Article 28 July 2023 | Open Access Unusual nuclear exchange within a germanium-containing aromatic ring that results in germanium atom transfer Controlled atomic delivery is a desirable synthetic process. Here a germanium-substituted phenyl anion is shown… show more Ryohei Nishino, Norihiro Tokitoh & Yoshiyuki Mizuhata Article 28 July 2023 | Open Access Elucidating electrochemical nitrate and nitrite reduction over atomically-dispersed transition metal sites Understanding of atomically dispersed metal-nitrogen-carbon (M-N-C) for electrochemical nitrate reduction is… show more Eamonn Murphy, Yuanchao Liu & Plamen Atanassov Article 28 July 2023 | Open Access Enantioselectivity of discretized helical supramolecule consisting of achiral cobalt phthalocyanines via chiral-induced spin selectivity effect Experimental realizations of absolute enantioselection, without chiral catalysis or chiral ingredients, has been… show more Hiroki Aizawa, Takuro Sato & Hiroshi M. Yamamoto Article 28 July 2023 | Open Access Generation of out-of-plane polarized spin current by spin swapping Controlling the magnetization of a material is a major goal of spin-based information processing. One extensively… show more Binoy K. Hazra, Banabir Pal & Stuart S. P. Parkin Article 27 July 2023 | Open Access Absorption-induced transmission in plasma microphotonics Plasma can act as a tunable medium in electro-optical device. Here the authors demonstrate electrically induced… show more Baheej Bathish, Raanan Gad & Tal Carmon Article 27 July 2023 | Open Access The Gram-positive bacterium Romboutsia ilealis harbors a polysaccharide synthase that can produce (1,3;1,4)-β-D-glucans (1,3;1,4)-β-D-Glucans are widely distributed in many organisms, but little is known about the enzymes responsible… show more Shu-Chieh Chang, Mu-Rong Kao & Yves S. Y. Hsieh Article 27 July 2023 | Open Access Rapid prototyping of high-resolution large format microfluidic device through maskless image guided in-situ photopolymerization The utility of microfluidic devices has been limited by several drawbacks including low resolution, inferior… show more Ratul Paul, Yuwen Zhao & Yaling Liu Article 27 July 2023 | Open Access Precise cooperative sulfur placement leads to semi-crystallinity and selective depolymerisability in CS2/oxetane copolymers CS2 promises easy access to degradable sulfur-rich polymers, but ring-opening copolymerisation using CS2 is… show more Christoph Fornacon-Wood, Bhargav R. Manjunatha & Alex J. Plajer Article 27 July 2023 | Open Access Tuning the zeolite acidity enables selectivity control by suppressing ketene formation in lignin catalytic pyrolysis Unveiling catalytic mechanisms at a molecular level aids selectivity control of lignin catalytic fast pyrolysis.… show more Zeyou Pan, Allen Puente-Urbina & Patrick Hemberger Article 27 July 2023 | Open Access Geometric control of diffusing elements on InAs semiconductor surfaces via metal contacts Lithographic metal patterns are used to control the formation of large droplets that naturally occur during the… show more Sandra Benter, Adam Jönsson & Anders Mikkelsen Article 26 July 2023 | Open Access Experimental study platform for electrocatalysis of atomic-level controlled high-entropy alloy surfaces Understanding the surface atomic-level structure–property relationships of complex high-entropy alloy… show more Yoshihiro Chida, Takeru Tomimori & Toshimasa Wadayama Article 26 July 2023 | Open Access Confining charge-transfer complex in a metal-organic framework for photocatalytic CO2 reduction in water Maji and coworkers report the selective conversion of CO2 to CH4 under visible light by utilizing a charge… show more Sanchita Karmakar, Soumitra Barman & Tapas Kumar Maji Article 26 July 2023 | Open Access Enhancing polyol/sugar cascade oxidation to formic acid with defect rich MnO2 catalysts This work develops defective MnO2 catalysts with Frustrated Lewis Pairs through a coordination number reduction… show more Hao Yan, Bowen Liu & Ning Yan Article 26 July 2023 | Open Access Achieving tissue-level softness on stretchable electronics through a generalizable soft interlayer design Stretchable electronics are attractive for a range of biomedical applications, but are challenging to prepare… show more Yang Li, Nan Li & Sihong Wang Article 26 July 2023 | Open Access Chirality control of a single carbene molecule by tip-induced van der Waals interactions The control of molecular chirality is of great interest in stereochemistry and biochemistry. Here, the authors… show more Yunjun Cao, Joel Mieres-Perez & Karina Morgenstern Article 26 July 2023 | Open Access Efficient urea electrosynthesis from carbon dioxide and nitrate via alternating Cu–W bimetallic C–N coupling sites Electrocatalytic urea synthesis is an emerging alternative technology to the traditional urea synthesis protocol.