Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02301-2

Multiscale physicochemical and electrochemical characterizations demonstrate that atomic-scale structural distortion and nanoscale short-range ordering govern the thermodynamic and kinetic components of potential hysteresis in Li||DRX cells.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 29 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02298-8

A torsion-pendulum gravitational-force sensor with an optical microcavity readout leverages coupled photon–phonon effects to enhance sensitivity to the tiny gravitational pull from a millimetre-sized source mass.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 29 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02280-4

Four-inch rhombohedral-stacked boron nitride wafers are reproducibly synthesized through a step-templated interfacial epitaxy strategy, exhibiting high-density, fast-speed and non-volatile memory performances.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 28 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02284-0

MRI-responsive hydrogel microparticles embedded with zinc ferrite nanoparticles enable deep-tissue mapping of dynamic tumour compression, revealing that transient stress surges, rather than cumulative mechanical load, lead to the epithelial–mesenchymal transition and tumour remodelling.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 28 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02282-2

Magnetic-resonance-responsive sensors comprising zinc ferrite nanoparticles embedded in hydrogel microparticles enable mapping of tissue stress, revealing that acute stress surges, rather than cumulative mechanical load, drive epithelial–mesenchymal transition and tumour remodelling.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02274-2

Two-dimensional materials offer low resistivity, strong thermal management and back-end-of-line compatibility, making them promising for advanced interconnects, backside power delivery and boosting efficiency in next-generation semiconductor chips.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 15 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02276-0

Monolithic 3D integration of oxide semiconductor devices on a 200-mm wafer is demonstrated, enabling vertically interconnected logic and memory and supporting the design of an energy-efficient AI accelerator.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 14 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02278-y

Thermally assisted intaglio transfer printing and interfacial ligand engineering turn quantum dots into stretchable, ultrabright and high-definition displays.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 14 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02272-4

Innovative ligand engineering and thermally assisted intaglio transfer printing enhance charge injection and pixel resolution in stretchable quantum-dot light-emitting diodes, achieving high efficiencies and luminance while maintaining mechanical integrity under deformation.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 14 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02254-6

This work demonstrates a parallelized four-qubit entangling gate on a room-temperature spin register, and it operates ten times faster than sequences of two-qubit gates with reduced errors.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 14 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02281-3

This study demonstrates on-chip all-optical switching by integrating magnetic memory elements with photonic circuits, establishing a route towards fully integrated magneto-photonic systems for ultrafast and energy-efficient information technologies.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 10 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02295-x

Author Correction: Half-wave nanolasers and intracellular plasmonic lasing particles

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02294-y

Author Correction: Nanopore-enabled time-resolved monitoring of catecholamine-related phenylalanine metabolism

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.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 08 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02288-w

Publisher Correction: Edge-sharing RuO₂ single layer for stable and low overpotential acidic water electrolysis

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.