07 July 2023 | Open Access Accessing parity-forbidden d-d transitions for photocatalytic CO2 reduction driven by infrared light This study demonstrates the effectiveness and generality of utilizing ultrathin Cu-based hydrotalcite-like… show more Xiaodong Li, Li Li & Xinliang Feng Article 07 July 2023 | Open Access Dynamic gel as artificial interphase layer for ultrahigh-rate and large-capacity lithium metal anode Achieving stable lithium metal anodes under large current densities over 10 mA cm−2 and area capacities over 10… show more Chao Chen, Jiaming Zhang & Xunhui Xiong Article 07 July 2023 | Open Access Self-bridging metamaterials surpassing the theoretical limit of Poisson’s ratios Natural and engineered Poisson’s ratios obey fundamental bounds determined by stability, linearity, and… show more Jinhao Zhang, Mi Xiao & Fengwen Wang Article 07 July 2023 | Open Access Quantifying disorder one atom at a time using an interpretable graph neural network paradigm Level of atomic disorder in materials is critical to understanding the effect of local structure on materials… show more James Chapman, Tim Hsu & Brandon C. Wood Article 07 July 2023 | Open Access Measuring the counterion cloud of soft microgels using SANS with contrast variation The existence of peripheric charged groups on poly-N-isopropylacrylamide (pNIPAM) microgels together with the… show more Boyang Zhou, Urs Gasser & Alberto Fernandez-Nieves Article 07 July 2023 | Open Access Porous microneedle patch with sustained delivery of extracellular vesicles mitigates severe spinal cord injury Efficient delivery of extracellular vesicles to the injured spinal cord, with minimal damage, remains… show more Ao Fang, Yifan Wang & Xuhua Wang Article 07 July 2023 | Open Access Ultra-short pulse laser acceleration of protons to 80 MeV from cryogenic hydrogen jets tailored to near-critical density Laser-produced plasma can be used for particle acceleration in different schemes. Here the authors demonstrate… show more Martin Rehwald, Stefan Assenbaum & Karl Zeil Article 07 July 2023 | Open Access A supramolecular metalloenzyme possessing robust oxidase-mimetic catalytic function The de novo synthesis of enzyme-like active sites remains a challenge, due to the difficulties in imitating the… show more Shichao Xu, Haifeng Wu & Zhen-Gang Wang Article 07 July 2023 | Open Access Efficient and versatile formation of glycosidic bonds via catalytic strain-release glycosylation with glycosyl ortho−2,2-dimethoxycarbonylcyclopropylbenzoate donors Catalytic glycosylation provides access to oligosacchairdes with minimal amount of promoters. Here, the authors… show more Han Ding, Jian Lyu & Xue-Wei Liu Article 07 July 2023 | Open Access Artificially controlled nanoscale chemical reduction in VO2 through electron beam illumination The authors demonstrate a nanoscale chemical reduction for VO2 into V2O3 through electron-beam illumination,… show more Yang Zhang, Yupu Wang & Pu Yu Article 07 July 2023 | Open Access Photoswitchable dynamic conjugate addition-elimination reactions as a tool for light-mediated click and clip chemistry Photoinduced dynamic covalent bonds have the advantage of light-mediated bond making and breaking. Here, the… show more Hanwei Lu, Hebo Ye & Lei You Article 07 July 2023 | Open Access Mapping mechanical stress in curved epithelia of designed size and shape Marin-Llaurado and colleagues engineer curved epithelial monolayers of controlled geometry and develop a new… show more Ariadna Marín-Llauradó, Sohan Kale & Xavier Trepat Article 07 July 2023 | Open Access Frozen sound: An ultra-low frequency and ultra-broadband non-reciprocal acoustic absorber The control of sound is a common engineering problem and requires the development of new processes to bypass… show more Anis Maddi, Come Olivier & Yves Aurégan Article 07 July 2023 | Open Access Highly efficient platelet generation in lung vasculature reproduced by microfluidics Highly efficient generation of platelets in the vasculature. Here, Zhao et al. show that the mouse platelet… show more Xiaojuan Zhao, Dominic Alibhai & Alastair W. Poole Article 06 July 2023 | Open Access Tesla valves and capillary structures-activated thermal regulator Unwanted vapor backflow and chaotic two-phase flow patterns can hinder thermal transport performance in their… show