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All-in-one cocatalyst for photocatalytic overall water splitting
All-in-one cocatalyst for photocatalytic overall water splitting
One-step excitation overall water splitting holds promise for green hydrogen production but currently requires precise loa...
A neutral σ0π2 carbene enabling hydrogen activation via a σ-face pathway
A neutral σ0π2 carbene enabling hydrogen activation via a σ-face pathway
Ground-state σ0π2 carbenes are among the least explored and least understood classes of low-valent carbon. Known...
Publisher Correction: Unlocking chemical diversity in aptamers with DNA orthogonal barcodes
Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaDaniel Saliba, Eiman A. Osman, Abdelrahman Elmanzalawy...
A synthetic cell microreactor with two types of interacting dynamic DNA-based pores
A synthetic cell microreactor with two types of interacting dynamic DNA-based pores
Reconstructing cellular complexity is a central challenge in synthetic biology, with profound implications for understandi...
Supramolecular dye polymers for aggregation-induced photocatalysis
Supramolecular dye polymers for aggregation-induced photocatalysis
Aggregation can profoundly alter the excited-state properties of organic chromophores; however, crystalline supramolecular...
Publisher Correction: Theory-driven design of high-valence metal sites for water oxidation confirmed using in situ soft X-ray absorption
These authors contributed equally: Xueli Zheng, Bo Zhang, Phil De Luna.Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, ...
Decoding stereospecific metabolic regulation of protein modifications
Decoding stereospecific metabolic regulation of protein modifications
Metabolites can regulate protein structure and function via covalent modifications, with different isomers exerting distin...
Single-molecule toroics with a chiral twist
Single-molecule toroics with a chiral twist
The combination of magnetism and chirality enables magnetochiral and magnetoelectric coupling for non-magnetic control of ...
A magnetic push for electrolysis in space
A magnetic push for electrolysis in space
Splitting water to generate oxygen is vital for space missions; but without gravity, bubbles cling to electrodes, blocking...
Harnessing light the retinal way
Harnessing light the retinal way
Yasuhisa Mizutani marvels at how effectively nature utilizes the π-conjugated system of retinal in proteins.
Icing a three-layer cake for predictive modelling of adsorption
Icing a three-layer cake for predictive modelling of adsorption
Accurately predicting the adsorption of small molecules is a long-standing challenge in surface chemistry. Now, an automat...
Opinionated science
Opinionated science
When the facts can’t speak for themselves, scientists can give them a voice, argues Michelle Francl.
Selective arylation of atypical C–F bonds in polyfluoroarenes with aryl chlorides
Selective arylation of atypical C–F bonds in polyfluoroarenes with aryl chlorides
Selective activation of specific C–F bonds in polyfluoroarenes represents a challenge in transition metal catalysis....
Leveraging electron donor–acceptor complexes for kinetic resolution in catalytic asymmetric photochemical synthesis
Leveraging electron donor–acceptor complexes for kinetic resolution in catalytic asymmetric photochemical synthesis
The formation of electron donor–acceptor (EDA) complexes has emerged as a powerful strategy for accessing valuable m...
Bottom-up approach to making larger hydrocarbon molecules capable of optical cycling
Bottom-up approach to making larger hydrocarbon molecules capable of optical cycling
Molecules capable of repeatable, narrow-band spontaneous photon scattering are prized for direct laser cooling and quantum...
Divergent access to E- or Z-trisubstituted medium-sized cycloalkenes by Pd-catalysed cycloaddition
Divergent access to E- or Z-trisubstituted medium-sized cycloalkenes by Pd-catalysed cycloaddition
Despite their significance in nature, medium-sized rings (particularly 9–11 membered ones) are non-existent in comme...
Mn12 and the dawn of single-molecule magnets
Mn12 and the dawn of single-molecule magnets
Niki Mavragani and Muralee Murugesu discuss the discovery, structure and properties of Mn12, a prototypical single-molecul...
Efficient and modular synthesis of ibogaine and related alkaloids
Efficient and modular synthesis of ibogaine and related alkaloids
Anecdotal reports and preliminary clinical trials suggest that the psychoactive alkaloid ibogaine and its active metabolit...
Isotopic labelling of water reveals the hydrogen transfer route in electrochemical CO2 reduction
Isotopic labelling of water reveals the hydrogen transfer route in electrochemical CO2 reduction
Understanding the hydrogenation pathway in electrochemical CO2 reduction is important for controlling product selectivity....
Molecular contacts with an orthogonal π-skeleton induce amorphization to enhance perovskite solar cell performance
Molecular contacts with an orthogonal π-skeleton induce amorphization to enhance perovskite solar cell performance
Perovskite solar cells represent a promising class of photovoltaics that have achieved exceptional levels of performance w...
Synthetic biomolecular condensates enhance translation from a target mRNA in living cells
Synthetic biomolecular condensates enhance translation from a target mRNA in living cells
Biomolecular condensates composed of proteins and RNA are one approach by which cells regulate post-transcriptional gene e...
Evolution of complex chemical mixtures reveals combinatorial compression and population synchronicity
Evolution of complex chemical mixtures reveals combinatorial compression and population synchronicity
Many open questions about the origins of life are centred on the generation of complex chemical species. Past work has cha...
Interface flexibility controls the nucleation and growth of supramolecular networks
Interface flexibility controls the nucleation and growth of supramolecular networks
Supramolecular networks are abundantly present in nature and, like crystalline materials, often develop from an initial nu...
Surface-localized phase mediation accelerates quasi-solid-state reaction kinetics in sulfur batteries
Surface-localized phase mediation accelerates quasi-solid-state reaction kinetics in sulfur batteries
Lithium–sulfur batteries promise high energy density storage but show poor stabilities owing to uncontrolled polysul...
Electrochemical labelling of hydroxyindoles with chemoselectivity for site-specific protein bioconjugation
Electrochemical labelling of hydroxyindoles with chemoselectivity for site-specific protein bioconjugation
Electrochemistry has recently emerged as a powerful approach in small-molecule synthesis owing to its numerous attractive ...
Modular α-tertiary amino ester synthesis through cobalt-catalysed asymmetric aza-Barbier reaction
Modular α-tertiary amino ester synthesis through cobalt-catalysed asymmetric aza-Barbier reaction
Unnatural chiral α-tertiary amino acids containing two different carbon-based substituents at the α-carbon centr...
Organocatalytic aromatization-promoted umpolung reaction of imines
Organocatalytic aromatization-promoted umpolung reaction of imines
The umpolung functionalization of imines bears vast synthetic potential, but polarity inversion is less efficient compared...
Artificial cell synthesis using biocatalytic polymerization-induced self-assembly
Artificial cell synthesis using biocatalytic polymerization-induced self-assembly
Artificial cells are biomimetic microstructures that mimic functions of natural cells, can be applied as building blocks f...
Subdomain dynamics enable chemical chain reactions in non-ribosomal peptide synthetases
Subdomain dynamics enable chemical chain reactions in non-ribosomal peptide synthetases
Many peptide-derived natural products are produced by non-ribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) in an assembly-line fashio...
Air- and photo-stable luminescent carbodicarbene-azaboraacenium ions
Air- and photo-stable luminescent carbodicarbene-azaboraacenium ions
Substitution of a C=C bond by an isoelectronic B–N bond is a well-established strategy to alter the electronic struc...
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