Nature chemistryPub Date : 2025-04-01DOI: 10.1038/s41557-025-01788-x
Linghao Kong, Chu Wang
{"title":"Secret action of gastric acid controlling drug","authors":"Linghao Kong, Chu Wang","doi":"10.1038/s41557-025-01788-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41557-025-01788-x","url":null,"abstract":"Proton pump inhibitors, commonly prescribed for excessive gastric acid secretion, may lead to unexpected side effects. Now a chemoproteomic method enables a comprehensive profiling of their off-target interactions, offering valuable insights into their mechanism of action in living cells.","PeriodicalId":18909,"journal":{"name":"Nature chemistry","volume":"17 4","pages":"468-470"},"PeriodicalIF":19.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143744837","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature chemistryPub Date : 2025-03-31DOI: 10.1038/s41557-025-01785-0
Georgina L. Gregory
{"title":"Recyclable plastics from a manganese catalyst","authors":"Georgina L. Gregory","doi":"10.1038/s41557-025-01785-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41557-025-01785-0","url":null,"abstract":"Recyclable alternatives to polyethylene plastics — that do not sacrifice its valuable properties — are highly desirable. Now, an earth-abundant manganese catalyst has transformed plant-based alcohols into polyethylene mimics that combine versatile performances with complete recyclability.","PeriodicalId":18909,"journal":{"name":"Nature chemistry","volume":"17 4","pages":"466-467"},"PeriodicalIF":19.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143736763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature chemistryPub Date : 2025-03-31DOI: 10.1038/s41557-025-01764-5
Sougata Datta, Hiroki Itabashi, Takuho Saito, Shiki Yagai
{"title":"Secondary nucleation as a strategy towards hierarchically organized mesoscale topologies in supramolecular polymerization","authors":"Sougata Datta, Hiroki Itabashi, Takuho Saito, Shiki Yagai","doi":"10.1038/s41557-025-01764-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41557-025-01764-5","url":null,"abstract":"Developing new generic methodologies for organizing molecules into nano- to mesoscale structures of precise shapes and sizes is a research topic at the forefront of modern chemistry. Creating hierarchical molecular assembly, especially at the mesoscale, is important to realize functions reminiscent of those manifested by biomolecular assemblies in the mesoscopic regime. However, this is challenging due to the difficulty in maintaining stringent controllability over the organization of molecules at higher hierarchical levels, wherein weak non-directional intermolecular interactions rather than strong directional interactions typically play a predominant role. Recent studies have revealed that secondary nucleation, often experienced by one-dimensional assemblies such as supramolecular polymers that grow with spontaneous nucleation, is effective in the hierarchical construction of higher-order structures. Here we illustrate how secondary nucleation can be combined with the well-established precision synthesis of supramolecular polymers to realize precise control over hierarchical structures in the mesoscopic regime. We present a roadmap for creating hierarchical supramolecular polymers by exploiting secondary nucleation–elongation processes and discuss future prospects for the field. Mastering the synthesis of hierarchical molecular assemblies at the mesoscale—mimicking the precision of biomolecular assembly—has been challenging due to the lack of well-defined methodologies for controlling non-covalent interactions at multiple levels. In this Review, secondary nucleation is presented as a promising strategy for constructing mesoscale hierarchical structures.","PeriodicalId":18909,"journal":{"name":"Nature chemistry","volume":"17 4","pages":"477-492"},"PeriodicalIF":19.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143736764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature chemistryPub Date : 2025-03-28DOI: 10.1038/s41557-025-01812-0
Daniel Langford, Robin Rohr, Stefan Bauroth, Achim Zahl, Alicja Franke, Ivana Ivanović-Burmazović, Dirk M. Guldi
{"title":"Publisher Correction: High-pressure pump–probe experiments reveal the mechanism of excited-state proton-coupled electron transfer and a shift from stepwise to concerted pathways","authors":"Daniel Langford, Robin Rohr, Stefan Bauroth, Achim Zahl, Alicja Franke, Ivana Ivanović-Burmazović, Dirk M. Guldi","doi":"10.1038/s41557-025-01812-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-025-01812-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Correction to: <i>Nature Chemistry</i> https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-025-01772-5, published online 20 March 2025.</p>","PeriodicalId":18909,"journal":{"name":"Nature chemistry","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":21.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143734384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature chemistryPub Date : 2025-03-28DOI: 10.1038/s41557-025-01782-3
Cheng-Hao Liu, Dmytro F. Perepichka
{"title":"Bilayer covalent organic frameworks take a twist","authors":"Cheng-Hao Liu, Dmytro F. Perepichka","doi":"10.1038/s41557-025-01782-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41557-025-01782-3","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding the layer stacking in two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks remains a significant challenge. A study now reports the on-surface synthesis of bilayer covalent organic frameworks where the interlayer orientation — the twist angle — can be modulated through tuning the monomer structure.","PeriodicalId":18909,"journal":{"name":"Nature chemistry","volume":"17 4","pages":"471-472"},"PeriodicalIF":19.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143723132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature chemistryPub Date : 2025-03-28DOI: 10.1038/s41557-025-01784-1
Jinzhen Huang, Adam H. Clark, Natasha Hales, Kenneth Crossley, Julie Guehl, Radim Skoupy, Thomas J. Schmidt, Emiliana Fabbri
