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24 March 2015      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports               Chemical Sciences               Tuning the photoluminescence of condensed-phase cyclic trinuclear Au(I) complexes through control of their aggregated structures by external stimuli ▶     Kaori Fujisawa, Shigeyuki Yamada, Yukihiro Yanagi et al.     A series of new cyclic trinuclear Au(I) complexes with alkoxy side chains of various lengths were synthesized as photoluminescence materials. None of the complexes emitted …             Insights into perfluorooctane sulfonate photodegradation in a catalyst-free aqueous solution ▶     Xian-Jin Lyu, Wen-Wei Li, Paul K. S. Lam et al.     Photodegradation in the absence of externally added chemicals could be an attractive solution for the removal of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in aqueous environment, but the …             Scalable Synthesis of Freestanding Sandwich-structured Graphene/Polyaniline/Graphene Nanocomposite Paper for Flexible All-Solid-State Supercapacitor ▶     Fei Xiao, Shengxiong Yang, Zheye Zhang et al.     We reported a scalable and modular method to prepare a new type of sandwich-structured graphene-based nanohybrid paper and explore its practical application as high-performance …             Vibrational coherence transfer in an electronically decoupled molecular dyad ▶     Felix Schweighöfer, Lars Dworak, Markus Braun et al.     The ring opening of a dithienylethene photoswitch incorporated in a bridged boron-dipyrromethene - dithienylethene molecular dyad was investigated with ultrafast spectroscopy. …             Micropatterning of TiO2 Thin Films by MOCVD and Study of Their Growth Tendency ▶     Ki-Hwan Hwang, Byung-Chang Kang, Duk Young Jung et al.     In this work, we studied the growth tendency of TiO2 thin films deposited on a narrow-stripe area (<10 μm). TiO2 thin films were selectively deposited on OTS patterned Si(100) …             Reduction of nutrients, microbes, and personal care products in domestic wastewater by a benchtop electrocoagulation unit ▶     E. M. Symonds, M. M. Cook, S. M. McQuaig et al.     To preserve environmental and human health, improved treatment processes are needed to reduce nutrients, microbes, and emerging chemical contaminants from domestic wastewater …             Engineering Bi2O3-Bi2S3 heterostructure for superior lithium storage ▶     Tingting Liu, Yang Zhao, Lijun Gao et al.     Bismuth oxide may be a promising battery material due to the high gravimetric (690 mAh g−1) and volumetric capacities (6280 mAh cm−3). However, this intrinsic merit has been …             Switchable sensitizers stepwise lighting up lanthanide emissions ▶     Yan Zhang, Peng-Chong Jiao, Hai-Bing Xu et al.     Analagous to a long-ranged rocket equipped with multi-stage engines, a luminescent compound with consistent emission signals across a large range of concentrations from two …             Molecular Design of Near-IR Dyes with Different Surface Energy for Selective Loading to the Heterojunction in Blend Films ▶     Huajun Xu, Takaaki Wada, Hideo Ohkita et al.     We have synthesized three silicon phthalocyanine dyes with different hydrophobic substituents in order to control surface energy in the solid state, aiming at selective loading …             Upregulation of BMSCs Osteogenesis by Positively-Charged Tertiary Amines on Polymeric Implants via Charge/iNOS Signaling Pathway ▶     Wei Zhang, Na Liu, Haigang Shi et al.     Positively-charged surfaces on implants have a similar potential to upregulate osteogenesis of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) as electromagnetic therapy …             The triathlon of magnetic actuation: Rolling, propelling, swimming with a single magnetic material ▶     Peter J. Vach, Damien Faivre     Magnetic actuation of microscopic devices in a liquid environment has been achieved in various ways, which can be grouped into rolling, propelling and swimming. Previous …             Magnesiothermic synthesis of sulfur-doped graphene as an efficient metal-free electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction ▶     Jiacheng Wang, Ruguang Ma, Zhenzhen Zhou et al.     Efficient metal-free electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are highly expected in future low-cost energy systems. We have successfully prepared crumpled, …             Carrier localization in In-rich InGaN/GaN multiple quantum wells for green light-emitting diodes ▶     Hyun Jeong, Hyeon Jun Jeong, Hye Min Oh et al.     Carrier localization phenomena in indium-rich InGaN/GaN multiple quantum wells (MQWs) grown on sapphire and GaN substrates were investigated. Temperature-dependent …             Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry platform for both small neurotransmitters and neuropeptides in blood, with automatic and robust solid phase extraction ▶     Elin Johnsen, Siri Leknes, Steven Ray Wilson et al.     Neurons communicate via chemical signals called neurotransmitters (NTs). The numerous identified NTs can have very different physiochemical properties (solubility, charge, size …             Probing Immobilization Mechanism of alpha-chymotrypsin onto Carbon Nanotube in Organic Media by Molecular Dynamics Simulation ▶     Liyun Zhang, Xiuchan Xiao, Yuan Yuan et al.     The enzyme immobilization has been adopted to enhance the activity and stability of enzymes in non-aqueous enzymatic catalysis. However, the activation and stabilization …             Facile synthesis of three-dimensional structured carbon fiber-NiCo2O4-Ni(OH)2 high-performance electrode for pseudocapacitors ▶     Wei Li, Lipeng Xin, Xin Xu et al.     