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08 December 2015      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports               Physical Sciences               Fragmentation of Fast Josephson Vortices and Breakdown of Ordered States by Moving Topological Defects ▶     Ahmad Sheikhzada, Alex Gurevich     Topological defects such as vortices, dislocations or domain walls define many important effects in superconductivity, superfluidity, magnetism, liquid crystals, and plasticity …             Ice-templated synthesis of multifunctional three dimensional graphene/noble metal nanocomposites and their mechanical, electrical, catalytic, and electromagnetic shielding properties ▶     P. K. Sahoo, Radhamanohar Aepuru, Himanshu Sekhar Panda et al.     In-situ homogeneous dispersion of noble metals in three-dimensional graphene sheets is a key tactic for producing macroscopic architecture, which is desirable for practical …             Integration of CdSe/CdSexTe1−x Type-II Heterojunction Nanorods into Hierarchically Porous TiO2 Electrode for Efficient Solar Energy Conversion ▶     Sangheon Lee, Joseph C. Flanagan, Joonhyeon Kang et al.     Semiconductor sensitized solar cells, a promising candidate for next-generation photovoltaics, have seen notable progress using 0-D quantum dots as light harvesting materials. …             A highly efficient CMOS nanoplasmonic crystal enhanced slow-wave thermal emitter improves infrared gas-sensing devices ▶     Andreas Pusch, Andrea De Luca, Sang S. Oh et al.     The application of plasmonics to thermal emitters is generally assisted by absorptive losses in the metal because Kirchhoff’s law prescribes that only good absorbers make good …             Absolute measurement of the 1S0 − 3P0 clock transition in neutral 88Sr over the 330 km-long stabilized fibre optic link ▶     Piotr Morzyński, Marcin Bober, Dobrosława Bartoszek-Bober et al.     We report a stability below 7 × 10−17 of two independent optical lattice clocks operating with bosonic 88Sr isotope. The value (429 228 066 418 008.3(1.9)syst (0.9)stat Hz) of …             Tuning the properties of polyhydroxybutyrate films using acetic acid via solvent casting ▶     Preetam Anbukarasu, Dominic Sauvageau, Anastasia Elias     Biodegradable polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) films were fabricated using acetic acid as an alternative to common solvents such as chloroform. The PHB films were prepared using a …             Effective directional self-gathering of drops on spine of cactus with splayed capillary arrays ▶     Chengcheng Liu, Yan Xue, Yuan Chen et al.     We report that the fast droplet transport without additional energy expenditure can be achieved on the spine of cactus (Gymnocalycium baldianum) with the assistance of its …             Electron beam irradiated silver nanowires for a highly transparent heater ▶     Chan-Hwa Hong, Seung Kyu Oh, Tae Kyoung Kim et al.     Transparent heaters have attracted increasing attention for their usefulness in vehicle windows, outdoor displays, and periscopes. We present high performance transparent heaters …             Scalable lithography from Natural DNA Patterns via polyacrylamide gel ▶     JieHao Qu, XianLiang Hou, WanChao Fan et al.     A facile strategy for fabricating scalable stamps has been developed using cross-linked polyacrylamide gel (PAMG) that controllably and precisely shrinks and swells with water …             Three-dimensional Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Supported Molybdenum Disulfide Nanoparticles as an Advanced Catalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction ▶     Haifeng Dong, Conghui Liu, Haitao Ye et al.     An efficient three-dimensional (3D) hybrid material of nitrogen-doped graphene sheets (N-RGO) supporting molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) nanoparticles with high-performance …             Atomically precise semiconductor—graphene and hBN interfaces by Ge intercalation ▶     N. I. Verbitskiy, A. V. Fedorov, G. Profeta et al.     The full exploration of the potential, which graphene offers to nanoelectronics requires its integration into semiconductor technology. So far the real-world applications are …             Dielectric behaviors of Aurivillius Bi5Ti3Fe0.5Cr0.5O15 multiferroic polycrystals: Determining the intrinsic magnetoelectric responses by impedance spectroscopy ▶     Wei Bai, Chao Chen, Jing Yang et al.     Bismuth layer ferroelectrics (BLFs) pioneered by Aurivillius about sixty years ago have been revived recently because of the fatigue- and lead-free behaviors and high Curie …             Hidden symmetry and protection of Dirac points on the honeycomb lattice ▶     Jing-Min Hou, Wei Chen     The honeycomb lattice possesses a novel energy band structure, which is characterized by two distinct Dirac points in the Brillouin zone, dominating most of the physical …             Formation of Carbonized Polystyrene Sphere/hemisphere Shell Arrays by Ion Beam Irradiation and Subsequent Annealing or Chloroform Treatment ▶     Xianyin Song, Zhigao Dai, Xiangheng Xiao et al.     Heat-resistant two-dimensional (2D) sphere/hemisphere shell array is significant for the fabrication of novel nanostructures. Here large-area, well-ordered arrays of carbonized …             Pure spin-Hall magnetoresistance in Rh/Y3Fe5O12 hybrid ▶     T. Shang, Q. F. Zhan, L. Ma et al.     We report an investigation of anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR) and anomalous Hall resistance (AHR) of Rh and Pt thin films sputtered on epitaxial Y3Fe5O12 (YIG) ferromagnetic …             Observation of Bloch oscillations in complex PT-symmetric photonic lattices ▶     Martin Wimmer, Mohammed-Ali Miri, Demetrios Christodoulides et al.     