03 March 2022 | Open Access Optical sensors for operando stress monitoring in lithium-based batteries containing solid-state or liquid electrolytes Chemo-mechanical stress within Li-based batteries detrimentally affects the performance and lifetime of these… show more Laura Albero Blanquer, Florencia Marchini & Jean-Marie Tarascon Article 03 March 2022 | Open Access Interstitial boron-triggered electron-deficient Os aerogels for enhanced pH-universal hydrogen evolution While noble metals can be active electrocatalysts for producing renewable H2, there are relatively few works… show more Yinghao Li, Chun-Kuo Peng & Jong-Min Lee Article 03 March 2022 | Open Access Anisotropic fluid with phototunable dielectric permittivity Light stimuli are widely used to control material properties, yet it remains challenging to reversibly… show more Hiroya Nishikawa, Koki Sano & Fumito Araoka Article 03 March 2022 | Open Access Surface-ligand-induced crystallographic disorder–order transition in oriented attachment for the tuneable assembly of mesocrystals Oriented attachment is a non-classical growth mechanism of nanomaterials that can lead to tunable properties and… show more Bum Chul Park, Min Jun Ko & Young Keun Kim Article 02 March 2022 | Open Access Electro-optic characterization of synthesized infrared-visible light fields A continuum spanning from 300 and 3000 nm is used to synthesize a single-cycle field transient and measure its… show more Enrico Ridente, Mikhail Mamaikin & Nicholas Karpowicz Article 02 March 2022 | Open Access Improving the oxygen redox reversibility of Li-rich battery cathode materials via Coulombic repulsive interactions strategy Tailoring the oxygen redox reactivity in Li-rich cathode is crucial for developing high-energy batteries. Here,… show more Qingyuan Li, De Ning & Xiangfeng Liu Article 02 March 2022 | Open Access Pushing detectability and sensitivity for subtle force to new limits with shrinkable nanochannel structured aerogel The fabrication of pressure sensors with both ultralow detection limits and ultrahigh sensitivity is still… show more Xinlei Shi, Xiangqian Fan & Jiajie Liang Article 02 March 2022 | Open Access Splicing the active phases of copper/cobalt-based catalysts achieves high-rate tandem electroreduction of nitrate to ammonia Electrocatalytic recycling of waste nitrate to NH3 under ambient conditions maybe an appealing alternative to the… show more Wenhui He, Jian Zhang & Wolfgang Schuhmann Article 02 March 2022 | Open Access Ultralong phosphorescence cellulose with excellent anti-bacterial, water-resistant and ease-to-process performance Organic room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) materials often suffer from poor processability because of their… show more Xin Zhang, Yaohui Cheng & Jun Zhang Article 02 March 2022 | Open Access Radio-transparent dipole antenna based on a metasurface cloak The authors demonstrate broadband and efficient radio-transparent antennas based on cloaking technology. Their… show more Jason Soric, Younes Ra’di & Andrea Alù Article 02 March 2022 | Open Access Maximizing the performance of n-type Mg3Bi2 based materials for room-temperature power generation and thermoelectric cooling The awaited studies of new and efficient thermoelectric modules have not come to fruition yet. Here, the authors… show more Zihang Liu, Weihong Gao & Takao Mori Article 02 March 2022 | Open Access Stability bounds on superluminal propagation in active structures Wave packets can travel faster than the speed of light only under severe constraints on their bandwidth and… show more Robert Duggan, Hady Moussa & Andrea Alù Article 02 March 2022 | Open Access The role of lattice dynamics in ferroelectric switching Reducing the switching energy of ferroelectric films remains an important goal. Here, the authors elucidate the… show more Qiwu Shi, Eric Parsonnet & Ramamoorthy Ramesh Article 01 March 2022 | Open Access Massive interstitial solid solution alloys achieve near-theoretical strength Interstitials can substantially strengthen metals. Here the authors show a massive interstitial solid solution… show more Chang Liu, Wenjun Lu & Dierk Raabe Article 01 March 2022 | Open Access Reversible dehydrogenation and rehydrogenation of cyclohexane and methylcyclohexane by single-site platinum catalyst Developing highly efficient and reversible hydrogenation-dehydrogenation catalysts shows great promise for… show more Luning Chen, Pragya Verma & Ji Su Article 01 March 2022 | Open Access Exchange-biased topological transverse thermoelectric effects in a Kagome ferrimagnet Kagome metal TbMn6Sn6 was recently discovered to be a ferrimagnetic topological Dirac material. Here, the authors… show more Heda Zhang, Jahyun Koo & Xianglin Ke Article 01 March 2022 | Open Access Subnanometric alkaline-earth oxide clusters for sustainable nitrate to ammonia photosynthesis Photocatalytic reduction of waste nitrate offers an alternative route for ammonia production. Here the authors… show more Jieyuan Li, Ruimin Chen & Fan Dong Article 01 March 2022 | Open Access Pick up and dispose of pollutants from water via temperature-responsive micellar copolymers on magnetite nanorobots Pesticide and heavy metal pollution in water can cause environmental and public health issues. Here, the authors… show more Jayraj V. Vaghasiya, Carmen C. Mayorga-Martinez & Martin Pumera