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  • With the help of two different kinds of memristor, a low-power, fully analogue reservoir computing system can be created for use in high-accuracy arrhythmia detection and dynamic gesture recognition.

    • Xiaobing Yan
    News & Views
  • Unreleased acoustic resonators fabricated in commercial fin-field-effect-transistor technology could be used in multigigahertz signal processing.

    • Ming-Huang Li
    News & Views
  • A monocrystalline native oxide dielectric, β-Bi2SeO5, with a high dielectric constant has been synthesized by oxidizing a two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor, Bi2O2Se. In 2D transistors, the ultrathin β-Bi2SeO5 dielectric demonstrates sub-0.5-nm equivalent oxide thickness and leakage current below the low-power limit, meeting the requirements of the International Roadmap for Devices and Systems.

    Research Briefing
  • This Review examines the development of micro light-emitting diodes, exploring key performance characteristics, leading manufacturing approaches and current system demonstrations, as well considering the potential future applications of the technology.

    • Keith Behrman
    • Ioannis Kymissis
    Review Article
  • The interactions between antiferromagnetic moments and spin currents owing to topological surface states are observed as a combination of magnetoresistance effects and current-induced switching of the magnetic moments. These observations suggest that topological surface states could provide a tool for reading and writing antiferromagnetic memories with ultralow energy consumption.

    Research Briefing
  • An artificial neuron is designed to communicate chemically with biological neurons. The artificial neuron can receive and release the neurotransmitter dopamine, enabling adaptive interaction with live neurons and the sciatic nerve in a mouse leg.

    Research Briefing
  • This Review examines the origin of shape-, confinement- and strain-induced effects in electronic materials with nanoscale curved geometries and explores how to exploit these effects in electronic, magnetic and superconducting devices.

    • Paola Gentile
    • Mario Cuoco
    • Carmine Ortix
    Review Article
  • Silicon-based dual-gate photodiodes with electrostatically controlled photocurrents can be used to create imaging systems that can compute incoming visual data.

    • Yang Chai
    News & Views
  • Laser-assisted chemical reactions have been used to write reversible ultra-high-density doping patterns in graphene for optoelectronic applications. The approach used two laser beams with specific photon energies and geometric configurations to enable local doping with a high dopant coverage ratio on graphene, while preserving the electronic properties of the surface.

    Research Briefing
  • This Perspective examines the challenges involved in assessing the operation and performance of field-effect transistors based on emerging materials, and provides guidelines for the consistent reporting and benchmarking of the devices.

    • Zhihui Cheng
    • Chin-Sheng Pang
    • Curt A. Richter
    Perspective
  • Three-dimensional computing systems made of vertically integrated complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor circuits and layered resistive memory can perform analogue computing-in-memory with high energy efficiency.

    • Injune Yeo
    • Jae-sun Seo
    News & Views
  • Microelectromechanical systems that can disintegrate and degrade after a targeted lifetime are demonstrated alongside bioresorbable encapsulating materials and deployment strategies that offer safe biointegration of such devices. These devices have the potential to reduce electronic waste and help create temporary biomedical implants.

    Research Briefing
  • Carbon nanotube field-effect transistors that are fabricated using aligned nanotube arrays exhibit an identical sequence of random ternary bits, which can be separated and used to generate security keys for encrypted communications.

    • Satish Kumar
    News & Views
  • This Review examines the development of micro-thermoelectric devices, exploring progress in device design, integration and performance, and the potential applications of the technology in cooling, power generation and sensing.

    • Qihao Zhang
    • Kangfa Deng
    • Kornelius Nielsch
    Review Article
  • A reconfigurable integration technology based on stackable chips with embedded arrays of optoelectronic devices and memristive crossbars could be of use in edge intelligence applications.

    • Shi-Jun Liang
    • Feng Miao
    News & Views
  • The phase, frequency and amplitude of gigahertz acoustic waves can be electrically controlled in a lithium niobate waveguide at millikelvin temperatures.

    • Anton Frisk Kockum
    News & Views
  • Transistors based on two-dimensional semiconductors suffer from electrical instabilities because charges readily get trapped in the gate oxides. As charge trapping is sensitive to the energetic alignment of the channel Fermi level to the defect bands in the oxide, the number of electrically active traps can be reduced by tuning the channel Fermi level.

    Research Briefing
  • Graphene can be used as a donor substrate to create van der Waals contacts between two-dimensional semiconductors and a variety of three-dimensional metal electrodes, including strongly adhering metals.

    • Soon-Yong Kwon
    News & Views
  • On-chip Floquet photonic topological insulators, which are based on switched-capacitor circulators, could be used to create hybrid electronic–photonic topological integrated circuits for emerging communication technologies.

    • Abhishek Kumar
    • Manoj Gupta
    • Ranjan Singh
    News & Views