{"title":"The potential of superconducting electronics","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41928-025-01402-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-025-01402-5","url":null,"abstract":"Advances in the capabilities of superconducting diodes could help scale technologies based on superconducting electronics.","PeriodicalId":19064,"journal":{"name":"Nature Electronics","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":34.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144176604","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":"Glass microfibres guide acoustic waves in textiles","authors":"Chu Ma","doi":"10.1038/s41928-025-01395-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-025-01395-1","url":null,"abstract":"A smart acoustic textile that integrates commercial glass microfibres and ultrasound transducers with a textile substrate could be of use in personalized health monitoring.","PeriodicalId":19064,"journal":{"name":"Nature Electronics","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":34.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144165485","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":"Measuring wound healing with gases","authors":"Matthew Parker","doi":"10.1038/s41928-025-01400-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-025-01400-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The device consists of a chamber containing several suspended sensors, as well as a programmable valve to ventilate the chamber, and electronics for data acquisition and wireless transmission. The researchers — who are based at Northwestern University, the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign — suggest that the device chamber could cover an open wound, allowing inflammation and wound healing to be monitored via emitted VOCs, without directly touching the wound site. They show that the approach can detect water vapour and VOC fluxes in human participants, and monitor wound healing of ultraviolet-induced skin damage in mice.</p><p><b>Original reference:</b> <i>Nature</i> <b>640</b>, 375–383 (2025)</p>","PeriodicalId":19064,"journal":{"name":"Nature Electronics","volume":"155 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":34.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144113419","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":"Autonomous aerial drones learn aerobatic manoeuvres","authors":"Katharina Zeissler","doi":"10.1038/s41928-025-01399-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-025-01399-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The researchers — who are based at Zhejiang University — embedded computing devices in two freestyle first-person-view drone models that can implement an autonomous navigation algorithm for trajectory planning, localization and control. The team tested flight performance in a large volume space spanning 100 × 40 × 20 m containing artificial objects and natural foliage, as well as in confined spaces with obstacles such as tunnels, gates and flags. When compared with a drone controlled by a professional human pilot, the system-controlled drone could perform aerobatic manoeuvres in less space and was less prone to collisions in the same pre-known environment.</p><p><b>Original reference:</b> <i>Sci. Robot</i>. <b>10</b>, eadp9905 (2025)</p>","PeriodicalId":19064,"journal":{"name":"Nature Electronics","volume":"136 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":34.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144113420","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}
Akhil S. Kumar, Stefano Dalcanale, Michael J. Uren, James W. Pomeroy, Matthew D. Smith, Justin A. Parke, Robert S. Howell, Martin Kuball
{"title":"Gallium nitride multichannel devices with latch-induced sub-60-mV-per-decade subthreshold slopes for radiofrequency applications","authors":"Akhil S. Kumar, Stefano Dalcanale, Michael J. Uren, James W. Pomeroy, Matthew D. Smith, Justin A. Parke, Robert S. Howell, Martin Kuball","doi":"10.1038/s41928-025-01391-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-025-01391-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Aluminium gallium nitride/gallium nitride (AlGaN/GaN)-based superlattice castellated field-effect transistors are a potential basis for high-power radiofrequency amplifiers and switches in future radars. The reliability of such devices, however, is not well understood. Here we report transistor latching in multichannel GaN transistors. At the latching condition, drain current sharply transits from an off-state value to a high on-state value with a slope less than 60 mV per decade. Current–voltage measurements, simulations and correlated electroluminescent emission at the latching condition indicate that triggering of fin-width-dependent localized impact ionization is responsible for the latching. This localization is attributed to the presence of fin-width variation due to variability in the fabrication process. The latching condition is reversible and non-degrading, and we show that it can lead to improvement in the transconductance characteristics of transistors, implying improved linearity and power in radiofrequency power amplifiers.</p>","PeriodicalId":19064,"journal":{"name":"Nature Electronics","volume":"237 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":34.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144113421","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":"Ultrasound-induced wireless implantable stimulator for adaptive pain management","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41928-025-01377-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-025-01377-3","url":null,"abstract":"Chronic pain is a widespread global health challenge. A wireless ultrasonic implant is developed that can deliver programmable spinal electrical stimulation for pain relief. This system is integrated with a machine-learning-based detection module to classify the pain severity and automatically apply the appropriate level of stimulation.","PeriodicalId":19064,"journal":{"name":"Nature Electronics","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":34.