Themed collection 2026 Chinese New Year and Lunar New Year Collection

This review summarizes the research progress of LATP-based polymer composite solid electrolytes (CSEs), providing a reference for future research directions.

Aqueous zinc (Zn) batteries (AZBs) are becoming promising candidates for grid-scale energy storage because of their inherent safety, cost-effectiveness, and high theoretical capacity.

Recent advances in understanding photocarrier dynamics of fullerenes in PSCs, focusing on charge transport, interfacial interactions, and the impact of functionalized derivatives on efficiency and stability.

MXene-based functional 2D materials hold significant potential for addressing global challenges related to energy and water crises.

This review highlights iron-based nanozymes including iron oxides, single-atom nanozymes, and MOFs that induce ferroptosis via ROS generation and Fenton chemistry, achieved by POD-, CAT-, OXD- and SOD-like activities.

Cu-based bimetallic catalysts show enhanced electrochemical CO₂ reduction performance via the tandem effect. This review traces their progress, highlighting design advances, mechanisms, and challenges to guide efficient CO₂ conversion.

The emerging integrated power supplies for self-powered bioelectronic devices over the past few years are summarized. Additionally, the challenges and future perspectives in self-powered device design and manufacturing are also indicated.

This minireview highlights recent progress in BHJ-based photoelectrochemical cells and photocatalysts for solar-to-chemical conversions.

Schematic illustration of theranostic nanoparticle (NP)-based contrast agents for multimodal imaging, depicting major NP categories used across different imaging modalities and disease-specific theranostics.

This review explores laser-induced graphene as a versatile sensing material for multifunctional biomedical sensors, emphasizing its synthesis, properties, and advances in health monitoring and diagnostics.

Aptamer-based electrochemical biosensors (AEBs) have emerged as a highly promising platform for disease diagnostics, offering high specificity, sensitivity, and real-time detection capabilities.

This study establishes a mechanism-driven framework that guides material and device design strategies aimed at suppressing noise. This approach leads to substantial enhancement in detectivity for high-performance organic photodetectors.

Smart wearable fibers and textiles: status and prospects.

Mxene nanosorbents engineered via surface, defect, bandgap, and doping modifications offer high adsorption, tunable bandgap, flexibility and sustainability, enabling efficient wastewater remediation and advancing One Health management.

This review provides an overview of recent progress, challenges, and future directions in the application of MOFs and MOF-based composites for bone tissue engineering.

2D materials-based infrared (IR) photodetectors are essential for a wide range of applications, including optical communication, night vision, and environmental monitoring; graphical images reproduced with permission; full details in paper.

Flexible, skin-like wearable sensor (e-skin) for health monitoring dashboard (e.g., heart rate, muscle activity, motion tracking) neural network nodes, medical, robotics, sports/fitness.

This review explores g-C₃N₄ modifications to boost photocatalysis for rhodamine B degradation, analyzing key factors, reactive oxygen species and charge transfer mechanisms, and environmental applications, challenges, prospects.

Environmental applications of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles primarily comprise contaminant adsorbents, catalysts, and sensors for hazardous substances, etc.

ZIF-8 offers exceptional structural properties and high drug-loading capacities beneficial for drug delivery systems. Herein, the synthesis methods and multifunctional applications of ZIF-8-based biomaterials in biomedical engineering are discussed.

Owing to its non-invasive nature, painless drug delivery, and controlled drug loading capacity, the microneedle (MN) technology has recently garnered significant attention in clinical practice.

The synthesis method and properties of electrocatalysts for EGOR reaction are described. Images reproduced with permission; see Acknowledgements for details.

Gas sensors are essential tools for safeguarding public health and safety because they allow the detection of hazardous gases.

Revolutionizing semiconductor fabrication, ALD, ALE, and NBE deliver atomic-scale precision, driving unprecedented performance and scalability in next-generation miniaturized devices.

Safe implementation of nanotechnology-based products in biomedical applications necessitates an extensive understanding of the (bio)transformations that nanoparticles undergo in living organisms.

This article details the synthesis methodologies and research progress of h-BN epitaxial growth on solid transition metal, liquid metal, alloy, sapphire/metal and semiconductor substrates.

Polarization-sensitive photodetectors based on two-dimensional (2D) materials have garnered significant research attention owing to their distinctive architectures and exceptional photophysical properties.

The review highlights lipid-based nanomedicines (LBNs) for organ-specific delivery, focusing on functionalization strategies to improve target specificity, drug stability, therapeutic outcomes, and reduce side effects in clinical applications.

Nanotechnology enables targeted theranostics by enhancing imaging and therapy. This review explores advances in pH-induced charge-switchable nanomaterials, their role in drug delivery and imaging contrast, and future directions in the field.

This review discusses commonly used semiconductor photocatalytic antibacterial materials, methods for improving their photocatalysis performance and their application for bone infection treatment.

Optimization strategy of MXene scale preparation.

Scheme of nano-delivery systems in anti-biofilm application. Created with BioRender.com.

This work reviews the surface modification strategies and biomedical applications of MXene, discusses the challenges, trends and prospects of MXenes nanomaterials, which provides information for enhancing the clinical translation of nanomedicine.

This review covers recent advancements and future directions in 2DM-based devices for in-sensor computing, focusing on unique physical mechanisms for sensory responses, biomimetic synaptic features, and potential applications.

Biotin binds to drugs in two main modes: SMBCs and NBCs. Tumor cells have more biotin receptors than normal cells, allowing for greater biotin uptake, which can enhance drug delivery to tumors.

