{"title":"Zeolite-confined Cu single-atom clusters stably catalyse CO to acetate at 1 A cm−2 beyond 1,000 h","authors":"Yan Wen, Changhong Zhan, Jiacheng Liu, Xinxin Zhuang, Siyu Liu, Tang Yang, Wenqiang Liu, Xiaozhi Liu, Cheng-Wei Kao, Yu-Cheng Huang, Ting-Shan Chan, Zhiwei Hu, Dong Su, Jiajia Han, Nanjun Chen, Xiaoqing Huang","doi":"10.1038/s41565-025-01892-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-025-01892-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The electrochemical CO reduction reaction (CORR) has attracted a surge of research interest in sustainably producing high-value multi-carbon products, such as acetate. Nevertheless, most current CORR catalysts exhibit low acetate current densities, poor longevity and limited acetate selectivity. Here we present a Zeolite Socony Mobil-confined Cu single-atom cluster (CuZSM SACL) for CORR, in which Cu SAs are chemically anchored via robust Cu–O–Si bonds while Cu CLs are physically trapped within the porous framework of zeolite cavities. Consequently, the CuZSM SACL-containing membrane electrode assembly enables a remarkable CO-to-acetate current density of 1.8 A cm<sup>−</sup><sup>2</sup> with a high acetate Faraday efficiency of 71 ± 3%. More importantly, we demonstrate that the Cu-based membrane electrode assembly can stably catalyse CO to acetate at an industrial current density of 1 A cm<sup>−</sup><sup>2</sup> at 2.7 V (Faraday efficiency 61 ± 5%) beyond 1,000 h at atmospheric pressure. This milestone sheds light on high-performing Cu-type catalysts for practical CORR applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":18915,"journal":{"name":"Nature nanotechnology","volume":"51 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":38.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143635144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Bartolomei, E. Frigerio, M. Ruelle, G. Rebora, Y. Jin, U. Gennser, A. Cavanna, E. Baudin, J.-M. Berroir, I. Safi, P. Degiovanni, G. C. Ménard, G. Fève
{"title":"Time-resolved sensing of electromagnetic fields with single-electron interferometry","authors":"H. Bartolomei, E. Frigerio, M. Ruelle, G. Rebora, Y. Jin, U. Gennser, A. Cavanna, E. Baudin, J.-M. Berroir, I. Safi, P. Degiovanni, G. C. Ménard, G. Fève","doi":"10.1038/s41565-025-01888-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-025-01888-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Characterizing quantum states of the electromagnetic field at microwave frequencies requires fast and sensitive detectors that can simultaneously probe the field’s time-dependent amplitude and its quantum fluctuations. So far, this has been achieved by using either homodyne detection or fast digitizers. Both methods rely on the extraction of microwave radiation through an amplification chain towards the detector placed at room temperature, thereby limiting the time resolution to the ~10-GHz bandwidth of the measurement chain. Additionally, the coupling of high-impedance samples to the 50-Ω measurement chain is very weak, setting strong limitations on the detection sensitivity. In this work, we demonstrate an on-chip quantum sensor that exploits the phase of a single-electron wavefunction, measured in an electronic Fabry–Pérot interferometer, to detect the amplitude of a classical time-dependent electric field. The interferometer is implemented in a GaAs/AlGaAs quantum Hall conductor. The time resolution, limited by the temporal width of the electronic wavepacket, is ~35 ps. The interferometry technique provides a voltage resolution of ~50 μV, corresponding to a few microwave photons. Importantly, our detector measures both phase and contrast of the interference pattern. The latter opens the way to the detection of non-classical electromagnetic fields, such as squeezed or Fock states.</p>","PeriodicalId":18915,"journal":{"name":"Nature nanotechnology","volume":"124 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":38.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143635145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"RNA origami nanotubes push the boundaries of confinement","authors":"Sandra Kosiorek, Nicola De Franceschi","doi":"10.1038/s41565-025-01880-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-025-01880-w","url":null,"abstract":"Single-stranded RNA origami tiles transcribed and folded inside giant liposomes generate micrometre-long filaments that deform the membrane, showcasing the potential of RNA nanotechnology in building functional synthetic cells for mimicking the function of cytoskeletal proteins.","PeriodicalId":18915,"journal":{"name":"Nature nanotechnology","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":38.