Reviews & Analysis

Dekker et al. review protein sequencing at the single-molecule level, an entirely new technique for which various approaches including sequencing using fluorescence, nanopores and tunnelling currents are discussed.

A proposed list of characterization items aims at improving reproducibility and consistency in experiments reporting the use of nanoengineered materials in biological applications.

Semisynthetic vesicles coated with neutrophil membranes act as novel weapons to control arthritis.

Meta-electrodes, lasing and optoacoustic poration achieve network-wide intracellular recording.

This Review discusses the contemporary experimental and theoretical understanding of interlayer excitons in heterobilayers of transition metal dichalcogenides.

Quantitative near-infrared bioimaging gets a boost from time-domain multiplexing.

Permeation experiments and simulations show that the ion diffusion rate in confinement can be reversibly modulated and significantly enhanced with a potential of less than 0.5 V.

A new material selection tool offers a proactive perspective on nanotechnology research and development.

A phase-separated state is observed with single-stranded DNA composed of ‘polymeric’ blocks and exploited to programme the assembly of micrometre-sized all-DNA colloidal particles.

Nanotechnology could make agriculture more efficient and more sustainable, but more systematic understanding of the mechanisms involved is necessary to prove the potential of nano-enabled agrochemicals.

This Perspective provides an overview of the potential aspects of water treatment and cleaning in which nanotechnology could play an important role.

This Perspective provides an overview of the potential of nanotechnology to provide low-cost monitoring of chemicals, microbes and other analytes in drinking water.

This Review discusses the potential risk posed by engineered and natural nanoparticles on human health and the environment.

This Perspective evaluates catalysts based on engineered nanomaterials and the next-generation water treatment technologies they seek to enable.

Two-dimensional materials allow the realization of soft smart dusts.

The top-down fabrication of voltage-controlled superconducting qubits brings upscaling into reach.

A quantum dot device reaches close to optimal thermoelectric efficiency by working with electrons that lever heat.

Reaction–diffusion polymerization in coacervates induces dissipative adaptation for self-dividing fibrils.

Fluorine-rich layers on both anode and cathode protect the electrodes and provide rechargeable lithium metal batteries with high energy density and intrinsic safety.

Long bundles of defect-free carbon nanotubes can exhibit exceptionally high strength.