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Peter Seavill
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📚 Senior Editor @natsynth.nature.com (handling papers in organic chemistry, materials science, AI and automation).⚡🧪 Electro-organic chemist previously @ucl.ac.uk
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Deaminative aromatic functionalization by Joel Cejas-Sánchez

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Deaminative aromatic functionalization - Nature Synthesis
Nature Synthesis - Deaminative aromatic functionalization
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November 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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News & Views on the Article by Raffaella Buonsanti & co-workers

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Liquid metal nanoreactors forge dynamic and stable nanocatalysts by Yangwoo Lee & Hyung-Jun Koo

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Liquid metal nanoreactors forge dynamic and stable nanocatalysts - Nature Synthesis
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 ex...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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News & Views on the Article by Yuting Zhou, Zhenchuang Xu & Jeffrey S. Moore

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Electrochemical upcycling of polyolefins into adaptable networks by Rhys W. Hughes & Brent S. Sumerlin

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Electrochemical upcycling of polyolefins into adaptable networks - Nature Synthesis
Electrolysis enables selective dual C–H functionalization for transforming inert polyolefin deconstruction products into dynamic recyclable networks.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Article by Wenping Hu, Kian Ping Loh & co-workers

Two-dimensional mixed tetrahedral–octahedral hybrid perovskites with coexisting ferroelectricity and intralayer antiferromagnetism

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Two-dimensional mixed tetrahedral–octahedral hybrid perovskites with coexisting ferroelectricity and intralayer antiferromagnetism - Nature Synthesis
A family of 2D hybrid perovskites engineered with bulky organic ligands in a copper halide lattice is synthesized, demonstrating mixed tetrahedral–octahedral connectivity. These materials undergo stra...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Article by Xile Hu & co-workers @xilehu-epfl.bsky.social

Construction of dual-cofactor artificial metalloenzymes for synergistic and enantiodivergent catalysis of Michael addition reactions

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Construction of dual-cofactor artificial metalloenzymes for synergistic and enantiodivergent catalysis of Michael addition reactions - Nature Synthesis
A dual-cofactor artificial metalloenzyme is developed, incorporating a biotinylated nickel complex and a Strep-tagged peptide catalyst in adjacent streptavidin-binding sites. This synergistic artifici...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Article by Su Huang, Daming Zeng, Ming Wang & Xuefeng Jiang

Ligand-controlled divergent sulfuration and disulfuration via Ni-catalysed reductive cross-coupling involving thiourea dioxide

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Ligand-controlled divergent sulfuration and disulfuration via Ni-catalysed reductive cross-coupling involving thiourea dioxide - Nature Synthesis
Ni-catalysed multicomponent reductive cross-coupling of aziridines, thiourea dioxide and alkyl halides enables the ligand-controlled synthesis of β-amino sulfides and disulfides. A planar ligand facil...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Article by Marco Gobbi & co-workers @cfmdonostia.bsky.social

Galvanic intercalation of molecular cations into van der Waals materials and heterostructures

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Galvanic intercalation of molecular cations into van der Waals materials and heterostructures - Nature Synthesis
A galvanic strategy enables the intercalation of diverse molecular cations into bulk and few-layer van der Waals crystals under mild conditions, yielding 50 organic–inorganic superlattices. This metho...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Article by Pengfei Wei, Guoxiong Wang & co-workers

Copper–palladium hydride interfaces promote electrochemical ammonia synthesis

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Copper–palladium hydride interfaces promote electrochemical ammonia synthesis - Nature Synthesis
Electrochemical nitrate reduction is a promising method for greener ammonia synthesis. Here, a CuPd bimetallic catalyst with abundant Cu–PdHx interfaces is synthesized, enabling efficient electrocatal...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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News & Views on the Article by Jing Lyu, Qiuning Lin & co-workers

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In situ nanoscale reinforcement strengthens polymer gels by Derek J. Kiebala & Andreas Walther

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In situ nanoscale reinforcement strengthens polymer gels - Nature Synthesis
Tuning the kinetics of photo-induced crosslinking between mechanically distinct polymer phases produces strong and tough hydrogels.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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November 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Article by Yan Li & co-workers

Catalytic Joule heating synthesis of one-dimensional nanomaterials in seconds

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Catalytic Joule heating synthesis of one-dimensional nanomaterials in seconds - Nature Synthesis
A catalytic Joule heating approach is developed for the growth of one-dimensional nanomaterials via a vapour–liquid–solid mechanism under far-from-equilibrium reaction conditions. It demonstrates broa...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Article by Tianqi Guo, Pengfei Hu, Shuai Yue, Xinfeng Liu, Lin Guo & co-workers

Layered hybrid superlattices with a regulated intersystem crossing process

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Layered hybrid superlattices with a regulated intersystem crossing process - Nature Synthesis
Gold-based layered hybrid superlattices with tunable interlayer spacing are synthesized as an efficient strategy to modulate intersystem crossing (ISC). Reduced interlayer spacing enhances Au–π conjug...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Article by Gianaurelio Cuniberti, Zhiyong Wang, Renhao Dong, Andreas Fery, Xinliang Feng & co-workers

Mechanically interlocked monolayer and bilayer two-dimensional polymers with high elastic modulus

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Mechanically interlocked monolayer and bilayer two-dimensional polymers with high elastic modulus - Nature Synthesis
Mechanically interlocked monolayer and bilayer two-dimensional polymers (2DPs) are synthesized on the water surface by embedding macrocyclic molecules with one and two cavities into the backbones. The...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Article by Ran Du, Yao Yang, Zhiyuan He & co-workers

