04 August 2022 | Open Access
 Revealing the role of liquid preordering in crystallisation of supercooled liquids
In classical nucleation theory, structural order in the liquid phase is not considered. But simulations of… show more Yuan-Chao Hu & Hajime Tanaka 
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04 August 2022 | Open Access
 Nesting of multiple polyhedral plasmonic nanoframes into a single entity
The spatial configuration of nanostructure building blocks determines the physical and optical properties of… show more Sungjae Yoo, Jaewon Lee & Sungho Park 
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04 August 2022 | Open Access
 Minimally invasive detection of cancer using metabolic changes in tumor-associated natural killer cells with Oncoimmune probes
NK cells can be affected by tumour cells and this difference could be utilised as a cancer diagnostic. Here the… show more Deeptha Ishwar, Rupa Haldavnekar & Bo Tan 
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04 August 2022 | Open Access
 An electronic nematic liquid in BaNi2As2
Electronic nematicity is typically associated with the breaking of rotational symmetry. Here the authors report… show more Yi Yao, Roland Willa & Matthieu Le Tacon 
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04 August 2022 | Open Access
 Ultra-low-power second-order nonlinear optics on a chip
Here, the authors demonstrate a chip-scale device that realizes a comprehensive set of resonant second order… show more Timothy P. McKenna, Hubert S. Stokowski & Amir H. Safavi-Naeini 
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04 August 2022 | Open Access
 Coherent full polarization control based on bound states in the continuum
Polarization control is of paramount importance for various applications. Here, the authors enable extreme… show more Ming Kang, Ziying Zhang & Andrea Alù 
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04 August 2022 | Open Access
 Ultrahigh resistance of hexagonal boron nitride to mineral scale formation
Scale formation may have detrimental effects on the properties and functions of materials’ surfaces. Here the… show more Kuichang Zuo, Xiang Zhang & Qilin Li 
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04 August 2022 | Open Access
 Unjamming and emergent nonreciprocity in active ploughing through a compressible viscoelastic fluid
The field of dense active matter has been the fount of many intriguing phenomena. Here, authors show that… show more Jyoti Prasad Banerjee, Rituparno Mandal & Madan Rao 
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04 August 2022 | Open Access
 Non-fluorinated non-solvating cosolvent enabling superior performance of lithium metal negative electrode battery
Localised high-concentration electrolyte is key to prevent uneven growth of lithium metal by forming a… show more Junyeob Moon, Dong Ok Kim & Jongwoo Lim 
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04 August 2022 | Open Access
 Cancer immune therapy using engineered ‛tail-flipping’ nanoliposomes targeting alternatively activated macrophages
Tumor-associated macrophages are mostly pro-tumorigenic, due to their re-programming by the tumor… show more Praneeth R. Kuninty, Karin Binnemars-Postma & Jai Prakash 
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04 August 2022 | Open Access
 Generating experimentally unrelated target molecule-binding highly functionalized nucleic-acid polymers using machine learning
In vitro library screening is a powerful approach to identify functional biopolymers, but only covers a fraction… show more Jonathan C. Chen, Jonathan P. Chen & David R. Liu 
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03 August 2022 | Open Access
 Cobalt-catalyzed branched selective hydroallylation of terminal alkynes
Selectively generating “skipped” dienes, where two carbon–carbon double bonds are separated by a saturated carbon… show more Jieping Chen, Jiale Ying & Zhan Lu 
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03 August 2022 | Open Access
 Optoelectronic system and device integration for quantum-dot light-emitting diode white lighting with computational design framework
Next generation smart lighting requires high colour rendering and wide colour controllability. Here, Jung et al.… show more Chatura Samarakoon, Hyung Woo Choi & Jong Min Kim 
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03 August 2022 | Open Access
 Selective separation of light rare-earth elements by supramolecular encapsulation and precipitation
The separation of the rare-earth elements is a significant scientific challenge. Here, the authors report the… show more Joseph G. O’Connell-Danes, Bryne T. Ngwenya & Jason B. Love 
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03 August 2022 | Open Access
 Reconfigurable hyperbolic polaritonics with correlated oxide metasurfaces
