Pub Date : 2025-12-03DOI: 10.1038/s44160-025-00946-w
Di Wang, Noah L. Mason, Fatemeh Karimi, Yinan Yang, Alexander S. Filatov, Young-Hwan Kim, Chenkun Zhou, De-en Jiang, Robert F. Klie, Dmitri V. Talapin
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Pub Date : 2025-12-01DOI: 10.1038/s44160-025-00952-y
Natalia M. Padial, Carlos Martí-Gastaldo
Confining conjugated polymers within chiral metal–organic frameworks enables direct visualization of helical order and enhances their charge transport and spin selectivity properties.
将共轭聚合物限制在手性金属有机框架内,可以直接可视化螺旋秩序,增强其电荷输运和自旋选择性。
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Pub Date : 2025-12-01DOI: 10.1038/s44160-025-00953-x
Jet-Sing M. Lee
Building space into solids is the focus of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, which has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa (Kyoto University), Richard Robson (University of Melbourne) and Omar M. Yaghi (University of California, Berkeley) “for the development of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs)”. These materials, composed of metal ions or clusters linked by organic molecules, contain permanent and tunable cavities that have transformed how chemists design in the solid state.
将空间构建成固体是2025年诺贝尔化学奖的焦点,该奖项被授予Susumu Kitagawa(京都大学),Richard Robson(墨尔本大学)和Omar M. Yaghi(加州大学伯克利分校),以“开发金属有机框架(MOFs)”。这些材料由金属离子或有机分子连接的簇组成,包含永久性和可调的腔,这些腔改变了化学家在固态下的设计方式。
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The small size of nanoparticles complicates surface adsorption studies, and their unclear structure limits the accuracy of traditional analytical methods. Nanoclusters, with precise structures, offer a molecular-level approach for studying surface adsorption phenomena. Here we used flexible, sterically hindered probenecid ligands to mimic surfactants in classic micelle structures and developed a co-encapsulation strategy to synthesize spherical aluminium oxo clusters (SAlOC-1). The spherical surface of SAlOC-1 maximally exposes supramolecular sites and provides a guest-accessible environment. SAlOC-1 can accommodate up to 20 different drug-related guests across a wide range of sizes at room temperature via a single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation. These results highlight SAlOC-1’s advantages in guest determination, including the ability to overcome limitations associated with liquid-phase host–guest chemistry in traditional discrete systems, ease of operation, the coexistence of universality and selectivity, and biomimetic multicomponent binding. Theoretical studies reveal that SAlOC-1’s recognition mechanism differs from that of porous framework materials, relying instead on ligand flexibility to form a half-open-door configuration, acting as a molecular catcher. Nanoclusters have precise structures and therefore offer a molecular-level approach for studying surface adsorption phenomena. Here, spherical aluminium oxo clusters are synthesized via a co-encapsulation strategy to examine the inclusion of various guest molecules. This model paves the way for rapid recognition of organic molecules by nanoparticle surfaces.
{"title":"Precise synthesis of spherical aluminium oxo clusters for accurate surface guest recognition","authors":"Si-Hao Shen, Jian Hao, Minyi Zhang, Ying-Hua Yu, Jian-Bing Chen, Dominic Wright, Chunsen Li, Wei-Hui Fang, Jian Zhang","doi":"10.1038/s44160-025-00927-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44160-025-00927-z","url":null,"abstract":"The small size of nanoparticles complicates surface adsorption studies, and their unclear structure limits the accuracy of traditional analytical methods. Nanoclusters, with precise structures, offer a molecular-level approach for studying surface adsorption phenomena. Here we used flexible, sterically hindered probenecid ligands to mimic surfactants in classic micelle structures and developed a co-encapsulation strategy to synthesize spherical aluminium oxo clusters (SAlOC-1). The spherical surface of SAlOC-1 maximally exposes supramolecular sites and provides a guest-accessible environment. SAlOC-1 can accommodate up to 20 different drug-related guests across a wide range of sizes at room temperature via a single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation. These results highlight SAlOC-1’s advantages in guest determination, including the ability to overcome limitations associated with liquid-phase host–guest chemistry in traditional discrete systems, ease of operation, the coexistence of universality and selectivity, and biomimetic multicomponent binding. Theoretical studies reveal that SAlOC-1’s recognition mechanism differs from that of porous framework materials, relying instead on ligand flexibility to form a half-open-door configuration, acting as a molecular catcher. Nanoclusters have precise structures and therefore offer a molecular-level approach for studying surface adsorption phenomena. Here, spherical aluminium oxo clusters are synthesized via a co-encapsulation strategy to examine the inclusion of various guest molecules. This model paves the way for rapid recognition of organic molecules by nanoparticle surfaces.","PeriodicalId":74251,"journal":{"name":"Nature synthesis","volume":"5 2","pages":"290-301"},"PeriodicalIF":20.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145609585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-27DOI: 10.1038/s44160-025-00963-9
