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Unperceivable wearable technologies seamlessly integrate into everyone's daily life, for healthcare and Internet-of-Things applications. By remaining completely unnoticed both visually and tactilely, by the user and others, they ensure medical privacy and allow natural social interactions. Herein are introduced recent strategies employed at material, design, and integration levels to reach unperceivable technologies, whether through transparent materials or strategically hidden devices.

Wearable smart electronics are taking an increasing part of the consumer electronics market, with applications in advanced healthcare systems, entertainment, and Internet of Things. The advanced development of flexible, stretchable, and breathable electronic materials has paved the way to comfortable and long-term wearables. However, these devices can affect the wearer's appearance and draw attention during use, which may impact the wearer's confidence and social interactions, making them difficult to wear on a daily basis. Apart from comfort, one key condition for user acceptance is that these new technologies seamlessly integrate into our daily lives, remaining unperceivable to others. In this review, strategies to minimize the visual impact of wearable devices and make them more suitable for daily use are discussed. These new devices focus on being unperceivable when worn and comfortable enough that users almost forget their presence, reducing psychological discomfort while maintaining accuracy in signal collection. Materials selection is crucial for developing long-term and unperceivable wearable devices. Recent developments in these unperceivable electronic devices are also covered, including sensors, transistors, and displays, and mechanisms to achieve unperceivability are discussed. Finally, the potential applications are summarized and the remaining challenges and prospects are discussed.

A non-contact Pt-ionomer microenvironment is strategically engineered to alleviate the sulfonate group-induced poisoning effect on Pt active sites by encapsulating Pt-based nanoalloys within porous nanofibers. This innovative architecture significantly enhanced proton exchange membrane fuel cell performance, achieving a remarkable peak power density of 29.0 kW gPt −1 and an exceptional initial mass activity of 0.69 A mgPt −1.

Carbon-supported Pt-based catalysts in fuel cells often suffer from sulfonate poisoning, reducing Pt utilization and activity. Herein, a straightforward strategy is developed for synthesizing a porous PtCoV nanoalloy embedded within the porous structures of carbon nanofibers. Incorporation of vanadium (V) atoms into the PtCo alloy optimizes the oxygen binding energy of Pt sites, while heightening the dissolution energy barrier for both Pt and Co atoms, leading to a significantly enhanced intrinsic activity and durability of the catalyst. By encapsulating the nanoalloys within porous nanofibers, a non-contact Pt-ionomer interface is created to mitigate the poisoning effect of sulfonate groups to Pt sites, while promoting oxygen permeation and allowing proton transfer. This rational architecture liberates additional active Pt sites, while the evolved porous nanostructure of the PtCoV alloy extends its exposed surface area, thereby boosting Pt utilization within the catalytic layer and overall fuel cell performance. The optimized catalyst demonstrates an exceptional peak power density of 29.0 kW gPt −1 and an initial mass activity of 0.69 A mgPt −1, which exceeds the U.S. Department of Energy 2025 targets. This study provides a promising avenue for developing highly active and durable low-Pt electrocatalysts for fuel cell applications.

This work demonstrates that PTO/CCMO/SRO heterostructure can hold a broad family of skyrmion-like polar textures. One can write regular skyrmion bubble patterns with a high density ≈300 Gbit per inch2 by local tip field. The multiple π-twist target skyrmions and skyrmion bags show significant topology-enhanced stability, verifying a topology strategy to encode robust information in ferroelectrics.

Topological textures like vortices, labyrinths, and skyrmions formed in ferroic materials have attracted extensive interest during the past decade for their fundamental physics, intriguing topology, and technological prospects. So far, polar skyrmions remain scarce in ferroelectrics as they require a delicate balance between various dipolar interactions. Here, it is reported that PbTiO3 thin films in a metallic contact undergo a topological phase transition and hold a broad family of skyrmion-like textures including Q = ±1 skyrmions, multiple π-twist target skyrmions, and skyrmion bags, with independent controllability, analogous to those reported in magnetic systems. Weakly-interacted skyrmion arrays with a density over 300 Gbit/inch2 are successfully written, erased, and read out by local electrical and mechanical stimuli of a scanning probe. Interestingly, in contrast to the relatively short lifetime (<20 hours) of the normal skyrmions, the multiple π-twist target skyrmions and skyrmion bags show topology-enhanced stability with a lifetime of over two weeks. Experimental and theoretical analysis implies the heterostructures carry electric Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction mediated by oxygen octahedral tiltings. The results demonstrate ferroelectric-metallic heterostructures as fertile playgrounds for topological states and emergent phenomena.

