{"title":"Elucidating the Respective Roles of Photochemical and Photothermal Effects in Photocatalytic Methanol Decomposition","authors":"Qichen Liu, Yida Zhang, Limin Liu, Zixiang Huang, Jiawei Zheng, Shiqin Jian, Haibin Pan, Chi Cao, Hongliang Li, Qing Yang, Yu Bai, Xusheng Zheng","doi":"10.1007/s40820-026-02305-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40820-026-02305-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h2>Highlights</h2><div>\u0000 \u0000 <ul>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>A rationally engineered Cu-TiO<sub>2</sub>/Ti model catalyst enables the distinction of photochemical and photothermal effects, revealing their distinct roles in enhancing CH<sub>3</sub>OH dehydrogenation and suppressing HCHO overoxidation, thus achieving high H<sub>2</sub> production, excellent HCHO selectivity, and long-term stability in a non-noble metal system.\u0000</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>The integration of in situ resonant Auger electron spectroscopy with in situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy, in situ Synchrotron radiation photoelectron spectroscopy, and molecular dynamics simulations enable direct visualization of charge transfer pathways and elucidates how the photothermal effect promotes HCHO desorption while preventing overoxidation.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div></div>","PeriodicalId":714,"journal":{"name":"Nano-Micro Letters","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":36.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40820-026-02305-6.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148590159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"IrMn-Cluster-Based Artificial Metalloenzymes with Radiosensitized Systemic Antitumor Responses to Prevent Malignant Tumor Metastasis and Recurrence","authors":"Ruidan Li, Qinlong Wen, Zhenyu Xing, Ting Wang, Jing Yang, Yunfeng Tao, Shengdong Mu, Shuang Li, Zhigong Wei, Chong Cheng, Xingchen Peng","doi":"10.1007/s40820-026-02309-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40820-026-02309-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Developing radiosensitizing agents to amplify tumor-eradicating effects on primary, regional recurrence, and distant metastases plays a transformative role in modern cancer care. Here, we report the de novo design of biocatalytic artificial metalloenzymes with an IrMn-cluster-based redox center (IMM) to achieve radiosensitized systemic antitumor responses for preventing malignant tumor metastasis and recurrence. Notably, our findings indicate that Mn-organic ligands substantially enrich the electron density of Ir clusters, thereby optimizing their interaction with oxygen species and markedly enhancing the production of both reactive oxygen species and molecular oxygen. When combined with radiotherapy, the IMM effectively amplifies DNA damage and induces pronounced apoptosis by alleviating intratumoral hypoxia. This shift reprograms the tumor microenvironment, enhancing radiosensitivity and facilitating the infiltration and activation of intratumoral CD8⁺ T cells and dendritic cells. Moreover, when integrated with anti-PD-1 therapy, this coordinated therapeutic regimen elicits potent systemic immune responses and durable antitumor memory, effectively suppressing tumor recurrence and metastasis while markedly improving therapeutic efficacy and long-term survival. We anticipate that this conceptual design could offer a promising and translationally relevant nanomedicine platform for radiotherapies.</p><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":714,"journal":{"name":"Nano-Micro Letters","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":36.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40820-026-02309-2.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148590217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yulong Wu, Darya Snihirova, Yibing Zhang, Xiaohui Zeng, Wen Xu, Linqian Wang, Daniel Höche, Sviatlana V. Lamaka, Mikhail L. Zheludkevich
{"title":"Strategies of Designing High-Efficiency Electrolyte Additives for Aqueous Magnesium Batteries: A Review","authors":"Yulong Wu, Darya Snihirova, Yibing Zhang, Xiaohui Zeng, Wen Xu, Linqian Wang, Daniel Höche, Sviatlana V. Lamaka, Mikhail L. Zheludkevich","doi":"10.1007/s40820-026-02299-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40820-026-02299-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h2>Highlights</h2><div>\u0000 \u0000 <ul>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>This review provides a systematic summary of aqueous Mg–air electrolyte additives, offering structured data to support future machine learning screening, especially for binary additive systems.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>This work emphasizes the significant influence of oxygen reduction reaction-induced oxygen corrosion on Mg anode utilization, particularly for clean Mg anodes in additive-containing electrolytes.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>This article proposes a clear design concept for binary additives, enabling rational rather than empirical combinations and guiding the development of high-performance hybrid additives for aqueous Mg–air batteries.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div></div>","PeriodicalId":714,"journal":{"name":"Nano-Micro Letters","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":36.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13402286/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148590174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hyojoo Lee, Joo Hyeong Suh, Jaeik Kim, Wei Kong Pang, Konstantin Konstantinov, Junyoung Mun, Taeseup Song, Jung Ho Kim
{"title":"Low-Temperature All-Solid-State Batteries","authors":"Hyojoo Lee, Joo Hyeong Suh, Jaeik Kim, Wei Kong Pang, Konstantin Konstantinov, Junyoung Mun, Taeseup Song, Jung Ho Kim","doi":"10.1007/s40820-026-02270-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40820-026-02270-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h2>Highlights</h2><div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000<ul>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>All-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) overcome the intrinsic limitations of liquid electrolyte based lithium-ion batteries, such as electrolyte freezing and sluggish ion transport, by utilizing non-freezing solid electrolytes with relatively stable ionic conductivity at sub-zero temperatures.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>Performance degradation in ASSBs under sub-zero conditions arises from interconnected factors, including suppressed Li-ion transport, increased interfacial resistance due to side reactions, and mechanical instability, such as contact loss and microcracking.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>Achieving robust low-temperature performance demands the combined advancement of materials design and system-level engineering.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div></div>","PeriodicalId":714,"journal":{"name":"Nano-Micro Letters","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":36.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40820-026-02270-0.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148590151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhilin Zhang, Jiayi Gu, Lina Wang, Xingchen Cui, Xu Zhai, Yue Xu, He Liu, Deliang Li, Bingle Li, Ye Tian, Baoyang Lu, Yu Fu, Tieqiang Wang
