Article 23 June 2022 | Open Access Anderson transition in stoichiometric Fe2VAl: high thermoelectric performance from impurity bands The mathematical conditions for the best thermoelectric is well known but never realised in real materials. Here,… show more Fabian Garmroudi, Michael Parzer & Ernst Bauer Article 23 June 2022 | Open Access Identification of a quasi-liquid phase at solid–liquid interface Solid–liquid interfaces are ubiquitous in natural and technological processes, but their imaging at the atomic… show more Xinxing Peng, Fu-Chun Zhu & Haimei Zheng Article 23 June 2022 | Open Access Single molecule demonstration of Debye–Stokes–Einstein breakdown in polystyrene near the glass transition temperature Experiments with high-molecular-weight polystyrene provide insights into the mechanisms behind… show more Nicole L. Mandel, Soohyun Lee & Laura J. Kaufman Article 23 June 2022 | Open Access Peripherally restricted transthyretin-based delivery system for probes and therapeutics avoiding opioid-related side effects The current peripherally acting mu-opioid receptor antagonists present limited permeability and pharmacokinetic… show more Md Tariqul Haque Tuhin, Dengpan Liang & Mamoun M. Alhamadsheh Article 23 June 2022 | Open Access High stress twinning in a compositionally complex steel of very high stacking fault energy Mechanical twinning is difficult to trigger in face centered cubic alloys with high stacking fault energies… show more Zhangwei Wang, Wenjun Lu & Zhiming Li Article 23 June 2022 | Open Access Breaking the nanoparticle’s dispersible limit via rotatable surface ligands Nanoparticles that can disperse in a broad range of solvents are desirable. Here, the authors report… show more Yue Liu, Na Peng & Shikuan Yang Article 23 June 2022 | Open Access All-in-one, bio-inspired, and low-power crypto engines for near-sensor security based on two-dimensional memtransistors Internet of things (IoT) sensors can collect, store and communicate large volumes of information, which require… show more Akhil Dodda, Nicholas Trainor & Saptarshi Das Article 23 June 2022 | Open Access In situ 3D bioprinting with bioconcrete bioink Bioinks used in current in-situ bioprinting have limitations when applied to complex operational environments.… show more Mingjun Xie, Yang Shi & Yong He Article 22 June 2022 | Open Access Geometry-independent antenna based on Epsilon-near-zero medium This paper proposes an unconventional type of antennas that are composed by epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) media. The… show more Hao Li, Ziheng Zhou & Nader Engheta Article 22 June 2022 | Open Access Dielectric magnetochiral anisotropy The interplay between chirality and magnetism has been attracting much. Here, the authors show that the movement… show more Geert L. J. A. Rikken & Narcis Avarvari Article 22 June 2022 | Open Access Pixel super-resolution with spatially entangled photons Pixelation is common in quantum imaging systems and limit the image spatial resolution. Here, the authors… show more Hugo Defienne, Patrick Cameron & Daniele Faccio Article 22 June 2022 | Open Access Nano- to macro-scale control of 3D printed materials via polymerization induced microphase separation 3D printing allows the macroscopic structure of objects to be easily controlled but controlling the nanostructure… show more Valentin A. Bobrin, Yin Yao & Cyrille Boyer Article 22 June 2022 | Open Access Near-ideal electromechanical coupling in textured piezoelectric ceramics “k” is the electromechanical coupling factor, and determines the efficiency of conversion between electrical and… show more Yongke Yan, Liwei D. Geng & Shashank Priya Article 22 June 2022 | Open Access Trapping and detecting nanoplastics by MXene-derived oxide microrobots Nanoplastic water pollution represents an increasing concern. Here, photogravitactic MXene-derived microrobots… show more Mario Urso, Martina Ussia & Martin Pumera Article 22 June 2022 | Open Access Cooperative chalcogen bonding interactions in confined sites activate aziridines The activation of aziridines is typically achieved via reaction with strong Lewis acids or transition metals.