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02 June 2015      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports       Nature Communications is now fully open access All new submissions if accepted, will be published open access and an article processing charge will apply. For more information visit the website. Visit our open access funding page or contact openaccess@nature.com to learn more on APC funding.         Physical Sciences               Effect of aqueous and ambient atmospheric environments on plasmon-driven selective reduction reactions ▶     Qianqian Ding, Maodu Chen, Yuanzuo Li et al.     We successfully realised plasmon-driven selective reduction reactions of 2-amino-5-nitrobenzenethiol (2A-5-NBT) to 3,3’-dimercapto-4,4’-diaminoazobenzene , an azobenzene …             Carrier type inversion in quasi-free standing graphene: studies of local electronic and structural properties ▶     Christos Melios, Vishal Panchal, Cristina E. Giusca et al.     We investigate the local surface potential and Raman characteristics of as-grown and ex-situ hydrogen intercalated quasi-free standing graphene on 4H-SiC(0001) grown by chemical …             Disruption of Thermally-Stable Nanoscale Grain Structures by Strain Localization ▶     Amirhossein Khalajhedayati, Timothy J. Rupert     Nanocrystalline metals with average grain sizes of only a few nanometers have recently been observed to fail through the formation of shear bands. Here, we investigate this …             High-mobility and air-stable single-layer WS2 field-effect transistors sandwiched between chemical vapor deposition-grown hexagonal BN films ▶     M Waqas Iqbal, M Zahir Iqbal, M Farooq Khan et al.     An emerging electronic material as one of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), tungsten disulfide (WS2) can be exfoliated as an atomically thin layer and can compensate for …             Epitaxial growth of highly-crystalline spinel ferrite thin films on perovskite substrates for all-oxide devices ▶     Jarrett A. Moyer, Ran Gao, Peter Schiffer et al.     The potential growth modes for epitaxial growth of Fe3O4 on SrTiO3 (001) are investigated through control of the energetics of the pulsed-laser deposition growth process (via …             Magnetism in Na-filled Fe-based skutterudites ▶     Guangzong Xing, Xiaofeng Fan, Weitao Zheng et al.     The interplay of superconductivity and magnetism is a subject of ongoing interest, stimulated most recently by the discovery of Fe-based superconductivity and the recognition …             Switched photocurrent direction in Au/TiO2 bilayer thin films ▶     Hongjun Chen, Gang Liu, Lianzhou Wang     Switched photocurrent direction in photoelectrodes is a very interesting phenomenon and has demonstrated their potentials in important applications including photodiodes, …             Effect of N2 and H2 plasma treatments on band edge emission of ZnO microrods ▶     Joana Rodrigues, Tiago Holz, Rabie Fath Allah et al.     ZnO microrods were grown by laser assisted flow deposition technique in order to study their luminescence behaviour in the near band edge spectral region. Transmission electron …             Giant enhancement in critical current density, up to a hundredfold, in superconducting NaFe0.97Co0.03 As single crystals under hydrostatic pressure ▶     Babar Shabbir, Xiaolin Wang, S. R. Ghorbani et al.     Tremendous efforts towards improvement in the critical current density “Jc” of iron based superconductors (FeSCs), especially at relatively low temperatures and magnetic fields, …             Log-normal diameter distribution of Pd-based metallic glass droplet and wire ▶     S. Yaginuma, C. Nakajima, N. Kaneko et al.     We have studied the formation of Pd42.5Cu30Ni7.5P20 metallic glass droplets and wires in the gas atomization process. We demonstrate that the sizes of droplets and wires can be …             Remote p-type Doping in GaSb/InAs Core-shell Nanowires ▶     Feng Ning, Li-Ming Tang, Yong Zhang et al.     By performing first-principles calculation, we investigated the electronic properties of remotely p-type doping GaSb nanowire by a Zn-doped InAs shell. The results show that for …             Absence of Structural Impact of Noble Nanoparticles on P3HT:PCBM Blends for Plasmon-Enhanced Bulk-Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells Probed by Synchrotron GI-XRD ▶     Samuele Lilliu, Mejd Alsari, Oier Bikondoa et al.     