Matters Arising 27 May 2022 | Open Access Is configurational entropy the main stabilizing term in rock-salt Mg0.2Co0.2Ni0.2Cu0.2Zn0.2O high entropy oxide? Martina Fracchia, Mauro Coduri & Umberto Anselmi Tamburini Article 27 May 2022 | Open Access Solution-processable microporous polymer platform for heterogenization of diverse photoredox catalysts Heterogeneous photocatalysts are easily separable and recyclable, but homogeneous ones are precisely tunable.… show more Richard Y. Liu, Sheng Guo & Timothy M. Swager Article 27 May 2022 | Open Access ZrTe2/CrTe2: an epitaxial van der Waals platform for spintronics Van der Waals heterostructures offer the potential of integrating multiple material layers into a single device… show more Yongxi Ou, Wilson Yanez & Nitin Samarth Article 27 May 2022 | Open Access Dynamic hetero-metallic bondings visualized by sequential atom imaging The dynamic assembly and disassembly of atoms and molecules is challenging to characterize in real time, with… show more Minori Inazu, Yuji Akada & Kimihisa Yamamoto Article 27 May 2022 | Open Access Geometric transformation and three-dimensional hopping of Hopf solitons Hopf solitons are three-dimensional particle-like field distortions with nontrivial topology. Tai et al. show… show more Jung-Shen B. Tai, Jin-Sheng Wu & Ivan I. Smalyukh Article 27 May 2022 | Open Access Periodic corner holes on the Si(111)-7×7 surface can trap silver atoms Positioning and trapping single atoms at specific sites of surfaces is a challenging goal that can advance the… show more Jacek R. Osiecki, Shozo Suto & Arunabhiram Chutia Article 27 May 2022 | Open Access Ag9GaSe6: high-pressure-induced Ag migration causes thermoelectric performance irreproducibility and elimination of such instability The Ag9GaSe6 is a high-efficient thermoelectric material yet suffers instability. Here, the authors demonstrate… show more Jing-Yuan Liu, Ling Chen & Li-Ming Wu Article 27 May 2022 | Open Access Pressured-induced superconducting phase with large upper critical field and concomitant enhancement of antiferromagnetic transition in EuTe2 Here, the authors report pressure-induced superconductivity with concomitant enhancement of antiferromagnetic… show more P. T. Yang, Z. Y. Liu & J.-G. Cheng Article 27 May 2022 | Open Access Fluent molecular mixing of Tau isoforms in Alzheimer’s disease neurofibrillary tangles The tau protein in Alzheimer’s disease contains two isoforms. Using solid-state NMR and seeded growth of… show more Aurelio J. Dregni, Pu Duan & Mei Hong Article 26 May 2022 | Open Access Tandem utilization of CO2 photoreduction products for the carbonylation of aryl iodides A Ni-based MOF catalyst is reported to facilitate the photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CO, a low-value product.… show more Yuan-Sheng Xia, Meizhong Tang & Ya-Qian Lan Article 26 May 2022 | Open Access Two-colour light activated covalent bond formation Dual-wavelength photochemical systems open up new avenues for novel lithographic techniques but currently only… show more Sarah L. Walden, Leona L. Rodrigues & Christopher Barner-Kowollik Article 26 May 2022 | Open Access The interplay between vapour, liquid, and solid phases in laser powder bed fusion Complexities of laser-material interactions pose a challenge to minimize defects in additively manufactured metal… show more I. Bitharas, N. Parab & A. J. Moore Article 26 May 2022 | Open Access Oscillatory rheotaxis of artificial swimmers in microchannels Biological and artificial microswimmers often navigate channels under external flow, where in many… show more Ranabir Dey, Carola M. Buness & Corinna C. Maass Article 26 May 2022 | Open Access Homogeneous solution assembled Turing structures with near zero strain semi-coherence interface Turing structures emerge in reaction-diffusion processes far from thermodynamic equilibrium involving chemicals… show more Yuanming Zhang, Ningsi Zhang & Zhigang Zou Article 26 May 2022 | Open Access Ni-catalyzed hydroarylation of alkynes with unactivated β-C(sp2)−H bonds Directed activation of C–H bonds usually occurs through 5-membered metallacycles, which poses limitations of… show more Shao-Long Qi, Yu-Peng Liu & Mengchun Ye Article 26 May 2022 | Open Access Observation of novel topological states in hyperbolic lattices Recent evidence of hyperbolic lattice calls for whether topological states can exist in such non-Euclidean… show more Weixuan Zhang, Hao Yuan & Xiangdong Zhang Article 26 May 2022 | Open Access One-step removal of alkynes and propadiene from cracking gases using a multi-functional molecular separator Separating mixtures of hydrocarbons of low molecular weight is desirable but challenging. Here, the authors… show more Qingju