14 October 2022 | Open Access Revealing solid electrolyte interphase formation through interface-sensitive Operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy Solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) formation on Li-ion battery anodes is critical for long-term performance.… show more Jack E. N. Swallow, Michael W. Fraser & Robert S. Weatherup Article 14 October 2022 | Open Access Hemipiperazines as peptide-derived molecular photoswitches with low-nanomolar cytotoxicity The development of photochromic systems is an important and growing area of research, in particular for bioactive… show more Susanne Kirchner, Anna-Lena Leistner & Zbigniew Pianowski Article 14 October 2022 | Open Access Layered Pd oxide on PdSn nanowires for boosting direct H2O2 synthesis The development of the efficient catalyst in the direct H2O2 synthesis (DHS) from H2 and O2 remains a formidable… show more Hong-chao Li, Qiang Wan & Haifeng Xiong Article 14 October 2022 | Open Access Towards fully ab initio simulation of atmospheric aerosol nucleation Atmosphere aerosol nucleation contributes to climate change, air pollution, and human health, however the… show more Shuai Jiang, Yi-Rong Liu & Wei Huang Article 13 October 2022 | Open Access Coemissive luminescent nanoparticles combining aggregation-induced emission and quenching dyes prepared in continuous flow Developing efficient light harvesting systems at low cost is a challenge. Here, the authors synthesized… show more Chong Li, Qi Liu & Shengyang Tao Article 13 October 2022 | Open Access Mechanistic insights into CO2 conversion chemistry of copper bis-(terpyridine) molecular electrocatalyst using accessible operando spectrochemistry Transition metal complexes are potential low-cost electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction. Here, using accessible… show more Huihui Zhang, Chang Xu & Yi Xie Article 13 October 2022 | Open Access [2]-Ladderanes as isosteres for meta-substituted aromatic rings and rigidified cyclohexanes The development of new classes of isosteres and building blocks is crucial to the advancement of medicinal… show more Rachel C. Epplin, Shashwati Paul & M. Kevin Brown Article 13 October 2022 | Open Access Solvent-free protic liquid enabling batteries operation at an ultra-wide temperature range It is challenging to prepare electrolyte that could achieve wide electrochemical window, broad working… show more Mochou Liao, Xiao Ji & Yongyao Xia Article 13 October 2022 | Open Access Emergent microrobotic oscillators via asymmetry-induced order Spontaneous low-frequency oscillations, which are a feature of biological systems, are challenging to engineer… show more Jing Fan Yang, Thomas A. Berrueta & Michael S. Strano Article 13 October 2022 | Open Access Real-time holographic lensless micro-endoscopy through flexible fibers via fiber bundle distal holography Fiber-based micro-endoscopes are minimally invasive, but 3D imaging is limited by the need for bulky optical… show more Noam Badt & Ori Katz Article 13 October 2022 | Open Access Nonlinear germanium-silicon photodiode for activation and monitoring in photonic neuromorphic networks Large-scale silicon-based integrated artificial neural networks lack of silicon-integrated optical neurons. Here,… show more Yang Shi, Junyu Ren & Xinliang Zhang Article 13 October 2022 | Open Access Traceless cysteine-linchpin enables precision engineering of lysine in native proteins Controlling the selectivity of the chemical modification of a genetic-manipulation-free protein is currently… show more Neelesh C. Reddy, Rajib Molla & Vishal Rai Article 13 October 2022 | Open Access Continuous biomarker monitoring with single molecule resolution by measuring free particle motion Various applications would benefit from the ability to continuously measure biomolecules. Here the authors… show more Alissa D. Buskermolen, Yu-Ting Lin & Menno W. J. Prins Article 13 October 2022 | Open Access Measurements of metastable helium in Earth’s atmosphere by resonance lidar Metastable helium is a promising target for remote-sensing observations of Earth’s thermosphere. This paper… show more Bernd Kaifler, Christopher Geach & Markus Rapp Article 13 October 2022 | Open Access Quorum-sensing control of matrix protein production drives fractal wrinkling and interfacial localization of Vibrio cholerae pellicles Bacterial cells at fluid interfaces can self-assemble into soft living materials, called pellicles. Here, Qin and… show more Boyang Qin & Bonnie L. Bassler Article 12 October 2022 | Open Access Standardized measurement of dielectric materials’ intrinsic triboelectric charge density through the suppression of air breakdown Determining the triboelectric charge and energy density of dielectric materials is generally limited by many… show more Di Liu, Linglin Zhou & Zhong Lin Wang Article 12 October 2022 | Open Access Three-dimensional hierarchically