Article 17 December 2022 | Open Access Quantum criticality of excitonic Mott metal-insulator transitions in black phosphorus The exciton Mott transition refers to a transition from an insulating state of gas-like excitons to strongly… show more Binjie Zheng, Junzhuan Wang & Xiaomu Wang Article 17 December 2022 | Open Access Ultrahigh dynamic range and low noise figure programmable integrated microwave photonic filter The authors demonstrate programmable integrated microwave photonic filters with low noise figure and ultrahigh… show more Okky Daulay, Gaojian Liu & David Marpaung Article 17 December 2022 | Open Access Spin-decoupling of vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers with complete phase modulation using on-chip integrated Jones matrix metasurfaces Here the authors harness the on-chip integration of Jones matrix metasurfaces to demonstrate an ultra-compact… show more Pei-Nan Ni, Pan Fu & Patrice Genevet Article 17 December 2022 | Open Access Lossless enrichment of trace analytes in levitating droplets for multiphase and multiplex detection Efficient enrichment of molecules from liquids, solid objects, or the gas phase is critical for their detection… show more Xueyan Chen, Qianqian Ding & Shikuan Yang Article 17 December 2022 | Open Access Seismic multi-hazard and impact estimation via causal inference from satellite imagery This study presents the first rapid seismic multi-hazard and impact estimation system integrating advanced causal… show more Susu Xu, Joshua Dimasaka & Hae Young Noh Article 17 December 2022 | Open Access Chemical reaction-mediated covalent localization of bacteria Transplantation of helpful bacteria has been used to treat disease through modulating host microbiota. Here, the… show more Huilong Luo, Yanmei Chen & Jinyao Liu Article 17 December 2022 | Open Access Stereodivergent synthesis of chiral succinimides via Rh-catalyzed asymmetric transfer hydrogenation Chiral succinimides are ubiquitous in bioactive compounds. Here, authors report a stereodivergent method for… show more Fangyuan Wang, Zongpeng Zhang & Xumu Zhang Article 17 December 2022 | Open Access Spontaneous electric-polarization topology in confined ferroelectric nematics Though magnetic and electric states are closely related, many magnetic states cannot find their electric… show more Jidan Yang, Yu Zou & Satoshi Aya Article 16 December 2022 | Open Access Lithiated Prussian blue analogues as positive electrode active materials for stable non-aqueous lithium-ion batteries Prussian blue analogues (PBAs) are appealing materials for aqueous Na- and K- ion batteries but are limited for… show more Ziheng Zhang, Maxim Avdeev & Guang He Article 16 December 2022 | Open Access A general interfacial-energetics-tuning strategy for enhanced artificial photosynthesis While renewable H2O2 is promising industrially relevant regent, it remains a challenge to modulate materials’… show more Tian Liu, Zhenhua Pan & Chiheng Chu Article 16 December 2022 | Open Access Perpendicular electric field drives Chern transitions and layer polarization changes in Hofstadter bands Moiré superlattices offer a rich platform fort the study of correlated and topological phases. Here, by using… show more Pratap Chandra Adak, Subhajit Sinha & Mandar M. Deshmukh Article 16 December 2022 | Open Access Observation of a robust and active catalyst for hydrogen evolution under high current densities The development of robust catalysts that could work under industrial-scale current densities is a challenge for… show more Yudi Zhang, Kathryn E. Arpino & Guowei Li Article 16 December 2022 | Open Access Charge polarity-dependent ion-insertion asymmetry during electrochemical doping of an ambipolar π-conjugated polymer The influence of ion-sidechain interactions on ion-insertion energetics in organic mixed ionicelectronic… show more Jibin J. Samuel, Ashutosh Garudapalli & Naga Phani B. Aetukuri Article 16 December 2022 | Open Access Evidence of structural discontinuities in the inner core of red-giant stars Red giant stars enter the clump phase as the helium in the cores start fusing. Here, the authors show evidence… show more Mathieu Vrard, Margarida S. Cunha & Benoît Mosser Article 16 December 2022 | Open Access Temperature-adaptive hydrogel optical waveguide with soft tissue-affinity for thermal regulated interventional photomedicine Light penetration and overheating are major issues facing the application of photothermal therapy. Here, the… show more Guoyin Chen, Kai Hou & Meifang Zhu Article 16 December 2022 | Open Access Unconventional self-similar Hofstadter superconductivity from repulsive interactions Fractal Hofstadter bands have become widely accessible with the advent of moiré superlattices, exemplified by the… show more Daniel Shaffer, Jian Wang & Luiz H. Santos Article 16 December 2022 | Open Access Detecting and quantifying liquid–liquid phase separation in living cells by model-free calibrated half-bleaching It is currently debated how to reliably distinguish liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) from other mechanisms.