Wenying Cao, Jie Yang, Benke Hong
{"title":"Author Correction: Discovery and engineering of the biosynthesis of rotenoids","authors":"Wenying Cao, Jie Yang, Benke Hong","doi":"10.1038/s44160-025-00963-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44160-025-00963-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74251,"journal":{"name":"Nature synthesis","volume":"5 1","pages":"151-151"},"PeriodicalIF":20.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s44160-025-00963-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145609587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-25DOI: 10.1038/s44160-025-00939-9
Zichao Rong, Zihao Chen, Felix Luong, Saumil Chheda, H. T. Nhan Luong, Zhiling Zheng, Kevin Greco, Abdullah A. Alghamdi, K. Huyen Bui, Théo Jaffrelot Inizan, Tung Nguyen-Dang, H. Hieu Pham, Dung D. Le, Joachim Sauer, Viet Bac T. Phung, Jennifer T. Chayes, Christian Borgs, Mario Boley, Laurent El Ghaoui, Omar M. Yaghi
The discovery of crystalline reticular materials remains largely trial-and-error despite their societal importance. We introduce our algorithmic iterative reticular synthesis (AIRES) cycle, which integrates automated synthesis, image recognition, single-crystal X-ray diffraction and, crucially, customized algorithmic decision-making, to maximize distinct crystal discoveries rather than optimizing single targets. Demonstrated on zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs), AIRES achieves twice the discovery rate of random exploration, crystallizing 10 new linkers into diverse ZIF topologies and expanding the single-linker Zn-ZIF library by one-third. By transforming reticular synthesis from an empirical process to a systematic exploration, AIRES provides a scalable and efficient blueprint for accelerating materials discovery.
{"title":"Algorithmic iterative reticular synthesis of zeolitic imidazolate framework crystals","authors":"Zichao Rong, Zihao Chen, Felix Luong, Saumil Chheda, H. T. Nhan Luong, Zhiling Zheng, Kevin Greco, Abdullah A. Alghamdi, K. Huyen Bui, Théo Jaffrelot Inizan, Tung Nguyen-Dang, H. Hieu Pham, Dung D. Le, Joachim Sauer, Viet Bac T. Phung, Jennifer T. Chayes, Christian Borgs, Mario Boley, Laurent El Ghaoui, Omar M. Yaghi","doi":"10.1038/s44160-025-00939-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-025-00939-9","url":null,"abstract":"The discovery of crystalline reticular materials remains largely trial-and-error despite their societal importance. We introduce our algorithmic iterative reticular synthesis (AIRES) cycle, which integrates automated synthesis, image recognition, single-crystal X-ray diffraction and, crucially, customized algorithmic decision-making, to maximize distinct crystal discoveries rather than optimizing single targets. Demonstrated on zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs), AIRES achieves twice the discovery rate of random exploration, crystallizing 10 new linkers into diverse ZIF topologies and expanding the single-linker Zn-ZIF library by one-third. By transforming reticular synthesis from an empirical process to a systematic exploration, AIRES provides a scalable and efficient blueprint for accelerating materials discovery.","PeriodicalId":74251,"journal":{"name":"Nature synthesis","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145593789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-24DOI: 10.1038/s44160-025-00932-2
Yangwoo Lee, Hyung-Jun Koo
Liquid gallium is employed as a reaction medium to synthesize uniquely structured solid–liquid–solid core–shell–shell nanoparticles, enabling the fabrication of diverse metallic nanostructures with excellent electrocatalytic performance.
{"title":"Liquid metal nanoreactors forge dynamic and stable nanocatalysts","authors":"Yangwoo Lee, Hyung-Jun Koo","doi":"10.1038/s44160-025-00932-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44160-025-00932-2","url":null,"abstract":"Liquid gallium is employed as a reaction medium to synthesize uniquely structured solid–liquid–solid core–shell–shell nanoparticles, enabling the fabrication of diverse metallic nanostructures with excellent electrocatalytic performance.","PeriodicalId":74251,"journal":{"name":"Nature synthesis","volume":"4 12","pages":"1477-1478"},"PeriodicalIF":20.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145583126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}