Phonon polaritons in anisotropic van der Waals materials enable subwavelength confinement and controllable flow… show more Neda Alsadat Aghamiri, Guangwei Hu & Yohannes Abate 
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03 August 2022 | Open Access
 Explaining a series of models by propagating Shapley values
Series of machine learning models, relevant for tasks in biology, medicine, and finance, usually involve complex… show more Hugh Chen, Scott M. Lundberg & Su-In Lee 
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03 August 2022 | Open Access
 Atomic-scale thermopower in charge density wave states
Microscopic origins of thermopower are investigated to design efficient thermoelectric devices. Here, the authors… show more Dohyun Kim, Eui-Cheol Shin & Heejun Yang 
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03 August 2022 | Open Access
 Dynamic actuation enhances transport and extends therapeutic lifespan in an implantable drug delivery platform
Drug delivery implants suffer from diminished release profiles due to fibrous capsule formation over time. Here,… show more William Whyte, Debkalpa Goswami & Ellen T. Roche 
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03 August 2022 | Open Access
 Thermodynamics of organic electrochemical transistors
Though models describing the operating mechanism of organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) have been… show more Matteo Cucchi, Anton Weissbach & Karl Leo 
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03 August 2022 | Open Access
 Exchange-induced spin polarization in a single magnetic molecule junction
The spin exchange, which is central to spintronics, has been restricted to devices with long-range magnetic… show more Tian Pei, James O. Thomas & Lapo Bogani 
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03 August 2022 | Open Access
 AvmM catalyses macrocyclization through dehydration/Michael-type addition in alchivemycin A biosynthesis
Macrocyclization is an important process in bioactive natural product synthesis. Here, the authors report on the… show more Hong Jie Zhu, Bo Zhang & Hui Ming Ge 
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02 August 2022 | Open Access
 Reply to “Inconsistencies in the specific nucleobase pairing motif prone to photodimerization in a MOF nanoreactor” Samantha L. Anderson, Peter G. Boyd & Kyriakos C. Stylianou 
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02 August 2022 | Open Access
 Coherent helicity-dependent spin-phonon oscillations in the ferromagnetic van der Waals crystal CrI3
CrI3 is a van der Waals material which exhibits magnetic ordering down to the monolayer limit. Here, using… show more P. Padmanabhan, F. L. Buessen & R. P. Prasankumar 
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02 August 2022 | Open Access
 Fundamental investigations on the sodium-ion transport properties of mixed polyanion solid-state battery electrolytes
Battery solid-state electrolytes rely on mixed polyanion networks to attain high ionic conductivities. Here, the… show more Zeyu Deng, Tara P. Mishra & Pieremanuele Canepa 
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02 August 2022 | Open Access
 Highly efficient and selective extraction of gold by reduced graphene oxide
High extraction capacity with precise selectivity to trace amounts of gold over a wide range of co-existing… show more Fei Li, Jiuyi Zhu & Hui-Ming Cheng 
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02 August 2022 | Open Access
 Small-world complex network generation on a digital quantum processor
The study of complexity in quantum systems is a fascinating topic, which however is still in its infancy,… show more Eric B. Jones, Logan E. Hillberry & Lincoln D. Carr 
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02 August 2022 | Open Access
 Steering the multiexciton generation in slip-stacked perylene dye array via exciton coupling
Understanding structure-property relationship of dye arrays is of great importance for designing organic photonic… show more Yongseok Hong, Maximilian Rudolf & Frank Würthner 
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02 August 2022 | Open Access
 Flexible-type ultrathin holographic endoscope for microscopic imaging of unstained biological tissues
Lensless fibre endoscopes are minimally invasive, but are often rigid and require calibration and fluorescence… show more Wonjun Choi, Munkyu Kang & Wonshik Choi 
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01 August 2022 | Open Access
 Photochemical spin-state control of binding configuration for tailoring organic color center emission in carbon nanotubes
Chemical functionalization of the sidewalls of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) is an emerging route to… show more Yu Zheng, Yulun Han & Sergei Tretiak 
