{"title":"From Dense to Nanostructured Thin Film Anodes: Boosting Li-Ion Accessibility in TiO2 Thin Film Electrodes","authors":"Ravikant Adalati, Jerome Muller, Pavel Moskovkin, Abdel Ghafour El Hachimi, Stephane Lucas, Suyog Asaram Raut, Thi Thao Nguyen, Aline Roobroeck, Xavier Noirfalise, Marie-Georges Olivier, Stephanos Konstantinidis","doi":"10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c04067","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c04067","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Dense TiO<sub>2</sub> thin-film electrodes suffer fromlimitedelectrolyte penetration and restricted Li-ion transport, making theelectrode architecture a critical parameter for efficient charge storage.Herein, glancing-angle deposition (GLAD) combined with reactive magnetronsputtering is used to engineer ion-accessible TiO<sub>2</sub> nanocolumnararchitectures without compositional modification or postprocessing.Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations guided the selection of substratetilt and azimuthal rotation conditions to control the column orientation,intercolumnar spacing, and open porosity. The predicted morphologieswere subsequently validated by electron microscopy for the experimentallydeposited thin films. Electrochemical measurements show that GLAD-engineeredelectrodes deliver up to approximately 4-fold higher areal capacitancethan dense TiO<sub>2</sub> films. ToF-SIMS depth profiling furtherreveals that Li species remain largely concentrated near the surfaceof dense films. In contrast, the GLAD-engineered nanocolumnar architectureallows for a more uniform Li distribution throughout the electrodedepth. These results establish morphology-controlled ion accessibilityas the primary origin of the enhanced electrochemical response.</p>","PeriodicalId":53,"journal":{"name":"Nano Letters","volume":"26 43","pages":"15106–15114"},"PeriodicalIF":9.1,"publicationDate":"2026-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149226546","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}
{"title":"Unidirectional Magnetoresistance Driven by Nonequilibrium Antiferromagnetic Magnons","authors":"Xue He, Hans Gløckner Giil, Caiqiong Xu, Jicheng Wang, Arne Brataas, Jinbo Yang, Yanglong Hou, Zhaochu Luo, Rui Wu, Shilei Ding","doi":"10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c04307","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c04307","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Magnetoresistiveeffects are typically symmetric undermagnetizationreversal. However, nonlinear spin transport can give rise to unidirectionalmagnetoresistance in systems with strong spin–orbit interactionand broken inversion symmetry. Here, we report a large magnonic unidirectionalspin Hall magnetoresistance (USMR) in a van der Waals antiferromagnetCrPS<sub>4</sub> in contact with Pt, driven by the nonequilibriummagnon accumulation with a finite magnon chemical potential. In contrastto conventional magnonic USMR driven by magnetization fluctuations,this effect persists under strong magnetic fields and low temperatures.The magnitude of magnonic USMR in CrPS<sub>4</sub>/Pt exceeds thatof YIG/Pt by more than 2 orders of magnitude and surpasses the electricalUSMR in metallic Ta/Co bilayers by a factor of 2. Our results highlightmagnon chemical potential gradients for nonlinear magnetoresistancein antiferromagnetic van der Waals heterostructures and open a routeto magnon-based antiferromagnetic spintronic functionalities in two-terminaldevice geometries.</p>","PeriodicalId":53,"journal":{"name":"Nano Letters","volume":"26 43","pages":"15170–15176"},"PeriodicalIF":9.1,"publicationDate":"2026-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149226572","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}
Nano LettersPub Date : 2026-11-04Epub Date: 2026-10-21DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c04011
Eun Sung Oh, Dong Jun Kim, Won Choi, Taek-Soo Kim
{"title":"Unveiling the Creep Recovery Behavior of Pseudo-Free-Standing Polymer Thin Films for Wearable Electronics","authors":"Eun Sung Oh, Dong Jun Kim, Won Choi, Taek-Soo Kim","doi":"10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c04011","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c04011","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Polymer thin films in wearable electronics undergo creeprecoveryduring operation as on-body devices, resulting in unrecoverable strainthat subsequently induces mechanical instability in the films. However,the creep recovery behavior of polymer thin films has not been investigateddue to their intrinsic fragility and the difficulty in controllingultralow loads for the films. We evaluate the creep recovery behaviorof pseudo-free-standing polymer thin films as a function of creepstress, developing direct creep recovery testing with a feedback-basedultralow-load control system. Polystyrene (PS) thin films exhibita sharp increase in unrecoverable strain with the onset of crazing.While poly(3-butylthiophene) (P3BT) thin films show a linear increasein the relative ratio of unrecoverable strain with increasing creepstress, poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) thin films exhibit a viscoelasticstrain larger than unrecoverable strain. This work reveals the creeprecovery behavior of polymer thin films and proposes a direct creeprecovery testing method.