Physical sciences Article 07 November 2022 | Open Access An integrated platinum-nanocarbon electrocatalyst for efficient oxygen reduction Improving fuel cell technologies based on Pt-based alloys is important for efficient fuel cells. Here, the… show more Lei Huang, Min Wei & Bao Yu Xia Article 05 November 2022 | Open Access Sila-spirocyclization involving unstrained C(sp3)−Si bond cleavage Methods that enable the cleavage of Si−C(sp3) bonds catalytically remain rare. Here the authors report the… show more Yufeng Shi, Xiaonan Shi & Dongbing Zhao Article 05 November 2022 | Open Access Ultrasensitive probing of plasmonic hot electron occupancies Experimental evidence is given that upon the optical excitation of surface plasmon polaritons, a nonthermal… show more Judit Budai, Zsuzsanna Pápa & Péter Dombi Article 05 November 2022 | Open Access Soft nanobrush-directed multifunctional MOF nanoarrays Tailored growth of MOFs is of great interest for a broad range of applications. Here authors present the use of… show more Shuang Wang, Wenhe Xie & Huibin Qiu Article 05 November 2022 | Open Access Quantum capacities of transducers A unified metric to assess the performances of quantum transducers, i.e., converters of quantum information… show more Chiao-Hsuan Wang, Fangxin Li & Liang Jiang Article 05 November 2022 | Open Access Giant stress response of terahertz magnons in a spin-orbit Mott insulator There has been significant interest in using spin-waves or magnons for information processing, due to their low… show more Hun-Ho Kim, Kentaro Ueda & Matteo Minola Article 05 November 2022 | Open Access A biomimetic electrostatic assistance for guiding and promoting N-terminal protein chemical modification Phosphorylation is a mechanism used by cells to promote proteins-biomolecules association. Here, the authors show… show more Nathalie Ollivier, Magalie Sénéchal & Oleg Melnyk Article 05 November 2022 | Open Access Anti-phase boundary accelerated exsolution of nanoparticles in non-stoichiometric perovskite thin films Exsolution of transition metal cations from non-stoichiometric perovskites offer a route for the formation of… show more Hyeon Han, Yaolong Xing & Sang Ho Oh Article 05 November 2022 | Open Access Peptide-enhanced tough, resilient and adhesive eutectogels for highly reliable strain/pressure sensing under extreme conditions Biomimetic hydrogel materials show outstanding mechanical properties but water as solvent or carrier limits the… show more Yan Zhang, Yafei Wang & Yongjun Zhang Article 05 November 2022 | Open Access Molecular oxygen enhances H2O2 utilization for the photocatalytic conversion of methane to liquid-phase oxygenates The oxidation of methane to formic acid or related oxygenates relies on efficient reaction with H2O2. Here, the… show more Xiao Sun, Xuanye Chen & Weixin Huang Article 05 November 2022 | Open Access Anisotropic dislocation-domain wall interactions in ferroelectrics Dislocations are often perceived as a culprit for degradation in functionality. Here, the authors introduce a… show more Fangping Zhuo, Xiandong Zhou & Jürgen Rödel Article 05 November 2022 | Open Access Stokes meta-hologram toward optical cryptography Achieving optical cryptography scheme with both high capacity and security is highly desirable. Here, authors… show more Xuyue Guo, Peng Li & Jianlin Zhao Article 05 November 2022 | Open Access Anomalous universal conductance as a hallmark of non-locality in a Majorana-hosted superconducting island The ability to detect the non-local nature of topological states in electron transport is highly desirable for… show more Yiru Hao, Gu Zhang & Dong E. Liu Article 05 November 2022 | Open Access Active boundary layers in confined active nematics The boundary of conventional liquid crystals is known to anchor the orientational field of the passive materials… show more Jerôme Hardoüin, Claire Doré & Francesc Sagués Article 05 November 2022 | Open Access Mapping structure heterogeneities and visualizing moisture degradation of perovskite films with nano-focus WAXS Understanding the correlation between moisture degradation and structural features of perovskite films is… show more Nian Li, Shambhavi Pratap & Peter Müller-Buschbaum Article 05 November 2022 | Open Access Ion rectification based on gel polymer electrolyte ionic diode Designing efficient biological inspired devices and circuits remains a challenge. Here, the authors develop ionic… show more Fan Jiang, Wei Church Poh & Pooi See Lee Article 05 November 2022 | Open Access Demonstration of intracellular real-time molecular quantification via FRET-enhanced optical microcavity The authors introduce an active-mode optical microcavity sensor with enhanced sensitivity via Förster resonant… show more Yaping Wang, Marion C. Lang & Pu