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24 November 2015      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports               Physical Sciences               Experiments and Model for Serration Statistics in Low-Entropy, Medium-Entropy, and High-Entropy Alloys ▶     Robert Carroll, Chi Lee, Che-Wei Tsai et al.     High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are new alloys that contain five or more elements in roughly-equal proportion. We present new experiments and theory on the deformation behavior of …             A highly durable fuel cell electrocatalyst based on double-polymer-coated carbon nanotubes ▶     Mohamed R. Berber, Inas H. Hafez, Tsuyohiko Fujigaya et al.     Driven by the demand for the commercialization of fuel cell (FC) technology, we describe the design and fabrication of a highly durable FC electrocatalyst based on …             Tunable zero-field ferromagnetic resonance frequency from S to X band in oblique deposited CoFeB thin films ▶     Chengyi Li, Guozhi Chai, Chengcheng Yang et al.     Tunable zero-field ferromagnetic resonance frequency in wide range is very useful for the application of microwave devices. We performed an investigation of the static and high …             Tuning the Quantum Efficiency of Random Lasers - Intrinsic Stokes-Shift and Gain ▶     Andreas Lubatsch, Regine Frank     We report the theoretical analysis for tuning the quantum efficiency of solid state random lasers. Vollhardt-Wölfle theory of photonic transport in disordered non-conserving and …             Towards a new class of heavy ion doped magnetic semiconductors for room temperature applications ▶     Juwon Lee, Nagarajan Ganapathi Subramaniam, Iwona Agnieszka Kowalik et al.     The article presents, using Bi doped ZnO, an example of a heavy ion doped oxide semiconductor, highlighting a novel p-symmetry interaction of the electronic states to stabilize …             Expanding the scope of Metal-Free enantioselective allylic substitutions: Anthrones ▶     Victor Ceban, Jiří Tauchman, Marta Meazza et al.     The highly enantioselective asymmetric allylic alkylation of Morita–Baylis–Hillman carbonates with anthrones is presented. The reaction is simply catalyzed by cinchona alkaloid …             Noncontact conductivity and dielectric measurement for high throughput roll-to-roll nanomanufacturing ▶     Nathan D. Orloff, Christian J. Long, Jan Obrzut et al.     Advances in roll-to-roll processing of graphene and carbon nanotubes have at last led to the continuous production of high-quality coatings and filaments, ushering in a wave of …             Goodness-of-fit test for meta-analysis ▶     Zhongxue Chen, Guoyi Zhang, Jing Li     Meta-analysis is a very useful tool to combine information from different sources. Fixed effect and random effect models are widely used in meta-analysis. Despite their …             Hydrophilic Magnetochromatic Nanoparticles with Controllable Sizes and Super-high Magnetization for Visualization of Magnetic Field Intensity ▶     Lin Zhuang, Yongxin Zhao, Huixiang Zhong et al.     Hydrophilic Fe3O4 nanoparticles with controllable size and shape have been fabricated using a facile solvothermal approach followed by surface modification with polyacrylic acid …             Room temperature large-scale synthesis of layered frameworks as low-cost 4 V cathode materials for lithium ion batteries ▶     A. Shahul Hameed, M. V. Reddy, M. Nagarathinam et al.     Li-ion batteries (LIBs) are considered as the best available technology to push forward the production of eco-friendly electric vehicles (EVs) and for the efficient utilization …             Robust Light State by Quantum Phase Transition in Non-Hermitian Optical Materials ▶     Han Zhao, Stefano Longhi, Liang Feng     Robust light transport is the heart of optical information processing, leading to the search for robust light states by topological engineering of material properties. Here, it …             Water Lubrication of Stainless Steel using Reduced Graphene Oxide Coating ▶     Hae-Jin Kim, Dae-Eun Kim     Lubrication of mechanical systems using water instead of conventional oil lubricants is extremely attractive from the view of resource conservation and environmental protection. …             Reduction of phase noise in nanowire spin orbit torque oscillators ▶     Liu Yang, Roman Verba, Vasil Tiberkevich et al.     Spin torque oscillators (STOs) are compact, tunable sources of microwave radiation that serve as a test bed for studies of nonlinear magnetization dynamics at the nanometer …             Silicon nanowire and carbon nanotube hybrid for room temperature multiwavelength light source ▶     Maria Josè Lo Faro, Cristiano D’Andrea, Elena Messina et al.     The realization of an innovative hybrid light source operating at room temperature, obtained by embedding a carbon nanotube (CNT) dispersion inside a Si nanowire (NW) array is …             Scaling of decoherence for a system of uncoupled spin qubits ▶     Jun Jing, Xuedong Hu     Significant experimental progresses in recent years have generated continued interest in quantum computation. A practical quantum computer would employ thousands if not millions …             Atomistic Design of Favored Compositions for Synthesizing the Al-Ni-Y Metallic Glasses ▶     Q. Wang, J. H. Li, J. B. Liu et al.     For a ternary alloy system promising for obtaining the so-called bulk metallic glasses (BMGs), the first priority issue is to predict the favored compositions, which could then …             Mesoporous Silica Gel–Based Mixed Matrix Membranes for Improving Mass Transfer in Forward Osmosis: Effect of Pore Size of Filler ▶     Jian-Yuan Lee, Yining Wang, Chuyang Y. Tang et al.     