more Wenming Li, Siyan Yang & Zuankai Wang Article 06 July 2023 | Open Access Tunably strained metallacycles enable modular differentiation of aza-arene C–H bonds The ability to selectively functionalize different sites on simple starting materials is a constant pursuit in… show more Longlong Xi, Minyan Wang & Zhuangzhi Shi Article 06 July 2023 | Open Access Molecular insights into the catalytic promiscuity of a bacterial diterpene synthase Diterpene synthase VenA catalyses the synthesis of venezuelaene A with a unique 5-5-6-7 tetracyclic skeleton from… show more Zhong Li, Lilan Zhang & Shengying Li Article 06 July 2023 | Open Access Holding water in a sieve—stable droplets without surface tension Droplets and sharp interfaces at supercritical pressures are interpreted as evidence of surface tension due to… show more N. P. Longmire, S. L. Showalter & D. T. Banuti Article 06 July 2023 | Open Access Sub-picosecond collapse of molecular polaritons to pure molecular transition in plasmonic photoswitch-nanoantennas Pump-probe spectroscopy is a versatile technique to explore ultrafast dynamics on the femtosecond timescale. Here… show more Joel Kuttruff, Marco Romanelli & Nicolò Maccaferri Article 06 July 2023 | Open Access Chalcogen-bridged coordination polymer for the photocatalytic activation of aryl halides Chalcogen-bridged naphthalene diimide coordination polymers are designed and synthesised as potent excited state… show more Le Zeng, Tiexin Zhang & Chunying Duan Article 06 July 2023 | Open Access On-site growth of perovskite nanocrystal arrays for integrated nanodevices Integration of halide perovskites into nanoscale devices has been impeded by the limits of controlled perovskite… show more Patricia Jastrzebska-Perfect, Weikun Zhu & Farnaz Niroui Article 06 July 2023 | Open Access Ultrasensitive mechanical/thermal response of a P(VDF-TrFE) sensor with a tailored network interconnection interface The piezoelectric and pyroelectric coefficients of ferroelectric materials are critical to improving the… show more Bo Li, Chuanyang Cai & Weishu Liu Article 06 July 2023 | Open Access Optimized superconductivity in the vicinity of a nematic quantum critical point in the kagome superconductor Cs(V1-xTix)3Sb5 Nematicity was recently found in the kagome superconductor CsV3Sb5. Here, by performing elastoresistance… show more Yeahan Sur, Kwang-Tak Kim & Kee Hoon Kim Article 06 July 2023 | Open Access Deep quantum neural networks on a superconducting processor Experimental studies about the trainability and generalization capacities of quantum neural networks are highly… show more Xiaoxuan Pan, Zhide Lu & Luyan Sun Article 06 July 2023 | Open Access 2D CdPS3-based versatile superionic conductors It is difficult for solid ionic conductor to attain high conductivity for multivalent ions and at low… show more Xin Yu & Wencai Ren Article 06 July 2023 | Open Access How to make climate-neutral aviation fly Europe’s aviation must reduce more than just flight CO2 emissions to achieve net-zero. Synthetic fuels and carbon… show more Romain Sacchi, Viola Becattini & Marco Mazzotti Article 05 July 2023 | Open Access Cavity-enhanced single-shot readout of a quantum dot spin within 3 nanoseconds Single-shot readout of optically active spin qubits is typically limited by low photon collection rates and… show more Nadia O. Antoniadis, Mark R. Hogg & Richard J. Warburton Article 05 July 2023 | Open Access Inductively shunted transmons exhibit noise insensitive plasmon states and a fluxon decay exceeding 3 hours Alternative superconducting qubit designs with improved performance are attracting attention. Here the authors… show more F. Hassani, M. Peruzzo & J. M. Fink Article 05 July 2023 | Open Access Fano resonant optical coatings platform for full gamut and high purity structural colors Fano resonant optical coatings (FROCs) present an ideal platform for structural coloring from thin-film… show more Mohamed ElKabbash, Nathaniel Hoffman & Chunlei Guo Article 05 July 2023 | Open Access Water binding and hygroscopicity in π-conjugated polyelectrolytes Moisture sorption is a common occurrence in polyelectrolyte systems, but not yet fully understood. Here the… show more Cindy Guanyu Tang, Mazlan Nur Syafiqah & Peter K. H. Ho Article 05 July 2023 | Open Access Modular synthesis of clickable