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Efficiency of Raman measurements is increased by nearly four orders of magnitude with the help of sub-wavelength plasmonic gap waveguides.

A cation-selective membrane containing hydrous manganese oxide nanoparticles exhibits specific phosphate ion selectivity.

An easily penetrable single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) facilitates the use of nanobionics in living cyanobacterial cells through generations, advancing their fluorescent bioimaging and energy-based photovoltaic applications.

By using microfluidics to control the refractive index of the fluid surrounding dielectric metasurfaces, the optical response and functionality of metasurface devices can be tuned on-demand to enable comprehensive control of the flow of light.

The combination of optical lithography with a transfer technique based on a sacrificial substrate enables the creation of a 3D-racetrack memory made from state-of-the-art spintronic materials.

Sweet spot operation of a silicon hole spin qubit limits the impact of charge noise and improves qubit coherence, circumventing the typical trade-off between operation speed and coherence.

Virus-like nanoparticles encapsulating functional riboswitches lock-in toxic metabolites.

MspA engineered nanopore allows for high-resolution detection of modifications on RNA.

Delivering light therapy using a remotely controlled bioelectronic device implanted above the brain might complement current glioblastoma therapies, reducing cancer recurrence and improving survival.

Heterostructure of graphene and biaxial van der Waals crystal supports a species of plasmon-phonon-polaritons whose isofrequency dispersion contour can be manipulated while experiencing a topological transition.

A ‘dual-ligand passivation system’ is designed and synthesized to functionalize colloidal quantum dots to realize ultra-high resolution patterns by direct photolithography.

Pufin ID is a Danish start-up commercializing anti-counterfeiting technology based on nanoscale photophyics.

Intrinsically stretchable QD-based semiconducting nanocomposites enable the realization of electronic retina with multispectral response.

Catalytically active, self-propelled microrobots can trap and remove nanoplastics from water.

A clever phononic crystal design produces a wide band gap for hypersonic phonons.

A series of emergent electronic orders are observed in an antiparallel twisted WSe₂ bilayer. The discoveries provide a powerful platform for simulating quantum phenomena in strongly correlated materials.

Sub-molecular spectroscopy enables the real-space study of incoherent and coherent electronic energy transfer in artificial molecular donor–acceptor systems and their dependence on the molecular arrangement.

The addition of nanoscale zeolite to Na–FeC_x unlocks the potential of catalysts for selective olefins production in a fixed-bed reactor.

Cryo-electron microscopy uncovers the interfacial failure mechanism of lithium metal anodes at the atomic scale, informing a F-rich solid-electrolyte interface design strategy for highly-reversible solid-state Li metal batteries.