09 May 2022 | Open Access Redox-homogeneous, gel electrolyte-embedded high-mass-loading cathodes for high-energy lithium metal batteries The development of high energy lithium metal batteries is affected by the mass loading of the cathode. Here, the… show more Jung-Hui Kim, Ju-Myung Kim & Sang-Young Lee Article 09 May 2022 | Open Access Structural complexity in ramp-compressed sodium to 480 GPa The properties of materials can be drastically modified under extreme pressure. Here the authors investigate… show more Danae N. Polsin, Amy Lazicki & J. Ryan Rygg Article 09 May 2022 | Open Access An ultrastrongly coupled single terahertz meta-atom By combining an asymmetric immersion lens setup and a complementary resonating metasurface, the authors are able… show more Shima Rajabali, Sergej Markmann & Giacomo Scalari Article 09 May 2022 | Open Access Magnons and magnetic fluctuations in atomically thin MnBi2Te4 MnBi2Te4, referred to as MBT, is a van der Waals material combining topological electron bands with magnetic… show more David Lujan, Jeongheon Choe & Xiaoqin Li Article 09 May 2022 | Open Access Moisture adsorption-desorption full cycle power generation Reducing humanity’s reliance on fossil fuels will require the development of alternative, renewable energy… show more Haiyan Wang, Tiancheng He & Liangti Qu Article 09 May 2022 | Open Access An Archimedes' screw for light An Archimedes’ screw pumps energy into a fluid by lifting it to a higher ground. An optical screw uses helical… show more Emanuele Galiffi, Paloma A. Huidobro & J. B. Pendry Article 09 May 2022 | Open Access Colossal barocaloric effects with ultralow hysteresis in two-dimensional metal–halide perovskites Barocaloric materials, undergoing thermal changes in response to applied pressure, may provide energy efficient… show more Jinyoung Seo, Ryan D. McGillicuddy & Jarad A. Mason Article 09 May 2022 | Open Access Outpacing conventional nicotinamide hydrogenation catalysis by a strongly communicating heterodinuclear photocatalyst Although multinuclear, supramolecular photocatalysts show promise in their ability to separate the processes… show more Linda Zedler, Pascal Wintergerst & Sven Rau Article 09 May 2022 | Open Access Direct and real-time observation of hole transport dynamics in anatase TiO2 using X-ray free-electron laser Direct and real-time observation of the excess holes in an element-specific and energylevel-specific manner is a… show more Sang Han Park, Abhishek Katoch & Soonnam Kwon Article 09 May 2022 | Open Access Synthesis and characterization of tetraphenylammonium salts Tetraphenylammonium (Ph4N+) salts remain synthetically inaccessible despite their simple chemical structure.… show more Hikaru Fujita, Ozora Sasamoto & Munetaka Kunishima Article 06 May 2022 | Open Access Dynamic magnetic field alignment and polarized emission of semiconductor nanoplatelets in a liquid crystal polymer Liquid crystals (LC) are promising materials for the fabrication of reconfigurable arrays of 2D nanomaterials but… show more Dahin Kim, Dennis Ndaya & Chinedum O. Osuji Article 06 May 2022 | Open Access Transmon platform for quantum computing challenged by chaotic fluctuations Superconducting quantum processors need to balance intentional disorder (to protect qubits) and nonlinear… show more Christoph Berke, Evangelos Varvelis & David P. DiVincenzo Article 06 May 2022 | Open Access Universal non-Hermitian skin effect in two and higher dimensions The non-Hermitian skin effect has been discovered in a one dimensional open chain. Here, the authors establish… show more Kai Zhang, Zhesen Yang & Chen Fang Article 06 May 2022 | Open Access Catalytic asymmetric Tsuji–Trost α−benzylation reaction of N-unprotected amino acids and benzyl alcohol derivatives The catalytic asymmetric benzylations of prochiral nucleophiles are very limited. Here, the authors disclose an… show more Jian-Hua Liu, Wei Wen & Qi-Xiang Guo Article 06 May 2022 | Open Access Mobility enhancement in heavily doped semiconductors via electron cloaking Doping is central to solid-state devices and generally believed to hinder electron transport. Here, the authors… show more Jiawei Zhou, Hangtian Zhu & Gang Chen Article 06 May 2022 | Open Access Dandelion pappus morphing is actuated by radially patterned material swelling The dandelion pappus opens and closes reversibly to tune seed dispersal according to environmental moisture… show more Madeleine Seale, Annamaria Kiss & Naomi Nakayama Article 06 May 2022 | Open Access Fluorinated ether electrolyte with controlled solvation structure for high voltage lithium metal batteries The development of lithium-metal batteries is limited by the low thermodynamic and/or low voltage stability of… show more Yan Zhao, Tianhong Zhou & Ali Coskun Article 06 May 2022 | Open Access An instantly fixable and self-adaptive scaffold for skull regeneration by autologous stem cell recruitment and angiogenesis Limited stem cells and mismatched interface fusion have plagued biomaterial-mediated cranial reconstruction.