</p>","PeriodicalId":53,"journal":{"name":"Nano Letters","volume":"26 43","pages":"15088–15096"},"PeriodicalIF":9.1,"publicationDate":"2026-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149226574","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}
Nano LettersPub Date : 2026-11-04Epub Date: 2026-10-22DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c03746
Mengyuan He, Aixue Li, Rongchen Mao, Lingtao Kong, Xuejun Wang, Xiaoli Cheng, Gou Wu, Wenxin Zhang, Fengna Li, Dan Li, Yongwei Gu, Tao Sun, Jiyong Liu
{"title":"A Golgi-Targeted Cu-MOF Nanoplatform Overcomes ATP7B-Mediated Copper Efflux to Amplify Chemo–Cuproptosis Synergy against Colorectal Cancer","authors":"Mengyuan He, Aixue Li, Rongchen Mao, Lingtao Kong, Xuejun Wang, Xiaoli Cheng, Gou Wu, Wenxin Zhang, Fengna Li, Dan Li, Yongwei Gu, Tao Sun, Jiyong Liu","doi":"10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c03746","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c03746","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains difficult to treat becauseof tumorheterogeneity and an immunosuppressive microenvironment. Althoughcombining chemotherapy with cuproptosis offers complementary antitumoreffects, its efficacy is constrained by poor tumor-selective deliveryand ATP7B-associated copper efflux. We developed YC@BS-MOF, a yuanhuacine(YC)-loaded copper metal–organic framework (MOF) with Golgi-targetingcapability, to integrate chemotherapy, photodynamic therapy, and cuproptosis.Composed of Cu<sup>2+</sup> nodes and Golgi-targeting BS-TCPP photosensitizingligands, BS-MOF acted as a copper reservoir and, upon light irradiation,induced Golgi disruption that impaired ATP7B-associated Cu handlingand promoted intracellular copper retention. Copper retention amplifiedYC-mediated apoptosis and copper-dependent oxidative stress, leadingto enhanced cuproptosis, immunogenic cell death, and activation ofthe immune microenvironment. Biodistribution analyses showed increasedYC tumor accumulation, and in vivo studies demonstrated potent tumorsuppression, immune remodeling, and favorable biosafety. This workestablishes Golgi-directed regulation of copper trafficking as a subcellularstrategy to potentiate chemo–cuproptosis for CRC treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":53,"journal":{"name":"Nano Letters","volume":"26 43","pages":"15010–15021"},"PeriodicalIF":9.1,"publicationDate":"2026-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149230329","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}
Nano LettersPub Date : 2026-11-04Epub Date: 2026-10-22DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c03597
Wenmo Liu, Ying Yang, Liying Wang, Hong Zhou, Fangshen Li, Chunhe Zhang, Nan Zhang, Xinyao Liu, Jiahao Yu, Kaiwen Zheng, Bin Yu, Xianghui Yu
{"title":"Click Chemistry-Mediated Functionalization of Engineered Oncolytic Extracellular Vesicles Promotes Coordinated T- and B-Cell Antitumor Immunity","authors":"Wenmo Liu, Ying Yang, Liying Wang, Hong Zhou, Fangshen Li, Chunhe Zhang, Nan Zhang, Xinyao Liu, Jiahao Yu, Kaiwen Zheng, Bin Yu, Xianghui Yu","doi":"10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c03597","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c03597","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Engineered extracellular vesicles (EVs) are promisingtherapeuticcarriers for cancer treatment, but preserving intrinsic therapeuticactivity while incorporating multiple immunomodulatory functions remainsa challenge. Here, we developed a modular engineering strategy thatcombines the genetic engineering of EV-producing cells with bioorthogonalclick chemistry to construct multifunctional oncolytic extracellularvesicles (OEVs). Azide-functionalized OEVs were generated from CD40L-expressingcells infected with a capsid-engineered oncolytic adenovirus. A toll-likereceptor 9 (TLR9) agonist was subsequently conjugated to the OEV surfacethrough click chemistry, integrating immune stimulation while retainingthe oncolytic activity. The engineered OEVs efficiently infected tumorcells, induced antigen-presenting cell activation, enhanced intratumoralCD8<sup>+</sup> T-cell responses, promoted B-cell activation and tumor-specificantibody production, and improved the therapeutic efficacy of theimmune checkpoint blockade. These findings demonstrated that combininggenetic engineering with bioorthogonal chemistry provided a strategyfor constructing multifunctional oncolytic EVs with coordinated cytotoxicand immunomodulatory activities, offering an approach to next-generationcancer immunotherapies.</p>","PeriodicalId":53,"journal":{"name":"Nano Letters","volume":"26 43","pages":"14968–14978"},"PeriodicalIF":9.1,"publicationDate":"2026-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149230222","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}
