{"title":"Ion Compensation-Assisted Photolithography Enables High-Resolution Electrolytes for Neuromorphic Transistors","authors":"Wenjing Zhang, Xiaoci Liang, Sixing Chen, Xiuquan Ma, Chen Chen, Songjia Han, Chuan Liu","doi":"10.1007/s40820-026-02288-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40820-026-02288-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>High-density organic electrochemical transistor (OECT) arrays are essential for neuromorphic computing and bioelectronic interfaces, but progress has been limited by the low resolution of electrolyte patterning. Although conventional photolithography offers high feature resolution, it involves a fundamental trade-off among spatial resolution, ionic capacitance, and stability in the electrolyte. Here we report an ion compensation-assisted photolithography (ICAP) strategy that yields electrolyte micro-patterns combining high precision, high capacitance and high stability. A molecularly engineered electrolyte forms, under UV exposure, a physicochemical dual cross-linked network with strong solvent resistance and hydrophobicity, which suppresses swelling during both aqueous development and the subsequent ion-compensation step, preserving pattern fidelity. Ion compensation then restores and enhances the mobile-ion content, increasing areal capacitance. The resulting electrolytes achieve a record 2 μm resolution, 15.6 μF cm<sup>−2</sup> capacitance, and strong thermal stability from − 50 to 200 °C. Integrated into OECTs, the ICAP-patterned electrolytes suppress crosstalk by 97.6% and boost on/off ratios by 325%, reducing parasitic coupling by more than 40 times compared to unpatterned arrays. The method is compatible with <i>p</i>-type and <i>n</i>-type organic semiconductors and inorganic oxides, providing a versatile route to scalable neuromorphic circuits and advanced bioelectronics. \u0000</p><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":714,"journal":{"name":"Nano-Micro Letters","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":36.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40820-026-02288-4.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148428710","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":"Crystal Phase Engineering Accelerates Hydrogen Reverse Spillover for Efficient Alkaline Hydrogen Production","authors":"Jun Zhang, Xiaoyu Chen, Bin Wu, Xiangyang Guo, Xianlin Qu, Qunzhi Ma, Ying Wang, Jiayi Li, Wei Liu, Xu Li, Liyun Cao, Yi Wang, Jianfeng Huang, Jingxiang Zhao, Fuxiang Zhang, Yongqiang Feng","doi":"10.1007/s40820-026-02289-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40820-026-02289-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h2>Highlights</h2><div>\u0000 \u0000 <ul>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>Phase engineering of ZrO<sub>2</sub> regulates the electronic metal–support interactions and work function difference between Ru and ZrO<sub>2</sub>, resulting in reverse hydrogen spillover, therefore enhancing electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline medium.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>The Ru@<i>m</i>-ZrO<sub>2</sub>/C catalyst demonstrated a low overpotential and high mass activity (45 times that of commercial 20% Pt/C), and when integrated into an anion-exchange membrane water electrolyzer, it exhibited stable operation for over 300 hours.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div></div>","PeriodicalId":714,"journal":{"name":"Nano-Micro Letters","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":36.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40820-026-02289-3.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148428704","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}
Shaojie Yuan, Pandeng Xuan, Meng Xu, Ming Xu, Xiangshui Miao
{"title":"Elemental Selector for High-Density Memory Integration","authors":"Shaojie Yuan, Pandeng Xuan, Meng Xu, Ming Xu, Xiangshui Miao","doi":"10.1007/s40820-026-02279-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40820-026-02279-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h2>Highlights</h2><div>\u0000 \u0000 <ul>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>Amorphous elemental selenium delivers ultralow leakage, high selectivity, fast switching, \u0000and long endurance as an ovonic threshold switching selector.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>Dense trap pairs in amorphous selenium pin the Fermi level in the off-state, whereas \u0000field-driven carrier release and avalanche multiplication trigger abrupt turn-on.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>Recent progress in pure Te and pure Se suggests that monatomic switching materials may \u0000provide a scalable alternative to compositionally complex selectors. </p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div></div>","PeriodicalId":714,"journal":{"name":"Nano-Micro Letters","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":36.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40820-026-02279-5.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148428731","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}