Wang, Jianbo Hu & Huabin Xing Article 26 May 2022 | Open Access Iron atom–cluster interactions increase activity and improve durability in Fe–N–C fuel cells It is challenging to break the activity–stability trade-off in Fe–N–C fuel cell catalysts. Here, the authors show… show more Xin Wan, Qingtao Liu & Jianglan Shui Article 26 May 2022 | Open Access Enantioselective alkylative cross-coupling of unactivated aromatic C–O electrophiles Transition-metal catalyzed alkylative cross-couplings are established, powerful tools for the installation of… show more Zishuo Zhang, Jintong Zhang & Zhi-Chao Cao Article 26 May 2022 | Open Access Unraveling the structure and role of Mn and Ce for NOx reduction in application-relevant catalysts The role of Ce one Mn-based catalysts for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx at low temperature is an… show more Lieven E. Gevers, Linga R. Enakonda & Javier Ruiz-Martínez Article 26 May 2022 | Open Access Tailoring the superradiant and subradiant nature of two coherently coupled quantum emitters Coherent control of quantum states of a system is important for quantum applications. Here the authors… show more J.-B. Trebbia, Q. Deplano & B. Lounis Article 26 May 2022 | Open Access Direct observations of anomalous resistivity and diffusion in collisionless plasma It is suggested that waves can provide both diffusion and resistivity that can potentially support the… show more D. B. Graham, Yu. V. Khotyaintsev & K. Dokgo Article 25 May 2022 | Open Access Topological control of liquid-metal-dealloyed structures Liquid metal dealloying is a method to fabricate bicontinuous composite structures with ultra-high interfacial… show more Longhai Lai, Bernard Gaskey & Alain Karma Article 25 May 2022 | Open Access Assessing the stability of Pd-exchanged sites in zeolites with the aid of a high throughput quantum chemistry workflow The identification of active sites in cation exchanged-zeolites is computationally highly demanding. Here the… show more Hassan A. Aljama, Martin Head-Gordon & Alexis T. Bell Article 25 May 2022 | Open Access Rhodium-catalyzed selective direct arylation of phosphines with aryl bromides The widespread use of biaryl monophosphines is frequently hampered by the challenges associated with their… show more Dingyi Wang, Mingjie Li & Zhuangzhi Shi Article 25 May 2022 | Open Access Seeing structural evolution of organic molecular nano-crystallites using 4D scanning confocal electron diffraction (4D-SCED) Studying organic molecular nanocrystals with electron microscopy has been challenging due to complex structures… show more Mingjian Wu, Christina Harreiß & Erdmann Spiecker Article 25 May 2022 | Open Access Coordination environment tuning of nickel sites by oxyanions to optimize methanol electro-oxidation activity Coordination environments around metal sites are important in electrocatalysis. Here, Ni metalloid oxidation… show more Shanlin Li, Ruguang Ma & Jiacheng Wang Article 25 May 2022 | Open Access Exact simulation of pigment-protein complexes unveils vibronic renormalization of electronic parameters in ultrafast spectroscopy Multimode vibronic mixing in model photosynthetic systems revealed by numerically exact simulations is shown to… show more F. Caycedo-Soler, A. Mattioni & M. B. Plenio Article 25 May 2022 | Open Access Synergy of Pd atoms and oxygen vacancies on In2O3 for methane conversion under visible light CH4 oxidation to high value chemicals under mild conditions through photocatalysis confronts critical issues… show more Lei Luo, Lei Fu & Junwang Tang Article 25 May 2022 | Open Access Modulating inherent lewis acidity at the intergrowth interface of mortise-tenon zeolite catalyst The acid sites are important local structures to determine catalytic performances of zeolites. Here, the authors… show more Huiqiu Wang, Boyuan Shen & Weizhong Qian Article 25 May 2022 | Open Access Analogue cosmological particle creation in an ultracold quantum fluid of light Under certain conditions light can act as a fluid like a Bose-Einstein condensate. Here the authors discuss an… show more Jeff Steinhauer, Murad Abuzarli & Quentin Glorieux Article 25 May 2022 | Open Access Chirality locking charge density waves in a chiral crystal The interplay between electron correlation and topological properties remains less understood. Here, the authors… show more Geng Li, Haitao Yang & Hong-Jun Gao Article 25 May 2022 | Open Access Risk caused by the propagation of earthquake losses through the economy The integration of risk analysis and spatial CGE modeling frameworks allowed for measuring the direct and… show more J. A. León, M. Ordaz & I. F. Araújo Article 25 May 2022 | Open Access Dynamic stiffening of the flagellar hook Bacterial motility relies on the mechanics of the “hook” the 60 nm biopolymer at the base of rotating flagella.