Org Lett. 2026 Jun 3. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6c01748. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Herein, we report a redox-neutral photoredox-catalyzed anti-Markovnikov intermolecular hydroamidation of alkenes, achieved through the strategic integration of photoredox iron catalysis and thiol catalysis. Amidyl radicals are generated from readily accessible α-amido-oxy acids via photoredox iron-catalyzed decarboxylation under mild reaction conditions. This catalytic system…

Adv Mater. 2026 Jun 2:e73597. doi: 10.1002/adma.73597. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT The development of optoelectronic devices relies heavily on the advancement of semiconductor materials and microfabrication technologies. Notably, metal halide perovskites with superior optoelectronic properties show great prospects for optical sensing technology. However, the current processing techniques of perovskite materials are mainly solution methods…

J Am Chem Soc. 2026 Jun 2. doi: 10.1021/jacs.6c07770. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Carbon radicals are fundamental and pivotal intermediates found in a veritable cornucopia of applications in diverse chemical contexts. Although nature elegantly employs them in enzymes like adenosylcobalamin (AdoCbl) for hydrogen atom transfer catalysis via dynamic cobalt-carbon covalency, their synthetic application in…

Adv Mater. 2026 May 30:e73590. doi: 10.1002/adma.73590. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Carbon-based aqueous zinc-ion batteries (CAZBs) require stable operation under extremely low temperatures for practical applications, but they are hindered by sluggish Zn2 + transport within the diffusion layer and desolvation barriers in the Helmholtz layer. Here, a bio-inspired interface engineering strategy-derived from the…

Adv Sci (Weinh). 2026 May 29:e75871. doi: 10.1002/advs.75871. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Lanthanide ions offer distinctive optical features but have weak absorption due to parity-forbidden 4f-4f transitions, prompting strategies to boost absorption through host matrices, dopant engineering, and optimized nanostructures. Ln-doped colloidal QDs enhance photoluminescence and broaden absorption for applications in solar energy and…

Inorg Chem. 2026 May 28. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6c00959. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Molecular catalysts built from earth-abundant metals for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) often struggle to combine high activity, extended lifetimes, and well-defined mechanisms. We reported three nickel(II) complexes, [{dmit(Py’)2}NiX2] (where X is Cl (1), Br (2), and NCS (3), while dmit(Py’)2 is 4,5-bis((3,4-dimethoxypyridin-2-yl)methylthio)-1,3-dithiole-2-thione), that…

Nat Commun. 2026 May 27. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-73670-4. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Aqueous redox flow batteries are promising for long-duration energy storage. However, many of them (e.g. sulfur-based and organic-based flow batteries) suffer from sluggish kinetics with low energy efficiency and insufficient capacity utilization. Here, we propose relay catalysis as a universal strategy to achieve…

Molecules. 2026 May 18;31(10):1712. doi: 10.3390/molecules31101712. ABSTRACT Melanin-like polymers, particularly polydopamine, have gained significant attention as photothermal materials due to their broad light absorption (ultraviolet to near-infrared), high photothermal conversion efficiency, negligible fluorescence, good biocompatibility regarding unmodified melanin-like polymers, and universal adhesion. Upon light irradiation, these bioinspired polymers convert absorbed optical energy into heat through…

J Am Chem Soc. 2026 May 25. doi: 10.1021/jacs.6c06415. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Hydrogen carriers offer a practical route to store and transport renewable electricity in chemical form, but the end-to-end efficiency of carrier-based hydrogen supply is often dictated by the terminal hydrogen-release step, where endothermic chemistry and nonproductive heat losses impose a substantial…

J Biol Inorg Chem. 2026 May 19. doi: 10.1007/s00775-026-02150-3. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT In order to mitigate superoxide-induced damage, cells rely on superoxide dismutases (SODs), a family of metalloenzymes that catalyze the dismutation of superoxide. These enzymes display a positively-charged substrate entrance channel for superoxide guidance to the active metal center. ATCUN-like Ni(II) complexes…