The efficiency of forward osmosis (FO) process is generally limited by the internal concentration polarization (ICP) of solutes inside its porous substrate. In this study, …             Probing the character of ultra-fast dislocations ▶     C. J. Ruestes, E. M. Bringa, R. E. Rudd et al.     Plasticity is often controlled by dislocation motion, which was first measured for low pressure, low strain rate conditions decades ago. However, many applications require …             Ultrathin niobium nanofilms on fiber optical tapers – a new route towards low-loss hybrid plasmonic modes ▶     Torsten Wieduwilt, Alessandro Tuniz, Sven Linzen et al.     Due to the ongoing improvement in nanostructuring technology, ultrathin metallic nanofilms have recently gained substantial attention in plasmonics, e.g. as building blocks of …             Self-assembled amyloid fibrils with controllable conformational heterogeneity ▶     Gyudo Lee, Wonseok Lee, Hyungbeen Lee et al.     Amyloid fibrils are a hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases and exhibit a conformational diversity that governs their pathological functions. Despite recent findings concerning …             Enhancing the sensitivity of a micro-diaphragm resonating sensor by effectively positioning the mass on the membrane ▶     Jinsik Kim, Hye Jin Kim, EunAe Cho et al.     The detection of biomarkers in the liquid phase using mechanical sensors is difficult because of noise caused by the liquid. To reduce and verify the side effects of liquid …             Characterizing the transplanar and in-plane water transport properties of fabrics under different sweat rate: Forced Flow Water Transport Tester ▶     K. P. M. Tang, K. H. Chau, C. W. Kan et al.     The water absorption and transport properties of fabrics are critical to wear comfort, especially for sportswear and protective clothing. A new testing apparatus, namely Forced …             Identification of Bacillus strains by MALDI TOF MS using geometric approach ▶     Konstantin V. Starostin, Evgeny A. Demidov, Alla V. Bryanskaya et al.     Microorganism identification by MALDI TOF mass-spectrometry is based on the comparison of the mass spectrum of the studied organism with those of reference strains. It is a rapid …             Direct Depth- and Lateral- Imaging of Nanoscale Magnets Generated by Ion Impact ▶     Falk Röder, Gregor Hlawacek, Sebastian Wintz et al.     Nanomagnets form the building blocks for a variety of spin-transport, spin-wave and data storage devices. In this work we generated nanoscale magnets by exploiting the phenomenon …             Giant optical enhancement of strain gradient in ferroelectric BiFeO3 thin films and its physical origin ▶     Yuelin Li, Carolina Adamo, Pice Chen et al.     Through mapping of the spatiotemporal strain profile in ferroelectric BiFeO3 epitaxial thin films, we report an optically initiated dynamic enhancement of the strain gradient of …             Chelator-Free Labeling of Layered Double Hydroxide Nanoparticles for in Vivo PET Imaging ▶     Sixiang Shi, Brianne C. Fliss, Zi Gu et al.     Layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanomaterial has emerged as a novel delivery agent for biomedical applications due to its unique structure and properties. However, in vivo …             High-Performance Flexible All-Solid-State Supercapacitor from Large Free-Standing Graphene-PEDOT/PSS Films ▶     Yuqing Liu, Bo Weng, Joselito M. Razal et al.     Although great attention has been paid to wearable electronic devices in recent years, flexible lightweight batteries or supercapacitors with high performance are still not …             Atomically Sharp Interface in an h-BN-epitaxial graphene van der Waals Heterostructure ▶     Haikel Sediri, Debora Pierucci, Mahdi Hajlaoui et al.     Stacking various two-dimensional atomic crystals is a feasible approach to creating unique multilayered van der Waals heterostructures with tailored properties. Herein for the …             Uncertain behaviours of integrated circuits improve computational performance ▶     Chihiro Yoshimura, Masanao Yamaoka, Masato Hayashi et al.     Improvements to the performance of conventional computers have mainly been achieved through semiconductor scaling; however, scaling is reaching its limitations. Natural …             Distinctive effect on nerve growth factor-induced PC12 cell neurite outgrowth by two unique neolignan enantiomers from Illicium merrillianum ▶     Xinhui Tian, Rongcai Yue, Huawu Zeng et al.     Merrillianoid (1), a racemic neolignan possessing the characteristic benzo-2,7-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane moiety, was isolated from the branches and leaves of Illicium merrillianum…             Highly Stretchable Electrodes on Wrinkled Polydimethylsiloxane Substrates ▶     Jun Tang, Hao Guo, Miaomiao Zhao et al.     This paper demonstrates a fabrication technology of Ag wrinkled electrodes with application in highly stretchable wireless sensors. Ag wrinkled thin films that were formed by …             A Description for Rock Joint Roughness Based on Terrestrial Laser Scanner and Image Analysis ▶     Yunfeng Ge, Huiming Tang, M. A. M Ez Eldin et al.     Shear behavior of rock mass greatly depends upon the rock joint roughness which is generally characterized by anisotropy, scale effect and interval effect. A new index enabling …             Evolution of the statistical distribution in a topological defect network ▶     Fei Xue, Xueyun Wang, Ion socolenco et al.     