Monolayers of transition-metal dichalcogenides exhibit strong exciton resonances for light-matter interactions at RT, though substrate effects limit performance. This work presents a planar microcavity with a suspended WS2 monolayer, eliminating substrate-induced losses. The system shows enhancement of strong coupling and preserves the spin-dependent polaritonic interactions, achieving a record exciton interaction constant close to theoretical predictions. This approach reveals the intrinsic optical and spintronic properties of 2D materials, paving the way for advanced polaritonic.

Transition-metal dichalcogenides monolayers exhibit strong exciton resonances that enable intense light-matter interactions. The sensitivity of these materials to the surrounding environment and their interactions with the substrate result in the enhancement of excitonic losses through scattering, dissociation and defects formation, hindering their full potential for the excitation of optical nonlinearities in exciton-polariton platforms. The use of suspended monolayers holds the potential to completely eliminate substrate-induced losses, offering unique advantages for the exploitation of intrinsic electronic, mechanical, and optical properties of 2D materials-based polaritonic systems, without any influence of proximity effects. In this work, we report a novel fabrication approach enabling the realization of a planar microcavity filled with a suspended tungsten disulfide (WS2) monolayer in its center. We experimentally demonstrate a 2-fold enhancement of the strong coupling at room temperature, due to the larger exciton binding energy and reduced overall losses as compared to similar systems based on dielectric-filled microcavities. As a result, spin-dependent polaritonic interactions are significantly amplified, leading to achievement of a record exciton interaction constant approaching the theoretically predicted value. This approach holds promises for pushing 2D materials-based polaritonic systems to their intrinsic limits, paving the way for the realization of novel polaritonic devices with superior performance.

The incorporation of Mo triggers a high-spin to low-spin transition in Co centers, achieving efficient nitrate-to-ammonia conversion. This spin-engineered catalytic system establishes a transformative platform for sustainable energy technologies, advancing frontier applications in electrocatalysis.

Metal nitrides, renowned for their spin-lattice-charge interplay, offer vast potential in catalysis, electronics, and energy conversion. However, spin polarization manipulation in these nitrides remains a challenge for multi-electron electrocatalytic processes. This study introduces Co3Mo3N with a low-spin polarization configuration, achieved by incorporating spin-free lattice Mo with 4d orbitals into high-spin polarization Co4N. This innovation delivers outstanding nitrate-to-ammonia electrosynthesis, ranking among the best to date. Mo inclusion induces competing magnetic exchange interactions, reducing the spin polarization degree and enabling rate-determining step of NO2* to NO-OH* conversion via vertex-sharing NMo6 octahedra. A paired electro-refinery with a Co3Mo3N cathode achieves 2 000 mA cm−2 at 2.28 V and sustains an industrial-scale current of 1 000 mA cm−2 for 2,100 h, with an NH3 production rate of ≈70 mg NH3 h−1 cm−2. This work establishes a transformative platform for spin polarization degree-engineered electrocatalysts, driving breakthroughs in energy conversion technologies.

Thermally fueled, self-moving twisted rings made from liquid crystal elastomers are investigated. By studying single rings and linked knots, it is shown how autonomous locomotion emerges through coupling between the rings. The movement is programmable via handedness control at connection points, offering insights into collective behavior and programmable motion in soft materials.

In nature, the interplay between individual organisms often leads to the emergence of complex belabours, of which sophistication has been refined through millions of years of evolution. Synthetic materials research has focused on mimicking the natural complexity, e.g., by harnessing non-equilibrium states to drive self-assembly processes. However, it is highly challenging to understand the interaction dynamics between non-equilibrium entities and to obtain collective behavior that can arise autonomously through interaction. In this study, thermally fueled, twisted rings exhibiting self-sustained movements are used as fundamental units and their interactive behaviors and emergent functions are investigated. The rings are fabricated from connected thermoresponsive liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) strips that undergo zero-elastic-energy-mode, autonomous motions upon a heat gradient. Single-ring structures with various twisting numbers and nontrivial links, and connected knots where several LCE rings (N = 2,3,4,5) are studied and linked. The observations uncover that controlled locomotion of the structures can emerge when N ≥ 3. The locomotion can be programmed by controlling the handedness at the connection points between the individual rings. These findings illustrate how group activity emerges from individual responsive material components through mechanical coupling, offering a model for programming autonomous locomotion in soft matter constructs.

