Article 12 May 2022 | Open Access Chiral self-assembly of cellulose nanocrystals is driven by crystallite bundles Chirality transfer across length-scales is an intriguing phenomenon but connecting the properties of individual… show more Thomas G. Parton, Richard M. Parker & Silvia Vignolini Article 12 May 2022 | Open Access Plasma-induced surface cooling When a plasma interacts with a surface, different thermal effects may arise. Here, the authors explore plasma… show more John A. Tomko, Michael J. Johnson & Patrick E. Hopkins Article 12 May 2022 | Open Access Medial packing and elastic asymmetry stabilize the double-gyroid in block copolymers Double-gyroid networks assemble in diverse soft materials, yet the molecular packing that underlies their complex… show more Abhiram Reddy, Michael S. Dimitriyev & Gregory M. Grason Article 12 May 2022 | Open Access Clustering and halogen effects enabled red/near-infrared room temperature phosphorescence from aliphatic cyclic imides Pure organic room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) materials become increasingly important but achieving red and… show more Tianwen Zhu, Tianjia Yang & Wang Zhang Yuan Article 12 May 2022 | Open Access Understanding the complementarities of surface-enhanced infrared and Raman spectroscopies in CO adsorption and electrochemical reduction Infrared and Raman spectroscopies are often assumed to provide similar insights into heterogeneous reaction… show more Xiaoxia Chang, Sudarshan Vijay & Bingjun Xu Article 12 May 2022 | Open Access Rapid meniscus-guided printing of stable semi-solid-state liquid metal microgranular-particle for soft electronics In this article, meniscus-guided printing of polyelectrolyte-attached liquid metal particles to simultaneously… show more Gun-Hee Lee, Ye Rim Lee & Steve Park Article 12 May 2022 | Open Access Constructing chemical stable 4-carboxyl-quinoline linked covalent organic frameworks via Doebner reaction for nanofiltration Covalent linkages are the key component of covalent organic frameworks (COFs) and the development of stable and… show more Yongliang Yang, Ling Yu & Yaqi Cai Article 12 May 2022 | Open Access Achieving large thermal hysteresis in an anthracene-based manganese(II) complex via photo-induced electron transfer Achieving magnetic bistability with large thermal hysteresis is still a challenge in material science. Here, the… show more Ji-Xiang Hu, Qi Li & Guo-Ming Wang Article 12 May 2022 | Open Access Tailored modular assembly derived self-healing polythioureas with largely tunable properties covering plastics, elastomers and fibers Intrinsic self-healing polymers attract increasing attention but often suffer from a narrow self-healing… show more Yan Mei Li, Ze Ping Zhang & Ming Qiu Zhang Article 12 May 2022 | Open Access Photo-thermo semi-hydrogenation of acetylene on Pd1/TiO2 single-atom catalyst Semi-hydrogenation of acetylene in excess ethylene is a key industrial process for ethylene purification. Here… show more Yalin Guo, Yike Huang & Tao Zhang Article 12 May 2022 | Open Access Electromagnetic wave-based extreme deep learning with nonlinear time-Floquet entanglement Wave-based analog signal processing has been challenging for complex nonlinear operations such as data… show more Ali Momeni & Romain Fleury Article 12 May 2022 | Open Access Signal transduction in light-oxygen-voltage receptors lacking the active-site glutamine Light-oxygen-voltage (LOV) photoreceptors perceive blue light to elicit spatio-temporally defined cellular… show more Julia Dietler, Renate Gelfert & Andreas Möglich Article 12 May 2022 | Open Access Monte Carlo study of the pseudogap and superconductivity emerging from quantum magnetic fluctuations The origin of pseudogap in high-Tc superconductors remains a big puzzle. Here, the authors report numerical… show more Weilun Jiang, Yuzhi Liu & Zi Yang Meng Article 12 May 2022 | Open Access Dual-resolving of positional and geometric isomers of C=C bonds via bifunctional photocycloaddition-photoisomerization reaction system The simultaneous identification of position and configuration of double bonds in unsaturated lipids is… show more Guifang Feng, Ming Gao & Suming Chen Article 12 May 2022 | Open Access Next-generation biomonitoring of the early-life