The incorporation of noble metal nanoparticles, displaying localized surface plasmon resonance, in the active area of donor-acceptor bulk-heterojunction organic photovoltaic …             Quantitatively mimicking wet colloidal suspensions with dry granular media ▶     René Messina, Sarah Aljawhari, Lydiane Bécu et al.     Athermal two-dimensional granular systems are exposed to external mechanical noise leading to Brownian-like motion. Using tunable repulsive interparticle interaction, it is shown …             Bottom-up-then-up-down Route for Multi-level Construction of Hierarchical Bi2S3 Superstructures with Magnetism Alteration ▶     Chengzhen Wei, Lanfang Wang, Liyun Dang et al.     A bottom-up-then-up-down route was proposed to construct multi-level Bi2S3 hierarchical architectures assembled by two-dimensional (2D) Bi2S3 sheet-like networks. BiOCOOH hollow …             Ultra-flexible nonvolatile memory based on donor-acceptor diketopyrrolopyrrole polymer blends ▶     Ye Zhou, Su-Ting Han, Yan Yan et al.     Flexible memory cell array based on high mobility donor-acceptor diketopyrrolopyrrole polymer has been demonstrated. The memory cell exhibits low read voltage, high cell-to-cell …             Ultraviolet photoconductive devices with an n-GaN nanorod-graphene hybrid structure synthesized by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition ▶     San Kang, Arjun Mandal, Jae Hwan Chu et al.     The superior photoconductive behavior of a simple, cost-effective n-GaN nanorod (NR)-graphene hybrid device structure is demonstrated for the first time. The proposed hybrid …             Thin-film ‘Thermal Well’ Emitters and Absorbers for High-Efficiency Thermophotovoltaics ▶     Jonathan K. Tong, Wei-Chun Hsu, Yi Huang et al.     A new approach is introduced to significantly improve the performance of thermophotovoltaic (TPV) systems using low-dimensional thermal emitters and photovoltaic (PV) cells. By …             Performance Boost in Industrial Multifilamentary Nb3Sn Wires due to Radiation Induced Pinning Centers ▶     T. Baumgartner, M. Eisterer, H. W. Weber et al.     We report non-Cu critical current densities of 4 . 09 ⋅ 109 A/m2 at 12 T and 2.27 ⋅ 109 A/m2 at 15 T obtained from transport measurements on a Ti-alloyed RRP Nb3Sn wire after …             A new phase from compression of carbon nanotubes with anisotropic Dirac fermions ▶     Xiao Dong, Meng Hu, Julong He et al.     Searching for novel functional carbon materials is an enduring topic of scientific investigations, due to its diversity of bonds, including sp-, sp2-, and sp3-hybridized bonds. …             Optimal Learning Paths in Information Networks ▶     G. C. Rodi, V. Loreto, V. D. P. Servedio et al.     Each sphere of knowledge and information could be depicted as a complex mesh of correlated items. By properly exploiting these connections, innovative and more efficient …             Promotion of acceptor formation in SnO2 nanowires by e-beam bombardment and impacts to sensor application ▶     Sang Sub Kim, Han Gil Na, Hyoun Woo Kim et al.     We have realized a p-type-like conduction in initially n-type SnO2 nanowires grown using a vapor-liquid-solid method. The transition was achieved by irradiating n-type SnO2 …             Express penetration of hydrogen on Mg(10͞13) along the close-packed-planes ▶     Liuzhang Ouyang, Jiajun Tang, Yujun Zhao et al.     Metal atoms often locate in energetically favorite close-packed planes, leading to a relatively high penetration barrier for other atoms. Naturally, the penetration would be much …             Hexagonal-structured ε-NbN: ultra-incompressibility, high shear rigidity, and a possible hard superconducting material ▶     Yongtao Zou, Xuebing Wang, Ting Chen et al.     Exploring the structural stability and elasticity of hexagonal ε-NbN helps discover correlations among its physical properties for scientific and technological applications. …             Collective ordering of microscale matters in natural analogy ▶     Sungsook Ahn, Sang Joon Lee     Collective interaction occurs in many natural and artificial matters in broad scales. In a biological system, collective spatial organization of live individuals in a colony is …             Light scattering as an intrinsic indicator for pancreatic islet cell mass and secretion ▶     E. Ilegems, P. P. van Krieken, P. K. Edlund et al.     The pancreatic islet of Langerhans is composed of endocrine cells producing and releasing hormones from secretory granules in response to various stimuli for maintenance of blood …             Randomizing bipartite networks: the case of the World Trade Web ▶     Fabio Saracco, Riccardo Di Clemente, Andrea Gabrielli et al.     