Reviews & Analysis

Nano-antennas generate optical recoil forces that can be used to independently control the direction and rotation of small objects.

A combination of periodic laser patterning, anisotropic thermal etching and endoepitaxial growth enables the realization of monolayer mosaic heterostructures with atomically sharp interfaces.

This Review discusses how artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms can be used in combination with X-ray computed tomography to study the composition and the dynamics of microstructures in battery materials with nanoscale resolution.

A preclinical study reports a platform for the generation of dendritic cell-derived nanovesicles with enhanced immunostimulatory function, which demonstrate promising antitumoural activity in mouse models and might overcome some of the shortcomings of early-generation dendritic cell nanovaccines.

This perspective analyses the adverse reactions reported for mRNA-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in the light of infusion reactions to nanomedicines, which display similar outcomes, suggests possible mechanisms and offers a safety roadmap for vaccine developers.

Decoration of nanofiltration membranes with catalysts lead to efficient removal and degradation of micropollutants.

This Review discusses the recent progress in the emerging field of exciton phenomena in semiconductor moiré superlattices.

Controllably buckling an array of vertical field effect transistors enables intracellular electrophysiological mapping with high spatial and temporal resolutions.

Tiny quantities of heat delivered on demand by discrete quantum excitations expand the horizon of quantum electrical metrology.

This Review discusses synthetic strategies to functionalize photoluminescent carbon nanomaterials, or carbon dots, for targeted applications.

A spectacular advance in catalyst synthesis is demonstrated by a two-step process that yields high loadings of single atoms at a kilogram scale suitable for industrial deployment.

Examining nucleic acid delivery in humanized animal models might accelerate nanoparticle optimization and potentially improve clinical translation strategies.

This Review discusses the progresses in label-free nanophotonic biosensors based on photonic or dielectric surfaces and metasurfaces and highlights the challenges and benefits of their applications in the fields of public health, well-being and biosafety.