Nature Materials, Published online: 17 May 2024; doi:10.1038/s41563-024-01903-2Integrating electrochemically actuated soft robotics with ultra-flexible microelectrodes enables reversible and gentle wrapping around nerves for high-quality recordings.

Nature Materials, Published online: 17 May 2024; doi:10.1038/s41563-024-01857-5The authors report the sweet-spot operation of germanium hole spin qubits, exploring the optimization of the external magnetic field orientation, the g-tensor and its electric tunability, and hyperfine interactions.

Nature Materials, Published online: 16 May 2024; doi:10.1038/s41563-024-01895-zThe detailed interplay between electronic and lattice dynamics in two-dimensional perovskite materials remains elusive. Here the authors establish the room-temperature polaronic nature of the excitons in two-dimensional Dion–Jacobson-type perovskites.

Nature Materials, Published online: 13 May 2024; doi:10.1038/s41563-024-01898-wHalide perovskite nanocrystal scintillators detect high-energy protons with sensitivity suitable for clinical applications.

Nature Materials, Published online: 13 May 2024; doi:10.1038/s41563-024-01873-5Lithium-rich oxygen-redox cathodes demonstrate high capacities, but lose energy density when cycled, showing cation disordering and formation of nanovoids and bulk molecular O2. These structural changes are shown to be a consequence of a kinetically viable and thermodynamically...

Nature Materials, Published online: 13 May 2024; doi:10.1038/s41563-024-01867-3An approach combining machine learning and combinatorial chemistry enables the creation and evaluation of ionizable lipid libraries for lipid nanoparticle formulation to effectively deliver messenger RNA to several cells and tissues.