Article 17 November 2022 | Open Access Nickel-catalyzed switchable 1,3-dienylation and enantioselective allenylation of phosphine oxides Asymmetric catalytic methods for the divergent construction of phosphoryl derivatives are not widely available.… show more Jiayin Zhang, Xihao Chang & Chang Guo Article 17 November 2022 | Open Access Azide-functionalized ligand enabling organic–inorganic hybrid dielectric for high-performance solution-processed oxide transistors Low cost and low power consumption of transistors are needed for the development of internet of things. Here… show more Juhyeok Lee, Syed Zahid Hassan & Dae Sung Chung Article 17 November 2022 | Open Access Three-to-one analog signal modulation with a single back-bias-controlled reconfigurable transistor Designing efficient reconfigurable field effect transistors remains a challenge. Here, the authors develop a… show more Maik Simon, Halid Mulaosmanovic & Jens Trommer Article 17 November 2022 | Open Access Molecular magneto-ionic proton sensor in solid-state proton battery Ionic control of magnetism promises ultralow-field sensor, but current physical realizations of proton-based… show more Yong Hu, Zipeng Guo & Shenqiang Ren Article 17 November 2022 | Open Access Stereoisomeric engineering of aggregation-induced emission photosensitizers towards fungal killing Fungal infections are often major causes of disease in immune compromised patients and photodynamic therapy… show more Wenping Zhu, Ying Li & Ben Zhong Tang Article 17 November 2022 | Open Access Machine learning the Hohenberg-Kohn map for molecular excited states Density functional theory provides a formal map from the electron density to all observables of interest of a… show more Yuanming Bai, Leslie Vogt-Maranto & William J. Glover Article 17 November 2022 | Open Access Asymmetric construction of allylicstereogenic carbon center featuring atrifluoromethyl group via enantioselective reductive fluoroalkylation The efficient construction of trifluoromethylated alkanes bearing a CF3 chiral center is of great importance in… show more Ruo-Xing Jin, Bing-Bing Wu & Xi-Sheng Wang Article 17 November 2022 | Open Access Programmable ferroelectric bionic vision hardware with selective attention for high-precision image classification Selective attention is an efficient processing strategy to allocate computational resources for pivotal optical… show more Rengjian Yu, Lihua He & Huipeng Chen Article 17 November 2022 | Open Access Compact artificial neuron based on anti-ferroelectric transistor The scalability of neuromorphic devices depends on the dismissal of capacitors and additional circuits. Here Liu… show more Rongrong Cao, Xumeng Zhang & Qi Liu Article 17 November 2022 | Open Access Constructing molecular bridge for high-efficiency and stable perovskite solar cells based on P3HT The poor contact at poly(3-hexylthiophene)/perovskite interface has led to unsatisfactory performance in solar… show more Dongdong Xu, Zhiming Gong & Jinwei Gao Article 17 November 2022 | Open Access A linear Di-coordinate boron radical cation The stabilization of low-coordinate boron radicals is challenging, as they tend to form strong chemical bonds.… show more Yu-Jiang Lin, Wei-Chun Liu & Ching-Wen Chiu Article 17 November 2022 | Open Access An AI approach for managing financial systemic risk via bank bailouts by taxpayers Systemic risk and bank bailout approaches have been the source of discussions on scientific, financial and… show more Daniele Petrone, Neofytos Rodosthenous & Vito Latora Article 16 November 2022 | Open Access Observation of gapped Dirac cones in a two-dimensional Su-Schrieffer-Heeger lattice The Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model is a prototypical model of topological states, initially proposed to… show more Daiyu Geng, Hui Zhou & Baojie Feng Article 16 November 2022 | Open Access Breaking through water-splitting bottlenecks over carbon nitride with fluorination Graphitic carbon nitride has long been considered a poor oxygen evolution catalyst. Here, the authors report a… show more Ji Wu, Zhonghuan Liu & Yongsheng Yan Article 16 November 2022 | Open Access Microfluidic vortex focusing for high throughput synthesis of size-tunable liposomes Liposomes are widely used in pharmaceuticals yet trade-offs between uniform size and mass production, limit… show more Jung Yeon Han, Joseph N. La Fiandra & Don L. DeVoe Article 16 November 2022 | Open Access High-pressure synthesis of seven lanthanum hydrides with a significant variability of hydrogen content The lanthanum-hydrogen system has attracted attention following the observation of superconductivity in LaH10 at… show more Dominique Laniel, Florian Trybel & Natalia Dubrovinskaia Article 16 November 2022 | Open Access Regulating electron configuration of single Cu sites via unsaturated N,O-coordination for selective oxidation of benzene Developing highly efficient catalysts for selective oxidation of benzene to phenol with low H2O2 consumption… show more Ting Zhang, Zhe Sun & Zhongkui Zhao Article 16 November 2022 | Open Access On-chip generation and dynamic piezo-optomechanical rotation of single photons Hybrid quantum technologies synergistically combine different types of systems with complementary strengths.