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04 November 2014      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports       MARKETPLACE: Great deals on the latest lab equipment New Lab Offers and Product Focus are in! VISIT MARKETPLACE TODAY           Physical Sciences               CORRIGENDUM: Nanocrystalline ZnON; High mobility and low band gap semiconductor material for high performance switch transistor and image sensor application ▶     Eunha Lee, Anass Benayad, Taeho Shin et al.                 A novel method for analyzing complicated quantum behaviors of light waves in oscillating turbulent plasma ▶     Jeong Ryeol Choi     Quantum dynamics of light waves traveling through a time-varying turbulent plasma is investigated via the SU(1,1) Lie algebraic approach. Plasma oscillations that accompany …             Effect of supersaturation on hillock of directional Growth of KDP crystals ▶     Fa-Fu Liu, Guang-Wei Yu, Li-Song Zhang et al.     KDP single crystals were grown in aqueous solution by using “point seeds” with a defined crystallographic direction of 59° to the Z axis. When hillock slopes on the (100) face of …             Germanium microflower-on-nanostem as a high-performance lithium ion battery electrode ▶     Gwang-Hee Lee, S. Joon Kwon, Kyung-Soo Park et al.     We demonstrate a new design of Ge-based electrodes comprising three-dimensional (3-D) spherical microflowers containing crystalline nanorod networks on sturdy 1-D nanostems …             The intrinsic disorder related alloy scattering in ZrNiSn half-Heusler thermoelectric materials ▶     Hanhui Xie, Heng Wang, Chenguang Fu et al.     The intrinsic structural disorder dramatically affects the thermal and electronic transport in semiconductors. Although normally considered an ordered compound, the half-Heusler …             Long-range hybrid wedge plasmonic waveguide ▶     Zhonglai Zhang, Jian Wang     We design a novel long-range hybrid wedge plasmonic (LRHWP) waveguide composed of two identical dielectric nanowires symmetrically placed on two opposed wedges of a diamond …             Ultra-thin resistive switching oxide layers self-assembled by field-induced oxygen migration (FIOM) technique ▶     Sangik Lee, Inrok Hwang, Sungtaek Oh et al.     High-performance ultra-thin oxide layers are required for various next-generation electronic and optical devices. In particular, ultra-thin resistive switching (RS) oxide layers …             Experimental Optimal Single Qubit Purification in an NMR Quantum Information Processor ▶     Shi-Yao Hou, Yu-Bo Sheng, Guan-Ru Feng et al.     High quality single qubits are the building blocks in quantum information processing. But they are vulnerable to environmental noise. To overcome noise, purification techniques, …             CORRIGENDUM: Ion concentration polarization-based continuous separation device using electrical repulsion in the depletion region ▶     Hyungkook Jeon, Horim Lee, Kwan Hyoung Kang et al.                 Determination of motility forces on isolated chromosomes with laser tweezers ▶     Nima Khatibzadeh, Alexander B. Stilgoe, Ann A. M. Bui et al.     Quantitative determination of the motility forces of chromosomes during cell division is fundamental to understanding a process that is universal among eukaryotic organisms. Us…             Logarithm conformal mapping brings the cloaking effect ▶     Lin Xu, Huanyang Chen     Over the past years, invisibility cloaks have been extensively discussed since transformation optics emerges. Generally, the electromagnetic parameters of invisibility cloaks are …             Highly Compact (4F2) and Well Behaved Nano-Pillar Transistor Controlled Resistive Switching Cell for Neuromorphic System Application ▶     Bing Chen, Xinpeng Wang, Bin Gao et al.     To simplify the architecture of a neuromorphic system, it is extremely desirable to develop synaptic cells with the capacity of low operation power, high density integration, and …             Fabrication of high performance thin-film transistors via pressure-induced nucleation ▶     Myung-Koo Kang, Si Joon Kim, Hyun Jae Kim     We report a method to improve the performance of polycrystalline Si (poly-Si) thin-film transistors (TFTs) via pressure-induced nucleation (PIN). During the PIN process, spatial …             Infrared Attenuated Total Reflectance Spectroscopy: An Innovative Strategy for Analyzing Mineral Components in Energy Relevant Systems ▶     Christian Menno Müller, Bobby Pejcic, Lionel Esteban et al.     