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Sweat sensors are important in personalized healthcare using natural oxidase to target biomolecules but these reactions are susceptible to external interference. Here, the authors report tryptophan- and histidine-treated copper metal-organic frameworks which show highly selective activity for ascorbate oxidation and can serve as an efficient ascorbate oxidase-mimicking material in sensitive sweat sensors.

The interplay among hybrid self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) during deposition has not been well studied. Here, authors mix co-adsorbents with carbazole-based SAM material to improve the buried interface, achieving efficiency of 20.67% for wide-bandgap solar cells and 28.94% for all-perovskite tandem devices.

Inverse electron-demand cycloadditions in palladium catalysis are inherently limited by the linear selectivity in the allylic substitution step. To overcome this issue, the authors report a synergetic iridium (branched-selective) and amine catalysis in [4+2] cycloadditions of vinyl aminoalcohols with carbonyls.

Developing facile strategies to realize the precise construction of Ni-Fe structures is of significance for water oxidation. Here, the authors demonstrate a universal microorganism-assisted corrosion strategy for preparing highly efficient Ni-Fe composites towards oxygen evolution.

Acidic electrochemical CO₂ conversion is a promising alternative to overcome low CO₂ utilization. Here, the authors report a robust carbon coated tip-like In₂O₃ electrocatalyst that demonstrates an enhanced activity for the direct production of HCOOH in a strongly acidic and low K⁺ electrolyte.

The efficiency of all-perovskite tandem solar cells is impacted by the nonradiative recombination loss in Sn–Pb mixed narrow bandgap perovskite films. Here, the authors utilize a surface polishing agent with surface passivator to deliver films with a close-to-ideal stoichiometric ratio surface.

The effect of multiple energy valleys in the conduction band of semiconductor molybdenum ditelluride on energy dissipation remains unclear. Here, the authors employ time resolved measurements to reveal the pathways and timescales of carrier relaxation and phonon dynamics in different valleys, identifying the phonon bottlenecks of such relaxation.

Infrared polarization-sensitive photodetectors are attractive owing to their widespread applications. Here, the authors report a long-wave infrared photodetector with an ultrahigh polarization sensitivity by leveraging the 1D geometry of Tellurium nanoribbon and the finite-size effect of a perfect plasmonic absorber.

It is known that differences in the bacterial food ofCaenorhabditis elegans can alter their behaviour. In this study, bacteria expressing two different noncoding RNAs alter the chemosensory and longevity of C. elegans, suggesting a role in modulating C. elegansphysiology.

Regenerative heart valve prostheses rely on interactive materials that can adapt to the remodeling process, but these materials are often based on complex designs. Using 1,1’-thiocarbonyldiimidazole chemistry, the authors propose a double network hydrogel formulation for heart valve regeneration.

Mid-infrared polarization-sensitive photodetectors are desired for several applications, such as chemical analysis and biomedical diagnosis. Here, the authors report on-chip polarimeters based on the combination of plasmonic chiral metamaterials and 2D thermoelectric materials, showing tunable full-Stokes detection of linearly and circularly polarized light at room temperature.

This study compiled a comprehensive global database on live terrestrial vertebrate trade and used it to investigate traded alien species. The authors identify 7,780 species involved in trade globally and show that countries with greater trading power, higher incomes and larger human populations import more alien species, which emerge as hotspots for establishment richness of aliens.

Efficient CO₂ photoreduction in pure water remains challenging. Here, the authors propose to use van der Waals gaps-rich BiOCl atomic layers with low exciton binding energy and abundant surface oxygen vacancies for CO₂ to CO conversion.

Renewable CO₂ conversion to useful products presents a sustainable, carbon-neutral method to limit climate change, yet few materials can perform this complex chemistry. Here, authors prepare a polymer-TiO₂-graphene composite that can take up CO₂ and convert it to CH₄ using light and water.

Designing flexible and transparent electrodes for high-performance optoelectronic devices remains a challenge. Here, the authors presented conductive and flexible dielectric-metal-dielectric multi-layers electrodes based on Cu-doped Ag film (thickness of 6.5 nm) with 100.3% relative transmittance.

High-throughput imaging methods for brain-wide connectome mapping with precise location reference have been lacking. Here authors report a method that allows simultaneous acquisition of fluorescently labelled neurons and cytoarchitectural landmarks in the same mouse brain at the single-cell resolution.

Shortening the inter-spin distance is an effective way to enhance magnetic coupling. However, it is typically challenging to change the inter-ion distance in most magnetic systems. Here, Huang et al present a strategy for enhancing magnetic interactions, by confining a molecular magnetic system inside a carbon fullerene cage, leading to enhanced magnetic properties.

Long term stability is a major barrier for the commercialization of halide perovskite solar cells. Here Wu et al. demonstrate that a chemically inert and structural impermeability bismuth electrode interlayer greatly increases the stability of unencapsulated perovskite solar cells under harsh conditions.

Sulphur ylides are useful reagents in organic synthesis, typically reacting with highly polar reagents. Here, the authors show a catalytic asymmetric process for the addition of sulphur ylides to cyclic allylic esters with loss of CO₂, giving access to chiral, highly functionalised indolines.

Having control over the chirality of metal nanoclusters is challenging. Here, the authors report the deracemization of silver nanoclusters and monitor the chiroptical responses.

MXenes are a family of layered materials which show promise for a variety of (opto-)electronic applications. Here, the authors leverage the variations of the interlayer distance in Ti₃C₂ under external pressure to devise a piezoresistive sensor.

Controlling the partial reduction of quinolines is challenging, given the competing overreduction to tetrahydroquinolines. Here, the authors report a cobalt-amido cooperative catalyst for the selective, partial transfer hydrogenation of quinolines to 1,2-dihydroquinolines with H₃N·BH₃ as reductant.

The discovery of efficient drugs is a main challenge in cancer therapy. Here, the authors report a synthetic retinoid, WYC-209 with anti-tumor and anti-metastatic activity mediated by the retinoic acid receptor signaling pathway.

Antimony selenide possess several advantages for solar cell applications but state-of-the-art vapor transport deposition methods suffer from poor film quality. Here Wen et al. develop a fast and cheap method to reduce the defect density by 10 times and achieve a certified power conversion efficiency of 7.6%.

The single crystals of lithium rare earth fluorides exhibit remarkable magnetocaloric performance with a record-high entropy change of 16.73 J kg^-1 K^-1 achieved under a very small magnetic field of 5 kOe.

Polymer electrolytes are attractive candidates for rechargeable lithium metal batteries. Here, the authors give a personal reflection on the structural design of coupled and decoupled polymer electrolytes and possible routes to further enhance their performance in rechargeable batteries.

The seed-specific transcription factor LEC1 promotes an active chromatin state at the floral repressor FLC and activates its expression in the Arabidopsis pro-embryo, thus reversing the winter cold-induced silenced state that is inherited from gametes.