He Zhao, Jiaqi Sun, Razium Ali Soomro, Ning Sun, Song Hong, Bin Xu
{"title":"Inhibition of Surface-Originated Degradations in Lithium-Rich Layered Cathode via a Pre-Constructed Carbon/Fluorine-Rich Artificial CEI Layer","authors":"He Zhao, Jiaqi Sun, Razium Ali Soomro, Ning Sun, Song Hong, Bin Xu","doi":"10.1007/s40820-026-02276-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40820-026-02276-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the ongoing pursuit of energy-dense lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), Li-rich layered oxide (LLO) cathodes provide an attractive path forward with extraordinary capacity delivery and low raw material cost. However, the surface-originated degradations and local structure rearrangement incur severe capacity and voltage fading, which fundamentally impedes the practical deployment of LLOs. Here, we report a pre-constructed multifunctional carbon/fluorine-rich artificial cathode electrolyte interface (CEI) layer via a facile thermal treatment. This surface integrated layer, with high-voltage tolerance and amorphous features, is designed to mitigate surface-originated parasitic reactions and phase transformations induced by electrochemistry. Multiscale characterizations reveal that the artificial CEI layer exhibits excellent interfacial compatibility with both the LLO cathode and the electrolyte system, ensuring highly reversible anionic redox and low activation barrier for Li<sup>+</sup> transport. Profiting from this architecture, remarkable cycling stability is achieved including 90.6% retention after 300 cycles in half cell, along with high energy efficiency and markedly alleviated voltage fading. More importantly, the artificial CEI layer demonstrates a distinct depolarization effect, which almost completely prevents the rise in charging voltage upon cycling. This work provides valuable insights into surficial/interfacial modulations and broadens research directions for designing high-voltage cathodes with more durable interphases for next-generation batteries.</p><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":714,"journal":{"name":"Nano-Micro Letters","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":36.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40820-026-02276-8.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148416239","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}
Jingru Huang, Jiamu Feng, Mincan Yang, Keshuai Liu, Bin Hu, Weilin Xu, Jun Wan
{"title":"High-Temperature-Resistant Mid-Infrared Capability for Extreme Energy Systems","authors":"Jingru Huang, Jiamu Feng, Mincan Yang, Keshuai Liu, Bin Hu, Weilin Xu, Jun Wan","doi":"10.1007/s40820-026-02290-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40820-026-02290-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h2>Highlights</h2><div>\u0000 \u0000 <ul>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>Structure-informed rules linking carriers, phonons, microstructure, and surfaces to mid-infrared (MIR) performance at high temperature.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>Unified taxonomy of high-temperature-resistant MIR reflectors, emitters, and transmitters with a consolidated dataset.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>Design principles that stabilize optical constants under heat and reactive atmospheres for hypersonic windows and radiative skins. </p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div></div>","PeriodicalId":714,"journal":{"name":"Nano-Micro Letters","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":36.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40820-026-02290-w.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148408473","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":"On-Site Periodontitis Diagnosis via Room-Temperature Oral Exhalation H2S Sensor Based on Yb-Doped Bi2S3 Nanoribbon","authors":"Ping Guo, Kai Wang, Xuyang An, Xuanyu Ren, Xinxin He, Yinhua Hu, Lijie Zhou, Guohua Cai, Lifeng Wang, Tiezhu Liu, Wenyu Ge, Jia Zhang","doi":"10.1007/s40820-026-02273-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40820-026-02273-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h2>Highlights</h2><div>\u0000 \u0000 <ul>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>A novel Yb-doped Bi<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub> H<sub>2</sub>S sensor was fabricated for periodontitis exhalation diagnosis, which enables room temperature detection with high response (3.31/100 ppb) and superior selectivity. </p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>Mechanism analysis combined with density functional theory calculations confirms that Yb doping-induced lattice distortion in Bi<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub> enhances O<sup>2-</sup> formation and H<sub>2</sub>S adsorption.