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143635245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Kramers versus Kramers makes a stable qubit","authors":"Anasua Chatterjee","doi":"10.1038/s41565-025-01876-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-025-01876-6","url":null,"abstract":"In a gate defined quantum dot in Bernal bilayer graphene, a combination of spin and valley protection diminishes spin relaxation drastically and yields a lifetime of 38 seconds.","PeriodicalId":18915,"journal":{"name":"Nature nanotechnology","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":38.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143618909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Electrically activating two-dimensional antiferromagnets","authors":"Shi-Jing Gong, Cheng Gong","doi":"10.1038/s41565-025-01884-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-025-01884-6","url":null,"abstract":"A transistor made from bilayer A-type antiferromagnet CrPS4 provides control over the spin polarization at the Fermi level and magnetoelectric readout.","PeriodicalId":18915,"journal":{"name":"Nature nanotechnology","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":38.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143618819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Han Zhao, William David Chen, Abhishek Kejriwal, Mohammad Mirhosseini
{"title":"Quantum-enabled microwave-to-optical transduction via silicon nanomechanics","authors":"Han Zhao, William David Chen, Abhishek Kejriwal, Mohammad Mirhosseini","doi":"10.1038/s41565-025-01874-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-025-01874-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p>An interface between microwave and optical photons offers the potential to network remote superconducting quantum processors. To preserve fragile quantum states, a microwave-to-optical transducer must operate efficiently in the quantum-enabled regime by generating less than one photon of noise referred to its input. Here we achieve these criteria using an integrated electro-optomechanical device made from crystalline silicon. Our platform eliminates the need for heterogeneous integration with piezoelectric materials by utilizing electrostatic actuation of gigahertz-frequency nanomechanical oscillators. Leveraging the ultra-low mechanical dissipation in silicon, our microwave-to-optical transducers achieve below one photon of input-referred added noise (<i>n</i><sub>add</sub> = 0.58) under continuous-wave laser drives. This demonstration of continuous quantum-enabled microwave-to-optical transduction improves the upconversion rate by about two orders of magnitude beyond the state of the art (<i>R</i> = 0.47–1.9 kHz). The increased transduction rate and scalable fabrication of our devices may facilitate near-term use of transducers in distributed quantum computers and quantum networks.</p>","PeriodicalId":18915,"journal":{"name":"Nature nanotechnology","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":38.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143608319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fengrui Yao, Menghan Liao, Marco Gibertini, Cheol-Yeon Cheon, Xiaohanwen Lin, Fan Wu, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Ignacio Gutiérrez-Lezama, Alberto F. Morpurgo
{"title":"Switching on and off the spin polarization of the conduction band in antiferromagnetic bilayer transistors","authors":"Fengrui Yao, Menghan Liao, Marco Gibertini, Cheol-Yeon Cheon, Xiaohanwen Lin, Fan Wu, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Ignacio Gutiérrez-Lezama, Alberto F. Morpurgo","doi":"10.1038/s41565-025-01872-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-025-01872-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Antiferromagnetic conductors with suitably broken spatial symmetries host spin-polarized bands, which lead to transport phenomena commonly observed in metallic ferromagnets. In bulk materials, it is the given crystalline structure that determines whether symmetries are broken and spin-polarized bands are present. Here we show that, in the two-dimensional limit, an electric field can control the relevant symmetries. To this end, we fabricate a double-gate transistor based on bilayers of van der Waals antiferromagnetic semiconductor CrPS<sub>4</sub> and show how a perpendicular electric displacement field can switch the spin polarization of the conduction band on and off. Because conduction band states with opposite spin polarizations are hosted in the different layers and are spatially separated, these devices also give control over the magnetization of the electrons that are accumulated electrostatically. Our experiments show that double-gated CrPS<sub>4</sub> transistors provide a viable platform to create gate-induced conductors with near unity spin polarization at the Fermi level, as well as devices with a full electrostatic control of the total magnetization of the system.