Light propagation in periodic environments is often associated with a number of interesting and potentially useful processes. If a crystalline optical potential is also linearly …             A Wide-angle Multi-Octave Broadband Waveplate Based on Field Transformation Approach ▶     Junming Zhao, Lianhong Zhang, Jensen Li et al.     Transformation optics (TO) offers a geometrical approach in designing optical components of any shapes. Although it has been proven to be a versatile and robust mathematical …             Buckling assisted and lithographically micropatterned fully flexible sensors for conformal integration applications ▶     Debashis Maji, Debanjan Das, Jyoti Wala et al.     Development of flexible sensors/electronics over substrates thicker than 100 μm is of immense importance for its practical feasibility. However, unlike over ultrathin films, …             RESOLFT nanoscopy with photoswitchable organic fluorophores ▶     Jiwoong Kwon, Jihee Hwang, Jaewan Park et al.     Far-field optical nanoscopy has been widely used to image small objects with sub-diffraction-limit spatial resolution. Particularly, reversible saturable optical fluorescence …             Superdiffusive motion of membrane-targeting C2 domains ▶     Grace Campagnola, Kanti Nepal, Bryce W. Schroder et al.     Membrane-targeting domains play crucial roles in the recruitment of signalling molecules to the plasma membrane. For most peripheral proteins, the protein-to-membrane interaction …             Detection of gene communities in multi-networks reveals cancer drivers ▶     Laura Cantini, Enzo Medico, Santo Fortunato et al.     We propose a new multi-network-based strategy to integrate different layers of genomic information and use them in a coordinate way to identify driving cancer genes. The …             A Probabilistic Model for Estimating the Depth and Threshold Temperature of C-fiber Nociceptors ▶     Tara Dezhdar, Rabih A. Moshourab, Ingo Fründ et al.     The subjective experience of thermal pain follows the detection and encoding of noxious stimuli by primary afferent neurons called nociceptors. However, nociceptor morphology has …             Crossover behavior of the thermal conductance and Kramers’ transition rate theory ▶     Kirill A. Velizhanin, Subin Sahu, Chih-Chun Chien et al.     Kramers’ theory frames chemical reaction rates in solution as reactants overcoming a barrier in the presence of friction and noise. For weak coupling to the solution, the …             3D visualization of XFEL beam focusing properties using LiF crystal X-ray detector ▶     Tatiana Pikuz, Anatoly Faenov, Takeshi Matsuoka et al.     Here, we report, that by means of direct irradiation of lithium fluoride a (LiF) crystal, in situ 3D visualization of the SACLA XFEL focused beam profile along the propagation …             Tunable lasing in cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers with accurate measurements of strain ▶     Andrii Varanytsia, Hama Nagai, Kenji Urayama et al.     We report wide range and reversible tuning of the selective reflection band of a single crystal cholesteric liquid crystal elastomer (CLCE). The tuning is the result of …             The Assembling of Poly (3-Octyl-Thiophene) on CVD Grown Single Layer Graphene ▶     Yanqiu Jiang, Ling Yang, Zongxia Guo et al.     The interface between organic semiconductor and graphene electrode, especially the structure of the first few molecular layers at the interface, is crucial for the device …             Programmable thermal emissivity structures based on bioinspired self-shape materials ▶     N. Athanasopoulos, N. J. Siakavellas     Programmable thermal emissivity structures based on the bioinspired self-shape anisotropic materials were developed at macro-scale, and further studied theoretically at smaller …             Two-dimensional imaging in hyperbolic media–the role of field components and ordinary waves ▶     Alessandro Tuniz, Boris T. Kuhlmey     We study full vector imaging of two dimensional source fields through finite slabs of media with extreme anisotropy, such as hyperbolic media. For this, we adapt the exact …             Multifractal analysis of weighted networks by a modified sandbox algorithm ▶     Yu-Qin Song, Jin-Long Liu, Zu-Guo Yu et al.     Complex networks have attracted growing attention in many fields. As a generalization of fractal analysis, multifractal analysis (MFA) is a useful way to systematically describe …             Spectra of weighted scale-free networks ▶     Zhongzhi Zhang, Xiaoye Guo, Yuhao Yi     Much information about the structure and dynamics of a network is encoded in the eigenvalues of its transition matrix. In this paper, we present a first study on the transition …             Direct Observation of the Biaxial Stress Effect on Efficiency Droop in GaN-based Light-emitting Diode under Electrical Injection ▶     Jinjian Zheng, Shuiqing Li, Chilun Chou et al.     Light-emitting diode (LED) efficiency has attracted considerable interest because of the extended use of solid-state lighting. Owing to lack of direct measurement, identification …             Theoretical assessment of feasibility to sequence DNA through interlayer electronic tunneling transport at aligned nanopores in bilayer graphene ▶     Jariyanee Prasongkit, Gustavo T. Feliciano, Alexandre R. Rocha et al.     Fast, cost effective, single-shot DNA sequencing could be the prelude of a new era in genetics. As DNA encodes the information for the production of proteins in all known living …             Silicon etching using only Oxygen at high temperature: An alternative approach to Si micro-machining on 150 mm Si wafers ▶     Jessica Chai, Glenn Walker, Li Wang et al.     