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

03 December 2012      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports             Nature Reviews Immunology POSTER-THE IMMUNE RESPONSE TO HIV Authors: Nina Bhardwaj, Florian Hladik and Susan Moir www.nature.com/nri/posters/hiv Produced with support from STEMCELL Technologies               Chemical Sciences               Amperometric post spike feet reveal most exocytosis is via extended kiss-and-run fusion ▶     Lisa J. Mellander, Raphaël Trouillon, Maria I. Svensson et al.     The basis for communication between nerve cells lies in the process of exocytosis, the fusion of neurotransmitter filled vesicles with the cell membrane resulting in release of …             Sensitive Real-Time Monitoring of Refractive Indexes Using a Novel Graphene-Based Optical Sensor ▶     Fei Xing, Zhi-Bo Liu, Zhi-Chao Deng et al.     Based on the polarization-sensitive absorption of graphene under conditions of total internal reflection, a novel optical sensor combining graphene and a microfluidic structure …             Preservation of York Minster historic limestone by hydrophobic surface coatings ▶     Rachel A. Walker, Karen Wilson, Adam F. Lee et al.     Magnesian limestone is a key construction component of many historic buildings that is under constant attack from environmental pollutants notably by oxides of sulfur via acid …             ERRATUM: Solving Quantum Ground-State Problems with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance ▶     Zhaokai Li, Man-Hong Yung, Hongwei Chen et al.                 In vivo assessment of cancerous tumors using boron doped diamond microelectrode ▶     Stéphane Fierro, Momoko Yoshikawa, Osamu Nagano et al.     The in vitro and in vivo electrochemical detection of the reduced form of glutathione (L-γ-glutamyl-L-cysteinyl-glycine, GSH) using boron doped diamond (BDD) microelectrode for …             A proton shelter inspired by the sugar coating of acidophilic archaea ▶     Xiumei Wang, Bei’er Lv, Guixin Cai et al.     The acidophilic archaeons are a group of single-celled microorganisms that flourish in hot acid springs (usually pH < 3) but maintain their internal pH near neutral. Although …             Time-Resolved Surface-Enhanced Coherent Sensing of Nanoscale Molecular Complexes ▶     Dmitri V. Voronine, Alexander M. Sinyukov, Xia Hua et al.     Nanoscale real-time molecular sensing requires large signal enhancement, small background, short detection time and high spectral resolution. We demonstrate a new vibrational …             TiO2-Coated Carbon Nanotube-Silicon Solar Cells with Efficiency of 15% ▶     Enzheng Shi, Luhui Zhang, Zhen Li et al.     Combining carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene or conducting polymers with conventional silicon wafers leads to promising solar cell architectures with rapidly improved power …             Broadband and broadangle SPP antennas based on plasmonic crystals with linear chirp ▶     J.-S Bouillard, S. Vilain, W. Dickson et al.     Plasmonic technology relies on the coupling of light to surface electromagnetic modes on smooth or structured metal surfaces. While some applications utilise the resonant nature …             DNA Nanostructure-based Interfacial engineering for PCR-free ultrasensitive electrochemical analysis of microRNA ▶     Yanli Wen, Hao Pei, Ye Shen et al.     MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been identified as promising cancer biomarkers due to their stable presence in serum. As an alternative to PCR-based homogenous assays, surface-based …             Correlative light and electron microscopy using cathodoluminescence from nanoparticles with distinguishable colours ▶     D. R. Glenn, H. Zhang, N. Kasthuri et al.     Correlative light and electron microscopy promises to combine molecular specificity with nanoscale imaging resolution. However, there are substantial technical challenges …             Highly Enantioselective Cascade Transformations by Merging Heterogeneous Transition Metal Catalysis with Asymmetric Aminocatalysis ▶     Luca Deiana, Samson Afewerki, Carlos Palo-Nieto et al.     The concept of combining heterogeneous transition metal and amine catalysis for enantioselective cascade reactions has not yet been realized. This is of great advantage since it …             Lipid-coated hydrogel shapes as components of electrical circuits and mechanical devices ▶     K. Tanuj Sapra, Hagan Bayley     Recently, two-dimensional networks of aqueous droplets separated by lipid bilayers, with engineered protein pores as functional elements, were used to construct millimeter-sized …             A facile route for 3D aerogels from nanostructured 1D and 2D materials ▶     Sung Mi Jung, Hyun Young Jung, Mildred S. Dresselhaus et al.     