… show more Fernando Muzzopappa, Johan Hummert & Fabian Erdel Article 15 December 2022 | Open Access Emergence of electric-field-tunable interfacial ferromagnetism in 2D antiferromagnet heterostructures One particularly useful feature of van der Waals materials is the ability to combine layers of different… show more Guanghui Cheng, Mohammad Mushfiqur Rahman & Yong P. Chen Article 15 December 2022 | Open Access Magnesium hexacyanoferrate nanocatalysts attenuate chemodrug-induced cardiotoxicity through an anti-apoptosis mechanism driven by modulation of ferrous iron Doxorubicin is commonly used in cancer chemotherapy, but its cardiotoxicity from iron overload is one of the… show more Minfeng Huo, Zhimin Tang & Jianlin Shi Article 15 December 2022 | Open Access Decoupling light absorption and carrier transport via heterogeneous doping in Ta3N5 thin film photoanode While photoelectrochemical water splitting offers a promising means to obtain renewable H2, it is challenging to… show more Yequan Xiao, Zeyu Fan & Yanbo Li Article 15 December 2022 | Open Access Selective CO2 electroreduction to methanol via enhanced oxygen bonding While the reduction of CO2 to specific products offers a valuable approach mitigating gas emissions, it is… show more Gong Zhang, Tuo Wang & Jinlong Gong Article 15 December 2022 | Open Access A photoacoustic patch for three-dimensional imaging of hemoglobin and core temperature The authors present a wearable photoacoustic patch, which integrates laser diodes and piezoelectric transducers… show more Xiaoxiang Gao, Xiangjun Chen & Sheng Xu Article 15 December 2022 | Open Access Room-temperature valence transition in a strain-tuned perovskite oxide Spin-state crossovers are phenomena where, under changes in temperature or pressure, the spin-state of an ion… show more Vipul Chaturvedi, Supriya Ghosh & Chris Leighton Article 15 December 2022 | Open Access Quantum variational algorithms are swamped with traps Implementations of shallow quantum machine learning models are a promising application of near-term quantum… show more Eric R. Anschuetz & Bobak T. Kiani Article 15 December 2022 | Open Access SiGe quantum wells with oscillating Ge concentrations for quantum dot qubits Quantum-dot spin qubits in Si/SiGe quantum wells require a large and uniform valley splitting for robust… show more Thomas McJunkin, Benjamin Harpt & M. A. Eriksson Article 15 December 2022 | Open Access Atomically dispersed golds on degradable zero-valent copper nanocubes augment oxygen driven Fenton-like reaction for effective orthotopic tumor therapy Single-atom catalysts emerge as nanocatalytic medicine in chemodynamic therapy but suffer from inefficient… show more Liu-Chun Wang, Li-Chan Chang & Chen-Sheng Yeh Article 15 December 2022 | Open Access Revealing carbon capture chemistry with 17-oxygen NMR spectroscopy A hurdle for designing improved capture materials is the lack of adequate tools to characterise how carbon… show more Astrid H. Berge, Suzi M. Pugh & Alexander C. Forse Article 15 December 2022 | Open Access Absolute excited state molecular geometries revealed by resonance Raman signals Physical or chemical reactions driven by light absorption are ruled by excited-state multidimensional energy… show more Giovanni Batignani, Emanuele Mai & Tullio Scopigno Article 15 December 2022 | Open Access BepiColombo mission confirms stagnation region of Venus and reveals its large extent BepiColombo mission had two Venus flybys on its way to Mercury. Here, the authors show that during its second… show more M. Persson, S. Aizawa & G. Murakami Article 15 December 2022 | Open Access Room-temperature valley transistors for low-power neuromorphic computing Valleytronic devices employ the electronic valley degree of freedom to realize potential low-power electronic… show more Jiewei Chen, Yue Zhou & Yang Chai Article 15 December 2022 | Open Access Selective and rapid extraction of trace amount of gold from complex liquids with silver(I)-organic frameworks The development of adsorbents for extracting gold from solutions is desirable from an environmental and… show more Jie Luo, Xiao Luo & Dan Li Article 15 December 2022 | Open Access Bond-selective intensity diffraction tomography The authors introduce Bond-selective Intensity Diffraction Tomography, a computational mid-infrared photothermal… show more Jian Zhao, Alex Matlock & Ji-Xin Cheng Article 15 December 2022 | Open Access Microencapsulation and nanowarming enables vitrification cryopreservation of mouse preantral follicles Vitrification of preantral follicles is a promising strategy for female fertility preservation, but requires high… show more Conghui Tian, Lingxiao Shen & Gang Zhao Article 15 December 2022 | Open