Scientific Reports Chemistry Table of Contents e-alert: November 2012

08 November 2012      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports This Monthly Table of Contents e-alert was delayed due to Hurricane Sandy closing our New York offices temporarily. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.             Nature Arabic Edition allows Arabic speakers throughout the world to access top quality science news and comment from Nature, as well as summaries of all the research papers from the leading multidisciplinary journal. Access Nature Arabic Edition online and apply for your free subscription arabicedition.nature.com In partnership with: KACST                Chemical Sciences               Transparent, flexible supercapacitors from nano-engineered carbon films ▶     Hyun Young Jung, Majid B. Karimi, Myung Gwan Hahm et al.     Here we construct mechanically flexible and optically transparent thin film solid state supercapacitors by assembling nano-engineered carbon electrodes, prepared in porous …             Polymer-drug conjugates for intracellar molecule-targeted photoinduced inactivation of protein and growth inhibition of cancer cells ▶     Bing Wang, Huanxiang Yuan, Chunlei Zhu et al.     For most molecule-targeted anticancer systems, intracellular protein targets are very difficult to be accessed by antibodies, and also most efforts are made to inhibit protein …             Protease-catalysed Direct Asymmetric Mannich Reaction in Organic Solvent ▶     Yang Xue, Ling-Po Li, Yan-Hong He et al.     We reported the first enzyme-catalysed, direct, three-component asymmetric Mannich reaction using protease type XIV from Streptomyces griseus (SGP) in acetonitrile. Yields of up …             Quantum Tunneling of Magnetization in Ultrasmall Half-Metallic V3O4 Quantum Dots: Displaying Quantum Superparamagnetic State ▶     Chong Xiao, Jiajia Zhang, Jie Xu et al.     Quantum tunneling of magnetization (QTMs), stemming from their importance for understanding materials with unconventional properties, has continued to attract widespread …             Theoretical Investigation of the Magnetic Exchange Interactions in Copper(II) Oxides under Chemical and Physical Pressures ▶     Xavier Rocquefelte, Karlheinz Schwarz, Peter Blaha     It remains a challenge to understand the unconventional mechanisms that cause high-TC superconductivity in cuprate superconductors, high-TC multiferroicity in CuO, or …             Visualizing the chemistry and structure dynamics in lithium-ion batteries by in-situ neutron diffraction ▶     Xun-Li Wang, Ke An, Lu Cai et al.     We report an in-situ neutron diffraction study of a large format pouch battery cell. The succession of Li-Graphite intercalation phases was fully captured under an 1C …             A stable solution-processed polymer semiconductor with record high-mobility for printed transistors ▶     Jun Li, Yan Zhao, Huei Shuan Tan et al.     Microelectronic circuits/arrays produced via high-speed printing instead of traditional photolithographic processes offer an appealing approach to creating the long-sought after, …             One plus Two: Supramolecular Coordination in a Nano-Reactor on Surface ▶     Xuemei Zhang, Yongtao Shen, Shuai Wang et al.     The supramolecular coordination of zinc (II) phthalocyanine (Zn-Pc) with V-shaped bi-pyridine in a nano-reactor is probed by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) at liquid/solid …             Cold Radiofrequency Plasma Treatment Modifies Wettability and Germination Speed of Plant Seeds ▶     Edward Bormashenko, Roman Grynyov, Yelena Bormashenko et al.     We report the possibility to modify the wetting properties of the surfaces of a diversity of seeds including: lentils (Lens culinaris), beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) and wheat …             Excitation of surface electromagnetic waves in a graphene-based Bragg grating ▶     Kandammathe Valiyaveedu Sreekanth, Shuwen Zeng, Jingzhi Shang et al.     Here, we report the fabrication of a graphene-based Bragg grating (one-dimensional photonic crystal) and experimentally demonstrate the excitation of surface electromagnetic waves …             Thermodynamics on Soluble Carbon Nanotubes: How Do DNA Molecules Replace Surfactants on Carbon Nanotubes? ▶     Yuichi Kato, Ayaka Inoue, Yasuro Niidome et al.     Here we represent thermodynamics on soluble carbon nanotubes that enables deep understanding the interactions between single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and molecules. We …             In Situ Ambient Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Studies of Lithium-Oxygen Redox Reactions ▶     Yi-Chun Lu, Ethan J. Crumlin, Gabriel M. Veith et al.     The lack of fundamental understanding of the oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution in nonaqueous electrolytes significantly hinders the development of rechargeable lithium-air …             Entropy-driven liquid–liquid separation in supercooled water ▶     V. Holten, M. A. Anisimov     Twenty years ago Poole et al. suggested that the anomalous properties of supercooled water may be caused by a critical point that terminates a line of liquid–liquid separation of …             Structural relaxation and quasi-elastic light scattering in glass: Approach by ferroelectric and ion-conducting phases ▶     Yoshihiro Takahashi, Kensaku Nakamura, Minoru Osada et al.     Inelastic light scattering has been utilized for examining the structure of glass and its relaxation. However, the quasi-elastic-light-scattering (QLS) phenomenon has not been …             Direct Optical Characterization of Graphene Growth and Domains on Growth Substrates ▶     Chuancheng Jia, Jiaolong Jiang, Lin Gan et al.     We detailed a facile detection technique to optically characterize graphene growth and domains directly on growth substrates through a simple thermal annealing process. It was …             Tailoring a fluorophosphate as a novel 4 V cathode for lithium-ion batteries ▶     Young-Uk Park, Dong-Hwa Seo, Byoungkook Kim et al.     Lithium-ion batteries, which have been widely used to power portable electronic devices, are on the verge of being applied to new automobile applications. To expand this emerging …             General and Controllable Synthesis Strategy of Metal Oxide/TiO2 Hierarchical Heterostructures with Improved Lithium-Ion Battery Performance ▶     Hengguo Wang, Delong Ma, Xiaolei Huang et al.     We demonstrate a simple, efficient, yet versatile strategy for the synthesis of novel hierarchical heterostructures composed of TiO2 nanofiber stem and various metal oxides (MOs) …                         Scientific Reports is accepting submissions from all scientific fields. 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