Article 10 August 2023 | Open Access Revealing low-loss dielectric near-field modes of hexagonal boron nitride by photoemission electron microscopy The application of time-resolved photoemission electron microscopy (TR-PEEM) to non-conducting materials is… show more Yaolong Li, Pengzuo Jiang & Qihuang Gong Perspective 10 August 2023 | Open Access Applied machine learning as a driver for polymeric biomaterials design The design of polymers for regenerative medicine could be accelerated with the help of machine learning. Here the… show more Samantha M. McDonald, Emily K. Augustine & Matthew L. Becker Article 10 August 2023 | Open Access Full-color persistent room temperature phosphorescent elastomers with robust optical properties Room temperature phosphorescent materials have potential in flexible electronics and photonics, but it is… show more Juan Wei, Mingye Zhu & Qiang Zhao Article 10 August 2023 | Open Access Expanding the limits of nuclear stability at finite temperature It is interesting and important to understand how the properties of nuclei and their stability change with… show more Ante Ravlić, Esra Yüksel & Nils Paar Article 10 August 2023 | Open Access Long operating lifetime mid-infrared LEDs based on black phosphorus Mid-infrared light emitting diodes (LEDs) based on black phosphorus (BP) have shown promising performance, but… show more Naoki Higashitarumizu, Shogo Tajima & Ali Javey Article 10 August 2023 | Open Access Photoredox cobalt-catalyzed regio-, diastereo- and enantioselective propargylation of aldehydes via propargyl radicals Catalytic enantioselective introduction of a propargyl group is an important carbon–carbon forming reactions but… show more Lei Wang, Chuiyi Lin & Fanke Meng Article 10 August 2023 | Open Access Bamboo-like dual-phase nanostructured copper composite strengthened by amorphous boron framework Achieving strength and toughness synergy via microstructure design is challenging in materials science. Here, the… show more Hang Lv, Xinxin Gao & Weitao Zheng Article 10 August 2023 | Open Access Imaging the dynamic influence of functional groups on metal-organic frameworks Here authors use iDPC-STEM to directly image the rotation of linkers in MOFs, demonstrating an approach to study… show more Boyang Liu, Xiao Chen & Tiefeng Wang Article 10 August 2023 | Open Access Heterogenous electromediated depolymerization of highly crystalline polyoxymethylene Post-consumer plastic waste in the environment has driven the scientific community to develop deconstruction… show more Yuting Zhou, Joaquín Rodríguez-López & Jeffrey S. Moore Article 10 August 2023 | Open Access Effector-dependent structural transformation of a crystalline framework with allosteric effects on molecular recognition ability Porous crystals with molecular recognition sites in the inner pores are promising for achieving functional… show more Ryunosuke Hayashi, Shohei Tashiro & Mitsuhiko Shionoya Article 10 August 2023 | Open Access Concerning the stability of seawater electrolysis: a corrosion mechanism study of halide on Ni-based anode It is known that chloride anions cause severe anode corrosion during seawater electrolysis. Here we found that… show more Sixie Zhang, Yunan Wang & Zhiyi Lu Article 10 August 2023 | Open Access High density lithium niobate photonic integrated circuits Lithium niobate (LN) is difficult to process via dry etching. Here, authors demonstrate the fabrication of deeply… show more Zihan Li, Rui Ning Wang & Tobias J. Kippenberg Article 10 August 2023 | Open Access Universal radiation tolerant semiconductor Here authors show that gamma/beta double polymorph Ga2O3 structures exhibit unprecedently high radiation… show more Alexander Azarov, Javier García Fernández & Andrej Kuznetsov Article 10 August 2023 | Open Access High-energy photoemission final states beyond the free-electron approximation Angular-resolved photoemission data is commonly used to determine the 3D electronic structure assuming… show more V. N. Strocov, L. L. Lev & J. Minár Article 10 August 2023 | Open Access Polyelectrolyte elastomer-based ionotronic sensors with multi-mode sensing capabilities via multi-material 3D printing Solvent leakage and simplistic device designs limit the fabrication of stable and multimodal ionotronic sensors.… show more Caicong Li, Jianxiang Cheng & Canhui Yang Article 10 August 2023 | Open Access Machine learning assisted quantum super-resolution microscopy Quantum super-resolution techniques take advantage of the non-classical nature of the quantum emitters, but are… show more Zhaxylyk A. Kudyshev, Demid Sychev & Vladimir M. Shalaev Article 10 August 2023 | Open Access Genomic epidemiology offers high resolution estimates of serial intervals for COVID-19 The serial interval (time between symptom onset in an infector and infectee) is usually estimated from contact… show more Jessica E. Stockdale, Kurnia Susvitasari & Caroline Colijn Article 10 August 2023 | Open Access In situ synthesis and dynamic simulation of molecularly imprinted polymeric nanoparticles on a micro-reactor system Molecularly imprinted polymers are useful elements in sensing and biomedical research but their fabrication is… show more Özgecan Erdem, Ismail Eş & Fatih Inci Article 10 August 2023 | Open Access Direct sulfuric acid formation from the gas-phase oxidation of reduced-sulfur compounds Experiments verify that oxidation of organic sulphur compounds, such as DMS, directly yields gas-phase H2SO4.