Using a combination of low-pressure oxygen and high temperatures, isotropic and anisotropic silicon (Si) etch rates can be controlled up to ten micron per minute. By varying the …             The Comparative Studies of Binding Activity of Curcumin and Didemethylated Curcumin with Selenite: Hydrogen Bonding vs Acid-Base Interactions ▶     Jiahn-Haur Liao, Tzu-Hua Wu, Ming-Yi Chen et al.     In this report, the in vitro relative capabilities of curcumin (CCM) and didemethylated curcumin (DCCM) in preventing the selenite-induced crystallin aggregation were …             Variance-corrected Michaelis-Menten equation predicts transient rates of single-enzyme reactions and response times in bacterial gene-regulation ▶     Otto Pulkkinen, Ralf Metzler     Many chemical reactions in biological cells occur at very low concentrations of constituent molecules. Thus, transcriptional gene-regulation is often controlled by poorly …             Evolution of crystal and electronic structures of magnesium dicarbide at high pressure ▶     Dashuai Wang, Yan Yan, Dan Zhou et al.     Carbon-based compounds exhibit unexpected structures and electronic behavior at high pressure arising from various bonding features of carbon (e.g., sp, sp2 and sp3 C-C bonds). …             Understanding the Unique Electronic Properties of Nano Structures Using Photoemission Theory ▶     Soonnam Kwon, Won Kook Choi     Newly emerging experimental techniques such as nano-ARPES are expected to provide an opportunity to measure the electronic properties of nano-materials directly. However, the …             Quasi-continuous metasurface for ultra-broadband and polarization-controlled electromagnetic beam deflection ▶     Yanqin Wang, Mingbo Pu, Zuojun Zhang et al.     Two-dimensional metasurface has attracted growing interest in recent years, owing to its ability in manipulating the phase, amplitude and polarization state of electromagnetic …             Reduced GeO2 Nanoparticles: Electronic Structure of a Nominal GeOx Complex and Its Stability under H2 Annealing ▶     Jia Zhao, Linju Yang, John A. McLeod et al.     A nominal GeOx (x ≤ 2) compound contains mixtures of Ge, Ge suboxides, and GeO2, but the detailed composition and crystallinity could vary from material to material. In this …             Collective punishment is more effective than collective reward for promoting cooperation ▶     Lei Gao, Zhen Wang, Riccardo Pansini et al.     Collective punishment and reward are usually regarded as two potential mechanisms to explain the evolution of cooperation. Both scenarios, however, seem problematic to understand …             Observation of uniaxial anisotropy along the [100] direction in crystalline Fe film ▶     Seul-Ki Bac, Hakjoon Lee, Sangyoep Lee et al.     We report an observation of uniaxial magnetic anisotropy along the [100] crystallographic direction in crystalline Fe film grown on Ge buffers deposited on a (001) GaAs …             Electrolithography- A New and Versatile Process for Nano Patterning ▶     Santanu Talukder, Praveen Kumar, Rudra Pratap     We report a new lithography technique based on electromigration driven material transport for drawing patterns at nanometer scales in ambient conditions. We use a thin metal film …             Single Particle Dynamic Imaging and Fe3+ Sensing with Bright Carbon Dots Derived from Bovine Serum Albumin Proteins ▶     Qingxiu Yang, Lin Wei, Xuanfang Zheng et al.     In this work, we demonstrated a convenient and green strategy for the synthesis of highly luminescent and water-soluble carbon dots (Cdots) by carbonizing carbon precursors, …             Extreme sensitivity of the electric-field-induced band gap to the electronic topological transition in sliding bilayer graphene ▶     Kyu Won Lee, Cheol Eui Lee     We have investigated the effect of electronic topological transition on the electric field-induced band gap in sliding bilayer graphene by using the density functional theory …             Graphene Distributed Amplifiers: Generating Desirable Gain for Graphene Field-Effect Transistors ▶     Hongming Lyu, Qi Lu, Yilin Huang et al.     Ever since its discovery, graphene bears great expectations in high frequency electronics due to its irreplaceably high carrier mobility. However, it has long been blamed for the …             A fully roll-to-roll gravure-printed carbon nanotube-based active matrix for multi-touch sensors ▶     Wookyu Lee, Hyunmo Koo, Junfeng Sun et al.     Roll-to-roll (R2R) printing has been pursued as a commercially viable high-throughput technology to manufacture flexible, disposable, and inexpensive printed electronic devices. …             Enzyme-guided DNA Sewing Architecture ▶     In Hyun Song, Seung Won Shin, Kyung Soo Park et al.     With the advent of nanotechnology, a variety of nanoarchitectures with varied physicochemical properties have been designed. Owing to the unique characteristics, DNAs have been …             Low-temperature synthesis of high-ordered anatase TiO2 nanotube array films coated with exposed {001} nanofacets ▶     Jie Ding, Zhennan Huang, Jihao Zhu et al.     High-ordered anatase TiO2 nanotube array films coated with exposed high-reactive {001} nanofacets were fabricated by a modified hydrothermal method using amorphous anodic TiO2 …             Improving Protein Fold Recognition by Deep Learning Networks ▶     Taeho Jo, Jie Hou, Jesse Eickholt et al.     