Henan University was established as “the Preparatory School for Further Study in Europe and America” in 1912. Almost 100 years later, a new two-dimensional (2D) material, MXene, was first reported in 2011. The cover represents the promising and quickly development of new 2D MXene material for applications in electromagnetic interference shielding, thermal conductivity, supercapacitors, etc.

Yan Zou and co-workers present a temozolomide and epigenetic bromodomain inhibitor co-encapsulated biomimetic nanomedicine platform that achieves prolonged blood circulation time, excellent blood brain barrier (BBB) permeability, and multidimensional enhanced glioblastoma (GBM) synergistic chemoimmunotherapy in both primary and recurrent orthotopic mice models with significant extended survival rate and little side effects.

A SOD-inspired copper single-atom nanozyme (Cu-SANzyme) was designed and synthesized by a two-step scaffoldadsorption method. The Cu-SANzyme exhibits high catalytic activity to scavenge superoxide anion, the initiator of ROS, and thus effectively prevents the disease progression in septic animals.

This review summarized the fabrication method of MXene-based nanocomposite films and discussed the mechanical properties and the application of electromagnetic shielding, thermal conductivity, and supercapacitors. Finally, based on the summary of previous works, we prospected the challenges and prospects of MXene-based nanocomposite films in the future of scientific research.

Extracting strategic metals from water has attracted much attention in the last decade due to their indispensable role and growing demand in the related industries. This review summarizes the research progress in the adsorption of typical strategic metal ions such as Au³⁺, U(VI), and Li⁺ using materials based on biofibrous nanomaterials. The current challenges and future perspectives have been also proposed.

For optical, electrical, and acoustic device applications, the advanced characterization method for measuring composition, microstructure, defect, domain, homogeneity, Curie temperature, refractive index, piezoelectricity of LiNbO₃ bulk crystal is needed.

Organic electrode materials with merits of bountiful resources, structural designability, and sustainability offer an attractive solution to develop the degradable and eco-friendly batteries. This review is focusing on the issues and complex redox mechanism faced by organic electrode materials from microscale to macroscale level, in combination with the state-of-art strategies and in-depth outlook, promoting sustainable development and non-hazardous disposal of future organic batteries.

A SOD-inspired copper single-atom nanozyme (Cu-SAzyme) was designed and synthesized by a two-step scaffold-adsorption method. The Cu-SAzyme exhibits high catalytic activity to scavenge superoxide anion, the initiator of ROS, and thus effectively prevents the disease progression in septic animals.

Clinically approved indocyanine green (ICG) is utilized to develop simple prodrug nanoformulations. The ICG-driven assembly strategy endows paclitaxel prodrugs improved assembled behavior and enhanced colloidal stability, and the developed nanoparticles possess tumor-specific imaging and chemotherapy with in vivo therapeutic feedback.

A forward osmosis and photothermal evaporation coupling system (FO-PE) based on high-performance polyamide FO membrane and photothermal polypyrrole nano-Sponge (PPy/Sponge) is developed for continuous FO separation with a steady water flux. The FO-PE coupling system utilizing clean and renewable solar energy to achieve efficient water treatment is significantly meaningful for practical applications.

It is challenging to develop new preparation methods of conductive polymer-based composite hydrogels for constructing all-in-one supercapacitors (A-SCs) with excellent deformation-tolerant performance. Self-wrinkled polyaniline-based composite hydrogels (SPCHs) with large stretchability and excellent fatigue resistance are fabricated by a stretching/cryopolymerization/releasing strategy. The as-obtained SPCH can work as an intrinsically stretchable A-SC maintaining high energy density and stable electrochemical properties under deformations.

We developed temozolomide and epigenetic bromodomain inhibitor co-encapsulated biomimetic nanomedicine (ABNM@TMZ/OTX) achieved multidimensional enhanced glioblastoma synergistic chemoimmunotherapy in both primary and recurrent orthotopic mice models with significant extended survival rate and little side effects.

Environment-friendly InP core/shell quantum dots (QDs) with quantum yield of ∼100% are prepared by aminophosphate precursors. The limit of detection of alpha-fetoprotein for in vitro diagnostics, specific labeling of liver cancer cells, and in vivo tumor-targeted imaging of live mice are comparable to that of the state-of-the-art Cd-QDs-based probes.