12 January 2023 | Open Access kHz-precision wavemeter based on reconfigurable microsoliton Microcombs are vulnerable to the environmental perturbations. Here, the authors propose a universal mechanism to… show more Rui Niu, Ming Li & Chun-Hua Dong Article 12 January 2023 | Open Access Solid state ionics enabled ultra-sensitive detection of thermal trace with 0.001K resolution in deep sea Exploration of deep sea areas relies on sonar and other visual and auditory sensors, but gaining information via… show more Yucheng Zhang, Dekai Ye & Chao Wang Article 12 January 2023 | Open Access Absence of a pressure gap and atomistic mechanism of the oxidation of pure Co nanoparticles 3d transition metal nanoparticles are of interest in fields ranging from spintronics, catalysis, and biomedicine.… show more Jaianth Vijayakumar, Tatiana M. Savchenko & Armin Kleibert Article 12 January 2023 | Open Access 2D conjugated microporous polyacetylenes synthesized via halogen-bond-assisted radical solid-phase polymerization for high-performance metal-ion absorbents Polyacetylenes are an important class of conjugated polymers but are generally synthesized via metal-catalyzed… show more Hong Tho Le, Chen-Gang Wang & Atsushi Goto Article 12 January 2023 | Open Access Metal single-site catalyst design for electrocatalytic production of hydrogen peroxide at industrial-relevant currents Direct hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis offers a sustainable alternative to the traditional energy-intensive… show more Peike Cao, Xie Quan & Jingguang G. Chen Article 11 January 2023 | Open Access Deciphering the catalytic mechanism of superoxide dismutase activity of carbon dot nanozyme Superoxide dismutase (SOD) nanozymes show mitigating effect on oxidative stress-related diseases, but are limited… show more Wenhui Gao, Jiuyang He & Xiyun Yan Article 11 January 2023 | Open Access Sub-nanometer-scale mapping of crystal orientation and depth-dependent structure of dislocation cores in SrTiO3 Accurate measurement of defect structures is hindered by complex atomic configuration and/or crystal tilt. Here,… show more Haozhi Sha, Yunpeng Ma & Rong Yu Article 11 January 2023 | Open Access Symmetry-breaking host–guest assembly in a hydrogen-bonded supramolecular system Self-assembly processes usually yield symmetric compounds. Here, the authors report the distortion of a symmetric… show more Shinnosuke Horiuchi, Takumi Yamaguchi & Keisuke Umakoshi Article 11 January 2023 | Open Access Controllable branching of robust response patterns in nonlinear mechanical resonators Feedback control applied to mechanical resonators can lead to the formation of various complex dynamic behaviors.… show more Axel M. Eriksson, Oriel Shoshani & David A. Czaplewski Article 11 January 2023 | Open Access Bio-inspired magnetic-driven folded diaphragm for biomimetic robot Soft robotics holds promise for realizing easy control over complex locomotion and deformation. Lin et al. report… show more Dezhao Lin, Fan Yang & Ruihong Li Article 11 January 2023 | Open Access SiO-induced thermal instability and interplay between graphite and SiO in graphite/SiO composite anode SiO is an adequate anode material for next generation lithium-ion batteries, but little is known about its aging… show more Ban Seok Lee, Sang-Hwan Oh & Seung-Ho Yu Article 11 January 2023 | Open Access Tunable unconventional kagome superconductivity in charge ordered RbV3Sb5 and KV3Sb5 The nature of the superconductivity in the kagome metals AV3Sb5 (A = K, Rb, Cs) remains under debate. Here, using… show more Z. Guguchia, C. Mielke III & R. Khasanov Article 10 January 2023 | Open Access Equilibrium selection via current sheet relaxation and guide field amplification Magnetized plasmas display continuous spectra of current-sheet equilibria. How they select a particular… show more Young Dae Yoon, Deirdre E. Wendel & Gunsu S. Yun Article 10 January 2023 | Open Access A gradient oxy-thiophosphate-coated Ni-rich layered oxide cathode for stable all-solid-state Li-ion batteries Layered oxide cathode active materials suffer from interfacial structural instability when coupled with sulfide… show more Jianwen Liang, Yuanmin Zhu & Xueliang Sun Article 10 January 2023 | Open Access Selective photoelectrochemical oxidation of glucose to glucaric acid by single atom Pt decorated defective TiO2 Photoelectrochemical oxidation provides a promising strategy for glucaric acid production. Here, selective… show more Zhangliu Tian, Yumin Da & Wei Chen Article 10 January 2023 | Open Access Machine learning models to accelerate the design of polymeric long-acting injectables Polymer-based long-acting injectable drugs are a promising therapeutic strategy for chronic diseases. Here the… show more Pauric Bannigan, Zeqing Bao & Christine Allen Article 10 January 2023 | Open Access Vascular smooth muscle-inspired architecture enables soft yet tough self-healing materials for durable capacitive strain-sensor