Netting proteins, one at a time

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 17 September 2021; doi:10.1038/s41565-021-00968-3A leaky DNA origami plug stops protein flow through a nanopore.

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Moiré trions in MoSe₂/WSe₂ heterobilayers

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 16 September 2021; doi:10.1038/s41565-021-00969-2Moiré trions are observed in electrostatically gated WSe2/MoSe2 heterobilayers, where photoluminescence polarization switching reveals a competition between valley-flip and spin-flip relaxation pathways of photo-excited carriers during trion formation.

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Copper-catalysed exclusive CO₂ to pure formic acid conversion via single-atom alloying

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 16 September 2021; doi:10.1038/s41565-021-00974-5Alloying copper with isolated heteroatoms enables the C protonation of CO2 to HCOO* on activated copper sites, resulting in exclusive electrochemical CO2-to-HCOOH conversion with considerably high activity.

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Comprehensive framework for human health risk assessment of nanopesticides

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 13 September 2021; doi:10.1038/s41565-021-00964-7This perspective presents a framework with a tiered approach for human health risk assessment of nanopesticides that will facilitate informed decisions by regulators and industry.

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Three-dimensional monolithic micro-LED display driven by atomically thin transistor matrix

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 09 September 2021; doi:10.1038/s41565-021-00966-5Low-temperature ultraclean integration of large-area MoS2 thin-film transistors with nitride micro-LEDs through a back end of line process enables the demonstration of displays with high resolution and uniformity.

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Author Correction: Magnetic skyrmion bundles and their current-driven dynamics

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 03 September 2021; doi:10.1038/s41565-021-00985-2Author Correction: Magnetic skyrmion bundles and their current-driven dynamics

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Chemical mechanisms, one molecule at a time

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 02 September 2021; doi:10.1038/s41565-021-00948-7Transport measurements through a single molecule unveil the mechanism of the catalytic Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction.

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Nanoparticle surfactants for kinetically arrested photoactive assemblies to track light-induced electron transfer

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 02 September 2021; doi:10.1038/s41565-021-00949-6Small semiconductor nanocrystals control the assembly of larger plasmonic nanostructures through interfacial self-limiting aggregation, leading to permeable and colloidally stable photoactive hybrids for photocatalysis and tracking of light-induced electron transfer.

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Epitaxial growth of wafer-scale molybdenum disulfide semiconductor single crystals on sapphire

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 02 September 2021; doi:10.1038/s41565-021-00963-8Unidirectional alignment of MoS2 domains during epitaxial growth on C/A sapphire enables the realization of large-area MoS2 single crystals.

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Unveiling the full reaction path of the Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling in a single-molecule junction

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 02 September 2021; doi:10.1038/s41565-021-00959-4Although conventional analytical techniques can measure ensemble averages, single-molecule junctions can sense molecular reaction processes at the single-event level. The integration of a single-molecule Pd catalyst into a gapped graphene junction enables the electrical...

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