For accurate recognition of protein folds, a deep learning network method (DN-Fold) was developed to predict if a given query-template protein pair belongs to the same structural …             Contribution of human and climate change impacts to changes in streamflow of Canada ▶     Xuezhi Tan, Thian Yew Gan     Climate change exerts great influence on streamflow by changing precipitation, temperature, snowpack and potential evapotranspiration (PET), while human activities in a watershed …             Defective Ti2Nb10O27.1: an advanced anode material for lithium-ion batteries ▶     Chunfu Lin, Shu Yu, Hua Zhao et al.     To explore anode materials with large capacities and high rate performances for the lithium-ion batteries of electric vehicles, defective Ti2Nb10O27.1 has been prepared through a …             How silicene on Ag(111) oxidizes: microscopic mechanism of the reaction of O2 with silicene ▶     Tetsuya Morishita, Michelle J.S. Spencer     We demonstrate, using first-principles molecular-dynamics simulations, that oxidation of silicene can easily take place either at low or high oxygen doses, which importantly …             Superbunching and Nonclassicality as new Hallmarks of Superradiance ▶     Daniel Bhatti, Joachim von Zanthier, Girish S. Agarwal     Superradiance, i.e., spontaneous emission of coherent radiation by an ensemble of two-level atoms in collective states introduced by Dicke in 1954, is one of the enigmatic …             Hierarchical One-Dimensional Ammonium Nickel Phosphate Microrods for High-Performance Pseudocapacitors ▶     Kumar Raju, Kenneth I. Ozoemena     High-performance electrochemical capacitors will drive the next-generation portable, flexible and wearable electronics. Unlike the conventional all-carbon supercapacitors …             Laser-tuned whispering gallery modes in a solid-core microstructured optical fibre integrated with magnetic fluids ▶     Wei Lin, Hao Zhang, Bo Liu et al.     A laser-assisted tuning method of whispering gallery modes (WGMs) in a cylindrical microresonator based on magnetic-fluids-infiltrated microstructured optical fibres (MFIMOFs, …             Laser propulsion of nanobullets by adiabatic compression of surface plasmon polaritons ▶     Viola Folli, Giancarlo Ruocco, Claudio Conti     Laser propulsion and guide of nanosized objects is fundamental for a wide number of applications. These applications are often limited by the fact that the optical forces acting …             Plasmon-gating photoluminescence in graphene/GeSi quantum dots hybrid structures ▶     Yulu Chen, Qiong Wu, Yingjie Ma et al.     The ability to control light-matter interaction is central to several potential applications in lasing, sensing, and communication. Graphene plasmons provide a way of strongly …             When cells divide: Label-free multimodal spectral imaging for exploratory molecular investigation of living cells during cytokinesis ▶     Jen-Fang Hsu, Pei-Ying Hsieh, Hsin-Yun Hsu et al.     In vivo, molecular-level investigation of cytokinesis, the climax of the cell cycle, not only deepens our understanding of how life continues, but it will also open up new …             Self-Growth of Centimeter-Scale Single Crystals by Normal Sintering Process in Modified Potassium Sodium Niobate Ceramics ▶     Cheol-Woo Ahn, Ho-Yong Lee, Guifang Han et al.     In this manuscript, an interesting phenomenon is reported. That is the self-growth of single crystals in Pb-free piezoelectric ceramics. These crystals are several centimeters in …             Miniaturized Swimming Soft Robot with Complex Movement Actuated and Controlled by Remote Light Signals ▶     Chaolei Huang, Jiu-an Lv, Xiaojun Tian et al.     Powering and communication with micro robots to enable complex functions is a long-standing challenge as the size of robots continues to shrink. Physical connection of wires or …             Three-Dimensional Assignment of the Structures of Atomic Clusters: an Example of Au8M (M=Si, Ge, Sn) Anion Clusters ▶     Yi-Rong Liu, Teng Huang, Yan-Bo Gai et al.     Identification of different isomer structures of atomic and molecular clusters has long been a challenging task in the field of cluster science. Here we present a …             Incorporating Contact Network Structure in Cluster Randomized Trials ▶     Patrick C. Staples, Elizabeth L. Ogburn, Jukka-Pekka Onnela     Whenever possible, the efficacy of a new treatment is investigated by randomly assigning some individuals to a treatment and others to control, and comparing the outcomes between …             Properties of skyrmions and multi-quanta vortices in chiral p-wave superconductors ▶     Julien Garaud, Egor Babaev     Chiral p-wave superconducting state supports a rich spectrum of topological excitations different from those in conventional superconducting states. Besides domain walls …             Radio Frequency Magnetron Sputtering Deposition of TiO2 Thin Films and Their Perovskite Solar Cell Applications ▶     Cong Chen, Yu Cheng, Qilin Dai et al.     In this work, we report a physical deposition based, compact (cp) layer synthesis for planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells. Typical solution-based synthesis of cp layer …             Plasmonic CROWs for Tunable Dispersion and High Quality Cavity Modes ▶     John J. Wood, Lucas Lafone, Joachim M. Hamm et al.     Coupled resonator optical waveguides (CROWs) have the potential to revolutionise integrated optics, to slow-light and enhance linear and non-linear optical phenomena. Here we …             Classification of octet AB-type binary compounds using dynamical charges: A materials informatics perspective ▶     G. Pilania, J. E. Gubernatis, T. Lookman     The role of dynamical (or Born effective) charges in classification of octet AB-type binary compounds between four-fold (zincblende/wurtzite crystal structures) and six-fold …             Accelerated 2D magnetic resonance spectroscopy of single spins using matrix completion ▶     Jochen Scheuer, Alexander Stark, Matthias Kost et al.     