Nature synthesisPub Date : 2026-09-29DOI: 10.1038/s44160-026-01167-5
Wenhao Shao, Zhichen Nian, Yuan Lu, Hanjun Yang, Yi Yu, Brett M. Savoie, Letian Dou
{"title":"Geometric frustration in morphologically chiral nanoribbons of layered perovskites","authors":"Wenhao Shao, Zhichen Nian, Yuan Lu, Hanjun Yang, Yi Yu, Brett M. Savoie, Letian Dou","doi":"10.1038/s44160-026-01167-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-026-01167-5","url":null,"abstract":"Twisting and chiral growth are unusual in crystals and rarely observed in layered materials. Here we show that layered achiral metal-halide perovskites spontaneously form twisted and helical ribbons. Microscopy, diffraction and molecular dynamics simulations reveal that hydrogen-bonded organic networks within the lattice generate mismatched strains, causing ribbons to bend and twist when the strain is released, similar to the chiral opening of seed pods. This mismatch, known as geometric frustration, originates from crystal symmetry and can be tuned through molecular doping. Controlling growth kinetics twists nearly all ribbons towards one direction, giving bulk samples chiroptical activity. Statistical and mechanical analyses show that ribbon shape is governed by intrinsic elastic strain and geometric constraints; modulating them enables a continuous transition from twisted to helical ribbons. Our results show how molecular-scale interactions can generate macroscopic chiral shapes, providing a route to control chiral morphologies in layered two-dimensional materials.","PeriodicalId":74251,"journal":{"name":"Nature synthesis","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149087896","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}
Nature synthesisPub Date : 2026-09-28DOI: 10.1038/s44160-026-01196-0
Chelsey Brien, Andrei K. Yudin
{"title":"Author Correction: Chemical reactivity from the perspective of enthalpic coupling","authors":"Chelsey Brien, Andrei K. Yudin","doi":"10.1038/s44160-026-01196-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44160-026-01196-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74251,"journal":{"name":"Nature synthesis","volume":"5 10","pages":"1660-1660"},"PeriodicalIF":22.6,"publicationDate":"2026-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s44160-026-01196-0.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149125999","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}
Nature synthesisPub Date : 2026-09-28DOI: 10.1038/s44160-026-01163-9
Xu Chen, Lik Hong Wee, Mohammad Reza Alizadeh Kiapi, Christos Tampaxis, Jiarui Fan, Hamish W. MacLeod, Yan Zheng, Benjamin J. Moore, Pascal Manuel, Fabio Orlandi, Luke L. Keenan, Enci Zhang, Mehrdad Asgari, Dhruv Menon, Georgia Charalambopoulou, Tom Willhammar, Sihai Yang, William Shepard, Yong Cui, Theodore Steriotis, David Fairen-Jimenez
{"title":"Hierarchically porous metal–organic frameworks with red topology for hydrogen and methane storage","authors":"Xu Chen, Lik Hong Wee, Mohammad Reza Alizadeh Kiapi, Christos Tampaxis, Jiarui Fan, Hamish W. MacLeod, Yan Zheng, Benjamin J. Moore, Pascal Manuel, Fabio Orlandi, Luke L. Keenan, Enci Zhang, Mehrdad Asgari, Dhruv Menon, Georgia Charalambopoulou, Tom Willhammar, Sihai Yang, William Shepard, Yong Cui, Theodore Steriotis, David Fairen-Jimenez","doi":"10.1038/s44160-026-01163-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-026-01163-9","url":null,"abstract":"The construction of highly porous metal–organic frameworks with complex topologies requires precise matching between linker conformation and node connectivity. Here we report the reticular design and synthesis of CU-6-M (M = Fe or Cr), assembled from conformationally adaptive diphenylethynyl linkers and six-connected trinuclear oxo-centred clusters. The ability of the linker to adopt multiple out-of-plane conformations satisfies the geometric requirements of a red topology, resulting in a highly interconnected hierarchical pore architecture. CU-6-Fe and CU-6-Cr exhibit an interconnected hierarchical pore system with Brunauer–Emmett–Teller surface areas up to 7,145 m2 g−1. This architecture enables total H2 uptakes of up to 17.5 wt% and 45.4 g l−1 at 100 bar and 77 K. Under temperature–pressure swing conditions, CU-6-Fe and CU-6-Cr deliver up to 16.9 wt% and 44.1 g l−1 and also show record gravimetric CH4 storage at ambient temperature. These results establish linker flexibility as a key design parameter for the realization of complex, highly porous topologies for high-capacity storage of clean-energy fuel gases.","PeriodicalId":74251,"journal":{"name":"Nature synthesis","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149087670","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}
Nature synthesisPub Date : 2026-09-24DOI: 10.1038/s44160-026-01161-x
Qi Sun,Nia J. Harmon,Zhaoyu ‘Charlie’ Cheng,Yuanzuo Gao,Hailiang Wang
{"title":"Electrosynthesis of arylglycines from carbon dioxide, nitrite and aldehydes","authors":"Qi Sun,Nia J. Harmon,Zhaoyu ‘Charlie’ Cheng,Yuanzuo Gao,Hailiang Wang","doi":"10.1038/s44160-026-01161-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-026-01161-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74251,"journal":{"name":"Nature synthesis","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149050301","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}
Nature synthesisPub Date : 2026-09-23DOI: 10.1038/s44160-026-01157-7
Natalia Murrietta,Daniel N. Congreve
{"title":"Crystallization control for narrow-linewidth perovskite LEDs","authors":"Natalia Murrietta,Daniel N. Congreve","doi":"10.1038/s44160-026-01157-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-026-01157-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74251,"journal":{"name":"Nature synthesis","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149022369","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}