chemical exposome in neonatal and infant development Exposure to synthetic and natural toxicants is a major risk factor in the etiology of disease. Here, authors… show more Thomas Jamnik, Mira Flasch & Benedikt Warth Article 12 May 2022 | Open Access Direct synthesis of highly stretchable ceramic nanofibrous aerogels via 3D reaction electrospinning Ceramic aerogels are generally brittle and often tend to structurally collapse under large external tensile… show more Xiaota Cheng, Yi-Tao Liu & Bin Ding Article 12 May 2022 | Open Access Construction of boron-stereogenic compounds via enantioselective Cu-catalyzed desymmetric B–H bond insertion reaction Enantioselective catalytic methods for the construction of boron-stereogenic compounds are elusive. In this… show more Guan Zhang, Zhihan Zhang & Qiuling Song Article 12 May 2022 | Open Access Precisely translating computed tomography diagnosis accuracy into therapeutic intervention by a carbon-iodine conjugated polymer Poly(diiododiacetylene)—PIDA—contains iodine atoms, which are commonly found in computed tomography contrast… show more Mingming Yin, Xiaoming Liu & Liang Luo Article 11 May 2022 | Open Access Dual-comb thin-disk oscillator Achieving high output powers in dual-comb sources is important for possible applications like deep UV high… show more Kilian Fritsch, Tobias Hofer & Oleg Pronin Article 11 May 2022 | Open Access Neural sampling machine with stochastic synapse allows brain-like learning and inference Neural sampling machines make use of noise to perform learning. Here, Dutta et al. present a hybrid stochastic… show more Sourav Dutta, Georgios Detorakis & Suman Datta Article 11 May 2022 | Open Access On-chip nanophotonic topological rainbow Here the authors provide the experimental observation of a topological rainbow in a silicon-based nanophotonic… show more Cuicui Lu, Yi-Zhi Sun & C. T. Chan Article 11 May 2022 | Open Access Diamond mirrors for high-power continuous-wave lasers Mirrors that demonstrate 98% reflectivity and withstand 10 kilowatts of focused continuous-wave laser light are… show more Haig A. Atikian, Neil Sinclair & Marko Lončar Article 11 May 2022 | Open Access Copper-catalysed asymmetric reductive cross-coupling of prochiral alkenes Asymmetric construction of alkyl C–C bonds with good stereocontrol of the two connecting carbons, particularly… show more Wan Seok Yoon, Won Jun Jang & Jaesook Yun Article 11 May 2022 | Open Access Efficient preparation of unsymmetrical disulfides by nickel-catalyzed reductive coupling strategy The preparation of disulfides mainly relies on oxidative couplings of two sulfur-containing compounds, a strategy… show more Fei Wang, Ying Chen & Shun-Yi Wang Article 11 May 2022 | Open Access Observation of spin-current striction in a magnet Manipulation of sample volume by spin current could lead to spintronics-based mechanical devices, such as… show more Hiroki Arisawa, Hang Shim & Eiji Saitoh Article 11 May 2022 | Open Access Subnanometric Cu clusters on atomically Fe-doped MoO2 for furfural upgrading to aviation biofuels Single cluster catalysts are considered as versatile boosters in heterogeneous catalysis. Here the authors report… show more Xin Zhao, Fengliang Wang & Yingwei Li Article 11 May 2022 | Open Access Water coordinated on Cu(I)-based catalysts is the oxygen source in CO2 reduction to CO Understanding the underlying mechanisms for catalytic reduction of CO2 over Cu based catalysts remains… show more Yajun Zheng, Hedan Yao & Zhiping Zhang Article 11 May 2022 | Open Access Asymmetric electron acceptor enables highly luminescent organic solar cells with certified efficiency over 18% High-performance organic solar cells call for novel designs of acceptor molecules. Here, He et al. design and… show more Chengliang He, Zeng Chen & Hongzheng Chen Article 11 May 2022 | Open Access Atomic overlayer of permeable microporous cuprous oxide on palladium promotes hydrogenation catalysis It remains a challenge to fabricate metal catalysts with interfacial active sites distributed on the whole… show more Kunlong Liu, Lizhi Jiang & Nanfeng Zheng Article 11 May 2022 | Open Access Thioesters provide a plausible prebiotic path to proto-peptides One of the early processes enabling the origins of life is thought to