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This Review presents a focused overview of nanosensor technology for ensuring the safety and quality of foods and discusses seven key challenges that are currently preventing their successful commercialization.
Successful nanomedicine approaches rely on the efficient cellular uptake of nanoparticles, yet endocytic mechanisms remain challenging to probe. In this Review the authors describe the different cellular endocytic pathways and provide a critical discussion of the available tools and systems for their study.
While two-dimensional semiconductors enable the investigation of light–matter interactions in low dimensions, a link to magnetic order has so far remained elusive. Now, the antiferromagnetic insulator NiPS3 is found to exhibit excitons with strong linear polarization that are coupled to the zigzag antiferromagnetic order.
In this work, the authors develop a platform that leverages extracellular vesicles to measure drug–target engagement and apply it to monitor the outcomes of targeted treatments in lung cancer patients.
Interferometers can probe the wave-nature and exchange statistics of indistinguishable particles. Quantum Hall interferometers from graphite-encapsulated graphene heterostructures now enable the observation of the Aharonov–Bohm effect and of robust fractional quantum Hall states.
A defect-engineering strategy exploiting dithiolated molecules enables the formation of covalently interconnected networks based on solution-processed transition metal disulfides, leading to devices with enhanced electrical performance and improved characteristics.
Similar to optical waves, electrons can also interfere, but they require high-quality devices with minimal scattering for an experimental observation of this effect. An interferometer based on a single sheet of graphene provides an alternative to the more standard semiconductor devices and may in future enable access to exotic quantum effects, such as anyon braiding.
A three-dimensional continuous rotation electron diffraction method allows atomistic characterization of the chemistry of curved layered cathode materials.
The resonance of highly doping lanthanide ions in NaYF4 nanocrystals enhances the permittivity and polarizability of nanocrystals, leading to enhanced optical trapping forces by orders of magnitude, bypassing the trapping requirement of refractive index mismatch.
Understanding the in vivo biotransformation of nanomaterials used for biomedical applications might shed light on their long-term effects and safety. Here the authors show that molybdenum derived from nanomaterials is mainly transported in the liver, in a corona-mediated process, and is incorporated in molybdoenzymes, with an effect on liver metabolism.
This Perspective reflects current understanding and future prospects of nanoscale biological recognition at the bio–nano interface and the opportunity that such insights provide for advancing nanoscale therapies. The authors describe the key mechanisms and propose a framework of principles that could guide future research efforts in the area.
On-chip, long-distance entanglement of spin qubits in semiconductors could enable connectivity of quantum core units for networked quantum computing. The moving trapping potential of a surface acoustic wave can subsequently displace two entangled spins while preserving entanglement over a separation of 6 μm.
The realization of atomically flat vertical 2D perovskite heterojunctions offers a novel materials platform that reveals the mechanism of anionic diffusion in 2D perovskites.