… show more Ashley L. Nord, Anaïs Biquet-Bisquert & Francesco Pedaci Article 24 May 2022 | Open Access Phase-transition tailored nanoporous zinc metal electrodes for rechargeable alkaline zinc-nickel oxide hydroxide and zinc-air batteries Secondary alkaline Zn-based batteries are limited in terms of cycle life. Here, the authors report a nanoporous… show more Liangyu Li, Yung Chak Anson Tsang & Qing Chen Article 24 May 2022 | Open Access Ring walking as a regioselectivity control element in Pd-catalyzed C-N cross-coupling The phenomenon of „ring-walking‟, wherein a metal catalyst remains bound to a pi system as it migrates to another… show more Madeleine C. Deem, Joshua S. Derasp & Jason E. Hein Article 24 May 2022 | Open Access Electrochemical oxygen reduction to hydrogen peroxide at practical rates in strong acidic media Electrochemical oxygen reduction to H2O2 in acidic media suffers from low selectivity, especially at high current… show more Xiao Zhang, Xunhua Zhao & Haotian Wang Article 24 May 2022 | Open Access Efficient and simultaneous capture of iodine and methyl iodide achieved by a covalent organic framework Radioactive molecular iodine (I2) and methyl iodide (CH3I) coexist in the off-gas stream of nuclear power plants… show more Yaqiang Xie, Tingting Pan & Yu Han Article 24 May 2022 | Open Access Hollow mesoporous atomically dispersed metal-nitrogen-carbon catalysts with enhanced diffusion for catalysis involving larger molecules Single atom catalysts (SACs) suffer from the diffusion issues during catalytic process involving large molecules.… show more Xu Han, Tianyu Zhang & Junfeng Liu Article 24 May 2022 | Open Access On-chip integrated process-programmable sub-10 nm thick molecular devices switching between photomultiplication and memristive behaviour Developing molecular electronics is challenged by integrating fragile organic molecules into modern… show more Tianming Li, Martin Hantusch & Oliver G. Schmidt Article 24 May 2022 | Open Access Ultra-dense dislocations stabilized in high entropy oxide ceramics Dislocation engineering is important for designing structural materials. Here the authors demonstrate that a… show more Yi Han, Xiangyang Liu & Chunlei Wan Article 24 May 2022 | Open Access Proton stopping measurements at low velocity in warm dense carbon Charged particle interaction and energy dissipation in plasma is fundamentally interesting. Here the authors… show more S. Malko, W. Cayzac & L. Volpe Article 24 May 2022 | Open Access Vinyl copolymers with faster hydrolytic degradation than aliphatic polyesters and tunable upper critical solution temperatures The non-degradability of vinyl polymers has long limited their use in biomedical applications. In this article,… show more Amaury Bossion, Chen Zhu & Julien Nicolas Article 24 May 2022 | Open Access MXene based saturation organic vertical photoelectric transistors with low subthreshold swing The modulation of Schottky barrier, which dominates the carrier injection in vertical organic field-effect… show more Enlong Li, Changsong Gao & Tailiang Guo Article 23 May 2022 | Open Access Synthesis and macrocyclization-induced emission enhancement of benzothiadiazole-based macrocycle Organic luminescent materials attract attention due to their wide application range, but many organic luminogens… show more Shuo Li, Kun Liu & Chunju Li Article 23 May 2022 | Open Access Achieving low-power single-wavelength-pair nanoscopy with NIR-II continuous-wave laser for multi-chromatic probes The authors introduce stimulated-emission induced excitation depletion (STExD) nanoscopy using a single pair of… show more Xin Guo, Rui Pu & Qiuqiang Zhan Article 23 May 2022 | Open Access Kinetically restrained oxygen reduction to hydrogen peroxide with nearly 100% selectivity The electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reaction has been investigated in recent years for the production of H2O2… show more Jinxing Chen, Qian Ma & Shaojun Dong Matters Arising 23 May 2022 | Open Access Comments on identifying causal relationships in nonlinear dynamical systems via empirical mode decomposition Chun-Wei Chang, Stephan B. Munch & Chih-hao Hsieh Matters Arising 23 May 2022 | Open Access Reply To: Comments on identifying causal relationships in nonlinear dynamical systems via empirical mode decomposition Albert C. Yang, Chung-Kang Peng & Norden E. Huang Article 23 May 2022 | Open Access Superconductivity above 200 K discovered in superhydrides of calcium The discovery of superconductivity in hydrides at critical temperature (Tc) near room temperature receives… show more Zhiwen Li, Xin He & Changqing Jin