Two dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is one of the major tools for analysing the chemical structure of organic molecules and proteins. Despite its power, …             In-situ microfluidic controlled, low temperature hydrothermal growth of nanoflakes for dye-sensitized solar cells ▶     Chao Zhao, Jia Zhang, Yue Hu et al.     In this paper, an in-situ microfluidic control unit (MCU) was designed and applied in a hydrothermal synthesis process, which provides an easy way to localize liquid-phase …             A network medicine approach to quantify distance between hereditary disease modules on the interactome ▶     Horacio Caniza, Alfonso E. Romero, Alberto Paccanaro     We introduce a MeSH-based method that accurately quantifies similarity between heritable diseases at molecular level. This method effectively brings together the existing …             Aluminium alloyed iron-silicide/silicon solar cells: A simple approach for low cost environmental-friendly photovoltaic technology ▶     Goutam Kumar Dalapati, Saeid Masudy-Panah, Avishek Kumar et al.     This work demonstrates the fabrication of silicide/silicon based solar cell towards the development of low cost and environmental friendly photovoltaic technology. A …             Investigation of reactions between trace gases and functional CuO nanospheres and octahedrons using NEXAFS-TXM imaging ▶     Katja Henzler, Axel Heilemann, Janosch Kneer et al.     In order to take full advantage of novel functional materials in the next generation of sensorial devices scalable processes for their fabrication and utilization are of great …             Ex vivo multiscale quantitation of skin biomechanics in wild-type and genetically-modified mice using multiphoton microscopy ▶     Stéphane Bancelin, Barbara Lynch, Christelle Bonod-Bidaud et al.     Soft connective tissues such as skin, tendon or cornea are made of about 90% of extracellular matrix proteins, fibrillar collagens being the major components. Decreased or …             Ultrafine ferroferric oxide nanoparticles embedded into mesoporous carbon nanotubes for lithium ion batteries ▶     Guo Gao, Qiang Zhang, Xin-Bing Cheng et al.     An effective one-pot hydrothermal method for in situ filling of multi-wall carbon nanotubes (CNT, diameter of 20–40 nm, length of 30–100 μm) with ultrafine ferroferric oxide (Fe3O…             A small molecule inhibitor for ATPase activity of Hsp70 and Hsc70 enhances the immune response to protein antigens ▶     Kyung-Hwa Baek, Haiying Zhang, Bo Ryeong Lee et al.     The ATPase activities of Hsp70 and Hsc70 are known to be responsible for regulation of various biological processes. However, little is known about the roles of Hsp70 and Hsc70 …             Anti-sense DNA d(GGCCCC)n expansions in C9ORF72 form i-motifs and protonated hairpins ▶     Anja Kovanda, Matja Zalar, Primož Šket et al.     The G4C2 hexanucleotide repeat expansion mutation (HREM) in C9ORF72, represents the most common mutation associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal …             A composite scaffold of MSC affinity peptide-modified demineralized bone matrix particles and chitosan hydrogel for cartilage regeneration ▶     Qingyang Meng, Zhentao Man, Linghui Dai et al.     Articular cartilage injury is still a significant challenge because of the poor intrinsic healing potential of cartilage. Stem cell-based tissue engineering is a promising …             A new sensitizer DVDMS combined with multiple focused ultrasound treatments: an effective antitumor strategy ▶     Wenli Xiong, Pan Wang, Jianmin Hu et al.     Sonodynamic therapy (SDT) was developed as a promising noninvasive approach. The present study investigated the antitumor effect of a new sensitizer (sinoporphyrin sodium, …             Assimilation of the seabird and ship drift data in the north-eastern sea of Japan into an operational ocean nowcast/forecast system ▶     Yasumasa Miyazawa, Xinyu Guo, Sergey M. Varlamov et al.     At the present time, ocean current is being operationally monitored mainly by combined use of numerical ocean nowcast/forecast models and satellite remote sensing data. …             Transportation in the Interstitial Space of the Brain Can Be Regulated by Neuronal Excitation ▶     Chunyan Shi, Yiming Lei, Hongbin Han et al.     The transportation of substances in the interstitial space (ISS) is crucial for the maintenance of brain homeostasis, however its link to neuronal activity remains unclear. Here, …             Simultaneous fNIRS and thermal infrared imaging during cognitive task reveal autonomic correlates of prefrontal cortex activity ▶     Paola Pinti, Daniela Cardone, Arcangelo Merla     Functional Near Infrared-Spectroscopy (fNIRS) represents a powerful tool to non-invasively study task-evoked brain activity. fNIRS assessment of cortical activity may suffer for …             Flower-like PEGylated MoS2 nanoflakes for near-infrared photothermal cancer therapy ▶     Wei Feng, Liang Chen, Ming Qin et al.     Photothermal cancer therapy has attracted considerable interest for cancer treatment in recent years, but the effective photothermal agents remain to be explored before this …             Controllable Phase Separation by Boc-Modified Lipophilic Acid as a Multifunctional Extractant ▶     Kai Tao, Lihi Adler-Abramovich, Ehud Gazit     While phase separation of immiscible liquid-liquid systems has become increasingly significant in diverse areas, the irreversible nature limits their further application in …             Flexion bonding transfer of multilayered graphene as a top electrode in transparent organic light-emitting diodes ▶     Jong Tae Lim, Hyunkoo Lee, Hyunsu Cho et al.     