Aerogels have numerous applications due to their high surface area and low densities. However, creating aerogels from a large variety of materials has remained an outstanding …             X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy with a superconducting detector for nitrogen dopants in SiC ▶     M. Ohkubo, S. Shiki, M. Ukibe et al.     Fluorescence-yield X-ray absorption fine structure (FY-XAFS) is extensively used for investigating atomic-scale local structures around specific elements in functional materials. …             Nano-materials Enabled Thermoelectricity from Window Glasses ▶     Salman B. Inayat, Kelly R. Rader, Muhammad M. Hussain     With a projection of nearly doubling up the world population by 2050, we need wide variety of renewable and clean energy sources to meet the increased energy demand. Solar energy …             Effects of gestational age and surface modification on materno-fetal transfer of nanoparticles in murine pregnancy ▶     Hui Yang, Cuiji Sun, Zhenlin Fan et al.     Nanoparticle exposure in pregnancy may result in placental damage and fetotoxicity; however, the factors that determine fetal nanoparticle exposure are unclear. Here we have …             Asymmetric light propagation in composition-graded semiconductor nanowires ▶     Jinyou Xu, Xiujuan Zhuang, Pengfei Guo et al.     Asymmetric light propagation is crucial to the development of optical-based functional components in nanophotonics. Diverse configurations and structures have been proposed to …             Surface-plasmon-enhanced deep-UV light emitting diodes based on AlGaN multi-quantum wells ▶     Na Gao, Kai Huang, Jinchai Li et al.     We report the development of complete structural AlGaN-based deep-ultraviolet light-emitting diodes with an aluminum thin layer for increasing light extraction efficiency. A 217% …             Size effects in Atomic-Level Epitaxial Redistribution Process of RuO2 over TiO2 ▶     Guolei Xiang, Xuejun Shi, Yulong Wu et al.     Controls over the atomic dispersity and particle shape of noble metal catalysts are the major qualities determining their usability in industrial runs, but they are usually …             Nano-visualization of oriented-immobilized IgGs on immunosensors by high-speed atomic force microscopy ▶     Masumi Iijima, Masaharu Somiya, Nobuo Yoshimoto et al.     Oriented immobilization of sensing molecules on solid phases is an important issue in biosensing. In case of immunosensors, it is essential to scrutinize not only the direction …             Floating nematic phase in colloidal platelet-sphere mixtures ▶     Daniel de las Heras, Nisha Doshi, Terence Cosgrove et al.     The phase behaviour of colloidal dispersions is interesting for fundamental reasons and for technological applications such as photonic crystals and electronic paper. …             A functioning artificial secretory cell ▶     Lisa Simonsson, Michael E. Kurczy, Raphaël Trouillon et al.     We present an amperometric study of content release from individual vesicles in an artificial secretory cell designed with the minimal components required to carry out exocytosis. …             A real-time dynamic holographic material using a fast photochromic molecule ▶     Norihito Ishii, Tetsuya Kato, Jiro Abe     We have developed a real-time, dynamic holographic material that exhibits rapid colouration upon irradiation with UV light and successive fast thermal bleaching within tens of …             Inexpensive method for producing macroporous silicon particulates (MPSPs) with pyrolyzed polyacrylonitrile for lithium ion batteries ▶     Madhuri Thakur, Steven L. Sinsabaugh, Mark J. Isaacson et al.     One of the most exciting areas in lithium ion batteries is engineering structured silicon anodes. These new materials promise to lead the next generation of batteries with …             Radiation-Suppressed plasmonic open resonators designed by nonmagnetic transformation optics ▶     Hongyi Xu, Xingjue Wang, Tianyuan Yu et al.     How to confine light energy associated with surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) in a physical space with minimal radiation loss whereas creating maximum interacting section with …                         Scientific Reports is accepting submissions from all scientific fields. 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