The direct qualitative and quantitative determination of mineral components in shale rocks is a problem that has not been satisfactorily resolved to date. Infrared spectroscopy …             Correlative Electron and Fluorescence Microscopy of Magnetotactic Bacteria in Liquid: Toward In Vivo Imaging ▶     Taylor J. Woehl, Sanjay Kashyap, Emre Firlar et al.     Magnetotactic bacteria biomineralize ordered chains of uniform, membrane-bound magnetite or greigite nanocrystals that exhibit nearly perfect crystal structures and …             A graphene-based physiometer array for the analysis of single biological cells ▶     Geraldine L. C. Paulus, Justin T. Nelson, Katherine Y. Lee et al.     A significant advantage of a graphene biosensor is that it inherently represents a continuum of independent and aligned sensor-units. We demonstrate a nanoscale version of a …             Efficient and durable hydrogen evolution electrocatalyst based on nonmetallic nitrogen doped hexagonal carbon ▶     Yanming Liu, Hongtao Yu, Xie Quan et al.     The feasibility of renewable energy technology, hydrogen production by water electrolysis, depends on the design of efficient and durable electrocatalyst composed of …             Quantitative multiplexing with nano-self-assemblies in SERS ▶     Setu Kasera, Lars O. Herrmann, Jesús del Barrio et al.     Multiplexed or simultaneous detection of multiple analytes is a valuable tool in many analytical applications. However, complications caused by the presence of interfering …             Compact Ag@Fe3O4 Core-shell Nanoparticles by Means of Single-step Thermal Decomposition Reaction ▶     Maria Eugênia F. Brollo, Román López-Ruiz, Diego Muraca et al.     A temperature pause introduced in a simple single-step thermal decomposition of iron, with the presence of silver seeds formed in the same reaction mixture, gives rise to novel …             State-resolved ultrafast dynamics of impact ionization in InSb ▶     H. Tanimura, J. Kanasaki, K. Tanimura     Impact ionization (IMP) is a fundamental process in semiconductors, which results in carrier multiplication through the decay of a hot electron into a low-energy state while …             Si-Doped Ceramic Al4O4C Nanowires: Full-Color Emission and Optical Waveguide Behavior ▶     Y. Sun, H. X. Lei, H. Cui et al.     The increasing prosperity of the photonics field has hastened the development of several sub-disciplines, with the aim to create advanced photonic devices, produce photonic …             Reversible switching of in-plane polarized ferroelectric domains in BaTiO3(001) with very low energy electrons ▶     J. E. Rault, T. O. Menteş, A. Locatelli et al.     The switchable bipolar ground state is at the heart of research into ferroelectrics for future, low-energy electronics. Polarization switching by an applied field is a complex …             Magnetic thin-film insulator with ultra-low spin wave damping for coherent nanomagnonics ▶     Haiming Yu, O. d'Allivy Kelly, V. Cros et al.     Wave control in the solid state has opened new avenues in modern information technology. Surface-acoustic-wave-based devices are found as mass market products in 100 millions of …             Electrowetting on liquid-infused film (EWOLF): Complete reversibility and controlled droplet oscillation suppression for fast optical imaging ▶     Chonglei Hao, Yahua Liu, Xuemei Chen et al.     Electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD) has emerged as a powerful tool to electrically manipulate tiny individual droplets in a controlled manner. Despite tremendous progress over …             Evaluation of mobility in thin Bi2Se3 Topological Insulator for prospects of Local Electrical Interconnects ▶     Gaurav Gupta, Mansoor Bin Abdul Jalil, Gengchiau Liang     Three-dimensional (3D) topological insulator (TI) has been conjectured as an emerging material to replace copper (Cu) as an interconnect material because of the suppression of …             Band Gap Tunable Zn2SnO4 Nanocubes through Thermal Effect and Their Outstanding Ultraviolet Light Photoresponse ▶     Yan Zhao, Linfeng Hu, Hui Liu et al.     