Modular synthesis of chiral 1,n-diols via photo/nickel co-catalysis
The Kong group developed a photo-HAT/nickel synergistic strategy for directly converting bulk chemicals like ethylene glycol and 1,3-propanediol into optically pure 1,2- and 1,3-diols. This method avoids toxic metal catalysts and complex precursors, enabling sustainable asymmetric synthesis.
Programmable metasurface antenna based information mapping scheme that approaches efficiency limit
A Programmable metasurface antenna based information mapping scheme that maps almost all of the encoding patterns to the direction of the first harmonic with distinctiveness and symmetry.
Pathways to Achieve Ambient Pressure High-Temperature Superconductivity in Nickelates
Scientists performed experiments and theoretical analyses to explore how chemical and physical pressures affect the structure transition of superconducting bilayer nickelates . Their results suggest a possible approach to achieving high-temperature superconducting state at ambient pressure.
Exploiting Temporal Correlation of Fortunate Single Molecules for Background-free Super-resolution Imaging
Fortunate molecules (molecules with long blinking cycles) hold the key to quantitative super-resolution imaging (high SBR and a PAR-shift towards a single molecule limit), a step towards economical, reliable, and universal SMLM.
Crosslinking degree variations enable programming and controlling soft fracture via sideways cracking
Under certain conditions, a crack in an elastomer propagates in a (sideways) direction parallel to the loading direction rather than perpendicularly in the (forward) direction of the notch. Then, the crack arrests and the material ahead can be further deformed enabling giant stretchability.