Catastrophically mechanical failure, of soft self-healing materials often stems from its poor resistance to… show more FuYao Sun, LongFei Liu & JiaJun Fu Article 10 January 2023 | Open Access Supercooling of the A phase of 3He The A–B transition in superfluid 3He is a pure experimental model system to study first-order phase transitions… show more Y. Tian, D. Lotnyk & J. M. Parpia Article 10 January 2023 | Open Access Additive-controlled asymmetric iodocyclization enables enantioselective access to both α- and β-nucleosides Nucleosides and their analogs are pharmacologically important molecules. Here, the authors report an… show more Qi Wang, Jiayi Mu & Fener Chen Article 10 January 2023 | Open Access Doubled strength and ductility via maraging effect and dynamic precipitate transformation in ultrastrong medium-entropy alloy Commercial maraging alloys provide high strength and toughness by traditional precipitation strengthening… show more Hyun Chung, Won Seok Choi & Seok Su Sohn Article 10 January 2023 | Open Access Introducing the Dendrify framework for incorporating dendrites to spiking neural networks Biologically inspired spiking neural networks are highly promising, but remain simplified omitting relevant… show more Michalis Pagkalos, Spyridon Chavlis & Panayiota Poirazi Article 09 January 2023 | Open Access Platinum nanosheets synthesized via topotactic reduction of single-layer platinum oxide nanosheets for electrocatalysis 2D metals are promising electrocatalysts due to their potentially large surface area. Here we report double-layer… show more Daisuke Takimoto, Shino Toma & Wataru Sugimoto Article 09 January 2023 | Open Access Site- and enantioselective cross-coupling of saturated N-heterocycles with carboxylic acids by cooperative Ni/photoredox catalysis Chiral α-acylated N-heterocycles are commonly found in pharmaceutical drugs, natural products, and catalysts for… show more Xiaomin Shu, De Zhong & Haohua Huo Article 09 January 2023 | Open Access Structure sensitivity in gas sorption and conversion on metal-organic frameworks Probing gas sorption on defects and facets of porous materials at the nanoscale is challenging. Here, we… show more Guusje Delen, Matteo Monai & Bert M. Weckhuysen Article 07 January 2023 | Open Access One-dimensional semimetal contacts to two-dimensional semiconductors 2D semiconductors are attracting increasing attention as potentially scalable channels for future transistors,… show more Xuanzhang Li, Yang Wei & Yuegang Zhang Article 07 January 2023 | Open Access Steering from electrochemical denitrification to ammonia synthesis Electrocatalytic denitrification is a sustainable route for nitric oxide removal. However, transition metals… show more Huan Li, Jun Long & Jianping Xiao Article 07 January 2023 | Open Access Creating bulk ultrastable glasses by random particle bonding Viable methods for the production of ultrastable glasses are much sought after. A potential approach for creating… show more Misaki Ozawa, Yasutaka Iwashita & Francesco Zamponi Article 07 January 2023 | Open Access Leveraging molecular structure and bioactivity with chemical language models for de novo drug design Generative Deep Learning holds promise for mining the unexplored “chemical universe” for new drugs. Here, the… show more Michael Moret, Irene Pachon Angona & Gisbert Schneider Article 07 January 2023 | Open Access In vivo detection of bile duct pre-cancer with endoscopic light scattering spectroscopy Diagnosis of bile duct cancer often occur in advanced stages, leading to poor survival. Here, the authors combine… show more Douglas K. Pleskow, Mandeep S. Sawhney & Lev T. Perelman Article 06 January 2023 | Open Access Quantum interference between dark-excitons and zone-edged acoustic phonons in few-layer WS2 Here, the authors investigate the Raman spectra of few-layered WS2 when the excitation energy is in resonance… show more Qing-Hai Tan, Yun-Mei Li & Jun Zhang Article 06 January 2023 | Open Access Computational conjugate adaptive optics microscopy for longitudinal through-skull imaging of cortical myelin The authors realize longitudinal deep-brain imaging through an intact mouse skull by constructing a high-speed… show more Yongwoo Kwon, Jin Hee Hong & Wonshik Choi Article 06 January 2023 | Open Access Illustrating new understanding of adsorbed water on silica for inducing tetrahedral cobalt(II) for propane dehydrogenation Metal sites immobilized by hydroxyl groups gain great attention, however, the role of adsorbed water derived by… show more Zijun Huang, Dedong He & Yongming Luo Article 06 January 2023 | Open Access Formation and degradation of strongly reducing cyanoarene-based radical anions towards efficient radical anion-mediated photoredox catalysis Cyanoarene-based photocatalysts are widely used due to their catalytic performance, but the formation of the… show more Yonghwan Kwon, Jungwook Lee & Min Sang Kwon Article 06 January 2023 | Open Access Automatic purpose-driven basis