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02 January 2013      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports                 E-MRS Conference Proceedings are NOW LIVE on Scientific Reports   Symposium N & O E-MRS 2012 Spring Meeting                  Physical Sciences               Microsecond time-resolved energy-dispersive EXAFS measurement and its application to film the thermolysis of (NH4)2[PtCl6] ▶     Qingyu Kong, Francois Baudelet, Jun Han et al.     Microsecond (μs) time-resolved extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (EXAFS) has been developed using an energy-dispersive EXAFS (EDE) setup equipped with a …             Unraveling the interlayer-related phonon self-energy renormalization in bilayer graphene ▶     Paulo T. Araujo, Daniela L. Mafra, Kentaro Sato et al.     In this letter, we present a step towards understanding the bilayer graphene (2LG) interlayer (IL)-related phonon combination modes and overtones as well as their phonon …             Retro reflection of electrons at the interface of bilayer graphene and superconductor ▶     Yee Sin Ang, Zhongshui Ma, C. Zhang     Electron reflection at an interface is a fundamental quantum transport phenomenon. The most famous electron reflection is the electron→hole Andreev reflection (AR) at a …             Non-monotonic crossover from single-file to regular diffusion in micro-channels ▶     U. Siems, C. Kreuter, A. Erbe et al.     The diffusion behavior of interacting particles determines the behavior of a large number of systems ranging from pedestrians crossing a road to ions passing through channels in …             Peel-and-Stick: Fabricating Thin Film Solar Cell on Universal Substrates ▶     Chi Hwan Lee, Dong Rip Kim, In Sun Cho et al.     Fabrication of thin-film solar cells (TFSCs) on substrates other than Si and glass has been challenging because these nonconventional substrates are not suitable for the current …             Transport of fullerene molecules along graphene nanoribbons ▶     Alexander V. Savin, Yuri S. Kivshar     We study the motion of C60 fullerene molecules and short-length carbon nanotubes on graphene nanoribbons. We reveal that the character of the motion of C60 depends on temperature: …             Taming the Collapse of Optical Fields ▶     Si-Min Li, Yongnan Li, Xi-Lin Wang et al.     Field collapse, which occurs in various nonlinear systems, has attracted much attention, owing to its universality, complexity, and applicability. A great challenge and …             Understanding Road Usage Patterns in Urban Areas ▶     Pu Wang, Timothy Hunter, Alexandre M. Bayen et al.     In this paper, we combine the most complete record of daily mobility, based on large-scale mobile phone data, with detailed Geographic Information System (GIS) data, uncovering …             Observing storm surges from space: Hurricane Igor off Newfoundland ▶     Guoqi Han, Zhimin Ma, Dake Chen et al.     Coastal communities are becoming increasingly more vulnerable to storm surges under a changing climate. Tide gauges can be used to monitor alongshore variations of a storm surge, …             Microwave-assisted Low-temperature Growth of Thin Films in Solution ▶     B. Reeja-Jayan, Katharine L. Harrison, K. Yang et al.     Thin films find a variety of technological applications. Assembling thin films from atoms in the liquid phase is intrinsically a non-equilibrium phenomenon, controlled by the …             Co-Assembly of Oppositely Charged Particles into Linear Clusters and Chains of Controllable Length ▶     Bhuvnesh Bharti, Gerhard H. Findenegg, Orlin D. Velev     Colloidal particles with strongly attractive interactions snap on contact and form permanent, but disordered aggregates. In contrast, AC electric fields allow directional assembly …             High critical current density and low anisotropy in textured Sr1−xKxFe2As2 tapes for high field applications ▶     Zhaoshun Gao, Yanwei Ma, Chao Yao et al.     From the application point of view, large critical current densities Jc (H) for superconducting wires are required, preferably for magnetic fields higher than 5 T. Here we show …             Unraveling the Atomic Structure of Ultrafine Iron Clusters ▶     Hongtao Wang, Kun Li, Yingbang Yao et al.     Unraveling the atomic structures of ultrafine iron clusters is critical to understanding their size-dependent catalytic effects and electronic properties. Here, we describe the …             A singular thermodynamically consistent temperature at the origin of the anomalous behavior of liquid water ▶     Francesco Mallamace, Carmelo Corsaro, H. Eugene Stanley     The density maximum of water dominates the thermodynamics of the system under ambient conditions, is strongly P-dependent, and disappears at a crossover pressure Pcross ~ …             Carbon-Nanotube Optoacoustic Lens for Focused Ultrasound Generation and High-Precision Targeted Therapy ▶     Hyoung Won Baac, Jong G. Ok, Adam Maxwell et al.     