The complex networks of numerous topological defects in hexagonal manganites are highly relevant to vastly different phenomena from the birth of our cosmos to superfluidity …             Vertically aligned InGaN nanowires with engineered axial In composition for highly efficient visible light emission ▶     Mohamed Ebaid, Jin-Ho Kang, Yang-Seok Yoo et al.     We report on the fabrication of novel InGaN nanowires (NWs) with improved crystalline quality and high radiative efficiency for applications as nanoscale visible light emitters. …             High-frequency and high-quality silicon carbide optomechanical microresonators ▶     Xiyuan Lu, Jonathan Y. Lee, Qiang Lin     Silicon carbide (SiC) exhibits excellent material properties attractive for broad applications. We demonstrate the first SiC optomechanical microresonators that integrate high …             Self-regulation of charged defect compensation and formation energy pinning in semiconductors ▶     Ji-Hui Yang, Wan-Jian Yin, Ji-Sang Park et al.     Current theoretical analyses of defect properties without solving the detailed balance equations often estimate Fermi-level pinning position by omitting free carriers and assume …             Ultrathin W space layer-enabled thermal stability enhancement in a perpendicular MgO/CoFeB/W/CoFeB/MgO recording frame ▶     Jae-Hong Kim, Ja-Bin Lee, Gwang-Guk An et al.     Perpendicularly magnetized tunnel junctions (p-MTJs) show promise as reliable candidates for next-generation memory due to their outstanding features. However, several key …             Chiral resolution of spin angular momentum in linearly polarized and unpolarized light ▶     R. J. Hernández, A. Mazzulla, C. Provenzano et al.     Linearly polarized (LP) and unpolarized (UP) light are racemic entities since they can be described as superposition of opposite circularly polarized (CP) components of equal …             Deterioration of the coercivity due to the diffusion induced interface layer in hard/soft multilayers ▶     Wenjing Si, G. P. Zhao, N. Ran et al.     Hard/soft permanent magnets have aroused many interests in the past two decades because of their potential in achieving giant energy products as well as their rich variety of …             Long-distance quantum information transfer with strong coupling hybrid solid system ▶     Feng-Yang Zhang, Xin-Yu Chen, Chong Li et al.     In this paper, we demonstrate how information can be transferred among the long-distance memory units in a hybrid solid architecture, which consists the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) …             Stiffness Enhancement in Nacre-Inspired Nanocomposites due to Nanoconfinement ▶     Chen Shao, Sinan Keten     Layered assemblies of polymers and graphene derivatives employ nacre’s tested strategy of intercalating soft organic layers with hard crystalline domains. These layered systems …             Disposable optics for microscopy diagnostics ▶     Pauliina Vilmi, Sami Varjo, Rafal Sliz et al.     The point-of-care testing (POCT) is having increasing role on modern health care systems due to a possibility to perform tests for patients conveniently and immediately. POCT …             Electrochemical gating-induced reversible and drastic resistance switching in VO2 nanowires ▶     Tsubasa Sasaki, Hiroki Ueda, Teruo Kanki et al.     Reversible and drastic modulation of the transport properties in vanadium dioxide (VO2) nanowires by electric field-induced hydrogenation at room temperature was demonstrated …             Direct Measurement of Optical Force Induced by Near-Field Plasmonic Cavity Using Dynamic Mode AFM ▶     Dongshi Guan, Zhi Hong Hang, Zsolt Marcet et al.     Plasmonic nanostructures have attracted much attention in recent years because of their potential applications in optical manipulation through near-field enhancement. Continuing …             Majorana zero modes in the hopping-modulated one-dimensional p-wave superconducting model ▶     Yi Gao, Tao Zhou, Huaixiang Huang et al.     We investigate the one-dimensional p-wave superconducting model with periodically modulated hopping and show that under time-reversal symmetry, the number of the Majorana zero …             Quantum Process Tomography of an Optically-Controlled Kerr Non-linearity ▶     Connor Kupchak, Samuel Rind, Bertus Jordaan et al.     Any optical quantum information processing machine would be comprised of fully-characterized constituent devices for both single state manipulations and tasks involving the …             Synthesis of Extended Atomically Perfect Zigzag Graphene - Boron Nitride Interfaces ▶     Robert Drost, Shawulienu Kezilebieke, Mikko M. Ervasti et al.     The combination of several materials into heterostructures is a powerful method for controlling material properties. The integration of graphene (G) with hexagonal boron nitride …             Quantum secret sharing via local operations and classical communication ▶     Ying-Hui Yang, Fei Gao, Xia Wu et al.     We investigate the distinguishability of orthogonal multipartite entangled states in d-qudit system by restricted local operations and classical communication. According to these …             Control of Separation and Diameter of Ag Nanorods through Self-organized Seeds ▶     Paul R. Elliott, Stephen P. Stagon, Hanchen Huang     This paper proposes a mechanism of controlling the diameter and separation of metallic nanorods from physical vapor deposition through self-organized seeds and experimentally …             First-principles study of the effect of functional groups on polyaniline backbone ▶     X. P. Chen, J. K. Jiang, Q. H. Liang et al.     