Matters Arising 30 September 2022 | Open Access Critical evaluation of (110) texture in lithium electrodeposits on isotropic Cu polycrystals Chaojing Lu & Zongta Luo Matters Arising 30 September 2022 | Open Access Reply to: Critical evaluation of (110) texture in lithium electrodeposits on isotropic Cu polycrystals Qing Zhao, Jingxu Zheng & Lynden A. Archer Article 30 September 2022 | Open Access Manipulation of time-dependent multicolour evolution of X-ray excited afterglow in lanthanide-doped fluoride nanoparticles X-ray activated afterglow nanomaterials are desirable components for advanced optoelectronic applications. Here,… show more Lei Lei, Yubin Wang & Shiqing Xu Article 30 September 2022 | Open Access A shuttling-based two-qubit logic gate for linking distant silicon quantum processors A coherent quantum link between distant quantum processors is desirable for scaling up of quantum computation.… show more Akito Noiri, Kenta Takeda & Seigo Tarucha Article 30 September 2022 | Open Access Inverse designed plasmonic metasurface with parts per billion optical hydrogen detection Plasmonic hydrogen sensors have limited sensitivity due to broad spectral features. Here, the authors use a… show more Ferry Anggoro Ardy Nugroho, Ping Bai & Andrea Baldi Article 30 September 2022 | Open Access Magnetization switching in polycrystalline Mn3Sn thin film induced by self-generated spin-polarized current Under an applied current, chiral antiferromagnets, such as Mn3Sn, can produce a spin-polarized current. Here, by… show more Hang Xie, Xin Chen & Yihong Wu Article 30 September 2022 | Open Access Near-infrared phosphorescent carbon dots for sonodynamic precision tumor therapy Combining sonodynamic properties and NIR fluorescence into a single material is desired for deep tissue… show more Bijiang Geng, Jinyan Hu & Longxiang Shen Article 30 September 2022 | Open Access Decarbonization will lead to more equitable air quality in California Air quality is found to be more equitable through two salient decarbonization pathways for California in 2050… show more Shupeng Zhu, Michael Mac Kinnon & Scott Samuelsen Article 30 September 2022 | Open Access Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines against Omicron and Delta hospitalisation, a test negative case-control study SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern have been associated with reduced vaccine effectiveness, even after a booster… show more Julia Stowe, Nick Andrews & Jamie Lopez Bernal Article 29 September 2022 | Open Access Control of electronic topology in a strongly correlated electron system Manipulation of topology of the electronic structure is highly desirable for practical applications of… show more Sami Dzsaber, Diego A. Zocco & Silke Paschen Article 29 September 2022 | Open Access Building up libraries and production line for single atom catalysts with precursor-atomization strategy The application of single atom catalysts (SACs) is hindered by the lack of versatile and scalable preparation… show more Xiaohui He, Hao Zhang & Ding Ma Article 29 September 2022 | Open Access Synchronous quantitative analysis of chiral mesostructured inorganic crystals by 3D electron diffraction tomography Chiral mesostructured inorganic crystals exhibit distinctive twisting and helical hierarchical stacking. Here,… show more Jing Ai, Xueliang Zhang & Lu Han Article 29 September 2022 | Open Access Metasurface-enhanced light detection and ranging technology Mimicking human vision with metasurfaces, the authors propose a new paradigm for high field of view and ultrafast… show more Renato Juliano Martins, Emil Marinov & Patrice Genevet Article 29 September 2022 | Open Access Coherent dynamics of multi-spin V−B center in hexagonal boron nitride Understanding the coherent dynamics of electron and nucleus spins in hBN is crucial for their applications as… show more Wei Liu, Viktor Ivády & Guang-Can Guo Article 29 September 2022 | Open Access Multicolor ultralong phosphorescence from perovskite-like octahedral α-AlF3 Unravelling the origin of emission in luminescent inorganic materials is challenging. Here, the authors report… show more Peisheng Cao, Haoyue Zheng & Peng Wu Article 29 September 2022 | Open Access Adversarial attacks and adversarial robustness in computational pathology Artificial Intelligence can support diagnostic workflows in oncology, but they are vulnerable to adversarial… show more Narmin Ghaffari Laleh, Daniel Truhn & Jakob Nikolas Kather Article 28 September 2022 | Open Access Tri-explosophoric groups driven fused energetic heterocycles featuring superior energetic and safety performances outperforms HMX The design of high energy density materials (HEDM) with good detonation performance but which are also safe to… show more Jie Li, Yubing Liu & Siping Pang Article 28 September 2022 | Open Access A hygroscopic nano-membrane coating achieves efficient