… show more Haofu Zhu, Pan-Pan Zhou & Yao Wang Article 21 June 2022 | Open Access A bioinspired sequential energy transfer system constructed via supramolecular copolymerization Sequential energy transfer is ubiquitous in natural light harvesting systems, but most artificial mimics have… show more Yifei Han, Xiaolong Zhang & Feng Wang Article 21 June 2022 | Open Access Decoupling the electronic and geometric effects of Pt catalysts in selective hydrogenation reaction Decoupling the electronic and geometric effects has been a long cherished goal for heterogeneous catalysis due to… show more Zhe Wang, Chunpeng Wang & Yong Wang Article 21 June 2022 | Open Access Strong, tough, ionic conductive, and freezing-tolerant all-natural hydrogel enabled by cellulose-bentonite coordination interactions Cellulose based ion conductive hydrogels are emerging materials for application in flexible electronics but… show more Siheng Wang, Le Yu & Chaoji Chen Article 21 June 2022 | Open Access An unexpected dual-emissive luminogen with tunable aggregation-induced emission and enhanced chiroptical property Organic materials with both aggregation induced emission (AIE) and aggregation-caused quenching (ACQ) effects… show more Xinyu Zhang, Huiqing Liu & Pingwu Du Article 21 June 2022 | Open Access Stability of high-temperature salty ice suggests electrolyte permeability in water-rich exoplanet icy mantles Hot cubic ice is shown to retain dissolved salt in its lattice, suggesting the mantle of water-rich exoplanets is… show more Jean-Alexis Hernandez, Razvan Caracas & Stéphane Labrosse Article 21 June 2022 | Open Access A forward Brillouin fibre laser Highly-coherent and narrow linewidth fibre lasers are determinant in several sensing techniques. Here the authors… show more Gil Bashan, H. Hagai Diamandi & Avi Zadok Article 21 June 2022 | Open Access A trefoil knot self-templated through imination in water The self-assembly of molecular knots in water is challenging. Here, authors report the self-assembly of a trefoil… show more Ye Lei, Zhaoyong Li & Hao Li Article 21 June 2022 | Open Access Meeting sustainable development goals via robotics and autonomous systems A horizon scan was used to explore possible impacts of robotics and automated systems on achieving the UN… show more Solène Guenat, Phil Purnell & Martin Dallimer Article 21 June 2022 | Open Access Cyclic microchip assay for measurement of hundreds of functional proteins in single neurons Current single-cell tools are limited by the number of proteins they can analyse. Here the authors report a… show more Liwei Yang, Avery Ball & Jun Wang Article 20 June 2022 | Open Access Current-induced self-switching of perpendicular magnetization in CoPt single layer One challenge for spin-based electronics is the controlled and reliable switching of magnetization without… show more Liang Liu, Chenghang Zhou & Jingsheng Chen Article 20 June 2022 | Open Access Bicyclic-ring base doping induces n-type conduction in carbon nanotubes with outstanding thermal stability in air The preparation of stable n-type carbon nanotubes is desirable for their potential applications in molecular… show more Shohei Horike, Qingshuo Wei & Kenji Ishida Article 20 June 2022 | Open Access Low-noise frequency-agile photonic integrated lasers for coherent ranging Stable and tunable integrated lasers are fundamental building blocks for applications from spectroscopy to… show more Grigory Lihachev, Johann Riemensberger & Tobias J. Kippenberg Article 20 June 2022 | Open Access Catalyst-free synthesis of sub-5 nm silicon nanowire arrays with massive lattice contraction and wide bandgap The preparation of quantum silicon nanowires, materials with potential application in high-performance… show more Sen Gao, Sanghyun Hong & Yung Joon Jung Article 20 June 2022 | Open Access Near-zero-index ultra-fast pulse characterization Frequency resolved optical gating is the core method for characterising ultra-fast optical pulses. Here, the… show more Wallace Jaffray, Federico Belli & Marcello Ferrera Article 20 June 2022 | Open Access Enantioselective Cu-catalyzed double hydroboration of alkynes to access chiral gem-diborylalkanes Optically enriched 1,1-diboron compounds are significantly underdeveloped because of the paucity of the… show more Shengnan Jin, Jinxia Li & Qiuling Song Article 20 June 2022 | Open Access Augmented ultrasonography with implanted CMOS electronic motes Ultrasound has had tremendous success in medical imaging. Here, Zhang et al demonstrate a batteryless implantable… show more Yihan Zhang, Prashant Muthuraman & Kenneth L. Shepard Article 20 June 2022 | Open Access Broadband high-Q multimode silicon concentric racetrack resonators for widely tunable Raman lasers The authors demonstrate a new approach for multimode resonators to maintain high-quality-factor resonances across… show more Yaojing Zhang, Keyi Zhong & Hon Ki Tsang Article 18 June 2022 | Open Access A practical fluorosulfonylating platform via photocatalytic imidazolium-based SO2F radical reagent Sulfonyl fluorides have potential application in chemical biology, materials science, and drug discovery, but… show more Weigang Zhang, Heyin Li & Yi Wang