Chemical synthesis articles within Nature Materials

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  • Perspective |

    Molecular materials for computing progress intensively but the performance and reliability still lag behind. Here the authors assess the current state of computing with molecular-based materials and describe two issues as the basis of a new computing technology: continued exploration of molecular electronic properties and process development for on-chip integration.

    • R. Stanley Williams
    • , Sreebrata Goswami
    •  & Sreetosh Goswami

  • Article |

    The production of ammonia via the Haber–Bosch process is carbon-intensive and centralized, but electrochemical methods such as lithium-mediated processes in organic electrolytes could enable decentralized production using renewable energy. Calcium is now shown to mediate nitrogen reduction for ammonia synthesis.

    • Xianbiao Fu
    • , Valerie A. Niemann
    •  & Ib Chorkendorff

  • Perspective |

    This Perspective provides a broad introduction to topological materials science, with a particular focus on semimetals.

    • Prineha Narang
    • , Christina A. C. Garcia
    •  & Claudia Felser

  • Article |

    Understanding the competition between thermodynamics and kinetics is crucial for the rational synthesis of inorganic materials. The synthesis of two-layer sodium metal oxides is investigated by in situ synchrotron XRD and a model is developed to rationalize why the observed phase progression proceeds through non-equilibrium three-layered intermediates.

    • Matteo Bianchini
    • , Jingyang Wang
    •  & Gerbrand Ceder

  • News & Views |

    Plasmonic nanolasers embedded in living cells and animal tissues are shown to emit strongly, making them promising potential biocompatible probes.

    • Catherine Alix-Panabières
    •  & Klaus Pantel

  • News & Views |

    Graphene is used as a capping sheet to synthesize 2D gallium nitride by means of migration-enhanced encapsulation growth. This technique may allow the stabilization of 2D materials that are not amenable to synthesis by traditional methods.

    • Nikhil A. Koratkar

  • Article |

    A renally cleared, water-soluble dye emitting in the near-infrared-imaging (NIR)-II window outperforms a clinically approved NIR-I dye in the in vivo imaging of tumours and their nearby blood and lymphatic vasculatures.

    • Alexander L. Antaris
    • , Hao Chen
    •  & Hongjie Dai

  • Letter |

    A high-pressure reaction is used to convert benzene molecules to one-dimensional crystalline carbon nanostructures that show diamond-like sp3 bonding. These nanothreads are expected to have strength and stiffness greater than carbon nanotubes.

    • Thomas C. Fitzgibbons
    • , Malcolm Guthrie
    •  & John V. Badding

  • News & Views |

    A high-throughput approach combining combinatorial deposition of materials with parallel blow-forming speeds up the discovery rate of bulk metallic glasses that can be easily formed into complex shapes.

    • Dan B. Miracle

  • Letter |

    Nickel-rich layered lithium transition metal oxides have been investigated as high-energy cathode materials for rechargeable lithium batteries because of their high specific capacity and relatively low cost. Such an oxide with high capacity (215 mA h g-1), where the nickel concentration decreases linearly whereas the manganese concentration increases linearly from the centre to the outer layer of each particle, is now proposed.

    • Yang-Kook Sun
    • , Zonghai Chen
    •  & Khalil Amine

  • News & Views |

    Mimicking the complexity of the extracellular environment in synthetic hydrogels is hard. A simple two-photon excitation strategy to simultaneously immobilize multiple proteins with spatial control in three dimensions shows promise.

    • Jennifer L. West

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