Deploying two-dimensional memristors on chip
Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 22 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s41565-025-02004-0
Two studies demonstrate wafer-scale synthesis of hexagonal boron nitride memristors compatible with CMOS technology and introduce opto-reconfigurable devices for broad-spectrum neuromorphic applications.Setting a direction for molecular recognition
Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 19 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s41565-025-01997-y
In a non-equilibrium environment, molecular machines can undergo a directed flow through configurational changes, a feature that is widely exploited in processes characteristic of life. The use of such a flow to enhance the specificity of molecular recognition beyond equilibrium conditions has now been demonstrated in a minimal, synthetic, DNA-based system.The role of polariton lifetime in modifying photochemistry
Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 18 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s41565-025-01996-z
Controlling photochemical charge transfer with polaritons requires optical resonators with a longer lifetime than the reaction itself.Molecular crystal memristors
Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 17 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s41565-025-02013-z
Memristor arrays based on molecular crystal with van der Waals-linked cages are fabricated, enabling ultralow energy switching, high endurance and seamless integration into neuromorphic computing hardware.Nanomaterials research in the age of AI-generated images
Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 16 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s41565-025-02025-9
With simple prompts it is possible to generate fake microscopy images of nanomaterials that are virtually indistinguishable from real images. Should we worry?The rising danger of AI-generated images in nanomaterials science and what we can do about it
Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 15 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s41565-025-02009-9
Generative AI has made it trivial to generate fake microscopy images that are indistinguishable from real images, even for experts. As researchers in nanoscience, it is time for us to face this reality and discuss strategies to conserve the integrity of our discipline.Nanofibrous supramolecular peptide hydrogels for controlled release of small-molecule drugs and biologics
Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 10 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s41565-025-01981-6
Self-assembled multidomain supramolecular peptide hydrogels that engage in dynamic covalent bonding with small-molecule drugs and biologics are shown to offer sustained release, extend the activity, and maintain safe and potent drug levels in vivo.Nanotechnology for CAR T cells and tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte therapies
Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 10 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s41565-025-02008-w
This Review analyses how nanotechnology is poised to make cell therapies like CAR T and tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes more effective and accessible, and the challenges that this entails.Subvolt high-speed free-space modulator with electro-optic metasurface
Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 10 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s41565-025-02000-4
Metasurface optical modulators with silicon/organic hybrid nanostructures are demonstrated to achieve >Gbit s−1 data modulation with complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor-compatible driving voltages.Towards Floquet Chern insulators of light
Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 05 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s41565-025-02003-1
A topological phase of light emerges in dynamically driven nonlinear photonic crystals.Energy harvesting across broad frequencies with a nonlinear Hall rectifier
Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 01 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s41565-025-01999-w
Harvesting ambient electromagnetic energy requires broadband, low-power rectification, which is challenging to achieve with conventional diodes. Now, using the nonlinear Hall effect in thin films of the topological crystalline insulator SnTe, wireless, zero-bias rectification is demonstrated across megahertz to terahertz frequencies and with sensitivity down to ambient power levels.Emission of nitrogen–vacancy centres in diamond shaped by topological photonic waveguide modes
Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 28 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41565-025-02001-3
Quantum emitters respond to weak near-field coupling with topological photonic waveguides, revealing polarization and spectral reshaping.Enhancing spectroscopy and microscopy with emerging methods in photon correlation and quantum illumination
Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 20 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41565-025-01992-3
This Review discusses single-photon detectors and quantum-light sources for super-resolution microscopy, measurements below classical noise limits and photon-number-resolved spectroscopy as emerging tools for nanoscale electronic materials characterization and bioimaging.An energy metabolism-engaged nanomedicine maintains mitochondrial homeostasis to alleviate cellular ageing
Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 19 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41565-025-01972-7
Through binding mitochondrial ATP synthase, engineered nanomedicines rejuvenate aged bone stem cells and restore osteogenesis, reversing osteoporosis in mice and offering a potential senolytic therapy for skeletal ageing.Acoustically activatable liposomes as a translational nanotechnology for site-targeted drug delivery and noninvasive neuromodulation
Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 18 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41565-025-01990-5
Acoustically activatable nanocarriers made by incorporating 5% sucrose into liposomes release drug with low-intensity ultrasound, providing a readily clinically translatable system for both central and peripheral noninvasive neuromodulation.Compact optoelectronic emulator for visual processing
Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 15 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41565-025-01985-2
By mimicking the brain’s visual pathways, a minimalistic ultra-adaptive neuromorphic vision device replicates retinal and cortical neural functions through both optically and electrically driven high-order dynamics.High-order dynamics in an ultra-adaptive neuromorphic vision device
Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 15 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41565-025-01984-3
A single adaptive neuromorphic vision device is reported to emulate four high-order visual neuronal dynamics, enabling a highly efficient and compact artificial general vision intelligence system towards dynamic scenarios.Designing lipid nanoparticles using a transformer-based neural network
Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 15 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41565-025-01975-4
Preventing endosomal damage sensing or using lipids that create reparable endosomal holes reduces inflammation caused by RNA–lipid nanoparticles while enabling high RNA expression.Efficient and tunable photochemical charge transfer via long-lived Bloch surface wave polaritons
Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 14 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41565-025-01995-0
Polariton-mediated photochemical charge transfer can be identified and quantified in a properly designed photonic system using momentum-resolved ultrafast optical techniques.Fundamentals first, technology second
Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 13 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41565-025-02002-2
One hundred years after the publication of the foundational works of quantum mechanics, we are witnessing the dawn of quantum industries.