Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain
the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in
Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles
and JavaScript.
In contrast to conventional thermal annealing approaches, the authors report on the self-assembly of complex mixtures of DNA at room or physiological temperature for generating user-defined programmable nanostructures capable of shape selection and transformation.
Neuromorphic photodetectors are typically volatile and/or complex with multiple gates, leading to reduced energy efficiency for intelligent perception applications. Two-terminal MoS2 photodetectors have now been developed in which electrically driving the migration of sulfur vacancies enables dynamic modulation of the Schottky barriers and the realization of reconfigurable and non-volatile responsivities.
Integration of diverse techniques for in-plane electrokinetic control of a functionalized gold nanowire’s position and orientation enables applications in nanoscale manipulation, nano-assembly, and single-cell biochemical sensing.
Spintronic nano-neurons and synapses can be connected by radiofrequency signals into neural networks that are capable of classifying real-world radiofrequency inputs without digitization at high speed and with low energy costs—an important step for artificial intelligence at the edge.
The development of flexible thermoelectrics is limited by the low power factor and brittleness of materials. Here the authors present strategy to turn Bi2Te3-based single crystals into flexible films with staggered-layer structure while maintaining superior thermoelectric performance.
Protein-based nanobiosensors with two epistatically interacting synthetic allosteric regulatory systems result in YES gate protein switches with large dynamic ranges and fast response times. These biosensors enable construction of rapid diagnostic tests compatible with clinical chemistry analysers.
Electro-osmosis in an anion-selective α-hemolysin nanopore is used to capture, unfold and transport polypeptides of over 1,200 residues, which allows the mapping of post-translational modifications in polypeptide chains by monitoring the ionic current at a single-molecule resolution.
A versatile electrokinetic trap overcomes rotational and translational Brownian motion for simultaneously controlling the two-dimensional position with a precision of up to 20 nm and 0.5° in the three-dimensional angle of an untethered nanowire under an optical microscope.
Using metal–organic chemical vapour deposition, high-crystallinity MoS2 monolayers are grown directly on polymers and thin glass substrates at about 150 °C, thus avoiding any transfer process, preserving the electronic properties of MoS2.
Overcoming the immunosuppressive tumour microenvironment is a challenge. A strategy to close the cancer–immunity cycle has been reported by integrating lipid nanoparticle–mRNA formulations and dendritic cell therapy to promote tumour elimination and develop antitumour immunity.
Signal amplification through hybridization chain reaction by targeting conserved regions of the M13mp18 bacteriophage-based scaffold sequences is used for in situ imaging of unlabelled DNA origami nanostructures.
Surface chemistry controls the location of WSe2 nucleation on a stepped sapphire substrate. Preferential nucleation at either the top or bottom step edge can be used to minimize mirror twin domains and produce unidirectional WSe2 monolayers.
Lithium intercalation in a graphene/buffer system on SiC locally changes the stacking order from AB/BA to AA and drives dynamic motions of topological domain walls constructed between the lithium-intercalated domains.
Coherent manipulation of hole-orbital states in semiconductor quantum dots is achieved through stimulated Auger processes, opening doors to new types of orbital-based solid-state quantum photonic devices.
Interaction of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide grains with exposed oxygen–aluminium atomic plane in sapphire is a more dominant factor than step-edge docking in controlling the single-crystal epitaxy of these materials.
Quantum dot LED brightness can be enhanced at low driving voltage using a monolayer of large quantum dots to reduce the packing number in the emitting layer and minimize heat generation.
A neuromorphic photovoltaic detector with highly tunable responsivity and simultaneous non-volatile storage of image data has been demonstrated in a neural network, representing a transformative leap in the compactness and function of visual perception hardware.
