Chemistry
Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41929-026-01615-7 At a glance Oxygen vacancies are frequently used to explain the activity of oxide catalysts, but identifying exactly where a small, dynamic population of vacancies forms remains difficult. Researchers from Fudan University, Tongji University, the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Chemistry
At a glance The reaction between nitric oxide and carbon monoxide is commonly used to remove both pollutants by converting NO mainly into N₂ and CO into CO₂. Researchers from Nanjing University, Shandong Normal University and the University of California, Riverside show that adding water can redirect this established chemistry
Chemistry
Source: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6c08553 At a glance ZnSe shells can improve the emission efficiency, chemical stability and structural uniformity of colloidal quantum dots, but vacancies left by missing zinc atoms introduce hole-trapping states that compete with the desired light emission. Researchers led by Sungkyunkwan University
Environment
Source: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6c13568 At a glance During electrochemical CO₂ reduction on TM–N₄ single-atom catalysts, CO yield often rises, reaches a plateau and then declines as the applied potential becomes more negative. Researchers from the University of Puerto Rico, MIT, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Chemistry
Source: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6c17163 At a glance A vanadium redox mediator carries reducing equivalents from an electrochemical cell to a separate PtRu/C hydrogenation zone. This arrangement allows the electrode to regenerate V²⁺ while the catalyst converts lignin-derived phenols without requiring the organic substrate to
Chemistry
Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-026-01940-6 At a glance A team led by the National University of Singapore reports a two-stage catalyst reconstruction that separates two electronic functions often pursued together in oxygen-evolution catalysts. Selenium is removed first from a Cr₂O₃/NiSe₂ precursor,
Chemistry
Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44286-026-00443-7 At a glance Ingestible electronics can monitor the gastrointestinal tract, communicate wirelessly or deliver electrical therapy, but conventional batteries raise safety and retrieval concerns if a device ruptures or remains in the body. Researchers at MIT, Brigham and Women’s
Chemistry
Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41929-026-01612-w At a glance Where does catalytic activity reside on a platinum nanoparticle while the particle is working? Researchers from the University of Antwerp, Utrecht University and partner institutions in Spain followed the same Pt nanoparticle through activation, deactivation and reactivation
Materials Science
Source: https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.7506 At a glance A team from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Fudan University and the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics has developed an ultrathin metal oxides composite buffer for inverted perovskite solar cells and modules. The process deposits 0.5 nm of Cr
Materials Science
Source: https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.75109 At a glance A multi-institutional team led by researchers at Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Donghua University has developed a linker-defect strategy for tuning the interface between Pt nanoparticles and a nickel–ferrocene metal–organic framework. Partial replacement
Materials Science
Source: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6c15419 At a glance Metal clusters are often expected to remain as compact units when they land on an oxide surface, especially at room temperature. A team from the University of Trieste, the Italian National Research Council, Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste and the Technical
Chemistry
Source: https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.6c05165 At a glance Researchers from Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Nanjing Forestry University and Shihezi University developed size-minimized, nitrogen-rich carbon nitride nanosheets for H₂O₂ production from pure water under light and ultrasound. The material, named KCN, combines a much