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Pt oxides are essential catalysts in many critical reactions, but are typically unstable and prone to evaporation above 700 K. A two-dimensional layered Pt oxide with exceptional thermal stability is introduced, capable of surviving at high temperatures.
An electrochemical biosensor capable of detecting low levels of cancer biomarkers is reusable over 200 regeneration cycles without compromising device sensitivity and accuracy.
Second-order superlattices emerge from the interference between moiré superlattices of comparable periodicities. Direct real-space visualization reveals their rich structural diversity and extreme sensitivity to external parameters such as strain and twist angle.
The physical mechanisms that govern chromosomal viscoelasticity remain elusive. Here the authors combine single-chromosome manipulation and computational methods to show that their collective properties are controlled by the physico-chemical environment.
The stability and efficiency of thermally activated delayed fluorescent (TADF) emitters are still limited. Here the authors design TADF compounds by introducing an auxiliary acceptor with both enhanced stability and enhanced efficiency.
The spin Hall-induced bilinear magnetoelectric resistance is a general phenomenon that arises in three-dimensional systems, particularly playing a crucial role in antiferromagnetic spintronics.
Shape transformations in microrobots less than 1 mm in size remain challenging. Here the authors present an electronically configurable metasheet microrobot with reprogrammable shapes and locomotory gaits in an electrolytic solution.
Second-order superlattices emerging in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene aligned with hexagonal boron nitride are visualized in real space through cryogenic nano-imaging, revealing the impact of strain and twist-angle variations.
While transition metal nitrides are promising low-cost electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction in alkaline media, a fundamental understanding of their activity is still lacking. Here MnN nanocuboids with well-defined surface structures are investigated, providing atomistic insight and mechanistic understanding.
The practical application of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) requires robust and scalable synthesis of these atomically thin materials and their heterostructures. This Review discusses the key challenges, current progress and opportunities in the controllable synthesis of TMD-based heterostructures, superlattices and moiré superlattices.
Cancer cell-derived small extracellular vesicles bind to therapeutic nanoparticles leading them from tumours to the liver for degradation. This mechanism is another barrier for the development of efficient nanoparticle-based cancer therapies.
A p-block metal octoate additive in carbonate electrolytes enables the reversible plating/stripping of alkali metal in anode-free batteries by forming a protective layer with a preferentially adsorbed octoate moiety and uniformly plated p-block metal.
The realization of twisted ligand-free two-dimensional halide perovskite-based moiré superlattices enables twistronic control of exciton dynamics in these systems and brings stimulating implications towards the development of halide perovskite photonic devices.
Inspired by non-trivial band topology and the variety of correlated electronic phases in moiré superlattices formed in van der Waals materials, scientists are finding alternative material platforms to exploit the rich phenomena arising from the twist-angle degree of freedom.
The question of whether all materials can be put into glass form was raised half a century ago but has remained unanswered. Using picosecond pulsed laser ablation, the vitrification of gold — which has been notoriously difficult — and several other monatomic metals is demonstrated, indicating that vitrification is an intrinsic property of matter.
Filamentous viruses are a tunable platform for understanding the propagation of chirality across length scales, starting from the helical organization of major coat proteins on the virion surface to the liquid crystalline cholesteric phases formed in aqueous suspensions.
High-pressure experiments on the aperiodic material TRUMOF-1 reveal that linkage disorder thwarts collapse mechanisms, thus enhancing mechanical stability.