peptides via late-stage maleimidation on C(7)-H tryptophan Cyclic peptides are of interest due to their application in pharmaceutical industry, but currently there are… show more Peng Wang, Jiang Liu & Yuguo Zheng Article 05 July 2023 | Open Access Laser maskless fast patterning for multitype microsupercapacitors Miniature asymmetric supercapacitors have higher voltage and energy density but are often limited by a complex… show more Yongjiu Yuan, Xin Li & Liangti Qu Article 05 July 2023 | Open Access Direct observation of tensile-strain-induced nanoscale magnetic hardening When strain is applied to some magnetic materials, the magnetic properties and magnetization can change… show more Deli Kong, András Kovács & Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski Article 05 July 2023 | Open Access Out-of-distribution generalization for learning quantum dynamics Generalization - that is, the ability to extrapolate from training data to unseen data - is fundamental in… show more Matthias C. Caro, Hsin-Yuan Huang & Zoë Holmes Article 05 July 2023 | Open Access Direct mapping of kidney function by DCE-MRI urography using a tetrazinanone organic radical contrast agent Current clinical methods for assessing kidney function report an aggregate value for both kidneys, and lack the… show more Nicholas D. Calvert, Alexia Kirby & Adam J. Shuhendler Article 04 July 2023 | Open Access Assembly drives regioselective azide-alkyne cycloaddition reaction Metal-free versions of azide–alkyne cycloadditions could find widespread applications in biomedical contexts.… show more Qiaochu Jiang, Wenjun Zhan & Gaolin Liang 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 Article 04 July 2023 | Open Access A sodium-ion-conducted asymmetric electrolyzer to lower the operation voltage for direct seawater electrolysis Hydrogen produced directly from neutral seawater is promising but challenging due to seawater’s complex… show more Hao Shi, Tanyuan Wang & Qing Li Article 04 July 2023 | Open Access Tuning hydrogenation chemistry of Pd-based heterogeneous catalysts by introducing homogeneous-like ligands Noble metals have been extensively employed in a variety of hydrotreating catalyst systems. Here, the authors… show more Jianghao Zhang, Wenda Hu & Yong Wang Article 04 July 2023 | Open Access Pattern recognition in reciprocal space with a magnon-scattering reservoir The elementary excitations of magnets are known as magnons. Like photons, they can carry information, but unlike… show more Lukas Körber, Christopher Heins & Katrin Schultheiss Article 04 July 2023 | Open Access An electroluminescent and tunable cavity-enhanced carbon-nanotube-emitter in the telecom band Here, the authors report the scalable integration of electroluminescent semiconducting carbon nanotubes between… show more Anna P. Ovvyan, Min-Ken Li & Wolfram H. P. Pernice Article 04 July 2023 | Open Access Field-free spin-orbit torque switching assisted by in-plane unconventional spin torque in ultrathin [Pt/Co]N Spin-orbit torques, arising in systems with strong spin-orbit interactions, have been a major avenue of research… show more Fen Xue, Shy-Jay Lin & Shan X. Wang Article 04 July 2023 | Open Access A soft, self-sensing tensile valve for perceptive soft robots Developing perceptive and adaptable soft robots without compromising mechanical compliance is a challenge. Here,… show more Jun Kyu Choe, Junsoo Kim & Jiyun Kim Article 04 July 2023 | Open Access Polar Solomon rings in ferroelectric nanocrystals Polar Solomon rings in a ferroelectric nanocrystal have been observed and electrically manipulated, which consist… show more Jing Wang, Deshan Liang & Ce-Wen Nan Article 04 July 2023 | Open Access Nanoscale multistate resistive switching in WO3 through scanning probe induced proton evolution Designing efficient multistate resistive switching devices is promising for neuromorphic computing. Here, the… show more Fan Zhang, Yang Zhang & Pu Yu Article 04 July 2023 | Open Access Single cohesin molecules generate force by two distinct mechanisms Cohesin protein complex is a molecular machine that extrudes DNA loops. Here, authors show that bending of the… show more Georgii Pobegalov, Lee-Ya Chu & Maxim I. Molodtsov 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 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