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14 January 2014      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports               Physical Sciences               CORRIGENDUM: Promising operational stability of high-efficiency organic light-emitting diodes based on thermally activated delayed fluorescence ▶     Hajime Nakanotani, Kensuke Masui, Junichi Nishide et al.                 Systemic risk and spatiotemporal dynamics of the US housing market ▶     Hao Meng, Wen-Jie Xie, Zhi-Qiang Jiang et al.     Housing markets play a crucial role in economies and the collapse of a real-estate bubble usually destabilizes the financial system and causes economic recessions. We investigate …             Self-organized patterning through the dynamic segregation of DNA and silica nanoparticles ▶     Rastko Joksimovic, Shun Watanabe, Sven Riemer et al.     Exotic pattern formation as a result of drying of an aqueous solution containing DNA and silica nanoparticles is reported. The pattern due to segregation was found to critically …             Metal Permeation into Multi-layered Graphene Oxide ▶     Chikako Ogata, Michio Koinuma, Kazuto Hatakeyama et al.     Understanding the chemical and physical properties of metal/graphene oxide (M/GO) interfaces is important when GO is used in electronic and electrochemical devices because the …             Asymmetric-detection time-stretch optical microscopy (ATOM) for ultrafast high-contrast cellular imaging in flow ▶     Terence T. W. Wong, Andy K. S. Lau, Kenneth K. Y. Ho et al.     Accelerating imaging speed in optical microscopy is often realized at the expense of image contrast, image resolution, and detection sensitivity – a common predicament for …             Indigo carmine: An organic crystal as a positive-electrode material for rechargeable sodium batteries ▶     Masaru Yao, Kentaro Kuratani, Toshikatsu Kojima et al.     Using sodium, instead of lithium, in rechargeable batteries is a way to circumvent the lithium's resource problem. The challenge is to find an electrode material that can …             Electrostatic Induced Stretch Growth of Homogeneous β-Ni(OH)2 on Graphene with Enhanced High-Rate Cycling for Supercapacitors ▶     Zhong Wu, Xiao-Lei Huang, Zhong-Li Wang et al.     Supercapacitors, as one of alternative energy devices, have been characterized by the rapid rate of charging and discharging, and high power density. But they are now challenged …             C3N4-H5PMo10V2O40: a dual-catalysis system for reductant-free aerobic oxidation of benzene to phenol ▶     Zhouyang Long, Yu Zhou, Guojian Chen et al.     Hydroxylation of benzene is a widely studied atom economical and environmental benign reaction for producing phenol, aiming to replace the existing three-step cumene process. …             Continuous-flow Mass Production of Silicon Nanowires via Substrate-Enhanced Metal-Catalyzed Electroless Etching of Silicon with Dissolved Oxygen as an Oxidant ▶     Ya Hu, Kui-Qing Peng, Lin Liu et al.     Silicon nanowires (SiNWs) are attracting growing interest due to their unique properties and promising applications in photovoltaic devices, thermoelectric devices, lithium-ion …             “Beating speckles” via electrically-induced vibrations of Au nanorods embedded in sol-gel ▶     Margarita Ritenberg, Edith Beilis, Asaf Ilovitsh et al.     Generation of macroscopic phenomena through manipulating nano-scale properties of materials is among the most fundamental goals of nanotechnology research. We demonstrate …             Ferroelectric-like SrTiO3 surface dipoles probed by graphene ▶     Raymond Sachs, Zhisheng Lin, Jing Shi     The electrical transport properties of graphene are greatly influenced by its environment. Owing to its high dielectric constant, strontium titanate (STO) is expected to suppress …             A shear localization mechanism for lubricity of amorphous carbon materials ▶     Tian-Bao Ma, Lin-Feng Wang, Yuan-Zhong Hu et al.     Amorphous carbon is one of the most lubricious materials known, but the mechanism is not well understood. It is counterintuitive that such a strong covalent solid could exhibit …             Artificial Weathering as a Function of CO2 Injection in Pahang Sandstone Malaysia: Investigation of Dissolution Rate in Surficial Condition ▶     Madjid Jalilavi, Mansoor Zoveidavianpoor, Farshid Attarhamed et al.     Formation of carbonate minerals by CO2 sequestration is a potential means to reduce atmospheric CO2 emissions. Vast amount of alkaline and alkali earth metals exist in silicate …             CORRIGENDUM: Effect of magnetic dipolar interactions on nanoparticle heating efficiency: Implications for cancer hyperthermia ▶     Luis C. Branquinho, Marcus S. Carrião, Anderson S. Costa et al.                 