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A Precursor-derived Ultramicroporous Carbon for Printing Iontronic Logic Gates and Super-Varactors Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Christin Gellrich, Leonid Shupletsov, Przemyslaw Galek, Ahmed Bahrawy, Julia Grothe, Stefan Kaskel
We present a liquid precursor for 3D printing ultramicroporous carbons (pore width < 0.7 nm) to create a novel in-plane capacitive-analogue of semiconductor-based diodes (CAPodes). This proof-of-concept integrates functional EDLCs into microstructured iontronic devices. The working principle is based on selective ion-sieving, controlling the size of the electrolyte ions and the nanoporous sieving carbon's
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Surface Reconstruction for Efficient NiOx-based Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Nan Yan, Yang Cao, Zhiwen Jin, Yucheng Liu, Shengzhong (Frank) Liu, Zhimin Fang, Jiangshan Feng
Functional agents have been verified to efficiently enhance device performance of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) through surface engineering. However, the influence of intrinsic characteristics of molecules on final device performance has been overlooked. Here, we develop a surface reconstruction strategy to enhance the efficiency of inverted PSCs by mitigating the adverse effects of lead chelation
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Bio-Inspired Sensory Receptors for Artificial-Intelligence Perception Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Atanu Bag, Gargi Ghosh, M Junaid Sultan, Hamna Haq Chouhdry, Seok Ju Hong, Tran Quang Trung, Geun-Young Kang, Nae-Eung Lee
In the era of artificial intelligence (AI), there is a growing interest in replicating human sensory perception. Selective and sensitive bio-inspired sensory receptors with synaptic plasticity have recently gained significant attention in developing energy-efficient AI perception. Various bio-inspired sensory receptors and their applications in AI perception are reviewed here. The critical challenges
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Side Reactions/Changes in Lithium-Ion Batteries: Mechanisms and Strategies for Creating Safer and Better Batteries Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Hao Du, Yadong Wang, Yuqiong Kang, Yun Zhao, Yao Tian, Xianshu Wang, Yihong Tan, Zheng Liang, John Wozny, Tao Li, Dongsheng Ren, Li Wang, Xiangming He, Peitao Xiao, Eryang Mao, Naser Tavajohi, Feiyu Kang, Baohua Li
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), in which lithium ions function as charge carriers, are considered the most competitive energy storage devices due to their high energy and power density. However, battery materials, especially with high capacity undergo side reactions and changes that result in capacity decay and safety issues. A deep understanding of the reactions that cause changes in the battery's internal
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Anomalous-Chern Steering of Topological Nonreciprocal Guided Waves Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Haoye Qin, Zhe Zhang, Qiaolu Chen, Zhechen Zhang, Romain Fleury
Nonreciprocal topological edge states based on external magnetic bias have been regarded as a panacea for genuine unidirectional wave transport, showing superior robustness over topological states with preserved time-reversal symmetry. However, fast and efficient reconfigurability of their trajectory has remained a formidable challenge due to the difficulty in controlling the spatial distribution of
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Bioinspired Slippery Surfaces for Liquid Manipulation from Tiny Droplet to Bulk Fluid Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Gang Wang, Fuliang Ma, Lijing Zhu, Ping Zhu, Lei Tang, Hongyi Hu, Luqi Liu, Shuangyang Li, Zhixiang Zeng, Liping Wang, Qunji Xue
Slippery surfaces, which originate in nature with special wettability, have drawn a great deal of attention for both fundamental research and practical applications in a variety of fields due to their unique characteristics of super-low liquid friction and adhesion. Although the research of bioinspired slippery surfaces is in its infancy, it is a rapidly growing and enormously promising field. Herein
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Stable Oxyhalide-Nitride Fast Ionic Conductors for all-Solid-State Li Metal Batteries Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Baochen Ma, Ruhong Li, Haotian Zhu, Tao Zhou, Ling Lv, Haikuo Zhang, Shuoqing Zhang, Long Chen, Jinze Wang, Xuezhang Xiao, Tao Deng, Lixin Chen, Chunsheng Wang, Xiulin Fan
Rechargeable all-solid-state lithium metal batteries (ASSLMBs) utilizing inorganic solid-state electrolytes (SSEs) are promising for electric vehicles and large-scale grid energy storage. However, the Li dendrite growth in SSEs still constrains the practical utility of ASSLMBs. To achieve a high dendrite-suppression capability, SSEs must be chemically stable with Li, possess fast Li transfer kinetics