We present a first-principles density functional theory study focused on how the chemical and electronic properties of polyaniline are adjusted by introducing suitable …             Compact component for integrated quantum optic processing ▶     Partha Pratim Sahu     Quantum interference is indispensable to derive integrated quantum optic technologies (1–2). For further progress in large scale integration of quantum optic circuit, we have …             Detection of Infertility-related Neutralizing Antibodies with a Cell-free Microfluidic Method ▶     Klaus Eyer, Katharina Root, Pascal E. Verboket et al.     The unwanted emergence of neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) against an endogenous or a therapeutic protein can result in deficiency diseases or therapy failure. Here, we developed a …             Shape-Dependent Skin Penetration of Silver Nanoparticles: Does It Really Matter? ▶     Yu Kyung Tak, Sukdeb Pal, Pravin K. Naoghare et al.     Advancements in nano-structured materials have facilitated several applications of nanoparticles (NPs). Skin penetration of NPs is a crucial factor for designing suitable topical …             Folding of newly translated membrane protein CCR5 is assisted by the chaperonin GroEL-GroES ▶     Haixia Chi, Xiaoqiang Wang, Jiqiang Li et al.     The in vitro folding of newly translated human CC chemokine receptor type 5 (CCR5), which belongs to the physiologically important family of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), …             Nanoliposomal Nitroglycerin Exerts Potent Anti-Inflammatory Effects ▶     Soroush Ardekani, Harry A. Scott, Sharad Gupta et al.     Nitroglycerin (NTG) markedly enhances nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability. However, its ability to mimic the anti-inflammatory properties of NO remains unknown. Here, we examined …             U-shaped relationship between current and pitch in helicene molecules ▶     Yan-Dong Guo, Xiao-Hong Yan, Yang Xiao et al.     The helicene is constructed by twisted benzene or other aromatic rings, exhibiting a helical structure. Using first-principles calculations, we investigate the electronic …             Correlation between band gap, dielectric constant, Young’s modulus and melting temperature of GaN nanocrystals and their size and shape dependences ▶     Haiming Lu, Xiangkang Meng     With structural miniaturization down to the nanoscale, the detectable parameters of materials no longer remain constant but become tunable. For GaN nanocrystals example, the band …             Robust Photocatalytic H2O2 Production by Octahedral Cd3(C3N3S3)2 Coordination Polymer under Visible Light ▶     Huaqiang Zhuang, Lifang Yang, Jie Xu et al.     Herein, we reported a octahedral Cd3(C3N3S3)2 coordination polymer as a new noble metal-free photocatalyst for robust photocatalytic H2O2 production from methanol/water solution. …             Size Dependent Plasmonic Effect on BiVO4 Photoanodes for Solar Water Splitting ▶     Liwu Zhang, Lars O. Herrmann, Jeremy J. Baumberg     Plasmonic nanostructures show great promise in enhancing the solar water splitting efficiency due to their ability to confine light to extremely small volumes inside …             Graphene Based Waveguide Polarizers: In-Depth Physical Analysis and Relevant Parameters ▶     Rafael E. P. de Oliveira, Christiano J. S. de Matos     Optical polarizing devices exploiting graphene embedded in waveguides have been demonstrated in the literature recently and both the TE- and TM-pass behaviors were reported. The …             Effective Temperature and Universal Conductivity Scaling in Organic Semiconductors ▶     Hassan Abdalla, Kevin van de Ruit, Martijn Kemerink     We investigate the scalability of the temperature- and electric field-dependence of the conductivity of disordered organic semiconductors to ‘universal’ curves by two different …             On the Stability and Abundance of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes ▶     Daniel Hedman, Hamid Reza Barzegar, Arne Rosén et al.     Many nanotechnological applications, using single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs), are only possible with a uniform product. Thus, direct control over the product during chemical …             Arrays of coupled chemical oscillators ▶     Derek Michael Forrester     Oscillating chemical reactions result from complex periodic changes in the concentration of the reactants. In spatially ordered ensembles of candle flame oscillators the …             Structural and electrical properties of catalyst-free Si-doped InAs nanowires formed on Si(111) ▶     Dong Woo Park, Seong Gi Jeon, Cheul-Ro Lee et al.     We report structural and electrical properties of catalyst-free Si-doped InAs nanowires (NWs) formed on Si(111) substrates. The average diameter of Si-doped InAs NWs was almost …             Stable Lithium Argon compounds under high pressure ▶     Xiaofeng Li, Andreas Hermann, Feng Peng et al.     High pressure can fundamentally alter the bonding patterns of chemical elements. Its effects include stimulating elements thought to be “inactive” to form unexpectedly stable …             Ultrabroadband, More than One Order Absorption Enhancement in Graphene with Plasmonic Light Trapping ▶     Feng Xiong, Jianfa Zhang, Zhihong Zhu et al.     This paper presents an comprehensive study of light trapping and absorption enhancement in graphene through metallic plasmonic structures and shows a strategy to realize both …             Controllable Synthesis of Tetraethylenepentamine Modified Graphene Foam (TEPA-GF) for the Removal of Lead ions ▶     Zhuo Han, Zhihong Tang, Yuhang Sun et al.     3D graphene foam for water purification has become pervasive recently, not only because it has high specific surface area for adsorption capacity, but also it is easily separated …             Exotic stable cesium polynitrides at high pressure ▶     Feng Peng, Yunxia Han, Hanyu Liu et al.     