Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS)

Researchers at National Taiwan University have uncovered a hidden nonequilibrium self-assembly pathway that enables the formation of highly oriented soft quasicrystals. By controlling molecular interactions and navigating metastable structural transformations, they achieved dodecagonal quasicrystals with remarkable orientational alignment over millimeter-scale regions, demonstrating a new strategy for controlling the large-scale organization of complex soft matter.

An international research team has discovered a method to precisely synthesize extremely small Iridium Nanoclusters that outperform conventional, commercially available iridium catalysts by 1.5 times in mass activity. This breakthrough could result in improved production of green hydrogen.