Oxide-based memristors hold potential for energy-efficient neuromorphic hardware in ‘Internet of Things’ applications, yet optimizing performance with CMOS-compatible low-temperature fabrication is challenging. Here, the authors employ a dual-function electrode strategy using an oxygen vacancy reservoir in an ITO/WO₃/TiN system, achieving enhanced memristive and synaptic performance, paving the way for advanced neuromorphic applications.

The control of heat transport in organic materials is crucial for developing advanced thermal management devices. Here, the authors demonstrate reversible modulation of thermal conductivity in PBTTT films through electrochemical doping, highlighting the potential for tunable thermal properties in organic materials for future applications

Conventional studies of nanomagnets often overlook the role of intermediate states in energy relaxation pathways. Here, the authors explore a simple nanomagnet model, revealing how geometry affects these pathways through multipolar analysis, with implications for understanding magnetic frustration and metastability in artificial spin ice, supported by magnetic force microscopy experiments.

Controlling material phases with gate voltage presents a promising alternative to traditional methods, yet ionic liquid gates often suffer from slow responses. Here, the authors use a three-terminal solid-state device with an ultra-high dielectric constant gate to modulate VO₂ phase transition speed by three orders of magnitude, revealing potential for high-speed, low-power electronics.

Interface engineering in magnetic oxides is crucial for advancing spintronic devices, yet challenges remain in manipulating inversion symmetry in non-ideal interfaces. Here, the authors achieve tunable inversion symmetry in (SrRuO₃)₂/(SrTiO₃)₂ superlattices via dynamic control of interfacial disorders, inducing significant changes in Berry curvature and anomalous Hall resistivity.

Quantum magnonics aims to harness magnon properties for nanoscale quantum information technologies, but substrate-induced damping in yttrium iron garnet (YIG) films limits low-temperature performance. Here, the authors demonstrate that YIG films on yttrium scandium gallium aluminum garnet substrates maintain low magnetic damping from room temperature to millikelvin levels, eliminating paramagnetic substrate effects and advancing spin-wave-based quantum technologies.

Zhong Lin Wang was the first to demonstrate a working Triboelectric Nanogenerator (TENG). Here we discuss his scientific background, promising applications for TENGs and commercialization challenges.

William Morris is the director of business development at Numat, a company commercializing metal-organic frameworks into products. Here he offers his insight on transitioning to industry, what businesses consider in commercial deployment, and suggestions to make research more applicable to the real world.

Combining in-memory sensing and computing is key to the realization of machine vision systems in artificial intelligence applications. Now, non-volatile magnetic memory and optical sensing capabilities are integrated in two-dimensional Fe₃GaTe₂/WSe₂/Fe₃GaTe₂ junctions operating at room temperature.

Sonodynamic therapy is a precise and non-invasive anticancer treatment but is ineffective in killing cancer cells and triggering robust immune responses. Now, a dual-ligand bimetallic framework allows controlled nitric oxide release by ultrasound that is effective for sono-immunotherapy.

Yury Gogotsi is a pioneer of the burgeoning field of 2D MXenes. Here he offers his insight on the history of MXene development, promising applications and what he is excited about.

There is growing interest in reducing the chemical complexity of engineering alloys. Here, an Mg-Ca alloy for use in bone fixation has less than 1 weight % calcium, and achieves strength and ductility superior to many conventionally-processed magnesium alloys.