… show more Gonggong Lu, Yang Xu & Xingdong Zhang Article 06 May 2022 | Open Access Beating Carnot efficiency with periodically driven chiral conductors The power generated by an ideal thermal machine cannot exceed the Carnot limit in classical physics. Here, Ryu et… show more Sungguen Ryu, Rosa López & David Sánchez Article 06 May 2022 | Open Access Protective effect of platinum nano-antioxidant and nitric oxide against hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury Pharmacological interventions against hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury remain limited. Here, the authors… show more Jing Mu, Chunxiao Li & Xiaoyuan Chen Article 06 May 2022 | Open Access Fibronectin binding protein B binds to loricrin and promotes corneocyte adhesion by Staphylococcus aureus The first step during skin colonization by is its adhesion to corneocytes. Da Costa et al. show that the cell… show more Thaina M. da Costa, Albertus Viljoen & Joan A. Geoghegan Article 06 May 2022 | Open Access Transmembrane stem cell factor protein therapeutics enhance revascularization in ischemia without mast cell activation Stem cell factor (SCF) is a cytokine with great potential for treating ischemia, stroke and heart attack, but… show more Eri Takematsu, Miles Massidda & Aaron B. Baker Article 05 May 2022 | Open Access Selectively anchoring single atoms on specific sites of supports for improved oxygen evolution While single-atom catalysts offer well-defined structures, the homogeneity of the active sites is determined by… show more Zhirong Zhang, Chen Feng & Jie Zeng Article 05 May 2022 | Open Access Fermi surface chirality induced in a TaSe2 monosheet formed by a Ta/Bi2Se3 interface reaction Current limitations of spintronics devices based on bulk topological materials stimulate the search for new… show more Andrey Polyakov, Katayoon Mohseni & Stuart S. P. Parkin Article 05 May 2022 | Open Access Regio- and enantioselective remote hydroarylation using a ligand-relay strategy Migratory alkene isomerizations and cross-coupling reactions are both possible under nickel catalysis, but… show more Yuli He, Jiawei Ma & Shaolin Zhu Article 05 May 2022 | Open Access Synergistic Pd/Cu-catalyzed enantioselective Csp2–F bond alkylation of fluoro-1,3-dienes with aldimine esters Due to high bond dissociation energies of C(sp2)–F bonds, using fluorinated compounds in C(sp2)–C(sp3)… show more Huimin Yu, Qinglong Zhang & Weiwei Zi Article 05 May 2022 | Open Access Microwave assisted antibacterial action of Garcinia nanoparticles on Gram-negative bacteria Gram-negative bacteria are more resistant to antibacterial agents due to the outer membrane. Here, the authors… show more Yuqian Qiao, Yingde Xu & Shuilin Wu Article 05 May 2022 | Open Access Nano-crumples induced Sn-Bi bimetallic interface pattern with moderate electron bank for highly efficient CO2 electroreduction It is of high interests to design catalysts for CO2 electroreduction with enhanced selectivity and activity.… show more Bohua Ren, Guobin Wen & Zhongwei Chen Article 05 May 2022 | Open Access Atomistic mechanism of phase transformation between topologically close-packed complex intermetallics It is challenging to study how topologically close-packed phases (TCPs) transform between one phase to another.… show more Huixin Jin, Jianxin Zhang & Xiaodong Han Article 05 May 2022 | Open Access Observing polarization patterns in the collective motion of nanomechanical arrays Coupled nanomechanical resonator arrays serve as model systems to study collective dynamical phenomena. Doster et… show more Juliane Doster, Tirth Shah & Eva M. Weig Article 05 May 2022 | Open Access Triplet-driven chemical reactivity of β-carotene and its biological implications The endoperoxides of β-carotene play a key role in signaling of photooxidative stress in plant cells and are… show more Mateusz Zbyradowski, Mariusz Duda & Leszek Fiedor Article 05 May 2022 | Open Access Freezing and thawing magnetic droplet solitons Magnetic droplets are a type of non-topological magnetic soliton, which are stabilised and sustained by… show more Martina Ahlberg, Sunjae Chung & Johan Åkerman Article 05 May 2022 | Open Access Synchronization in electric power networks with inherent heterogeneity up to 100% inverter-based renewable generation Modern power grids undergo a transition due to the integration of renewable energy generation technologies that… show more Amirhossein Sajadi, Rick Wallace Kenyon & Bri-Mathias Hodge Article 04 May 2022 | Open Access Superconducting spintronic tunnel diode Diodes are characterized by mono-directional flow of current, yet this simplicity belies their critical… show more E. 