Wiley announces the launch of its spectral analysis application programming interface (API) portfolio, providing users with a new, faster way to access its trusted spectral data, analytical algorithms, and predictive models—within their own workflows.

Using a specialized laboratory setup, researchers at the University of Oldenburg, Germany, succeeded in generating 200,000 virtually identical infrared light pulses per second. The exact position of the light wave per pulse remained exceptionally stable for hours. In the journal Applied Physics B – Lasers and Optics, the team writes that this precise control of the light fields represents a decisive step forward. The aim is to manipulate the dynamics of individual electrons more precisely than before in experiments. 

Drawing inspiration from the dynamic architecture of living systems, researchers from Institute of Science Tokyo and Kyoto University have harnessed two chemically fueled biomolecular nanomachines, DNA polymerase and kinesin, to synthesize and actively assemble complex, hierarchical DNA networks. The work opens a route toward programmable, lifelike synthetic materials built from the nanoscale up.

Windows contribute significantly to energy inefficiency across global infrastructure. Overcoming complex trade-offs in multispectral optical responses, scientists in China have developed a physics-guided neural network to design energy-efficient thermochromic smart windows for directional privacy protection. These inverse-designed windows achieve ultrahigh simultaneous modulation of near-infrared transmittance and longwave infrared emissivity. Applied to electric vehicles and building envelopes, these customized smart windows demonstrate superior, climate-adaptive all-weather thermal management.

Researchers developed asymmetric [3+2+1] coordinated iridium(III) complexes featuring strong electron-withdrawing groups for deep-blue phosphorescent OLEDs. The optimized device achieved a record external quantum efficiency of 29.0% with CIE coordinates of (0.147, 0.089), meeting NTSC standards. A hyper-OLED demonstrated an operational lifetime exceeding 2000 hours, and the emitters were successfully integrated into microdisplay technology.

Polymers used for light-based 3D printing are very stable due to their chemical structure, but they are typically hard to recycle. A research team led by Prof. Dr. Eva Blasco, a researcher at the Institute for Molecular Systems Engineering and Advanced Materials (IMSEAM) at Heidelberg University, has now designed a polymer material that can be disassembled into its individual components when needed. A chemical “key” causes already printed material to break down into its molecular building blocks within seconds. They can be recovered and reused in a circular manufacturing process.

From precision fabrication to scalable manufacturing, POSTECH develop technologies for commercializing metalenses published consecutively in Nature Communications.