Volume 13 Issue 11, November 2018

This Commentary discusses practical prospects of using electrical control of interlayer excitons in van der Waals heterostructures for high-temperature exciton condensation and valley–spin optoelectronics.

Chemical oscillations emerge during the chemically fuelled self-assembly of a perylene diimide derivative as a result of simple feedback mechanisms.

Particle nanofeatures activate the inflammasome and influence immunity.

Magneto-photoluminescence experiments reveal the role of dark excitons in the formation of biexcitons and charged biexcitons in tungsten diselenide monolayers.

Engineered nanomaterials are often highly reactive and readily transform to new species. New modelling capabilities incorporate these transformations into estimates of environmental exposure concentrations and associated risks more accurately.

This Perspective discusses design strategies for engineering quantum behavior in electron quantum metamaterials based on van der Waals heterostructures

This Review discusses recent experimental and theoretical efforts in electron dynamics in TMDC heterostructures and the relevance of these effects for potential applications in optoelectronic and valleytronic/spintronic devices.

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

The group velocity and frequency of propagation of elastic waves in the radio-frequency domain can be controlled dynamically using arrays of nanoelectromechanical oscillators.

A perylene diimide derivative shows nonlinear chemical dynamics when chemically fuelled in a semi-batch reactor.

Electrode–domain wall junctions in ferroelectric ErMnO₃ act as nanoscale diodes.

Experimental observation of intersubband transitions in van der Waals quantum wells is enabled by high spatial resolution imaging through near-field optical microscopy.

Active dielectric nanoantenna arrays exhibit low-threshold and high-quality-factor directional lasing achieved via a leaky resonance excited in coupled gallium arsenide (GaAs) nanopillars.

A highly conductive, biocompatible and stretchable nanocomposite based on ultralong gold-coated silver nanowires allows for the realization of wearable and implantable bioelectronics.

Self-reconstruction of conducting nanostructures assisted by a dynamically crosslinked polymer network enables the fabrication of autonomous self-healable and stretchable multi-component electronic skin.

An ultrasensitive miRNA sensor based on gold-coated magnetic nanoparticles modified with redox-labelled probe DNA is capable of detecting miRNA at a concentration of 10 aM to 1 nM in unprocessed blood, and following tumour-induced variation in miRNA levels.

Gold nanoparticles typically considered inert in oxic waters accumulate in freshwater wetland subaquatic plants and are completely biotransformed to oxidized Au species by the associated cyanogenic biofilm.

Spikes on the surface of TiO₂ microparticles, mimicking the nanotopological structures found on pathogens, boost the immune response in animal models and can be used to enhance the immunogenic effect of vaccines and adjuvants.