{"title":"An AI fix for an AI problem?","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41928-026-01679-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41928-026-01679-0","url":null,"abstract":"Artificial intelligence (AI) agents can be used to calculate the carbon footprint of electronic devices, potentially helping to address the increasing environmental impact of electronics and AI.","PeriodicalId":19064,"journal":{"name":"Nature Electronics","volume":"9 7","pages":"713-713"},"PeriodicalIF":42.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41928-026-01679-0.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148612841","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":"Three on three with a gate pitch of 42 nm","authors":"Katharina Zeissler","doi":"10.1038/s41928-026-01678-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41928-026-01678-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19064,"journal":{"name":"Nature Electronics","volume":"9 7","pages":"716-716"},"PeriodicalIF":42.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148617442","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":"High-resolution full-colour displays from cracking-assisted transfer printing of quantum dot light-emitting diodes","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41928-026-01669-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41928-026-01669-2","url":null,"abstract":"Environmentally friendly, full-colour displays based on quantum dot light-emitting diodes have been limited by the difficulty of patterning quantum dots at high resolution. A cracking-assisted transfer printing method enables ultra-high-resolution patterning of cadmium-free red, green and blue quantum dot nanopixels, paving the way for full-colour active-matrix displays with an extremely wide colour gamut.","PeriodicalId":19064,"journal":{"name":"Nature Electronics","volume":"9 9","pages":"986-987"},"PeriodicalIF":42.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149023277","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 digital-to-analogue converter that works at millikelvin temperatures","authors":"Katharina Zeissler","doi":"10.1038/s41928-026-01677-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41928-026-01677-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19064,"journal":{"name":"Nature Electronics","volume":"9 7","pages":"718-718"},"PeriodicalIF":42.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148617401","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}
Jeong-Wan Jo, Yoonwoo Kim, Sanghyo Lee, Jiajie Yang, Yaron Bernstein, Giovanni Francesco Cotella, Feng Zhao, Quan Lyu, Thomas E. Davies, Faris Abualnaja, Greg Chu, Hannah J. Joyce, Stephan Hofmann, Jack A. Alexander-Webber, Bo Hou, Sung-Min Jung, Gehan A. J. Amaratunga, Jong Min Kim
{"title":"A cracking-assisted transfer printing technology for high-resolution quantum dot light-emitting diode displays","authors":"Jeong-Wan Jo, Yoonwoo Kim, Sanghyo Lee, Jiajie Yang, Yaron Bernstein, Giovanni Francesco Cotella, Feng Zhao, Quan Lyu, Thomas E. Davies, Faris Abualnaja, Greg Chu, Hannah J. Joyce, Stephan Hofmann, Jack A. Alexander-Webber, Bo Hou, Sung-Min Jung, Gehan A. J. Amaratunga, Jong Min Kim","doi":"10.1038/s41928-026-01670-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41928-026-01670-9","url":null,"abstract":"Inorganic colloidal quantum dot light-emitting diodes could be used to build next-generation electroluminescent displays due to their colour properties and electrical stability. However, to create high-resolution and large-area displays, a pixel integration method is required, which can deposit quantum dot arrays on an active-matrix backplane and maintain uniformity and precision, without colour cross-contamination. Here we report a cracking-assisted transfer printing technology that can be used to pattern high-resolution full-colour pixel arrays over large areas. The technology uses a controlled cracking process to fracture interparticle cohesive bonds between quantum dots. This facilitates subsequent pick-up and transfer to a thin-film transistor backplane with high precision. With the technology, we achieve pixels down to a size of 600 nm with electroluminescent emission and uniform pixelization over areas up to 4 inches. We create a cadmium-free full-colour active-matrix display with a resolution of 341 pixels per inch, as well as a blue active-matrix display with a flexible form factor. Furthermore, the cracking-assisted transfer printing can improve electroluminescence performance—with higher maximum luminance and operational lifetime than other quantum dot patterning techniques—through precise nano-interface control and high quantum dot packing density. Quantum dot pixel arrays can be transfer printed over areas up to 4 inches, and with pixel sizes down to 600 nm, using a cracking step to fracture the cohesive bonds between dots before pick-up and transfer.","PeriodicalId":19064,"journal":{"name":"Nature Electronics","volume":"9 9","pages":"1046-1057"},"PeriodicalIF":42.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41928-026-01670-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148459955","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":"Creating sustainable infrastructure with continuum robots","authors":"Jessica Burgner-Kahrs","doi":"10.1038/s41928-026-01663-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41928-026-01663-8","url":null,"abstract":"Robots that bend, twist and adapt through continuous deformation could be used to inspect and maintain the infrastructure of modern society. But challenges related to force application, shape estimation, robustness and contact-aware control will need to be addressed before they can have a practical impact.","PeriodicalId":19064,"journal":{"name":"Nature Electronics","volume":"9 8","pages":"840-841"},"PeriodicalIF":42.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148785302","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}