Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 09 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41565-024-01772-5 Climate change is one of humankind’s biggest challenges, leading to more frequent and intense climate extremes, including heatwaves, wildfires, hurricanes, ocean acidification, and increased extinction rates. Nanotechnology already plays an important role in decarbonizing critical processes. Still, despite the technical advances seen in the last decades, the International Energy Agency has identified many sectors that are not on track to achieve the global climate mitigation goals by 2030. Here, a multi-st ..read more

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 08 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41565-024-01786-z Reducing scavenging of nanoparticles by the reticuloendothelial system and increasing their penetration through endothelial cell barriers would increase their clinical potential. Here the authors show that small nanoparticles targeting the caveolae of the lung microvascular endothelium are rapidly delivered to the lungs for precision imaging and targeting ..read more

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 07 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41565-024-01799-8 Mesoporous MoS2 is proposed as an efficient electron transport layer in perovskite solar cells, achieving efficiencies >25% with over 2,000 h of stable operation ..read more

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 07 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41565-024-01795-y Terahertz absorption reduces the viscosity of the hydrodynamic electron fluid in graphene and thereby enables easier flow of electrons. This results in a drop in resistance within graphene constrictions under terahertz radiation, facilitating fast and sensitive terahertz detection ..read more

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 03 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41565-024-01753-8 This Review explores how machine learning approaches can drive progress in nanotheranostics ..read more

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 01 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41565-024-01747-6 mRNA delivery through LNPs targeting specific organs holds great clinical potential, but it remains unclear how the structure of the lipidoids in the LNPs controls organ tropism. Here the authors direct in vivo delivery of siloxane-based LNPs via structural alteration of the ionizable structure of the constituting lipidoids ..read more

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 26 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41565-024-01791-2 A sophisticated atomic force microscopy experiment enables a time-resolved tunnelling spectroscopy method that provides access to excited states of singles molecules. It quantifies the transition energies and can prepare a molecule in a specific excited state ..read more

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 26 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41565-024-01793-0 This study introduces mechanochemistry-mediated colloidal liquid metals to enhance interface thermal transport in scalable electronic systems, offering an efficient cooling solution for thermal management in devices operating at kilowatt levels ..read more

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 26 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41565-024-01788-x Experiments on spin–orbit torque magnetization switching over seven orders of magnitude in current pulse duration unveil a transition from non-coherent to coherent magnetization reversal as pulse duration is reduced and a reduction of energy consumption in the picosecond regime by an order of magnitude ..read more

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 26 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41565-024-01783-2 Nano-masking of the surface of tumour-derived extracellular vesicles blocks their immune-evasive action. This improves their phagocytosis by dendritic cells, leading to maturation of T-cell action and culminating in undampened anti-tumour immunity ..read more