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Tunable Negative and Positive Photoconductance in Van Der Waals Heterostructure for Image Preprocessing Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Zhaotan Gao, Ruiqi Jiang, Menghan Deng, Can Zhao, Zian Hong, Liyan Shang, Yawei Li, Liangqing Zhu, Jinzhong Zhang, Jian Zhang, Zhigao Hu
The processing of visual information occurs mainly in the retina, and the retinal preprocessing function greatly improves the transmission quality and efficiency of visual information. The artificial retina system provides a promising path to efficient image processing. Here, we propose graphene/InSe/h-BN heterogeneous structure, which exhibits negative and positive photoconductance effects by altering
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Dimensional Regulation in Metal-Free Perovskites by Compositional Engineering to Achieve Record Low X-ray Detection Limits Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Pengxiang Dong, Chensheng Lin, Ning Ye, Min Luo
Utilizing the manipulation of perovskite dimensions has been proven as an effective approach in regulating perovskite properties. Nevertheless, achieving precise control over the dimensions of perovskites within the same system poses a significant challenge. In this study, we introduce a sophisticated method to attain precise dimensional control in metal-free perovskites (MFPs), specifically through
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Controlling On-Surface Photoactivity: The Impact of π-Conjugation in Anhydride-Functionalized Molecules on a Semiconductor Surface Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Federico Frezza, Ana Sánchez-Grande, Sofia Canola, Anna Lamancová, Pingo Mutombo, Qifan Chen, Christian Wäckerlin, Karl-Heinz Ernst, Matthias Muntwiler, Nicola Zema, Marco Di Giovannantonio, Dana Nachtigallová, Pavel Jelínek
On-surface synthesis has become a prominent method for growing low-dimensional carbon-based nanomaterials on metal surfaces. However, the necessity of decoupling organic nanostructures from metal substrates to exploit their properties requires either transfer methods or new strategies to perform reactions directly on inert surfaces. The use of on-surface light-induced reactions directly on semiconductor/insulating
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Yb-to-Eu Cooperative Sensitization Upconversion in a Multifunctional Molecular Nonanuclear Lanthanide Cluster in Solution J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Sai P. K. Panguluri, Elsa Jourdain, Papri Chakraborty, Svetlana Klyatskaya, Manfred M. Kappes, Aline M. Nonat, Loïc J. Charbonnière, Mario Ruben
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Engineering Porosity and Functionality in a Robust Twofold Interpenetrated Bismuth-Based MOF: Toward a Porous, Stable, and Photoactive Material J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Wafaa A. Mohamed, Jeet Chakraborty, Laurens Bourda, Roy Lavendomme, Chunhui Liu, Rino Morent, Nathalie De Geyter, Kristof Van Hecke, Anna M. Kaczmarek, Pascal Van Der Voort
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Impact of an Ionic Liquid Solution on Horseradish Peroxidase Activity J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Shubham Chatterjee, Jorge Nochebuena, G. Andrés Cisneros
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RuBi-Ruxolitinib: A Photoreleasable Antitumor JAK Inhibitor J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Estefania Rafic, Cindy Ma, Bobby B. Shih, Hannah Miller, Rafael Yuste, Teresa Palomero, Roberto Etchenique
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Using Surface Composition and Energy to Control the Formation of Either Tetrahexahedral or Hexoctahedral High-Index Facet Nanostructures J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Zihao Ye, Bo Shen, Dohun Kang, Jin Huang, Zhe Wang, Carolin B. Wahl, Donghoon Shin, Liliang Huang, Jiahong Shen, Christopher M. Wolverton, Chad A. Mirkin
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Unnatural Peptide Assemblies Rapidly Deplete Cholesterol and Potently Inhibit Cancer Cells J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Qiuxin Zhang, Weiyi Tan, Zhiyu Liu, Yichi Zhang, Wei-Shao Wei, Seth Fraden, Bing Xu
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Click Chemistry-Based Force Spectroscopy Revealed Enhanced Binding Dynamics of Phosphorylated HMGB1 to Cisplatin-DNA J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Yutong Liu, Dongfan Song, Senmiao Li, Zijian Guo, Peng Zheng
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Controlled In Situ Self-Assembly of Biotinylated Trans-Cyclooctene Nanoparticles for Orthogonal Dual-Pretargeted Near-Infrared Fluorescence and Magnetic Resonance Imaging J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Jianhui Weng, Zheng Huang, Yili Liu, Xidan Wen, Yinxing Miao, Jing-Juan Xu, Deju Ye
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Effect of the Activation Force of Mechanophore on Its Activation Selectivity and Efficiency in Polymer Networks J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Zhi Jian Wang, Shu Wang, Julong Jiang, Yixin Hu, Tasuku Nakajima, Satoshi Maeda, Stephen L. Craig, Jian Ping Gong
