Title: Nanoscale chemical characterization of materials and interfaces by tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopyAuthors: Yi-Fan Bao, Meng-Yuan Zhu, Xiao-Jiao Zhao, Hong-Xuan Chen, Xiang Wang* and Bin Ren*Abstract: Materials and their interfaces are the core for the development of a large variety of fields, including catalysis, energy storage and conversion. In this case, tip-enhanced Raman spectroscop...

Title: The Loss of Interfacial Water-Adsorbate Hydrogen Bond Connectivity Position Surface-Active Hydrogen as a Crucial Intermediate to Enhance Nitrate Reduction ReactionAuthors: Shisheng Zheng*, Xinzhe Yang, Zhong-Zhang Shi, Haowen Ding, Feng Pan*, Jian-Feng Li*Abstract: The electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (NO3RR) offers a promising solution for remediating nitrate-polluted wastewat...

Title: Plasmonic Pd-Sb nanosheets for photothermal CH4 conversion to HCHO and therapyAuthors: Mengjun Wang, Jun Jia, Zhaodong Meng, Jing Xia, Xinyan Hu, Fei Xue, Huiping Peng, Xiangmin Meng, Jun Yi, Xiaolan Chen, Jun Li, Yuzheng Guo*, Yong Xu*, Xiaoqing Huang*Abstract: Photothermal catalysis effectively increases catalytic activity by using the photothermal effect of metal nanomaterials; howeve...

Title: Triscysteine disulfide-directing motifs enabling design and discovery of multicyclic peptide bindersAuthors: Zengping Duan, Chuilian Kong, Shihui Fan & Chuanliu Wu*Abstract: Peptides are valuable for therapeutic development, with multicyclic peptides showing promise in mimicking antigen-binding potency of antibodies. However, our capability to engineer multicyclic peptide scaffolds, part...

Title: Solvation Effect-Determined Mechanisms of Cation Exchange Reactions for Efficient Multicomponent NanocatalystsAuthors: Shangheng Liu, Xiaocan Wang, Wei-Hsiang Huang, Qiugen Zhang, Jiajia Han, Yingtian Zhang, Chih-Wen Pao, Zhiwei Hu, Yong Xu, Xiaoqing Huang*Abstract: Cation exchange (CE) reaction is a classical synthesis method for creating complex structures. A lock of study on intrinsic...

Title: Boron-Doped Single-Molecule van der Waals DiodeAuthors: Yu-Ling Zou, Wenting Sun, Jiao Xun, Qing-Man Liang, Lichuan Chen, Tong-Ruo Diao, Jia Shi, De-Yin Wu, Chuandong Dou, Wenjing Hong, Zhong-Ｑun Tian, Yang Yang*Abstract: Single-molecule diode was the first proposed device in molecular electronics. Despite the great efforts and advances over 50 years, the reported rectification ratios, ...

Title: Atom-glue stabilized Pt-based intermetallic nanoparticlesAuthors: Zhongliang Huang, Yingru Wang, Jing Xia, Shengnan Hu, Nanjun Chen, Tianyi Ding, Changhong Zhan, Chih-Wen Pao, Zhiwei Hu, Wei-Hsiang Huang, Tong Shi, Xiangmin Meng, Yong Xu*, Liang Cao*, Xiaoqing Huang*Abstract: Pt-based nanoparticles (NPs) have been widely used in catalysis. However, this suffers from aggregation and/or si...

Title: Asymmetric Büchner reaction and arene cyclopropanation via copper-catalyzed controllable cyclization of diynesAuthors: Yan-Xin Zheng, Li-Gao Liu, Tian-Qi Hu, Xiao Li, Zhou Xu, Xin Hong*, Xin Lu, Bo Zhou & Long-Wu Ye*Abstract: The asymmetric Büchner reaction and related arene cyclopropanations represent one type of the powerful methods for enantioselective dearomatization. However, exampl...

Title: Achieving Magnetic Refrigerants with Large Magnetic Entropy Changes and Low Magnetic Ordering TemperaturesAuthors: Qiao-Fei Xu, Man-Ting Chen, Ruo-Tong Wu, La-Sheng Long*, Lan-Sun ZhengAbstract: Adiabatic demagnetization refrigeration (ADR) is a promising cooling technology with high efficiency and exceptional stability in achieving ultralow temperatures, playing an indispensable role at...

 Title: High-Nuclearity Ln210Al140 Clusters: Neonates of Open Hollow Dodecahedral Cage FamiliesAuthors: Man-Ting Chen, Qiao-Fei Xu, Mukeremu Aibibula, Xiang-Jian Kong, La-Sheng Long*, Lan-Sun ZhengAbstract: Open hollow dodecahedral cage clusters have long been a coveted target in synthetic chemistry, yet their creation poses immense challenges. Here we report two open hollow dodecahedral lantha...