Graphene has attracted considerable attention as a next-generation transparent conducting electrode, because of its high electrical conductivity and optical transparency. Various …             Conjunction of standing wave and resonance in asymmetric nanowires: a mechanism for thermal rectification and remote energy accumulation ▶     Yue-Yang Liu, Wu-Xing Zhou, Ke-Qiu Chen     As an important way to control and manage heat transport, thermal rectification has become an elementary issue in the field of phononics and plays a key role in the designing of …             Sub-10 nm near-field localization by plasmonic metal nanoaperture arrays with ultrashort light pulses ▶     Hongki Lee, Chulhong Kim, Donghyun Kim     Near-field localization by ultrashort femtosecond light pulses has been investigated using simple geometrical nanoapertures. The apertures employ circular, rhombic, and …             Enhancing speed of pinning synchronizability: low-degree nodes with high feedback gains ▶     Ming-Yang Zhou, Zhao Zhuo, Hao Liao et al.     Controlling complex networks is of paramount importance in science and engineering. Despite recent efforts to improve controllability and synchronous strength, little attention …             Single Layer Bismuth Iodide: Computational Exploration of Structural, Electrical, Mechanical and Optical Properties ▶     Fengxian Ma, Mei Zhou, Yalong Jiao et al.     Layered graphitic materials exhibit new intriguing electronic structure and the search for new types of two-dimensional (2D) monolayer is of importance for the fabrication of …             Multiple melt bodies fed the AD 2011 eruption of Puyehue-Cordón Caulle, Chile ▶     B. V. Alloway, N. J. G. Pearce, G. Villarosa et al.     Within the volcanological community there is a growing awareness that many large- to small-scale, point-source eruptive events can be fed by multiple melt bodies rather than from …             Phosphor-free white-light emitters using in-situ GaN nanostructures grown by metal organic chemical vapor deposition ▶     Daehong Min, Donghwy Park, Jongjin Jang et al.     Realization of phosphor-free white-light emitters is becoming an important milestone on the road to achieve high quality and reliability in high-power white-light-emitting diodes …             Polarization-controllable Airy beams generated via a photoaligned director-variant liquid crystal mask ▶     Bing-Yan Wei, Peng Chen, Wei Hu et al.     Researches on Airy beams have grown explosively since the first demonstration in 2007 due to the distinguishing properties of nondiffraction, transverse acceleration and …             Resonant Andreev Spectroscopy in normal-Metal/thin-Ferromagnet/Superconductor Device: Theory and Application ▶     Francesco Romeo, Filippo Giubileo, Roberta Citro et al.     We develop a theoretical model to describe the transport properties of normal-metal/thin-ferromagnet/superconductor device. We perform experimental test of the model using a gold …             Molecular origin of contact line stick-slip motion during droplet evaporation ▶     FengChao Wang, HengAn Wu     Understanding and controlling the motion of the contact line is of critical importance for surface science studies as well as many industrial engineering applications. In this …             Cation-cation clusters in ionic liquids: Cooperative hydrogen bonding overcomes like-charge repulsion ▶     Anne Knorr, Ralf Ludwig     Direct spectroscopic evidence for H-bonding between like-charged ions is reported for the ionic liquid, 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate. New infrared …             Revealing ultralarge and localized elastic lattice strains in Nb nanowires embedded in NiTi matrix ▶     Ketao Zang, Shengcheng Mao, Jixiang Cai et al.     Freestanding nanowires have been found to exhibit ultra-large elastic strains (4 to 7%) and ultra-high strengths, but exploiting their intrinsic superior mechanical properties in …             Biogenic mixing induced by intermediate Reynolds number swimming in stratified fluids ▶     Shiyan Wang, Arezoo M. Ardekani     We study fully resolved motion of interacting swimmers in density stratified fluids using an archetypal swimming model called “squirmer”. The intermediate Reynolds number regime …             Activation of CO and CO2 on homonuclear boron bonds of fullerene-like BN cages: first principles study ▶     S. Sinthika, E. Mathan Kumar, V. J. Surya et al.     Using density functional theory we investigate the electronic and atomic structure of fullerene-like boron nitride cage structures. The pentagonal ring leads to the formation of …             Pressure-driven formation and stabilization of superconductive chromium hydrides ▶     Shuyin Yu, Xiaojing Jia, Gilles Frapper et al.     Chromium hydride is a prototype stoichiometric transition metal hydride. The phase diagram of Cr-H system at high pressures remains largely unexplored due to the challenges in …             Saltwater icephobicity: Influence of surface chemistry on saltwater icing ▶     Katherine Carpenter, Vaibhav Bahadur     Most studies on icephobicity focus on ice formation with pure water. This manuscript presents studies to understand the influence of surfaces on saltwater ice nucleation and …             Hydrogen Impurity Defects in Rutile TiO2 ▶     Li-Bin Mo, Yu Wang, Yang Bai et al.     Hydrogen-related defects play crucial roles in determining physical properties of their host oxides. In this work, we report our systematic experimental and theoretical (based on …             The height limit of a siphon ▶     A. Boatwright, S. Hughes, J. Barry     The maximum height of a siphon is generally assumed to be dependent on barometric pressure—about 10 m at sea level. This limit arises because the pressure in a siphon above the …             Crossover from a heavy fermion to intermediate valence state in noncentrosymmetric Yb2Ni12(P,As)7 ▶     W. B. Jiang, L. Yang, C. Y. Guo et al.     