Single-photon property characterization of 1.3 μm emissions from InAs/GaAs quantum dots using silicon avalanche photodiodes ▶     P. Y. Zhou, X. M. Dou, X. F. Wu et al.     We developed a new approach to test the single-photon emissions of semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) in the optical communication band. A diamond-anvil cell pressure device was …             Collective Autoionization in Multiply-Excited Systems: A novel ionization process observed in Helium Nanodroplets ▶     A. C. LaForge, M. Drabbels, N. B. Brauer et al.     Free electron lasers (FELs) offer the unprecedented capability to study reaction dynamics and image the structure of complex systems. When multiple photons are absorbed in complex …             Liquid-liquid phase transition and structure inheritance in carbon films ▶     Yezeng He, Hui Li, Yanyan Jiang et al.     Molecular dynamics simulations are performed to study the cooling process of quasi-2D liquid carbon. Our results show an obvious liquid-liquid phase transition (LLPT) from the …             Short-Term Forecasting of Taiwanese Earthquakes Using a Universal Model of Fusion-Fission Processes ▶     Siew Ann Cheong, Teck Liang Tan, Chien-Chih Chen et al.     Predicting how large an earthquake can be, where and when it will strike remains an elusive goal in spite of the ever-increasing volume of data collected by earth scientists. In …             Mapping polarons in polymer FETs by charge modulation microscopy in the mid-infrared ▶     Xin Yu Chin, Jun Yin, Zilong Wang et al.     We implemented spatial mapping of charge carrier density in the channel of a conventional polymer Field-Effect Transistor (FET) by mid-infrared Charge Modulation Spectroscopy …             Breaking the diffraction-limited resolution barrier in fiber-optical two-photon fluorescence endoscopy by an azimuthally-polarized beam ▶     Min Gu, Hong Kang, Xiangping Li     Although fiber-optical two-photon endoscopy has been recognized as a potential high-resolution diagnostic and therapeutic procedure in vivo, its resolution is limited by the …             Magnetic Metamaterial Superlens for Increased Range Wireless Power Transfer ▶     Guy Lipworth, Joshua Ensworth, Kushal Seetharam et al.     The ability to wirelessly power electrical devices is becoming of greater urgency as a component of energy conservation and sustainability efforts. Due to health and safety …             Tuned NV emission by in-plane Al-Schottky junctions on hydrogen terminated diamond ▶     Christoph Schreyvogel, Marco Wolfer, Hiromitsu Kato et al.     The negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centre exhibits outstanding optical and spin properties and thus is very attractive for applications in quantum optics. Up to now an …             Morphology of melanocytic lesions in situ ▶     Thibaut Balois, Martine Ben Amar     Melanoma is a solid tumour with its own specificity from the biological and morphological viewpoint. On one hand, numerous mutations are already known affecting different …             Constructing optimized binary masks for reservoir computing with delay systems ▶     Lennert Appeltant, Guy Van der Sande, Jan Danckaert et al.     Reservoir computing is a novel bio-inspired computing method, capable of solving complex tasks in a computationally efficient way. It has recently been successfully implemented …             Morphology and growth speed of hcp domains during shock-induced phase transition in iron ▶     Wei-Wei Pang, Ping Zhang, Guang-Cai Zhang et al.     Emergence and time evolution of micro-structured new-phase domains play a crucial role in determining the macroscopic physical and mechanical behaviors of iron under shock …             Metabonomic Analysis Reveals Efficient Ameliorating Effects of Acupoint Stimulations on the Menopause-caused Alterations in Mammalian Metabolism ▶     Limin Zhang, Yulan Wang, Yunxiang Xu et al.     Acupoint stimulations are effective in ameliorating symptoms of menopause which is an unavoidable ageing consequence for women. To understand the mechanistic aspects of such …             Finite Element Modeling of A Novel Self-Expanding Endovascular Stent Method in Treatment of Aortic Aneurysms ▶     Mark C. Arokiaraj, Igor F. Palacios     A novel large self-expanding endovascular stent was designed with strut thickness of 70 μm × 70 μm width. The method was developed and investigated to identify a novel simpler …             High-performance transparent and stretchable all-solid supercapacitors based on highly aligned carbon nanotube sheets ▶     Tao Chen, Huisheng Peng, Michael Durstock et al.     By using highly aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) sheets of excellent optical transmittance and mechanical stretchability as both the current collector and active electrode, …             Proof-of-principle experiment of reference-frame-independent quantum key distribution with phase coding ▶     Wen-Ye Liang, Shuang Wang, Hong-Wei Li et al.     