be the condensation of building blocks into… show more Moran Frenkel-Pinter, Marcos Bouza & Aikomari Guzman-Martinez Article 11 May 2022 | Open Access Discovery and characterization of a terpene biosynthetic pathway featuring a norbornene-forming Diels-Alderase Pericyclase enzymes are an expanding family of enzymes. Here, the authors identify the norbornene synthase SdnG,… show more Zuodong Sun, Cooper S. Jamieson & Yi Tang Article 11 May 2022 | Open Access Activity-induced polar patterns of filaments gliding on a sphere Active matter exhibits a range of collective behaviors offering insights into how complex patterns can emerge at… show more Chiao-Peng Hsu, Alfredo Sciortino & Andreas R. Bausch Article 11 May 2022 | Open Access Ultra-narrow room-temperature emission from single CsPbBr3 perovskite quantum dots Narrow emission is desired for light-emitting devices. Here, Kovalenko et al. demonstrate that the emission… show more Gabriele Rainò, Nuri Yazdani & Maksym V. Kovalenko Article 11 May 2022 | Open Access High-resolution crystal structure of a 20 kDa superfluorinated gold nanocluster The synthesis of atomically precise gold nanoclusters is highly desired for fundamental studies and applications.… show more Claudia Pigliacelli, Angela Acocella & Giancarlo Terraneo Article 11 May 2022 | Open Access Metabolite trafficking enables membrane-impermeable-terpene secretion by yeast The engineering of metabolite secretion from microorganisms can lead to many applications in synthetic biology.… show more So-Hee Son, Jae-Eung Kim & Ju Young Lee Article 10 May 2022 | Open Access Investigating the presence of adsorbed species on Pt steps at low potentials The adsorption of OH species is of paramount importance in many electrochemical reactions of interest and, so… show more Rubén Rizo, Julia Fernández-Vidal & Juan M. Feliu Article 10 May 2022 | Open Access Deterministic control of ferroelectric polarization by ultrafast laser pulses Controlling the electric polarization in ferroelectric materials at room temperature is an important aspect in… show more Peng Chen, Charles Paillard & Laurent Bellaiche Article 10 May 2022 | Open Access Twisted oxide lateral homostructures with conjunction tunability It is challenging to construct lateral homostructures with controllable geometry and repeated alternating… show more Ping-Chun Wu, Chia-Chun Wei & Jan-Chi Yang Article 10 May 2022 | Open Access Magnetic Bloch oscillations and domain wall dynamics in a near-Ising ferromagnetic chain An electron subject to a periodic potential and a constant electric field exhibit oscillatory dynamics, known as… show more Ursula B. Hansen, Olav F. Syljuåsen & Kim Lefmann Article 10 May 2022 | Open Access Marginal speed confinement resolves the conflict between correlation and control in collective behaviour Bird flocks are known to adjust the orientation and speed of individual birds giving rise to correlations that… show more Andrea Cavagna, Antonio Culla & Pablo Villegas Article 10 May 2022 | Open Access Reversible morphology-resolved chemotactic actuation and motion of Janus emulsion droplets Artificial microswimmers can emulate the autonomous regulation of chemotactic motility of living organisms. Frank… show more Bradley D. Frank, Saveh Djalali & Lukas Zeininger Article 10 May 2022 | Open Access Ultrahigh strength and shear-assisted separation of sliding nanocontacts studied in situ To understand and predict friction, it is crucial to observe sliding at the nanoscale to uncover the mechanisms… show more Takaaki Sato, Zachary B. Milne & Hiroyuki Fujita Article 10 May 2022 | Open Access Photovoltage memory effect in a portable Faradaic junction solar rechargeable device A Faradaic junction solar rechargeable device is one of the promising technologies to address the problem of… show more Pin Wang, Mengfan Xue & Zhigang Zou Article 10 May 2022 | Open Access Multivalent 9-O-Acetylated-sialic acid glycoclusters as potent inhibitors for SARS-CoV-2 infection Cell surface attachment factors, such as glycans, play an important role in viral infection. Here, Petitjean et… show more Simon J. L. Petitjean, Wenzhang Chen & David Alsteens Article 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. 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