Synthesizing high-entropy alloy materials and coatings using a bilayer ice recrystallization method

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Synthesizing high-entropy alloy materials and coatings using a bilayer ice recrystallization method - Nature Synthesis
High-entropy alloy (HEA) nanoparticles, self-supporting HEA aerogels and HEA coatings with up to 11 metal elements and uniform elemental distributions have been synthesized at subzero temperatures usi...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Article by Tehshik P. Yoon & co-workers @tehshik.bsky.social @uwyoongroup.bsky.social

Oxygen migration into carbon–carbon single bonds by photochemical oxidation

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Oxygen migration into carbon–carbon single bonds by photochemical oxidation - Nature Synthesis
Heteroatom insertions into chemically inert carbon–carbon single bonds are rare compared to their unsaturated analogues. Now, ligand-to-metal charge transfer offers a promising entry point for oxygen ...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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We are Communications AI and Computing: an open access space from @natureportfolio.nature.com for research in AI, ML, and computational science.

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October 30, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Article by Chengjian Zhang, Xinghong Zhang & co-workers

Air-stable covalent borane–oxyanion organocatalysts for ring-opening copolymerization

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Air-stable covalent borane–oxyanion organocatalysts for ring-opening copolymerization - Nature Synthesis
Covalently tethered borane–oxyanion organocatalysts enable highly efficient ring-opening copolymerization of epoxides and cyclic anhydrides via intramolecular cooperation, achieving turnover frequenci...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Article by Lei Jiao & co-workers

Complementary site selectivity in ortho-alkylative vicinal difunctionalization reactions of iodoarenes enabled by palladium–olefin catalysis

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Complementary site selectivity in ortho-alkylative vicinal difunctionalization reactions of iodoarenes enabled by palladium–olefin catalysis - Nature Synthesis
Palladium–olefin catalysis is utilized to overcome the ‘ortho constraint’ in the Catellani reaction of para-substituted iodoarenes. Using a methyl-modified thio-cycloolefin ligand, this method enables...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Article by Michael J. James & co-workers

Reductive radical chain initiation through the thermal generation of carbon dioxide radical anion

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Reductive radical chain initiation through the thermal generation of carbon dioxide radical anion - Nature Synthesis
Radical chain initiation strategies are fundamental to the synthesis of small molecule drugs and macromolecular materials. Here a general, thermally driven and scalable method for reductive initiation...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Article by Yiguang Ju, Liangbing Hu & co-workers

Electrified vapour deposition at ultrahigh temperature and atmospheric pressure for nanomaterials synthesis

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Electrified vapour deposition at ultrahigh temperature and atmospheric pressure for nanomaterials synthesis - Nature Synthesis
Vapour-phase methods are promising for nanomaterial synthesis but the vaporization of different precursors for the synthesis of a broad nanomaterial space is challenging. Here electrified vapour depos...
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November 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Article by Ning Jiao, Song Song & co-workers

Direct regioselective C-3 halogenation of pyridines

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Direct regioselective C-3 halogenation of pyridines - Nature Synthesis
Direct regioselective C-3 halogenation of pyridines is achieved using ether solvents, and interactions between the pyridine substrate, ether solvent and haleniums play a dominant role in the reactivit...
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November 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Article by Yang Zhang, Zhan’ao Tan, Fanglong Yuan, Louzhen Fan & co-workers

Pure-violet oxygen-doped carbon quantum rings with near-unity quantum yield and a full-width at half-maximum of 18 nm

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Pure-violet oxygen-doped carbon quantum rings with near-unity quantum yield and a full-width at half-maximum of 18 nm - Nature Synthesis
Planar oxygen-doped carbon quantum rings (OD-CQRs) are prepared through one-pot solid-state reactions. The synthesized OD-CQRs exhibit a fluorescence peak centre at 393 nm, a full-width at half-maximu...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Article by Zebing Zeng, Jishan Wu, Yong Ni & co-workers

Aromaticity and through-space electronic coupling in [2]catenanes comprising two intertwined globally electron-delocalized octaphyrinoid rings

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Aromaticity and through-space electronic coupling in [2]catenanes comprising two intertwined globally electron-delocalized octaphyrinoid rings - Nature Synthesis
A [2]catenane comprising two intertwined aromatic (34π) octaphyrinoid rings with entangled magnetic shielding interactions is synthesized. Upon four-electron oxidation, the system converts to a tetrac...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Article by Shengqian Ma, Cheng-Yong Su & co-workers

Adaptive metal–organic frameworks with crystalline dynamicity for durable gas separation

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Adaptive metal–organic frameworks with crystalline dynamicity for durable gas separation - Nature Synthesis
A radical-mediated dynamic remedial strategy based on bio-inspired disulfide metathesis has been developed to construct metal–organic frameworks with crystalline dynamicity. The disulfide exchange-bas...
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October 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Review by Yufei Cao, Itamar Willner, Richard N. Zare, Jun Ge & co-workers

Programmable enzyme catalysis based on multiscale confinements

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Programmable enzyme catalysis based on multiscale confinements - Nature Synthesis
Inspired by nature’s spatially organized catalytic systems, multiscale confinement emerges as a powerful strategy for programmable biocatalysis. This Review highlights recent advances in designing art...
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October 24, 2025 at 11:58 AM