{"title":"Black phosphorus nanoribbons for future integrated circuits","authors":"Rachel Won","doi":"10.1038/s44287-025-00221-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44287-025-00221-2","url":null,"abstract":"Sonochemical exfoliation of synthesized bulk black phosphorus crystals provides a route to produce high-quality, narrow and clean black phosphorus nanoribbons for practical applications in electronic and optoelectronic fields.","PeriodicalId":501701,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering","volume":"2 10","pages":"659-659"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145273096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Monitoring battery health and safety","authors":"Jiahao Liu","doi":"10.1038/s44287-025-00217-y","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44287-025-00217-y","url":null,"abstract":"A study in Nature Communications presents a compact, lightweight, integrated sensor array for real-time monitoring of lithium-ion battery health and safety.","PeriodicalId":501701,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering","volume":"2 10","pages":"658-658"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145273097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chenchen Li, Fangxing Li, Sufan Jiang, Jinning Wang
{"title":"Translating energy equity from a sociological concept to an electric power engineering perspective","authors":"Chenchen Li, Fangxing Li, Sufan Jiang, Jinning Wang","doi":"10.1038/s44287-025-00210-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44287-025-00210-5","url":null,"abstract":"The implementation of energy equity is a pivotal goal of the global energy transition, driven by widespread recognition of energy inequities worldwide. Energy equity has been broadly regarded as a sociological concept rather than an engineering one. The absence of technical engineering methods necessitates the development of a justified and sound approach to making energy equity an actionable practice in the broader realms of energy, environment and sustainability. In this Perspective, we propose a generalized definition of energy equity from the engineering perspective of electric power systems. We look at policies for energy equity that have already been introduced in Europe and the USA, noting their limited effectiveness, and provide four categories of classification for current energy-equity research: quantifying energy equity, improving equity in the accessibility of electricity, improving equity in the affordability of electricity, and improving equity in the resilience of power systems. We then set out a roadmap to address ongoing research challenges in energy equity. Energy equity calls for fair access to energy for all, but this sociological concept has not been defined in ways that are relevant to electric power systems. We provide a definition, summarize efforts so far and set out a roadmap of the challenges to be addressed to achieve equity of energy accessibility, affordability and resilience.","PeriodicalId":501701,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering","volume":"2 10","pages":"694-702"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145273094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Achilles’ heel of memristive technologies","authors":"Mario Lanza, Sebastian Pazos, Fernando Aguirre","doi":"10.1038/s44287-025-00207-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44287-025-00207-0","url":null,"abstract":"The endurance, retention and system-level performance of memristors for memory and computation has been often misrepresented in articles that lack statistics and use non-standardized characterization and simulation protocols. Here we discuss the origin of these issues, their negative effect in the nascent memristor industry, and potential ways to mitigate them.","PeriodicalId":501701,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering","volume":"2 10","pages":"654-656"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145273093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ultrasonic microrobots for inspecting pipelines","authors":"Miranda L. Vinay","doi":"10.1038/s44287-025-00216-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44287-025-00216-z","url":null,"abstract":"A study in Nano-Micro Letters presents an ultrasonic microrobot that demonstrates agile navigation through narrow pipes at high speed.","PeriodicalId":501701,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering","volume":"2 10","pages":"657-657"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145273095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shichao Ding, Yizhou Bian, Tamoghna Saha, Muhammad Inam Khan, An-Yi Chang, Lu Yin, Sheng Xu, Joseph Wang
{"title":"Artificial intelligence-enabled wearable microgrids for self-sustained energy management","authors":"Shichao Ding, Yizhou Bian, Tamoghna Saha, Muhammad Inam Khan, An-Yi Chang, Lu Yin, Sheng Xu, Joseph Wang","doi":"10.1038/s44287-025-00206-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44287-025-00206-1","url":null,"abstract":"Wearable technology has the potential to advance health monitoring by enabling continuous, multimodal sensing. A major bottleneck that hampers the adoption of such advanced health monitoring systems is the need for continuous power supply. Integrated energy-autonomous wearable microgrids offer a compelling solution to support the growing power demands of long-term health care and wellness monitoring. However, wearable microgrid systems require optimal energy management, tailored to changing environmental conditions and dynamic user demands. This Perspective highlights the transformative role of artificial intelligence (AI) in optimizing and guiding the development of powerful wearable microgrids. Leveraging intelligent, accurate prediction of future energy needs, AI empowers autonomous, on-demand, continuous power supply, able to dynamically adapt to fluctuating energy needs in diverse everyday scenarios. AI’s key roles in guiding wearable microgrids include data processing, energy budgeting, sustainable energy harvesting and tailoring systems to behavioural patterns and environmental factors. The developmental trends of AI-enabled wearable microgrids are categorized into three proposed generations, with an in-depth analysis of their advanced functions and intelligent operations. The resulting microgrids balance in real-time energy production, storage and demand to achieve greater efficiency, autonomy and sustained performance, as desired for supporting continuous health monitoring. Wearable multimodal monitoring systems deliver continuous insight into patients’ health status but are constrained by power needs. Next-generation artificial intelligence-enabled wearable microgrids can drive sustainable energy harvesting, intelligent budgeting and adaptive management for autonomous, on-demand power delivery for wearable devices.","PeriodicalId":501701,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering","volume":"2 10","pages":"683-693"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145273083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spotlight on industrial research","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s44287-025-00212-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44287-025-00212-3","url":null,"abstract":"This thematic issue highlights research outside the traditional university, where research is driven by practical challenges, real-world products and applications, and economic priorities.","PeriodicalId":501701,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering","volume":"2 9","pages":"585-585"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s44287-025-00212-3.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145123069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Semiconductor-related research and education at Seoul National University","authors":"Jong-Ho Lee, Jae-Joon Kim, Cheol Seong Hwang","doi":"10.1038/s44287-025-00194-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44287-025-00194-2","url":null,"abstract":"South Korea has a burgeoning semiconductor industry, representing about one-fifth of the country’s exports by value. In this Viewpoint, three professors at Seoul National University discuss how their departments work in close partnership with the semiconductor industry, sharing the training of graduates and engineers and collaborating on cutting-edge projects.","PeriodicalId":501701,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering","volume":"2 10","pages":"660-664"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145273090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kyung Min Kim, Young-Gyu Yoon, Shinhyun Choi, Sung-Yool Choi, Seunghyup Yoo
{"title":"Semiconductor-related research and education at KAIST","authors":"Kyung Min Kim, Young-Gyu Yoon, Shinhyun Choi, Sung-Yool Choi, Seunghyup Yoo","doi":"10.1038/s44287-025-00204-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44287-025-00204-3","url":null,"abstract":"In this Viewpoint, five professors at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) discuss how this university, with world-class faculty, state-of-the-art research infrastructure and strong partnerships with global industry leaders, drives innovation across the entire semiconductor ecosystem — shaping the future of semiconductors in South Korea and beyond.","PeriodicalId":501701,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering","volume":"2 9","pages":"592-597"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145123072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}