Article 27 January 2023 | Open Access Self-evolving photonic crystals for ultrafast photonics Generation and control of short pulse is desired for ultrafast applications. Here the authors demonstrate… show more Takuya Inoue, Ryohei Morita & Susumu Noda Article 27 January 2023 | Open Access Diffuse auroral precipitation driven by lower-band chorus second harmonics Scattering by the upper- and lower-band chorus waves are the dominant cause of diffuse auroral precipitation.… show more Xiongdong Yu, Zhigang Yuan & H. O. Funsten Perspective 26 January 2023 | Open Access A non-academic perspective on the future of lithium-based batteries In the field of lithium-based batteries, there is often a divide between academic research and industrial needs.… show more James T. Frith, Matthew J. Lacey & Ulderico Ulissi Article 26 January 2023 | Open Access Selective hydrogenation via precise hydrogen bond interactions on catalytic scaffolds Weak interactions between substrates and the active site environment have been known to be vital in enzyme… show more Song Shi, Piaoping Yang & Dionisios G. Vlachos Article 26 January 2023 | Open Access Biomolecular condensates formed by designer minimalistic peptides The molecular mechanisms underlying the formation of biomolecular condensates have not been fully elucidated.… show more Avigail Baruch Leshem, Sian Sloan-Dennison & Ayala Lampel Article 26 January 2023 | Open Access Enhanced gain and detectivity of unipolar barrier solar blind avalanche photodetector via lattice and band engineering The limited breakdown electric field and the high dark current hider the application of solar blind avalanche… show more Qingyi Zhang, Ning Li & Jianhua Hao Article 26 January 2023 | Open Access Efficient pure blue hyperfluorescence devices utilizing quadrupolar donor-acceptor-donor type of thermally activated delayed fluorescence sensitizers A suppressed energy loss through Dexter energy transfer is crucial to achieve highly efficient blue organic… show more Hyuna Lee, Ramanaskanda Braveenth & Jang Hyuk Kwon Article 26 January 2023 | Open Access Giant polarization ripple in transverse pyroelectricity Pyroelectricity promises viable heat harvesting and sensing. Here, the authors identify transverse polarization… show more Yi Zhou, Tianpeng Ding & Ghim Wei Ho Article 26 January 2023 | Open Access Observation of electronic modes in open cavity resonator Electron optics draws upon the resemblance between electron and optical waves. Here, the authors report on the… show more Hwanchul Jung, Dongsung T. Park & Hyung Kook Choi Article 25 January 2023 | Open Access Exclusive detection of volatile aromatic hydrocarbons using bilayer oxide chemiresistors with catalytic overlayers Bilayer sensors and sensor arrays with a catalytic CeO2 filter are proposed as a facile platform for… show more Seong-Yong Jeong, Young Kook Moon & Jong-Heun Lee Article 25 January 2023 | Open Access Molecular-level enhanced clusterization-triggered emission of nonconventional luminophores in dilute aqueous solution Luminophores based on clustering-triggered emission have drawn emerging attention in recent years but they tend… show more Qiuju Li, Xingyi Wang & Shun Mao Article 25 January 2023 | Open Access Suppressing phase disproportionation in quasi-2D perovskite light-emitting diodes Quasi-2D halide perovskites are attracting increasing attention for light-emitting devices. Here, the authors… show more Kang Wang, Zih-Yu Lin & Letian Dou Article 25 January 2023 | Open Access Benchmark single-step ethylene purification from ternary mixtures by a customized fluorinated anion-embedded MOF Ethylene (C2H4) purification from multi-component mixtures by physical adsorption is a great challenge in the… show more Yunjia Jiang,, Yongqi Hu, & Yuanbin Zhang Article 25 January 2023 | Open Access Pressure driven rotational isomerism in 2D hybrid perovskites Multilayers comprising alternating soft and hard layers offer enhanced toughness compared to all-hard structures.