Article 11 March 2022 | Open Access A dual-function liquid electrolyte additive for high-energy non-aqueous lithium metal batteries Lithium metal batteries suffer from poor (electro)chemical stability of the electrodes during prolonged cycling.… show more Yuji Zhang, Yuan Wu & Chengxin Wang Article 11 March 2022 | Open Access Efficient Kerr soliton comb generation in micro-resonator with interferometric back-coupling Increasing the conversion efficiency of soliton crystals will enable further application of optical frequency… show more J. M. Chavez Boggio, D. Bodenmüller & T. Hansson Article 11 March 2022 | Open Access Damage-tolerant material design motif derived from asymmetrical rotation Nature-inspired design motifs have contributed to the development of advanced materials. Here the authors present… show more Wei Wang, Shu Jian Chen & Kwesi Sagoe-Crentsil Article 11 March 2022 | Open Access A zirconium metal-organic framework with SOC topological net for catalytic peptide bond hydrolysis Developing efficient and reusable artificial catalysts for peptide bond hydrolysis is challenging. This work… show more Sujing Wang, Hong Giang T. Ly & Christian Serre Article 11 March 2022 | Open Access Quantum-enabled operation of a microwave-optical interface Faithful conversion of quantum states between electrical circuits and light requires adding less than one input… show more Rishabh Sahu, William Hease & Johannes M. Fink Article 11 March 2022 | Open Access Protruding Pt single-sites on hexagonal ZnIn2S4 to accelerate photocatalytic hydrogen evolution An alternative approach to defect-trapped Pt single-sites on a semiconductor is reported. Here, protruding Pt… show more Xiaowei Shi, Chao Dai & Mingshan Zhu Article 11 March 2022 | Open Access Deep tissue localization and sensing using optical microcavity probes Optical microcavities are useful as probes in cells due to their narrow emission spectra and high sensitivity to… show more Aljaž Kavčič, Maja Garvas & Matjaž Humar Article 11 March 2022 | Open Access The synergistic effect of Hf-O-Ru bonds and oxygen vacancies in Ru/HfO2 for enhanced hydrogen evolution Although ruthenium nanomaterials have proven to be effective catalysts for H2 evolution, there is still room for… show more Guangkai Li, Haeseong Jang & Jaephil Cho Article 11 March 2022 | Open Access Diffusion interface layer controlling the acceptor phase of bilayer near-infrared polymer phototransistors with ultrahigh photosensitivity The narrow bandgap of near-infrared polymers is a hindrance to their performance improvement. Here, authors… show more Tao Han, Zejiang Wang & Linlin Liu Article 11 March 2022 | Open Access Circadian humidity fluctuation induced capillary flow for sustainable mobile energy Droplet generators convert mechanical movements of droplets into small-scale electricity. Here, Tang et al.… show more Jiayue Tang, Yuanyuan Zhao & Shuang Zheng Article 11 March 2022 | Open Access High-energy and low-cost membrane-free chlorine flow battery Flow batteries provide promising solutions for stationary energy storage but most of the systems are based on… show more Singyuk Hou, Long Chen & Chunsheng Wang Article 11 March 2022 | Open Access Complementary Operando Spectroscopy identification of in-situ generated metastable charge-asymmetry Cu2-CuN3 clusters for CO2 reduction to ethanol Copper-based materials can convert carbon dioxide into multi-carbon products but suffer from poor activity and… show more Xiaozhi Su, Zhuoli Jiang & Yu Wang Article 10 March 2022 | Open Access Ab initio mechanism revealing for tricalcium silicate dissolution Dissolution of minerals in water is ubiquitous in nature, its mechanism at the atomic level still under debate.… show more Yunjian Li, Hui Pan & Zongjin Li Article 10 March 2022 | Open Access Uptake of N2O5 by aqueous aerosol unveiled using chemically accurate many-body potentials The reactive uptake of N2O5 to aqueous aerosol is a major loss channel for nitrogen oxides in the troposphere.… show more Vinícius Wilian D. Cruzeiro, Mirza Galib & Andreas W. Götz Review Article 10 March 2022 | Open Access Self-healing oxygen evolution catalysts Large scale sustainable energy storage by water splitting benefits from performing the oxygen evolution reaction… show more Agnes E. Thorarinsdottir, Samuel S. Veroneau & Daniel G. Nocera Article 10 March 2022 | Open Access Production of a monolithic fuel cell stack with high power density The transportation sector is gradually evolving to become independent of fossil fuels. Here, the authors report a… show more Stéven Pirou, Belma Talic & Anke Hagen Article 10 March 2022 | Open Access Quantum interference directed chiral raman scattering in two-dimensional enantiomers Quantum interference among elementary Raman processes has only been observed in few materials under specific… show more Shishu Zhang, Jianqi Huang & Jin Zhang Article 10 March 2022 | Open Access Attosecond photoionisation time delays reveal the anisotropy of the molecular potential in the recoil frame Photoionization time delays provide insights on the interaction of photon with the electrons. Here the authors… show more H. Ahmadi, E. Plésiat & G. Sansone Article 10 March 2022 | Open Access Engineered assembly of water-dispersible nanocatalysts enables low-cost and green CO2 capture Catalytic solvent regeneration is of interest to reduce energy consumption in CO2 separation, however, the… show more Masood S. Alivand, Omid Mazaheri & Kathryn A. Mumford Article 10 March 2022 | Open Access Parallel