set truncation for time-dependent Hartree–Fock and density-functional theory Time-dependent calculations are widely employed in simulating spectra. Here, the authors present a basis set… show more Ruocheng Han, Johann Mattiat & Sandra Luber Article 06 January 2023 | Open Access Wireless dielectrophoresis trapping and remote impedance sensing via resonant wireless power transfer The authors use resonant wireless power transfer to remotely trap and release nanoparticles in solution and… show more Christopher T. Ertsgaard, Minki Kim & Sang-Hyun Oh Article 06 January 2023 | Open Access Dynamics of the fcc-to-bcc phase transition in single-crystalline PdCu alloy nanoparticles Phase transitions in crystals are challenging to study with atomic resolution. Here, the authors reveal that the… show more Yingying Jiang, Martial Duchamp & Utkur Mirsaidov Article 06 January 2023 | Open Access Direct and indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality in Switzerland COVID-19-releated public health measures may have indirectly impacted mortality rates by causing or averting… show more Julien Riou, Anthony Hauser & Garyfallos Konstantinoudis Article 05 January 2023 | Open Access Quadrupolar 23Na+ NMR relaxation as a probe of subpicosecond collective dynamics in aqueous electrolyte solutions Quadrupolar nuclear magnetic relaxometry senses electrical fluctuations around nuclei, but their microscopic… show more Iurii Chubak, Leeor Alon & Benjamin Rotenberg Article 05 January 2023 | Open Access Constructing robust heterostructured interface for anode-free zinc batteries with ultrahigh capacities The development of dendrite-free, Zn-free anodes is challenging. Here, the authors design a two-dimensional… show more Xinhua Zheng, Zaichun Liu & Wei Chen Article 05 January 2023 | Open Access Auto-accelerated dehydrogenation of alkane assisted by in-situ formed olefins over boron nitride under aerobic conditions Oxidative dehydrogenation of alkanes over boron nitride catalysts provides a new opportunity for efficient olefin… show more Zhankai Liu, Ziyi Liu & An-Hui Lu Article 05 January 2023 | Open Access Enhanced chiroptic properties of nanocomposites of achiral plasmonic nanoparticles decorated with chiral dye-loaded micelles Circularly polarized luminescent materials with large dissymmetry and efficiency are in demand. Here, the authors… show more Tonghan Zhao, Dejing Meng & Pengfei Duan Article 05 January 2023 | Open Access Natural oxidase-mimicking copper-organic frameworks for targeted identification of ascorbate in sensitive sweat sensing Sweat sensors are important in personalized healthcare using natural oxidase to target biomolecules but these… show more Zhengyun Wang, Yuchen Huang & Bao Yu Xia Article 05 January 2023 | Open Access Photonic machine learning with on-chip diffractive optics Integrating diffractive optical neural networks (DONN) would reduce errors due to bulky components and… show more Tingzhao Fu, Yubin Zang & Hongwei Chen Article 05 January 2023 | Open Access Microcomb-based integrated photonic processing unit Optical neural networks face remarkable challenges in high-level integration and on-chip operation. In this work… show more Bowen Bai, Qipeng Yang & Xingjun Wang Article 04 January 2023 | Open Access Terahertz waveform synthesis in integrated thin-film lithium niobate platform Miniaturized platforms are desirable for terahertz applications. Here the authors demonstrate chip-scale THz… show more Alexa Herter, Amirhassan Shams-Ansari & Ileana-Cristina Benea-Chelmus Article 04 January 2023 | Open Access Ligand-controlled stereodivergent alkenylation of alkynes to access functionalized trans- and cis-1,3-dienes The stereoselective synthesis of 1,3-dienes represents a challenge in organic synthesis. Here, the authors report… show more Tianyu Long, Chen Zhu & Lingling Chu Article 04 January 2023 | Open Access Spontaneous vortex formation by microswimmers with retarded attractions Time-delayed interactions involving perception, decision, and reaction, are omnipresent in the living world.… show more Xiangzun Wang, Pin-Chuan Chen & Frank Cichos Article 04 January 2023 | Open Access High-strength and machinable load-bearing integrated electrochemical capacitors based on polymeric solid electrolyte High-strength composite materials for electrochemical energy storage is attractive for mobile systems. Here the… show more Jinmeng Zhang, Jianlong Yan & Hua Bai Article 04 January 2023 | Open Access Thermal fluctuations of the lipid membrane determine particle uptake into Giant Unilamellar Vesicles Particulates, bacteria and viruses wrap into cell membranes. Here the authors use optical tweezers, particle… show more Yareni A. Ayala, Ramin Omidvar & Alexander Rohrbach Article 04 January 2023 | Open Access The learnability of Pauli noise Characterisation of quantum hardware requires clear indications on what can and cannot be learned about quantum… show more Senrui Chen, Yunchao Liu & Liang Jiang