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01 April 2014      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports               Physical Sciences               Memory Impedance in TiO2 based Metal-Insulator-Metal Devices ▶     Li Qingjiang, Ali Khiat, Iulia Salaoru et al.     Large attention has recently been given to a novel technology named memristor, for having the potential of becoming the new electronic device standard. Yet, its manifestation as …             Merging of Kirkendall Growth and Ostwald Ripening: CuO@MnO2 Core-shell Architectures for Asymmetric Supercapacitors ▶     Ming Huang, Yuxin Zhang, Fei Li et al.     Fabricating hierarchical core-shell nanostructures is currently the subject of intensive research in the electrochemical field owing to the hopes it raises for making efficient …             Large Electric Field–Enhanced–Hardness Effect in a SiO2 Film ▶     Reynier I. Revilla, Xiao-Jun Li, Yan-Lian Yang et al.     Silicon dioxide films are extensively used in nano and micro–electromechanical systems. Here we studied the influence of an external electric field on the mechanical properties of …             Nitrogen-incorporated ultrananocrystalline diamond and multi-layer-graphene-like hybrid carbon films ▶     Yonhua Tzeng, Shoupu Yeh, Wei Cheng Fang et al.     Nitrogen-incorporated ultrananocrystalline diamond (N-UNCD) and multi-layer-graphene-like hybrid carbon films have been synthesized by microwave plasma enhanced chemical vapor …             Real-Time Light Scattering Tracking of Gold Nanoparticles- bioconjugated Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infecting HEp-2 Cells ▶     Xiao-Yan Wan, Lin-Ling Zheng, Peng-Fei Gao et al.     Real-time tracking of virus invasion is crucial for understanding viral infection mechanism, which, however, needs simple and efficient labeling chemistry with improved …             Inertial particle separation by differential equilibrium positions in a symmetrical serpentine micro-channel ▶     Jun Zhang, Sheng Yan, Ronald Sluyter et al.     This paper presents an inertial microfluidic device with a simple serpentine micro-channel to continuously separate particles with high performance. Separation of …             Role of interface coupling inhomogeneity in domain evolution in exchange bias ▶     Andrea Benassi, Miguel A. Marioni, Daniele Passerone et al.     Models of exchange-bias in thin films have been able to describe various aspects of this technologically relevant effect. Through appropriate choices of free parameters the …             A transparent broadband ultrasonic detector based on an optical micro-ring resonator for photoacoustic microscopy ▶     Hao Li, Biqin Dong, Zhen Zhang et al.     Photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) does not rely on contrast agent to image the optical absorption contrast in biological tissue. It is uniquely suited for measuring several tissue …             Broadband absorption engineering of hyperbolic metafilm patterns ▶     Dengxin Ji, Haomin Song, Xie Zeng et al.     Perfect absorbers are important optical/thermal components required by a variety of applications, including photon/thermal-harvesting, thermal energy recycling, and vacuum heat …             Automated motion artifact removal for intravital microscopy, without a priori information ▶     Sungon Lee, Claudio Vinegoni, Matthew Sebas et al.     Intravital fluorescence microscopy, through extended penetration depth and imaging resolution, provides the ability to image at cellular and subcellular resolution in live …             Released Plasmonic Electric Field of Ultrathin Tetrahedral-Amorphous-Carbon Films Coated Ag Nanoparticles for SERS ▶     Fanxin Liu, Chaojun Tang, Peng Zhan et al.     We have demonstrated the plasmonic characteristics of an ultrathin tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C) film coated with Ag nanoparticles. The simulation result shows that, under …             Highly efficient and autocatalytic H2O dissociation for CO2 reduction into formic acid with zinc ▶     Fangming Jin, Xu Zeng, Jianke Liu et al.     Artificial photosynthesis, specifically H2O dissociation for CO2 reduction with solar energy, is regarded as one of the most promising methods for sustainable energy and …             One-Pot Synthesis of Graphene-Supported Monodisperse Pd Nanoparticles as Catalyst for Formic Acid Electro-oxidation ▶     Sudong Yang, Jing Dong, Zhaohui Yao et al.     