We have demonstrated a proof-of-principle experiment of reference-frame-independent phase coding quantum key distribution (RFI-QKD) over an 80-km optical fiber. After considering …             Transition from a spectrum filter to a polarizer in a metallic nano-slit array ▶     Jing Zhou, L. Jay Guo     The transition from a spectrum filter (resonant transmission) to a polarizer (broadband transmission) for TM polarized light is observed in a metallic nano-slit array as period is …             A nonlinear optoelectronic filter for electronic signal processing ▶     William Loh, Siva Yegnanarayanan, Rajeev J. Ram et al.     The conversion of electrical signals into modulated optical waves and back into electrical signals provides the capacity for low-loss radio-frequency (RF) signal transfer over …             Parametrically Amplified Bright-state Polariton of Four- and Six-wave Mixing in an Optical Ring Cavity ▶     Haixia Chen, Yiqi Zhang, Xin Yao et al.     We report experimental studies of bright-state polaritons of four-wave mixing (FWM) and six-wave mixing (SWM) signals through cascade nonlinear optical parametric amplification …             Substrate-induced Band Gap Renormalization in Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes ▶     Nicholas A. Lanzillo, Neerav Kharche, Saroj K. Nayak     The quasiparticle band gaps of semiconducting carbon nanotubes (CNTs) supported on a weakly-interacting hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) substrate are computed using density …             Degradation behavior of Mg-based biomaterials containing different long-period stacking ordered phases ▶     Qiuming Peng, Jianxin Guo, Hui Fu et al.     Long-period stacking ordered (LPSO) phases play an essential role in the development of magnesium alloys because they have a direct effect on mechanical and corrosion properties …             2.7 μm emission of high thermally and chemically durable glasses based on AlF3 ▶     Feifei Huang, Yaoyao Ma, Weiwei Li et al.     AlF3-based glasses (AlF3-YF3-CaF2-BaF2-SrF2-MgF2) with enhanced thermal and chemical stability were synthesized and compared with the well-known fluorozirconate glass (ZBLAN). The …             CORRIGENDUM: Periodic Architecture for High Performance Shock Absorbing Composites ▶     Abha Misra, Praveen Kumar                 Visible and Infra-red Light Emission in Boron-Doped Wurtzite Silicon Nanowires ▶     Filippo Fabbri, Enzo Rotunno, Laura Lazzarini et al.     Silicon, the mainstay semiconductor in microelectronic circuitry, is considered unsuitable for optoelectronic applications owing to its indirect electronic band gap, which limits …             Local heating realization by reverse thermal cloak ▶     Run Hu, Xuli Wei, Jinyan Hu et al.     Transformation thermodynamics, as one of the important branches among the extensions of transformation optics, has attracted plentiful attentions and interests recently. The …             Atomic-scale decoration for improving the pitting corrosion resistance of austenitic stainless steels ▶     Y. T. Zhou, B. Zhang, S. J. Zheng et al.     Stainless steels are susceptible to the localized pitting corrosion that leads to a huge loss to our society. Studies in the past decades confirmed that the pitting events …             Revealing the Role of Catalysts in Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers by Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy ▶     Jing Gao, Jun Zhong, Lili Bai et al.     The identification of effective components on the atomic scale in carbon nanomaterials which improve the performance in various applications remains outstanding challenges. Here …             Fano resonance in anodic aluminum oxide based photonic crystals ▶     Guo Liang Shang, Guang Tao Fei, Yao Zhang et al.     Anodic aluminum oxide based photonic crystals with periodic porous structure have been prepared using voltage compensation method. The as-prepared sample showed an ultra-narrow …             Freezing period strongly impacts the emergence of a global consensus in the voter model ▶     Zhen Wang, Yi Liu, Lin Wang et al.     It is well known that human beings do not always change opinions or attitudes, since the duration of interaction with others usually has a significant impact on one's …             Microalloying Ultrafine Grained Al Alloys with Enhanced Ductility ▶     L. Jiang, J. K. Li, P. M. Cheng et al.     Bulk ultrafine grained (UFG)/nanocrystal metals possess exceptional strength but normally poor ductility and thermal stability, which hinder their practical applications …             Wafer-Scale Integration of Graphene-based Electronic, Optoelectronic and Electroacoustic Devices ▶     He Tian, Yi Yang, Dan Xie et al.     