… show more Dominik D. Bühler, Matthias Weiß & Hubert J. Krenner Article 16 November 2022 | Open Access Electrically responsive photonic crystals with bistable states for low-power electrophoretic color displays Conventional electrophoretic color displays require a permanent electric field, increasing power consumption.… show more Qianqian Fu, Wenyuan Yu & Jianping Ge Article 16 November 2022 | Open Access Probing atomic physics at ultrahigh pressure using laser-driven implosions Atoms and molecules under extreme temperature and pressure can be investigated using dense plasmas achieved by… show more S. X. Hu, David T. Bishel & Timothy Walton Article 16 November 2022 | Open Access Covalent transfer of chemical gradients onto a graphenic surface with 2D and 3D control Covalent modification is an essential chemical method for altering the physicochemical properties of material… show more Yuanzhi Xia, Semih Sevim & Josep Puigmartí-Luis Article 16 November 2022 | Open Access Absolute frequency metrology of buffer-gas-cooled molecular spectra at 1 kHz accuracy level High-resolution molecular spectroscopy with cryogenic setups is hampered by the lack of a skilled interrogation… show more Roberto Aiello, Valentina Di Sarno & Pasquale Maddaloni Article 16 November 2022 | Open Access Vortex dynamics in the two-dimensional BCS-BEC crossover The crossover between the limiting ground states of fermionic systems, the so called BCS-BEC crossover, is of… show more Max Heyl, Kyosuke Adachi & Yoshihiro Iwasa Article 16 November 2022 | Open Access Crystal growth in confinement How confinement affects the growth of crystals is poorly understood. Experiments in which NaClO3 and CaCO3… show more Felix Kohler, Olivier Pierre-Louis & Dag Kristian Dysthe Article 16 November 2022 | Open Access F-actin architecture determines constraints on myosin thick filament motion While the impact of F-actin architecture on stress transmission is well studied, the role of architecture on… show more Camelia G. Muresan, Zachary Gao Sun & Michael P. Murrell Article 15 November 2022 | Open Access Design of large-span stick-slip freely switchable hydrogels via dynamic multiscale contact synergy Switching between adhesive and non-adhesive states is important to design materials with on-demand adhesion… show more Zhizhi Zhang, Chenxi Qin & Feng Zhou Article 15 November 2022 | Open Access Lithium hexamethyldisilazide as electrolyte additive for efficient cycling of high-voltage non-aqueous lithium metal batteries High-voltage non-aqueous lithium metal batteries suffer from poor cycling stability due to the presence of… show more Danfeng Zhang, Ming Liu & Yan-Bing He Article 15 November 2022 | Open Access Quantum metrology with imperfect measurements The effects of detection noise on quantum metrology performances have not been rigorously investigated yet. Here,… show more Yink Loong Len, Tuvia Gefen & Jan Kołodyński Article 15 November 2022 | Open Access Brownian reservoir computing realized using geometrically confined skyrmion dynamics Magnetic skyrmions, due to their strongly nonlinearity and multiscale dynamics, are promising for implementing… show more Klaus Raab, Maarten A. Brems & Mathias Kläui Article 15 November 2022 | Open Access Releasing chemical energy in spatiallyprogrammed ferroelectrics Chemical energy ferroelectrics show limited control of the energy release rate. Here, the authors design… show more Yong Hu, Jennifer L. Gottfried & Shenqiang Ren Article 15 November 2022 | Open Access Full-spectrum nonmetallic plasmonic carriers for efficient isopropanol dehydration A nonmetallic plasmonic heterostructure of W18O49 nanowires on reduced-graphene oxide is reported for the… show more Changhai Lu, Daotong You & Zaizhu Lou Article 15 November 2022 | Open Access High-lying valley-polarized trions in 2D semiconductors Here, the authors observe tightly bound, valley-polarized, UV-emissive trions in monolayer transition metal… show more Kai-Qiang Lin, Jonas D. Ziegler & John M. Lupton Article 14 November 2022 | Open Access Aqueous synthesis of highly functional, hydrophobic, and chemically recyclable cellulose nanomaterials through oxime ligation Water is a standing challenge in the chemical modification of cellulose nanofibrils. Here, authors employ… show more Elena Subbotina, Farsa Ram & Peter Olsén Article 14 November 2022 | Open Access Critical role of hydrogen sorption kinetics in electrocatalytic CO2 reduction revealed by on-chip in situ transport investigations Electrochemical hydrogen-participating processes are commonly relevant in multiple clean energy technologies.