As one of the major pollutants in the air, ambient fine particles are gaining considerable
attention in terms of public health concerns. Significant progress has been achieved in …

Living organisms in nature have undergone continuous evolution over billions of years,
resulting in the formation of high-performance fracture-resistant biomineralized tissues such …

The construction of helical nanosized superstructures has long been a challenging pursuit,
and little has been achieved in terms of atomic-level manipulation. Herein, intercluster …

Enriching the library of chiral plasmonic nanoparticles that can be chemically mass-
produced will greatly facilitate the applications of chiral plasmonics in areas ranging from …

Animals precisely control the morphology and assembly of guanine crystals to produce
diverse optical phenomena in coloration and vision. However, little is known about how …

Superionic conductor-based solid-state electrolytes with preferred crystal structures hold
great promise for realizing ultrafast lithium-ion (Li+) transfer, which is urgently desired for all …

Fabricating microscale helical structures from small molecules remains challenging due to
the disfavoured torsion energy of twisted architectures and elusory chirality control at …

Controlling the morphology of crystalline materials is challenging, as crystals have a strong
tendency toward thermodynamically stable structures. Yet, organisms form crystals with …

Coccolithophores are the most abundant calcifying organisms in modern oceans and are
important primary producers in many marine ecosystems. Their ability to generate a cellular …

The crystal facet effect is a critical factor for catalytic reactions on metal oxides due to the
different atomic arrangements and physicochemical properties of diverse facets. Based on a …