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Spin-crossover complexes often lose their functionality upon adsorption on metal surfaces. Here, a metal–organic complex adsorbed on a silver surface undergoes reversible interlocked spin and coordination switching, which is enabled by an intramolecular feedback mechanism controlling the position of an axial ligand strapped to the complex.
Synchronization of oscillators can be used to carry out cognitive tasks. Large two-dimensional arrays of synchronized spin Hall nano-oscillators have now been demonstrated, and may in future enable neuromorphic computing on the nanoscale.
Nanoscale heat currents between a hot and a cold surface can be modulated by as much as five times using a third element that interacts evanescently with the guided modes of the hot surface.
Tellurium thin films thermally evaporated at cryogenic temperatures enable the fabrication of high-performance wafer-scale p-type field-effect transistors and three-dimensional circuits.
Topological frustration in the π-electron network of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon C38H18 yields unpaired electrons and a magnetically non-trivial ground state. Here, the authors synthesize this molecule, known as Clar’s goblet, on Au(111) and characterize the antiferromagnetic ground state with scanning tunnelling microscopy.
Nuclear spins are excellent qubits, but long-range interactions are difficult to establish. Here, the authors couple a 29Si nuclear spin to electrons in a lithographically defined quantum dot and show initialization, readout and entanglement with the electron spin. The 29Si retains its coherence under electron transfer between quantum dots.
The fluorination of graphene sheets in bilayer graphene grown by chemical vapour deposition on a single-crystal CuNi(111) surface results in a fluorinated diamond monolayer.
Synthesis of MoS2 on a silicon surface pre-treated with phosphine enables the growth of one-dimensional MoS2 nanocrystals with tunable dimensions and optical properties.
Enzyme-coated liposomal motors show either positive or negative chemotaxis depending on the interplay between enzyme catalysis and solute–phospholipid interactions.
Nitric oxide delivered and released by a nanoscale carrier improves the therapeutic effectiveness of chemotherapeutics and immunotherapy by normalizing tumour vasculature.
An antifouling coating for electrodes that consists of a three-dimensional porous matrix of cross-linked bovine serum albumin supported by a network of conductive nanomaterials enables robust affinity-based electrochemical biosensing in complex biological fluids.
A comprehensive understanding of the magnetic phase diagram of atomically thin layered antiferromagnets is obtained by combining systematic tunnelling magnetoconductance measurements with theoretical modelling.
The internal electron dynamics of submicrometre devices are hard to resolve because of bandwidth limitations of current measurement techniques. Here, the authors sample the 250 GHz coherent oscillation of a single-electron wave packet inside a quantum dot at 4.2 K employing a resonant level.
Transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers can host Ising-type superconductivity and if two such layers are coupled, exotic superconducting phases may emerge. Here, the authors induce a coupled superconducting state with tuneable Ising protection by means of symmetric, double-side ionic liquid gating.
A pH-responsive, soft polymeric nanoparticle targets the neurokinin 1 receptor in acidified endosomes to inhibit signalling events leading to chronic pain.