Nature Nanotechnology

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02252-8 A nanodevice inspired by bacterial contractile injection systems enables reversible, fuel-actuated membrane penetration and spatio-temporally controlled cargo delivery for programmable biochemical regulation in synthetic cells.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 17 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02245-7 A covalent organic framework monolayer membrane enables high selectivity and flux for the separation of Li+ from Na+ and K+. Ion transport is regulated by attraction and repulsion between bound and migrating ions via hydration-layer interactions, enabling selective transport without full dehydration.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 17 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02277-z Author Correction: Electrostatic regulation of solvation chemistry enables ampere-hour-scale high-energy lithium metal batteries

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02259-1 Across light generation, transmission, amplification, modulation and detection, nanoscale design is transforming photonics from an exercise in miniaturization into a platform for engineering optical functions.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 14 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02256-4 A battery-free, bioresorbable triboelectric implant combines ultrasound energy harvesting with visible phosphorescent self-reporting, enabling non-invasive, long-term in vivo tracking of implant integrity, function and resorption for up to 38 weeks

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02257-3 Multi-element nanoscale doping suppresses electrochemomechanical failure caused by unstable Fe coordination in Fe-rich Na layered oxides, yielding long-lifespan ampere-hour-level Na-ion batteries.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02240-y Nanoporous monolayer metal enables 0D quantum confinement of charged quasiparticles in a monolayer semiconductor.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02247-5 A wearable microneedle platform integrating ultrasharp, skin-penetrating tips, mechanical decoupling and electrochemical biosensing enables continuous, minimally invasive molecular profiling in freely moving animals, thereby advancing real-time, personalized health monitoring.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 03 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02234-w A novel platform based on standard semiconductor processing combined with a deterministic collapse strategy can lead to pristine and self-aligned interfaces with molecules.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 03 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02243-9 Near the Drude zero crossing where one in-plane permittivity component changes sign, the biaxial crystal MoOCl2 supports intrinsic diffraction-free canalized plasmon polaritons at wavelengths that are controlled by flake thickness.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 31 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02231-z Living cells are engineered as microscale factories that grow programmable protein crystals with concentric layers, each capable of carrying distinct nanoscale cargo and dissolving sequentially to enable precisely timed, multi-stage payload release.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 03 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02227-9 A soft contact approach enables scalable, damage-free integration of molecular materials into electronic devices using only conventional semiconductor manufacturing processes.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02222-0 An electrostatic excitonic corral in nanoporous-metal-defined monolayer WSe2 achieves quantum confinement of charged excitons, generating discrete energy levels and tunable transitions between localized and extended states.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 23 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02194-1 A lipogel tailored with a differential and sustained release of combinatorial drugs can elicit tumour immunogenicity to counteract stemness-associated immunosuppression and augment immune-checkpoint-inhibitor-based immunotherapy.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 21 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02225-x Gold-nanosheet-decorated ferritin nanocages, upon systemic administration, selectively disassemble fibrillar amyloid-β plaques, thereby reducing amyloid burden and improving synaptic and cognitive functions in a murine model of Alzheimer’s disease.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 23 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-025-02088-8 Positive electrode active materials nanocoated with shape-memory polymers show improved electrochemical and mechanical stability during battery operation.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 16 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02250-w Publisher Correction: Halide-site-substituting spacer creates quasi-two-dimensional perovskites for vapour-deposited light-emitting diodes

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02217-x Foundry-compatible transfer of two-dimensional materials is central to angstrom-era complementary FET logic, where atomically thin channels must be moved from growth wafers to target stacks without contamination, strain or interfacial damage. Scalable delamination, bonding and wafer-level metrology are needed to…

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 21 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02230-0 By spatially and energetically aligning redox centres, metabolite-responsive nanohybrids quantify dynamic bioenergetic signatures of extracellular vesicles and map metabolic changes in the tumour microenvironment.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 23 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02224-y Nanocoating of brittle positive electrode active materials with an ionically conductive polymer enables efficient operation of non-aqueous lithium metal coin cells at specific currents up to 2 A g−1.