</p>","PeriodicalId":18915,"journal":{"name":"Nature nanotechnology","volume":"68 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":38.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143589596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bingbing Zhu, Qingnan Cai, Yaxin Liu, Sheng Zhang, Weifeng Liu, Qiong He, Lei Zhou, Zhensheng Tao
{"title":"Nanometre-resolution three-dimensional tomographic and vectorial near-field imaging in dielectric optical resonators","authors":"Bingbing Zhu, Qingnan Cai, Yaxin Liu, Sheng Zhang, Weifeng Liu, Qiong He, Lei Zhou, Zhensheng Tao","doi":"10.1038/s41565-025-01873-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-025-01873-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p>All-dielectric optical nano-resonators have emerged as low-loss, versatile and highly adaptable components in nanophotonic structures for manipulating electromagnetic waves and enhancing light–matter interactions. However, achieving full three-dimensional characterization of near fields within dielectric nano-resonators poses great experimental challenges. Here we develop a technique to image near-field wave patterns inside dielectric optical nano-resonators using high-order sideband generation. By exploiting the phase sensitivity of various harmonic orders, which enables the detection of near-field distributions at distinct depths, we achieve three-dimensional tomographic and near-field imaging with a transverse resolution of ~920 nm and a longitudinal resolution of ~130 nm inside a micrometre-thick silicon anapole resonator. Our method offers high-contrast polarization sensitivity and phase-resolving capabilities, providing comprehensive vectorial near-field information and could be applied to diverse dielectric metamaterials.</p>","PeriodicalId":18915,"journal":{"name":"Nature nanotechnology","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":38.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143532677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jianchang Xu, Yang Zhang, Sheng Zhao, Juan Zhang, Yanfang Wang, Wei Liu, Kangfan Ji, Guangzheng Xu, Ping Wen, Xinwei Wei, Shaoqian Mei, Leihao Lu, Yuejun Yao, Feng Liu, Yufei Ma, Jiahuan You, Jianqing Gao, John B. Buse, Jinqiang Wang, Zhen Gu
{"title":"A bioinspired polymeric membrane-enclosed insulin crystal achieves long-term, self-regulated drug release for type 1 diabetes therapy","authors":"Jianchang Xu, Yang Zhang, Sheng Zhao, Juan Zhang, Yanfang Wang, Wei Liu, Kangfan Ji, Guangzheng Xu, Ping Wen, Xinwei Wei, Shaoqian Mei, Leihao Lu, Yuejun Yao, Feng Liu, Yufei Ma, Jiahuan You, Jianqing Gao, John B. Buse, Jinqiang Wang, Zhen Gu","doi":"10.1038/s41565-025-01860-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-025-01860-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The nuclear envelope serves as a highly regulated gateway for macromolecule exchange between the nucleus and cytoplasm in eukaryotes. Here we have developed a cell nucleus-mimicking polymeric membrane-enclosed system for long and self-regulated therapy. A polymeric nano-membrane with nanopores is conformally synthesized in situ on the surface of each insulin crystal, ensuring sustained, adjustable and zero-order drug release kinetics. Glucose- and β-hydroxybutyrate-dually sensitive microdomains are integrated into the nano-membranes. Under a normal state, the microdomains are uncharged and the channel is narrow enough to block insulin outflow. Under hyperglycaemia and ketonaemia, microdomains convert the high glucose and β-hydroxybutyrate concentration signals to the negative electric potential of membranes, widening the nanopores with rapid insulin outflow. In type 1 diabetic mice and minipigs, this system can maintain normoglycaemia for longer than 1 month and 3 weeks, respectively, with validated glucose- and β-hydroxybutyrate-triggered insulin release. Such membrane-enclosed drug crystal/powder formulation provides a broad platform for long-acting controlled release.</p>","PeriodicalId":18915,"journal":{"name":"Nature nanotechnology","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":38.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143495246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}