detection and spatial mapping of large nuclear spin clusters Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging at the atomic scale has been limited to detection and localisation of single… show more K. S. Cujia, K. Herb & C. L. Degen Article 10 March 2022 | Open Access Atomistic insights into highly active reconstructed edges of monolayer 2H-WSe2 photocatalyst Systematically study of in-plane intrinsic defects and edge atoms is important to guide the design of… show more Mohammad Qorbani, Amr Sabbah & Li-Chyong Chen Article 10 March 2022 | Open Access High drug-loaded microspheres enabled by controlled in-droplet precipitation promote functional recovery after spinal cord injury High drug loading improves therapeutic efficacy and reduces side effects in drug delivery. Here, the authors use… show more Wei Li, Jian Chen & Dongfei Liu Article 10 March 2022 | Open Access Implicitly perturbed Hamiltonian as a class of versatile and general-purpose molecular representations for machine learning Molecular representations are fundamental tools for machine-learning models. The current work introduces a new… show more Amin Alibakhshi & Bernd Hartke Article 10 March 2022 | Open Access Switching magnon chirality in artificial ferrimagnet Magnons in antiferromagnets hold potential for chirality-based spintronics, but a practical platform remains… show more Yahui Liu, Zhengmeng Xu & J. Li Article 10 March 2022 | Open Access Bacteria eat nanoprobes for aggregation-enhanced imaging and killing diverse microorganisms The authors demonstrate a strategy for bacterial uptake of gold nanoparticles modified with glucose polymer. The… show more Yunmin Yang, Binbin Chu & Yao He Article 10 March 2022 | Open Access Highly stable flexible pressure sensors with a quasi-homogeneous composition and interlinked interfaces E-skins often have poor interfaces that lead to unstable performances. Here, authors report e-skins with a… show more Yuan Zhang, Junlong Yang & Chuan Fei Guo Article 09 March 2022 | Open Access Antiferroelectric negative capacitance from a structural phase transition in zirconia Applying an electric field to an antiferroelectric material transforms its non-polar crystal structure into a… show more Michael Hoffmann, Zheng Wang & Asif Islam Khan Article 09 March 2022 | Open Access Atomic structure of a seed-sized gold nanoprism The formation pathway of shape-anisotropic nanoparticles is difficult to characterize and not well understood.… show more Yongbo Song, Yingwei Li & Rongchao Jin Article 09 March 2022 | Open Access Synthesis of a magnetic π-extended carbon nanosolenoid with Riemann surfaces Fabrication of large π-conjugated carbon nanosolenoid materials with helicoid topology remains a challenge. Here… show more Jinyi Wang, Yihan Zhu & Pingwu Du Article 09 March 2022 | Open Access Hygroscopic holey graphene aerogel fibers enable highly efficient moisture capture, heat allocation and microwave absorption Functionalization of aerogel fibers, characterized by high porosity and low thermal conductivity, to obtain… show more Yinglai Hou, Zhizhi Sheng & Xuetong Zhang Article 08 March 2022 | Open Access Liquid metal-tailored gluten network for protein-based e-skin E-skins currently suffer from issues to do with the predominantly non-biological materials they are made from.… show more Bin Chen, Yudong Cao & Mingxin Ye Article 08 March 2022 | Open Access Carbon defect qubit in two-dimensional WS2 Recent work has demonstrated controlled fabrication of single carbon defect spins in the two-dimensional material… show more Song Li, Gergő Thiering & Adam Gali Article 08 March 2022 | Open Access In situ-formed tetrahedrally coordinated double-helical metal complexes for improved coordination-activated n-doping N-doping technologies are essential for high performance organic optoelectronics. Here, the authors report… show more Ziyang Liu, Xiao Li & Lian Duan Article 08 March 2022 | Open Access A 2D material–based transparent hydrogel with engineerable interference colours Though transparent hydrogels with tunable optical anisotropy are attractive for soft robotics, wearable devices… show more Baofu Ding, Pengyuan Zeng & Bilu Liu Article 07 March 2022 | Open Access Observation of the non-linear Meissner effect The non-linear Meissner effect is a key manifestation of unconventional nodal superconductors but its… show more J. A. Wilcox, M. J. Grant & A. Carrington Article 07 March 2022 | Open Access Topological charge-entropy scaling in kagome Chern magnet TbMn6Sn6 Elucidating the nature of topological magnets is at quantum frontier. Here the authors report a topological… show more Xitong Xu, Jia-Xin Yin & Shuang Jia Article 07 March 2022 | Open Access Effect of Chiral Damping on the dynamics of chiral domain walls and skyrmions Chiral damping plays a critical role in the motion of skyrmions and domain walls, but it difficult to distinguish… show more C. K. Safeer, Mohamed-Ali Nsibi & Ioan-Mihai Miron Article 07 March 2022 | Open Access A general fruit acid chelation route for eco-friendly and ambient 3D printing of metals Additive manufacturing of metals has revolutionized production and personalization of commodities. Here, authors… show more Soo Young Cho, Dong Hae Ho & Jeong Ho Cho Article 07 March 2022 | Open Access Tree-rings reveal two strong solar proton events in 7176 and 5259 BCE Two extreme solar energetic particle events have been found by carbon isotopes measured in ancient tree rings in… show more Nicolas Brehm, Marcus Christl & Lukas Wacker