Article 03 August 2023 | Open Access Accessing five oxidation states of uranium in a retained ligand framework Understanding and exploiting the redox properties of uranium is of great importance but stabilizing both low and… show more Chong Deng, Jiefeng Liang & Wenliang Huang Article 02 August 2023 | Open Access Nitroalkanes as thioacyl equivalents to access thioamides and thiopeptides Replacement of oxoamide units with thioamides in peptide therapeutics is a valuable tactic to improve biological… show more Xiaonan Wang, Silong Xu & Jing Li Article 02 August 2023 | Open Access Adiabatic topological photonic interfaces Smooth topological photonic interfaces lead to less localized boundary modes which improves their guiding… show more Anton Vakulenko, Svetlana Kiriushechkina & Alexander B. Khanikaev Article 02 August 2023 | Open Access Selective nucleophilic α-C alkylation of phenols with alcohols via Ti=Cα intermediate on anatase TiO2 surface The authors report selective nucleophilic α-C alkylation of phenols with alcohols catalyzed by anatase titanium… show more Xinze Du, Hongjun Fan & Z. Conrad Zhang Article 02 August 2023 | Open Access Valve turning towards on-cycle in cobalt-catalyzed Negishi-type cross-coupling Ligands and additives are often utilized to stabilize low-valent catalytic metal species experimentally, while… show more Xu Luo, Dali Yang & Aiwen Lei Article 02 August 2023 | Open Access The sharp structural switch of covalent cages mediated by subtle variation of directing groups Controlling the self-assembly on noncovalent components is possible by suppressing entropy loss with templates… show more Qiong Chen, Zhaoyong Li & Hao Li Article 02 August 2023 | Open Access Grasping through dynamic weaving with entangled closed loops Song et al. use the weaving principle to overcome load capacity limitations in soft grippers. The woven structure… show more Gyeongji Kang, Young-Joo Kim & Kahye Song Article 02 August 2023 | Open Access Unraveling surface structures of gallium promoted transition metal catalysts in CO2 hydrogenation Gallium promoted metal catalysts are promising for methanol synthesis at ambient pressures, but their surface… show more Si Woo Lee, Mauricio Lopez Luna & Beatriz Roldan Cuenya Article 02 August 2023 | Open Access Photothermia at the nanoscale induces ferroptosis via nanoparticle degradation Iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles are utilized in Fe(II)-induced ferroptosis for cancer therapy, but controlling… show more Alexandre Fromain, Jose Efrain Perez & Claire Wilhelm Article 02 August 2023 | Open Access A bimetallic nanoplatform for STING activation and CRISPR/Cas mediated depletion of the methionine transporter in cancer cells restores anti-tumor immune responses Metabolic pressure, in particular the lack of methionine availability, on tumor-infiltrating CD8 + T cells is… show more Ying Huang, Geng Qin & Xiaogang Qu Article 02 August 2023 | Open Access Site-selective superassembly of biomimetic nanorobots enabling deep penetration into tumor with stiff stroma Limited tumor penetration and low cellular uptake of current nanocarriers reduce the efficacy of anticancer drugs… show more Miao Yan, Qing Chen & Biao Kong Article 02 August 2023 | Open Access Angle-programmed tendril-like trajectories enable a multifunctional gripper with ultradelicacy, ultrastrength, and ultraprecision Soft grippers can emulate human hands, but it remains challenging to achieve multiple capability in manipulating… show more Yaoye Hong, Yao Zhao & Jie Yin Article 02 August 2023 | Open Access Reaction-passivation mechanism driven materials separation for recycling of spent lithium-ion batteries Separating active cathode materials from current collectors poses a critical challenge in battery recycling.… show more Zihe Chen, Ruikang Feng & Yongming Sun Article 01 August 2023 | Open Access Non-flammable solvent-free liquid polymer electrolyte for lithium metal batteries Although solid polymer electrolytes show promise as alternatives to organic liquid electrolytes, they are… show more Guo-Rui Zhu, Qin Zhang & Yu-Zhong Wang Article 01 August 2023 | Open Access Quadrupolar excitons and hybridized interlayer Mott insulator in a trilayer moiré superlattice The authors observe the signatures of quadrupolar excitons in a WSe2-WS2-WSe2 trilayer moiré superlattice,… show more Zhen Lian, Dongxue Chen & Su-Fei Shi Article 01 August 2023 | Open Access Modulating adsorbed hydrogen drives electrochemical CO2-to-C2 products A dual-site catalyst consisting of Cu nanoparticles (NPs) and atomic Cu sites is designed. The atomic Cu boosts… show more Jiaqi Feng, Libing Zhang & Buxing Han Article 01 August 2023 | Open Access High-efficiency, flexible and large-area red/green/blue all-inorganic metal halide perovskite quantum wires-based light-emitting diodes Cao et al. reports highly efficient, flexible, and larger-area Red/Green/Blue perovskite light-emitting diodes… show more Yang Bryan Cao, Daquan Zhang & Zhiyong Fan Article 01 August 2023 | Open Access Incandescent temporal metamaterials Here the authors employ quantum electrodynamics to formulate thermal emission effects in time-modulated media,… show more J. Enrique Vázquez-Lozano & Iñigo Liberal Article 01 August 2023 | Open Access Hexanary blends: a strategy towards thermally stable organic photovoltaics Non-fullerene-based organic solar cells generally suffer from poor thermal stability and especially in case of… show more Sri Harish Kumar Paleti, Sandra Hultmark & Derya Baran Article 01 August 2023 | Open Access Photocatalytic conversion of sugars to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural using aluminium(III) and fulvic acid 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is an essential platform chemical for developing a sustainable fine-chemical… show more Tana Tana, Pengfei Han & Huai-Yong Zhu Article 01 August 2023 | Open Access Machine-learning-assisted material discovery of oxygen-rich highly porous carbon active materials for aqueous supercapacitors Machine-learning technology provides a data-driven approach to find the critical features for ideal carbon-based… show more Tao Wang, Runtong Pan & Sheng Dai Comment 31 July 2023 | Open Access Direct synthesis of urea from carbon dioxide and ammonia Urea, a crucial nitrogen fertilizer, plays a vital role in meeting global food demand. However, its current… show more Jie Ding, Runping Ye & Maohong Fan Article 31 July 2023 | Open Access Localised surface plasmon resonance inducing cooperative Jahn–Teller effect for crystal phase-change in a nanocrystal Here the authors demonstrate that semiconductive plasmonic CuS NCs show metastable displacive ion movements due… show more Masanori Sakamoto, Masaki Hada & Tohru Sato Article 31 July 2023 | Open Access Fluorocarbonylation via palladium/phosphine synergistic catalysis Despite the growing importance of fluorinated organic compounds introduction of fluorine into organic molecules… show more Mingxin Zhao, Miao Chen & Pingping Tang Article 31 July 2023 | Open Access Ionomer-free and recyclable porous-transport electrode for high-performing proton-exchange-membrane water electrolysis The supply of iridium is likely to become a bottleneck for hydrogen production. Here, authors develop… show more Jason K. Lee, Grace Anderson & Xiong Peng Article 31 July 2023 | Open Access A multifunctional soft robotic shape display with high-speed actuation, sensing, and control Shape morphing surfaces demonstrate a wide variety of applications, yet the existing technologies lack… show more B. K. Johnson, M. Naris & M. E. Rentschler Article 31 July 2023 | Open Access Harnessing microcomb-based parallel chaos for random number generation and optical decision making Previous chaos suffers from limited parallelism for high-speed systems. Here the authors harness chaotic… show more Bitao Shen, Haowen Shu & Xingjun Wang Article 31 July 2023 | Open Access A photochemical method to evidence directional molecular motions Light driven synthetic molecular motors represent crucial building blocks for advanced molecular machines and… show more Benjamin Lukas Regen-Pregizer, Ani Ozcelik & Henry Dube Article 31 July 2023 | Open Access Alvarez varifocal X-ray lens Development of synchroton facilities increases the demand of optics for focusing X-ray beam to achieve… show more Vishal Dhamgaye, David Laundy & Kawal Sawhney Article 29 July 2023 | Open Access Dual-layer optical encryption fluorescent polymer waveguide chip based on optical pulse-code modulation technique Data security of internet is increasingly more demanding in the current era, yet the traditional electronic… show more Chunxue Wang, Daming Zhang & Teng Fei Article 29 July 2023 | Open Access Topological solitonic macromolecules The formation of soliton macromolecules or metamaterial analogues of polymers with inter-soliton binding… show more Hanqing Zhao, Boris A. Malomed & Ivan I. Smalyukh Article 29 July 2023 | Open Access Observation of geometry-dependent skin effect in non-Hermitian phononic crystals with exceptional points Recent theoretical works reveal that the topologically nontrivial exceptional points can guarantee the… show more Qiuyan Zhou, Jien Wu & Zhengyou Liu Article 29 July 2023 | Open Access Kinetic drop friction Sliding of drops over solid surface is a common phenomenon, but it remains impossible to predict the sliding… show more Xiaomei Li, Francisco Bodziony & Hans-Jürgen Butt Article 29 July 2023 | Open Access Electrosynthesis of ethylene glycol from C1 feedstocks in a flow electrolyzer Ethylene glycol is an important commodity chemical and its production results in millions of tons of CO2… show more Rong Xia, Ruoyu Wang & Feng Jiao Article 29 July 2023 | Open Access Partition complex structure can arise from sliding and bridging of ParB dimers In many bacteria and plasmids, DNA segregation is controlled by the ParABS system, an essential component of… show more Lara Connolley, Lucas Schnabel & Seán M. Murray Article 29 July 2023 | Open Access Near-term pathways for decarbonizing global concrete production This work quantifies the climate benefits of efficiently utilizing concrete through improved material and… show more Josefine A. Olsson, Sabbie A. Miller & Mark G. Alexander 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 Electrochemical synthesis of biaryls by reductive extrusion from N,N’-diarylureas The synthesis of biaryls by transition metal-free coupling is an important challenge. Here, the authors describe… show more Ellie Stammers, Chris D. Parsons & Alastair J. J. Lennox 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 Spin selection in atomic-level chiral metal oxide for photocatalysis The spin degree of freedom is a key intrinsic parameter for carrier dynamics and surface reaction kinetics in… show more Minhua Ai, Lun Pan & Ji-Jun Zou Article 28 July 2023 | Open Access Discovery and rational engineering of PET hydrolase with both mesophilic and thermophilic PET hydrolase properties Extensive research efforts have been directed towards the development of PET hydrolases with improved activity,… show more Hwaseok Hong, Dongwoo Ki & Kyung-Jin Kim Article 28 July 2023 | Open Access Stiefel-Whitney topological charges in a three-dimensional acoustic nodal-line crystal Symmetry plays a crucial role in defining the band topology. Here, the authors experimentally demonstrate that… show more Haoran Xue, Z. Y. Chen & Baile Zhang 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 28 July 2023 | Open Access Electrochemical oxo-functionalization of cyclic alkanes and alkenes using nitrate and oxygen Hydrocarbons are challenging to functionalize. Here, the authors present an electrochemical oxo-functionalization… show more Joachim Nikl, Kamil Hofman & Siegfried R. Waldvogel