… show more Tingting Yin, Hejin Yan & Kian Ping Loh Article 25 January 2023 | Open Access Unveiling the spectrum of electrohydrodynamic turbulence in dust storms Electrohydrodynamic features of dust storm turbulence have puzzled scientists for over a hundred years. Here, the… show more Huan Zhang & You-He Zhou Article 25 January 2023 | Open Access Topological identification and interpretation for single-cell gene regulation elucidation across multiple platforms using scMGCA A major challenge in analyzing scRNA-seq data arises from challenges related to dimensionality and the prevalence… show more Zhuohan Yu, Yanchi Su & Xiangtao Li Article 24 January 2023 | Open Access Efficient stabilization of cyanonaphthalene by fast radiative cooling and implications for the resilience of small PAHs in interstellar clouds The abundances of small Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) observed in interstellar clouds has surprised… show more Mark H. Stockett, James N. Bull & Boxing Zhu Article 24 January 2023 | Open Access A three-terminal magnetic thermal transistor Thermal analogues to electrical transistors offer the potential for heat flow switching and amplification. Here,… show more Lorenzo Castelli, Qing Zhu & Geoff Wehmeyer Article 24 January 2023 | Open Access Acid enhanced zipping effect to densify MWCNT packing for multifunctional MWCNT films with ultra-high electrical conductivity Exploiting the electrical and mechanical properties of CNT films remain elusive because of the difficult material… show more Hong Wang, Xu Sun & Junjie Yan Article 24 January 2023 | Open Access Element- and enantiomer-selective visualization of molecular motion in real-time Complex molecules show element- and enantio-specific properties and reactivity. Here the authors demonstrate… show more R. Mincigrucci, J. R. Rouxel & C. Masciovecchio Article 24 January 2023 | Open Access scMoMaT jointly performs single cell mosaic integration and multi-modal bio-marker detection Many methods for single cell data integration have been developed, though mosaic integration remains challenging.… show more Ziqi Zhang, Haoran Sun & Xiuwei Zhang Article 24 January 2023 | Open Access 3D RNA-scaffolded wireframe origami Hybrid nucleic acid origami has potential for biomedical delivery of mRNA and fabrication of artificial… show more Molly F. Parsons, Matthew F. Allan & Mark Bathe Article 24 January 2023 | Open Access In-situ cryo-immune engineering of tumor microenvironment with cold-responsive nanotechnology for cancer immunotherapy Cryosurgery can represent a therapeutic option for breast cancer treatment. Here the authors report a strategy… show more Wenquan Ou, Samantha Stewart & Xiaoming He Article 23 January 2023 | Open Access Isolation of pseudocapacitive surface processes at monolayer MXene flakes reveals delocalized charging mechanism MXenes are two-dimensional nanomaterials that can be used as supercapacitors to store electrical energy. Here,… show more Marc Brunet Cabré, Dahnan Spurling & Kim McKelvey Article 23 January 2023 | Open Access The kinetics of carbon pair formation in silicon prohibits reaching thermal equilibrium Computational search for defect centers in semiconductors typically assumes that the defects realize the most… show more Peter Deák, Péter Udvarhelyi & Adam Gali Article 23 January 2023 | Open Access Strong room-temperature bulk nonlinear Hall effect in a spin-valley locked Dirac material The nonlinear Hall effect (NLHE) results in a second-harmonic transverse voltage in response to alternating… show more Lujin Min, Hengxin Tan & Zhiqiang Mao Article 23 January 2023 | Open Access Photosensitive ion channels in layered MXene membranes modified with plasmonic gold nanostars and cellulose nanofibers Artificial ion channels are in demand for ionotronic devices. Here, the authors use layered MXene membranes… show more Jeonghee Yeom, Ayoung Choe & Hyunhyub Ko Article 23 January 2023 | Open Access Sb2S3-templated synthesis of sulfur-doped Sb-N-C with hierarchical architecture and high metal loading for H2O2 electrosynthesis Selective two-electron oxygen reduction reaction is critical electrochemical process for H2O2 electrosynthesis.