New polynitrides containing metastable forms of nitrogen are actively investigated as potential high-energy-density materials. Using a structure search method based on the …             Crystallization pathways of liquid-bcc transition for a model iron by fast quenching ▶     Shao-Peng Pan, Shi-Dong Feng, Jun-Wei Qiao et al.     We report simulations on the local structural evolution in the liquid-bcc transition of a model iron. Fourteen main Voronoi polyhedra are chosen as the representatives of …             Direct and Convenient Mass Spectrometry Sampling with Ambient Flame Ionization ▶     Xiao-Pan Liu, Hao-Yang Wang, Jun-Ting Zhang et al.     Recent innovations in ambient ionization technology for the direct analysis of various samples in their native environment facilitate the development and applications of mass …             Ionic liquids and their bases: Striking differences in the dynamic heterogeneity near the glass transition ▶     K. Grzybowska, A. Grzybowski, Z. Wojnarowska et al.     Ionic liquids (ILs) constitute an active field of research due to their important applications. A challenge for these investigations is to explore properties of ILs near the …             Morphology and Performance of Polymer Solar Cell Characterized by DPD Simulation and Graph Theory ▶     Chunmiao Du, Yujin Ji, Junwei Xue et al.     The morphology of active layers in the bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells is critical to the performance of organic photovoltaics (OPV). Currently, there is limited …             Origami rules for the construction of localized eigenstates of the Hubbard model in decorated lattices ▶     R. G. Dias, J. D. Gouveia     We present a method of construction of exact localized many-body eigenstates of the Hubbard model in decorated lattices, both for  = 0 and  → ∞. These states are localized in …             Significant contribution of stacking faults to the strain hardening behavior of Cu-15%Al alloy with different grain sizes ▶     Y. Z. Tian, L. J. Zhao, S. Chen et al.     It is commonly accepted that twinning can induce an increase of strain-hardening rate during the tensile process of face-centered cubic (FCC) metals and alloys with low stacking …             Indium-free, highly transparent, flexible Cu2O/Cu/Cu2O mesh electrodes for flexible touch screen panels ▶     Dong-Ju Kim, Hyo-Joong Kim, Ki-Won Seo et al.     We report on an indium-free and cost-effective Cu2O/Cu/Cu2O multilayer mesh electrode grown by room temperature roll-to-roll sputtering as a viable alternative to ITO electrodes …             Internal-Modified Dithiol DNA–Directed Au Nanoassemblies: Geometrically Controlled Self–Assembly and Quantitative Surface–Enhanced Raman Scattering Properties ▶     Yuan Yan, Hangyong Shan, Min Li et al.     In this work, a hierarchical DNA–directed self–assembly strategy to construct structure–controlled Au nanoassemblies (NAs) has been demonstrated by conjugating Au nanoparticles …             An Efficient Site-Specific Method for Irreversible Covalent Labeling of Proteins with a Fluorophore ▶     Jiaquan Liu, Jeungphill Hanne, Brooke M. Britton et al.     Fluorophore labeling of proteins while preserving native functions is essential for bulk Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) interaction and single molecule imaging …             Single-molecule FRET studies on alpha-synuclein oligomerization of Parkinson’s disease genetically related mutants ▶     Laura Tosatto, Mathew H. Horrocks, Alexander J. Dear et al.     Oligomers of alpha-synuclein are toxic to cells and have been proposed to play a key role in the etiopathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease. As certain missense mutations in the …             Effects of Collective Histone State Dynamics on Epigenetic Landscape and Kinetics of Cell Reprogramming ▶     S. S. Ashwin, Masaki Sasai     Cell reprogramming is a process of transitions from differentiated to pluripotent cell states via transient intermediate states. Within the epigenetic landscape framework, such a …             Decoupling gain and feedback in coherent random lasers: experiments and simulations ▶     Antonio Consoli, Cefe López     We propose and demonstrate a coherent random laser in which the randomly distributed scattering centres are placed outside the active region. This architecture is implemented by …             Macroscopic CNT fibres inducing non-epitaxial nucleation and orientation of semicrystalline polymers ▶     Hangbo Yue, Alfonso Monreal-Bernal, Juan P. Fernández-Blázquez et al.     In the presence of macroscopic fibres of carbon nanotubes (CNT), various semicrystalline polymers are shown to present accelerated crystallisation through the formation of a …             A First Principles study on Boron-doped Graphene decorated by Ni-Ti-Mg atoms for Enhanced Hydrogen Storage Performance ▶     Santhanamoorthi Nachimuthu, Po-Jung Lai, Ermias Girma Leggesse et al.     We proposed a new solid state material for hydrogen storage, which consists of a combination of both transition and alkaline earth metal atoms decorating a boron-doped graphene …             Ultra-fast pulse propagation in nonlinear graphene/silicon ridge waveguide ▶     Ken Liu, Jian Fa Zhang, Wei Xu et al.     We report the femtosecond laser propagation in a hybrid graphene/silicon ridge waveguide with demonstration of the ultra-large Kerr coefficient of graphene. We also fabricated a …             Synthesis of Large Area Graphene for High Performance in Flexible Optoelectronic Devices ▶     Emre O. Polat, Osman Balci, Nurbek Kakenov et al.     