This work presents a method for synthesis of high-yield, uniform and band gap tunable Zn2SnO4 nanocubes. These nanocubes can be further self-assembled into a series of novel …             Extending the scanning angle of a phased array antenna by using a null-space medium ▶     Fei Sun, Sailing He     By introducing a columnar null-space region as the reference space, we design a radome that can extend the scanning angle of a phased array antenna (PAA) by a predetermined …             Three-dimensional Ultrathin Planar Lenses by Acoustic Metamaterials ▶     Yong Li, Gaokun Yu, Bin Liang et al.     Acoustic lenses find applications in various areas ranging from ultrasound imaging to nondestructive testing. A compact-size and high-efficient planar acoustic lens is crucial to …             An integrated low phase noise radiation-pressure-driven optomechanical oscillator chipset ▶     Xingsheng Luan, Yongjun Huang, Ying Li et al.     High-quality frequency references are the cornerstones in position, navigation and timing applications of both scientific and commercial domains. Optomechanical oscillators, with …             Can we predict the unpredictable? ▶     Abbas Golestani, Robin Gras     Time series forecasting is of fundamental importance for a variety of domains including the prediction of earthquakes, financial market prediction, and the prediction of …             Virus detection and quantification using electrical parameters ▶     Mahmoud Al Ahmad, Farah Mustafa, Lizna M. Ali et al.     Here we identify and quantitate two similar viruses, human and feline immunodeficiency viruses (HIV and FIV), suspended in a liquid medium without labeling, using a semiconductor …             Spin-orbit coupling induced semi-metallic state in the 1/3 hole-doped hyper-kagome Na3Ir3O8 ▶     Tomohiro Takayama, Alexander Yaresko, Akiyo Matsumoto et al.     The complex iridium oxide Na3Ir3O8 with a B-site ordered spinel structure was synthesized in single crystalline form, where the chiral hyper-kagome lattice of Ir ions, as …             In-situ X-ray diffraction snapshotting: Determination of the kinetics of a photodimerization within a single crystal ▶     Fei-Long Hu, Shu-Long Wang, Jian-Ping Lang et al.     In a single-crystal-to-single-crystal (SCSC) transformation, a preformed three-dimensional coordination polymer,[Ni3(oba)2(bpe)2(SO4)(H2O)4]·H2O (H2oba=4,4′-oxydibenzoic acid; …             In situ soft XAS study on nickel-based layered cathode material at elevated temperatures: A novel approach to study thermal stability ▶     Won-Sub Yoon, Otto Haas, Shoaib Muhammad et al.     Tracking thermally induced reactions has always been challenging for electrode materials of electrochemical battery systems. Traditionally, a variety of calorimetric techniques …             Single Junction Inverted Polymer Solar Cell Reaching Power Conversion Efficiency 10.31% by Employing Dual-Doped Zinc Oxide Nano-Film as Cathode Interlayer ▶     Sih-Hao Liao, Hong-Jyun Jhuo, Po-Nan Yeh et al.     We present high efficiency and stable inverted PSCs (i-PSC) by employing sol-gel processed simultaneously doped ZnO by Indium and fullerene derivative (BisNPC60-OH) (denoted as …             A strategy for the design of skyrmion racetrack memories ▶     R. Tomasello, E. Martinez, R. Zivieri et al.     Magnetic storage based on racetrack memory is very promising for the design of ultra-dense, low-cost and low-power storage technology. Information can be coded in a magnetic …             Noncovalently assembled nanotubular porous layers for delaying of heating surface failure ▶     Bong June Zhang, Taeseon Hwang, Jae-Do Nam et al.     Thermal management to prevent extreme heat surge in integrated electronic systems and nuclear reactors is a critical issue. To delay the thermal surge on the heater effectively, …             Universal Nonadiabatic Geometric Gates in Two-Qubit Decoherence-Free Subspaces ▶     Guofu Xu, Guilu Long     Geometric quantum computation in decoherence-free subspaces is of great practical importance because it can protect quantum information from both control errors and collective …             Polarity compensation in ultra-thin films of complex oxides: The case of a perovskite nickelate ▶     S. Middey, P. Rivero, D. Meyers et al.     We address the fundamental issue of growth of perovskite ultra-thin films under the condition of a strong polar mismatch at the heterointerface exemplified by the growth of a …             Multi-Enhanced-Phonon Scattering Modes in Ln-Me-A Sites co-substituted LnMeA11O19 Ceramics ▶     Haoran Lu, Chang-An Wang, Yong Huang et al.     