A high-performance anti-sintering catalyst with efficient and ultra-stable Ni-W catalytic layer on reductive WC (NiAWC) with stabilized Niδ+ sites for superior high-temperature RWGS reaction. Here the concept of design of high-performance catalysts through metal-substrate synergistic effects offers a promising path to engineering superior high-temperature thermal catalysis.

The reverse water-gas shift (RWGS) reaction stands out as a promising approach for selectively converting CO2 into CO, which can then be upgraded into high-value-added products. While designing high selectivity and stability catalysts for RWGS reaction remains a significant challenge. In this study, an efficient and ultra-stable Ni-W catalytic layer on reductive WC (NiAWC) is designed as an anti-sintering catalyst for superior high-temperature RWGS reaction. Benefiting from the unique structures, the NiAWC catalyst exhibits exceptionally high performances with a CO production rate of 1.84 molCO gNi −1 h−1 and over 95% CO selectivity, maintaining stability for 120 h at 500 °C. Even after 300 h of continuous testing at 600 °C and five aging cycles at 800 °C, the activity loss is only 0.34% and 0.83%, respectively. Unlike the conventional mechanism in RWGS reaction, it is demonstrated that the Ni-W limited coordination can stabilize the Ni sites and allow a pre-oxidation of Niδ+ by CO, which produces an O* electronic reservoir and hinders the charge transfer from Ni to W-O, thereby avoiding the dissolution of Ni atoms. The design of new, efficient, and selective catalysts through metal-substrate synergistic effects is suggested to offer a promising path to engineering superior thermal catalysts.

3D-printed picoliter droplet networks have been fabricated that control gene expression in bacterial populations by releasing chemical signals with precise spatial definition and high temporal resolution. This system of effector release is widely applicable, offering diverse applications in biology and medicine.

Synthetic cells, such as giant unilamellar vesicles, can be engineered to detect and release chemical signals to control target cell behavior. However, control over target-cell populations is limited due to poor spatial or temporal resolution and the inability of synthetic cells to deliver patterned signals. Here, 3D-printed picoliter droplet networks are described that direct gene expression in underlying bacterial populations by patterned release of a chemical signal with temporal control. Shrinkage of the droplet networks prior to use achieves spatial control over gene expression with ≈50 µm resolution. Ways to store chemical signals in the droplet networks and to activate release at controlled points in time are also demonstrated. Finally, it is shown that the spatially-controlled delivery system can regulate competition between bacteria by inducing the patterned expression of toxic bacteriocins. This system provides the groundwork for the use of picoliter droplet networks in fundamental biology and in medicine in applications that require the controlled formation of chemical gradients (i.e., for the purpose of local control of gene expression) within a target group of cells.

A macrophage-evading nano-lubricant is designed to enhance osteoarthritis (OA) treatment by suppressing complement C3 adsorption and subsequent macrophage phagocytosis. Through a zwitterionic PMPC brush layer, this strategy reduces inflammation, preserves joint lubrication, and prevents OA progression. This work highlights the pivotal role of complement C3 in nanoparticle clearance and offers a novel therapeutic approach for OA management.

Administering a bio-lubricant is a promising therapeutic approach for the treatment of osteoarthritis (OA), in particular, if it can both manage symptoms and halt disease progression. However, the clearance of these bio-lubricants mediated by synovial macrophages leads to reduced therapeutic efficiency and adverse inflammatory responses. Herein, it is shown that this process is predominantly mediated by the specific binding of complement C3 (on nanoparticle) and CD11b (on macrophage). More importantly, through a systematic evaluation of various interface modifications, a macrophage-evading nanoparticle strategy is proposed, which not only minimizes friction, but also largely suppresses C3 adsorption. It involves employing a zwitterionic poly-2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine (PMPC) brush layer grafted from a crosslinked gelatin core. In vitro studies demonstrate that such a nanoparticle lubricant can evade macrophage phagocytosis and further prevent the pro-inflammatory M1 polarization and subsequent harmful release of cytokines. In vivo studies show that the designed PMPC brush layer effectively mitigates synovial inflammation, alleviates OA-associated pain, and protects cartilage from degeneration, thus preventing OA progression. These findings clarify the pivotal role of complement C3-mediated macrophage recognition in nanoparticles clearance and offer a promising nanoparticle design strategy to restore joint lubrication.