… show more Zhangyan Mu, Na Han & Mengning Ding Article 14 November 2022 | Open Access Valence-skipping and quasi-two-dimensionality of superconductivity in a van der Waals insulator Fluctuation of the cation valence state plays a crucial role in emergent quantum phenomena in correlated electron… show more Caorong Zhang, Junwei Huang & Hongtao Yuan Article 14 November 2022 | Open Access Engineering high quality graphene superlattices via ion milled ultra-thin etching masks Focused-ion beam (FIB) lithography enables high-resolution nanopatterning of 2D materials, but usually introduces… show more David Barcons Ruiz, Hanan Herzig Sheinfux & Frank H. L. Koppens Article 14 November 2022 | Open Access Priming self-assembly pathways by stacking block copolymers Self-assembly of block-copolymers yields nanoscale structures in a facile way, but the diversity of structures is… show more Sebastian T. Russell, Suwon Bae & Kevin G. Yager Article 14 November 2022 | Open Access Theoretical insights into the Peierls plasticity in SrTiO3 ceramics via dislocation remodelling Many ceramics and semiconductors are brittle at moderate temperatures, which can be a concern for applications.… show more Yi Li, Xiangyang Liu & Chunlei Wan Article 14 November 2022 | Open Access Accurate graphene quantum Hall arrays for the new International System of Units The 2019 redefinition of the International System of Units requires a 100 Ω quantum resistance standard for the… show more Hans He, Karin Cedergren & Gunnar Eklund Article 14 November 2022 | Open Access Flash drug release from nanoparticles accumulated in the targeted blood vessels facilitates the tumour treatment Achieving the delivery of drugs into the centre of solid tumours is a challenge due to the tumour… show more Ivan V. Zelepukin, Olga Yu. Griaznova & Andrei V. Zvyagin Article 14 November 2022 | Open Access Breaking through the Mermin-Wagner limit in 2D van der Waals magnets The recent discovery of magnetism in van der Waals materials down to the monolayer seemed to challenge a… show more Sarah Jenkins, Levente Rózsa & Elton J. G. Santos Article 14 November 2022 | Open Access Size-matched hydrogen bonded hydroxylammonium frameworks for regulation of energetic materials Size matching molecular design utilizing host-guest chemistry is a general and promising strategy for seeking new… show more Qi Lai, Le Pei & Jean’ne M. Shreeve Article 14 November 2022 | Open Access Coherent momentum control of forbidden excitons Here, the authors integrate a photonic crystal, supporting photonic bound states in the continuum (BICs), with… show more Xuezhi Ma, Kaushik Kudtarkar & Shoufeng Lan Article 14 November 2022 | Open Access Hot-carrier tunable abnormal nonlinear absorption conversion in quasi-2D perovskite Controlling the high-power laser transmittance is built on the diverse manipulation of multiple nonlinear… show more Gang Wang, Tanghao Liu & Guichuan Xing Article 14 November 2022 | Open Access Anti-infective therapy using species-specific activators of Staphylococcus aureus ClpP The development of selective ClpP activators targeting only the MRSA isolates without interfering with the human… show more Bingyan Wei, Tao Zhang & Cai-Guang Yang Article 14 November 2022 | Open Access Improved pharmacodynamics of epidermal growth factor via microneedles-based self-powered transcutaneous electrical stimulation The use of epidermal growth factor for wound healing is limited by transdermal permeability, reduction, and… show more Yuan Yang, Ruizeng Luo & Zhong Lin Wang Article 12 November 2022 | Open Access 4D printing of MXene hydrogels for high-efficiency pseudocapacitive energy storage 2D MXene hydrogels are promising for diverse applications. Here, the authors report a universal 4D printing… show more Ke Li, Juan Zhao & Valeria Nicolosi Article 12 November 2022 | Open Access Ligand-enabled Ni-catalyzed hydroarylation and hydroalkenylation of internal alkenes with organoborons The hydrocarbofunctionalization of alkenes represents one of the most efficient methods for generating complex… show more Dao-Ming Wang, Li-Qin She & Peng Wang Article 12 November 2022 | Open Access Unimon qubit While transmon is the most widely used superconducting qubit, the search for alternative qubit designs with… show more Eric Hyyppä, Suman Kundu & Mikko Möttönen Article 12 November 2022 | Open Access Pinpointing the axial ligand effect on platinum single-atom-catalyst towards efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction Establishing robust structure/performance correlations is critical for the development of single-atom-catalysts… show more Tianyu Zhang, Jing Jin & Lei Wang