Reviews & Analysis

This Review discusses the recent progress and future prospects of two-dimensional materials for next-generation nanoelectronics.

Nitric oxide, a gaseous neurotransmitter, can be electrochemically generated inside the brain to activate calcium ion channels, paving the way for implantable neurotransmitter probes.

Lattices of magnetic whirls are a promising model system to study phases and phase transitions in two dimensions.

A new electrolyte gating technique probes the dynamics of the electrical double layer at the electrode–electrolyte interface. The experiments reveal an ion nanoconfinement effect that may help to explain supercapacitor charging mechanisms.

Radiative Auger processes in the single-photon limit provide insights in single particle states of quantum dots, which remain otherwise inaccessible.

An approach to identify and classify different shapes of nanomaterials starting from transmission electron microscopy images could be a powerful instrument to categorize the different shapes of nanoparticles and fingerprint the geometrical variability of an ensemble.

Membranes with subnanometre pores have the potential to provide solute-to-solute selectivity. This Perspective explores challenges and provides guidelines for designing next-generation single-species selective membranes

Increased delivery to immune cells in the cortex and paracortex of the lymph node can be achieved by conjugating cargo to nanoparticles via linkers that release at programmable rates.

Simultaneous electrodeposition of metals facilitates the realization of memrisitive devices with high yield and improved reliability.

A molecular reaction network translated from a computer-trained classifier can distinguish lung cancer patients from healthy individuals based on specific microRNAs in the blood.

The latest progress in the development of metal–organic frameworks and their integration in an apparatus for water harvesting are reviewed.

Vibration modes of a single bacterium are detected experimentally by an optomechanical microcavity, providing a new method for vibrational spectrometry.

Combining single-molecule localization microscopy with flow cytometry and three-dimensional localization enables the high throughput and precise localization of fluorescent molecules in live flowing cells.

Chemical bond selection tunes the topological class of one-dimensional polymers towards organic metals.

This Review surveys strategies to control chemical reactivity of species under different types of nanoconfinement.

Lipid nanoparticles containing genetic drugs can be bioengineered to tune their biodistribution and induce organ-specific gene regulation.

Atomically dispersed Rh on N-doped carbon exhibits promising electrocatalytic properties for formic acid oxidation while Rh nanoparticles are inert towards this reaction. The Rh single atoms exhibit high tolerance to CO poisoning compared to Rh nanoparticles.

This Review provides an overview of memory devices and the key computational primitives for in-memory computing, and examines the possibilities of applying this computing approach to a wide range of applications.

Nanoparticles covered with a mix of positively and negatively charged ligands aggregate into supraparticles in the lysosomes of cancer cells, disrupting the integrity of the lysosomal membrane and killing the cells without involving any anticancer drugs.

This Review summarizes the current nanoscale understanding of the interface chemistries between solid state electrolytes and electrodes for future all solid state batteries.