Themed collection Editor’s Choice – Toshiharu Teranishi

Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) with various structures and properties can be synthesized in solution or on surface.

While valence-pure copper alkynyl nanoclusters show near-infrared TADF, the mixed-valence ones exhibit semiconductivity.

Photon upconversion with an excitation of energy below the band gap of crystalline silicon was demonstrated with a hybrid system consisting of molecules based on a thiophene conjugated acene (i.e., TES-ADT) and lead sulphide (PbS) quantum dots.

Although Ir or Au is not active for ORR, we first demonstrate highly active Au_0.5Ir_0.5 alloy by emulating Pt LDOS profile.

By blending a chiral acceptor and a sensitizer into a nematic liquid crystal, a chiral nematic liquid crystal showing amplified upconverted circularly polarized luminescence could be obtained.

Short-thiolate-protected Au₁₄₄(SR)₆₀ clusters are capped by 12 distinct ligand types of 5-fold equivalence.

Charge accumulation at the interface reflects the charge separation and recombination kinetics, and will strongly contribute to the photoelectrochemical reactions.

Zn–ZrO₂/SSZ-13 catalyzed direct conversion of syngas into lower olefins via methanol/DME intermediates with 77% selectivity at 29% CO conversion.

Ultrathin two-dimensional palladium nanosheets with selectively exposed surface facets were controllably synthesized by designed functional surfactants.

The π-extended ligand of a ruthenium complex stores two photo-generated electrons, mimicking a key step in photosynthesis.

The relative stability of carboxylates on Au(110) was investigated as part of a comprehensive study of adsorbate binding on Group IB metals that can be used to predict and understand how to control reactivity in heterogeneous catalysis.

A notable trend in OER activity on transition metal phosphide pre-catalysts is reported. Remarkably, the tri-metallic FeCoNiP pre-catalysts exhibit exceptional apparent and intrinsic OER activities, outperforming many non-precious OER catalysts reported previously.

Cu₂O nanocrystals can be pseudomorphically converted into Cu crystals through ammonia borane reduction, releasing hydrogen for stereoselective semihydrogenation of diphenylacetylene.

A robust precious metal-free photocatalyst system comprised of ligand-free ZnSe quantum dots and a phosphonic acid-functionalised Ni(cyclam) catalyst achieves efficient reduction of aqueous CO₂ to CO.