Wang Article 05 November 2022 | Open Access Short hydrogen-bond network confined on COF surfaces enables ultrahigh proton conductivity When hydronium ions are enriched in confined water, short hydrogen bonds (SHBs) form due to the constrained space… show more Benbing Shi, Xiao Pang & Zhongyi Jiang Article 05 November 2022 | Open Access Economy-wide evaluation of CO2 and air quality impacts of electrification in the United States Electrification is a decarbonization strategy that has the potential to reduce pollutant emissions and improve… show more John E. T. Bistline, Geoffrey Blanford & Greg Yarwood Article 04 November 2022 | Open Access Hyperbolic material enhanced scattering nanoscopy for label-free super-resolution imaging The authors demonstrate a label-free superresolution imaging method by using a hyperbolic material as a substrate… show more Yeon Ui Lee, Shilong Li & Zhaowei Liu Article 04 November 2022 | Open Access Super-resolution microscopy enabled by high-efficiency surface-migration emission depletion The authors report high-efficiency emission depletion through a surface migration emission depletion mechanism,… show more Rui Pu, Qiuqiang Zhan & Xiaogang Liu Article 04 November 2022 | Open Access Data-driven electron-diffraction approach reveals local short-range ordering in CrCoNi with ordering effects Non-random chemical mixings that are intrinsic to medium- and high-entropy alloys are difficult to detect and… show more Haw-Wen Hsiao, Rui Feng & Jian-Min Zuo Article 04 November 2022 | Open Access Modular total syntheses of trans-clerodanes and sesquiterpene (hydro)quinones via tail-to-head cyclization and reductive coupling strategies trans-Clerodanes and sesquiterpene (hydro)quinones are different types of natural products featuring the same… show more Wenming Zhu, Qishuang Yin & Ming Yang Article 04 November 2022 | Open Access Cross-platform comparison of arbitrary quantum states Efficient protocols for comparing quantum states generated on different quantum computing platforms are becoming… show more D. Zhu, Z. P. Cian & C. Monroe Article 04 November 2022 | Open Access Amplification of integrated microscopic motions of high-density [2]rotaxanes in mechanically interlocked networks Amplifying molecular motion to macroscopic material property is attractive but challenging. Here, the authors… show more Xue Yang, Lin Cheng & Xuzhou Yan Article 04 November 2022 | Open Access Retinal chromophore charge delocalization and confinement explain the extreme photophysics of Neorhodopsin Fluorescent proteins that self-assemble and localize in the neuron membrane are vital in neurosciences,… show more Riccardo Palombo, Leonardo Barneschi & Massimo Olivucci Article 04 November 2022 | Open Access Identifying the geometric catalytic active sites of crystalline cobalt oxyhydroxides for oxygen evolution reaction While cobalt-based electrocatalysts demonstrate promising performances for oxygen evolution, active site… show more Sihong Wang, Qu Jiang & Fang Song Article 04 November 2022 | Open Access Plastic bending in a semiconducting coordination polymer crystal enabled by delamination Coordination polymers are normally considered to be brittle due to the dominance of directional coordination… show more Lian-Cai An, Xiang Li & Xian-He Bu Article 04 November 2022 | Open Access Gate-tunable quantum pathways of high harmonic generation in graphene Under strong laser fields, materials exhibit extreme non-linear optical response, such as high harmonic… show more Soonyoung Cha, Minjeong Kim & Jonghwan Kim Article 04 November 2022 | Open Access Atomic-level structural responsiveness to environmental conditions from 3D electron diffraction Materials’ structure of are often sensitive to external stimuli, which will bring uncertainty to the structure… show more Yang Ling, Tu Sun & Yanhang Ma Article 04 November 2022 | Open Access Non-Abelian anyon collider Colliders are used to probe particles’ quantum statistical properties. Now, a theoretical proposal for a collider… show more June-Young M. Lee & H.-S. Sim Article 04 November 2022 | Open Access Water-stable porous Al24 Archimedean solids for removal of trace iodine The removal of radioactive elements is important to human health and sustainable development. Here, the authors… show more Ya-Jie Liu, Yi-Fan Sun & Jian Zhang Article 04 November 2022 | Open Access Anisotropic charge trapping in phototransistors unlocks ultrasensitive polarimetry for bionic navigation The direct linear dichroism photodetection without external optics is crucial for applications. Here, Jie et al.