In virtue of its superior properties, the graphene-based device has enormous potential to be a supplement or an alternative to the conventional silicon-based device in varies …             CORRIGENDUM: Delocalized single-photon Dicke states and the Leggett-Garg inequality in solid state systems ▶     Guang-Yin Chen, Neill Lambert, Che-Ming Li et al.                 Photo-generated THz antennas ▶     G. Georgiou, H. K. Tyagi, P. Mulder et al.     Electromagnetic resonances in conducting structures give rise to the enhancement of local fields and extinction efficiencies. Conducting structures are conventionally fabricated …             Dispersal-induced destabilization of metapopulations and oscillatory Turing patterns in ecological networks ▶     Shigefumi Hata, Hiroya Nakao, Alexander S. Mikhailov     As shown by Alan Turing in 1952, differential diffusion may destabilize uniform distributions of reacting species and lead to emergence of patterns. While stationary Turing …             Mid-infrared plasmonic inductors: Enhancing inductance with meandering lines ▶     Víctor Torres, Rubén Ortuño, Pablo Rodríguez-Ulibarri et al.     We present a mid-infrared inductor that when applied to an extraordinary transmission hole array produces a strong redshift of the resonant peak accompanied by an unprecedented …             From transistor to trapped-ion computers for quantum chemistry ▶     M.-H. Yung, J. Casanova, A. Mezzacapo et al.     Over the last few decades, quantum chemistry has progressed through the development of computational methods based on modern digital computers. However, these methods can hardly …             Metal-free aqueous redox capacitor via proton rocking-chair system in an organic-based couple ▶     Takaaki Tomai, Satoshi Mitani, Daiki Komatsu et al.     Safe and inexpensive energy storage devices with long cycle lifetimes and high power and energy densities are mandatory for the development of electrical power grids that connect …             Towards photonic quantum simulation of ground states of frustrated Heisenberg spin systems ▶     Xiao-song Ma, Borivoje Dakić, Sebastian Kropatschek et al.     Photonic quantum simulators are promising candidates for providing insight into other small- to medium-sized quantum systems. Recent experiments have shown that photonic quantum …             Two-dimensional electron gas with six-fold symmetry at the (111) surface of KTaO3 ▶     C. Bareille, F. Fortuna, T. C. Rödel et al.     Two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) at transition-metal oxide (TMO) interfaces, and boundary states in topological insulators, are being intensively investigated. The former …             Innexin gap junctions in nerve cells coordinate spontaneous contractile behavior in Hydra polyps ▶     Yasuharu Takaku, Jung Shan Hwang, Alexander Wolf et al.     Nerve cells and spontaneous coordinated behavior first appeared near the base of animal evolution in the common ancestor of cnidarians and bilaterians. Experiments on the …             Microwave-assisted synthesis of NiS2 nanostructures for supercapacitors and cocatalytic enhancing photocatalytic H2 production ▶     Huan Pang, Chengzhen Wei, Xuexue Li et al.     Uniform NiS2 nanocubes are successfully synthesized with a microwave-assisted method. Interestingly, NiS2 nanocubes, nanospheres and nanoparticles are obtained by controlling …             Non-Enzymatic-Browning-Reaction: A Versatile Route for Production of Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Dots with Tunable Multicolor Luminescent Display ▶     Weili Wei, Can Xu, Li Wu et al.     The non-enzymatic browning, namely Maillard reaction is commonly invoked to account for abiotic chemical transformations of organic matter. Here we report a new reaction pathway …             Artificial photosynthesis of oxalate and oxalate-based polymer by a photovoltaic reactor ▶     Guangzai Nong, Shan Chen, Yuanjin Xu et al.     A photovoltaic reactor was designed for artificial photosynthesis, based on the reactions involved in high energy hydrogen atoms, which were produced from water electrolysis. …             Evidence of Ostwald ripening during evolution of micro-scale solid carbon spheres ▶     Heon Ham, No-Hyung Park, Sang Sub Kim et al.     Ostwald ripening is an evolutionary mechanism that results in micro-scale carbon spheres from nano-scale spheres. Vapor-phase carbon elements from small carbon nanoparticles are …             Fluorescence detecting of paraquat using host-guest chemistry with cucurbit[8]uril ▶     Shiguo Sun, Fusheng Li, Fengyu Liu et al.     Paraquat (PQ) is one of the most widely used herbicides in the world, which has a good occupational safety record when used properly. 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