We demonstrate a new optical approach to generate high-frequency (>15 MHz) and high-amplitude focused ultrasound, which can be used for non-invasive ultrasound therapy. A …             Absence of a Spin Liquid Phase in the Hubbard Model on the Honeycomb Lattice ▶     Sandro Sorella, Yuichi Otsuka, Seiji Yunoki     A spin liquid is a novel quantum state of matter with no conventional order parameter where a finite charge gap exists even though the band theory would predict metallic behavior. …             Organic Single-Crystal Light-Emitting Transistor Coupling with Optical Feedback Resonators ▶     Satria Zulkarnaen Bisri, Kosuke Sawabe, Masaki Imakawa et al.     Organic light-emitting transistors (OLETs) are of great research interest because they combine the advantage of the active channel of a transistor that can control the …             Spatially Resolved Electronic Structures of Atomically Precise Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons ▶     Han Huang, Dacheng Wei, Jiatao Sun et al.     Graphene has attracted much interest in both academia and industry. The challenge of making it semiconducting is crucial for applications in electronic devices. A promising …             CoMn2O4 Spinel Hierarchical Microspheres Assembled with Porous Nanosheets as Stable Anodes for Lithium-ion Batteries ▶     Lin Hu, Hao Zhong, Xinrui Zheng et al.     Herein, we report the feasibility to enhance the capacity and stability of CoMn2O4 anode materials by fabricating hierarchical mesoporous structure. The open space between …             Ordering Ag nanowire arrays by a glass capillary: A portable, reusable and durable SERS substrate ▶     Jian-Wei Liu, Jin-Long Wang, Wei-Ran Huang et al.     Assembly of nanowires into ordered macroscopic structures with new functionalities has been a recent focus. In this Letter, we report a new route for ordering hydrophilic Ag …             Friction Anisotropy with Respect to Topographic Orientation ▶     Chengjiao Yu, Q. Jane Wang     Friction characteristics with respect to surface topographic orientation were investigated using surfaces of different materials and fabricated with grooves of different scales. …             Integrated photoelectrochemical energy storage: solar hydrogen generation and supercapacitor ▶     Xinhui Xia, Jingshan Luo, Zhiyuan Zeng et al.     Current solar energy harvest and storage are so far realized by independent technologies (such as solar cell and batteries), by which only a fraction of solar energy is utilized. …             Evolutionary design of non-frustrated networks of phase-repulsive oscillators ▶     Zoran Levnajić     Evolutionary optimisation algorithm is employed to design networks of phase-repulsive oscillators that achieve an anti-phase synchronised state. By introducing the link …             Heteroepitaxial Growth of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes from Boron Nitride ▶     Dai-Ming Tang, Li-Li Zhang, Chang Liu et al.     The growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) with predefined structure is of great importance for both fundamental research and their practical applications. …             Realization of tunable Dirac cone and insulating bulk states in topological insulators (Bi1−xSbx)2Te3 ▶     Chengwang Niu, Ying Dai, Yingtao Zhu et al.     The bulk-insulating topological insulators with tunable surface states are necessary for applications in spintronics and quantum computation. Here we present theoretical evidence …             The tectonic puzzle of the Messina area (Southern Italy): Insights from new seismic reflection data ▶     Carlo Doglioni, Marco Ligi, Davide Scrocca et al.     The Messina Strait, that separates peninsular Italy from Sicily, is one of the most seismically active areas of the Mediterranean. The structure and seismotectonic setting of the …             Linear Optics Simulation of Quantum Non-Markovian Dynamics ▶     Andrea Chiuri, Chiara Greganti, Laura Mazzola et al.     The simulation of open quantum dynamics has recently allowed the direct investigation of the features of system-environment interaction and of their consequences on the evolution …             Thermal spin injection and accumulation in CoFe/MgO/n-type Ge contacts ▶     Kun-Rok Jeon, Byoung-Chul Min, Seung-Young Park et al.     Understanding the interplay between spin and heat is a fundamental and intriguing subject. Here we report thermal spin injection and accumulation in CoFe/MgO/n-type Ge contacts …             Induced magnetic moment of Eu3+ ions in GaN ▶     V. Kachkanov, M. J. Wallace, G. van der Laan et al.     