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Porous Nanographenes, Graphene Nanoribbons, and Nanoporous Graphene Selectively Synthesized from the Same Molecular Precursor J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Mamun Sarker, Christoph Dobner, Percy Zahl, Christian Fiankor, Jian Zhang, Anshul Saxena, Narayana Aluru, Axel Enders, Alexander Sinitskii
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Charge Transfer Mechanism on a Cobalt-Polyoxometalate-TiO2 Photoanode for Water Oxidation in Acid J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Fengyi Zhao, Ting Cheng, Xinlin Lu, Nandan Ghorai, Yiwei Yang, Yurii V. Geletii, Djamaladdin G. Musaev, Craig L. Hill, Tianquan Lian
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Droplet Polymer Bilayers for Bioelectronic Membrane Interfacing J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Emily A. Schafer, Joshua J. Maraj, Camryn Kenney, Stephen A. Sarles, Jonathan Rivnay
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Breaking of Lateral Symmetry in Two-Dimensional Crystallization-Driven Self-Assembly on a Surface J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Geyu Lin, Jiawei Tao, Yan Sun, Yan Cui, Ian Manners, Huibin Qiu
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Carbon Nanotubes as a Solid-State Electron Mediator for Visible-Light-Driven Z-Scheme Overall Water Splitting J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Lihua Lin, Yiwen Ma, Nobuyuki Zettsu, Junie Jhon M. Vequizo, Chen Gu, Akira Yamakata, Takashi Hisatomi, Tsuyoshi Takata, Kazunari Domen
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Enzymatic Reaction-Coupled, Cooperative Supramolecular Polymerization J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Angshuman Das, Saikat Ghosh, Ananya Mishra, Arka Som, Vijay Basavaraj Banakar, Sarit S. Agasti, Subi J. George
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Self-Limiting Phase Transition Enabling Reversible Overstoichiometric Li Storage in Ni-Rich Cathodes J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Xin-Hai Meng, Dongdong Xiao, Zi-Yi Zhou, Wen-Zhe Liu, Ji-Lei Shi, Li-Jun Wan, Yu-Guo Guo
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Self-Trapped Exciton Emission in Highly Polar 0D Hybrid Ammonium/Hydronium-Based Perovskites Triggered by Antimony Doping J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Bo Zhou, Feier Fang, Zexiang Liu, Haizhe Zhong, Kang Zhou, Hanlin Hu, Jiacheng Min, Fangyuan Zheng, Shaofan Fang, Jingheng Nie, Jing-Kai Huang, Lain-Jong Li, Henan Li, Yi Wan, Yumeng Shi
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Direct Observation of Gas-Phase Hydroxymethylene: Photoionization and Kinetics Resulting from Methanol Photodissociation J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Emily K. Hockey, Nathan McLane, Carles Martí, LeAnh Duckett, David L. Osborn, Leah G. Dodson
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Effect of Dynamic and Preferential Decoration of Pt Catalyst Surfaces by WOx on Hydrodeoxygenation Reactions J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Justin Marlowe, Siddharth Deshpande, Dionisios G. Vlachos, Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, Phillip Christopher
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Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of 2-Aryl Thiazolines from 4-Hydroxybenzaldehydes Using Vanillyl Alcohol Oxidases Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Haowen Zhang, Shuhan Xie, Jun Yang, Ning Ye, Feng Gao, Fabrice Gallou, Lei Gao, Xiaoguang Lei
Nitrogen heterocycles are commonly found in bioactive natural products and drugs. However, the biocatalytic tools for nitrogen heterocycle synthesis are limited. Herein, we report the discovery of vanillyl alcohol oxidases (VAOs) as efficient biocatalysts for the one-pot synthesis of 2-aryl thiazolines from various 4-hydroxybenzaldehydes and aminothiols. The wild-type biocatalyst features a broad scope
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Strong Swelling and Symmetrization in Siliceous Zeolites due to Hydrogen Insertion at High Pressure Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Mario Santoro, Jérôme Rouquette, Marco Fabbiani, Francesco di Renzo, Benoît Coasne, Weiwei Dong, Konstantin Glazyrin, Julien Haines
Hydrogen and helium saturate the 1D pore systems of the high-silica (Si/Al>30) zeolites Theta-One (TON), and Mobile-Twelve (MTW) at high pressure based on x-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy and Monte Carlo simulations. In TON, a strong 22% volume increase occurs above 5 GPa with a transition from the collapsed P21 to a symmetrical, swelled Cmc21 form linked to an increase in H2 content from 12 H2/unit
