{"title":"Finding ferroelectricity","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41928-026-01722-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41928-026-01722-0","url":null,"abstract":"Ferroelectric materials could be used to develop energy-efficient devices, but proving that a material is actually ferroelectric can require careful experimentation and analysis.","PeriodicalId":19064,"journal":{"name":"Nature Electronics","volume":"9 9","pages":"971-971"},"PeriodicalIF":42.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41928-026-01722-0.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149023276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Microrobotic cilia that sense and reshape their surroundings","authors":"Wenqi Hu","doi":"10.1038/s41928-026-01716-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-026-01716-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19064,"journal":{"name":"Nature Electronics","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":34.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149021406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ziyi Deng (邓子逸), Siyu Zhang (张斯瑜), Jiahao Wang (王家豪), Donghao Li (李东昊), Jinhao Zhou (周津豪), Miao Xie (解淼), Yixin Zhou (周毅昕), Yueping Lai (赖越平), Wanxin Huang (黄万鑫), Zhuang Yang (杨壮), Zhongyou Lu (鲁忠友), Dianjue Liu (刘典珏), Dan Zhao (赵聃), Jianhua Chen (陈建华), Ligang Huang (黄礼刚), Yuhua Cheng (程玉华), Lizhen Huang (黄丽珍), Liang-Wen Feng (冯良文), Cong Chen (陈聪), Wei Huang (黄伟)
{"title":"In situ monitoring of channel swelling in organic electrochemical transistors using a laser Doppler vibrometer","authors":"Ziyi Deng \u0000 (邓子逸), Siyu Zhang \u0000 (张斯瑜), Jiahao Wang \u0000 (王家豪), Donghao Li \u0000 (李东昊), Jinhao Zhou \u0000 (周津豪), Miao Xie \u0000 (解淼), Yixin Zhou \u0000 (周毅昕), Yueping Lai \u0000 (赖越平), Wanxin Huang \u0000 (黄万鑫), Zhuang Yang \u0000 (杨壮), Zhongyou Lu \u0000 (鲁忠友), Dianjue Liu \u0000 (刘典珏), Dan Zhao \u0000 (赵聃), Jianhua Chen \u0000 (陈建华), Ligang Huang \u0000 (黄礼刚), Yuhua Cheng \u0000 (程玉华), Lizhen Huang \u0000 (黄丽珍), Liang-Wen Feng \u0000 (冯良文), Cong Chen \u0000 (陈聪), Wei Huang \u0000 (黄伟)","doi":"10.1038/s41928-026-01708-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-026-01708-y","url":null,"abstract":"The operation of organic electrochemical transistors relies on the ionic doping and dedoping of organic mixed ionic–electronic semiconductor channels, which is accompanied by volumetric swelling of the channel. However, the monitoring of such swelling with high spatiotemporal resolution remains a challenge. Here we report a platform that is based on a laser Doppler vibrometer and can be used for the in situ monitoring of organic mixed ionic–electronic semiconductor channels. The approach can reconstruct swelling with a lateral resolution of 3 µm, a vertical resolution of 0.6 nm and a temporal resolution below 0.1 ms. We use the platform to examine swelling in different channels under distinct operating conditions, and observe a range of swelling magnitudes (around 4–400 nm) and distinct ionic (de)doping paths originating from the vertical channel edge. We identify pronounced localized swelling at the top electrode edge, which could lead to structural instability of the transistor. We suppress this mechanical degradation through encapsulation and develop organic electrochemical transistors that can endure more than 15 million full switching cycles, as well as organic artificial neurons that can operate for more than 15 days in a phosphate-buffered saline solution.","PeriodicalId":19064,"journal":{"name":"Nature Electronics","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":34.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149010567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Polarization takes on the superjunction challenge","authors":"Andrew T. Binder, Robert J. Kaplar","doi":"10.1038/s41928-026-01687-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41928-026-01687-0","url":null,"abstract":"By using a superjunction that is capable of effectively distributing electric fields, gallium nitride high-electron-mobility transistors can be created that push the average breakdown field towards the theoretical limit.","PeriodicalId":19064,"journal":{"name":"Nature Electronics","volume":"9 9","pages":"984-985"},"PeriodicalIF":42.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149021419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}