Magnetic semiconductors with coupled magnetic and electronic properties are of high technological and fundamental importance. Rare-earth elements can be used to introduce magnetic …             Flow-dependent double-nanohole optical trapping of 20 nm polystyrene nanospheres ▶     Ana Zehtabi-Oskuie, Jarrah Gerald Bergeron, Reuven Gordon     We study the influence of fluid flow on the ability to trap optically a 20 nm polystyrene particle from a stationary microfluidic environment and then hold it against flow. …             Linearly arranged polytypic CZTSSe nanocrystals ▶     Feng-Jia Fan, Liang Wu, Ming Gong et al.     Even colloidal polytypic nanostructures show promising future in band-gap tuning and alignment, researches on them have been much less reported than the standard …             Enhancement of Current Density by dc Electric Concentrator ▶     Wei Xiang Jiang, Chen Yang Luo, Hui Feng Ma et al.     We investigate a dc electric concentrator for steady current fields theoretically and experimentally. Based on the transformation electrostatics, we show that the dc concentrator …             Lithium storage mechanisms in purpurin based organic lithium ion battery electrodes ▶     Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Subbiah Nagarajan, Porramate Chumyim et al.     Current lithium batteries operate on inorganic insertion compounds to power a diverse range of applications, but recently there is a surging demand to develop environmentally …             DNA based identification of medicinal materials in Chinese patent medicines ▶     Rong Chen, Juan Dong, Xin Cui et al.     Chinese patent medicines (CPM) are highly processed and easy to use Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The market for CPM in China alone is tens of billions US dollars annually …             Non-destructive Inhibition of Metallofullerenol Gd@C82(OH)22 on WW domain: Implication on Signal Transduction Pathway ▶     Seung-gu Kang, Tien Huynh, Ruhong Zhou     Endohedral metallofullerenol Gd@C82(OH)22 has recently been shown to effectively inhibit tumor growth; however, its potential adverse bioeffects remain to be understood before its …             DJ-1 isoforms in whole blood as potential biomarkers of Parkinson disease ▶     Xiangmin Lin, Travis J. Cook, Cyrus P. Zabetian et al.     DJ-1 is a multifunctional protein that plays an important role in oxidative stress, cell death, and synucleinopathies, including Parkinson disease. Previous studies have …             Pyro-Synthesis of Functional Nanocrystals ▶     Jihyeon Gim, Vinod Mathew, Jinsub Lim et al.     Despite nanomaterials with unique properties playing a vital role in scientific and technological advancements of various fields including chemical and electrochemical …             A quantitative witness for Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger entanglement ▶     Christopher Eltschka, Jens Siewert     Along with the vast progress in experimental quantum technologies there is an increasing demand for the quantification of entanglement between three or more quantum systems. …             Languages cool as they expand: Allometric scaling and the decreasing need for new words ▶     Alexander M. Petersen, Joel N. Tenenbaum, Shlomo Havlin et al.     We analyze the occurrence frequencies of over 15 million words recorded in millions of books published during the past two centuries in seven different languages. For all …             Identifying critical transitions and their leading biomolecular networks in complex diseases ▶     Rui Liu, Meiyi Li, Zhi-Ping Liu et al.     Identifying a critical transition and its leading biomolecular network during the initiation and progression of a complex disease is a challenging task, but holds the key to early …             Direct N2H4/H2O2 Fuel Cells Powered by Nanoporous Gold Leaves ▶     Xiuling Yan, Fanhui Meng, Yun Xie et al.     Dealloyed nanoporous gold leaves (NPGLs) are found to exhibit high electrocatalytic properties toward both hydrazine (N2H4) oxidation and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) reduction. This …             Strain evolution of each type of grains in poly-crystalline (Ba,Sr)TiO3 thin films grown by sputtering ▶     Woo Young Park, Min Hyuk Park, Jong Ho Lee et al.     The strain states of [111]-, [110]-, and [002]-oriented grains in poly-crystalline sputtered (Ba,Sr)TiO3 thin films on highly [111]-oriented Pt electrode/Si substrates were …             Soliton-induced relativistic-scattering and amplification ▶     E. Rubino, A. Lotti, F. Belgiorno et al.     Solitons are of fundamental importance in photonics due to applications in optical data transmission and also as a tool for investigating novel phenomena ranging from light …             Plasmon resonance tuning in metallic nanocavities ▶     A. Polyakov, K. F. Thompson, S. D. Dhuey et al.     Nanocavities fabricated in a metallic surface have important and technologically useful properties of complete light absorption and strong field enhancement. Here, we demonstrate …             A universal optical all-fiber omnipolarizer ▶     J. Fatome, S. Pitois, P. Morin et al.     