A non-contact intelligent sensing system that can accurately recognize patterns formed by NIR light is reported. Black phosphate (BP)-based organogel with anti-freezing and water retention properties as non-contact sensor can be used in extremely cold or hot environments. The designed non-contact sensing system shows good robustness by maintaining high sensitivity over a wide temperature range, long working distances, different current intensities, and dark conditions.

With the development of artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things, non-contact sensors are expected to realize complex human-computer interaction. However, current non-contact sensors are mainly limited by accuracy and stability. Herein, an intelligent infrared photothermal non-contact sensing system is developed that provides long-distance and high-accuracy non-contact sensing. A black phosphorus (BP)-based composite organogel is designed, which exhibits excellent photothermal properties and environmental stability, as the active material. This material can detect patterns created by near-infrared (NIR) light through various patterned masks monitored by an infrared thermal imager. The constructed non-contact sensing system is capable of accurately recognizing 26 letters with an impressive accuracy rate of 99.4%. Furthermore, even small size non-contact sensors can maintain high sensitivity and stability across a wide temperature range, at long working distances, and under different current intensities and dark conditions, demonstrating exceptional robustness. Combined with machine learning method, it is demonstrated that the non-contact sensing system excels in pattern recognition and human-computer interaction. These features highlight its potential applications in intelligent robotics and remote control systems.

A copper cluster scintillator with excellent stability and scintillation performance, which shows high sensitivity response to α/β particles, is constructed. By coupling it with PMT and nuclear electronics system, a surface contamination monitor for precise detection of α/β particles is successfully fabricated.

High-energy radiation is widely used in medicine, industry, and scientific research. Meanwhile, the detection of environmental ionizing radiation is essential to ensure the safe use of high-energy radiation. Among radiation detectors, scintillator detectors offer multiple advantages, including simple structure, high sensitivity, excellent environmental adaptability, and a favorable performance-to-price ratio. However, the development of high-performance scintillators that can provide highly sensitive responses to environmental radiation, especially α/β particles, remains a challenge. In this work, a copper cluster (Cu4I4(DPPPy)2 ) with excellent water-oxygen stability is prepared using a simple one-pot method at room temperature. Cu4I4(DPPPy)2 not only exhibits excellent X-ray excited luminescence (XEL) under X-ray irradiation but also demonstrates a highly sensitive scintillation response to α/β particles. By integrating Cu4I4(DPPPy)2 with a photomultiplier tube (PMT) and nuclear electronics, an α/β surface contamination monitor is successfully developed. This monitor enables the sensitive detection of excessive α/β particles in real-world environments. The detection frequency and signal intensity of Cu4I4(DPPPy)2 significantly surpass those of commercial scintillator of YAP:Ce, BGO, PbWO4, and anthracene under identical conditions, highlighting the promising application of metal clusters in low-dose environmental radiation detection.

Detection of antiferromagnetic spin texture in a 2D magnetic crystal is achieved through nanomechanical resonators at radio frequencies. Sharp magnetic transitions that lead to abrupt changes in mechanical linear and nonlinear responses are assigned to antiferromagnetic domain motions. The results indicate rich and fluid-like dynamics between the coupled spin and lattice at the transition field.

The coupling between the spin degrees of freedom and macroscopic mechanical motions, including striction, shearing, and rotation, has attracted wide interest with applications in actuation, transduction, and information processing. Experiments so far have established the mechanical responses to the long-range ordered or isolated single spin states. However, it remains elusive whether mechanical motions can couple to a different type of magnetic structure, the non-collinear spin textures, which exhibit nanoscale spatial variations of spin (domain walls, skyrmions, etc.) and are promising candidates to realize high-speed computing devices. Here, collective spin texture dynamics is detected with nanoelectromechanical resonators fabricated from 2D antiferromagnetic (AFM) MnPS3 with 10−9 strain sensitivity. By examining radio frequency mechanical oscillations under magnetic fields, new magnetic transitions are identified with sharp dips in resonant frequency. They are attributed to collective AFM domain wall motions as supported by the analytical modeling of magnetostriction and large-scale spin-dynamics simulations. Additionally, an abnormally large modulation in the mechanical nonlinearity at the transition field infers a fluid-like response due to ultrafast domain motion. The work establishes a strong coupling between spin texture and mechanical dynamics, laying the foundation for electromechanical manipulation of spin texture and developing quantum hybrid devices.