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Enantioselective Synthesis of Sulfinamidines via Asymmetric Nitrogen Transfer from N-H Oxaziridines to Sulfenamides Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Marc Fimm, Fumito Saito
Sulfinamidines are promising aza-SIV chiral building blocks in asymmetric synthesis and drug discovery. However, no report has documented their enantioselective synthesis. Here we present an enantioselective synthesis of sulfinamidines via electrophilic amination of sulfenamides using an enantiopure N-H oxaziridine. The resulting enantiomerically enriched primary sulfinamidines are configurationally
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On Tautomerism and Amphoterism: An In-Depth Structural and Physicochemical Characterization of Ammeline and Some of Its Salts Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Thaddäus Koller, Simon M.J. Endraß, Markus Rösch, Kristian Witthaut, Thomas M. Klapötke, Wolfgang Schnick
Ammeline is a simple, readily available, molecular compound, which has been known for nearly 200 years. Despite that, no proper structural characterization of ammeline has been conducted so far. For this reason, the prevalent tautomeric form of ammeline in the solid remained unknown to this date. In the course of this study, its crystal structure was finally established by single-crystal X-ray diffraction
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An Enzymatic Prodrug-like Route to Thio and Selenoamides Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Keishi Ishida, Agnieszka Litomska, Kyle L. Dunbar, Christian Hertweck
6-Thioguanine (6TG) is a clinically used antitumor agent that was rationally designed as a DNA-targeting antimetabolite, but it also occurs naturally. 6TG is a critical virulence factor produced by Erwinia amylovorans, a notorious plant pathogen that causes fire blight of pome fruit trees. The biosynthesis of the rare thioamide metabolite involves an adenylating enzyme (YcfA) and a sulfur-mobilizing
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All-Inorganic sp-Chain Ligands: Isoelectronic B/N Analogues of E. O. Fischer's Alkynylcarbynes Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Luis Walter, Krzysztof Radacki, Rian Dewhurst, Rüdiger Bertermann, Maik Finze, Holger Braunschweig
Borylation of a tungsten-bound N2 ligand and halide abstraction provides access to a cationic complex with an unprecedented linear NNBR ligand. This complex undergoes [3+2] cycloaddition with azides, and an unexpected chain-extension reaction with an iminoborane, leading to a complex with a five-atom B/N chain. These two [NNBR]-containing complexes, inorganic analogues of E. O. Fischer's alkynylcarbynes
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Hidden Impurities Generate False Positives in Single Atom Catalyst Imaging Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Nicolò Allasia, Sean Michael Collins, Quentin Mathieu Ramasse, Gianvito Vilé
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) are an emerging class of materials, leveraging maximum atom utilization and distinctive structural and electronic properties to bridge heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis. Direct imaging methods, such as aberration-corrected high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy, are commonly applied to confirm the atomic dispersion of active sites
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Enantioselective Synthesis of Heteroatom-Linked Non-Biaryl Atropisomers Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Abdelati Naghim, Jean RODRIGUEZ, Olivier Chuzel, Gaëlle Chouraqui, Damien Bonne
Atropisomers hold significant fascination, not only for their prevalence in natural compounds but also for their biological importance and wide-ranging applications as chiral materials, ligands, and organocatalysts. While biaryl and heterobiaryl atropisomers are commonly studied, the enantioselective synthesis of less abundant heteroatom-linked non-biaryl atropisomers presents a formidable challenge
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Lone-Pair-p Bond Strength Unveiled by a Combined Experimental and Computational Study Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Cristian L. Gutiérez-Peña, Ana Gutiérrez-Blanco, Dmitry G. Gusev, Macarena Poyatos, Eduardo Victor Peris