We report measurements of the physical properties and electronic structure of the hexagonal compounds Yb2Ni12Pn7 (Pn = P, As) by measuring the electrical resistivity, …             Charge filling factors in clean and disordered arrays of tunnel junctions ▶     Kelly A. Walker, Nicolas Vogt, Jared H. Cole     We simulate one-dimensional arrays of tunnel junctions using the kinetic Monte Carlo method to study charge filling behaviour in the large charging energy limit. By applying a …             Plasmonic field confinement for separate absorption-multiplication in InGaAs nanopillar avalanche photodiodes ▶     Alan C. Farrell, Pradeep Senanayake, Chung-Hong Hung et al.     Avalanche photodiodes (APDs) are essential components in quantum key distribution systems and active imaging systems requiring both ultrafast response time to measure photon time …             Experimental observation of weak non-Markovianity ▶     Nadja K. Bernardes, Alvaro Cuevas, Adeline Orieux et al.     Non-Markovianity has recently attracted large interest due to significant advances in its characterization and its exploitation for quantum information processing. However, up to …             Tunable-Porosity Membranes From Discrete Nanoparticles ▶     Patrizia Marchetti, Martin Mechelhoff, Andrew G. Livingston     Thin film composite membranes were prepared through a facile single-step wire-wound rod coating procedure in which internally crosslinked poly(styrene-co-butadiene) polymer …             Visible light photoactivity of Polypropylene coated Nano-TiO2 for dyes degradation in water ▶     R. Giovannetti, C. A. D’ Amato, M. Zannotti et al.     The use of Polypropylene as support material for nano-TiO2 photocatalyst in the photodegradation of Alizarin Red S in water solutions under the action of visible light was …             Using complex networks towards information retrieval and diagnostics in multidimensional imaging ▶     Soumya Jyoti Banerjee, Mohammad Azharuddin, Debanjan Sen et al.     We present a fresh and broad yet simple approach towards information retrieval in general and diagnostics in particular by applying the theory of complex networks on …             Monolithically integrated broad-band Mach-Zehnder interferometers for highly sensitive label-free detection of biomolecules through dual polarization optics ▶     A. Psarouli, A. Salapatas, A. Botsialas et al.     Protein detection and characterization based on Broad-band Mach-Zehnder Interferometry is analytically outlined and demonstrated through a monolithic silicon microphotonic …             Wavelength and orientation dependent capture of light by diatom frustule nanostructures ▶     Julien Romann, Jean-Christophe Valmalette, Matilde Skogen Chauton et al.     The ecological success of diatoms is emphasized by regular blooms of many different species in all aquatic systems, but the reason behind their success is not fully understood. A …             ICE1 of Pyrus ussuriensis functions in cold tolerance by enhancing PuDREBa transcriptional levels through interacting with PuHHP1 ▶     Xiaosan Huang, Kongqing Li, Cong Jin et al.     ICE1 transcription factor plays an important role in plant cold stress via regulating the expression of stress-responsive genes. In this study, a PuICE1 gene isolated from Pyrus …             Relation between bandgap and resistance drift in amorphous phase change materials ▶     Martin Rütten, Matthias Kaes, Andreas Albert et al.     Memory based on phase change materials is currently the most promising candidate for bridging the gap in access time between memory and storage in traditional memory hierarchy. …             Enabling High Efficiency Nanoplasmonics with Novel Nanoantenna Architectures ▶     Moshik Cohen, Reuven Shavit, Zeev Zalevsky     Surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) are propagating excitations that arise from coupling of light with collective electron oscillations. Characterized by high field intensity and …             Formation of Enhanced Uniform Chiral Fields in Symmetric Dimer Nanostructures ▶     Xiaorui Tian, Yurui Fang, Mengtao Sun     Chiral fields with large optical chirality are very important in chiral molecules analysis, sensing and other measurements. Plasmonic nanostructures have been proposed to realize …             Enhanced adaptive focusing through semi-transparent media ▶     Diego Di Battista, Giannis Zacharakis, Marco Leonetti     Adaptive optics can focus light through opaque media by compensating the random phase delay acquired while crossing a scattering curtain. The technique is commonly exploited in …             Water filling and electric field-induced enhancement in the mechanical property of carbon nanotubes ▶     H. F. Ye, Y. G. Zheng, Z. Q. Zhang et al.     The effects of water filling and electric field on the mechanical property of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are investigated with molecular dynamics simulations. The simulation results …             Facile Synthesis of Coaxial CNTs/MnOx-Carbon Hybrid Nanofibers and Their Greatly Enhanced Lithium Storage Performance ▶     Zunxian Yang, Jun Lv, Haidong Pang et al.     