This work uncovers the Li0 reutilization behavior of AFLMBs at different discharge rates, which exhibits a “volcano-type” variation. The opposite effects of the distribution relationship between fresh Li and residue Li0 and concentration polarization at specific discharge rate dominate Li0 reutilization. This cognition provides guidance toward high-power density AFLMBs under practical conditions.

Anode-free lithium metal battery (AFLMB) has become an excellent candidate for long endurance electric vehicles and electric low altitude aircraft, profiting from its high energy density as well as outstanding manufacturing safety. However, the limitation at high discharge rates of AFLMBs is shrouded in mystery, yet to achieve more attention. Herein, the limitation of fast discharge for AFLMBs is dissected exhaustively, and a symptomatic strategy to break the limit is put forward, in order to eliminate the inevitable mismatch that lies in the inferior performance of AFLMBs. A “volcano-type” curve of capacity retention of AFLMBs is discovered with the discharge rate increased. Systematic investigation revealed that the overlapped spatial relationship between fresh deposited Li and residue Li0 facilitated the utilization of “recoverable Li0” (Li0) at the prophase of discharge rate increase. However, further enhanced discharge rate induced large concentration polarization (η conc), reflecting limited Li+ diffusion. Enabling the electrolyte to rapidly transport Li+ by lowering η conc increased the optimal discharge rate as well as the cycling stability of AFLMBs. This work reveals the rate-determining step for high-rate discharge and expands the employment boundary of AFLMBs under harsh conditions, providing a significant complement of present knowledge with respect to the power performance of AFLMBs.

The thermo-electric-mechanical coupling strategy proposed here predicts the feasibility of Ni2SbTe2 and NiTe2 as ideal TEbMs for (Bi,Sb)2Te3 and Bi2(Te,Se)3, based on three-phase thermodynamic equilibrium, electrical resistivity, and CTE compatibility. The fabricated TE generators demonstrate a third-party-verified conversion efficiency of 7.1% and a power density of 0.49 W cm−2 when the hot-side temperature is 523 K, with negligible degradation over 200 h.

The long-term stability of thermoelectric generators, including those based on Bi2Te3, is hindered by the lack of ideal thermoelectric barrier materials (TEbMs). Conventional selection methods for TEbMs mainly rely on trial-and-error, which is time-consuming and does not reveal the underlying mechanisms. In this study, a new design principle for selecting TEbMs based on thermo–electric–mechanical coupling is proposed. By combining the phase diagram predictions with the thermal expansion coefficients and electrical resistivities of the potential reactants, the Ni2SbTe2 and NiTe2 compounds are identified as ideal TEbMs for (Bi,Sb)2Te3 and Bi2(Te,Se)3, respectively, leading to interfaces with high thermal stability, low contact resistivity, and high strength. The fabricated thermoelectric generator achieves a competitive conversion efficiency of 7.1% and a power density of 0.49 W cm−2 at hot-side and cold-side temperatures of 523 and 296 K, respectively. Moreover, performance degradation is negligible after 200 h of cycling. This work demonstrates progress toward stable high-performance service, provides the foundation for applications in low-grade heat recovery, and offers new insights for more thermoelectric generators.

To elucidate the mechanism of morphology regulation in the blade-coated active layer to obtain high efficiency, three analogous acceptors (Y6, L8-BO, and L8-BO-4Cl) are systematically compared. Benefiting from the unique molecular packing of L8-BO-4Cl and its weak molecule-interaction with toluene, the air-blade-coated D18/L8-BO-4Cl-based device yields an outstanding power-conversion efficiency of 19.31%.