A series of naphthalene-diimide (NDI) and perylene-diimide (PDI) connected bis-N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of iridium (III) have been prepared and fully characterized. The analysis of their NMR spectroscopic features, together their molecular structures show that these species display lone pair-p interactions between the chloride ligands of the Ir(III) complex and the heterocycles of the NDI/PDI
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Constructing High-performance Cobalt-based Environmental Catalysts from Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries: Unveiling Overlooked Roles of Copper and Aluminum from Current Collectors Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Jianxing Liang, Kan Li, Feng Shi, Jingdong Li, Jia-nan Gu, Yixin Xue, Chenyu Bao, Mingming Guo, Jinping Jia, Maohong Fan, Tonghua Sun
Converting spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) cathode materials into environmental catalysts has drawn more and more attention. Herein, we fabricated a Co3O4-based catalyst from spent LiCoO2 LIBs (Co3O4-LIBs) and found that the role of Al and Cu from current collectors on its performance is nonnegligible. The density functional theory calculations confirmed that the doping of Al and/or Cu upshifts
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[22]Pentaphyrins(2.0.1.1.0) Displaying N-Fusion, Pyrrole-Rearrangement, and Dimerization Reactions Upon Oxidation and Metalation Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Jinchao Chen, Le Liu, Yutao Rao, Ling Xu, Mingbo Zhou, Bangshao Yin, Soji Shimizu, Daiki Shimizu, Atsuhiro Osuka, Jianxin Song
Exploration of expanded porphyrins with unprecedented reactivities has remained important. Here [22]pentaphyrins(2.0.1.1.0) were synthesized as a constitutional isomer of sapphyrin by acid-catalyzed cyclization of 1,14-dibromo-5,10-diaryltripyrrin with 1,2-di(pyrro-2-ly)ethenes. These pentaphyrins display roughly planar structures and varying aromaticities depending upon the vinylene structures. The
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Highly Stable MOF-Type Lead Halide Luminescent Ferroelectrics Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Chen Sun, Yukong Li, Jinlin Yin, Dongyang Li, Chao Wu, Chi Zhang, Honghan Fei
Lead halide molecular ferroelectrics represent an important class of luminescent ferroelectrics, distinguished by their high chemical and structural tunability, excellent processability and distinctive luminescent characteristics. However, their inherent instability, prone to decomposition upon exposure to moisture and light, hinders their broader ferroelectric applications. Herein, for the first time
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A Processible and Ultrahigh-temperature Organic Photothermal Material through Spontaneous and Quantitative [2+2] Cycloaddition–Cycloreversion Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Pengbo Han, He Xu, Guiquan Zhang, Anjun Qin, Ben Zhong Tang
Energy conversion, particularly light to heat conversion, has garnered significant attention owing to its prospect in renewable energy exploitation and utilization. Most previous efforts have focused on developing organic photothermal materials for low-temperature applications, whereas the importance of simplifying the preparation methods of photothermal materials and enhancing their maximum photothermal
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π-Conjugated Nanohoops: A new generation of curved materials for organic electronics Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Rupam ROy, clement Brouillac, emmanuel jacques, cassandre Quinton, Cyril Poriel
Nanohoops, cyclic association of π-conjugated systems to form a hoop-shaped molecule, have been widely developed in the last 15 years. Beyond the synthetic challenge, the strong interest towards these molecules arise from their radially-oriented π-orbitals, which provide singular properties to these fascinating structures. Thanks to their particular cylindrical arrangement, this new generation of curved
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Strong and Tough MXene Bridging-induced Conductive Nacre Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Jia Yan, Tianzhu Zhou, Xinyu Yang, Zejun Zhang, Lei Li, Zhaoyong Zou, Zhengyi Fu, Qunfeng Cheng
Nacre is a classic model, providing an inspiration for fabricating high-performance bulk nanocomposites with the two-dimensional platelets. However, the “brick” of nacre, aragonite platelet, is an ideal building block for making high-performance bulk nanocomposites. Herein, we demonstrated a strong and tough conductive nacre through reassembling aragonite platelets with bridged by MXene nanosheets