Within the last fifteen years, network theory has been successfully applied both to natural sciences and to socioeconomic disciplines. In particular, bipartite networks have been …             High numerical aperture multilayer Laue lenses ▶     Andrew J. Morgan, Mauro Prasciolu, Andrzej Andrejczuk et al.     The ever-increasing brightness of synchrotron radiation sources demands improved X-ray optics to utilise their capability for imaging and probing biological cells, nanodevices, …             Nanodiamond Finding in the Hyblean Shallow Mantle Xenoliths ▶     S. K. Simakov, A. Kouchi, N.N. Mel’nik et al.     Most of Earth’s diamonds are connected with deep-seated mantle rocks; however, in recent years, μm-sized diamonds have been found in shallower metamorphic rocks, and the process …             TiO2 Fibers Supported β-FeOOH Nanostructures as Efficient Visible Light Photocatalyst and Room Temperature Sensor ▶     Ting Zhu, Wei Li Ong, Liangliang Zhu et al.     Hierarchical heterostructures of beta-iron oxyhydroxide (β-FeOOH) nanostructures on electrospun TiO2 nanofibers were synthesized by a facile hydrothermal method. This synthesis …             Self-organized criticality in cortical assemblies occurs in concurrent scale-free and small-world networks ▶     Paolo Massobrio, Valentina Pasquale, Sergio Martinoia     The spontaneous activity of cortical networks is characterized by the emergence of different dynamic states. Although several attempts were accomplished to understand the origin …             Effects of CO2-induced pH reduction on the exoskeleton structure and biophotonic properties of the shrimp Lysmata californica ▶     Jennifer R. A. Taylor, Jasmine M. Gilleard, Michael C. Allen et al.     The anticipated effects of CO2-induced ocean acidification on marine calcifiers are generally negative, and include dissolution of calcified elements and reduced calcification …             Preparation and Gas Sensing Properties of In2O3/Au Nanorods for Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds in Exhaled Breath ▶     Ruiqing Xing, Lin Xu, Jian Song et al.     A series of In2O3/Au nanorods (NRs) were fabricated and characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), X–ray diffractometer (XRD) …             Structured caustic vector vortex optical field: manipulating optical angular momentum flux and polarization rotation ▶     Rui-Pin Chen, Zhaozhong Chen, Khian-Hooi Chew et al.     A caustic vector vortex optical field is experimentally generated and demonstrated by a caustic-based approach. The desired caustic with arbitrary acceleration trajectories, as …             Quenched pinning and collective dislocation dynamics ▶     Markus Ovaska, Lasse Laurson, Mikko J. Alava     Several experiments show that crystalline solids deform in a bursty and intermittent fashion. Power-law distributed strain bursts in compression experiments of micron-sized …             Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect in Graphene-based Heterostructure ▶     Jiayong Zhang, Bao Zhao, Yugui Yao et al.     Quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect, with potential applications in low-power-consumption electronics, is predicted in the heterostructure of graphene on the (001) surface of a …             Vacancy-controlled ultrastable nanoclusters in nanostructured ferritic alloys ▶     Z. W. Zhang, L. Yao, X.-L. Wang et al.     A new class of advanced structural materials, based on the Fe-O-vacancy system, has exceptional resistance to high-temperature creep and excellent tolerance to extremely …             Non-Linear Optical Flow Cytometry Using a Scanned, Bessel Beam Light-Sheet ▶     Bradley B. Collier, Samir Awasthi, Deborah K. Lieu et al.     Modern flow cytometry instruments have become vital tools for high-throughput analysis of single cells. However, as issues with the cellular labeling techniques often used in …             Guided current-induced skyrmion motion in 1D potential well ▶     I. Purnama, W. L. Gan, D. W. Wong et al.     Magnetic skyrmions are particle-like magnetization configurations which can be found in materials with broken inversion symmetry. Their topological nature allows them to …             Extreme ultra-low lasing threshold of full-polymeric fundamental microdisk printed with room-temperature atmospheric ink-jet technique ▶     Hiroaki Yoshioka, Tomoya Ota, Cong Chen et al.     