Article 04 July 2023 | Open Access High-speed scanless entire bandwidth mid-infrared chemical imaging The authors present a fast mid-infrared hyperspectral chemical imaging technique that uses chirped pulse… show more Yue Zhao, Shota Kusama & Takao Fuji Matters Arising 03 July 2023 | Open Access Reply to: On the existence of collective interactions reinforcing the metal-ligand bond in organometallic compounds Vojtech Šadek, Shahin Sowlati-Hashjin & Cina Foroutan-Nejad Article 03 July 2023 | Open Access Anomalous electronic transport in high-mobility Corbino rings Metallic resistance of two-dimensional electron gases normally increases with temperature increasing. Here, the… show more Sujatha Vijayakrishnan, F. Poitevin & G. Gervais Matters Arising 03 July 2023 | Open Access On the existence of collective interactions reinforcing the metal-ligand bond in organometallic compounds Jordi Poater, Pascal Vermeeren & Miquel Solà Article 03 July 2023 | Open Access Understanding the unique S-scheme charge migration in triazine/heptazine crystalline carbon nitride homojunction Here, the authors reveal how interfacial electron migration occurs in S-scheme crystalline carbon nitrides by… show more Fang Li, Xiaoyang Yue & Quanjun Xiang Article 03 July 2023 | Open Access Phononic bath engineering of a superconducting qubit Hybrid quantum acoustic systems integrating qubits with phonons offer a novel platform for investigating open… show more J. M. Kitzman, J. R. Lane & J. Pollanen Article 03 July 2023 | Open Access Electronic transport driven by collective light-matter coupled states in a quantum device Here the authors investigate the electronic transport in microcavity-coupled quantum detector with strong… show more Francesco Pisani, Djamal Gacemi & Yanko Todorov Article 03 July 2023 | Open Access A solution-to-solid conversion chemistry enables ultrafast-charging and long-lived molten salt aluminium batteries Conventional solid-to-solid conversion cathodes in rechargeable aluminium batteries suffer from sluggish reaction… show more Jiashen Meng, Xuhui Yao & Quanquan Pang Article 03 July 2023 | Open Access Designing main-group catalysts for low-temperature methane combustion by ozone Automated reaction route mapping is used to design catalysts for low-temperature CH4 combustion with ozone. A… show more Shunsaku Yasumura, Kenichiro Saita & Ken-ichi Shimizu Article 03 July 2023 | Open Access Dynamic control of hybrid grafted perfect vector vortex beams A metasurface is used to generate a hybrid grafted perfect vector vortex beam, which can be dynamically… show more Hammad Ahmed, Muhammad Afnan Ansari & Xianzhong Chen Article 03 July 2023 | Open Access Rapid planning and analysis of high-throughput experiment arrays for reaction discovery High-throughput experimentation is an increasingly important tool in reaction discovery, while there remains a… show more Babak Mahjour, Rui Zhang & Tim Cernak Article 03 July 2023 | Open Access Jamming and unusual charge density fluctuations of strange metals Recent experiments on the dynamical charge response of strange metals reveal unusual features such as… show more Stephen J. Thornton, Danilo B. Liarte & Debanjan Chowdhury Article 03 July 2023 | Open Access Longevity gene responsible for robust blue organic materials employing thermally activated delayed fluorescence High throughput virtual screening of robust blue thermally activated delayed fluorescent emitters has yet been… show more Qing-Yu Meng, Rui Wang & Juan Qiao Article 03 July 2023 | Open Access Cucurbit[8]uril-based water-dispersible assemblies with enhanced optoacoustic performance for multispectral optoacoustic imaging The applications of organic small-molecule contrast agents for multispectral optoacoustic imaging have been… show more Yinglong Wu, Lihe Sun & Yanli Zhao Article 03 July 2023 | Open Access Stratospheric water vapor affecting atmospheric circulation This study investigates the role of water in the lower-most stratosphere, affecting dynamics of the stratosphere… show more Edward Charlesworth, Felix Plöger & Martin Riese Article 01 July 2023 | Open Access Achieving near-perfect light absorption in atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides through band nesting The authors demonstrate near-perfect light absorption using only two atomic layers of transition metal… show more Seungjun Lee, Dongjea Seo & Tony Low Article 01 July 2023 | Open Access Lean-water hydrogel electrolyte for zinc ion batteries Excess water in hydrogel-based zinc ion batteries causes side reactions, but reduced water content results in low… show more Yanbo Wang, Qing Li & Chunyi Zhi Article 01 July 2023 | Open Access Hyperbolic polaritonic crystals with configurable low-symmetry Bloch modes Photonic crystals (PhCs) are artificial periodic materials that can be used to manipulate the flow of light.