{"title":"High-Strength, Self-Sensing Multiphase Hydrogels for Load-Bearing Actuation and Logical Human–Machine Interaction","authors":"Zhilin Zhang, Jiayi Gu, Lina Wang, Xingchen Cui, Xu Zhai, Yue Xu, He Liu, Deliang Li, Bingle Li, Ye Tian, Baoyang Lu, Yu Fu, Tieqiang Wang","doi":"10.1007/s40820-026-02280-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40820-026-02280-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h2>Highlights</h2><div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000<ul>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>The cascade polymerization synergistic toughening mechanism overcomes the problem of mutual constraints between \"mechanical strength and response speed\" of traditional hydrogels and realizes load-bearing actuation.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>The “mass–deformation” dynamic coding law was established, enabling a hydrogel-based 0/1 binary information encoding system derived from mechanical actuation responses. </p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>Actuation–perception integrated logic-gate units were developed to enable intelligent soft robotics through a closed-loop “light-triggered actuation–signal feedback–logic processing–robotic action” control system.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div></div>","PeriodicalId":714,"journal":{"name":"Nano-Micro Letters","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":36.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40820-026-02280-y.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148552663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Resting-Potential-Inspired Solid-State Iontronic Osmotic Power Source Enabled by Polarized MXene","authors":"Ziqi Ren, Long Zhang, Qixiang Zhang, Jianyu Yin, Mingfang Deng, Xubin Zhou, Qianqian Yao, Songzhan Li, Yihua Gao, Zhen Zhang, Nishuang Liu","doi":"10.1007/s40820-026-02310-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40820-026-02310-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h2>Highlights</h2><div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000<ul>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>The solid-state architecture of iontronics osmotic power source (IOPS) significantly enhances volumetric power density and eliminates risks associated with leakage and drying up.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>By making deep use of the ion-electron coupling properties of MXene, the highly integrated electrode design enables the IOPS device to be assembled into a compact osmotic power source using only three building blocks.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>IOPS arrays can efficiently power commercial electronic devices and show great potential in portable, responsive power systems.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div></div>","PeriodicalId":714,"journal":{"name":"Nano-Micro Letters","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":36.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40820-026-02310-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148538236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anandhan Ayyappan Saj, Sampath Prabhakaran, Mohsin Rasool, Kousik Bhunia, Dongho Lee, Hyunseok Ko, Tukaram D. Dongale, Muthukumar Perumalsamy, Arul Saravanan Raaju Sundhar, Do Hwan Kim, Sang Jae Kim
{"title":"Correction: High Polarity Doping of CoFe Layered Hydroxides: Bifunctional and Corrosion-Resistant Anion Exchange Membrane Seawater Electrolyzers","authors":"Anandhan Ayyappan Saj, Sampath Prabhakaran, Mohsin Rasool, Kousik Bhunia, Dongho Lee, Hyunseok Ko, Tukaram D. Dongale, Muthukumar Perumalsamy, Arul Saravanan Raaju Sundhar, Do Hwan Kim, Sang Jae Kim","doi":"10.1007/s40820-026-02303-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40820-026-02303-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":714,"journal":{"name":"Nano-Micro Letters","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":36.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13388608/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148534748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lu Liu, Xinying Cai, Bita Farhadi, Xinrui Dong, Kai Wang, Yufei Shao, Shulin Wang, Jiaxue You, Wanyi Li, Hao-Chung Kuo, Hanying Wang, Dong Yang, Alex K.-Y. Jen, Shengzhong (Frank) Liu
{"title":"Artificial Intelligence-Guided Cosolvent Design for High-Performance Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells","authors":"Lu Liu, Xinying Cai, Bita Farhadi, Xinrui Dong, Kai Wang, Yufei Shao, Shulin Wang, Jiaxue You, Wanyi Li, Hao-Chung Kuo, Hanying Wang, Dong Yang, Alex K.-Y. Jen, Shengzhong (Frank) Liu","doi":"10.1007/s40820-026-02291-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40820-026-02291-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h2>Highlights</h2><div>\u0000 \u0000 <ul>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>A retrieval‑augmented large language model screens >8000 solvents and identifies γ‑valerolactone (GVL) as a non‑toxic, high‑performance cosolvent for wide‑bandgap perovskites, establishing the first AI‑guided cosolvent strategy for perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>GVL strongly coordinates FA<sup>+</sup>, delaying nucleation, promoting oriented micrometre‑scale grain growth, and enabling uniform ~1‑μm‑thick perovskite films on textured silicon with suppressed non‑radiative recombination and phase segregation.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>GVL-enabled devices achieve 23.3% (single-junction) and 32.5% (perovskite/silicon tandem) efficiencies, with excellent stability: T<sub>80</sub> >4000 h (storage) and >1000 h (operational) for single-junction cells, demonstrating a scalable and sustainable solvent engineering route.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div></div>","PeriodicalId":714,"journal":{"name":"Nano-Micro Letters","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":36.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40820-026-02291-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148522370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}