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144097307","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":"A smart acoustic textile for health monitoring","authors":"Yingqiang Wang, Chaochao Sun, Daniel Ahmed","doi":"10.1038/s41928-025-01386-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-025-01386-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Wearable electronics, such as smart textiles, are of potential use in healthcare monitoring, human–machine interfaces and environmental analysis. However, the scalability and reliability of the technology is restricted due to challenges related to rapid material degradation, potential toxicity, high production costs and heavy computational workload. Here we report an acoustic-based smart textile technology. The approach, which we term SonoTextiles, uses piezoelectric transducers that are mounted at both ends of glass microfibres and act as transmitters and receivers of acoustic waves. The flexible glass microfibres act as acoustic waveguides and are embedded into the textile substrate, providing precise sensing by measuring wave propagation and energy loss along the fibre in response to stimuli such as touch and bending. We also use acoustic frequency selectivity and frequency-domain signal processing algorithms to enhance computational efficiency. Our acoustic textile is breathable, durable and stable under thermal fluctuations, and we show that it can be used in distributed tactile sensing, hand gesture recognition and respiratory rate monitoring.</p>","PeriodicalId":19064,"journal":{"name":"Nature Electronics","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":34.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144087942","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}
Jaepyo Jang, Hyongsuk Choo, Sangkyu Lee, Jihyang Song, Kyuha Park, Jiyong Yoon, Duhwan Seong, Soojung An, Hyunjin Jung, Jaewon Ju, Juncheol Kang, Joohoon Kang, In Soo Kim, Mikyung Shin, Jin-Hong Park, Donghee Son
{"title":"Reconfigurable assembly of self-healing stretchable transistors and circuits for integrated systems","authors":"Jaepyo Jang, Hyongsuk Choo, Sangkyu Lee, Jihyang Song, Kyuha Park, Jiyong Yoon, Duhwan Seong, Soojung An, Hyunjin Jung, Jaewon Ju, Juncheol Kang, Joohoon Kang, In Soo Kim, Mikyung Shin, Jin-Hong Park, Donghee Son","doi":"10.1038/s41928-025-01389-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-025-01389-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Self-healing soft electronic devices that can recover their mechanical and electrical properties are of use in the development of long-term wearable and implantable electronic systems. However, creating self-healing and stretchable integrated circuits is challenging due to the absence of suitable materials and sufficiently customizable assembly technology. Here we report a reconfigurable and scalable assembly method for self-healing, stretchable, active-type devices, including thin-film transistors, active-matrix arrays and logic gates. The self-healing, stretchable, thin-film transistor can easily be fabricated by transfer-printing of intrinsically soft constituent films: an insulating self-healing polymer for the gate dielectric, a semiconducting nanocomposite for the active channel and a carbon-nanotube-embedded composite for the electrodes. Our assembly method allows the thin-film transistors to be extended to wearable and implantable 5 × 5 active-matrix, soft and self-healing transistor arrays. These arrays can multiplex pressure data recorded from a 5 × 5 tactile sensor array, provide feedback control to an array of soft and self-healing optoelectronic pixels, and maintain electrical performance even when implanted in the subcutaneous tissue of a rodent model. To demonstrate user-on-demand functionality, we combined, disassembled and recombined thin-film transistors and load resistors into three different types of logic gates (inverter, NAND and NOR circuits).</p>","PeriodicalId":19064,"journal":{"name":"Nature Electronics","volume":"54 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":34.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144088210","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":"Channel and contact length scaling of two-dimensional transistors using composite metal electrodes","authors":"Sifan Chen, Shuiyuan Wang, Zizheng Liu, Tanjun Wang, Yuyan Zhu, Haoqi Wu, Chunsen Liu, Peng Zhou","doi":"10.1038/s41928-025-01382-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-025-01382-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Two-dimensional semiconductors are a potential channel material for transistors with highly scaled contacted poly pitch (CPP). Total scaling of CPP requires the simultaneous reduction of channel length and contact length. However, the physical width limit of contact metals makes it difficult to form effective small-size contacts. In addition, decreasing the contact length below the transfer length induces a current crowding phenomenon, resulting in an exponential increase in contact resistance and poor device performance. Here we show that composite metal contact electrodes of gold/titanium/nickel can offer shape-preserving effects that allow the extreme scaling of contact length in two-dimensional transistors while maintaining a low contact resistance. We use the approach to create molybdenum disulfide transistors with a CPP of around 60 nm—contact length and channel length scaled to around 30 nm and transfer length scaled to under 30 nm—that exhibit on/off ratios over 10<sup>8</sup>, on-state currents of around 300 μA μm<sup>−1</sup> and off-state currents down to around 1 pA μm<sup>−1</sup>. We also fabricate arrays of all-out scaled two-dimensional transistors that exhibit low variability in key performance metrics and demonstrate their integration into advanced logic circuits.</p>","PeriodicalId":19064,"journal":{"name":"Nature Electronics","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":34.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143933343","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":"Scaling the contacted poly pitch of 2D transistors","authors":"Xue Chen, Su-Ting Han, Ye Zhou","doi":"10.1038/s41928-025-01383-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-025-01383-5","url":null,"abstract":"Composite metal contacts deposited under high-vacuum conditions can be used to create molybdenum disulfide field-effect transistors with low contact resistance and a contacted poly pitch of just 60 nm.","PeriodicalId":19064,"journal":{"name":"Nature Electronics","volume":"137 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":34.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143933229","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}