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Significance Reference Li, Yijia & Tian, Ruizhen & Wang, Tingting & Fan, Xiaotong & Liu, Junqiu. (2025). Bioinspired Construction of Light-Harvesting Systems via Protein Self-Assembly Strategies. Accounts of Materials Research. 6. 10.1021/accountsmr.5c00187.
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Gate-Controlled Gas Sensing in Bilayer Ferroelectric In2Se3
Significance Figure: (a) Schematic diagram of a FET-type gas sensor based on bilayer In2Se3. (b) I−V curves of gas sensors based on bilayer In2Se3 detecting NO, NO2, and NH3 molecules under different gate voltages. (c) Variation patterns of sensitivity for NO, NO2, and NH3 adsorption systems under different gate voltages (Vg) as a function of bias voltage (Vb). Reference Tang …
Read More »Macrocyclic Encapsulation of Multi-Resonant Emitters for Efficient Deep-Blue OLEDs
Significance Reference Holdsworth EM, Cho HH, Bond AD, Montanaro S, Woo SJ, Huang T, Shaikh J, Hassan F, Gorgon S, Riesgo-Gonzalez V, Gillett AJ, Congrave DG, Friend RH, Bronstein HA. Macrocyclic Covalent Encapsulation of a Multi-Resonant Emitter: Understanding and Controlling Interactions in Highly Efficient Deep-Blue OLEDs. J Am Chem Soc. 2026 Mar 4;148(8):8163-8173. doi: 10.1021/jacs.5c16290.
Read More »Nickel-Driven Defect Trapping as a Hidden Limitation to Protonic Zirconate Electrolytes
Significance Reference Wen Y, Rosnes A, Jiang B, Prytz Ø, Norby T, Haugsrud R, Polfus JM. Nickel-Induced Lattice Defects Limit Proton Uptake in Barium Zirconate Electrolytes. J Am Chem Soc. 2026 Jan 14;148(1):379-387. doi: 10.1021/jacs.5c13935.
Read More »Reactive Multiscale Simulation of an Industrial FCC Reaction–Regeneration Loop
Significance Reference Wu, Yuting & Zhong, Shikun & Lu, Bona & Liu, Shanglin & Xu, Youhao & Wang, Wei. (2025). Reactive simulation of an industrial‐scale FCC reaction‐regeneration full loop system. AIChE Journal. 71. 10.1002/aic.18845.
Read More »Physical Mixing of Ni-MOF-74 and Mg-MOF-74 for CO₂ Hydrogenation Catalysts
Significance Reference Yasumura, Shunsaku & Yamazaki, Mone & Ogura, Masaru. (2025). CO2 Hydrogenation over MOF-74-Based Catalysts: Role of Physical Mixing and Mg-MOF-74 as a Support. ACS Omega. 10. 10.1021/acsomega.5c04141.
Read More »Reversible DNA Compaction as a Physical Platform for Long-Term Molecular Data Storage
Significance This figure illustrates a reversible DNA compaction-decompaction cycle for next-generation data storage. The left panel depicts the compaction phase, where cationic surfactants (CTAB or CTAC) neutralize DNA’s negative charges, condensing extended DNA molecules into stable, high-density pellets. The chemical structure reveals the surfactant’s cationic head and hydrophobic tail, which self-assemble around DNA to reduce electrostatic repulsion. A key comparison …
Read More »Fumed Silica-Mediated Adhesion Evolution in Aged PDMS/Aluminum Interfaces
Significance Reference Yang Hu, Bowen Dai, Zhaohui Xu, Hongbing Chen, Xiaolin Lu, Fumed silica filler reinforces adhesion between silicone rubber and solid aluminum substrate, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Volume 725, Part 1, 2025, 137592,
Read More »Bicarbonate-Driven Two-Electron Oxygen Reduction on Nickel Disulfide
Significance Reference Wang YL, Wang C, Wu SH, Liu Y, Han X. Spontaneous H2O2 Accumulation under O2 Driven by Sacrificial Oxidation of NiS2 without External Electrical/Photonic Input. Langmuir. 2025;41(40):27492-27501. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5c03848.