… show more Torsten Berndt, Erik H. Hoffmann & Hartmut Herrmann Article 10 August 2023 | Open Access Cell-type-specific co-expression inference from single cell RNA-sequencing data Inferring co-expressions with scRNA-seq data is challenging, and existing methods suffer from inflated false… show more Chang Su, Zichun Xu & Jingfei Zhang Article 09 August 2023 | Open Access Over-coupled resonator for broadband surface enhanced infrared absorption (SEIRA) Nanoresonator is proven to be an excellent platform for molecular detection, yet a set of them is necessary to… show more Laura Paggi, Alice Fabas & Patrick Bouchon Article 09 August 2023 | Open Access Diastereo- and atroposelective synthesis of N-arylpyrroles enabled by light-induced phosphoric acid catalysis Axially chiral N-arylpyrrole motifs are privileged scaffolds in numerous biologically active compounds but… show more Lei Dai, Xueting Zhou & Yixin Lu Article 09 August 2023 | Open Access Modular assembly of indole alkaloids enabled by multicomponent reaction Indole alkaloids are one of the largest alkaloid classes, proving valuable structural moiety in pharmaceuticals… show more Jiaming Li, Zhencheng Lai & Sunliang Cui Article 09 August 2023 | Open Access Theory predicts UV/vis-to-IR photonic down conversion mediated by excited state vibrational polaritons Vibrational polaritons steer chemical reactions and control quantum states for information processing. Here the… show more Connor K. Terry Weatherly, Justin Provazza & Roel Tempelaar Article 09 August 2023 | Open Access Scalable trapping of single nanosized extracellular vesicles using plasmonics Manipulation of nano-sized extracellular vesicles are of significant interest for disease detection, monitoring,… show more Chuchuan Hong & Justus C. Ndukaife Article 09 August 2023 | Open Access Emergent layer stacking arrangements in c-axis confined MoTe2 The layer stacking order in 2D materials can be used to control functional properties. Here, the authors find a… show more James L. Hart, Lopa Bhatt & Judy J. Cha Article 09 August 2023 | Open Access High-performance thermomagnetic generator controlled by a magnetocaloric switch The utilization of waste heat is an important way of combining energy saving to emission reductions. Here,… show more Xianliang Liu, Haodong Chen & Hu Zhang Article 09 August 2023 | Open Access Small molecule branched-chain ketoacid dehydrogenase kinase (BDK) inhibitors with opposing effects on BDK protein levels Branched chain ketoacid dehydrogenase kinase (BDK) inhibits the activity of branched chain ketoacid dehydrogenase… show more Rachel J. Roth Flach, Eliza Bollinger & Kevin J. Filipski Article 09 August 2023 | Open Access Anomalous Landau quantization in intrinsic magnetic topological insulators Tunability of the electronic properties of magnetic topological insulators is highly desired for future device… show more Su Kong Chong, Chao Lei & Kang L. Wang Article 09 August 2023 | Open Access Orbital-symmetry effects on magnetic exchange in open-shell nanographenes Nanographenes, as their name suggests, are small sections of graphene. They offer a diverse array of magnetic… show more Qingyang Du, Xuelei Su & Ping Yu Article 09 August 2023 | Open Access Hybridization of short-range and long-range charge transfer excited states in multiple resonance emitter Multi resonance thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters are the next-generation blue dopants for… show more Ha Lim Lee, Jihoon Kang & Jun Yeob Lee Article 08 August 2023 | Open Access Structure of lasso peptide epimerase MslH reveals metal-dependent acid/base catalytic mechanism MslH, encoded in the MS-271 biosynthetic gene cluster, catalyzes the epimerization at the Cα center of the MslA… show more Yu Nakashima, Atsushi Kawakami & Hiroyuki Morita Article 08 August 2023 | Open Access Understanding catalytic synergy in dinuclear polymerization catalysts for sustainable polymers Understanding the intermetallic synergy and the structure-performances relationships of catalysts remains… show more Francesca Fiorentini, Wilfred T. Diment & Charlotte K. Williams Article 08 August 2023 | Open Access Van der Waals isotope heterostructures for engineering phonon polariton dispersions Here, the authors show that van der Waals isotopic heterostructures based on few-layer h10BN and