This work demonstrates an attractive low-cost route to obtain large area and high-quality graphene films by using the ultra-smooth copper foils which are typically used as the …             Electrostatic-Force-Assisted Dispensing Printing to Construct High-Aspect-Ratio of 0.79 Electrodes on a Textured Surface with Improved Adhesion and Contact Resistivity ▶     Dong-Youn Shin, Sung-Soo Yoo, Hee-eun Song et al.     As a novel route to construct fine and abnormally high-aspect-ratio electrodes with excellent adhesion and reduced contact resistivity on a textured surface, an …             A generalized architecture of quantum secure direct communication for N disjointed users with authentication ▶     Ahmed Farouk, Magdy Zakaria, Adel Megahed et al.     In this paper, we generalize a secured direct communication process between N users with partial and full cooperation of quantum server. So, N − 1 disjointed users u1, u2, …, uN−1…             Nanofabrication and coloration study of artificial Morpho butterfly wings with aligned lamellae layers ▶     Sichao Zhang, Yifang Chen     The bright and iridescent blue color from Morpho butterfly wings has attracted worldwide attentions to explore its mysterious nature for long time. Although the physics of …             Conversion of biomass-derived sorbitol to glycols over carbon-materials supported Ru-based catalysts ▶     Xingcui Guo, Jing Guan, Bin Li et al.     Ruthenium (Ru) supported on activated carbon (AC) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) was carried out in the hydrogenolysis of sorbitol to ethylene glycol (EG) and 1,2-propanediol …             Antibacterial titanium nano-patterned arrays inspired by dragonfly wings ▶     Chris M. Bhadra, Vi Khanh Truong, Vy T. H. Pham et al.     Titanium and its alloys remain the most popular choice as a medical implant material because of its desirable properties. The successful osseointegration of titanium implants is, …             Solid Solutions of Rare Earth Cations in Mesoporous Anatase Beads and Their Performances in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells ▶     Carmen Cavallo, Alberto Salleo, Daniele Gozzi et al.     Solid solutions of the rare earth (RE) cations Pr3+, Nd3+, Sm3+, Gd3+, Er3+ and Yb3+ in anatase TiO2 have been synthesized as mesoporous beads in the concentration range 0.1–0.3% …             Soft and broadband infrared metamaterial absorber based on gold nanorod/liquid crystal hybrid with tunable total absorption ▶     Zhaoxian Su, Jianbo Yin, Xiaopeng Zhao     We design a soft infrared metamaterial absorber based on gold nanorods dispersed in liquid crystal (LC) placed on a gold film and theoretically investigate its total absorption …             Electric field induced reversible 180° magnetization switching through tuning of interfacial exchange bias along magnetic easy-axis in multiferroic laminates ▶     Xu Xue, Ziyao Zhou, Bin Peng et al.     E-field control of interfacial exchange coupling and deterministic switching of magnetization have been demonstrated in two sets of …             The role of the coherence in the cross-correlation analysis of diffraction patterns from two-dimensional dense mono-disperse systems ▶     T. Latychevskaia, G. F. Mancini, F. Carbone     The investigation of the static and dynamic structural properties of colloidal systems relies on techniques capable of atomic resolution in real space and femtosecond resolution …             Magnetic interactions in the Zn-Co-O system: tuning local structure, valence and carrier type from extremely Co doped ZnO to ZnCo2O4 ▶     Bastian Henne, Verena Ney, Katharina Ollefs et al.     We have investigated the relation between local structure, valence and carrier type with magnetism in the Zn-Co-O system. Thin films ranging from wurtzite Zn1−xCoxO (Co:ZnO) to …             High-resolution in-depth imaging of optically cleared thick samples using an adaptive SPIM ▶     Aurore Masson, Paul Escande, Céline Frongia et al.     Today, Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy (LSFM) makes it possible to image fluorescent samples through depths of several hundreds of microns. However, LSFM also suffers from …             Enhancing the methanol tolerance of platinum nanoparticles for the cathode reaction of direct methanol fuel cells through a geometric design ▶     Yan Feng, Feng Ye, Hui Liu et al.     Mastery over the structure of nanoparticles might be an effective way to enhance their performance for a given application. Herein we demonstrate the design of cage-bell …             Novel electrochemical redox-active species: one-step synthesis of polyaniline derivative-Au/Pd and its application for multiplexed immunoassay ▶     Liyuan Wang, Feng Feng, Zhanfang Ma     Electrochemical redox-active species play crucial role in electrochemically multiplexed immunoassays. A one-pot method for synthesizing four kinds of new electrochemical …             Comparison on thermal transport properties of graphene and phosphorene nanoribbons ▶     Xiao-Fang Peng, Ke-Qiu Chen     We investigate ballistic thermal transport at low temperatures in graphene and phosphorene nanoribbons (PNRS) modulated with a double-cavity quantum structure. A comparative …             Novel morphology changes from 3D ordered macroporous structure to V2O5 nanofiber grassland and its application in electrochromism ▶     Zhongqiu Tong, Haiming Lv, Xiang Zhang et al.     