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Discovery of a Bacterial Hydrazine Transferase That Constructs the N-Aminolactam Pharmacophore in Albofungin Biosynthesis J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Wei Li, Ziyang Cheng, Zhijie Zhao, Hu Li, Yu Liu, Xingyu Lu, Guiyun Zhao, Yi-Ling Du
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Nickel-Catalyzed Enantioselective Reductive Arylation of Common Ketones J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Shuai Huang, Jianrong Steve Zhou
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Longitudinal Extension of Double π-Helix Enables Near-Infrared Amplified Dissymmetry and Chiroptical Response J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Kai Chen, Yujian Liu, Zhaolong Wang, Shunlong Hu, Yilun Zhao, Wei Wang, Guogang Liu, Zhaohui Wang, Wei Jiang
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High-Quality Data Enabling Universality of Band Gap Descriptor and Discovery of Photovoltaic Perovskites J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Haiyuan Wang, Runhai Ouyang, Wei Chen, Alfredo Pasquarello
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Structure Low Dimensionality and Lone-Pair Stereochemical Activity: the Key to Low Thermal Conductivity in the Pb–Sn–S System J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Paribesh Acharyya, Koushik Pal, Bin Zhang, Tristan Barbier, Carmelo Prestipino, Philippe Boullay, Bernard Raveau, Pierric Lemoine, Bernard Malaman, Xingchen Shen, Maxime Vaillant, Adèle Renaud, Blas P. Uberuaga, Christophe Candolfi, Xiaoyuan Zhou, Emmanuel Guilmeau
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Formation of a Porous Crystalline Mg1‒ x Al2O y Overlayer on Metal Catalysts via Controlled Solid-State Reactions for High-temperature Stable Catalysis Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Lihua Cai, Shanlei Han, Wenlong Xu, Si Chen, Xianxian Shi, Junling Lu
Catalyst deactivation by sintering and coking is a long-standing issue in metal-catalyzed harsh high-temperature hydrocarbon reactions. Ultrathin oxide coatings of metal nanocatalysts have recently appeared attractive to address this issue, while the porosity of the overlayer is difficult to control to preserve the accessibility of embedded metal nanoparticles, thus often leading to a large decrease
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Eosinophil-activating Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles for Cancer Photo-immunotherapy Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Chi Zhang, Jingsheng Huang, Mengke Xu, Jie Yu, Wei Xin, Shasha He, Kanyi Pu
Eosinophils are important immune effector cells that affect T cell-mediated antitumor immunity. However, the low frequency and restrained activity of eosinophils restricted the development of cancer immunotherapies. We herein report an eosinophil-activating semiconducting polymer nanoparticle (SPNe) to improve photodynamic tumor immunogenicity, modulate eosinophil chemotaxis, and reinvigorate T-cell
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A Stretchable and Tough Graphene Film Enabled by Mechanical Bond Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Chunyu Wang, Boyue Gao, Fuyi Fang, Wenhao Qi, Ge Yan, Jun Zhao, Wenbin Wang, Ruixue Bai, Zhaoming Zhang, Zhitao Zhang, Wenming Zhang, Xuzhou Yan
The pursuit of fabricating high-performance graphene films has aroused considerable attention due to their potential for practical applications. However, developing both stretchable and tough graphene films remains a formidable challenge. To address this issue, we herein introduce mechanical bond to comprehensively improve the mechanical properties of graphene films, utilizing [2]rotaxane as the bridging
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ß-Phenethylamine Synthesis via Latent Dual Electrophilicity of N-Pyridinium Aziridines Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Samya Samanta, Promita Biswas, Braeden O'Bannon, David C Powers
ß-Phenethylamines are widely represented in biologically and pharmacologically active organic small molecules. Here, we introduce N-pyridinium aziridines as latent dual electrophiles for the synthesis of ß-phenethylamines. Bromide-promoted ring opening generates ß-halopyridinium amines. Selective Ni-catalyzed C–C cross-coupling between organozinc nucleophiles and the benzylic C–Br electrophile affords
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Spin-State Control in Dysprosium(III) Metallacrown Magnets via Thioacetal Modification Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Wei Deng, Si-Guo Wu, Ze-Yu Ruan, Ya-Ping Gong, Shan-Nan Du, Hai-Ling Wang, Yan-Cong Chen, Wei-Xiong Zhang, Jun-Liang Liu, Ming-Liang Tong
Integrating controllable spin states into single-molecule magnets (SMMs) enables precise manipulation of magnetic interactions at a molecular level, but remains a synthetic challenge. Herein, we developed a 3d-4f metallacrown (MC) magnet [DyNi5(quinha)5(Clsal)2(py)8](ClO4)∙4H2O (H2quinha = quinaldichydroxamic acid, HClsal = 5-chlorosalicylaldehyde) wherein a square planar NiII is stabilized by chemical
