Understanding self-assembly at molecular level enables controlled design of DNA G-wires of different properties G-wire structures have potential applications in bio-nanotechnology, however, this is limited by a lack of… show more Daša Pavc, Nerea Sebastian & Primož Šket Article 25 February 2022 | Open Access Ultrafast visualization of incipient plasticity in dynamically compressed matter Understanding incipient plasticity has been experimentally limited by spatial and temporal resolution. Here the… show more Mianzhen Mo, Minxue Tang & Siegfried Glenzer Article 25 February 2022 | Open Access Dark matter from axion strings with adaptive mesh refinement The question of what axion mass would give rise to the observed dark matter abundance requires proper modelling… show more Malte Buschmann, Joshua W. Foster & Benjamin R. Safdi Article 25 February 2022 | Open Access Rejuvenation of plasticity via deformation graining in magnesium Understanding deformation of Mg along the c-axis is important for wrought processing of Mg. Here the authors… show more Bo-Yu Liu, Zhen Zhang & Zhi-Wei Shan Article 24 February 2022 | Open Access Ultralarge anti-Stokes lasing through tandem upconversion Constructing ultraviolet lasing is of great significance for basic research and medical use. Here the authors… show more Tianying Sun, Bing Chen & Feng Wang Article 24 February 2022 | Open Access Inter-element miscibility driven stabilization of ordered pseudo-binary alloy Synthetic routes of stabilizing crystal structures can discover atomic pickings with desired properties. Here the… show more Kenshi Matsumoto, Ryota Sato & Toshiharu Teranishi Article 24 February 2022 | Open Access Fast custom wavelet analysis technique for single molecule detection and identification The authors introduce an accurate, fast and efficient technique to analyze sensory data. They use a continuous… show more Vahid Ganjalizadeh, Gopikrishnan G. Meena & Holger Schmidt Article 24 February 2022 | Open Access Liquid crystalline 2D borophene oxide for inorganic optical devices Borophene exhibits attractive electronic and optical properties, but its instability has so far limited its… show more Tetsuya Kambe, Shotaro Imaoka & Kimihisa Yamamoto Article 24 February 2022 | Open Access Enhancing hydrovoltaic power generation through heat conduction effects The authors demonstrate enhanced hydrovoltaic power generation using heat conduction effects to break through the… show more Lianhui Li, Sijia Feng & Ting Zhang Article 24 February 2022 | Open Access Space-efficient optical computing with an integrated chip diffractive neural network Here, we propose the integrated diffractive optical network for implementing parallel Fourier transforms,… show more H. H. Zhu, J. Zou & A. Q. Liu Article 24 February 2022 | Open Access Spatial distribution modulation of mixed building blocks in metal-organic frameworks Gaining control over the structure of metal organic–frameworks can be challenging. Here the authors report the… show more Seok Jeong, Junmo Seong & Myoung Soo Lah Article 24 February 2022 | Open Access Overall photosynthesis of H2O2 by an inorganic semiconductor An inorganic and robust photocatalytic system based on Mo-doped faceted BiVO4 particles exhibits a… show more Tian Liu, Zhenhua Pan & Kazunari Domen Article 24 February 2022 | Open Access Sequential metamaterials with alternating Poisson’s ratios Mechanical metamaterials with alternating Poisson’s ratios are desirable for shape-morphing applications. Here… show more Amin Farzaneh, Nikhil Pawar & Jonathan B. Hopkins Perspective 23 February 2022 | Open Access Embodied neuromorphic intelligence A grand challenge in robotics is realising intelligent agents capable of autonomous interaction with the… show more Chiara Bartolozzi, Giacomo Indiveri & Elisa Donati Article 23 February 2022 | Open Access Forecasting the outcome of spintronic experiments with Neural Ordinary Differential Equations Deep learning has an increasing impact to assist research. Here, authors show that a dynamical neural network,… show more Xing Chen, Flavio Abreu Araujo & Damien Querlioz Article 23 February 2022 | Open Access Chemical medium-range order in a medium-entropy alloy The existence of chemical medium-range order (CMRO) in high- and medium- entropy alloys remains conjectural. Here… show more Jing Wang, Ping Jiang & Xiaolei Wu Article 23 February 2022 | Open Access Comparison of temperature and doping dependence of elastoresistivity near a putative nematic quantum critical point Evidence for quantum criticality in Fe-based superconductors is still being accumulated. Here, the authors… show more J. C. Palmstrom, P. Walmsley & I. R. Fisher Article 23 February 2022 | Open Access Mild-to-wild plastic transition is governed by athermal screw dislocation slip in bcc Nb Recent studies have recognized that plasticity in metals can be controlled by dislocation avalanches. Here the… show more Q. Rizzardi, C. McElfresh & R. Maaß Article 23 February 2022 | Open Access Robust growth of two-dimensional metal dichalcogenides and their alloys by active chalcogen monomer supply The large-area growth of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) requires a precise control of metal and… show more Yonggang Zuo, Can Liu & Kaihui Liu Article 23 February 2022 | Open Access Photo-induced enhancement of lattice fluctuations in metal-halide perovskites Lattice fluctuations strongly influences the optoelectronic properties of metal-halide perovskites. Laquai et al.