Read More »Fe-Modulated Ni(II)/Ni(III) Redox Kinetics in Electrooxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural
Significance Reference Xiao, Yue & Zhao, Ziqi & Long, Pengfei & Zhang, Jingya & Wang, Zongyuan & Liu, Jichang & Bao, Fuxi. (2025). Enhancing Selective Electrooxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural via Coordinating the Contradictory Role of Fe in Ni(II)/Ni(III) Redox Kinetics. ACS Catalysis. 15. 16522-16538. 10.1021/acscatal.5c04226.
Read More »Lowering Leidenfrost Onset via Hydrophobic Heating Surfaces
Significance Reference Kotera, Kenta & Ota, Ippo & Masuda, Hayato & Komoda, Yoshiyuki & Ohmura, Naoto. (2025). Effect of Water‐Repellent Treatment of Heating Surface on a Leidenfrost Droplet. Chemical Engineering & Technology. 48. 10.1002/ceat.70099.
Read More »Bubble-Plate Electrochemical Reactors for High-Conversion CO₂ Reduction under Mild Aqueous Conditions
Significance Figure 1 Design and flow visualization of the bubble-plate electrolyzer. (A) Schematic diagram of the electrolyzer. (B)Photograph of the experimental setup. (C) Two-phase flow volume fractions within the tower (label = liquid volume fraction). (D) The streamline of liquid within the tower. Copyright 2025 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Reference Hu, Qing & Liu, Yujing & Wei, Zhihang & …
Read More »Decarboxylative and Deformylative Alkyl–Alkyl Coupling via Nickel Photoredox Catalysis
Significance Reference Chen, Yu & Yang, Huixia & Yang, Tao. (2025). Decarboxylative and Deformylative Alkyl–Alkyl Cross-Coupling Enabled by Nickel/Photoredox Catalysis. ACS Catalysis. 15. 17271-17279. 10.1021/acscatal.5c05860.
Read More »One-Pot Synthesis of Structurally Diverse Prebiotic Oligosaccharides from Corn Stover
Significance Reference Meijun Zeng, Jee-Hwan Oh, Jan-Peter van Pijkeren, Xuejun Pan, Synthesis of potential prebiotic oligosaccharides with diverse glycosidic linkages from corn stover via simultaneous hydrolysis and glycosylation, Bioresource Technology, Volume 429, 2025, 132486. RECOMMENDED READING: Meijun Zeng, Jee-Hwan Oh, Jan-Peter van Pijkeren, Xuejun Pan. Synthesis of potential prebiotic oligosaccharides with diverse glycosidic linkages from corn stover via simultaneous hydrolysis …
Read More »Influence of organic copper foil current collector modification
Significance REFERENCE Song, Jie & Zhang, Yunyan & Xu, Shimei & Wu, Yiqian & Xiao, Rengui & Ke, Xiang. (2025). Influence of organic copper foil current collector modification on the performance of dual-ion batteries. Ionics. 31. 8121-8135. 10.1007/s11581-025-06443-6.
Read More »Nuclear Microreactors as Enablers of Distributed Ammonia Production
Reference Dimitri Kalinichenko, Alvin Lee, Timothy P. Grunloh, Caleb S. Brooks, Coupling and economic analysis of nuclear microreactor enabled ammonia production, Progress in Nuclear Energy, Volume 191, 2026, 106102,
Read More »Aerobic Aromatization–Driven C–C Bond Cleavage as a Route to Reduced-Carbon Alcohols
Significance Reference Liu, Renzhi & Zeng, Huiying. (2025). Aerobic alcoholization via aromatization driven C–C bond cleavage of unstrained ketones. Green Chemistry. 27. 10.1039/D5GC01568E.
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