We experimentally demonstrated an extreme ultra-low lasing threshold from full-polymeric fundamental microdisk cavities fabricated by a novel fabrication method, the ink-jet …             Electromagnetically induced absorption in a three-resonator metasurface system ▶     Xueqian Zhang, Ningning Xu, Kenan Qu et al.     Mimicking the quantum phenomena in metamaterials through coupled classical resonators has attracted enormous interest. Metamaterial analogs of electromagnetically induced …             Detection of Nitro-Based and Peroxide-Based Explosives by Fast Polarity-Switchable Ion Mobility Spectrometer with Ion Focusing in Vicinity of Faraday Detector ▶     Qinghua Zhou, Liying Peng, Dandan Jiang et al.     Ion mobility spectrometer (IMS) has been widely deployed for on-site detection of explosives. The common nitro-based explosives are usually detected by negative IMS while the …             Quantum Simulation of Dissipative Processes without Reservoir Engineering ▶     R. Di Candia, J. S. Pedernales, A. del Campo et al.     We present a quantum algorithm to simulate general finite dimensional Lindblad master equations without the requirement of engineering the system-environment interactions. The …             Time-resolved imaging of pulse-induced magnetization reversal with a microwave assist field ▶     Siddharth Rao, Jan Rhensius, Andre Bisig et al.     The reversal of the magnetization under the influence of a field pulse has been previously predicted to be an incoherent process with several competing phenomena such as domain …             Necking and notch strengthening in metallic glass with symmetric sharp-and-deep notches ▶     Z. D. Sha, Q. X. Pei, Z. S. Liu et al.     Notched metallic glasses (MGs) have received much attention recently due to their intriguing mechanical properties compared to their unnotched counterparts, but so far no …             Notch strengthening or weakening governed by transition of shear failure to normal mode fracture ▶     Xianqi Lei, Congling Li, Xinghua Shi et al.     It is generally observed that the existence of geometrical discontinuity like notches in materials will lead to strength weakening, as a resultant of local stress concentration. …             Slow Spin Dynamics in Superconducting Ca0.9Ce0.1Fe2As2 ▶     K. Nadeem, W. Zhang, D. Y. Chen et al.     Slow spin dynamics has been observed in superconducting under-doped Ca0.9Ce0.1Fe2As2 single crystal. Below 100 K, the system exhibits hysteresis in the cooling and warming …             Highly efficient red OLEDs using DCJTB as the dopant and delayed fluorescent exciplex as the host ▶     Bo Zhao, Tianyou Zhang, Bei Chu et al.     In this manuscript, we demonstrated a highly efficient DCJTB emission with delayed fluorescent exciplex TCTA:3P-T2T as the host. For the 1.0% DCJTB doped concentration, a maximum …             Multidimensional stationary probability distribution for interacting active particles ▶     Claudio Maggi, Umberto Marini Bettolo Marconi, Nicoletta Gnan et al.     We derive the stationary probability distribution for a non-equilibrium system composed by an arbitrary number of degrees of freedom that are subject to Gaussian colored noise …             Surface Plasmon Resonance-Induced Stiffening of Silver Nanowires ▶     Xue Ben, Harold S. Park     We report the results of a computational, atomistic electrodynamics study of the effects of electromagnetic waves on the mechanical properties, and specifically the Young’s …             Properties of Water Confined in Ionic Liquids ▶     Koji Saihara, Yukihiro Yoshimura, Soichi Ohta et al.     The varying states of water confined in the nano-domain structures of typical room temperature ionic liquids (ILs) were investigated by 1H NMR and by measurements of …             Nonequilibrium fluctuations as a distinctive feature of weak localization ▶     C. Barone, F. Romeo, S. Pagano et al.     Two-dimensional materials, such as graphene, topological insulators, and two-dimensional electron gases, represent a technological playground to develop coherent electronics. In …             Development of biodegradable Zn-1X binary alloys with nutrient alloying elements Mg, Ca and Sr ▶     H. F. Li, X. H. Xie, Y. F. Zheng et al.     Biodegradable metals have attracted considerable attentions in recent years. Besides the early launched biodegradable Mg and Fe metals, Zn, an essential element with osteogenic …             Reduced Carrier Recombination in PbS - CuInS2 Quantum Dot Solar Cells ▶     Zhenhua Sun, Gary Sitbon, Thomas Pons et al.     