Authors reported an effective path to decrease the thermal conductivity while to increase the coefficient of thermal expansion, thus enhancing the thermo-physical properties of …             Direct Visualization of De novo Lipogenesis in Single Living Cells ▶     Junjie Li, Ji-Xin Cheng     Increased de novo lipogenesis is being increasingly recognized as a hallmark of cancer. Despite recent advances in fluorescence microscopy, autoradiography and mass spectrometry, …             Harvesting Vibrational Energy Using Material Work Functions ▶     Aapo Varpula, Sampo J. Laakso, Tahvo Havia et al.     Vibration energy harvesters scavenge energy from mechanical vibrations to energise low power electronic devices. In this work, we report on vibration energy harvesting scheme …             Mapping biological composition through quantitative phase and absorption X-ray ptychography ▶     Michael W. M. Jones, Kirstin Elgass, Mark D. Junker et al.     Isolating compositional information in biological X-ray imaging can be problematic as such information is conflated with thickness and density variations when viewing in …             Facile fabrication of sub-100 nm mesoscale inverse opal films and their application in dye-sensitized solar cell electrodes ▶     Jung Woo Lee, Jaemin Lee, Cheolho Kim et al.     Inverse opal (IO) films with mesoporous structures hold promise as high-performance electrodes for various photoelectrochemical devices because of their high specific area as …             Photoregenerative I−/I3− couple as a liquid cathode for proton exchange membrane fuel cell ▶     Zhen Liu, Yadong Wang, Xinping Ai et al.     A photoassisted oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) through I−/I3− redox couple was investigated for proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell cathode reaction. The I−/I3−-based …             Bio-mimetic Nanostructure Self-assembled from Au@Ag Heterogeneous Nanorods and Phage Fusion Proteins for Targeted Tumor Optical Detection and Photothermal Therapy ▶     Fei Wang, Pei Liu, Lin Sun et al.     Nanomaterials with near-infrared (NIR) absorption have been widely studied in cancer detection and photothermal therapy (PTT), while it remains a great challenge in targeting …             Molecular-scale Hydrophilicity Induced by Solute: Molecular-thick Charged Pancakes of Aqueous Salt Solution on Hydrophobic Carbon-based Surfaces ▶     Guosheng Shi, Yue Shen, Jian Liu et al.     We directly observed molecular-thick aqueous salt-solution pancakes on a hydrophobic graphite surface under ambient conditions employing atomic force microscopy. This observation …             Electro- and Magneto-Modulated Ion Transport through Graphene Oxide Membranes ▶     Pengzhan Sun, Feng Zheng, Kunlin Wang et al.     The control of ion trans-membrane transport through graphene oxide (GO) membranes is achieved by electric and magnetic fields. Electric field can either increase or decrease the …             A colorimetric chemosensor for Cu2+ ion detection based on an iridium(III) complex ▶     Modi Wang, Ka-Ho Leung, Sheng Lin et al.     We report herein the synthesis and application of a series of novel cyclometalated iridium(III) complexes 1−3 bearing a rhodamine-linked NˆN ligand for the detection of Cu2 ions. …             Combined effects of magnetic interaction and domain wall pinning on the coercivity in a bulk Nd60Fe30Al10 ferromagnet ▶     X. H. Tan, S. F. Chan, K. Han et al.     Understanding the coercivity mechanism has a substantial impact on developing novel permanent materials. However, the current coercivity mechanisms used widely in permanent …             Novel Na2Mo4O13/α-MoO3 hybrid material as highly efficient CWAO catalyst for dye degradation at ambient conditions ▶     Zhang Zhang, Ruoyan Yang, Yanshan Gao et al.     We report a novel hybrid material Na2Mo4O13/α-MoO3 as highly efficient catalytic wet air oxidation (CWAO) catalyst, which showed the highest ever activity at room temperature and …                 Polymer Journal is proud to present a special issue on Biorelated Polymers and Materials, which brings together a variety of important reviews and original articles that examine and investigate biological and biomedical polymers for materials science and engineering. 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