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Active Oxygenated Structure-Intensified CO2 Capture Enables Efficient Electrochemical Ethylene Production Over Carbon Nanofibers Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Tingting Zhang, Jun Wang, Huishan Shang, Bing Zhang, Yanqiang Huang, Jing He, Xu Xiang
The pursuit of high efficacy C–C coupling during the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction remains a tremendous challenge owing to the high energy barrier of CO2 activation and insufficient coverage of the desired intermediates on catalytic sites. Inspired by the concept of capture-coupled CO2 activation, we fabricated quinone-grafted carbon nanofibers via an in situ oxidative carbonylation strategy
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Metal Ions Trigger the Gelation of Cysteine-Containing Peptide-Appended Coordination Cages Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Meng Li, Huangtianzhi Zhu, Simone Adorinni, Weichao Xue, Andrew Heard, Ana M. Garcia, Slavko Kralj, Jonathan Russell Nitschke, Silvia Marchesan
We report a series of coordination cages that incorporate peptide chains at their vertices, prepared through subcomponent self-assembly. Three distinct heterochiral tripeptide subcomponents were incorporated, each exhibiting an L–D–L stereoconfiguration. Through this approach, we prepared and characterized three tetrahedral metal-peptide cages that incorporate thiol and methylthio groups. The gelation
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Probing Particle-Carbon/Binder Degradation Behavior in Fatigued Layered Cathode Materials through Machine Learning Aided Diffraction Tomography Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Weibo Hua, Jinniu Chen, Dario Ferreira Sanchez, Björn Schwarz, Yang Yang, Anatoliy Senyshyn, Zhenguo Wu, Chong-Heng Shen, Michael Knapp, Helmut Ehrenberg, Sylvio Indris, Xiaodong Guo, Xiaoping Ouyang
Understanding how reaction heterogeneity impacts cathode materials during Li-ion battery (LIB) electrochemical cycling is pivotal for unraveling their electrochemical performance. Yet, experimentally verifying these reactions has proven to be a challenge. To address this, we employed scanning μ-XRD computed tomography to scrutinize Ni-rich layered LiNi0.6Co0.2Mn0.2O2 (NCM622) and Li-rich layered Li[Li0
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Fluorinated Surface Engineering towards High-rate and Durable Potassium-ion Battery Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Xixue Zhang, Feng Wu, Difan Fang, Renjie Chen, Li Li
Solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) crucially affects the rate performance and cycling lifespan, yet to date more extensive research is still needed in potassium-ion batteries. We report an ultra-thin and KF-enriched SEI triggered by tuned fluorinated surface design in electrode. Our results reveal that fluorination engineering alters the interfacial chemical environment to facilitate inherited electronic
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A Gold(I)–Acetylene Complex Synthesised using Single-Crystal Reactivity Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Chloe L Johnson, Daniel J Storm, Muhammad Arif Sajjad, Matthew R Gyton, Simon B Duckett, Stuart A Macgregor, Andrew S Weller, Miquel Navarro, Jesus Campos
Using single-crystal to single-crystal solid/gas reactivity the gold(I) acetylene complex [Au(L1)(η2-HC≡CH)][BArF4] is cleanly synthesized by addition of acetylene gas to single crystals of [Au(L1)(CO)][BArF4] [L1 = tris-2-(4,4’-di-tert-butylbiphenyl)phosphine, ArF = 3,5-(CF3)2C6H3]. This simplest gold-alkyne complex has been characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction, solution and solid-state
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Aggregation Enhanced Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence through Spin-Orbit Coupling Regulation Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Wei Zhang, Shuai Li, Yujie Gong, Jiachen Zhang, Yujie Zhou, Jie Kong, Hongbing Fu, Meng Zhou
Integrating aggregation-induced emission (AIE) into thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters holds great promise for the advancement of highly efficient organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). Despite recent advancements, a thorough comprehension of the underlying mechanisms remains imperative for the practical application of such materials. In this work, we introduce a novel approach
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Organocatalytic Enantioselective 1,12-Addition of Alkynyl Biphenyl Quinone Methides Formed In Situ Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Xing Wang, Boming Shen, Meiwen Liu, Ziyang Wang, Chang Liu, Pengfei Li, Peiyuan Yu, Wenjun Li
The chemistry of quinone methides formed in situ has been flourishing in recent years. In sharp contrast, the development and utilization of biphenyl quinone methides are rare. Herein, we achieved a remote stereocontrolled 1,12-conjugate addition of biphenyl quinone methides formed in situ for the first time. In the presence of a suitable chiral phosphoric acid, alkynyl biphenyl quinone methides were