vapor-fed photocatalytic water splitting Although light-driven water vapor splitting may avoid material stability challenges for renewable fuel… show more Takuya Suguro, Fuminao Kishimoto & Kazuhiro Takanabe Article 28 September 2022 | Open Access Synergy of metal nanoparticles and organometallic complex in NAD(P)H regeneration via relay hydrogenation Homogenous and heterogeneous catalysts were applied separately and rarely catalyzed a target reaction… show more Maodi Wang, Zhenchao Zhao & Qihua Yang Article 28 September 2022 | Open Access Understanding water transport through graphene-based nanochannels via experimental control of slip length Water transport through graphene oxide membranes (GOMs) is thought to originate from frictionless movement… show more Xinyue Wen, Tobias Foller & Rakesh Joshi Article 27 September 2022 | Open Access Autonomous optimization of non-aqueous Li-ion battery electrolytes via robotic experimentation and machine learning coupling Human-operated optimization of non-aqueous Li-ion battery liquid electrolytes is a time-consuming process. Here,… show more Adarsh Dave, Jared Mitchell & Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan Article 27 September 2022 | Open Access Highly reinforced and degradable lignocellulose biocomposites by polymerization of new polyester oligomers Cellulose biocomposites from nanocellulose or plant fibers with polymer matrix are often not degradable and… show more Erfan Oliaei, Peter Olsén & Lars A. Berglund Article 27 September 2022 | Open Access Photocatalytic glucose depletion and hydrogen generation for diabetic wound healing Hydrogenation is a treatment for chronic inflammation caused by high glucose levels in diabetic ulcers, However,… show more Shengqiang Chen, Yanxia Zhu & Qianjun He Article 27 September 2022 | Open Access Non-Hookean large elastic deformation in bulk crystalline metals Engineering metals often suffer from a small elastic deformation with a linear stress-strain relationship obeying… show more Sheng Xu, Takumi Odaira & Ryosuke Kainuma Article 27 September 2022 | Open Access In situ small-angle X-ray scattering reveals strong condensation of DNA origami during silicification DNA origami can be coated in a layer of silica to improve chemical and thermal stability however; it is unclear… show more Martina F. Ober, Anna Baptist & Bert Nickel Article 26 September 2022 | Open Access Quantum and non-local effects offer over 40 dB noise resilience advantage towards quantum lidar Sensitivity to noise is currently an obstacle to the use of quantum imaging techniques in real-world scenarios.… show more Phillip S. Blakey, Han Liu & Amr S. Helmy Article 26 September 2022 | Open Access Palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic 4-pyridinylation via electroreductive substitution reaction Controlling the enantioselectivity of radical reactions is a persistent challenge in organic synthesis. Here, the… show more Weijie Ding, Mengfan Li & Xu Cheng Article 26 September 2022 | Open Access Giant spin-to-charge conversion at an all-epitaxial single-crystal-oxide Rashba interface with a strongly correlated metal interlayer The interface between perovskite-oxide SrTiO3 and other oxides realizes efficient spin-to-charge current… show more Shingo Kaneta-Takada, Miho Kitamura & Shinobu Ohya Article 26 September 2022 | Open Access Battery-free wireless imaging of underwater environments The authors present an approach to underwater imaging, which does not require tethering or batteries. The… show more Sayed Saad Afzal, Waleed Akbar & Fadel Adib Article 26 September 2022 | Open Access Enantioselective synthesis of α-aminoboronates by NiH-catalysed asymmetric hydroamidation of alkenyl boronates Enantioenriched α-aminoboronic acid, a structural unit in many bioactive molecules, is also a valuable synthon in… show more Yao Zhang, Deyong Qiao & Shaolin Zhu Article 26 September 2022 | Open Access A self-complementary macrocycle by a dual interaction system In nature, HIV capsid consists of single class of protein unit by self-complementarity. Here, the authors find… show more Yuta Sawanaka, Masahiro Yamashina & Shinji Toyota Article 26 September 2022 | Open Access Miniature optoelectronic compound eye camera The defocusing problem has been considered the main bottleneck for developing optoelectronic μ-compound eye (CE)… show more Zhi-Yong Hu, Yong-Lai Zhang & Hong-Bo Sun Article 24 September 2022 | Open Access Field-induced orientational switching produces vertically aligned Ti3C2Tx MXene nanosheets In this work, authors demonstrate reversible vertical alignment of Ti3C2Tx MXene sheets induced by an applied… show more Changjae Lee, Soon Mo Park & Dong Ki Yoon Article 24 September 2022 | Open Access Oscillating light engine realized by photothermal solvent evaporation Developing an oscillating actuator that can directly convert solar energy into mechanical