… show more Jiangtao Lv, Yingjie Wu & Qingdong Ou Article 01 July 2023 | Open Access Quantum simulation of thermodynamics in an integrated quantum photonic processor The emergence of relaxation in unitarily evolving systems can be seen as a paradox, but not once the distinction… show more F. H. B. Somhorst, R. van der Meer & J. J. Renema Article 30 June 2023 | Open Access Accelerating the prediction and discovery of peptide hydrogels with human-in-the-loop Accurate prediction of peptidic hydrogels could prove useful for diverse biomedical applications. Here, the… show more Tengyan Xu, Jiaqi Wang & Huaimin Wang Article 30 June 2023 | Open Access Innovative design of minimal invasive biodegradable poly(glycerol-dodecanoate) nucleus pulposus scaffold with function regeneration Minimally invasive implants have potential in treating intervertebral disc degeneration, but providing sufficient… show more Lizhen Wang, Kaixiang Jin & Yubo Fan Article 30 June 2023 | Open Access Multinuclear 1D and 2D NMR with 19F-Photo-CIDNP hyperpolarization in a microfluidic chip with untuned microcoil The main limitations in NMR techniques are low sensitivity and the requirement for complex instrumentation. Here… show more M. Victoria Gomez, Sander Baas & Aldrik H. Velders Article 30 June 2023 | Open Access Programmable spatial deformation by controllable off-center freestanding 4D printing of continuous fiber reinforced liquid crystal elastomer composites Liquid crystal elastomer printing methods are often limited to planar structures. In this work, authors integrate… show more Qingrui Wang, Xiaoyong Tian & Dichen Li Article 30 June 2023 | Open Access Full thermoelectric characterization of a single molecule Here, the authors devise a method, combining the break junction technique with a suspended heat-flux sensor, to… show more Andrea Gemma, Fatemeh Tabatabaei & Bernd Gotsmann Article 30 June 2023 | Open Access Ultrafast imaging of polariton propagation and interactions Exciton-polaritons are part-light part-matter states in semiconductors. Here the authors leverage… show more Ding Xu, Arkajit Mandal & Milan Delor Article 30 June 2023 | Open Access Photoredox-catalyzed diastereoselective dearomative prenylation and reverse-prenylation of electron-deficient indole derivatives Prenylated and reverse-prenylated indoline alkaloids are widely present in nature. Here, the authors demonstrate… show more Xuexue Chang, Fangqing Zhang & Yangbin Liu Article 30 June 2023 | Open Access Fast-exchanging spirocyclic rhodamine probes for aptamer-based super-resolution RNA imaging Live-cell RNA imaging with high spatial and temporal resolution remains a major challenge. Here the authors… show more Daniel Englert, Eva-Maria Burger & Murat Sunbul Article 30 June 2023 | Open Access Targeted cross-linker delivery for the in situ mapping of protein conformations and interactions in mitochondria Current methods for analysing protein structures and interactions generally require the separation of specific… show more Yuwan Chen, Wen Zhou & Yukui Zhang Article 29 June 2023 | Open Access Hierarchical conductive metal-organic framework films enabling efficient interfacial mass transfer Heterogeneous reactions associated with porous films are vital in nature and industry. A… show more Chuanhui Huang, Xinglong Shang & Renhao Dong Article 29 June 2023 | Open Access Machining water through laser cutting of nanoparticle-encased water pancakes “Due to the inherent disorder and fluidity of water, machining of water through laser cutting is challenging.… show more Jicheng Niu, Wenjing Liu & Fei Li Article 29 June 2023 | Open Access Lattice oxygen-mediated electron tuning promotes electrochemical hydrogenation of acetonitrile on copper catalysts While copper is active for electrocatalytic nitriles hydrogenation, the correlation between the local structures… show more Cong Wei, Yanyan Fang & Gongming Wang Article 29 June 2023 | Open Access Demonstration of quantum-digital payments There are different quantum algorithms developed for the security of current cryptographic concepts. Here the… show more Peter Schiansky, Julia Kalb & Philip Walther Article 29 June 2023 | Open Access Ferromagnetism emerged from non-ferromagnetic atomic crystals The isolation of graphene leads to a surge of interest in two dimensional materials, and recently, ferromagnetism… show more Cheng Gong, Peiyao Zhang & Xiang Zhang Article 29 June 2023 | Open Access Direct measurements of the colloidal Debye force The Debye interaction is defined as the attraction between a polar molecule and a nonpolar molecule, which… show more Hyang Mi Lee, Yong Woo Kim & Bum Jun Park Article 29 June 2023 | Open Access Spin current driven by ultrafast magnetization of FeRh In some magnetic materials, it is possible to magnetize or demagnetize the system on extremely short timescales.