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Giazotto Article 04 May 2022 | Open Access E(3)-equivariant graph neural networks for data-efficient and accurate interatomic potentials An E(3)-equivariant deep learning interatomic potential is introduced for accelerating molecular dynamics… show more Simon Batzner, Albert Musaelian & Boris Kozinsky Article 04 May 2022 | Open Access Understanding the rheology of nanocontacts The rigidity of solid nanocontacts formed when metals touch is apparently lost liquidlike under large mechanical… show more Ali Khosravi, Antoine Lainé & Erio Tosatti Article 04 May 2022 | Open Access Doubly stereoconvergent construction of vicinal all-carbon quaternary and tertiary stereocenters by Cu/Mg-catalyzed propargylic substitution The construction of vicinal, congested stereocenters with high selectivities is of general utility in chemistry.… show more Xiang Pu, Qiu-Di Dang & Dawen Niu Article 04 May 2022 | Open Access Decarboxylative tandem C-N coupling with nitroarenes via SH2 mechanism Aromatic tertiary amines are versatile building blocks in organic synthesis. In this article, the authors report… show more Shuaishuai Wang, Tingrui Li & Jin Xie Article 04 May 2022 | Open Access Bilayer-folded lamellar mesophase induced by random polymer sequence Randomness is perceived in two different extremes, in macroscopic homogeneity and local heterogeneity, but… show more Minjoong Shin, Hayeon Kim & Myungeun Seo Article 04 May 2022 | Open Access Catalytically efficient Ni-NiOx-Y2O3 interface for medium temperature water-gas shift reaction Developing effective and stable catalytic interfaces in the medium temperature region is a practical route to… show more Kai Xu, Chao Ma & Chun-Jiang Jia Article 04 May 2022 | Open Access Modulating Pt-O-Pt atomic clusters with isolated cobalt atoms for enhanced hydrogen evolution catalysis Modulating single-metal sites at the atomic level can boost the intrinsic catalytic activity. Here, the authors… show more Yufei Zhao, Priyank V. Kumar & Xunyu Lu Article 04 May 2022 | Open Access Well-defined nanostructuring with designable anodic aluminum oxide template Well-defined nanostructuring is a feasible concept to achieve nanostructured arrays with unique properties. Here… show more Rui Xu, Zhiqiang Zeng & Yong Lei Article 04 May 2022 | Open Access Recyclable cooperative catalyst for accelerated hydroaminomethylation of hindered amines in a continuous segmented flow reactor Flow chemistry enables intensified production of hindered amines. Here the authors present a rapid and reusable… show more Malek Y. S. Ibrahim & Milad Abolhasani Article 04 May 2022 | Open Access Simultaneously achieving giant piezoelectricity and record coercive field enhancement in relaxor-based ferroelectric crystals High-drive electromechanical applications require ferroelectrics accounting for a large coercive field and high… show more Liya Yang, Houbing Huang & Gang Liu Article 04 May 2022 | Open Access Origin of high thermal conductivity in disentangled ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene films: ballistic phonons within enlarged crystals Oriented polymers may exhibit high thermal conductivity, but the upper limits remain unclear. Here, the authors… show more Taeyong Kim, Stavros X. Drakopoulos & Austin J. Minnich Article 03 May 2022 | Open Access Rapid access to polycyclic N-heteroarenes from unactivated, simple azines via a base-promoted Minisci-type annulation The functionalisation of unactivated azines has been restricted because of their intrinsic low reactivity. Here… show more Jae Bin Lee, Gun Ha Kim & Sung You Hong Article 03 May 2022 | Open Access Dihydroquinazolinones as adaptative C(sp3) handles in arylations and alkylations via dual catalytic C–C bond-functionalization Although derived from feedstock chemicals and therefore in principle abundant, ketones are not widely used as… show more Xin-Yang Lv, Roman Abrams & Ruben Martin Article 03 May 2022 | Open Access Ambient-pressure hydrogenation of CO2 into long-chain olefins The conversion of CO2 by renewable power-generated hydrogen is a promising approach to a sustainable production… show more Zhongling Li, Wenlong Wu & Jie Zeng Article 03 May 2022 | Open Access Inverse design enables large-scale high-performance meta-optics reshaping virtual reality The authors present a general inverse-design framework for large-area 3D meta-optics that show engineered… show more Zhaoyi Li, Raphaël Pestourie & Federico Capasso Article 03 May 2022 | Open Access Design of a two-dimensional interplanar heterojunction for catalytic cancer therapy Chemodynamic therapy relies on Fenton or Fenton-like reactions to produce hydroxyl radical in the tumor region.… show more Yong Kang, Zhuo Mao & Xiaoyuan Ji