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Controlling Tin Halide Perovskite Oxidation Dynamics in Solution for Perovskite Optoelectronic Devices Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Mohammad Kahaj Khaja Nazeeruddin, Shun Tian, Guixiang Li, Roland C. Turnell-Ritson, Zhaofu Fei, Aurélien Bornet, Paul J. Dyson
As a leading contender to replace lead halide perovskites, tin-based perovskites have demonstrated ever increasing performance in solar cells and light-emitting diodes (LEDs). They tend to be processed with dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) solvent, which has been identified as a major contributor to the Sn(II) oxidation during film fabrication, posing a challenge to the further improvement of Sn-based perovskites
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Alumina - Stabilized SEI and CEI in Potassium Metal Batteries Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Pengcheng Liu, Hongchang Hao, Aditya Singla, Bairav S. Vishnugopi, John Watt, Partha P. Mukherjee, David Mitlin
Aluminum oxide (Al2O3) nanopowder is spin-coated onto both sides of commercial polypropene separator to create artificial solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) and artificial cathode electrolyte interface (CEI) in potassium metal batteries (KMBs). This significantly enhances the stability, including of KMBs with Prussian Blue (PB) cathodes. For example, symmetric cells are stable after 1,000 cycles at
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Ionic Hydrogen Bond-Assisted Catalytic Construction of Nitrogen Stereogenic Center via Formal Desymmetrization of Remote Diols Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (IF 16.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Zhongfu Luo, Minghong Liao, Wei Li, Sha Zhao, Kun Tang, Pengcheng Zheng, Yonggui Robin Chi, Xinglong Zhang, Xingxing Wu
The control of noncarbon stereogenic centers is of profound importance owing to their enormous interest in bioactive compounds and chiral catalyst or ligand design for enantioselective synthesis. Despite various elegant approaches have been achieved for construction of S-, P-, Si- and B-stereocenters over the past decades, the catalyst-controlled strategies to govern the formation of N-stereogenic
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Fifty Shades of Phenanthroline: Synthesis Strategies to Functionalize 1,10-Phenanthroline in All Positions Chem. Rev. (IF 62.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Clémence Queffélec, Palas Baran Pati, Yann Pellegrin
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Factors that Impact Photochemical Cage Escape Yields Chem. Rev. (IF 62.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Matthew J. Goodwin, John C. Dickenson, Alexia Ripak, Alexander M. Deetz, Jackson S. McCarthy, Gerald J. Meyer, Ludovic Troian-Gautier
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Investigation of the Single-Particle Scale Structure-Activity Relationship Providing New Insights for the Development of High-Performance Batteries Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Fei Wang, Chong Zhang, Fan Wu, Zhichao He, Yudong Huang
As electric vehicles, portable electronic devices and tools have increasingly high requirements for battery energy density and power density, constantly improving battery performance has become a research focus. Accurate measurement of the structure-activity relationship of active materials is the key to advancing the research of high-performance batteries. However, the conventional performance tests
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Fluoro-Ethylene-Carbonate Plays a Double-Edged Role on the Stability of Si Anode-based Rechargeable Batteries during Cycling and Calendar Aging Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Joseph Quinn, Ju-Myung Kim, Ran Yi, Ji-Guang Zhang, Jie Xiao, Chongmin Wang
The energy storage density of Li-ion batteries could be improved by replacing graphite anodes with high-capacity Si-based materials, though instabilities have limited their implementation. Performance degradation mechanisms that occur in Si-anodes can be divided into cycling stability (capacity retention after repeated battery cycles) and calendar aging (shelf life). While the cycling stability and
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Acoustically Enhanced Triboelectric Stethoscope for Ultrasensitive Cardiac Sounds Sensing and Disease Diagnosis Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Xindan Hui, Lirong Tang, Dewen Zhang, Shanlin Yan, Dongxiao Li, Jie Chen, Fei Wu, Zhong Lin Wang, Hengyu Guo