… show more Kyuhwe Kang, Hiroki Omura & Gyung-Min Choi Article 28 June 2023 | Open Access Fundamental investigations on the ionic transport and thermodynamic properties of non-aqueous potassium-ion electrolytes K-ion batteries may have rate advantages over Li-ion batteries due to the larger size of the cation. Here, the… show more Shobhan Dhir, Ben Jagger & Mauro Pasta Article 28 June 2023 | Open Access A unique van Hove singularity in kagome superconductor CsV3-xTaxSb5 with enhanced superconductivity The authors present ARPES and STM/STS measurements of the kagome superconductor CsV3-xTaxSb5. For the x = 0.4… show more Yang Luo, Yulei Han & Junfeng He Article 28 June 2023 | Open Access Electrical detection of spin pumping in van der Waals ferromagnetic Cr2Ge2Te6 with low magnetic damping Spin-pumping experimental technique where a DC or AC spin current is generated, and typically transferred to a… show more Hongjun Xu, Ke Jia & Guoqiang Yu Comment 27 June 2023 | Open Access Thermometry on individual nanoparticles highlights the impact of bimetallic interfaces A new study sheds light on the impact of bimetallic interfaces in nanomaterials for heat generation using… show more Marta Quintanilla Article 27 June 2023 | Open Access A cost-effective, ionically conductive and compressible oxychloride solid-state electrolyte for stable all-solid-state lithium-based batteries Ionic conductivity > 1 mS cm−1 at 25 °C, compressibility enabling > 90% density at 250 − 350 MPa, and cost <… show more Lv Hu, Jinzhu Wang & Cheng Ma Article 27 June 2023 | Open Access Interspecies exciton interactions lead to enhanced nonlinearity of dipolar excitons and polaritons in MoS2 homobilayers In semiconductors, accessing nonlinear interactions between excitons strongly coupled to light will be key for… show more Charalambos Louca, Armando Genco & Alexander I. Tartakovskii Article 27 June 2023 | Open Access Asymmetric gradient orbital interaction of hetero-diatomic active sites for promoting C − C coupling Molecular insights into the selectivity mechanism of dual-atom sites are required to engineer efficient… show more Jin Ming Wang, Qin Yao Zhu & Tae Kyu Kim Article 27 June 2023 | Open Access Impact of bimetallic interface design on heat generation in plasmonic Au/Pd nanostructures studied by single-particle thermometry The conversion of light into heat is a key process for plasmonic-catalytic applications. Here, the authors… show more Julian Gargiulo, Matias Herran & Emiliano Cortés Article 27 June 2023 | Open Access Multi-Modal Mobility Morphobot (M4) with appendage repurposing for locomotion plasticity enhancement The biomimicry of animals’ appendage repurposing can be applied to robot designs, resulting in unparalleled… show more Eric Sihite, Arash Kalantari & Morteza Gharib Article 26 June 2023 | Open Access Integrated halide perovskite photoelectrochemical cells with solar-driven water-splitting efficiency of 20.8% High-efficiency photoelectrodes, which integrate light absorption with catalysis, have been limited to costly… show more Austin M. K. Fehr, Ayush Agrawal & Aditya D. Mohite Article 26 June 2023 | Open Access Post-synthetic modification of covalent organic frameworks for CO2 electroreduction Covalent organic frameworks constructed with ionic skeletons and C-N linkages by multilevel post-synthetic… show more Minghao Liu, Shuai Yang & Gaofeng Zeng Article 24 June 2023 | Open Access Altering the spectroscopy, electronic structure, and bonding of organometallic curium(III) upon coordination of 4,4′−bipyridine Despite the distinct electronic properties of the wide variety Cm3+ compounds that have been prepared to date, no… show more Brian N. Long, María J. Beltrán-Leíva & Thomas E. Albrecht-Schönzart Article 24 June 2023 | Open Access Coherent optical control of a superconducting microwave cavity via electro-optical dynamical back-action Electro-optical interfaces are promising for quantum networks of superconducting circuits. Here the authors… show more Liu Qiu, Rishabh Sahu & Johannes M. Fink Article 24 June 2023 | Open Access Asymmetric dinitrogen-coordinated nickel single-atomic sites for efficient CO2 electroreduction Rational design of electrocatalysts for selective CO2 conversion is of great interests. Here the authors show… show more Yuzhu Zhou, Quan Zhou & Li Song Article 24 June 2023 | Open Access An unnatural enzyme with endonuclease activity towards small non-coding RNAs Endonucleases play crucial roles in various biological processes but endonucleases that target small non-coding… show more Noreen Ahmed, Nadine Ahmed & John Paul Pezacki