Themed collection In celebration of the Lunar New Year, 2026

Polyphenol-functionalized nanoarchitectures (cytoPNAs) provide a modular and cell independent strategy to create biohybrids for cell engineering, with improved production for biomanufacturing and enhanced efficacy for cell-based therapies.

Engineering covalent organic framework/metal–organic framework membranes (COFMs/MOFMs) with precisely tailored dimensions and functionalities is a promising solution for achieving high-precision ion separation in multicomponent coexisting systems.

Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) are gaining significant attention due to their excellent safety, cost-effectiveness, and environmental friendliness, making them highly competitive energy storage solutions.

Imbalanced data, where certain classes are significantly underrepresented in a dataset, is a widespread machine learning (ML) challenge across various fields of chemistry, yet it remains inadequately addressed.

Interface engineering fundamentally revolutionizes magnesium-based hydrogen storage systems by orchestrating atomic-scale interactions and mass transport pathways through synergistic integration of structural design and compositional modification.

This article provides a comprehensive overview of the progress, challenges, and outlook of solid electrolyte membrane reactors (SEMRs) in energy, chemical, and environmental applications.

This review systematically summarizes the latest advances in bimetallic effects for the reduction of CO₂ to multi-carbon products, discussing the structure–activity relationships of typical bimetallic catalysts for the reaction.

The review aims to offer a comprehensive overview of the advancements made in harnessing BCDs for electrochemical energy storage applications.

The hydrogenation efficiency by spillover in catalysts affected by oxygen vacancy through hydrogen dissociation, hydrogen spillover, and hydrogenation processes is presented. This review summarize insights for developing high efficiency catalysts.

This review delves into the application of phosphor-converted light-emitting diodes (pc-LEDs) in underwater optical communication and marine fishery, exploring the development strategies of phosphors tailored for the marine environment.

The crystal structure, chemical bonding characteristics, band structure, and phonon dynamics of GeTe are revealed to elucidate the underlying mechanisms that contribute to its exceptional performance.

This work establishes intramolecular exciton coupling in conjugated β,β-linked BODIPY oligomers (up to tetramer) as a versatile strategy to design heavy-atom-free photosensitizers with simultaneous NIR emission and long-lived triplet states.

Two highly efficient electrofluorescent materials with co-axial HLCT excited states are investigated. A maximum EQE of up to 14.8% is achieved due to the high PLQY of 81% and efficient triplet utilization in the OLEDs based on these materials.

A hollow spherical-flower NiCoFeV–S high-entropy sulfide is synthesized via a mild hydrothermal method. The NiCoFeV–S exhibits exceptional bifunctional performance for nitrate reduction reaction (NO₃RR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER).

A multi-electron p-type polyheterocycle cathode compatible with the small-size and high-charge SO₄²⁻ anion unlocks high utilization (99.5%) of phenothiazine/piperazine units with ultralow activation energy (0.20 eV) for better Zn-organic batteries.

The four D–π–A type COFs with different electron-withdrawing units (N-heterocycles) can regulate the transportation of photogenerated charge carriers.

AIQM2's high speed, competitive accuracy, and robustness enable organic reaction simulations beyond what is possible with the popular DFT methods. It can be used for TS structure search and reactive dynamics, often with chemical accuracy.

The modulation of Co orbital filling lowers the energy barrier for the Co²⁺ to Co³⁺ reconstruction process, facilitating the adsorption/desorption equilibrium of the *OOH in the OER for enhanced efficiency of interfacial electron transfer.

The first defluorinative sulfoximination and fluorosulfonylation of non-activated aryl fluorides at room temperature has been achieved.

Eight new anisotropic force-triggered high-contrast tricolor fluorescent molecular switches are developed via a high-efficiency molecular engineering strategy. Furthermore, three advanced high-security anticounterfeiting systems are constructed.

An efficient copper-catalyzed carbonylative hydroallylation of vinylarenes has been developed using carbon monoxide as the C1 source.

A nanofibrous Ru/Cr₂O₃ heterojunction is fabricated to modulate the electronic structure of Ru for improving *H desorption, exhibiting exceptional alkaline/acid-universal hydrogen evolution performance at ampere-grade current density.

The BI groups in PBIPorCo transfer electrons to the Co–N₄ site as a “D–π–A” structure, which enhances the cloud density. The “π–π interactions”.

This study presents a solid-state nanopore approach for single-molecule protein detection from single cells, utilizing a nanopore electrophoretic driver protein to enhance target protein capture efficiency and analyze protein conformational changes.

Umpolung of the typical p-type TPA into n-type ATTO contributes to the COF electrode with a remarkable cathodic capacity of 286.31 mA h g⁻¹ at a current density of 0.1 A g⁻¹ in SIBs.

The built-in electric field enhanced by Fe doping stabilizes the reconstruction process of sulfides and triggers the lattice oxygen mediated mechanism of Fe–NiOOH, ultimately enabling efficient electrocatalytic oxygen evolution.

We developed a Mn, Rh DSAC (Mn₁–Rh₁@O-TiC) with high efficiency for cumene oxidation, enabling effective AP production. This work offers key insights into designing catalytic systems for organic tandem reactions from an inorganic chemistry aspect.

We developed a dual-channel fluorescent probe (HDQ-NA-AFU-Gal) for the simultaneous and non-interfering detection of β-galactosidase and α-L-fucosidase for accurate identification of senescent cells.

A covalent organic framework chitosan aerogel was prepared and demonstrated high efficiency for selective Pd(II) recovery from wastewater.

3D printable RTP resins were constructed by doping the emissive guest molecules into methyl methacrylate. Accordingly, 3D-printable real-time temperature sensing and new-concept displays were fabricated through DLP 3D printing.

A novel all-in-one phototheranostics OTAB was synthesized by modifying the donor and regulating the band gap for NIR-II imaging-guided synergistic type-I PDT/PTT therapy.

We disclose a method for silver-enabled formal [4π + 2σ] cycloaddition reactions between bicyclobutanes and nitrile imines (generated from hydrazonyl chlorides) to furnish a diverse array of 2,3-diazo-BCHepes.

A novel rigid macrocycle with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) properties was facilely synthesized to construct efficient artificial light-harvesting systems for photocatalysis through the Förster resonance energy transfer process.

The novel mercury-based tellurite–nitrate Hg₃(TeO₃)(Te₃O₇)(NO₃)₂ possesses a unique [(Hg₃Te₄O₁₀)²⁺]_∞ layered structure and exhibits the highest birefringence in tellurite–nitrates.

POP fillers containing aromatic groups with internal π–π effect can catalyze the decomposition of LiTFSI to form a stable LiF-rich SEI layer and inhibit the growth of lithium dendrites, which helps the stable cycle of PEO-based solid-state batteries.

This work reports an efficient strategy to tailor the stacking mode in 2D vinylene-linked covalent triazine frameworks by regulating the base-catalyst with different alkali-metal ions.