February 2026 Publication Highlights

We are pleased to share the list of publication highlights for February 2026. The details are provided below.

• Hassan, F., Chan, C. L. C., Parton, T. G., Wang, Z., Shen, Q., Li, R., … & Vignolini, S. (2026). Tuning the Circularly Polarized Reflection from Cholesteric Hydroxypropyl Cellulose Using Molecular Photoswitches. Angewandte Chemie, 138(1), e20839.http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202520839
• Conforto, F., Valdes, A., Vanderlinden, W., & Michieletto, D. (2026). Yeast condensin acts as a transient intermolecular crosslinker in entangled DNA. Nucleic Acids Research, 54(3), gkag044. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkag044
• Liu, W., Sigalov, T. A., Coulais, C., & Shokef, Y. (2026). Combinatorial design of floppy modes and frustrated loops in metamaterials. Physical Review Letters, 136(3), 038202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/nqgr-tfb1
• Kumbhar, S. S., Bhosale, S. B., Bhosale, R. P., Patil, S. S., Ransing, A., Choi, H., … & Patil, U. M. (2026). Yoking compositional synergy among 2-D nanohybrids of cobalt vanadium oxide nanoplates and reduced graphene oxide nanosheets based cathode material for hybrid supercapacitors. Journal of Energy Storage, 141, 119327. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2025.119327
• Fernández‐González, C., Morales‐Fernández, P., Turnbull, L. A., Abert, C., Suess, D., Foerster, M., … & Donnelly, C. (2026). Realization of complex‐shaped magnetic nanotubes with 3D printing and electrodeposition. Advanced Functional Materials, 36(4), e15722. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202515722
• Mohite, R. A., Jadhav, S. B., Shaikh, S., Mohite, R., Sabale, S. R., Parale, V. G., … & Pawaskar, P. N. (2026). SILAR-derived NiWO₄ and CoWO₄ Nanopebble electrocatalysts for non-enzymatic glucose detection in real blood samples. Microchemical Journal, 117220. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2026.117220
• Xu, M., Deenen, A. J. M., Guo, H., Morales-Fernández, P., Wintz, S., Zhakina, E., Weigand, M., Donnelly, C., & Grundler, D. (2025). Geometry-induced spin chirality in a non-chiral ferromagnet at zero field. Nature Nanotechnology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-025-02055-3
• Choi, H., Parale, V. G., Kim, J., Kim, S. H., Phadtare, V. D., Kim, Y., … & Park, H. H. (2026) Hierarchical Carbon Aerogels Via Catalyst-Free Spinodal Engineering: A Pathway to Sustainable High-Performance Supercapacitors. Energy, 347, 140404. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2026.140404
• Dhavale, R. P., Phadtare, V. D., Chaudhari, S. A., Mali, M. G., Parale, V. G., Mohite, S. V., … & Park, H. H. (2026). In-situ fabrication of magnetic nanoparticle-decorated rGO/TiO2@ MXene aerogels for enhanced visible-light-driven degradation of organic pollutants. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 83, 109591. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2026.109591
• Jungwirth, T., Sinova, J., Fernandes, R. M., Liu, Q., Watanabe, H., Murakami, S., … & Šmejkal, L. (2026). Symmetry, microscopy and spectroscopy signatures of altermagnetism. Nature, 649(8098), 837-847. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09883-2
• Adhikari, P., Ammon, M., Avancini, S. S., Ayala, A., Bandyopadhyay, A., Blaschke, D., … & Zuraiq, Z. (2025). Strongly interacting matter in extreme magnetic fields. Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 104199. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ppnp.2025.104199

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