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01 August 2022 | Open Access
 Real-time 3D analysis during electron tomography using tomviz
High-throughput electron tomography has been challenging due to time-consuming alignment and reconstruction.… show more Jonathan Schwartz, Chris Harris & Robert Hovden 
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01 August 2022 | Open Access
 Stable solar water splitting with wettable organic-layer-protected silicon photocathodes
Preparation of inorganic protective layers for photoelectrodes requires high-quality deposition techniques. Here,… show more Bo Wu, Tuo Wang & Jinlong Gong 
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01 August 2022 | Open Access
 Visible-light mediated catalytic asymmetric radical deuteration at non-benzylic positions
Catalytic asymmetric deuterations rely largely on two-electron reaction manifolds and are mostly limited to… show more Qinglong Shi, Meichen Xu & Juntao Ye 
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01 August 2022 | Open Access
 Tuning lower dimensional superconductivity with hybridization at a superconducting-semiconducting interface
Lower-dimensional superconductors are typically synthesized on insulating substrates. Here, the authors find that… show more Anand Kamlapure, Manuel Simonato & Alexander Ako Khajetoorians 
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01 August 2022 | Open Access
 Germanium silicon oxide achieves multi-coloured ultra-long phosphorescence and delayed fluorescence at high temperature
Advanced security applications require materials responsive to different stimuli with remarkable stability. Here,… show more Huai Chen, Mingyang Wei & Zhenyu Yang 
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01 August 2022 | Open Access
 Efficient perpendicular magnetization switching by a magnetic spin Hall effect in a noncollinear antiferromagnet
Spin-orbit torques driven by the conventional spin Hall effect are widely used to switch magnetization, but this… show more Shuai Hu, Ding-Fu Shao & Xuepeng Qiu 
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01 August 2022 | Open Access
 Adaptive wireless millirobotic locomotion into distal vasculature
Accessibility into the distal vascular systems to treat various diseases remains challenging using medical… show more Tianlu Wang, Halim Ugurlu & Metin Sitti 
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01 August 2022 | Open Access
 Frequency wavelength multiplexed optoacoustic tomography
Optoacoustic imaging is mostly performed in the time domain. Here the authors demonstrate frequency wavelength… show more Antonios Stylogiannis, Ludwig Prade & Vasilis Ntziachristos 
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01 August 2022 | Open Access
 High-fidelity photonic quantum logic gate based on near-optimal Rydberg single-photon source
The current main source of errors for photonic quantum logic gates is the imperfections of the single photons.… show more Shuai Shi, Biao Xu & Lin Li 
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30 July 2022 | Open Access
 1,2-Amino oxygenation of alkenes with hydrogen evolution reaction
1,2-Aminoxygenation of alkenes without extra oxidant is a practical yet challenging way to prepare β-amino… show more Shengzhang Liu, Shengchun Wang & Aiwen Lei 
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30 July 2022 | Open Access
 Direct force measurement of microscopic droplets pulled along soft surfaces
Elastic deformation of soft substrates occurs upon wetting, yet it is challenging to follow its dynamics at a… show more Hamza K. Khattak, Stefan Karpitschka & Kari Dalnoki-Veress 
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30 July 2022 | Open Access
 Unexpected steric hindrance failure in the gas phase F− + (CH3)3CI SN2 reaction
Base-induced elimination (E2) and bimolecular nucleophilic substitution (SN2) are of significant importance in… show more Xiaoxiao Lu, Chenyao Shang & Dong H. Zhang 
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30 July 2022 | Open Access
 A practical concept for catalytic carbonylations using carbon dioxide
Using CO2 as C1-feedstock for the chemical industry has attracted great attention. Here the authors develop a… show more Rui Sang, Yuya Hu & Matthias Beller 
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30 July 2022 | Open Access
 Photochemical and thermochemical pathways to S2 and polysulfur formation in the atmosphere of Venus
Polysulfur compounds have been ascribed as the unknown near-UV absorbers in Venusian atmosphere and play a key… show more Antonio Francés-Monerris, Javier Carmona-García & Daniel Roca-Sanjuán 
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30 July 2022 | Open Access
 Robust prediction of force chains in jammed solids using graph neural networks