porous MoS2 foam as high-rate and stable lithium-ion battery anode The stacked and brittle 2D layered structure of molybdenum disulphide limits its practical application in lithium… show more Xuan Wei, Chia-Ching Lin & Vincent Tung Article 12 October 2022 | Open Access Inter-valley coherent order and isospin fluctuation mediated superconductivity in rhombohedral trilayer graphene Trilayer graphene was recently shown to exhibit superconductivity without a Moire pattern that had proved… show more Shubhayu Chatterjee, Taige Wang & Michael P. Zaletel Article 12 October 2022 | Open Access Evidence of exciton-libron coupling in chirally adsorbed single molecules Vibronic coupling in molecules plays an essential role in photophysics. Here, the authors observe optical… show more Jiří Doležal, Sofia Canola & Martin Švec Article 12 October 2022 | Open Access Structural diversity in three-dimensional self-assembly of nanoplatelets by spherical confinement Nanoplatelets can be used as anisotropic building blocks for constructing novel optoelectronic materials. Here,… show more Da Wang, Michiel Hermes & Alfons van Blaaderen Article 12 October 2022 | Open Access Rapid joule heating improves vitrification based cryopreservation Lower concentrations of toxic cryoprotective agents require rapid and scalable rewarming techniques. Here, the… show more Li Zhan, Zonghu Han & John C. Bischof Article 12 October 2022 | Open Access Diffraction-engineered holography: Beyond the depth representation limit of holographic displays Improving the image depth perception of holograms while maintaining high image quality is a current challenge.… show more Daeho Yang, Wontaek Seo & Hong-Seok Lee Article 12 October 2022 | Open Access Stereodivergent dehydrative allylation of β-keto esters using a Ru/Pd synergistic catalyst α-Alkylation of β-keto esters is a frequently used reaction for carbon–carbon bond formation, but a general,… show more Thien Phuc Le, Shinji Tanaka & Masato Kitamura Article 12 October 2022 | Open Access Helheim Glacier ice velocity variability responds to runoff and terminus position change at different timescales Factors driving ice flow variability in Greenland vary by timescale. At seasonal scale, Helheim Glacier ice… show more Lizz Ultee, Denis Felikson & Bryan Riel Article 11 October 2022 | Open Access Quantized topological pumping of solitons in nonlinear photonics and ultracold atomic mixtures Synthetic lattice systems are powerful platforms for studying the influence of intrinsic nonlinearities on… show more Nader Mostaan, Fabian Grusdt & Nathan Goldman Article 11 October 2022 | Open Access Observing ground-state properties of the Fermi-Hubbard model using a scalable algorithm on a quantum computer The Fermi-Hubbard model represents one of the benchmarks for testing quantum computational methods for condensed… show more Stasja Stanisic, Jan Lukas Bosse & Ashley Montanaro Article 11 October 2022 | Open Access Chirality flips of skyrmion bubbles Skyrmion bubbles consist of a centre magnetization pointing up or down, and a swirling vortex magnetic texture,… show more Yuan Yao, Bei Ding & Wenhong Wang Article 11 October 2022 | Open Access Plasmonic high-entropy carbides Tunable plasmonic materials capable of surviving harsh environments are critical for advanced applications. Here,… show more Arrigo Calzolari, Corey Oses & Stefano Curtarolo Article 11 October 2022 | Open Access Creating two-dimensional solid helium via diamond lattice confinement Helium is the second most abundant element in the universe, and at low temperatures it becomes a quantum crystal… show more Weitong Lin, Yiran Li & Ji-jung Kai Article 10 October 2022 | Open Access Topological current divider in a Chern insulator junction Topological materials hold great promise for dissipationless information transmission. Here, the authors create… show more Dmitry Ovchinnikov, Jiaqi Cai & Xiaodong Xu Article 10 October 2022 | Open Access Direct observation of ultrafast singlet exciton fission in three dimensions Here, the authors use quantitative ultrafast interferometric pump-probe microscopy to track photoexcitations with… show more Arjun Ashoka, Nicolas Gauriot & Akshay Rao Article 10 October 2022 | Open Access Direct strain correlations at the single-atom level in three-dimensional core-shell interface structures Understanding 3D interfacial strain at the atomic level has been a long-sought challenge in the field of… show more Hyesung Jo, Dae Han Wi & Yongsoo Yang Article 10 October 2022 | Open Access Metasurface-driven full-space structured light for three-dimensional imaging 3D depth sensing with structured light enables simultaneous imaging of multiple objects, but has limited field of… show more Gyeongtae Kim, Yeseul Kim & Junsuk Rho Article 10 October 2022 | Open Access Direct production of olefins from syngas with ultrahigh carbon efficiency Zhong et al report sodium-promoted metallic Ru nanoparticles for the direct production of olefins from syngas… show more Hailing Yu, Caiqi Wang & Liangshu Zhong Article 10 October 2022 | Open Access The influence of alloying on slip intermittency and the implications for dwell fatigue in titanium It is important to understand dwell fatigue that has been implicated in several uncontained jet engine failures.