To synthesize monodisperse palladium nanoparticles dispersed on reduced graphene oxide (RGO) sheets, we have developed an easy and scalable solvothermal reduction method from an …             Tumor Lysing Genetically Engineered T Cells Loaded with Multi-Modal Imaging Agents ▶     Parijat Bhatnagar, Mian Alauddin, James A. Bankson et al.     Genetically-modified T cells expressing chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) exert anti-tumor effect by identifying tumor-associated antigen (TAA), independent of major …             Statistical physics approach to quantifying differences in myelinated nerve fibers ▶     César H. Comin, João R. Santos, Dario Corradini et al.     We present a new method to quantify differences in myelinated nerve fibers. These differences range from morphologic characteristics of individual fibers to differences in …             Unambiguous observation of shape effects on cellular fate of nanoparticles ▶     Zhiqin Chu, Silu Zhang, Bokai Zhang et al.     Cellular fate of nanoparticles is vital to application of nanoparticles to cell imaging, bio-sensing, drug delivery, suppression of drug resistance, gene delivery, and …             Fatigue degradation and electric recovery in Silicon solar cells embedded in photovoltaic modules ▶     Marco Paggi, Irene Berardone, Andrea Infuso et al.     Cracking in Silicon solar cells is an important factor for the electrical power-loss of photovoltaic modules. Simple geometrical criteria identifying the amount of inactive cell …             Revisiting the Al/Al2O3 Interface: Coherent Interfaces and Misfit Accommodation ▶     Ghanshyam Pilania, Barend J. Thijsse, Richard G. Hoagland et al.     We study the coherent and semi-coherent Al/α-Al2O3 interfaces using molecular dynamics simulations with a mixed, metallic-ionic atomistic model. For the coherent interfaces, both …             Memory effects in stock price dynamics: evidences of technical trading ▶     Federico Garzarelli, Matthieu Cristelli, Gabriele Pompa et al.     Technical trading represents a class of investment strategies for Financial Markets based on the analysis of trends and recurrent patterns in price time series. According standard …             Angular and temperature dependence of current induced spin-orbit effective fields in Ta/CoFeB/MgO nanowires ▶     Xuepeng Qiu, Praveen Deorani, Kulothungasagaran Narayanapillai et al.     Current induced spin-orbit effective magnetic fields in metal/ferromagnet/oxide trilayers provide a new way to manipulate the magnetization, which is an alternative to the …             Resonant metasurfaces at oblique incidence: interplay of order and disorder ▶     M. Albooyeh, S. Kruk, C. Menzel et al.     Understanding the impact of order and disorder is of fundamental importance to perceive and to appreciate the functionality of modern photonic metasurfaces. Metasurfaces with …             Active transport of vesicles in neurons is modulated by mechanical tension ▶     Wylie W. Ahmed, Taher A. Saif     Effective intracellular transport of proteins and organelles is critical in cells, and is especially important for ensuring proper neuron functionality. In neurons, most proteins …             Self-assembled hydrogel fibers for sensing the multi-compartment intracellular milieu ▶     Praveen Kumar Vemula, Jonathan E. Kohler, Amy Blass et al.     Targeted delivery of drugs and sensors into cells is an attractive technology with both medical and scientific applications. Existing delivery vehicles are generally limited by …             Carbon Nanotube Chemiresistor for Wireless pH Sensing ▶     Pingping Gou, Nadine D. Kraut, Ian M. Feigel et al.     The ability to accurately measure real-time pH fluctuations in-vivo could be highly advantageous. Early detection and potential prevention of bacteria colonization of surgical …             Constructing hierarchical submicrotubes from interconnected TiO2 nanocrystals for high reversible capacity and long-life lithium-ion batteries ▶     Ling Xin, Yong Liu, Baojun Li et al.     Here, we report a facile hydrothermal approach for synthesizing anatase TiO2 hierarchical mesoporous submicrotubes (ATHMSs) with the aid of long-chain polymer as soft template. …             Achieving optimum mechanical performance in metallic nanolayered Cu/X (X=Zr, Cr) micropillars ▶     J. Y. Zhang, J. Li, X. Q. Liang et al.     