Understanding the unique features of photovoltaic materials in high-performance blade-coated organic solar cells (OSCs) is critical to narrow the device performance difference between spin-coating and blade-coating methods. In this work, it is clarified that the molecular packing of acceptor and molecule-solvent interaction plays an essential role in determining the photovoltaic performance of blade-coated layer-by-layer OSCs. It is demonstrated that the unique dimer packing feature of L8-BO-4Cl can lead to lower excited energy (∆E S1) and dominant J-aggregates in the blade-coated film compared to the analogs of Y6 and L8-BO. Meanwhile, the weaker molecule-solvent interaction between L8-BO-4Cl and toluene is in favor of forming prominent J-aggregation in blade-coated film, contributing to a more compact π-stacking than Y6 and L8-BO. Additionally, the blade-coated D18/L8-BO-4Cl film shows more defined interpenetrating networks with clearer donor-acceptor interfaces than D18/Y6 and D18/L8-BO, facilitating improved charge extraction and suppressed charge recombination. As a result, the air-blade-coated layer-by-layer device based on D18/L8-BO-4Cl yields a remarkable power-conversion efficiency (PCE) of 19.31% without any additive and post-treatment, while much lower PCEs of 7.01% and 16.47% are obtained in the device based on D18/Y6 and D18/L8-BO, respectively. This work offers an effective approach to developing highly efficient air-blade-coated layer-by-layer OSCs.

Light-based biofabrication is typically performed with single wavelength light sources and within benchtop devices. This work demonstrates FaSt-Light (Fiber-assisted Structured Light) as a new approach to achieve multiwavelength image projection using flexible image guide fibers, which enables a variety of applications for in situ biofabrication.

Light-based biofabrication techniques have revolutionized the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Specifically, the projection of structured light, where the spatial distribution of light is controlled at both macro and microscale, has enabled precise fabrication of complex three dimensional structures with high resolution and speed. However, despite tremendous progress, biofabrication processes are mostly limited to benchtop devices which limit the flexibility in terms of where the fabrication can occur. Here, a Fiber-assisted Structured Light (FaSt-Light) projection apparatus for rapid in situ crosslinking of photoresins is demonstrated. This approach uses image-guide fiber bundles which can project bespoke images at multiple wavelengths, enabling flexibility and spatial control of different photoinitiation systems and crosslinking chemistries and also the location of fabrication. Coupling of different sizes of fibers and different lenses attached to the fibers to project small (several mm) or large (several cm) images for material crosslinking is demonstrated. FaSt-Light allows control over the cross-section of the crosslinked resins and enables the introduction of microfilaments which can further guide cellular infiltration, differentiation, and anisotropic matrix production. The proposed approach can lead to a new range of in situ biofabrication techniques which improve the translational potential of photofabricated tissues and grafts.

In the past few years, self-assembled molecules (SAMs) have ushered in a new era of interface engineering for perovskite solar cells. Herein, the recent progresses of co-SAM, namely two SAMs with synergy, are comprehensively summarized and analyzed, focusing on topics including deposition methods and design principles, while further challenges about mechanisms, materials, and applications are also outlined.

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have rapidly gained prominence as a leading candidate in the realm of solution-processable third-generation photovoltaic (PV) technologies. In the high-efficiency inverted PSCs, self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) are often used as hole-selective layers (HSLs) due to the advantages of high transmittance, energy level matching, low non-radiative recombination loss, and tunable surface properties. However, SAMs have been recognized to suffer from some shortcomings, such as incomplete coverage, weak bonding with substrate or perovskite, instability, and so on. The combination of different SAMs or so-called co-SAM is an effective strategy to overcome this challenge. In this Perspective, the latest achievements in molecule design, deposition method, working principle, and application of the co-SAM are discussed. This comprehensive overview of milestones in this rapidly advancing research field, coupled with an in-depth analysis of the improved interface properties using the co-SAM approach, aims to offer valuable insights into the key design principles. Furthermore, the lessons learned will guide the future development of SAM-based HSLs in perovskite-based optoelectronic devices.

Biomimetic Isotropic Omnidirectional Intelligent Strain Sensor

Inspired by human fingerprints, an isotropic omnidirectional strain sensor in a heterogeneous skin-compatible soft substrate is proposed. The design as an involute of a circle structure achieves hypersensitivity and enables intelligent direction discrimination ability for applications in healthcare, soft robotics and more. More details can be found in article number 2420322 by Muzi Xu, Luigi G. Occhipinti and co-workers.

Phase Transformation of Titanium Diselenide Devices

In article number 2418557, Wen-Wei Wu, and co-workers systematically investigate the phase transformation of titanium diselenide devices using in-situ transmission electron microscopy. Their study reveals a bias-induced phase transformation driven by titanium self-intercalation, transitioning from hexagonal TiSe2 to the orthorhombic Ti9Se2 conducting phase. These findings offer valuable insights into the structural and electronic dynamics of 1T-TiSe2, highlighting its potential for future applications in charge-density-waves-based devices.