Electronic stethoscope used to detect cardiac sounds that contains essential clinical information is a primary tool for diagnosis of various cardiac disorders. However, the linear electro-mechanical constitutive relation makes conventional piezoelectric sensors rather ineffective to detect low-intensity, low-frequency heart acoustic signal without the assistance of complex filtering and amplification
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Pressure-Dependent Superconductivity in Topological Dirac Semimetal SrCuBi Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Nahyun Lee, Cuiying Pei, Jahyun Koo, Yanpeng Qi, Sung Wng Kim
The discovery of superconducting states in diverse topological materials generated a burgeoning interest to explore a topological superconductor and to realize a fault-tolerant topological quantum computation. A variety of routes to realize topological superconductors have been proposed and many types of topological materials have been developed. However, a pristine topological material with a natural
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Confined Space Dual-Type Quantum Dots for High-Rate Electrochemical Energy Storage Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Qingjun Yang, KingYan Chung, Xinlong Liu, Lin Sun, Jing Han, Yujue Yang, Tiandi Chen, Weidong Shi, Bingang Xu
Owing to quantum size effect and high redox activity, quantum dots (QDs) play very essential roles toward electrochemical energy storage. However, it is very difficult to obtain different-type and uniformly dispersed high-active QDs in a stable conductive microenvironment, because QDs prepared by traditional methods are mostly dissolved in solution or loaded on the surface of other semiconductors.
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Ultrasound-Responsive Aligned Piezoelectric Nanofibers Derived Hydrogel Conduits for Peripheral Nerve Regeneration Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Dongyu Xu, Siqi Fu, Hui Zhang, Weicheng Lu, Jingdun Xie, Jilai Li, Huan Wang, Yuanjin Zhao, Renjie Chai
Nerve guidance conduits (NGCs) have been considered as promising treatment strategy and frontier trend for peripheral nerve regeneration; while their therapeutic outcomes are limited by the lack of controllable drug delivery and available physicochemical cues. Herein, we propose novel aligned piezoelectric nanofibers derived hydrogel NGCs with ultrasound (US)-triggered electrical stimulation (ES) and
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Two-dimensional Janus Polarization Functioned by Mechanical Force Adv. Mater. (IF 29.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Zhao Guan, Yun-Zhe Zheng, Wen-Yi Tong, Ni Zhong, Yan Cheng, Ping-Hua Xiang, Rong Huang, Bin-Bin Chen, Zhong-Ming Wei, Jun-hao Chu, Chun-Gang Duan
Two-dimensional (2D) polarization materials have emerged as promising candidates for meeting the demands of device miniaturization, attributed to their unique electronic configurations and transport characteristics. Although the existing inherent and sliding mechanisms have been increasingly investigated in recent years, strategies for inducing 2D polarization with innovative mechanisms remain rare
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Discovery of the Pendulisporaceae: An extremotolerant myxobacterial family with distinct sporulation behavior and prolific specialized metabolism Chem (IF 23.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Ronald Garcia, Alexander Popoff, Chantal D. Bader, Johanna Löhr, Sebastian Walesch, Christine Walt, Judith Boldt, Boyke Bunk, F.P. Jake Haeckl, Antonia P. Gunesch, Joy Birkelbach, Ulrich Nübel, Thomas Pietschmann, Thorsten Bach, Rolf Müller
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Metal-cluster-powered ultramicropore alliance in pore-space-partitioned metal-organic frameworks for benchmark one-step ethylene purification Chem (IF 23.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Shu-Yi Li, Shu-Cong Fan, Peng Zhang, Wen-Yu Yuan, Ying Wang, Quan-Guo Zhai
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Single-molecule fluorescence multiplexing by multi-parameter spectroscopic detection of nanostructured FRET labels Nat. Nanotechnol. (IF 38.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Jiachong Chu, Ayesha Ejaz, Kyle M. Lin, Madeline R. Joseph, Aria E. Coraor, D. Allan Drummond, Allison H. Squires