… show more Jing Pan, Yiming Wu & Jiansheng Jie Article 04 November 2022 | Open Access Electronic photoreceptors enable prosthetic visual acuity matching the natural resolution in rats Retinal prosthetics has shown its promise in restoring vision, despite limited acuity. Here, the authors… show more Bing-Yi Wang, Zhijie Charles Chen & Daniel Palanker Article 04 November 2022 | Open Access Control of perovskite film crystallization and growth direction to target homogeneous monolithic structures Organo-metal halide perovskites are promising semiconductor materials for active layers applied to… show more Daming Zheng, Florian Raffin & Thierry Pauporté Article 04 November 2022 | Open Access Three-dimensional open architecture enabling salt-rejection solar evaporators with boosted water production efficiency Conventional salt-rejection evaporators typically exhibit low evaporation rate due to large heat loss. Here,… show more Kaijie Yang, Tingting Pan & Yu Han Article 04 November 2022 | Open Access Defect free strain relaxation of microcrystals on mesoporous patterned silicon Many complex devices rely on epitaxial growth with high crystallinity and accurate composition. Here authors… show more Alexandre Heintz, Bouraoui Ilahi & Abderraouf Boucherif Article 04 November 2022 | Open Access Ligand-switchable nanoparticles resembling viral surface for sequential drug delivery and improved oral insulin therapy Displaying the correct surface functionality at the right time is important for efficient drug delivery. Here,… show more Tiantian Yang, Aohua Wang & Yong Gan Article 03 November 2022 | Open Access Surface melting of a colloidal glass The melting process in glasses is not fully understood. Experiments with colloidal glasses now show that during… show more Li Tian & Clemens Bechinger Article 03 November 2022 | Open Access Generating intense electric fields in 2D materials by dual ionic gating The application of electric fields >1 V/nm in solid state devices could provide access to unexplored phenomena,… show more Benjamin I. Weintrub, Yu-Ling Hsieh & Kirill I. Bolotin Article 03 November 2022 | Open Access Solar-driven methanogenesis with ultrahigh selectivity by turning down H2 production at biotic-abiotic interface While the combination of synthetic and biological systems offers an appealing strategy for solar-to-fuel… show more Jie Ye, Chao Wang & Yujie Xiong Article 03 November 2022 | Open Access Nanoscale heterogeneity of ultrafast many-body carrier dynamics in triple cation perovskites The optoelectronic performance of lead halide perovskite in highfluence applications are hindered by… show more Jun Nishida, Peter T. S. Chang & Markus B. Raschke Article 03 November 2022 | Open Access Photonic quadrupole topological insulator using orbital-induced synthetic flux Here the authors experimentally demonstrate a photonic quadrupole topological insulator in a photonic lattice, in… show more Julian Schulz, Jiho Noh & Georg von Freymann Article 03 November 2022 | Open Access Self-healable printed magnetic field sensors using alternating magnetic fields Flexible magnetic sensors with high sensitivity have a wide variety of medical and industrial uses, however,… show more Rui Xu, Gilbert Santiago Cañón Bermúdez & Denys Makarov Article 03 November 2022 | Open Access Near-room-temperature martensitic actuation profited from one-dimensional hybrid perovskite structure Martensitic transformations are structural phase transition that usually bring about stimuli-responsive… show more Bei-Dou Liang, Chang-Chun Fan & Wen Zhang Article 03 November 2022 | Open Access Synthesis of I(III)/S(VI) reagents and their reactivity in photochemical cycloaddition reactions with unsaturated bonds Novel methodologies for introducing sulfoxonium groups into organic molecules are desirable. Here the authors… show more Li Li, Kun Deng & Yong Huang Article 03 November 2022 | Open Access Ultra-low-noise microwave to optics conversion in gallium phosphide Coherently interfacing microwave and optical radiation at the single photon level is an outstanding challenge in… show more Robert Stockill, Moritz Forsch & Simon Gröblacher Article 03 November 2022 | Open Access Dynamical criticality of spin-shear coupling in van der Waals antiferromagnets Van der Waals materials are characterized by two dimensional layers weakly held together by interlayer van der… show more Faran Zhou, Kyle Hwangbo & Haidan Wen Article 03 November 2022 | Open Access In-sensor reservoir computing system for latent fingerprint recognition with deep ultraviolet photo-synapses and memristor array The separation of sensor, memory, and processor in a recognition system deteriorates the latency of… show more Zhongfang Zhang, Xiaolong Zhao & Shibing Long Article 03 November 2022 | Open Access Subcutaneous power supply by NIR-II light The authors present a subcutaneous power supply which coverts NIR-II light to electricity via combination of… show more Shanzhi Lyu, Yonglin He & Yapei Wang