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Type-II Superlattice Infrared Sensors

In article number 2400374, Sang Jun Lee, Won Seok Chang, and co-workers fabricate a type-II superlattice mid-wavelength infrared photodetector, seamlessly integrated with a nanostructured wire grid polarizer using nanoimprint lithography. The surface of the wire grid polarizer is polished with femtosecond pulse laser, which dramatically reduces optical losses while maximizing polarization efficiency, known as the extinction ratio. This breakthrough paves the way for next-generation high-performance infrared imaging systems, revolutionizing MWIR detection with unprecedented capabilities.

Nanomechanical Transducers

In article number 2400127, Robert H. Blick and co-workers show that integrating piezoelectric ceramics with silicon nanomembranes creates a unique sensor/actuator for the tympanic membrane, enabling kHz-range sound transmission via radio frequency. Demonstrated using a nanomembrane on a piezoelectric chip, it drives an audible mechanical response. An antenna enables remote actuation, proving a feasible invisible hearing aid.

High-Throughput Screening

In article number 2400634, Sanghee Yoo, Noo Li Jeon, and co-workers introduce a high-throughput microphysiological platform for modeling the outer blood-retinal barrier (oBRB) in a 96-well format. This system enables comprehensive evaluation of retinal barrier function, including cellular interactions through transepithelial electrical resistance, permeability assays, and confocal imaging, along with gene expression (RNA analysis) and protein secretion studies. It is designed for high-content drug screening, offering valuable insights into retinal diseases such as age-related macular degeneration.

Hybrid Electrodes

In article number 2401054, Han-Ki Kim and co-workers develop highly flexible, transparent, and conductive polytetrafluoroethylene/AgPdCu/indium zinc oxide hybrid films for use in transparent and flexible thin-film heaters integrated into electric vehicles.

Aerosol Jet Printing

The image represents the use of dual-material aerosol jet printing technology to fabricate small-scale magnetically responsive soft objects with complex shapes and programmable functions whose movements can be controlled by the application of an external magnetic field. In article number 2400463, Silvia Taccola, Russell A. Harris, and co-workers show that it focuses on the in-process mixing of the materials in the form of aerosols, allowing the in-process control of the composition.

Multifunctional Energy-Integrated Devices

Advanced multifunctional devices seamlessly integrate energy modules with electronic components and circuits, powering smart applications such as artificial intelligence, robotics and so on, demanding the future power sources to be the combination of multiple energy forms, high energy density, security, and miniaturization. More details can be found in the Guest Editorial by Guozhen Shen (2401273).

3D Printed Cellular Fluidics

Cellular fluidic devices take advantage of 3D printing, unit cell-based design, and fluid physics to realize hierarchical composite structures with complex geometries. In article number 2400104, Erika J. Fong and co-workers present a lattice-based hand model that uses varying porosity to pattern red liquid in the “skeletal” region, while the high porosity cells remained unfilled.

3D Printed Supercapacitors

In article number 2400151, Bamin Khomami and co-workers show that synthesizing and combining ZnCo bi-MOFs with rGO nanosheets during the laser ablation synthesis in solution (LASiS) process yields extremely porous and electrically conductive hybrid nanocomposites (HNCs) that can serve as high-performance supercapacitor (SC) material. This material is in turn used in sequential additive manufacturing to 3D print SC devices using ZnCo bi-MOF-rGO electrodes via inkjet printing.