h11BN can be… show more M. Chen, Y. Zhong & S. Dai Article 08 August 2023 | Open Access CoIn dual-atom catalyst for hydrogen peroxide production via oxygen reduction reaction in acid The 2-electron oxygen reduction in acid is highly attractive to produce H2O2, a vital commodity chemical. Here,… show more Jiannan Du, Guokang Han & Chunyu Du Article 08 August 2023 | Open Access Selective CO2 reduction to CH3OH over atomic dual-metal sites embedded in a metal-organic framework with high-energy radiation Most approaches for CH3OH production focus on thermochemical, electrolytic, and photolytic processes. Here the… show more Changjiang Hu, Zhiwen Jiang & Jun Ma Article 08 August 2023 | Open Access Comparative study of Co3O4(111), CoFe2O4(111), and Fe3O4(111) thin film electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction Cobalt-based oxidic anodes with added iron are good electrocatalysts for alkaline oxygen evolution reaction, but… show more Earl Matthew Davis, Arno Bergmann & Beatriz Roldan Cuenya Article 08 August 2023 | Open Access Development of high-voltage and high-energy membrane-free nonaqueous lithium-based organic redox flow batteries Malaria parasites invade erythrocytes to proliferate, but visualizing this rapid process is challenging. Here the… show more Rajeev K. Gautam, Xiao Wang & Jianbing “Jimmy” Jiang Article 08 August 2023 | Open Access Non-reciprocal and non-Newtonian mechanical metamaterials In this work, authors demonstrate a model for non-reciprocal and non-Newtonian mechanical metamaterials by… show more Lianchao Wang, Julio A. Iglesias Martínez & Muamer Kadic Article 08 August 2023 | Open Access Hyaluronic acid-bilirubin nanomedicine-based combination chemoimmunotherapy Immunosuppressive tumour immune microenvironments (TME) limit the success of immune checkpoint blockade (ICD).… show more Yonghyun Lee, Jongyoon Shinn & James J. Moon Article 08 August 2023 | Open Access Spying on parahydrogen-induced polarization transfer using a half-tesla benchtop MRI and hyperpolarized imaging enabled by automation Hyperpolarized magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has the potential to revolutionize MRI applications, but requires… show more Frowin Ellermann, Aidan Sirbu & Andrey N. Pravdivtsev Article 07 August 2023 | Open Access Impact of hierarchical water dipole orderings on the dynamics of aqueous salt solutions The behaviour of ions solvated in water is highly ion-specific. Introducing a length scale that captures the… show more Rui Shi, Anthony J. Cooper & Hajime Tanaka Article 07 August 2023 | Open Access Emerging exotic compositional order on approaching low-temperature equilibrium glasses Understanding glass transition would rely on the knowledge of the structural ordering upon slow cooling in the… show more Hua Tong & Hajime Tanaka Article 07 August 2023 | Open Access Discovering conservation laws using optimal transport and manifold learning Conservation laws are crucial for analyzing and modeling nonlinear dynamical systems; however, identification of… show more Peter Y. Lu, Rumen Dangovski & Marin Soljačić Article 07 August 2023 | Open Access Transforming sustainable plant proteins into high performance lubricating microgels Demand for plant proteins is increasing, but these often give an astringent sensation due to poor lubrication… show more Ben Kew, Melvin Holmes & Anwesha Sarkar Article 07 August 2023 | Open Access Interplay of structure and photophysics of individualized rod-shaped graphene quantum dots with up to 132 sp² carbon atoms The use and characterization of graphene quantum dots is limited by their pronounced tendency to form aggregates.… show more Daniel Medina-Lopez, Thomas Liu & Stephane Campidelli Article 07 August 2023 | Open Access Saddles as rotational locks within shape-assisted self-assembled nanosheets Self-assembly in the formation of two dimensional materials typically relies upon strong, directional… show more Joseph F. Woods, Lucía Gallego & Michel Rickhaus Article 07 August 2023 | Open Access Enhancing quantum teleportation efficacy with noiseless linear amplification Continuous-variable quantum networks are easier to implement than discrete-variable ones, but suffer from a lower… show more Jie Zhao, Hao Jeng & Ping Koy Lam Article 07 August 2023 | Open Access Fabrication of p-type 2D single-crystalline transistor arrays with Fermi-level-tuned van der Waals semimetal electrodes The fabrication of high-performance p-type 2D transistors is still challenging. Here, the authors report the… show more Seunguk Song, Aram Yoon & Soon-Yong Kwon Article 07 August 2023 | Open Access Bioinspired “cage traps” for closed-loop lead management of perovskite solar cells under real-world contamination assessment Potential lead contamination risk and environmental vulnerability risk impose a significant obstacle for the… show more Huaiqing Luo, Pengwei Li & Yanlin Song