The selection and design of modern high-performance structural engineering materials such as nanostructured metallic multilayers (NMMs) is driven by optimizing combinations of …             Extreme violation of local realism with a hyper-entangled four-photon-eight-qubit Greenberger-Horne-Zelinger state ▶     Huai-Xin Lu, Lian-Zhen Cao, Jia-Qiang Zhao et al.     The highest qubit Ardehali inequality violation with 203 standard deviations is first experimentally demonstrated using the hyper-entangled four-photon-eight-qubit …             Scaling of Geometric Quantum Discord Close to a Topological Phase Transition ▶     Chuan-Jia Shan, Wei-Wen Cheng, Ji-Bing Liu et al.     Quantum phase transition is one of the most interesting aspects in quantum many-body systems. Recently, geometric quantum discord has been introduced to signature the critical …             Relativistic GW calculations on CH3NH3PbI3 and CH3NH3SnI3 Perovskites for Solar Cell Applications ▶     Paolo Umari, Edoardo Mosconi, Filippo De Angelis     Hybrid AMX3 perovskites (A=Cs, CH3NH3; M=Sn, Pb; X=halide) have revolutionized the scenario of emerging photovoltaic technologies, with very recent results demonstrating 15% …             Fast Tuning of Double Fano Resonance Using A Phase-Change Metamaterial Under Low Power Intensity ▶     Tun Cao, Chenwei Wei, Robert E. Simpson et al.     In this work, we numerically demonstrate an all-optical tunable Fano resonance in a fishnet metamaterial(MM) based on a metal/phase-change material(PCM)/metal multilayer. We show …             Strongly enhanced current densities in Sr0.6K0.4Fe2As2 + Sn superconducting tapes ▶     He Lin, Chao Yao, Xianping Zhang et al.     Improving transport current has been the primary topic for practical application of superconducting wires and tapes. However, the porous nature of powder-in-tube (PIT) processed …             Insulated Conducting Cantilevered Nanotips and Two-Chamber Recording System for High Resolution Ion Sensing AFM ▶     Brian Meckes, Fernando Teran Arce, Laura S. Connelly et al.     Biological membranes contain ion channels, which are nanoscale pores allowing controlled ionic transport and mediating key biological functions underlying normal/abnormal living. …             Hydrous Ruthenium Oxide Nanoparticles Anchored to Graphene and Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Foam for Supercapacitors ▶     Wei Wang, Shirui Guo, Ilkeun Lee et al.     In real life applications, supercapacitors (SCs) often can only be used as part of a hybrid system together with other high energy storage devices due to their relatively lower …             Measuring quantum coherence in bulk solids using dual phase-locked optical pulses ▶     Shingo Hayashi, Keigo Kato, Katsura Norimatsu et al.     Electronic and phonon coherence are usually measured in different ways because their time-scales are very different. In this paper we simultaneously measure the electronic and …             Generalised power graph compression reveals dominant relationship patterns in complex networks ▶     Sebastian E. Ahnert     We introduce a framework for the discovery of dominant relationship patterns in complex networks, by compressing the networks into power graphs with overlapping power nodes. When …             Application of three-dimensionally area-selective atomic layer deposition for selectively coating the vertical surfaces of standing nanopillars ▶     Wenjing Dong, Kenan Zhang, Yun Zhang et al.     We describe a strategy for selectively coating the vertical surfaces of standing nanopillars using area-selective atomic layer deposition (ALD). Hydrophobic self-assembled …             Template-Free Synthesis of Functional 3D BN architecture for removal of dyes from water ▶     Dan Liu, Weiwei Lei, Si Qin et al.     Three-dimensional (3D) architectures are of interest in applications in electronics, catalysis devices, sensors and adsorption materials. However, it is still a challenge to …             Hydrogel microfluidics for the patterning of pluripotent stem cells ▶     S. Cosson, M. P. Lutolf     Biomolecular signaling is of utmost importance in governing many biological processes such as the patterning of the developing embryo where biomolecules regulate key cell-fate …                 Nature Arabic Edition provides top quality science news and comment from Nature as well as summaries of all the research papers from the world's premier multidisciplinary journal. 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