humoral and cellular immunity and are effective intranasal vaccines for diverse respiratory diseases.

The geometry of confining boundaries is shown to control three-dimensional topological defect configurations that precede formation of the central lumen in the developing mouse embryo, a key process i...

Conductivity and superconductivity at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface are well established. Now, in a layer-by-layer fashion, oxygen octahedra rotations, polar displacements and vibrational modes that are...

The different Fermi velocities of particle and hole bands result in a giant mid-infrared circular dichroism in the magnetic Weyl semimetal Mn(Bi1−xSbx)2Te4.

Reversible phase transformations enable flexible metal–bipyrazolate frameworks to offer high deliverable methane capacities, high stability and recyclability, indicating utility in natural gas storage...

String-like collective motions in disordered materials are shown to give rise to characteristic vibrational modes, providing a microscopic explanation for the boson peak and its impact on thermal and ...

Distinct magnon dynamics are observed at high excitation pump power in the two-dimensional antiferromagnetic semiconductor CrSBr, and attributed to an interplay between excitons and magnetization.

Dense covalent networks enhance mechanical properties in thermoset materials but hinder recyclability. Glassy thermosets with load-bearing capacity driven by chain entanglements are shown, decoupling ...