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>The sensor quantifies H<sub>2</sub>S produced by Porphyromonas gingivalis to confirm the association among pathogens, H<sub>2</sub>S and periodontitis, and is integrated into a portable analyzer for rapid, real‑time diagnosis and severity assessment of periodontitis clinically.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div></div>","PeriodicalId":714,"journal":{"name":"Nano-Micro Letters","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":36.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40820-026-02273-x.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148400722","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}
Shilin Lu, Ji Hoon Han, Dong Keun Lee, Sun Min Song, Huixin Yu, Sujin Jung, Lu Zhang, Zhao Yao, Jong Bin An, Hyun Jae Kim
{"title":"Flexible Dual-Modal Sensing Transistor Enabled by Deep Learning Decoupling for Independent Light and Temperature Reconstruction","authors":"Shilin Lu, Ji Hoon Han, Dong Keun Lee, Sun Min Song, Huixin Yu, Sujin Jung, Lu Zhang, Zhao Yao, Jong Bin An, Hyun Jae Kim","doi":"10.1007/s40820-026-02285-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40820-026-02285-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h2>Highlights</h2><div>\u0000 \u0000 <ul>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>A flexible dual-modal sensing transistor enabling simultaneous light and temperature detection was developed.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>The device exhibits a broadband responsivity of 2.69 A W<sup>−1</sup>, a temperature coefficient of 0.071 °C<sup>−1</sup>, and stable operation under severe bending deformation.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>A multibias electrical fingerprint combined with a lightweight neural network enables accurate reconstruction of light intensity and temperature for wearable environmental monitoring.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div></div>","PeriodicalId":714,"journal":{"name":"Nano-Micro Letters","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":36.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40820-026-02285-7.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148393484","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":"CuS-Bridged MXene-Based Photoresponsive Phase Change Materials Enabling Thermoelectric Cogeneration and Microwave Absorption","authors":"Yuhao Feng, Jindi Zhao, Keke Chen, Yang Li, Jiao Liu, Huitao Yu, Mulin Qin, Kaihang Jia, Haiwei Han, Zhenghui Shen, Mingliang Ma, Xiao Chen","doi":"10.1007/s40820-026-02277-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40820-026-02277-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Designing multifunctional materials integrating efficient photoresponsive thermoelectric cogeneration with microwave absorption remains challenging for clean solar energy utilization and electromagnetic interference mitigation. Herein, this study proposes an innovative design strategy combining interfacial bridging engineering and physical encapsulation to construct advanced multifunctional composite phase change materials (PCMs). A nanoparticle-bridged 3D interpenetrating phonon network is constructed via in-situ growth of CuS nanoparticles on layered MXene, creating abundant interfacial sites for polyethylene glycol (PEG) adsorption and efficient electron transport channels for electromagnetic loss. The resulting PEG-MXene@CuS composite PCMs achieve an exceptional photothermal conversion efficiency of 94.5% (100 mW cm<sup>−2</sup>), enabled by broadband absorption of MXene nanosheets and plasmonic effect of CuS nanoparticles. In photoresponsive thermoelectric cogeneration system, PEG-MXene@CuS serves as a heat source to drive thermoelectric module through the Seebeck effect, yielding a stable power output of 21.7 W m<sup>−2</sup> (100 mW cm<sup>−2</sup>), with PEG effectively buffering thermal fluctuations. Moreover, MXene@CuS heterointerface and 3D conductive network endow PEG-MXene@CuS with superior microwave absorption, a minimum reflection loss of − 55.5 dB and an effective bandwidth of 5.27 GHz. This design concept provides important insights into designing next‑generation multifunctional PCMs with promising applications in intelligent thermal management, thermoelectric cogeneration, and electromagnetic protection.</p><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":714,"journal":{"name":"Nano-Micro Letters","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":36.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40820-026-02277-7.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148393485","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}