… show more Yilong Zhao, Yunxuan Ding & Fusheng Li Article 26 July 2023 | Open Access Self-organization of primitive metabolic cycles due to non-reciprocal interactions It is generally accepted that non-equilibrium conditions would have been necessary for the formation of primitive… show more Vincent Ouazan-Reboul, Jaime Agudo-Canalejo & Ramin Golestanian Article 26 July 2023 | Open Access Self-aligned patterning of tantalum oxide on Cu/SiO2 through redox-coupled inherently selective atomic layer deposition ‘Atomic-scale precision alignment is a bottleneck in the fabrication of next generation nanoelectronics. Here,… show more Yicheng Li, Zilian Qi & Rong Chen Article 26 July 2023 | Open Access Generation of whole tumor cell vaccine for on-demand manipulation of immune responses against cancer under near-infrared laser irradiation Whole autologous tumor cell vaccine (TCV) has been proposed as a tool for cancer immunotherapy. Here the authors… show more Jiaqi Meng, Yanlin Lv & Wei Wei Article 26 July 2023 | Open Access Rapid genetic screening with high quality factor metasurfaces The authors present a high quality factor metasurface that enables sensitive and highly-parallelized detection of… show more Jack Hu, Fareeha Safir & Jennifer A. Dionne Article 25 July 2023 | Open Access Preventing cation intermixing enables 50% quantum yield in sub-15 nm short-wave infrared-emitting rare-earth based core-shell nanocrystals Controlling cation intermixing in rare-earth based core-shell nanomaterials is a key strategy to improve the… show more Fernando Arteaga Cardona, Noopur Jain & Damien Hudry Article 25 July 2023 | Open Access Temperature-dependent interphase formation and Li+ transport in lithium metal batteries High-performance lithium metal batteries operating below −20 °C are desired but hindered by slow reaction… show more SutingWeng, Xiao Zhang & Xuefeng Wang Article 25 July 2023 | Open Access Excitonic insulator to superconductor phase transition in ultra-compressed helium Solid helium is predicted to become a metal at extraordinarily high pressures of 25 TPa. Here, the authors… show more Cong Liu, Ion Errea & Claudio Cazorla Article 25 July 2023 | Open Access Hybrid topological photonic crystals Owing to the nonequilibrium nature, photonic topological phenomena can involve multiple band gaps. Here the… show more Yanan Wang, Hai-Xiao Wang & Guang-Yu Guo Article 25 July 2023 | Open Access An avalanche-and-surge robust ultrawide-bandgap heterojunction for power electronics Avalanche and surge robustness are fundamental for power devices to survive overvoltage and overcurrent stresses… show more Feng Zhou, Hehe Gong & Jiandong Ye Article 25 July 2023 | Open Access Neural network-based Bluetooth synchronization of multiple wearable devices Synchronization of e-wearables can be challenging due to device performance variations. Here, the authors develop… show more Karthikeyan Kalyanasundaram Balasubramanian, Andrea Merello & Marco Crepaldi Article 25 July 2023 | Open Access The emergence of three-dimensional chiral domain walls in polar vortices The authors investigate how the disorder and the interplay of lateral and axial polarization of the polar vortex… show more Sandhya Susarla, Shanglin Hsu & Colin Ophus Article 25 July 2023 | Open Access Warning of a forthcoming collapse of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) is a major tipping element in the climate system. Here,… show more Peter Ditlevsen & Susanne Ditlevsen Article 24 July 2023 | Open Access Construction of C-B axial chirality via dynamic kinetic asymmetric cross-coupling mediated by tetracoordinate boron The application of catalytic dynamic kinetic asymmetric transformation (DyKAT) in axial chirality is limited to… show more Kai Yang, Yanfei Mao & Qiuling Song Article 24 July 2023 | Open Access Unlocking full and fast conversion in photocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction for applications in radio-carbonylation While the reduction of CO2 to CO is a very active research topic, use of the reduced CO in organic synthesis is… show more Serena Monticelli, Alex Talbot & Davide Audisio Article 24 July 2023 | Open Access μeV electron spectromicroscopy using free-space light The authors present μeV electron spectromicroscopy, a technique that combines free-space light and electron beams… show more Yves Auad, Eduardo J. C. Dias & Mathieu Kociak Article 24 July 2023 | Open Access Synergy of dual-atom catalysts deviated from the scaling relationship for oxygen evolution reaction The utilization of dual-atom catalysts holds the potential in surpassing single-atom catalysts for oxygen… show more Cong Fang, Jian Zhou & Xiaoyan Sun Article 24 July 2023 | Open Access In situ assembly of bioresorbable organic bioelectronics in the brain Temporary bioelectronics can complement classical therapies in non-chronic treatments. Here, the authors describe… show more Martin Hjort, Abdelrazek H. Mousa & Roger Olsson Article 24 July 2023 | Open Access Enhancing reactivity of SiO+ ions by controlled excitation to extreme rotational states Control of chemical reactivity through excitation of rotational states is a relatively unexplored process that… show more Sruthi Venkataramanababu, Anyang Li & Brian C. Odom Article 24 July 2023 | Open Access Continuous estimation of power system inertia using convolutional neural networks The increase of intermittent energy sources and renewable energy penetration generally results in reduced overall… show more Daniele Linaro, Federico Bizzarri & Angelo M. Brambilla Article 24 July 2023 | Open Access Giant uniaxial negative thermal expansion in FeZr2 alloy over a wide temperature range Negative thermal expansion alloys possess an important role in regulating thermal expansion. Here, the authors… show more Meng Xu, Qiang Li & Jun Chen Article 24 July 2023 | Open Access Diversity-oriented synthesis of P-stereogenic and axially chiral monodentate biaryl phosphines enabled by C-P bond cleavage Chiral monodentate biaryl phosphines (MOPs) have attracted intense attention as chiral ligands over the past… show more Liangzhi Pang, Zhan Huang & Qiankun Li Article 24 July 2023 | Open Access A general model-based causal inference method overcomes the curse of synchrony and indirect effect Traditional causal inference methods struggle to distinguish direct causation from synchrony and indirect… show more Se Ho Park, Seokmin Ha & Jae Kyoung Kim Article 22 July 2023 | Open Access Ordered creation and motion of skyrmions with surface acoustic wave Skyrmions are a type of topological spin texture that have generate considerable interest for use in information… show more Ruyi Chen, Chong Chen & Cheng Song Article 22 July 2023 | Open Access Facilitating two-electron oxygen reduction with pyrrolic nitrogen sites for electrochemical hydrogen peroxide production A graphene/mesoporous carbon composite presents rapid and efficient H2O2 electrosynthesis capability by… show more Wei Peng, Jiaxin Liu & Ji Liang Article 22 July 2023 | Open Access Durable organic nonlinear optical membranes for thermotolerant lightings and in vivo bioimaging Organic nonlinear optical materials have potential in applications such as bioimaging, but tend to have low… show more Tian Tian, Yuxuan Fang & Wu-Qiang Wu Article 22 July 2023 | Open Access Coaxially printed magnetic mechanical electrical hybrid structures with actuation and sensing functionalities Achieving hybrid magnetic actuation, energy transfer and somatosensory actuation functions in soft… show more Yuanxi Zhang, Chengfeng Pan & Lelun Jiang Article 22 July 2023 | Open Access A recyclable biomass electrolyte towards green zinc-ion batteries Functional hydrogel electrolytes show promising potential for enhancing the sustainability of aqueous zinc-ion… show more Hongyu Lu, Jisong Hu & Bingang Xu Article 22 July 2023 | Open Access Twisting, untwisting, and retwisting of elastic Co-based nanohelices The reversible transformation of a nanohelix is one of the most exquisite and important phenomenon in nature but… show more Wei Du, Feng Gao & Qingyi Lu Article 22 July 2023 | Open Access Highly selective oxidation of benzene to phenol with air at room temperature promoted by water Phenol is one of the most important fine chemicals, but its synthesis is highly energy intensive. Here, the… show more Jijia Xie, Xiyi Li & Junwang Tang Article 21 July 2023 | Open Access Synthesis of propenone-linked covalent organic frameworks via Claisen-Schmidt reaction for photocatalytic removal of uranium The synthesis of sp2 carbon-conjugated covalent organic frameworks is limited to a few reactions and monomers due… show more Cheng-Peng Niu, Cheng-Rong Zhang & Jian-Ding Qiu Article 21 July 2023 | Open Access Deconvolution volumetric additive manufacturing Volumetric additive manufacturing generally suffers from systematic undercuring of fine features, which limits… show more Antony Orth, Daniel Webber & Chantal Paquet Article 21 July 2023 | Open Access Attosecond delays between dissociative and non-dissociative ionization of polyatomic molecules The role of nuclear motion on photoionization delays is an interesting open question. Here the authors study… show more Xiaochun Gong, Étienne Plésiat & Hans Jakob Wörner Article 21 July 2023 | Open Access Optofluidic memory and self-induced nonlinear optical phase change for reservoir computing in silicon photonics The authors demonstrate optical nonlinear effect based on light-heat-liquid interaction between the geometry of… show more Chengkuan Gao, Prabhav Gaur & Yeshaiahu Fainman Article 21 July 2023 | Open Access Vertically grown ultrathin Bi2SiO5 as high-κ single-crystalline gate dielectric Crystalline high-κ dielectric materials are desired for the development of future 2D electronic devices. Here,… show more Jiabiao Chen, Zhaochao Liu & Jinxiong Wu