Energy loss due to carrier recombination is among the major factors limiting the performance of TiO2/PbS colloidal quantum dot (QD) heterojunction solar cells. In this work, …             Efficient delivery of antigen to DCs using yeast-derived microparticles ▶     Ying Pan, Xiaopeng Li, Tianyi Kang et al.     Some pathogens can be naturally recognized and internalized by antigen presentation cells (APCs) in vivo, providing a platform for efficient vaccine delivery. However, the …             Assessing the potential of atomistic molecular dynamics simulations to probe reversible protein-protein recognition and binding ▶     Luciano A. Abriata, Matteo Dal Peraro     Protein-protein recognition and binding are governed by diffusion, noncovalent forces and conformational flexibility, entangled in a way that only molecular dynamics simulations …             A bioinspired peptide scaffold with high antibiotic activity and low in vivo toxicity ▶     Francesc Rabanal, Ariadna Grau-Campistany, Xavier Vila-Farrés et al.     Bacterial resistance to almost all available antibiotics is an important public health issue. A major goal in antimicrobial drug discovery is the generation of new chemicals …             A micro-patterned silicon chip as sample holder for macromolecular crystallography experiments with minimal background scattering ▶     P. Roedig, I. Vartiainen, R. Duman et al.     At low emittance synchrotron sources it has become possible to perform structure determinations from the measurement of multiple microcrystals which were previously considered …             New breast cancer prognostic factors identified by computer-aided image analysis of HE stained histopathology images ▶     Jia-Mei Chen, Ai-Ping Qu, Lin-Wei Wang et al.     Computer-aided image analysis (CAI) can help objectively quantify morphologic features of hematoxylin-eosin (HE) histopathology images and provide potentially useful prognostic …             Thermoelectric Signal Enhancement by Reconciling the Spin Seebeck and Anomalous Nernst Effects in Ferromagnet/Non-magnet Multilayers ▶     Kyeong-Dong Lee, Dong-Jun Kim, Hae Yeon Lee et al.     The utilization of ferromagnetic (FM) materials in thermoelectric devices allows one to have a simpler structure and/or independent control of electric and thermal …             Observing microscopic structures of a relativistic object using a time-stretch strategy ▶     E. Roussel, C. Evain, M. Le Parquier et al.     Emission of light by a single electron moving on a curved trajectory (synchrotron radiation) is one of the most well-known fundamental radiation phenomena. However experimental …             Strain Engineering of Octahedral Rotations and Physical Properties of SrRuO3 Films ▶     Wenlai Lu, Wendong Song, Ping Yang et al.     Strain engineering is an effective way to modify functional properties of thin films. Recently, the importance of octahedral rotations in pervoskite films has been recognized in …             Evolutionary optimization of compact dielectric lens for farfield sub-wavelength imaging ▶     Jingjing Zhang     The resolution of conventional optical lenses is limited by diffraction. For decades researchers have made various attempts to beat the diffraction limit and realize …             Photouncaged Sequence-specific Interstrand DNA Cross-Linking with Photolabile 4-oxo-enal-modified Oligonucleotides ▶     Jingjing Sun, Xinjing Tang     DNA cross-linking technology is an attractive tool for the detection, regulation, and manipulation of genes. In this study, a series of photolabile 4-oxo-enal-modified …             Chemoselective reduction and oxidation of ketones in water through control of the electron transfer pathway ▶     Sun Min Kim, Ho Sung Yoo, Hideo Hosono et al.     The selective synthesis of different products from the same starting materials in water, which is the most abundant solvent in nature, is a crucial issue as it maximizes the …             Long-haul and high-resolution optical time domain reflectometry using superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors ▶     Qingyuan Zhao, Lan Xia, Chao Wan et al.     In classical optical time domain reflectometries (OTDRs), for sensing an 200-km-long fiber, the optical pulses launched are as wide as tens of microseconds to get enough …             Cellular superresolved imaging of multiple markers using temporally flickering nanoparticles ▶     Tali Ilovitsh, Yossef Danan, Rinat Meir et al.     