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Switchable Dual Circularly Polarized Luminescence in Through-Space Conjugated Chiral Foldamers Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Pingchuan Shen, Shaoshao Jiao, Zeyan Zhuang, Xiaobing Dong, Shaoxin Song, Jinshi Li, Ben Zhong Tang, Zujin Zhao
Organic materials with switchable dual circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) are highly desired because they can not only directly radiate tunable circularly polarized light themselves but also induce CPL for guests by providing chiral environment in self-assembled structures or serving as the hosts for energy transfer systems. However, most organic molecules only exhibit single CPL and it remains
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Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks as Solid-State Nanomachines Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Joohan Nam, Seokjin Kim, Eunji Jin, Soochan Lee, Hye Jin Cho, Seung Kyu Min, Wonyoung Choe
Machines have continually developed with the needs of daily life and industrial applications. While the careful design of molecular-scale devices often displays enhanced properties along with mechanical movements, controlling mechanics within solid-state molecular structures remains a significant challenge. Here, we explore the distinct mechanical properties of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs)
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Correspondence on “Organo-Mediator Enabled Electrochemical Deuteration of Styrenes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Simon Kolb, Daniel B. Werz
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Gold-Catalysed Heck Reaction: Fact or Fiction? Correspondence on “Unlocking the Chain Walking Process in Gold Catalysis” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Peter H. M. Budzelaar, Manfred Bochmann, Martina Landrini, Luca Rocchigiani
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On-Command Disassembly of Microrobotic Superstructures for Transport and Delivery of Magnetic Micromachines (Adv. Mater. 18/2024) Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Fabian C. Landers, Valentin Gantenbein, Lukas Hertle, Andrea Veciana, Joaquin Llacer-Wintle, Xiang-Zhong Chen, Hao Ye, Carlos Franco, Josep Puigmartí-Luis, Minsoo Kim, Bradley J. Nelson, Salvador Pané
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Enantioselective Transformations by “1 + x” Synergistic Catalysis with Chiral Primary Amines Acc. Chem. Res. (IF 18.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Mao Cai, Long Zhang, Wenzhao Zhang, Qifeng Lin, Sanzhong Luo
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Electrochemomechanical failure in layered oxide cathodes caused by rotational stacking faults Nat. Mater. (IF 41.2) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Donggun Eum, Sung-O Park, Ho-Young Jang, Youngjun Jeon, Jun-Hyuk Song, Sangwook Han, Kyoungoh Kim, Kisuk Kang
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Giant electron-mediated phononic nonlinearity in semiconductor–piezoelectric heterostructures Nat. Mater. (IF 41.2) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Lisa Hackett, Matthew Koppa, Brandon Smith, Michael Miller, Steven Santillan, Scott Weatherred, Shawn Arterburn, Thomas A. Friedmann, Nils Otterstrom, Matt Eichenfield
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Selection of a promiscuous minimalist cAMP phosphodiesterase from a library of de novo designed proteins Nat. Chem. (IF 21.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 J. David Schnettler, Michael S. Wang, Maximilian Gantz, H. Adrian Bunzel, Christina Karas, Florian Hollfelder, Michael H. Hecht
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Dynamic two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks Nat. Chem. (IF 21.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Florian Auras, Laura Ascherl, Volodymyr Bon, Simon M. Vornholt, Simon Krause, Markus Döblinger, Derya Bessinger, Stephan Reuter, Karena W. Chapman, Stefan Kaskel, Richard H. Friend, Thomas Bein
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A reverse brake for the cell cycle Science (IF 56.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Bart Westendorp
Cancer cells often have abnormal DNA content owing to disruption of the pathways that control the cell cycle. Cells commit to the cell cycle in response to small peptide signals called mitogens, which ensure entry into S phase, when DNA is replicated. Once S phase is initiated, the cell cycle is normally self-sustaining and irreversible. However, under certain circumstances, two consecutive rounds
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B cell trajectories influence cancer outcomes Science (IF 56.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Julie Tellier, Stephen L. Nutt
B cells are key players in adaptive immunity. In a typical response, B cells specific for an antigen become activated and proliferate in a transient structure called a germinal center (GC), where their B cell receptor (BCR) undergoes rounds of mutation, and clones with BCRs that bind antigen more robustly are selected. Selected GC B cells then become either memory cells, poised to respond to future