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Atomic-force-microscopy-based time-domain two-dimensional infrared nanospectroscopy Nat. Nanotechnol. (IF 38.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Qing Xie, Yu Zhang, Eli Janzen, James H. Edgar, Xiaoji G. Xu
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Superionic fluoride gate dielectrics with low diffusion barrier for two-dimensional electronics Nat. Nanotechnol. (IF 38.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Kui Meng, Zeya Li, Peng Chen, Xingyue Ma, Junwei Huang, Jiayi Li, Feng Qin, Caiyu Qiu, Yilin Zhang, Ding Zhang, Yu Deng, Yurong Yang, Genda Gu, Harold Y. Hwang, Qi-Kun Xue, Yi Cui, Hongtao Yuan
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A large-scale machine learning analysis of inorganic nanoparticles in preclinical cancer research Nat. Nanotechnol. (IF 38.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Bárbara B. Mendes, Zilu Zhang, João Conniot, Diana P. Sousa, João M. J. M. Ravasco, Lauren A. Onweller, Andżelika Lorenc, Tiago Rodrigues, Daniel Reker, João Conde
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The effects of corporate investment and public grants on climate and energy startup outcomes Nat. Energy (IF 56.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Kathleen M. Kennedy, Morgan R. Edwards, Claudia Doblinger, Zachary H. Thomas, Maria A. Borrero, Ellen D. Williams, Nathan E. Hultman, Kavita Surana
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I’m worried I’ve been contacted by a predatory publisher — how do I find out? Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-15
Researchers frequently receive invitations to publish in journals that they might not have heard of. Nature asked two scientists how they would check whether a publication is legitimate.
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Forestry social science is failing the needs of the people who need it most Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-15
Rich nations’ fixation on forests as climate offsets has resulted in the needs of those who live in or make a living from these resources being ignored. A broader view and more collaboration between disciplines is required.
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Explaining novel scientific concepts to people whose technical acumen does not extend to turning it off, then turning it on again Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-15
Guided by the light.
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Neglecting sex and gender in research is a public-health risk Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Sue Haupt, Cheryl Carcel, Robyn Norton
The data are clear: taking sex and gender into account in research and using that knowledge to change health care could benefit billions of people.
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How to kill the ‘zombie’ cells that make you age Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-15
Researchers are using new molecules, engineered immune cells and gene therapy to kill senescent cells and treat age-related diseases.
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2023 summer warmth unparalleled over the past 2,000 years Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Jan Esper, Max Torbenson, Ulf Büntgen
Including an exceptionally warm Northern Hemisphere (NH) summer1,2, 2023 has been reported as the hottest year on record3-5. Contextualizing recent anthropogenic warming against past natural variability is nontrivial, however, because the sparse 19th century meteorological records tend to be too warm6. Here, we combine observed and reconstructed June-August (JJA) surface air temperatures to show that
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Africa’s lush tropical forests face a surprising threat: fire Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-14
Climate change and deforestation have increased the frequency of blazes in the humid forests of West and Central Africa.
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AI & robotics briefing: Why AI needs to see the ‘ugly’ side of science Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-14
The absence of negative results in the scientific literature is affecting AI tools trained on published data. Plus, why animals still outrun robots and AlphaFold gets major upgrade.
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Daily briefing: Amazing auroras are just a warm-up — more solar storms are coming Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-14
The upcoming solar maximum means more and bigger solar storms to come. Plus, how to decarbonise the workhorse of fossil fuel production: oil refineries.