Two-dimensional textured carbon fiber is an excellent electrode material and/or supporting substrate for active materials in fuel cells, batteries, and pseudocapacitors owing to …             Palladium-Mediated Dealkylation of N-Propargyl-Floxuridine as a Bioorthogonal Oxygen-Independent Prodrug Strategy ▶     Jason T. Weiss, Neil O. Carragher, Asier Unciti-Broceta     Herein we report the development and biological screening of a bioorthogonal palladium-labile prodrug of the nucleoside analogue floxuridine, a potent antineoplastic drug used in …             Self-generated Local Heating Induced Nanojoining for Room Temperature Pressureless Flexible Electronic Packaging ▶     Peng Peng, Anming Hu, Adrian P. Gerlich et al.     Metallic bonding at an interface is determined by the application of heat and/or pressure. The means by which these are applied are the most critical for joining nanoscale …             Detection of BRAF mutation in Chinese tumor patients using a highly sensitive antibody immunohistochemistry assay ▶     Tian Qiu, Haizhen Lu, Lei Guo et al.     BRAF mutations can be found in various solid tumors. But accurate and reliable screening for BRAF mutation that is compatible for clinical application is not yet available. In …             Hydrogen-Bonding-Supported Self-Healing Antifogging Thin Films ▶     Xiaojie Zhang, Junhui He     Inspired by the repair of DNA through efficient reformation of hydrogen bonds (H-bonds), herein we report a facile one-step approach to construction of self-healing antifogging …             Isotopic Resonance Hypothesis: Experimental Verification by Escherichia coli Growth Measurements ▶     Xueshu Xie, Roman A. Zubarev     Isotopic composition of reactants affects the rates of chemical and biochemical reactions. As a rule, enrichment of heavy stable isotopes leads to progressively slower reactions. …             Enantiospecific photoresponse of sterically hindered diarylethenes for chiroptical switches and photomemories ▶     Wenlong Li, Xin Li, Yongshu Xie et al.     Light-driven transcription, replication and enzyme catalysis are critically dependent upon a delicate transfer between molecular and supramolecular chirality. Chemists have well …             Single-carbon discrimination by selected peptides for individual detection of volatile organic compounds ▶     Soomi Ju, Ki-Young Lee, Sun-Joon Min et al.     Although volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are becoming increasingly recognized as harmful agents and potential biomarkers, selective detection of the organic targets remains a …             Ruthenium Polypyridyl Complex Inhibits Growth and Metastasis of Breast Cancer Cells by Suppressing FAK signaling with Enhancement of TRAIL-induced Apoptosis ▶     Wenqiang Cao, Wenjie Zheng, Tianfeng Chen     Ruthenium-based complexes have emerged as promising antitumor and antimetastatic agents during the past decades. However, the limited understanding of the antimetastatic …             Preparation of Hollow CuO@SiO2 Spheres and Its Catalytic Performances for the NO + CO and CO Oxidation ▶     Xiaoyu Niu, Tieying Zhao, Fulong Yuan et al.     The hollow CuO@SiO2 spheres with a mean diameter of 240 nm and a thin shell layer of about 30 nm in thickness was synthesized using an inorganic SiO2 shell coating on the surface …             Trace phase formation, crystallization kinetics and crystallographic evolution of a lithium disilicate glass probed by synchrotron XRD technique ▶     Saifang Huang, Zhaohui Huang, Wei Gao et al.     X-ray diffraction technique using a laboratory radiation has generally shown limitation in detectability. In this work, we investigated the in situ high-temperature …             Electrochemical detection of aqueous Ag+ based on Ag+-assisted ligation reaction ▶     Peng Miao, Kun Han, Bidou Wang et al.     In this work, a novel strategy to fabricate a highly sensitive and selective biosensor for the detection of Ag is proposed. Two DNA probes are designed and modified on a gold …             Microstructure of Transparent Strontium Fresnoite Glass-Ceramics ▶     Wolfgang Wisniewski, Kazuya Takano, Yoshihiro Takahashi et al.     Glass-ceramics grown from a glass of the composition Sr2TiSi2.45O8.9 (STS 45) are analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). …                   Featured contents published recently in Experimental & Molecular Medicine (EMM):  Special Feature on Neurodegenerative Diseases and their Therapeutic Approaches   Special Feature on Epstein-Barr Virus and Human Cancer  EMM publishes the latest and most important advances in genetic, molecular and cellular studies of human physiology and diseases.  Register for your Electronic Table of Contents e-alerts today!          • Careers & Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Postdoctoral Researcher     John Innes Centre (JIC)            Postdoc Fellow     MD Anderson Cancer Center            Senior Lecturer / Lecturer     University of Glasgow            Laboratory Technician     University of Cambridge            Research Assistant II     The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)            Postdoctoral Researcher     University of Helsinki            Postdoctoral Research Scientist     The Babraham Institute            Bioinformatics Analyst     Yeshiva University            Postdoc and Research Fellow     University of Oslo            Research Associate     Cardiff University          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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