Nature MaterialsPub Date : 2026-10-02DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02755-8
Yingzhuo Lun, Xinxin Hu, Qi Ren, Umair Saeed, Kapil Gupta, Bernat Mundet, Ivan Pinto-Huguet, José Santiso, Jessica Padilla-Pantoja, José Manuel Caicedo Roque, Martin Børstad Eriksen, Gonzalo Merino, Yunpeng Ma, Qian Li, Bonan Zhu, Gang Tang, David Pesquera, Xueyun Wang, Jiawang Hong, Jordi Arbiol, Gustau Catalan
{"title":"Polarization vortices in a ferromagnetic metal via twistronics","authors":"Yingzhuo Lun, Xinxin Hu, Qi Ren, Umair Saeed, Kapil Gupta, Bernat Mundet, Ivan Pinto-Huguet, José Santiso, Jessica Padilla-Pantoja, José Manuel Caicedo Roque, Martin Børstad Eriksen, Gonzalo Merino, Yunpeng Ma, Qian Li, Bonan Zhu, Gang Tang, David Pesquera, Xueyun Wang, Jiawang Hong, Jordi Arbiol, Gustau Catalan","doi":"10.1038/s41563-026-02755-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-026-02755-8","url":null,"abstract":"Advances in moiré engineering have revealed new pathways for manipulating lattice distortions and electronic properties in low-dimensional materials via stacking two crystalline layers with a twist angle between them. Here we demonstrate that twisted bilayer stacking can induce dipolar vortices in metallic SrRuO3 membranes, despite the presence of free charge. These vortices are correlated with moiré-periodic flexoelectricity induced by shear strain gradients, and their magnitude depends on both the twist angle and proximity to the interface. In addition, below the ferromagnetic Curie temperature of the films, ferromagnetic order coexists—and appears to compete—with the dipolar order, showing opposite twist-angle dependencies of the respective magnitudes of the two multiferroic order parameters. Density functional theory calculations provide insight into the microscopic origin of these observations. These findings extend the scope of topological polarization design beyond dielectric materials and into metals.","PeriodicalId":19058,"journal":{"name":"Nature Materials","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":41.2,"publicationDate":"2026-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149087802","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}
Nature MaterialsPub Date : 2026-09-30DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02747-8
Chao Zhao, Xudong Su, Xi Chen, Sen Zhang, Zixuan Yuan, Ning Lin, Jinjian Shen, Yuxing Tao, Shijie Wang, Bingjun Wang, Tianming Li, Xu-hui Li, Qunping Fan, Zhongrui Wang, Wei Ma
{"title":"Amplitude-controllable event-driven organic photosensors based on ionic-mediated inhibition","authors":"Chao Zhao, Xudong Su, Xi Chen, Sen Zhang, Zixuan Yuan, Ning Lin, Jinjian Shen, Yuxing Tao, Shijie Wang, Bingjun Wang, Tianming Li, Xu-hui Li, Qunping Fan, Zhongrui Wang, Wei Ma","doi":"10.1038/s41563-026-02747-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-026-02747-8","url":null,"abstract":"Next-generation artificial vision systems must integrate rapid temporal-contrast detection with dynamic sensory-gain modulation to prioritize task-relevant stimuli. Conventional semiconductor photosensors lack intrinsic mechanisms for spike generation with tunable amplitude, requiring complex multitransistor architectures and limiting efficiency. Here we report an event-driven organic photosensor that integrates temporal-contrast detection and amplitude modulation within a single active layer by coupling ionic and electronic transport in an organic mixed ionic–electronic conductor. In a bulk heterojunction with a non-fullerene acceptor, fast electron extraction generates excitatory photocurrent spikes, whereas ion-compensated hole accumulation in the organic mixed ionic–electronic conductor donor provides voltage-tunable inhibitory control over spike amplitude—functionally analogous to attentional gain modulation in biological vision. This enables in-sensor amplitude–temporal coding, preserving motion-relevant contrast in bias-weighted optical events and reducing redundant read-out. These results establish ionic–electronic coupling in organic mixed ionic–electronic conductors as a materials strategy for adaptive, low-power neuromorphic vision hardware.","PeriodicalId":19058,"journal":{"name":"Nature Materials","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":41.2,"publicationDate":"2026-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149087823","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}
Nature MaterialsPub Date : 2026-09-29DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02724-1
Zhiying Zeng, Liying Chang, Jingjing Wang, Yingze Liu, Xin Wang, Yi Sun, Yi Zuo, Xiaoyu Hou, Yong Wang, Zhen Gu, Tao Liu
{"title":"Controllable gene delivery via masked adeno-associated viral vectors.","authors":"Zhiying Zeng, Liying Chang, Jingjing Wang, Yingze Liu, Xin Wang, Yi Sun, Yi Zuo, Xiaoyu Hou, Yong Wang, Zhen Gu, Tao Liu","doi":"10.1038/s41563-026-02724-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-026-02724-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Controllable gene delivery to specific tissue by adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) is a challenge in gene therapy. Here we develop masked AAVs, whose transduction is blocked and restored only on pathological activation or by activation triggered by exogenous signals. The masking effect is accomplished by genetic encoding of non-canonical amino acid with tetrazine groups into AAV capsid proteins, allowing efficient reaction with trans-cyclooctene-modified truncated AAV receptor or polyethylene glycol to completely block viral infectivity in mice. With three different cleavable linkers, masking groups are selectively removable through liver-specific protease matriptase-2, near-infrared light or inflammation-associated reactive oxygen species, thus restoring the infectivity of AAVs and allowing localized transduction in mice. Systemic administration of protease-activated masked AAVs enables tissue-specific gene delivery to the liver, while administration of near-infrared-activated masked AAVs provides localized transduction in irradiated regions such as muscles and brain. Intravenous administration of reactive-oxygen-species-activated AAVs achieves targeted gene delivery to the myocardium in a cardiac ischaemia-reperfusion injury model, resulting in the localized expression of VEGF-A165 and myocardial repair.</p>","PeriodicalId":19058,"journal":{"name":"Nature Materials","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":38.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149081534","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}
Nature MaterialsPub Date : 2026-09-28DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02771-8
{"title":"Adaptive integration of bioelectronics","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41563-026-02771-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41563-026-02771-8","url":null,"abstract":"Future bioelectronics depend not only on developing and improving device functions, but also on designing materials and delivery strategies that adapt to living environments.","PeriodicalId":19058,"journal":{"name":"Nature Materials","volume":"25 10","pages":"1671-1671"},"PeriodicalIF":38.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41563-026-02771-8.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149068612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature MaterialsPub Date : 2026-09-25DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02764-7
Mingzhong Wu
{"title":"Electrical control of perpendicular altermagnets","authors":"Mingzhong Wu","doi":"10.1038/s41563-026-02764-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-026-02764-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19058,"journal":{"name":"Nature Materials","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":41.2,"publicationDate":"2026-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149049940","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}