energy is highly… show more Jingjing Li, Linlin Mou & Yongsheng Chen Article 24 September 2022 | Open Access Bond engineering of molecular ferroelectrics renders soft and high-performance piezoelectric energy harvesting materials Improving piezoelectric strain and voltage constant generally compromises piezoelectric performance and… show more Yuzhong Hu, Kaushik Parida & Hong Jin Fan Article 24 September 2022 | Open Access Flame-made ternary Pd-In2O3-ZrO2 catalyst with enhanced oxygen vacancy generation for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol Assembling multicomponent catalysts to harness synergic effects is challenging. Now, flame spray pyrolysis… show more Thaylan Pinheiro Araújo, Cecilia Mondelli & Javier Pérez-Ramírez Article 24 September 2022 | Open Access Vacancy driven surface disorder catalyzes anisotropic evaporation of ZnO (0001) polar surface Evaporation and crystal growth occur at different rates on different surfaces. Here authors show dissociative… show more Zhen Wang, Jinho Byun & Sang Ho Oh Article 24 September 2022 | Open Access A wind environment and Lorentz factors of tens explain gamma-ray bursts X-ray plateau The origin of the plateau observed in the early X-ray light curves of gamma ray bursts (GRBs) is debated. Here,… show more Hüsne Dereli-Bégué, Asaf Pe’er & Maria G. Dainotti Article 24 September 2022 | Open Access Tunable quantum gaps to decouple carrier and phonon transport leading to high-performance thermoelectrics Defects are believed to always scatter carriers. Here, the authors find that the quantum gaps in GeTe-based… show more Yong Yu, Xiao Xu & Jiaqing He Article 24 September 2022 | Open Access A miniaturized bionic ocean-battery mimicking the structure of marine microbial ecosystems Marine ecosystems are dominated by microbial communities. Inspired by the photoelectric conversion feature of the… show more Huawei Zhu, Liru Xu & Yin Li Article 24 September 2022 | Open Access Phosphorylcholine-conjugated gold-molecular clusters improve signal for Lymph Node NIR-II fluorescence imaging in preclinical cancer models Fluorescent tracers facilitate the identification and subsequent collection of tumour draining lymph node… show more Ani Baghdasaryan, Feifei Wang & Hongjie Dai Article 24 September 2022 | Open Access Square-root higher-order Weyl semimetals The topological properties of square-root Weyl semimetals are derived from the square of the Hamiltonian. Here,… show more Lingling Song, Huanhuan Yang & Peng Yan Article 23 September 2022 | Open Access Soft shape-programmable surfaces by fast electromagnetic actuation of liquid metal networks Low modulus materials that can change shape in response to external stimuli are promising for a wide range of… show more Xinchen Ni, Haiwen Luan & John A. Rogers Article 23 September 2022 | Open Access Breakdown of bulk-projected isotropy in surface electronic states of topological Kondo insulator SmB6(001) Previous work exploring the robustness of topological surface states to perturbations has mostly focused on… show more Yoshiyuki Ohtsubo, Toru Nakaya & Shin-Ichi Kimura Article 23 September 2022 | Open Access Noise-resilient and high-speed deep learning with coherent silicon photonics The challenge of high-speed and high-accuracy coherent photonic neurons for deep learning applications lies to… show more G. Mourgias-Alexandris, M. Moralis-Pegios & N. Pleros Article 23 September 2022 | Open Access Strain-regulated Gibbs free energy enables reversible redox chemistry of chalcogenides for sodium ion batteries Manipulating the redox chemistry of transition metal dichalcogenides still faces challenges. Here the authors… show more Minxia Jiang, Yingjie Hu & Minhua Cao Article 23 September 2022 | Open Access Payload distribution and capacity of mRNA lipid nanoparticles Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are effective vehicles to deliver mRNA vaccines and therapeutics but assessing the… show more Sixuan Li, Yizong Hu & Hai-Quan Mao Article 23 September 2022 | Open Access Transition metal dichalcogenide metaphotonic and self-coupled polaritonic platform grown by chemical vapor deposition Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are interesting for nanophotonic applications due to their high… show more Fuhuan Shen, Zhenghe Zhang & Zefeng Chen Article 23 September 2022 | Open Access Hardware implementation of Bayesian network based on two-dimensional memtransistors Bayesian networks are applied to resolve several types of probabilistic problems. Here, Das et al. develop a… show more Yikai Zheng, Harikrishnan Ravichandran & Saptarshi Das Article 23 September 2022 | Open Access A nanodispersion-in-nanograins strategy for ultra-strong, ductile and stable metal nanocomposites High-strength nanocrystalline materials come at the expense of tensile ductility, thermal stability, and… show more Zan Li, Yin Zhang & Y. Morris Wang