A comprehensive summary of patterning technologies of quantum dots for construction of color-conversion layers in full-color micro-LED displays is provided.

This review explores microwave interaction with carbon materials, focusing on heat generation, plasma excitation, reactor design, and applications, along with challenges and future prospects for synthesis in lab and industry.

In this review, the mechanisms and applications of radiation technology in the development of inorganic photo-/electrocatalysts are summarized, and its recent research progress, challenges, and future development prospects are further explored.

Overview of the key aspects of 2D Bi₂O₂Se and representative schematic diagrams.

Chemically anchored, metal–hydrogel bilayers for soft, conductive and tissue-adhesive biointerfaces for next-generation bioelectronics.

In this work, a MXene/carboxylated CNT composite is prepared as an iodine host for high-loading zinc–iodine batteries. MXene binds I₃⁻ and c-MCNTs bind I⁻, suppressing the shuttle effect and enabling high capacity and stable cycling.

In this study, MoS₂/Au–Ag@PEG nanosheets (MAAP NSs) with superior NIR-II photothermal properties and controlled silver ions release were prepared to treat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) wound and implant infections.

3D trench HfO₂-based ferroelectric capacitors demonstrate robust switching and reliability across varying hole diameters and temperatures, with minimal strain impact, advancing high-density non-volatile memory integration.

Multifunctional robotic e-skin with vertically-integrated optical and pressure sensor arrays enables dual-mode operation for caregiving applications.

This study demonstrates that scaffolded DNA origami can be successfully assembled using significantly elongated staple strands, thereby enabling the effective integration of enzymatic DNA production methods into DNA nanotechnology.

We synthesized a core–shell Cu₂O@conductive MOF (Cu-HHTP) with thickness-insensitive EM wave absorption and frequency-selective shielding capabilities and designed an EM energy conversion device.

The electric field and normalized intensity enhancement of a hybrid MD mode in a metasurface.

We present a flexible, biodegradable graphene aerogel sensor using graphene oxide and DNA, with high sensitivity (1.74 kPa⁻¹) at 0–130 Pa, suitable for wearable electronics, biomedical diagnostics, and soft robotics.

Ti₃C₂T_x is a versatile filler for biopolymer foams, introducing complementary functionalities like triboelectricity, thermal insulation and fire retardancy that can be exploited in energy and safety applications.

Biogenic fluorescent carbon dot-coated mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles show high porosity, strong luminescence, low cytotoxicity, enhanced drug loading, and selective cancer cell toxicity, offering promise for bioimaging and drug delivery applications.

We propose an IGZO TFT enabling efficient motion history image preprocessing through voltage-modulated fading memory dynamics.

Hard carbon materials with high closed pores content and suitable microstructure were prepared by using the template method and acid treatment, which improved sodium-ion storage.

Magnetoelectricity coupling is realized in the van der Waals CuCrP₂S₆ system by doping.

Spillover of active oxygen species from the Ru site to the Nb site in binary RuO₂/Nb₂O₅ electrocatalysts enables highly active and robust performance for the acidic oxygen evolution reaction.

The anisotropic piezoresponse of a ZrSe₃ device under tensile strain along different angles, with gauge factors GF_b-axis = 68 and GF_a-axis = 4. Leading to an exceptionally high anisotropy ratio of AR ≈ 90%.

Oxygen doping on MoS₂ provides a promising method for sulfur vacancy healing, carrier mass controlling, contact resistance reduction, and anchoring of surface electron dopants.

Study on edge-doped M–N₄–C catalysts (MN₄) reveals substituent effects (including electronic effects and structural effects) on ORR, OER, HER activities.

A new and green biosynthesis path of a nanoscale carbon for electrochemical desalination application.

Simulation reveals that diamond nanodisk arrays support deep ultraviolet collective resonances with electric and magnetic nature. Their coupling generates greatly enhanced non-local superchiral nearfields that boost chiral molecule sensing.

Magnetically retrievable hydrophobic-ligand Fe₃O₄ nanoadsorbents rapidly decolorize PET depolymerization products, enabling recovery of high-purity monomer.

Preparation of thermally conductive materials with low filler contents using a magnetic field.

RSM-optimized geothermal silica nanocomposites synergize magnetic and fluorescent functionalities for ultra-sensitive, rapid detection of Staphylococcus aureus, paving a sustainable path in biosensor engineering.

The effective integration of EDA-intercalated MXene with in situ polymerized PANI successfully overcomes typical MXene challenges, resulting in enhanced supercapacitor capacitive performance which could be beneficial for real-time usage.

The excessive production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) disrupts redox homeostasis, contributing to the development of cardiovascular diseases.

This work reported the reductant-selected formation of structurally comparable Cu nanoclusters with different photoluminescence behaviours in the crystalline state.

FA-based Pb–Sn binary perovskites with I–Br blend were developed via compositional engineering, demonstrating bandgaps close to the ideal range for single-junction solar cells.

High-order overlay correction in advanced lithography using piezoelectric actuators, thermal control units, and micro-mechanical clamps to regulate stress and temperature for effective compensation of high-order overlay errors.

The synthesis of HC-CQDs from Hemp leaves and cysteamine hydrochloride utilized to detect LFPs and possibly used for against lung cancer cells.

Perovskite solar cells achieve outstanding efficiencies, yet limited durability hinders their commercial promise. Here we present a three-year study that relates UV-induced accelerated ageing to the outdoor performance of perovskite modules.

In this work, NiFe-LDH nanospheres were prepared by a simple hydrothermal synthesis method. The synthesized product can be directly used as a dual functional electrocatalyst for efficient water and seawater electrolysis.