Carbon nanotubes (CNTs)/MnOx-Carbon hybrid nanofibers have been successfully synthesized by the combination of a liquid chemical redox reaction (LCRR) and a subsequent …             Three-dimensional collimated self-accelerating beam through acoustic metascreen ▶     Yong Li, M. Badreddine Assouar     We report the generation of three-dimensional acoustic collimated self-accelerating beam in non-paraxial region with sourceless metascreen. Acoustic metascreen with deep …             Conductive Graphitic Carbon Nitride as an Ideal Material for Electrocatalytically Switchable CO2 Capture ▶     Xin Tan, Liangzhi Kou, Hassan A. Tahini et al.     Good electrical conductivity and high electron mobility of the sorbent materials are prerequisite for electrocatalytically switchable CO2 capture. However, no conductive and …             Improved In vivo Assessment of Pulmonary Fibrosis in Mice using X-Ray Dark-Field Radiography ▶     Andre Yaroshenko, Katharina Hellbach, Ali Önder Yildirim et al.     Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic and progressive lung disease with a median life expectancy of 4–5 years after initial diagnosis. Early diagnosis and accurate …             Quantum Zeno and Zeno-like effects in nitrogen vacancy centers ▶     Jing Qiu, Yang-Yang Wang, Zhang-Qi Yin et al.     We present a proposal to realize the quantum Zeno effect (QZE) and quantum Zeno-like effect (QZLE) in a proximal 13C nuclear spin by controlling a proximal electron spin of a …             Interfacial Engineering of Semiconductor–Superconductor Junctions for High Performance Micro-Coolers ▶     D. Gunnarsson, J. S. Richardson-Bullock, M. J. Prest et al.     The control of electronic and thermal transport through material interfaces is crucial for numerous micro and nanoelectronics applications and quantum devices. Here we report on …             Tuning of nanoparticle biological functionality through controlled surface chemistry and characterisation at the bioconjugated nanoparticle surface ▶     Delyan R. Hristov, Louise Rocks, Philip M. Kelly et al.     We have used a silica – PEG based bionanoconjugate synthetic scheme to study the subtle connection between cell receptor specific recognition and architecture of surface …             The reconstruction of complex networks with community structure ▶     Peng Zhang, Futian Wang, Xiang Wang et al.     Link prediction is a fundamental problem with applications in many fields ranging from biology to computer science. In the literature, most effort has been devoted to estimate …             Tunable Magnetization Dynamics in Interfacially Modified Ni81Fe19/Pt Bilayer Thin Film Microstructures ▶     Arnab Ganguly, Sinan Azzawi, Susmita Saha et al.     Interface modification for control of ultrafast magnetic properties using low-dose focused ion beam irradiation is demonstrated for bilayers of two technologically important …             Synthesis of nanocrystals by discharges in liquid nitrogen from Si–Sn sintered electrode ▶     H. Kabbara, C. Noël, J. Ghanbaja et al.     The synthesis feasibility of silicon–tin nanocrystals by discharges in liquid nitrogen is studied using a Si–10 at % Sn sintered electrode. Time-resolved optical emission …             Ion exchanger in the brain: Quantitative analysis of perineuronally fixed anionic binding sites suggests diffusion barriers with ion sorting properties ▶     Markus Morawski, Tilo Reinert, Wolfram Meyer-Klaucke et al.     Perineuronal nets (PNs) are a specialized form of brain extracellular matrix, consisting of negatively charged glycosaminoglycans, glycoproteins and proteoglycans in the direct …             Synchrotron FTIR micro-spectroscopy for structural analysis of Lewy bodies in the brain of Parkinson’s disease patients ▶     Katsuya Araki, Naoto Yagi, Yuka Ikemoto et al.     Lewy bodies (LBs), which mainly consist of α-synuclein (α-syn), are neuropathological hallmarks of patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). The fine structure of LBs is unknown, …             Development of Alendronate-conjugated Poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid)-Dextran Nanoparticles for Active Targeting of Cisplatin in Osteosarcoma ▶     Ping Liu, Liang Sun, Dong-sheng Zhou et al.     In this study, we developed a novel poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid)-dextran (PLD)-based nanodelivery system to enhance the anticancer potential of cisplatin (CDDP) in osteosarcoma …             Elasticity of Ferropericlase across the Spin Crossover in the Earth’s Lower Mantle ▶     Jing Yang, Xinyue Tong, Jung-Fu Lin et al.     Knowing the elasticity of ferropericlase across the spin transition can help explain seismic and mineralogical models of the lower-mantle including the origin of seismic …             Magnetically Controllable Polymer Nanotubes from a Cyclized Crosslinker for Site-Specific Delivery of Doxorubicin ▶     Ben Newland, Daniel Leupelt, Yu Zheng et al.     Externally controlled site specific drug delivery could potentially provide a means of reducing drug related side effects whilst maintaining, or perhaps increasing therapeutic …                     • Careers & Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Clinical Research Fellow     Imperial College London            3 PhD positions - Research Assistant     Technische Universität Berlin            Research Fellow     Queen's University Belfast            Staff Associate     Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center            Senior Bioinformatician Band 6     Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation            Postdoctoral Fellow     Rutgers New Jersey Medical School            Young Researchers     Wallenberg Academy Fellows - Swedish university            Postdoc Positions     University of Texas            Research Fellow Job     Mayo Clinic            Tenure-Track Faculty Position     Ohio State 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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