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17 March 2015      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports               Chemical Sciences               A Green Solvent Induced DNA Package ▶     Sagar Satpathi, Abhigyan Sengupta, V. M. Hridya et al.     Mechanistic details of DNA compaction is essential blue print for gene regulation in living organisms. Many in vitro studies have been implemented using several compaction …             Abnormal Magnetic Field Effects on Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence ▶     Haiping Pan, Yan Shen, Hongfeng Wang et al.     We report abnormal magnetic field effects on electrogenerated chemiluminescence (MFEECL) based on triplet emission from the Ru(bpy)3Cl2-TPrA electrochemical system: the …             Amide-controlled, one-pot synthesis of tri-substituted purines generates structural diversity and analogues with trypanocidal activity ▶     Maria J. Pineda de las Infantas y Villatoro, Juan D. Unciti-Broceta, Rafael Contreras-Montoya et al.     A novel one-pot synthesis of tri-substituted purines and the discovery of purine analogues with trypanocidal activity are reported. The reaction is initiated by a metal-free …             Bottom-up formation of robust gold carbide ▶     Benedikt Westenfelder, Johannes Biskupek, Jannik C. Meyer et al.     A new phenomenon of structural reorganization is discovered and characterized for a gold-carbon system by in-situ atomic-resolution imaging at temperatures up to 1300 K. Here, a …             Emission behaviors of unsymmetrical 1,3-diaryl-β-diketones: A model perfectly disclosing the effect of molecular conformation on luminescence of organic solids ▶     Xiao Cheng, Feng Li, Shenghua Han et al.     A series of unsymmetrical 1,3-diaryl-β-diketones 1–6 displaying molecular conformation-dependent fluorescence quantum yields have been synthesized. Crystals with planar molecular …             Light Illuminated α−Fe2O3/Pt Nanoparticles as Water Activation Agent for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting ▶     Xiaodong Li, Zhi Wang, Zemin Zhang et al.     The photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is hampered by strong bonds of H2O molecules and low ionic conductivity of pure water. The photocatalysts dispersed in pure water …             Microencapsulation of Metal-based Phase Change Material for High-temperature Thermal Energy Storage ▶     Takahiro Nomura, Chunyu Zhu, Nan Sheng et al.     Latent heat storage using alloys as phase change materials (PCMs) is an attractive option for high-temperature thermal energy storage. Encapsulation of these PCMs is essential …             Luminescent Ruthenium(II) Complex Bearing Bipyridine and N-Heterocyclic Carbene-based C∧N∧C Pincer Ligand for Live-Cell Imaging of Endocytosis ▶     Wai-Kuen Tsui, Lai-Hon Chung, Matthew Man-Kin Wong et al.     Luminescent ruthenium(II)-cyanide complex with N-heterocyclic carbene pincer ligand C∧N∧C=2,6-bis(1-butylimidazol-2-ylidene)pyridine and 2,2′-bipyridine (bpy) shows minimal …             Graphene oxide electrocatalyst on MnO2 air cathode as an efficient electron pump for enhanced oxygen reduction in alkaline solution ▶     Wan Jeffrey Basirun, Mehran Sookhakian, Saeid Baradaran et al.     Graphene oxide (GO) was deposited on the surface of a MnO2 air cathode by thermal evaporation at 50°C from a GO colloidal suspension. Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy …             In vivo X-ray elemental imaging of single cell model organisms manipulated by laser-based optical tweezers ▶     Eva Vergucht, Toon Brans, Filip Beunis et al.     We report on a radically new elemental imaging approach for the analysis of biological model organisms and single cells in their natural, in vivo state. The methodology combines …             Amphiphilic p-Sulfonatocalix[4]arene as “Drug Chaperone” for Escorting Anticancer Drugs ▶     Yi-Xuan Wang, Dong-Sheng Guo, Yong-Chao Duan et al.     Supramolecularly constructing multifunctional platform for drug delivery is a challenging task. In this work, we propose a novel supramolecular strategy “drug chaperone”, in …             Structure-properties relationships in triarylamine-based donor-acceptor molecules containing naphtyl groups as donor material for organic solar cells ▶     Salma Mohamed, Dora Demeter, Jean-Alex Laffitte et al.     The effects of replacing the phenyl rings of triphenylamine (TPA) by naphtyl groups are analysed on a series of push-pull molecules containing a 2-thienyl-dicyanovinyl acceptor …             Fukushima radionuclides in the NW Pacific, and assessment of doses for Japanese and world population from ingestion of seafood ▶     Pavel P. Povinec, Katsumi Hirose     Variations of Fukushima-derived radionuclides (90Sr, 134Cs and 137Cs) in seawater and biota offshore Fukushima and in the NW Pacific Ocean were investigated and radiation doses …             Superior cycle performance and high reversible capacity of SnO2/graphene composite as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries ▶     Lilai Liu, Maozhong An, Peixia Yang et al.     SnO2/graphene composite with superior cycle performance and high reversible capacity was prepared by a one-step microwave-hydrothermal method using a microwave reaction system. …             Cation-Induced Pesticide Binding and Release by a Functionalized Calix[4]arene Molecular Host ▶     Li Luo, Xiaoyan Zhang, Ningmei Feng et al.     Ion-controlled switchable progress is very important in many biological behaviors. Here, we reported K-controlled switch, this switch system exhibited excellent carbaryl (G) …             Correlation of breaking forces, conductances and geometries of molecular junctions ▶     Koji Yoshida, Ilya V. Pobelov, David Zsolt Manrique et al.     Electrical and mechanical properties of elongated gold-molecule-gold junctions formed by tolane-type molecules with different anchoring groups (pyridyl, thiol, amine, nitrile and …             Fast discharge process of layered cobalt oxides due to high Na+ diffusion ▶     Takayuki Shibata, Yuya Fukuzumi, Wataru Kobayashi et al.     Sodium ion secondary battery (SIB) is a low-cost and ubiquitous secondary battery for next-generation large-scale energy storage. The diffusion process of large Na (ionic radius …             Performance modulation of α-MnO2 nanowires by crystal facet engineering ▶     Wenxian Li, Xiangyuan Cui, Rong Zeng et al.     Modulation of material physical and chemical properties through selective surface engineering is currently one of the most active research fields, aimed at optimizing functional …                     • Careers & Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Postdoctoral Scientist     University of Southern California            Research Associate     University College London (UCL)            MSc / PhD Studentship     Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT)            Postdoctoral Fellow     Blood Center of Wisconisn            Postdoctoral Research Assistant     University of Oxford            Postdoctoral Research Fellow     University of Leeds            Research Fellow     University of Sussex            Postdoctoral Position     German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)            Impacts Research Manager     Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)            Postgraduate fellow     Yale University School of Medicine          No matter what your career stage, student, postdoc or senior scientist, you will find articles on naturejobs.com to help guide you in your science career. 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