Themed collection Recent Review Articles

Pulse-driven electrocatalysis introduces time as a key parameter that influences the structure, energetics, and reactivity of catalytic interfaces.

Molecular interactions involving nucleic acids constitute a fundamental paradigm in biological systems, governing processes ranging from gene expression to cellular signaling.

DNA hydrogels play multifunctional roles in energy storage, serving as binders, electrolytes, and active components in supercapacitors and batteries through programmable molecular design.

Self-assembled DNA nanodevices are designed for intelligent sensing of various analytes, offering innovative solutions for biomedical diagnostics and environmental surveillance.

This minireview explores the fundamental principles and recent advancements in ChB-directed on-surface synthesis, highlighting its strong directionality and tunable interaction strength in engineering well-defined low-dimensional architectures.

This review systematically explains the fundamental mechanisms, material platforms, technical strategies, and existing challenges of the bulk photovoltaic effect (BPVE) in 2D van der Waals materials.

Micro/nanorobots have attracted much attention because of their potential to perform complex tasks in vivo, including targeted delivery, lesion exploration, and minimally invasive surgery.

Nanofluidic systems couple confined ion transport to memory and computation, bridging soft, hard and hybrid platforms toward scalable ionic intelligence beyond electron-based hardware.

A discussion on methodology for engineering optoelectronic neuromorphic devices through an inverted use of reliability-degrading trap sites.

This review summarizes recent advances in Li metal protection for high-performance LMBs, including 3D host design, artificial SEI construction, electrolyte additives and solid-state electrolyte development.

Overview of the techniques used for isolation, labeling, imaging and characterization of EVs.

In recent years, the electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO₂RR), driven by renewable energy and operated under mild conditions with controllable reaction pathways, has emerged as a promising route for carbon-neutral energy conversion.

Illustration of the analogy between plant transpiration and hydrovoltaic energy harvesting, linking the shared mechanism of water transport to structural organization across macroscopic and microscopic length scales.

Antimetastatic therapy represents a transformative shift in oncology, addressing one of the greatest challenges in cancer care: the prevention and management of metastasis.

Dopant engineering modulates the electronic structure and stabilizes surface configurations of Ru-based catalysts, effectively suppressing Ru dissolution and enhancing durability for acidic oxygen evolution in PEM water electrolysis.

In this review, paper-based humidity sensors are comprehensively summarized and discussed in terms of fabrication methods of the humidity sensing layer and electrode layer, humidity sensing mechanisms, performances, and emerging applications.

This review highlights recent advances in 3D neural electrodes, focusing on engineering methodologies that address the limitations of conventional neural interfaces by improving stability and enabling access to deeper biological regions.

This review summarizes advances in MEA reactors for direct olefin epoxidation. We highlight strategies to bridge catalyst activity and system stability via interfacial engineering, enabling sustainable chemical synthesis.

This review highlights recent advances in covalent organic frameworks (COFs) as precision nanocarriers for targeted drug delivery, outlining their unique advantages, current challenges, and future opportunities in therapeutic applications.

MXene/liquid metal composites can act as active electrode materials or address issues of electrodes in next-generation rechargeable batteries.

This review integrates nanozyme design, surface chemistry, catalytic mechanisms, and their expanding multiplexed and multimodal applications, while highlighting major advantages and emerging trends in the field.

The influence of different cell culture geometries for studying particle uptake by cells is quantitatively compared.

This review highlights different inorganic nanocomposites that are used for the photothermal therapy of bone tumors, aiming to provide new strategies for bone tumor treatment.

This review presents recent advances in the synthetic techniques, optoelectronic properties modulation and performance optimization of colloidal InP quantum dots (QDs) in photocatalytic (PC) and photoelectrochemical (PEC) applications.

Mechanical loading offers a powerful route to reversibly tune phonon transport in two-dimensional materials and hybrid structures, enabling mechanically reconfigurable thermal management and energy-conversion devices.

Two-dimensional nanomaterials such as phosphorene and arsenene have emerged as transformative platforms for next-generation biosensing, owing to their exceptional electronic, optical, and mechanical properties.

Nucleic acid–protein hybrids are versatile nanostructures. They comprise diverse molecular components and achieve synergistic functionalities. As passive and active biosensors, they measure myriad biomarkers to empower new clinical opportunities.

This review provides an overview of Bi₂S₃-based nanoreactors, covering their synthesis strategies, modification methods, antibacterial mechanisms, challenges, and potential research directions.

Optimization of lipid nanoparticles targeting by three strategies: surface modification, formulation optimization, and design of novel lipid molecules.

Spinels represent promising candidates for clean energy electrocatalysis due to their abundance and electronic structure adjustability.

Li–S batteries require Polymer Solid-State Electrolytes to solve shuttle/safety issues. This review analyzes nanoscale tech (fillers, interfaces), “smart” electrolytes, and ML for sustainable, scalable Li–S technology.

The electrochemical properties of alloy-type anode materials for alkali metal ion batteries can be improved by graphene and/or its derivatives.

This review surveys research on solid-state battery materials and examines how various micro- and nanoscale characterization techniques can be used to diagnose degradation phenomena and guide strategies to mitigate degradation.

This review provides a comprehensive overview of sodium plating on hard carbon (HC) anodes in sodium-ion batteries (SIBs), focusing on its mechanisms, detection methods, and mitigation strategies, highlighting the resultant battery safety hazards.