In this paper we present a technique aimed for simultaneous detection of multiple types of gold nanoparticles (GNPs) within a biological sample, using lock-in detection. We image …             Optical ‘magnetic mirror’ metasurfaces using interference between Fabry-Pérot cavity resonances in coaxial apertures ▶     Ranjith Rajasekharan, Ann Roberts     Here we propose and computationally demonstrate a quasi-planar metasurface consisting of arrays of pairs of concentric coaxial apertures in a metallic film. The structure relies …             Elucidating the Reaction Pathways in the Synthesis of Organolead Trihalide Perovskite for High-Performance Solar Cells ▶     Baohua Wang, King Young Wong, Xudong Xiao et al.     The past two years have witnessed unprecedentedly rapid development of organic–inorganic halide perovskite–based solar cells. The solution–processability and high efficiency make …             Data Clustering using Memristor Networks ▶     Shinhyun Choi, Patrick Sheridan, Wei D. Lu     Memristors have emerged as a promising candidate for critical applications such as non-volatile memory as well as non-Von Neumann computing architectures based on neuromorphic …             Fabrication and Cytocompatibility of In Situ Crosslinked Carbon Nanomaterial Films ▶     Sunny C. Patel, Gaurav Lalwani, Kartikey Grover et al.     Assembly of carbon nanomaterials into two-dimensional (2D) coatings and films that harness their unique physiochemical properties may lead to high impact energy capture/storage, …             n-type conversion of SnS by isovalent ion substitution: Geometrical doping as a new doping route ▶     Fan-Yong Ran, Zewen Xiao, Yoshitake Toda et al.     Tin monosulfide (SnS) is a naturally p-type semiconductor with a layered crystal structure, but no reliable n-type SnS has been obtained by conventional aliovalent ion …             Few-layer bismuth selenides exfoliated by hemin inhibit amyloid-β1–42 fibril formation ▶     Jian Peng, Yunjing Xiong, Zhiqin Lin et al.     Inhibiting amyloid-β (Aβ) fibril formation is the primary therapeutic strategy for Alzheimer’s disease. Several small molecules and nanomaterials have been used to inhibit Aβ …             Real-time selective visual monitoring of Hg2+ detection at ppt level: An approach to lighting electrospun nanofibers using gold nanoclusters ▶     Anitha Senthamizhan, Asli Celebioglu, Tamer Uyar     In this work, fluorescent gold nanocluster (AuNC) decorated polycaprolactone (PCL) nanofibers (AuNC*PCL-NF) for real time visual monitoring of Hg2+ detection at ppt level in …             A compact photometer based on metal-waveguide-capillary: application to detecting glucose of nanomolar concentration ▶     Min Bai, Hui Huang, Jian Hao et al.     Trace analysis of liquid samples has wide applications in life science and environmental monitor. In this paper, a compact and low-cost photometer based on …             Direct Identification of On-Bead Peptides Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopic Barcoding System for High-Throughput Bioanalysis ▶     Homan Kang, Sinyoung Jeong, Yul Koh et al.     Recently, preparation and screening of compound libraries remain one of the most challenging tasks in drug discovery, biomarker detection, and biomolecular profiling processes. …             Electronic Band Structure and Sub-band-gap Absorption of Nitrogen Hyperdoped Silicon ▶     Zhen Zhu, Hezhu Shao, Xiao Dong et al.     We investigated the atomic geometry, electronic band structure, and optical absorption of nitrogen hyperdoped silicon based on first-principles calculations. The results show …             Salt stains from evaporating droplets ▶     Noushine Shahidzadeh, Marthe F. L. Schut, Julie Desarnaud et al.     The study of the behavior of sessile droplets on solid substrates is not only associated with common everyday phenomena, such as the coffee stain effect, limescale deposits on …             Universal dependence of the spin wave band structure on the geometrical characteristics of two-dimensional magnonic crystals ▶     S. Tacchi, P. Gruszecki, M. Madami et al.     In the emerging field of magnon-spintronics, spin waves are exploited to encode, carry and process information in materials with periodic modulation of their magnetic properties, …             Deep ultraviolet laser direct write for patterning sol-gel InGaZnO semiconducting micro/nanowires and improving field-effect mobility ▶     Hung-Cheng Lin, Fabrice Stehlin, Olivier Soppera et al.     