Nature MaterialsPub Date : 2026-09-14DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02730-3
Wenyi Zhou, Roland K Kawakami
{"title":"Excitons driving spin dynamics in CrSBr.","authors":"Wenyi Zhou, Roland K Kawakami","doi":"10.1038/s41563-026-02730-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-026-02730-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19058,"journal":{"name":"Nature Materials","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":38.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148970333","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 : 2026-09-14DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02739-8
Wei Fan
{"title":"Materials design for biocompatible electronics","authors":"Wei Fan","doi":"10.1038/s41563-026-02739-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41563-026-02739-8","url":null,"abstract":"Xuanhe Zhao, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, talks to Nature Materials about the considerations of mechanical and materials properties to achieve biocompatible and stable bioelectronics.","PeriodicalId":19058,"journal":{"name":"Nature Materials","volume":"25 10","pages":"1672-1673"},"PeriodicalIF":38.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148970405","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 : 2026-09-14DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02748-7
Pratap Chandra Adak, Iris E McDaniel, Suvodeep Paul, Caleb Heuvel-Horwitz, Bikash Das, Vitali Kozlov, Kseniia Mosina, Arun Ramanathan, Xavier Roy, Zdeněk Sofer, Tian Zhong, Akashdeep Kamra, Arno Thielens, Andrea Alú, Vinod M Menon
{"title":"Microwave-to-optical transduction using magnon-exciton coupling.","authors":"Pratap Chandra Adak, Iris E McDaniel, Suvodeep Paul, Caleb Heuvel-Horwitz, Bikash Das, Vitali Kozlov, Kseniia Mosina, Arun Ramanathan, Xavier Roy, Zdeněk Sofer, Tian Zhong, Akashdeep Kamra, Arno Thielens, Andrea Alú, Vinod M Menon","doi":"10.1038/s41563-026-02748-7","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41563-026-02748-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Quantum networks require coherent interfaces between microwave-frequency quantum systems and low-loss optical links. However, existing microwave-optical transducers often trade conversion efficiency against added noise, bandwidth and device integrability. Here we use magnon-exciton coupling in the layered antiferromagnet CrSBr to realize coherent microwave-to-optical transduction. Unlike previous magnon-based approaches that rely on intrinsically weak off-resonant magneto-optical effects, our scheme exploits strong light-matter interactions at exciton resonances. Driving the antiferromagnetic resonance with microwaves modulates the resonant excitonic susceptibility and generates coherent optical sidebands, detected using homodyne interferometry. Even in a bulk crystal without cavity enhancement, we observe coherent conversion over an intrinsically broadband ~300-MHz window. Multiple exciton-polariton resonances inherit the magnon-coupled response, indicating a route to broaden the usable optical detuning range and mitigate optical dissipation. Magnon-coupled excitons in layered magnets thus offer a scalable platform for broadband microwave-optical interfaces, with higher cooperativity achievable through reduced magnetic volume and cavity integration.</p>","PeriodicalId":19058,"journal":{"name":"Nature Materials","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":38.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148970355","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 : 2026-09-10DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02741-0
Uroš Tkalec, Simon Čopar
{"title":"Weaving braids of defect lines","authors":"Uroš Tkalec, Simon Čopar","doi":"10.1038/s41563-026-02741-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41563-026-02741-0","url":null,"abstract":"Colloidal particles steered by light weave the defect lines of a nematic liquid crystal into programmable crossings, realizing non-Abelian braiding operations that can be watched, reordered and compiled in real space.","PeriodicalId":19058,"journal":{"name":"Nature Materials","volume":"25 10","pages":"1682-1683"},"PeriodicalIF":38.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148930643","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 : 2026-09-09DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02738-9
Catriona Thomson, Ross S Forgan
{"title":"Molecular modifier aids melting of MOFs.","authors":"Catriona Thomson, Ross S Forgan","doi":"10.1038/s41563-026-02738-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-026-02738-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19058,"journal":{"name":"Nature Materials","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":38.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148920817","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 : 2026-09-08DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02740-1
Jiewei Chen, Jianmin Yan, Lingwei Fan, Tao Zheng, Xiangli Che, Chaoyi Zhu, Wei Lu, Ming Deng, Yat Hon Ng, Zhaoqing Wang, Yi Wan, Xixi Jiang, Ye Zhu, Zhongmin Yang, Kevin J Chen, Bor-Wei Liang, Kai-Shin Li, Yann-Wen Lan, Lain-Jong Li, Yang Chai
{"title":"Single-crystalline CoSi semimetals with high conductivity and reliability.","authors":"Jiewei Chen, Jianmin Yan, Lingwei Fan, Tao Zheng, Xiangli Che, Chaoyi Zhu, Wei Lu, Ming Deng, Yat Hon Ng, Zhaoqing Wang, Yi Wan, Xixi Jiang, Ye Zhu, Zhongmin Yang, Kevin J Chen, Bor-Wei Liang, Kai-Shin Li, Yann-Wen Lan, Lain-Jong Li, Yang Chai","doi":"10.1038/s41563-026-02740-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41563-026-02740-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As the size of state-of-the-art copper interconnects shrinks to the nanoscale, carrier scattering greatly increases their resistance, causing signal delay and reliability issues. Alternative conductors are therefore needed to sustain interconnect scaling beyond conventional charge-transport mechanisms. Here we demonstrate CoSi semimetal for highly scalable, conductive and reliable interconnects. As the CoSi thickness decreases from 1 µm to ∼20 nm, its resistivity decreases from 7.0 to 0.72 μΩ·cm due to the highly conductive surface path. The room-temperature resistivity of 20-nm-thick CoSi is one-tenth that of copper at the same thickness. The high cohesive energy (5.4 eV) and migration barrier (3.7 eV) of CoSi confer excellent reliability at current densities of up to 10<sup>8</sup> A cm<sup>-</sup><sup>2</sup> and temperatures up to 450 °C. Radiofrequency measurements demonstrate CoSi interconnect operation at frequencies up to 40 GHz. We further integrate a CoSi interconnect with a 16-nm-node silicon ring oscillator, which operates at the same frequency as its metal-interconnected counterpart.</p>","PeriodicalId":19058,"journal":{"name":"Nature Materials","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":38.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148912998","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 : 2026-09-08DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02725-0
Emily Fitzgerald, Marshall S Padilla, Michael J Mitchell
{"title":"A boost for CAR T cell therapy.","authors":"Emily Fitzgerald, Marshall S Padilla, Michael J Mitchell","doi":"10.1038/s41563-026-02725-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-026-02725-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19058,"journal":{"name":"Nature Materials","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":38.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148912943","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}