This collection presents selected papers published by Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991) Editorial Board Members in the first half of 2026. Covering topics such as nanomedicine, environmental applications, energy materials, photonics, sensing, and functional nanostructures, these articles provide a snapshot of recent research directions represented within the journal’s Editorial Board. We hope the following papers will be of particular interest to you: 

1. “Hype vs. Health: How Approved Nanomedicines Have Met (or Missed) Early Predictions”
by Eleonore Fröhlich
Nanomaterials 2026, 16(5), 284; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano16050284 

2. “Biofilm Control with Rare-Earth Oxides: A Mechanistic Framework for Next-Generation Antibiofilm Materials”
by John H. T. Luong
Nanomaterials 2026, 16(5), 302; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano16050302 

3. “Prussian Blue Nanoparticles Confined in Chitosan for In Vivo Cesium Ion Removal”
by Irina E. Bordianu-Antochi, Afitz Da Silva, Giovanni Massasso, Françoise Quignard, Vanja Stojanovic, Magali Gary-Bobo, Joulia Larionova and Yannick Guari
Nanomaterials 2026, 16(9), 544; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano16090544 

4. “Advanced Development of Diverse Photovoltaic-Driven Water Electrolysis for Hydrogen Production: A Review on Coupling Mechanisms, Technological Evolution and Economic Analysis”
by Yifei Yu, Suni Shi, Zhiyi Peng, Longlu Wang, Shiyan Wang and Chengbin Liu
Nanomaterials 2026, 16(10), 579; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano16100579 

5. “Highly Transparent Phase Change Smart Windows Enabled by Refractive-Index-Matched n-Octadecane@SiO₂ Microcapsule Composites”
by Fusen Yang, Zhixing Zhang, Yiyu Feng, Mengmeng Qin and Wei Feng
Nanomaterials 2026, 16(11), 648; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano16110648 

6. “Covalent Organic Frameworks for CO₂ Capture: From Design to Application”
by Hafezeh Nabipour and Sohrab Rohani
Nanomaterials 2026, 16(12), 777; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano16120777 

7. “Influence of the Presence of a Nano-Sized Filler in the Generation of Microplastics from Polypropylene Nanocomposites”
by Marco Morreale, Erika Indovino, Luigi Botta and Francesco Paolo La Mantia
Nanomaterials 2026, 16(3), 201; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano16030201 

8. “Inverse Design of Optical Color Routers with Improved Fabrication Compatibility”
by Sushmit Hossain, Zerui Liu, Nishat Tasnim Hiramony, Tinghao Hsu, Himaddri Roy, Hongming Zhang and Wei Wu
Nanomaterials 2026, 16(4), 251; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano16040251 

9. “Insight into the Mechanism of MXene Electrodes in Alkali Metal Batteries”
by Sunaina Rafiq, Marco Agostini, Muhammad Abdullah Iqbal, Alessandra Gentili, Maria Assunta Navarra, Maria Grazia Betti and Carlo Mariani
Nanomaterials 2026, 16(5), 330; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano16050330 

10. “Interference-Enhanced Absorption in Miniaturized Graphene Plasmonic Terahertz Detectors via Substrate-Defined Fabry−Pérot Cavities”
by Runli Li, Shaojing Liu, Ximiao Wang, Hongjia Zhu, Yongsheng Zhu, Shangdong Li, Huanjun Chen and Shaozhi Deng
Nanomaterials 2026, 16(13), 794; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano16130794