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Czech scientists develop a material for producing chemicals from water and sunlight, inspired by human enzymes

The human body is the most sophisticated atomic engineer. This idea underpins a breakthrough technology...

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A new generation of solar catalyst converts biomass into raw materials for bioplastics

An international team of scientists, including experts from CATRIN at Palacký University, has developed a...

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Revolution in water purification: Membrane removes dangerous bacteria and heavy metals

Dangerous bacteria and toxic heavy metals can be removed from water by using a filtration...

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Scientists from Palacký University will send a bioreactor into space to research barley

Research by scientists from Palacký University (UP) Olomouc is heading into space. Among the 13...

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Flying Seeds Inspires Next-Gen Environmental Sensor Designs

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D. Bano, S. Qin, H. Kim, X. Zhou, X. Zhou and P. Schmuki

"Platinum as Co-catalyst in Photocatalysis: Single Atoms vs Nanoparticles",
ACS ENERGY LETTERS, vol. 11, iss. 1, pp. 892-898, 2026.
IF = 18.9

DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.5c03789

R. Arshad, I. Skalidis, D. Kopečný, S. Brabencová, M. Opatíková, P. Ilík, P. Pospíšil, F. Hamdi, S. Ćavar Zeljković, M. Kopečná, P. Roudnický, D. Lazár, E. Elias, R. Croce, P. L. Kastritis and R. Kouřil

"Cryo-EM structure of photosystem II supercomplex from a green microalga with extreme phototolerance",
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 17, article no. 341, 2026.
IF = 15.7

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-65861-2

M. Kaur, S. Rej, J. Navrátil, E. Y. Santiago, M. Otyepka, S. Livraghi, L. Mino, Š. Kment, Z. Xu, H. Zhu, P. Fornasiero, A. O. Govorov, P. Błoński and A. Naldoni

"Near-infrared plasmonic activation of molecular oxygen for selective oxidation of biomass derivatives",
NATURE CATALYSIS, vol. 8, iss. 12, pp. 1370-1381, 2025.
IF = 44.6

DOI: 10.1038/s41929-025-01454-y

L. Zdražil, A. Cadranel, G. Zoppellaro, A. Günay-Gürer, Z. Baďura, D. Panáček, H. Kmentová, C. Otero, Š. Kment, M. A. Huergo, E. Fonda, R. Zbořil and D. M. Guldi

"Enzyme-inspired single-atom photocatalysis for oxygen reduction to hydrogen peroxide",
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 16, article no. 10949, 2025.
IF = 15.7

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-67189-3

O. Henrotte, S. Saris, F. Gröbmeyer, C. G. Gruber, I. Bilgin, A. Högele, N. J. Halas, P. Nordlander, E. Cortés and A. Naldoni

"Spatially resolved photocatalytic active sites and quantum efficiency in a 2D semiconductor",
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 16, iss. 1, article no. 6904, 2025.
IF = 15.7

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-62284-x

S. Song, A. Pinar Solé, A. Matěj, G. Li, O. Stetsovych, D. Soler, H. Yang, M. Telychko, J. Li, M. Kumar, Q. Chen, S. Edalatmanesh, J. Brabec, L. Veis, J. Wu, P. Jelinek and J. Lu

"Highly entangled polyradical nanographene with coexisting strong correlation and topological frustration",
NATURE CHEMISTRY, vol. 16, iss. 6, pp. 938-944, 2024.
IF = 20.2

DOI: 10.1038/s41557-024-01453-9

M. Grabarics, B. Mallada, S. Edalatmanesh, A. Jiménez-Martín, M. Pykal, M. Ondráček, P. Kührová, W. B. Struwe, P. Banáš, S. Rauschenbach, P. Jelínek and B. de la Torre

"Atomically resolved imaging of the conformations and adsorption geometries of individual β-cyclodextrins with non-contact AFM",
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 15, iss. 1, pp. 9482, 2024.
IF = 15.7

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53555-0

A. B. Tesler, S. Kolle, L. H. Prado, I. Thievessen, D. Böhringer, M. Backholm, B. Karunakaran, H. A. Nurmi, M. Latikka, L. Fischer, S. Stafslien, Z. M. Cenev, J. V. I. Timonen, M. Bruns, A. Mazare, U. Lohbauer, S. Virtanen, B. Fabry, P. Schmuki, R. H. A. Ras, J. Aizenberg and W. H. Goldmann

"Long-term stability of aerophilic metallic surfaces underwater",
NATURE MATERIALS, vol. 22, iss. 12, pp. 1548-1555, 2023.
IF = 47.656

DOI: 10.1038/s41563-023-01670-6

A. Cheruvathoor Poulose, G. Zoppellaro, I. Konidakis, E. Serpetzoglou, E. Stratakis, O. Tomanec, M. Beller, A. Bakandritsos and R. Zbořil

"Reply to: Primary role of photothermal heating in light-driven reduction of nitroarenes",
NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY, vol. 18, iss. 4, pp. 327-328, 2023.
IF = 40.523

DOI: 10.1038/s41565-023-01353-y

M. Opatíková, D. A. Semchonok, D. Kopečný, P. Ilík, P. Pospíšil, I. Ilíková, P. Roudnický, S. Ć. Zeljković, P. Tarkowski, F. L. Kyrilis, F. Hamdi, P. L. Kastritis and R. Kouřil

"Cryo-EM structure of a plant photosystem II supercomplex with light-harvesting protein Lhcb8 and α-tocopherol",
NATURE PLANTS, vol. 9, iss. 8, pp. 1359-1369, 2023.
IF = 17.352

DOI: 10.1038/s41477-023-01483-0

Z. Wang, S. Shaabani, X. Gao, Y. L. D. Ng, V. Sapozhnikova, P. Mertins, J. Krönke and A. Dömling

"Direct-to-biology, automated, nano-scale synthesis, and phenotypic screening-enabled E3 ligase modulator discovery",
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 14, iss. 1, pp. 8437, 2023.
IF = 14.919

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43614-3

P. Patil, Q. Zheng, K. Kurpiewsk and A. Dömling

"The isocyanide SN2 reaction",
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 14, iss. 1, pp. 5807, 2023.
IF = 14.919

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41253-2

B. Mallada, M. Ondráček, M. Lamanec, A. Gallardo, A. Jiménez-Martín, B. de la Torre, P. Hobza and P. Jelínek

"Visualization of π-hole in molecules by means of Kelvin probe force microscopy",
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 14, iss. 1, pp. 4954, 2023.
IF = 14.919

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40593-3

A. Cheruvathoor Poulose, M. Medveď, V. R. Bakuru, A. Sharma, D. Singh, S. B. Kalidindi, H. Bares, M. Otyepka, K. Jayaramulu, A. Bakandritsos and R. Zbořil

"Acidic graphene organocatalyst for the superior transformation of wastes into high-added-value chemicals",
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 14, article no. 1373, 2023.
IF = 14.919

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36602-0