Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 22 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41565-024-01652-y Acid-etching-driven nanosurface reconstruction of perovskite quantum-dot pure-red LEDs facilitates a peak external quantum efficiency of 28.5% and a half-lifetime of 30 h at 100 cd m−2 luminance, enabling highly efficient solution-processed active-matrix perovskite displays ..read more

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 22 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41565-024-01653-x A simple manipulation of an electrolyte’s glass transition enables nanoresolved electrochemical ion implantation doping in a variety of polymeric semiconductors ..read more

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 19 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41565-024-01650-0 Plasmonic tunnel junctions integrated with a monolayer semiconductor are found to emit photons with energies exceeding the input electrical potential. This peculiar phenomenon is ascribed to being triggered by inelastic electron tunnelling dipoles inducing optically forbidden transitions in the carrier injection electrode ..read more

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41565-024-01648-8 Antimicrobial resistance is becoming more prevalent. Here the authors use multimodal nanoparticles to modulate the infected microenvironment, recruit neutrophils and alleviate hypoxia to restore neutrophil function, demonstrating therapeutic efficacy against MRSA infections in mice ..read more

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41565-024-01644-y A method for overcoming antibiotic resistance uses multimodal nanoparticles that target bacterial defence mechanisms while enhancing the innate immune response ..read more

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 08 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41565-024-01639-9 A double-blind, randomized, controlled human exposure trial of highly purified and thin nanometre-sized graphene oxide nanosheets shows that acute inhalation of aerosolized nanoparticles is not associated with harmful effects in healthy humans ..read more

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 03 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41565-024-01641-1 Engineering the tunability of protein assembly in response to pH changes within a narrow range is challenging. Here the authors report the de novo computational design of pH-responsive protein filaments that exhibit rapid, precise, tunable and reversible assembly and disassembly triggered by small pH changes ..read more

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 01 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41565-024-01640-2 How can light be efficiently manipulated below the single-pixel level? An answer is now provided using near-field interactions for nanopillars in a metasurface — phase gradients in the gaps between the nanopillars constitute a new degree of freedom that enables efficient wavefront control at the nanoscale ..read more

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 01 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41565-024-01646-w Roeland Nolte (1944–2024 ..read more

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 28 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41565-024-01631-3 Robotics and machine learning are combined to predict and prepare a variety of nanocomposite materials with properties mimicking those of various types of plastics, starting from natural building blocks ..read more