Deep-UV (DUV) laser was used to directly write indium-gallium-zinc-oxide (IGZO) precursor solution and form micro and nanoscale patterns. The directional DUV laser beam avoids …             A Base-Independent Repair Mechanism for DNA Glycosylase—No Discrimination Within the Active Site ▶     Iris D. Blank, Keyarash Sadeghian, Christian Ochsenfeld     The ubiquitous occurrence of DNA damages renders its repair machinery a crucial requirement for the genomic stability and the survival of living organisms. Deficiencies in DNA …             Dynamic near-field optical interaction between oscillating nanomechanical structures ▶     Phillip Ahn, Xiang Chen, Zhen Zhang et al.     Near-field optical techniques exploit light-matter interactions at small length scales for mechanical sensing and actuation of nanomechanical structures. Here, we study the …             Topological nature and the multiple Dirac cones hidden in Bismuth high-Tc superconductors ▶     Gang Li, Binghai Yan, Ronny Thomale et al.     Recent theoretical studies employing density-functional theory have predicted BaBiO3 (when doped with electrons) and YBiO3 to become a topological insulator (TI) with a large …             Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction and Spiral Order in Spin-orbit Coupled Optical Lattices ▶     Ming Gong, Yinyin Qian, Mi Yan et al.     We show that the recent experimental realization of spin-orbit coupling in ultracold atomic gases can be used to study different types of spin spiral order and resulting …             Giant Electroresistive Ferroelectric Diode on 2DEG ▶     Shin-Ik Kim, Hyo Jin Gwon, Dai-Hong Kim et al.     Manipulation of electrons in a solid through transmitting, storing, and switching is the fundamental basis for the microelectronic devices. Recently, the electroresistance effect …             Suppression of creep-regime dynamics in epitaxial ferroelectric BiFeO3 films ▶     Y. J. Shin, B. C. Jeon, S. M. Yang et al.     Switching dynamics of ferroelectric materials are governed by the response of domain walls to applied electric field. In epitaxial ferroelectric films, thermally-activated …             Formation of As-As Interlayer Bonding in the collapsed tetragonal phase of NaFe2As2 under pressure ▶     Elissaios Stavrou, Xiao-Jia Chen, Artem R. Oganov et al.     NaFe2As2 is investigated experimentally using powder x-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy at pressures up to 23 GPa at room temperature and using ab-initio calculations. The …             Spin Polarization Inversion at Benzene-Absorbed Fe4N Surface ▶     Qian Zhang, Wenbo Mi, Xiaocha Wang et al.     We report a first-principle study on electronic structure and simulation of the spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy graphic of a benzene/Fe4N interface. Fe4N is a …             Classical Imaging with Undetected Photons ▶     Jeffrey H. Shapiro, Dheera Venkatraman, Franco N. C. Wong     Barreto Lemos et al. [Nature 512, 409–412 (2014)] reported an experiment in which a non-degenerate parametric downconverter and a non-degenerate optical parametric amplifier—used …             Ion adsorption-induced wetting transition in oil-water-mineral systems ▶     Frieder Mugele, Bijoyendra Bera, Andrea Cavalli et al.     The relative wettability of oil and water on solid surfaces is generally governed by a complex competition of molecular interaction forces acting in such three-phase systems. …             Highly Conductive Transparent Organic Electrodes with Multilayer Structures for Rigid and Flexible Optoelectronics ▶     Xiaoyang Guo, Xingyuan Liu, Fengyuan Lin et al.     Transparent electrodes are essential components for optoelectronic devices, such as touch panels, organic light-emitting diodes, and solar cells. Indium tin oxide (ITO) is widely …             Multiple MoS2 Transistors for Sensing Molecule Interaction Kinetics ▶     Hongsuk Nam, Bo-Ram Oh, Pengyu Chen et al.     Atomically layered transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) exhibit a significant potential to enable next-generation low-cost transistor biosensors that permit …             Hierarchical Heteroaggregation of Binary Metal-Organic Gels with Tunable Porosity and Mixed Valence Metal Sites for Removal of Dyes in Water ▶     Asif Mahmood, Wei Xia, Nasir Mahmood et al.     Hierarchical heteronuclear metal-organic gels (MOGs) based on iron (Fe) and aluminium (Al) metal-organic framework (MOF) backbones bridged by tri-carboxylate ligands have firstly …             Exploiting lipopolysaccharide-induced deformation of lipid bilayers to modify membrane composition and generate two-dimensional geometric membrane array patterns ▶     Peter G. Adams, Kirstie L. Swingle, Walter F. 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