Electrically Assisted Thermal Stamping of Tunable Carbon‐Based Nanofilms for Direct Fabrication of Hydrophobic, Energy Harvesting, and Sensing Devices (Adv. Mater. 27/2026)

Tunable Carbon-Based Nanofilms This cover visualizes the electrically assisted thermal stamping (EATS) process, where intense, localized Joule heating instantly exfoliates graphite and drives in situ chemical transformations to form tunable carbon nanofilms. The lightning-like thermal pathways highlight ultrafast interlayer expansion, while the magnified schematic illustrates atomic-scale reduction and compositional control. Together, the illustration captures EATS as a single-step, ambient manufacturing strategy enabling directly patterned, functional carbon films. More details can be found in the Research Article by Wonjoon Choi, Xinqi Chen, Vinayak P. Dravid, and co-workers (DOI: 10.1002/adma.202516478).