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2026-09-14
Wei Fan
Xuanhe Zhao, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, talks to Nature Materials about the considerations of mechanical and materials properties to achieve biocompatible and stable bioelectronics.
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02739-82026-09-14
Romy Ettlinger, Stefan Wuttke, Quim Peña
To increase the technological value of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and promote their translation into real-world applications, societal needs, market interests and industry requirements need to be considered early on in MOF research and development.
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02705-42026-09-14
Wenyi Zhou, Roland K. Kawakami
Photoexcited excitons in the two-dimensional antiferromagnet CrSBr are found to act as a source of spin torque, driving nonlinear magnon dynamics through phase-coherent energy exchange that persists well beyond the optical pulse.
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02730-32026-09-14
Pratap Chandra Adak, Iris E. McDaniel, Suvodeep Paul, Caleb Heuvel-Horwitz, Bikash Das, Vitali Kozlov, Kseniia Mosina, Arun Ramanathan, Xavier Roy, Zdeněk Sofer, Tian Zhong, Akashdeep Kamra, Arno Thielens, Andrea Alú, Vinod M. Menon
Broadband microwave-to-optical conversion is demonstrated in the layered antiferromagnet CrSBr through strong magnon–exciton coupling, offering a scalable platform for quantum transduction.
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02748-72026-09-11
Shuyu Liu, Lang Jiang, Yuanyuan Hu
A p-type dopant whose radical anion decomposes after electron transfer can continuously maintain the doping reaction and boost hole densities by orders of magnitude.
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02736-x2026-09-10
Uroš Tkalec, Simon Čopar
Colloidal particles steered by light weave the defect lines of a nematic liquid crystal into programmable crossings, realizing non-Abelian braiding operations that can be watched, reordered and compiled in real space.
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02741-02026-09-09
Catriona Thomson, Ross S. Forgan
The glass transition temperatures of melting mixtures of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and phenanthroline are lowered through transient coordination, enabling melt-quenched vitrification of previously unmeltable MOFs.
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02738-92026-09-08
Qiannan Cao, Yingli Yao, Wenming Zheng, Hongqian Liu, Mingxia Jiang, Dayang Xie, Siting Zhang, Pijun Su, Huilin Yuan, Xiaoyuan Chen, Huapan Fang, Huayu Tian
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02753-w2026-07-23
Mei Zhao
Nature Materials, Published online: 23 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41563-026-02683-7 Large-scale growth of various two-dimensional metallic oxides with high crystalline quality is achieved via mica surface-reconstruction-assisted van der Waals epitaxy, enabling their exploration in quantum physics and spintronic applications.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02683-72026-07-22
Shuai Du
Nature Materials, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41563-026-02665-9 An entanglement-dominated design strategy combines dense physical chain entanglements with sparse trigger-cleavable covalent crosslinks. This strategy enables high-performance thermosets with generation-invariant regeneration, opening an avenue for circular engineering plastics.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02665-92026-07-17
Aida Fica
Nature Materials, Published online: 17 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41563-026-02679-3 The scalable formation of jammed interconnected bilayer emulsions provides a platform for replicating structural and functional properties of biological tissues.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02679-32026-07-13
Zhan Gao
Nature Materials, Published online: 13 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41563-026-02698-0 Author Correction: Plasmonic printing of high-performance metal oxide electronics under room temperature]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02698-02026-07-10
Valentin Gensbittel
Nature Materials, Published online: 10 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41563-026-02658-8 Mechanical cues regulate both metastatic dissemination and antitumour immunity. Integrating these processes through mechano-immunology may provide a framework to understand metastatic progression.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02658-82026-07-10
David Maresca
Nature Materials, Published online: 10 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41563-026-02671-x Mechanoluminescent nanomaterials administered in the bloodstream enable ultrasound-controlled light emission and deep-tissue optogenetic stimulation of neurons.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02671-x2026-07-08
Su Sun
Nature Materials, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41563-026-02669-5 Wafer-scale monolayer single crystals of p-type semiconducting MoSi2N4 are grown via chemical vapour deposition, and exhibit high mobility and stability.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02669-52026-07-08
Stefano Marchesi
Nature Materials, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41563-026-02692-6 Author Correction: Mechanisms of active wetting and fluidification in epithelial cell collectives]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02692-62026-07-07
Hongrun Jin
Nature Materials, Published online: 07 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41563-026-02666-8 Conventional aqueous vanadium-ion batteries have low capacities, as the fundamental charge-storage mechanism is a one-electron insertion process. Here, using a mesoporous carbon shell approach, a four-electron conversion reaction for charge storage is demonstrated.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02666-82026-07-06