{"title":"Decoupling the Intrinsic Li/Mn Disorder Mechanism in Li-Rich Layered Oxides","authors":"Lei Wang,Miao Song,Fuhua Yang,Juanlang Guo,Cong Lin,Tsz-Woon Benedict Lo,Haishi Hu,Haiyan Zhang,Xianggang Gao,Zhian Zhang","doi":"10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c03411","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c03411","url":null,"abstract":"Li-rich layered oxides (LLOs) are promising high-energy cathodes but suffer from irreversible oxygen redox and structural degradation associated with Li2MnO3 domains. Recently, disorder engineering has emerged as an effective strategy to regulate the local coordination environment and stabilize the oxygen redox of LLOs. Herein, we confirm the existence of intrinsic intralayer Li/Mn disorder within the Li2MnO3 domains, which can be classified into local Li-excess and TM-excess configurations derived from the initial Li-rich framework. Furthermore, DFT calculations suggest complementary local roles for the different disordered configurations: Li-excess domains promote oxygen redox activity, whereas TM-excess domains reinforce TM–O bonding and stabilize the framework against irreversible degradation. Consequently, M-LLO containing the coupled disordered configurations promotes more reversible anionic redox, suppresses irreversible oxygen release and transition-metal migration, and thereby delivers improved electrochemical stability. This work provides new insights into the role of intrinsic disorder regulation in Li-rich layered cathodes.","PeriodicalId":53,"journal":{"name":"Nano Letters","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.8,"publicationDate":"2026-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149305585","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}
{"title":"Anisotropic Nanoscale Coherent Polariton Transport in CrSBr","authors":"Paritosh Malik,Dogyun Ko,Vita Solovyeva,Chirag C. Palekar,Imad Limame,Sven Rodt,Kseniia Mosina,Zdeněk Sofer,Alexander Steinhoff,Martin Esmann,Stephan Reitzenstein,Bo Han,Christopher Gies,Christian Schneider","doi":"10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c03270","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c03270","url":null,"abstract":"In a combined experimental and theoretical study, we demonstrate anisotropic polariton transport on the nanoscale in the van der Waals antiferromagnet CrSBr. While effective cavity-polariton formation emerges via the self-hybridization of ultrahigh oscillator strength excitons with a thin slab photonic mode, the absence of external mirrors facilitates spectroscopic investigation of these polaritons via cathodoluminescence (CL) on length scales inaccessible to optical excitation. This direct access allows us to precisely chart the polariton landscape with nanometric resolution, and probe polariton interference phenomena. Our finding highlights that coherent polariton transport follows the C2v symmetry of CrSBr, highly directional transport along the a-axis, while no coherent features are found along the b-axis. By extending CL spectroscopy to strongly anisotropic cavity polaritons, our work establishes this technique as a powerful tool to probe highly directional expansion and relaxation phenomena on the nanoscale, paving the way for investigating complex polaritonic landscapes in asymmetric systems.","PeriodicalId":53,"journal":{"name":"Nano Letters","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.8,"publicationDate":"2026-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149359317","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}