Access Sleep-like unsupervised replay reduces catastrophic forgetting in artificial neural networks Artificial neural networks are known to perform well on recently learned tasks, at the same time forgetting… show more Timothy Tadros, Giri P. Krishnan & Maxim Bazhenov Article 14 December 2022 | Open Access Ba+2 ion trapping using organic submonolayer for ultra-low background neutrinoless double beta detector One of the possible events signaling a neutrinoless double beta decay is a Xe atom decaying into a Ba ion and two… show more P. Herrero-Gómez, J. P. Calupitan & J. T. White Article 14 December 2022 | Open Access Merging enzymatic and synthetic chemistry with computational synthesis planning The identification of synthetic routes combining enzymatic and non-enzymatic reactions has been challenging and… show more Itai Levin, Mengjie Liu & Connor W. Coley Article 14 December 2022 | Open Access Direct observation of long-range chirality transfer in a self-assembled supramolecular monolayer at interface in situ Unravelling the mechanism of chirality transfer in supramolecular assemblies is important to understand the… show more Yuening Zhang, Xujin Qin & Zhen Zhang Article 14 December 2022 | Open Access Iridium single atoms incorporated in Co3O4 efficiently catalyze the oxygen evolution in acidic conditions Designing active, stable and cost-effective catalysts for the acidic oxygen evolution reaction remains a… show more Yiming Zhu, Jiaao Wang & Jiwei Ma Article 14 December 2022 | Open Access Quantification of gas-accessible microporosity in metal-organic framework glasses Glasses derived from meltable metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) offer great potential for gas separation and solid… show more Louis Frentzel-Beyme, Pascal Kolodzeiski & Sebastian Henke Article 14 December 2022 | Open Access Thermal-inert and ohmic-contact interface for high performance half-Heusler based thermoelectric generator Unsatisfied electrode bonding in half-Heusler devices limits their practical service at high temperatures. Here,… show more Ruiheng Liu, Yunfei Xing & Shengqiang Bai Article 14 December 2022 | Open Access Dynamic assembly of DNA-ceria nanocomplex in living cells generates artificial peroxisome Artificial organelles can potentially be used support cellular functions, but there is a trade-off between… show more Chi Yao, Yuwei Xu & Dayong Yang Article 13 December 2022 | Open Access Green synthesis of propylene oxide directly from propane Propylene and propylene oxide are formed over boron nitride or SiO2 in the gas phase without yielding large… show more Pierre Kube, Jinhu Dong & Annette Trunschke Article 13 December 2022 | Open Access Focus image scanning microscopy for sharp and gentle super-resolved microscopy Super-resolution microscopy techniques can be challenging for live cells and thick samples. Here, the authors… show more Giorgio Tortarolo, Alessandro Zunino & Giuseppe Vicidomini Article 13 December 2022 | Open Access Finger-palm synergistic soft gripper for dynamic capture via energy harvesting and dissipation Soft materials are promising candidates for robotics with outstanding performance and functionality. Zhang et al.… show more Yin Zhang, Wang Zhang & Wei Pu Article 13 December 2022 | Open Access Onset of Bloch oscillations in the almost-strong-field regime There are many possible mechanisms of high-harmonic generation from crystals. Here the authors discuss the role… show more Jan Reislöhner, Doyeong Kim & Adrian N. Pfeiffer Article 13 December 2022 | Open Access Ultrafast, autonomous self-healable iontronic skin exhibiting piezo-ionic dynamics Sensing properties of the human skin are inspiring for the design of stretchable iontronics but achieving… show more Elvis K. Boahen, Baohai Pan & Do Hwan Kim Article 13 December 2022 | Open Access How ornithopters can perch autonomously on a branch Bird-like, flapping-wing robots can fly safely, quietly and with high agility. The authors propose a method to… show more Raphael Zufferey, Jesus Tormo-Barbero & Anibal Ollero Article 13 December 2022 | Open Access Atomic fluctuations lifting the energy degeneracy in Si/SiGe quantum dots Spin qubits in Si/SiGe quantum dots suffer from variability in the valley splitting which will hinder device… show more Brian Paquelet Wuetz, Merritt P. Losert & Giordano Scappucci Article 13 December 2022 | Open Access Circular polarized light-dependent anomalous photovoltaic effect from achiral hybrid perovskites The manipulation of anomalous photovoltaic current by changing the light helicity has attracted an increasing… show more Tingting Zhu, Jie Bie & Junhua Luo Article 13 December 2022 | Open Access Direct visualization of edge state in even-layer MnBi2Te4 at zero magnetic field Previous work has reported an axion insulator state in a layered topological antiferromagnet MnBi2Te4 evidenced… show more Weiyan Lin, Yang Feng & Jian Shen