… show more Felicity F. Worsnop, Rachel E. Lim & David Dye Article 10 October 2022 | Open Access Rapid and efficient hydrogen clathrate hydrate formation in confined nanospace Clathrate hydrates are crystalline solids physically resembling ice, in which small molecules (typically gases)… show more Judit Farrando-Perez, Rafael Balderas-Xicohtencatl & Joaquin Silvestre-Albero Article 10 October 2022 | Open Access Ni-catalyzed carbamoylation of unactivated alkenes for stereoselective construction of six-membered lactams Six-membered chiral lactams are common structural motifs of pharmaceuticals. Here, the authors describe a… show more Chenhuan Zhang, Xianqing Wu & Yifeng Chen Article 10 October 2022 | Open Access One-pot H/D exchange and low-coordinated iron electrocatalyzed deuteration of nitriles in D2O to α,β-deuterio aryl ethylamines One-pot efficient synthesis of α,β-deuterio aryl ethylamines with high deuterium ratios using an easy-to-handle… show more Rui Li, Yongmeng Wu & Bin Zhang Article 10 October 2022 | Open Access All-optical control of spin in a 2D van der Waals magnet The use of light in driving the magnetization of materials has great technological potential, as well as allowing… show more Maciej Da̧browski, Shi Guo & Robert J. Hicken Article 10 October 2022 | Open Access Giant g-factors and fully spin-polarized states in metamorphic short-period InAsSb/InSb superlattices Semiconductors with large Landé g-factors allow for both highly spin-polarized states, and precise control of the… show more Yuxuan Jiang, Maksim Ermolaev & Sergey Suchalkin Article 10 October 2022 | Open Access Charge self-regulation in 1T'''-MoS2 structure with rich S vacancies for enhanced hydrogen evolution activity Metal chalcogenides have shown promising performances for renewable hydrogen evolution and such activities are… show more Xiaowei Guo, Erhong Song & Fuqiang Huang Article 10 October 2022 | Open Access Simulating groundstate and dynamical quantum phase transitions on a superconducting quantum computer Strongly correlated condensed matter systems are among those for which quantum simulation should be able to give… show more James Dborin, Vinul Wimalaweera & A. G. Green Article 10 October 2022 | Open Access Switching p-type to high-performance n-type organic electrochemical transistors via doped state engineering Conventional strategies to obtain n-type organic electrochemical transistors are based on lowering the lowest… show more Peiyun Li, Junwei Shi & Ting Lei Article 10 October 2022 | Open Access Dual sensing signal decoupling based on tellurium anisotropy for VR interaction and neuro-reflex system application The accumulation of single-function sensors can increase the complexity of virtual reality systems. Here, Shen et… show more Linlin Li, Shufang Zhao & Guozhen Shen Article 10 October 2022 | Open Access Cholesterol-stabilized membrane-active nanopores with anticancer activities Bacterial cells utilize cholesterol-enhanced pore formation to specifically target eukaryotic cells. Here, the… show more Jie Shen, Yongting Gu & Huaqiang Zeng Article 10 October 2022 | Open Access Humidity-dependent lubrication of highly loaded contacts by graphite and a structural transition to turbostratic carbon Graphite, one of the oldest known dry lubricants, loses its friction-reducing properties in dry environments.… show more Carina Elisabeth Morstein, Andreas Klemenz & Michael Moseler Article 10 October 2022 | Open Access Hierarchical nano-martensite-engineered a low-cost ultra-strong and ductile titanium alloy It is challenging to obtain Ti alloys with ultrafine microstructure owing to the low thermal stability of… show more Chongle Zhang, Xiangyun Bao & Jun Sun Article 10 October 2022 | Open Access Giant enhancement of superconducting critical temperature in substitutional alloy (La,Ce)H9 Superconductivity was recently discovered in the clathrate hydride CeH9 with superconducting temperature (Tc) of… show more Jingkai Bi, Yuki Nakamoto & Yanming Ma Article 10 October 2022 | Open Access Spectral interpretation of late-stage mare basalt mineralogy unveiled by Chang’E-5 samples Laboratory spectroscopic and X-ray diffraction analyses on the Chang’E-5 lunar soil samples have demonstrated… show more Dawei Liu, Xing Wang & Chunlai Li Article 10 October 2022 | Open Access A neural theory for counting memories It is unclear how the brain keeps track of the number of times different events are experienced. Here, a neural… show more Sanjoy Dasgupta, Daisuke Hattori & Saket Navlakha