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Received — 10 September 2026 ⏭ Nature Nanotechnology

How nanophotonics can drive optical computing toward practical applications

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02264-4

This Review discusses photonic platforms that have already shown programmability, high integration density, and stability, and that can support large-scale AI models, edge computing, and logic and scientific computing.

Structured light–matter interaction in semiconductor cavity quantum electrodynamics

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 08 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02275-1

Structured light–matter interaction at the single-photon level is demonstrated in a coupled quantum-dot–micropillar system, enabling cavity-enhanced single-photon emission with spin-locked orbital angular momentum and tunable spin–orbit entanglement.

Charge-switching ionizable lipids lower the toxicity of lipid nanoparticles

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 08 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02262-6

Charge-switching S-lipids generate S-lipid nanoparticles that are neutral or negative at physiological pH but become cationic in acidic endosomes, enabling nucleic acid delivery with reduced inflammation compared with conventional LNPs.

Switchable single-atom catalysts for highly selective C–C coupling in direct methane oxidation

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 07 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02271-5

Single copper atoms on boron nanosheets dynamically and reversibly switch to clusters, enabling the direct conversion of methane to acetic acid with 97% selectivity and high activity without the requirement for carbon monoxide.

Defect-bound states of exciton condensate as an analogue of the Yu–Shiba–Rusinov state

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 03 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02267-1

Impurities in a quantum exciton condensate create bound electronic states, as visualized in Ta2Pd3Te5, that are analogous to spin impurities in superconductors, enabling microscopic control of excitonic quantum matter.

Quantum-well metasurface for free-space-accessible enhanced nonlinear polarization

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 02 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02268-0

Interband-engineered quantum wells integrated with a resonant metasurface yield giant near-infrared-to-visible optical nonlinearities.
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