Wherever the polarization properties of a light beam are of concern, polarizers and polarizing beamsplitters (PBS) are indispensable devices in linear-, nonlinear- and …             Statistical patterns of visual search for hidden objects ▶     Heitor F. Credidio, Elisângela N. Teixeira, Saulo D. S. Reis et al.     The movement of the eyes has been the subject of intensive research as a way to elucidate inner mechanisms of cognitive processes. A cognitive task that is rather frequent in our …             Strain incompatibility and residual strains in ferroelectric single crystals ▶     A. Pramanick, J. L. Jones, G. Tutuncu et al.     Residual strains in ferroelectrics are known to adversely affect the material properties by aggravating crack growth and fatigue degradation. The primary cause for residual …             Capillary wave propagation during the delamination of graphene by the precursor films in electro-elasto-capillarity ▶     Xueyan Zhu, Quanzi Yuan, Ya-Pu Zhao     Molecular dynamics simulations were carried out to explore the capillary wave propagation induced by the competition between one upper precursor film (PF) on the graphene and one …             A network-based dynamical ranking system for competitive sports ▶     Shun Motegi, Naoki Masuda     From the viewpoint of networks, a ranking system for players or teams in sports is equivalent to a centrality measure for sports networks, whereby a directed link represents the …             Mesoporous NiO crystals with dominantly exposed {110} reactive facets for ultrafast lithium storage ▶     Dawei Su, Mike Ford, Guoxiu Wang     Faceted crystals with exposed highly reactive planes have attracted intensive investigations for applications such as hydrogen production, enhanced catalytic activity, and …             Magnetic instability and pair binding in aromatic hydrocarbon superconductors ▶     Zhongbing Huang, Chao Zhang, Hai-Qing Lin     Understanding magnetism and electron correlation in many unconventional superconductors is essential to explore mechanism of superconductivity. In this work, we perform a …             A novel series of isoreticular metal organic frameworks: realizing metastable structures by liquid phase epitaxy ▶     Jinxuan Liu, Binit Lukose, Osama Shekhah et al.     A novel class of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) has been synthesized from Cu-acetate and dicarboxylic acids using liquid phase epitaxy. The SURMOF-2 isoreticular series exhibits …             Interpretational conflicts between the static and non-static forms of the de Sitter metric ▶     Abhas Mitra     The de-Sitter metric is a special form of the non-static Friedmann metric, and appears to be genuinely non-static since it describes the initial exponential expansion of the Big …             Gassing in Li4Ti5O12-based batteries and its remedy ▶     Yan-Bing He, Baohua Li, Ming Liu et al.     Destructive gas generation with associated swelling has been a major challenge to the large-scale application of lithium ion batteries (LIBs) made from Li4Ti5O12 (LTO) anodes. …             Layered plasmonic cloaks to tailor the optical scattering at the nanoscale ▶     F. Monticone, C. Argyropoulos, A. Alù     We discuss the rich scattering features offered by thin and thick plasmonic layers covering dielectric nanoparticles and their potential optical applications. The frequency …             2D quasiperiodic plasmonic crystals ▶     Christina Bauer, Georg Kobiela, Harald Giessen     Nanophotonic structures with irregular symmetry, such as quasiperiodic plasmonic crystals, have gained an increasing amount of attention, in particular as potential candidates to …             Diamond photonic crystal slab: Leaky modes and modified photoluminescence emission of surface-deposited quantum dots ▶     Lukáš Ondič, Oleg Babchenko, Marián Varga et al.     Detailed analysis of a band diagram of a photonic crystal (PhC) slab prepared on a nano-diamond layer is presented. Even though the PhC is structurally imperfect, the existence of …             Efficient light coupling for optically excited high-density metallic nanotip arrays ▶     Anna Mustonen, Paul Beaud, Eugenie Kirk et al.     Ultrafast electron pulses can be produced from sharp metallic tips illuminated by femtosecond near infrared laser pulses. Use of an array of metallic nanotips for high charge bunch …             Accelerated crossing of fitness valleys through division of labor and cheating in asexual populations ▶     Natalia L. Komarova, Erin Urwin, Dominik Wodarz     Complex traits can require the accumulation of multiple mutations that are individually deleterious. Their evolution requires a fitness valley to be crossed, which can take …                         Scientific Reports is accepting submissions from all scientific fields. 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