{"title":"Oxidation of interfacial cobalt controls the pH dependence of the oxygen evolution reaction","authors":"Jinzhen Huang, Adam H. Clark, Natasha Hales, Kenneth Crossley, Julie Guehl, Radim Skoupy, Thomas J. Schmidt, Emiliana Fabbri","doi":"10.1038/s41557-025-01784-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-025-01784-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Transition metal oxides often undergo dynamic surface reconstruction under oxygen evolution reaction conditions to form the active state, which differs in response to the electrolyte pH. The resulting pH dependency of catalytic activity is commonly observed but poorly understood. Herein we track Co oxidation state changes at different pH-directed (hydr)oxide/electrolyte interfaces using operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy characterizations. Combined with in situ electrochemical analyses, we establish correlations between Co redox dynamics, the flat band potential and Co oxidation state changes to explain the pH dependency of the oxygen evolution activity. Alkaline environments provide a low flat band potential that yields a low-potential Co redox transformation, which favours surface reconstruction. Neutral and acidic environments afford an anodic shift of the Co redox transformation that increases the catalytic overpotential. The larger overpotential in neutral environments is attributable to poor Co atom polarizability and slow Co oxidation state changes. These findings reveal that interfacial Co oxidation state changes directly determine the pH dependency of the oxygen evolution reaction activity.</p><figure></figure>","PeriodicalId":18909,"journal":{"name":"Nature chemistry","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":21.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143723171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature chemistryPub Date : 2025-03-28DOI: 10.1038/s41557-025-01786-z
Subrata Ghosh, Natia L. Frank
{"title":"Noncovalent interactions enable optical initialization of spin-based quantum states","authors":"Subrata Ghosh, Natia L. Frank","doi":"10.1038/s41557-025-01786-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41557-025-01786-z","url":null,"abstract":"Although molecular qubits offer precise, controllable design for quantum information science, their scalability remains a challenge. Now, it has been shown that photoinduced spin polarization can be transferred via hydrogen bonding pathways, enabling the fabrication of 2D arrays of molecular qubits through alternative noncovalent design strategies.","PeriodicalId":18909,"journal":{"name":"Nature chemistry","volume":"17 4","pages":"463-465"},"PeriodicalIF":19.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143723131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature chemistryPub Date : 2025-03-28DOI: 10.1038/s41557-025-01787-y
Takane Imaoka, Kimihisa Yamamoto
{"title":"Checking out metal cluster chemistry from living libraries","authors":"Takane Imaoka, Kimihisa Yamamoto","doi":"10.1038/s41557-025-01787-y","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41557-025-01787-y","url":null,"abstract":"Metal clusters are highly dynamic under catalytic conditions, which presents a challenge when it comes to recognizing active species. Now, the identification and categorization of metastable cluster states into ‘living libraries’ has been shown to clarify their crucial role in catalysis, pointing towards new design strategies for more efficient catalysts.","PeriodicalId":18909,"journal":{"name":"Nature chemistry","volume":"17 4","pages":"473-474"},"PeriodicalIF":19.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143723172","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature chemistryPub Date : 2025-03-27DOI: 10.1038/s41557-025-01795-y
{"title":"Solid oxide electrolysis cell for the super-dry reforming of methane","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41557-025-01795-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-025-01795-y","url":null,"abstract":"Dry reforming of methane produces syngas from CO2 and a near-equivalent amount of CH4; the complete utilization of CO2-rich natural gas thus presents a challenge. Now, a tandem electro-thermocatalytic process is demonstrated that integrates the CH4 reforming process with the reverse water–gas shift and H2O electrolysis reactions to efficiently catalyse CO2-rich natural gas into syngas in a solid oxide electrolysis cell.","PeriodicalId":18909,"journal":{"name":"Nature chemistry","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":21.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143723173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature chemistryPub Date : 2025-03-25DOI: 10.1038/s41557-025-01771-6
Alon Bogot, Mathias Poline, MingChao Ji, Arnaud Dochain, Stefan Rosén, Henning Zettergren, Henning T. Schmidt, Richard D. Thomas, Daniel Strasser
{"title":"Unravelling non-adiabatic pathways in the mutual neutralization of hydronium and hydroxide","authors":"Alon Bogot, Mathias Poline, MingChao Ji, Arnaud Dochain, Stefan Rosén, Henning Zettergren, Henning T. Schmidt, Richard D. Thomas, Daniel Strasser","doi":"10.1038/s41557-025-01771-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41557-025-01771-6","url":null,"abstract":"The mutual neutralization of hydronium and hydroxide ions is a fundamental chemical reaction. Yet, there is very limited direct experimental evidence about its intrinsically non-adiabatic mechanism. Chemistry textbooks describe the products of mutual neutralization in bulk water as two water molecules; however, this reaction has been suggested as a possible mechanism for the recently reported spontaneous formation of OH radicals at the surface of water microdroplets. Here, following three-dimensional-imaging of the coincident neutral products of reactions of isolated D3O+ and OD−, we can reveal the non-adiabatic pathways for OD radical formation. Two competing pathways lead to distinct D2O + OD + D and 2OD + D2 product channels, while the proton-transfer mechanism is substantially suppressed due to a kinetic isotope effect. Analysis of the three-body momentum correlations revealed that the D2O + OD + D channel is formed by electron transfer at a short distance of ~4 Å with the formation of the intermediate unstable neutral D3O ground state, while 2OD + D2 products are obtained following electron transfer at a distance of ~10 Å via an excited state of the neutral D3O. The mutual neutralization of hydronium and hydroxide ions is a reaction of fundamental interest that has recently been implicated in the generation of high concentrations of hydroxyl radicals at the surface of water microdroplets. Using three-dimensional imaging of the coincident neutral products of the reaction of D3O+ and OD−, two competing pathways for OH radical formation have now been experimentally observed.","PeriodicalId":18909,"journal":{"name":"Nature chemistry","volume":"17 4","pages":"541-546"},"PeriodicalIF":19.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143695731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}