… show more Minmin Yan, Zengxi Wei & Huilong Fei Article 23 January 2023 | Open Access Universality of light thermalization in multimoded nonlinear optical systems The origin of the Rayleigh–Jeans distribution associated with light thermalization in optical thermodynamic… show more Qi Zhong, Fan O. Wu & Demetrios N. Christodoulides Article 23 January 2023 | Open Access Electricity-driven asymmetric bromocyclization enabled by chiral phosphate anion phase-transfer catalysis Asymmetric electrochemical synthesis via ion-pairing catalysis is challenging due to interference of the… show more Xuefeng Tan, Qingli Wang & Jianwei Sun Article 21 January 2023 | Open Access Dynamic rhenium dopant boosts ruthenium oxide for durable oxygen evolution RuO2 is a promising anode catalyst for proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers but suffers from poor… show more Huanyu Jin, Xinyan Liu & Shi-Zhang Qiao Article 21 January 2023 | Open Access The rocky road to organics needs drying How complex organics form in a prebiotic world remains a missing key to establish where life emerged. The authors… show more Muriel Andreani, Gilles Montagnac & Bénédicte Ménez Article 21 January 2023 | Open Access Structural analysis of an anthrol reductase inspires enantioselective synthesis of enantiopure hydroxycycloketones and β-halohydrins Asymmetric reduction of prochiral ketones is challenging. Here, the authors identify and solve the structure of… show more Xiaodong Hou, Huibin Xu & Yijian Rao Article 20 January 2023 | Open Access Selective CO2 electrolysis to CO using isolated antimony alloyed copper Engineering Cu to achieve high catalytic selectivity towards carbon monoxide at high current density is… show more Jiawei Li, Hongliang Zeng & Chuan Xia Article 20 January 2023 | Open Access Surface charge as activity descriptors for electrochemical CO2 reduction to multi-carbon products on organic-functionalised Cu Tuning CO2 electrocatalysis to achieve multi-carbon products is interesting yet challenging. Here the authors… show more Carina Yi Jing Lim, Meltem Yilmaz & Yee-Fun Lim Article 19 January 2023 | Open Access Phonon-mediated room-temperature quantum Hall transport in graphene Monolayer graphene can support the quantum Hall effect up to room temperature. Here, the authors provide evidence… show more Daniel Vaquero, Vito Clericò & Sergio Pezzini Article 19 January 2023 | Open Access General low-temperature growth of two-dimensional nanosheets from layered and nonlayered materials Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is a versatile method to synthesize 2D materials, but usually requires high… show more Biao Qin, Muhammad Zeeshan Saeed & Xidong Duan Article 19 January 2023 | Open Access Electrochemical direct air capture of CO2 using neutral red as reversible redox-active material Electrochemical direct air capture (DAC) of CO2 requires air-stable redox-active materials. Here, the authors… show more Hyowon Seo & T. Alan Hatton Article 19 January 2023 | Open Access Ultralow contact resistance in organic transistors via orbital hybridization The limitation in metal-semiconductor contact has been a major challenge for high-performance organic… show more Junpeng Zeng, Daowei He & Xinran Wang Article 19 January 2023 | Open Access Reversible bipolar thermopower of ionic thermoelectric polymer composite for cyclic energy generation Generating continuous power by ionic thermoelectric material modules remains challenging. Here, the authors find… show more Cheng Chi, Gongze Liu & Xing Zhang Article 19 January 2023 | Open Access Bioprinting microporous functional living materials from protein-based core-shell microgels Extrusion bioprinting can be used to produce living materials but controlling cell microenvironments is… show more Yangteng Ou, Shixiang Cao & Tuomas P. J. Knowles Article 19 January 2023 | Open Access Uncovering the mechanism for aggregation in repeat expanded RNA reveals a reentrant transition RNA molecules aggregate in certain conditions, but how and why remains unclear. Here the authors develop a model… show more Ofer Kimchi, Ella M. King & Michael P. Brenner Article 19 January 2023 | Open Access Integrated interfacial design of covalent organic framework photocatalysts to promote hydrogen evolution from water Attempts to develop hydrogen evolution photocatalysts usually result in low efficiency. Here the authors report a… show more Ting He, Wenlong Zhen & Donglin Jiang Article 19 January 2023 | Open Access Provably-secure quantum randomness expansion with uncharacterised homodyne detection Quantum random number generators should ideally rely on few assumptions, have high enough generation rates, and… show more Chao Wang, Ignatius William Primaatmaja & Charles Lim Article 19 January 2023 | Open Access