Kai Purnhagen
Nature Materials, Published online: 06 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41563-026-02651-1 Kai Purnhagen and Justus Wesseler discuss how EU law needs reform to address market access bottlenecks for living composites.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02651-12026-07-06
Gaia Maffione
Nature Materials, Published online: 06 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41563-026-02667-7 Rotational misalignment between the top and bottom boron nitride layers encapsulating graphene acts as a switch for anomalous gating effects, such as gate ineffectiveness and hysteresis. These effects are observed at room temperature within an angle range of 15–45° and are highly sensitive to small angular changes.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02667-72026-07-06
Senlei Li
Nature Materials, Published online: 06 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41563-026-02648-w Solid-state spin defects are a powerful and versatile class of quantum sensor. This Review covers the development of scanning-probe nitrogen-vacancy sensing as a tool for investigating quantum materials with nanoscale resolution, surveys the recent development of spin defects in 1D and 2D host materials and identifies key directions for future research.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02648-w2026-07-03
Wenhao Li
Nature Materials, Published online: 03 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41563-026-02670-y High-performance polymer semiconductors are required for next-generation organic electronics. A strategy that modulates multi-scale structural ordering and controls the alignment of polymers yields single-crystal-like semiconducting polymers with notably improved charge mobility.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02670-y2026-07-03
Tingxin Li
Nature Materials, Published online: 03 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41563-026-02649-9 The fractional quantum anomalous Hall effect serves as the defining experimental manifestation of fractional Chern insulators at zero magnetic field. This Perspective surveys its realization in moiré materials, examines underlying mechanisms and outlines pathways towards new fractional and non-Abelian topological states.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02649-92026-07-01
Jiaqi Liu
Nature Materials, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41563-026-02656-w Hearing loss affects millions of people, requiring technology to repair their auditory pathway. A biohybrid interface is developed that combines a self-powered acoustic device and an artificial auditory neural circuit, enabling restoration of auditory function in a rabbit model of hearing impairment.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02656-w2026-06-30
Roger Guzman
Nature Materials, Published online: 30 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41563-026-02647-x Conductivity and superconductivity at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface are well established. Now, in a layer-by-layer fashion, oxygen octahedra rotations, polar displacements and vibrational modes that are parallel and perpendicular to the interface are probed. A doping-dependent study reveals phonon modes related to oxygen vibrations, and their connection to superconductivity is discussed.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02647-x2026-06-30
Nature Materials, Published online: 30 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41563-026-02672-w Understanding inherent properties and coordinated design at the device, array and system levels can help achieve accurate computing with memristors.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02672-w2026-06-30
Pamela C. Guruciaga
Nature Materials, Published online: 30 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41563-026-02594-7 The geometry of confining boundaries is shown to control three-dimensional topological defect configurations that precede formation of the central lumen in the developing mouse embryo, a key process in embryogenesis.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02594-72026-06-18
Xiang-Jing Kong
Nature Materials, Published online: 18 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41563-026-02621-7 Reversible phase transformations enable flexible metal–bipyrazolate frameworks to offer high deliverable methane capacities, high stability and recyclability, indicating utility in natural gas storage.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02621-72026-06-17
Wei Fan
Nature Materials, Published online: 17 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41563-026-02635-1 Abu Sebastian, a distinguished research scientist at IBM Research in Zurich, talks to Nature Materials about the opportunities and challenges of memristive devices for in-memory computing and their potential to commercialization.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02635-12026-06-15
Nicholas J. Brennan
Nature Materials, Published online: 15 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41563-026-02643-1 Distinct magnon dynamics are observed at high excitation pump power in the two-dimensional antiferromagnetic semiconductor CrSBr, and attributed to an interplay between excitons and magnetization.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02643-12026-06-12
Guiping Ji
Nature Materials, Published online: 12 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41563-026-02640-4 A large spin Hall conductivity is reported for the quasi-two-dimensional metallic delafossite PtCoO2 and attributed to polar lattice distortions that break inversion symmetry.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02640-4