{"title":"In-Plane Heterostructures Enable Deterministic and Repeated Biomolecular Sensing by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering","authors":"Lijun Meng,Shitong Zhang,Min Qiu,Zhigang Wang,Jinyi Tong,Ruhong Zhou","doi":"10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c04560","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c04560","url":null,"abstract":"Applications of plasmonic nanopores for molecular sequencing remain limited by poorly controlled translocation dynamics and predominantly single-pass readout. Here, we propose an in-plane heterostructure architecture that integrates molecular transport, confinement, and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) readout to enable deterministic and repeated interrogation of individual biomolecules. Using all-atom molecular dynamics coupled with nanoplasmonic simulations, we show that the heterostructure can actively guide molecules into and through a localized sensing region while constraining their conformational and translational dynamics. Simulated SERS signatures discriminate single-stranded DNA sequences with resolution approaching the single-nucleobase scale and further suggest the feasibility of distinguishing polyglutamine tracts of different lengths. Importantly, the in-plane geometry allows molecules to be controllably transported back and forth across the sensing region, providing a route to repeated measurements of the same molecule rather than relying on stochastic single-pass translocation. These results suggest a strategy for improving the accuracy and reproducibility of nanopore-based biomolecular sensing.","PeriodicalId":53,"journal":{"name":"Nano Letters","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.8,"publicationDate":"2026-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149359320","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}
Nano LettersPub Date : 2026-11-03DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c04338
Kun Tang,Peng Huang,Yongyou Zhang,Haizheng Zhong
{"title":"Casimir-like Excitonic States from Twin-Structured Type-II Core/Shell Quantum Dots","authors":"Kun Tang,Peng Huang,Yongyou Zhang,Haizheng Zhong","doi":"10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c04338","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c04338","url":null,"abstract":"The Casimir effect, where conducting plates restrict electromagnetic vacuum modes, is a cornerstone of quantum field theory but has no known analogue in semiconductor excitonic systems. Here we report a Casimir-like excitonic state in twin-structured type-II core/shell quantum dots, where the two-core geometry analogously suppresses hole wave functions. Using a finite-difference effective-mass framework, we identify three excitonic states in CdS/ZnSe quantum dots: a weakly confined state, a Casimir-like state in which the intercore gap suppresses the hole wave function by analogy with conducting plates in the Casimir effect, and a bonding state with intercore hole delocalization. Energy-distance analysis reveals a characteristic intercore gap where the Casimir-like force vanishes, marking the attractive-repulsive transition. The exciton binding energy remains nearly invariant across all three states, contrasting with single-core QDs where it varies streriously. These results establish intercore geometry as an effective degree of freedom for exciton engineering in multicore quantum dot architectures.","PeriodicalId":53,"journal":{"name":"Nano Letters","volume":"63 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.8,"publicationDate":"2026-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149305451","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}
Nano LettersPub Date : 2026-11-03DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c03929
Ruqiang Chen,Yang Xue
{"title":"Half-Chern-Layer Axion Insulator with Reconfigurable Spin–Chirality Hinges","authors":"Ruqiang Chen,Yang Xue","doi":"10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c03929","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c03929","url":null,"abstract":"Coupled Chern layers can realize axion insulators, but topological gap retention and spin-selective hinge control remain material challenges. We propose a material-design strategy using inversion-symmetric half-Chern layers, exemplified by an antiferromagnetic Ni2I2 stack. Opposite odd-Chern layers at inequivalent inversion embeddings fix an axionic decoupled reference. Interlayer-centered parity–time symmetry and half-Chern spin selectivity help retain the layer-derived gap upon coupling. First-principles calculations predict an axion insulator with a 163 meV bulk gap. A material-informed model shows how interlayer coupling gaps the Chern-layer edge-state manifold, leaving termination-dependent chiral hinge channels. Reversing transverse canting relocates a hinge channel and reverses its propagation while retaining the dominant longitudinal-spin sign inherited from its terminal layer. Layer parity selects relative hinge arrangements and spin sectors, enabling coordinated control of position, chirality, and longitudinal spin.","PeriodicalId":53,"journal":{"name":"Nano Letters","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.8,"publicationDate":"2026-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149305449","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}