Because vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) is the only oxide that shows both anodic and cathodic coloration electrochromism, the reversible lithium ion insertion/extraction processes in V2…             Spatially uniform enhancement of single quantum dot emission using plasmonic grating decoupler ▶     Arunandan Kumar, Jean-Claude Weeber, Alexandre Bouhelier et al.     We demonstrate a spatially uniform enhancement of individual quantum dot (QD) fluorescence emission using plasmonic grating decouplers on thin gold or silver films. Individual …             Ultrawide electrical tuning of light matter interaction in a high electron mobility transistor structure ▶     Shovon Pal, Hanond Nong, Sergej Markmann et al.     The interaction between intersubband resonances (ISRs) and metamaterial microcavities constitutes a strongly coupled system where new resonances form that depend on the coupling …             Impact of doping on the carrier dynamics in graphene ▶     Faris Kadi, Torben Winzer, Andreas Knorr et al.     We present a microscopic study on the impact of doping on the carrier dynamics in graphene, in particular focusing on its influence on the technologically relevant carrier …             Visible-Light Actinometry and Intermittent Illumination as Convenient Tools to Study Ru(bpy)3Cl2 Mediated Photoredox Transformations ▶     Spencer P. Pitre, Christopher D. McTiernan, Wyatt Vine et al.     Photoredox catalysis provides many green opportunities for radical-mediated synthetic transformations. However, the determination of the underlying mechanisms has been …             Bioinspired Breathable Architecture for Water Harvesting ▶     Rowan M. von Spreckelsen, Matthew T. Harris, James M. Wigzell et al.     Thuja plicata is a coniferous tree which displays remarkable water channelling properties. In this article, an easily fabricated mesh inspired by the hierarchical macro surface …             Virus-like nanostructures for tuning immune response ▶     Rashad Mammadov, Goksu Cinar, Nuray Gunduz et al.     Synthetic vaccines utilize viral signatures to trigger immune responses. Although the immune responses raised against the biochemical signatures of viruses are well …             Diffractive Optical Analysis for Refractive Index Sensing using Transparent Phase Gratings ▶     Nityanand Kumawat, Parama Pal, Manoj Varma     We report the implementation of a micro-patterned, glass-based photonic sensing element that is capable of label-free biosensing. The diffractive optical analyzer is based on the …             Soft viscoelastic properties of nuclear actin age oocytes due to gravitational creep ▶     Marina Feric, Chase P. Broedersz, Clifford P. Brangwynne     The actin cytoskeleton helps maintain structural organization within living cells. In large X. laevis oocytes, gravity becomes a dominant force and is countered by a nuclear …             Inner retinal oxygen metabolism in the 50/10 oxygen-induced retinopathy model ▶     Brian T. Soetikno, Ji Yi, Ronil Shah et al.     Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) represents a major cause of childhood vision loss worldwide. The 50/10 oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR) model mimics the findings of ROP, …             Low-intensity continuous ultrasound triggers effective bisphosphonate anticancer activity in breast cancer ▶     Sophie Tardoski, Jacqueline Ngo, Evelyne Gineyts et al.     Ultrasound (US) is a non-ionizing pressure wave that can produce mechanical and thermal effects. Bisphosphonates have demonstrated clinical utility in bone metastases treatment. …             Size-Dependent Melting Behavior of Colloidal In, Sn, and Bi Nanocrystals ▶     Minglu Liu, Robert Y. Wang     Colloidal nanocrystals are a technologically important class of nanostructures whose phase change properties have been largely unexplored. Here we report on the melting behavior …             The influence of whispering gallery modes on the far field of ring lasers ▶     Rolf Szedlak, Martin Holzbauer, Donald MacFarland et al.     We introduce ring lasers with continuous π-phase shifts in the second order distributed feedback grating. This configuration facilitates insights into the nature of the modal …             Selective interlayer ferromagnetic coupling between the Cu spins in YBa2Cu3O7−x grown on top of La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 ▶     S. W. Huang, L. Andrew Wray, Horng-Tay Jeng et al.     Studies to date on ferromagnet/d-wave superconductor heterostructures focus mainly on the effects at or near the interfaces while the response of bulk properties to …             Universal Quake Statistics: From Compressed Nanocrystals to Earthquakes ▶     Jonathan T. Uhl, Shivesh Pathak, Danijel Schorlemmer et al.     Slowly-compressed single crystals, bulk metallic glasses (BMGs), rocks, granular materials, and the earth all deform via intermittent slips or “quakes”. We find that although …             Probing the gravitational Faraday rotation using quasar X-ray microlensing ▶     Bin Chen     The effect of gravitational Faraday rotation was predicted in the 1950s, but there is currently no practical method for measuring this effect. Measuring this effect is important …             Piezoresistive AFM cantilevers surpassing standard optical beam deflection in low noise topography imaging ▶     Maja Dukic, Jonathan D. Adams, Georg E. Fantner     Optical beam deflection (OBD) is the most prevalent method for measuring cantilever deflections in atomic force microscopy (AFM), mainly due to its excellent noise performance. …             Enhancing the Liquid-Phase Exfoliation of Graphene in Organic Solvents upon Addition of n-Octylbenzene ▶     Sébastien Haar, Mirella El Gemayel, Yuyoung Shin et al.     