… show more Mingcong Wang, Yajun Gao & Frédéric Laquai Article 23 February 2022 | Open Access Assembling covalent organic framework membranes with superior ion exchange capacity Covalent organic framework-based membranes are highly tunable materials with potential use in a variety of… show more Xiaoyao Wang, Benbing Shi & Zhongyi Jiang Article 22 February 2022 | Open Access A self-driving laboratory advances the Pareto front for material properties Useful materials must satisfy multiple objectives. The Pareto front expresses the trade-offs of competing… show more Benjamin P. MacLeod, Fraser G. L. Parlane & Curtis P. Berlinguette Article 22 February 2022 | Open Access Organic electrochemical neurons and synapses with ion mediated spiking The integration of artificial neuromorphic devices with biological systems plays a fundamental role for future… show more Padinhare Cholakkal Harikesh, Chi-Yuan Yang & Simone Fabiano Article 21 February 2022 | Open Access Anionic character of the conduction band of sodium chloride The current work finds that ordinary table salt behaves unexpectedly. The chloride ions alone dominate the… show more Christopher C. Leon, Abhishek Grewal & Olle Gunnarsson Article 21 February 2022 | Open Access Inverse design of 3d molecular structures with conditional generative neural networks The targeted discovery of molecules with specific structural and chemical properties is an open challenge in… show more Niklas W. A. Gebauer, Michael Gastegger & Kristof T. Schütt Article 21 February 2022 | Open Access Strong in-plane scattering of acoustic graphene plasmons by surface atomic steps Acoustic graphene plasmons (AGPs) hold promise for nanophotonics and sensing applications. Here, the authors… show more Ni Zhang, Weiwei Luo & Jingjun Xu Article 21 February 2022 | Open Access Nontrivial nanostructure, stress relaxation mechanisms, and crystallography for pressure-induced Si-I → Si-II phase transformation Crystallographic theory suggests austenite-twinned martensite interfaces at specific orientations, but this is… show more Hao Chen, Valery I. Levitas & Nenad Velisavljevic Article 21 February 2022 | Open Access Acoustically manipulating internal structure of disk-in-sphere endoskeletal droplets Endoskeletal droplets are a class of complex colloids containing a solid internal phase cast within a liquid… show more Gazendra Shakya, Tao Yang & Xiaoyun Ding Article 21 February 2022 | Open Access Realizing topological edge states with Rydberg-atom synthetic dimensions Synthetic dimensions, states of a system engineered to act as if they were a reconfigurable extra spatial… show more S. K. Kanungo, J. D. Whalen & T. C. Killian Article 18 February 2022 | Open Access Fast microwave heating-based one-step synthesis of DNA and RNA modified gold nanoparticles Simple methods for attaching polynucleotides to gold nanoparticles are of interest for simplifying conjugation in… show more Mengqi Huang, Erhu Xiong & Xiaoming Zhou Article 18 February 2022 | Open Access Biocatalysed synthesis planning using data-driven learning As of now, only rule-based systems support retrosynthetic planning using biocatalysis, while initial data-driven… show more Daniel Probst, Matteo Manica & Teodoro Laino Article 18 February 2022 | Open Access The emergence of macroscopic currents in photoconductive sampling of optical fields Photoconductive sampling of optical fields is a powerful measurement technique, but existing models fail to… show more Johannes Schötz, Ancyline Maliakkal & Matthias F. Kling Article 18 February 2022 | Open Access Light-induced dimension crossover dictated by excitonic correlations The relationship between the charge density wave and excitonic correlations in a layered compound 1T-TiSe2 has… show more Yun Cheng, Alfred Zong & Jie Zhang Article 18 February 2022 | Open Access High-pH structure of EmrE reveals the mechanism of proton-coupled substrate transport EmrE transporter effluxes cationic substrates across lipid membranes in a pH-coupled manner. Here, the authors… show more Alexander A. Shcherbakov, Peyton J. Spreacker & Mei Hong