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Rational rock-salt phase engineering of nickel-rich layered cathode interface for enhanced rate and cycling stability Energy Environ. Sci. (IF 32.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Wenjie Wang, Yanke Shi, Pengfei Li, Ruiqing Wang, Fei Ye, Xiaoyu Zhang, Wei Li, Zhuosen Wang, Chunyang Xu, Dongqing Xu, Qun Xu, Xinwei Cui
Ni-rich layered cathodes promise high energy density, yet suffer from dramatic rate and capacity decay on cycling, which is originated from chemo-mechanical failures with fast growth of electrical and ionic insulating rock-salt phase on the surface. Apart from general approaches of applying inert coating layers, here we regulate chemistry and structure of the inevitable rock-salt phase, and construct
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Electron-Deficient Sites on Boron-Doped Graphite Enable Air-Stable and Durable Red Phosphorus Anode for Lithium-Ion Batteries Energy Environ. Sci. (IF 32.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Chuang Ji, Qingfeng Zhou, Yingyi Yuan, Wei Chen, Tao Hou, Bote Zhao, Yexia Qin, Xunhui Xiong
Composing with various carbon matrixes has been proposed to overcome the poor electrochemical performances of red phosphorus (RP) anode caused by the low electronic conductivity and huge volume changes during the repeated lithiation/delithiation processes. Nevertheless, the insufficient chemical affinity between RP and carbon matrixes can rarely enable a superior cycling stability, and the strong air-sensitivity
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Optimization of a combined power plant CO2 capture and direct air capture concept for flexible power plant operation Energy Environ. Sci. (IF 32.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Edward J. Graham, Moataz Sheha, Dharik S. Mallapragada, Howard J. Herzog, Emre Gençer, Phillip Cross, James Custer, Adam Goff, Ian Cormier
Deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) equipped fossil fuel power plants on the supply-side and direct air capture (DAC) technologies on the demand side can address the dual challenge of lower carbon emissions while providing grid flexibility. Here, we evaluate a flexible natural gas power plant concept with the potential for negative emissions that integrates calcium looping, membrane and
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Microalloying induced stable welded interfaces for highly reversible zero-excess sodium metal batteries Energy Environ. Sci. (IF 32.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Chunlin Xie, Hao Wu, Kang Liang, Zhengping Ding, Jiawen Dai, Rui Zhang, Yurong Ren, Yixin Li, Dan Sun, Qi Zhang, Yougen Tang, Hai-Yan Wang
The noteworthy benefits of zero-excess sodium metal batteries (ZSMBs) about energy density, sustainability, carbon footprint and cost, make them a promising supplement or even substitute for lithium-ion batteries. Nevertheless, the zero-excess sodium plating/stripping on the anode substrate encountered with sodium dendrites growth, inactive sodium generation and irreversible solid electrolyte interphase
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Developing Kilometers-long Gravity Heat Pipe for Geothermal Energy Exploitation Energy Environ. Sci. (IF 32.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Wenbo Huang, Juanwen Chen, Qingshan Ma, Linxiao Xing, Guiling Wang, Jiwen Cen, Zhibin Li, Ang Li, Fangming Jiang
At medium-deep and deep depths of Earth crust lays vast and so far mostly untapped reserves of geothermal energy. This energy source has the potential of meeting humanity’s needs for thousands of years. However, its large-scale deployment has been hindered by a lack of effective and dependable exploitation technologies. Gravity heat pipes have recently garnered significant attention due to their exceptional
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Material-specific binding peptides empower sustainable innovations in plant health, biocatalysis, medicine and microplastic quantification Chem. Soc. Rev. (IF 46.2) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Maochao Mao, Leon Ahrens, Julian Luka, Francisca Contreras, Tetiana Kurkina, Marian Bienstein, Marisa Sárria Pereira de Passos, Gabriella Schirinzi, Dora Mehn, Andrea Valsesia, Cloé Desmet, Miguel-Angel Serra Beltrán, Douglas Gilliland, Ulrich Schwaneberg