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Zombie malaria parasites Science (IF 56.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Jane M. Carlton, Aubrey J. Cunnington
Considered one of the “big three” global infectious diseases—together with HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis—malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax continues to substantially affect the poorest communities of sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia (1). Development of resistance to almost all antimalarial drugs by the parasite, resistance of the Anopheles mosquito (which transmits the parasite)
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N-type semiconducting hydrogel Science (IF 56.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Peiyun Li, Wenxi Sun, Jiulong Li, Ju-Peng Chen, Xinyue Wang, Zi Mei, Guanyu Jin, Yuqiu Lei, Ruiyun Xin, Mo Yang, Jingcao Xu, Xiran Pan, Cheng Song, Xin-Yu Deng, Xun Lei, Kai Liu, Xiu Wang, Yuting Zheng, Jia Zhu, Shixian Lv, Zhi Zhang, Xiaochuan Dai, Ting Lei
Hydrogels are an attractive category of biointerfacing materials with adjustable mechanical properties, diverse biochemical functions, and good ionic conductivity. Despite these advantages, their application in electronics has been restricted because of their lack of semiconducting properties, and they have traditionally only served as insulators or conductors. We developed single- and multiple-network
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From multiverses to cities: Books in brief Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-03
Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.
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A single cell atlas of sexual development in Plasmodium falciparum Science (IF 56.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Sunil Kumar Dogga, Jesse C. Rop, Juliana Cudini, Elias Farr, Antoine Dara, Dinkorma Ouologuem, Abdoulaye A. Djimdé, Arthur M. Talman, Mara K. N. Lawniczak
The developmental decision made by malaria parasites to become sexual underlies all malaria transmission. Here, we describe a rich atlas of short- and long-read single-cell transcriptomes of over 37,000 Plasmodium falciparum cells across intraerythrocytic asexual and sexual development. We used the atlas to explore transcriptional modules and exon usage along sexual development and expanded it to include
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Hunger on campus: why US PhD students are fighting over food Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-03
Graduate students are relying on donated and discounted food in the struggle to make ends meet.
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France’s research mega-campus faces leadership crisis Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-03
The contest to elect the next president of Paris-Saclay University has collapsed, reflecting wider issues at the giant research centre.
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Smarty plants? Controversial plant-intelligence studies explored in new book Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-03
A deep dive into plant behaviour and consciousness asks why the topic has been taboo for so long, and whether botanists are changing their minds about plants’ cognitive abilities.
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Locally narrow droplet size distributions are ubiquitous in stratocumulus clouds Science (IF 56.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Nithin Allwayin, Michael L. Larsen, Susanne Glienke, Raymond A. Shaw
Marine stratocumulus clouds are the “global reflectors,” sharply contrasting with the underlying dark ocean surface and exerting a net cooling on Earth’s climate. The magnitude of this cooling remains uncertain in part owing to the averaged representation of microphysical processes, such as the droplet-to-drizzle transition in global climate models (GCMs). Current GCMs parameterize cloud droplet size
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Dark energy is tearing the Universe apart. What if the force is weakening? Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-03
The first set of results from a pioneering cosmic-mapping project hints that the repulsive force known as dark energy has changed over 11 billion years, which would alter ideas about how the Universe has evolved and what its future will be.
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Who’s making chips for AI? Chinese manufacturers lag behind US tech giants Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-03
Researchers in China say they are finding themselves five to ten years behind their US counterparts as export restrictions bite.
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US National Academies report outlines barriers and solutions for scientist carers Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-02
Carers need better support from employers, such as paid parental leave, subsidized childcare and relief for other types of caregiving. But is there will among institutions to provide it?