Due to a unique combination of electrical and thermal conductivity, mechanical stiffness, strength and elasticity, graphene became a rising star on the horizon of materials …             Plasmonic Gold Nanorods Coverage Influence on Enhancement of the Photoluminescence of Two-Dimensional MoS2 Monolayer ▶     Kevin C. J. Lee, Yi-Huan Chen, Hsiang-Yu Lin et al.     The 2-D transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) semiconductors, has received great attention due to its excellent optical and electronic properties and potential applications in …             Biocompatible fluorescent supramolecular nanofibrous hydrogel for long-term cell tracking and tumor imaging applications ▶     Huaimin Wang, Duo Mao, Youzhi Wang et al.     Biocompatible peptide-based supramolecular hydrogel has recently emerged as a new and promising system for biomedical applications. In this work, Rhodamine B is employed as a new …             High spectral response of self-driven GaN-based detectors by controlling the contact barrier height ▶     Xiaojuan Sun, Dabing Li, Zhiming Li et al.     High spectral response of self-driven GaN-based ultraviolet detectors with interdigitated finger geometries were realized using interdigitated Schottky and near-ohmic contacts. …             Insight into 2α-Chloro-2′(2′,6′)-(Di)Halogenopicropodophyllotoxins Reacting with Carboxylic Acids Mediated by BF3·Et2O ▶     Lingling Fan, Xiaoyan Zhi, Zhiping Che et al.     Stereospecific nucleophilic substitution at the C-4α position of 2α-chloro-2′(2′,6′)-(di)halogenopicropodophyllotoxin derivatives with carboxylic acids mediated by BF3·Et2O was …             Silver nanowires decorated with silver nanoparticles for low-haze flexible transparent conductive films ▶     Mini Mol Menamparambath, C. Muhammed Ajmal, Kwang Hee Kim et al.     Silver nanowires have attracted much attention for use in flexible transparent conductive films (TCFs) due to their low sheet resistance and flexibility. However, the haze was …             High-temperature quantum anomalous Hall effect in honeycomb bilayer consisting of Au atoms and single-vacancy graphene ▶     Yan Han, Jian-Guo Wan, Gui-Xian Ge et al.     The quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) is predicted to be realized at high temperature in a honeycomb bilayer consisting of Au atoms and single-vacancy graphene (Au2-SVG) based …             Photo-induced enhancement of the power factor of Cu2S thermoelectric films ▶     Yanhong Lv, Jikun Chen, Ren-Kui Zheng et al.     Element doping is commonly used to adjust the carrier concentrations in semiconductors such as thermoelectric materials. However, the doping process unavoidably brings in defects …             Two-dimensional airflow modeling underpredicts the wind velocity over dunes ▶     Britt Michelsen, Severin Strobl, Eric J. R. Parteli et al.     We investigate the average turbulent wind field over a barchan dune by means of Computational Fluid Dynamics. We find that the fractional speed-up ratio of the wind velocity over …             Nitrogen oxides under pressure: stability, ionization, polymerization, and superconductivity ▶     Dongxu Li, Artem R. Oganov, Xiao Dong et al.     Nitrogen oxides are textbook class of molecular compounds, with extensive industrial applications. Nitrogen and oxygen are also among the most abundant elements in the universe. …             Screening and transport in 2D semiconductor systems at low temperatures ▶     S. Das Sarma, E. H. Hwang     Low temperature carrier transport properties in 2D semiconductor systems can be theoretically well-understood within RPA-Boltzmann theory as being limited by scattering from …             Controls and constrains of the membrane disrupting action of Aurein 1.2 ▶     Mahdi Shahmiri, Marta Enciso, Adam Mechler     Aurein 1.2 is a 13 residue antimicrobial peptide secreted by the Australian tree frog Litoria Aurea. It is a surface-acting membrane disrupting peptide that permeabilizes …             A Universal Base in a Specific Role: Tuning up a Thrombin Aptamer with 5-Nitroindole ▶     Vladimir B. Tsvetkov, Anna M. Varizhuk, Galina E. Pozmogova et al.     In this study we describe new modified analogs of the thrombin binding aptamer (TBA) containing 5-nitroindole residues. It has been shown that all modified TBAs form an …             Superresolution imaging with optical fluctuation using speckle patterns illumination ▶     MinKwan Kim, ChungHyun Park, Christophe Rodriguez et al.     Superresolution fluorescence microscopy possesses an important role for the study of processes in biological cells with subdiffraction resolution. Recently, superresolution …             Desolvation-Driven 100-Fold Slow-down of Tunneling Relaxation Rate in Co(II)-Dy(III) Single-Molecule Magnets through a Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Process ▶     Jun-Liang Liu, Jie-Yi Wu, Guo-Zhang Huang et al.     Single-molecule magnets (SMMs) are regarded as a class of promising materials for spintronic and ultrahigh-density storage devices. Tuning the magnetic dynamics of …             Graphene oxide and H2 production from bioelectrochemical graphite oxidation ▶     Lu Lu, Cuiping Zeng, Luda Wang et al.     Graphene oxide (GO) is an emerging material for energy and environmental applications, but it has been primarily produced using chemical processes involving high energy …             Long-term maintenance of human induced pluripotent stem cells by automated cell culture system ▶     Shuhei Konagaya, Takeshi Ando, Toshiaki Yamauchi et al.     Pluripotent stem cells, such as embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, are regarded as new sources for cell replacement therapy. 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