Title: Unveiling how intramolecular stacking modes of covalently linked dimers dictate photoswitching propertiesAuthors: Ru-Qiang Lu, Xiao-Yun Yan, Lei Zhu, Lin-Lin Yang, Hang Qu, Xin-Chang Wang, Ming Luo, Yu Wang, Rui Chen, Xiao-Ye Wang, Yu Lan, Jian Pei, Wengui Weng, Haiping Xia & Xiao-Yu Cao Abstract: Covalently linked π-stacked dimers represent the most significant platform for elucidating...

Title: Probing the edge-related properties of atomically thin MoS2 at nanoscaleAuthors: Teng-Xiang Huang, Xin Cong, Si-Si Wu, Kai-Qiang Lin, Xu Yao, Yu-Han He, Jiang-Bin Wu, Yi-Fan Bao, Sheng-Chao Huang, Xiang Wang, Ping-Heng Tan & Bin Ren Abstract: Defects can induce drastic changes of the electronic properties of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides and influence their application...

Title: 3D lithiophilic–lithiophobic–lithiophilic dual-gradient porous skeleton for highly stable lithium metal anodeAuthors: Hongfei Zheng, Qingfei Zhang, Qiulin Chen, Wanjie Xu, Qingshui Xie, Yuxin Cai, Yating Ma, Zhensong Qiao, Qing Luo, Jie Lin, Laisen Wang, Baihua Qu, Baisheng Sa and  Dong-Liang PengAbstract: The electrocatalytic decomposition of the abundant and toxic H2S from industrial...

Title: Zinc‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Formal [4+3] Annulation of Isoxazoles with Enynol Ethers by 6π Electrocyclization: Stereoselective Access to 2H‐AzepinesAuthors: Xin‐Qi Zhu, Ze‐Shu Wang, Bo‐Shang Hou, Hao‐Wen Zhang, Prof. Dr. Chao Deng, Prof. Dr. Long‐Wu YeAbstract: 6π electrocyclization has attracted interest in organic synthesis because of its high stereospecificity and atom econom...

Title: Inner Surface Design of Functional Microchannels for Microscale Flow ControlAuthors: Shuli Wang, Xian Yang, Feng Wu, Lingli Min, Xinyu Chen, Xu HouAbstract: Fluidic flow behaviors in microfluidics are dominated by the interfaces created between the fluids and the inner surface walls of microchannels. Microchannel inner surface designs, including the surface chemical modification, and the...

Title: Structure‐Independent Conductance of Thiophene‐Based Single‐Stacking JunctionsAuthors: Wenjing Hong, Xiaohui Li, Qingqing Wu, Jie Bai, Songjun Hou, Wenlin Jiang, Chun Tang, Hang Song, Xiaojuan Huang, Jueting Zheng, Yang Yang, Junyang Liu, Yong Hu, Jia Shi, Zitong Liu, Colin J. Lambert, Deqing ZhangAbstract: Intermolecular charge transport is crucial in π‐conjugated materials but the...

Title: DOTA-Branched Organic Frameworks as Giant and Potent Metal ChelatorsAuthors: Chengjie Sun, Hongyu Lin, Xuanqing Gong, Zhaoxuan Yang, Yan Mo, Xiaoyuan Chen, Jinhao GaoAbstract: Multinuclear complexes as metallo-agents for clinical use have caught extensive attention. In this paper, using DOTA as both a functioning unit and a constructing junction, we build a series of DOTA-branched organi...

Title: Highly Active ZnO–ZrO2 Aerogels Integrated with H-ZSM-5 for Aromatics Synthesis from Carbon DioxideAuthors: Cheng Zhou, Jiaqing Shi, Wei Zhou, Kang Cheng, Qinghong Zhang, Jincan Kang, Ye WangAbstract: Bifunctional catalysis coupling CO2 to methanol and methanol to hydrocarbons is a promising strategy for the direct hydrogenation of CO2 into high-value chemicals. However, bifunctional ca...

Title: Chemistry with Electrochemically Generated N-Centered RadicalsAuthors: Peng Xiong and Hai-Chao Xu*Abstract: N-centered radicals are versatile reaction intermediates that can react with various π systems to construct C–N bonds. Current methods for generating N-centered radicals usually involve the cleavage of an N–heteroatom bond; however, similar strategies that are applicable to N–H...

Title: Solid-to-liquid phase transitions of sub-nanometer clusters enhance chemical transformationAuthors: Juan-Juan Sun & Jun ChengAbstract: Understanding the nature of active sites is crucial in heterogeneous catalysis, and dynamic changes of catalyst structures during reaction turnover have brought into focus the dynamic nature of active sites. However, much less is known on how the structur...