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23 February 2016      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports               Nature Publishing Group offers a free open access funding support service to enable authors to discover and apply for article processing charge funding available to them. Visit our website for further advice on the funding options available, and guidance in approaching funders and institutions, or email openaccess@nature.com for more information.                 Physical Sciences               Controlling the Two-Photon-Induced Photon Cascade Emission in a Gd3+/Tb3+-Codoped Glass for Multicolor Display ▶     Mao-Hui Yuan, Hai-Hua Fan, Hui Li et al.     We reported the first observation of the two-photon-induced quantum cutting phenomenon in a Gd3+/Tb3+-codoped glass in which two photons at ~400 nm are simultaneously absorbed, …             Growth and Deposition of Au Nanoclusters on Polymer-wrapped Graphene and Their Oxygen Reduction Activity ▶     Tsuyohiko Fujigaya, ChaeRin Kim, Yuki Hamasaki et al.     The development of a non-Pt electrocatalyst with a high performance for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is one of the central issues in polymer electrolyte fuel cells …             Bifurcation-based adiabatic quantum computation with a nonlinear oscillator network ▶     Hayato Goto     The dynamics of nonlinear systems qualitatively change depending on their parameters, which is called bifurcation. A quantum-mechanical nonlinear oscillator can yield a quantum …             Centrifugal photovoltaic and photogalvanic effects driven by structured light ▶     J. Wätzel, J. Berakdar     Much efforts are devoted to material structuring in a quest to enhance the photovoltaic effect. We show that structuring light in a way it transfers orbital angular momentum to …             Ultraviolet-visible study on acid-base equilibria of aporphine alkaloids with antiplasmodial and antioxidant activities from Alseodaphne corneri and Dehaasia longipedicellata ▶     Azeana Zahari, Abdulwali Ablat, Noridayu Omer et al.     The UV-vis spectra of isocorydine 1, norisocorydine 2 and boldine 3 were studied in 2% v/v acetonitrile, at constant ionic strength (0.1 M NaCl, 35 degree Celsius). The pKa …             Direct Optical Probing of Transverse Electric Mode in Graphene ▶     Sergey G. Menabde, Daniel R. Mason, Evgeny E. Kornev et al.     Unique electrodynamic response of graphene implies a manifestation of an unusual propagating and localised transverse-electric (TE) mode near the spectral onset of interband …             Tunable Thermal Transport in Polysilsesquioxane (PSQ) Hybrid Crystals ▶     Pengfei Li, Sui Yang, Teng Zhang et al.     Crystalline polymers have attracted significant interest in recent years due to their enhanced mechanical and thermal properties. As one type of organic-inorganic hybrid polymer …             Graphene growth on Ge(100)/Si(100) substrates by CVD method ▶     Iwona Pasternak, Marek Wesolowski, Iwona Jozwik et al.     The successful integration of graphene into microelectronic devices is strongly dependent on the availability of direct deposition processes, which can provide uniform, large …             Integration of conductive reduced graphene oxide into microstructured optical fibres for optoelectronics applications ▶     Yinlan Ruan, Liyun Ding, Jingjing Duan et al.     Integration of conductive materials into optical fibres can largely expand functions of fibre devices including surface plasmon resonator/metamaterial, modulators/detectors, or …             Substituent Effects on the Photodeprotection Reactions of Selected Ketoprofen Derivatives in Phosphate Buffered Aqueous Solutions ▶     Mingyue Liu, Ming-De Li, Jinqing Huang et al.     Photodeprotection is an important reaction that has been attracting broad interest for use in a variety of applications. Recent advances in ultrafast and vibrational …             High rate lithium-sulfur battery enabled by sandwiched single ion conducting polymer electrolyte ▶     Yubao Sun, Gai Li, Yuanchu Lai et al.     Lithium-sulfur batteries are highly promising for electric energy storage with high energy density, abundant resources and low cost. However, the battery technologies have often …             Mechanical characterization of the P56 mouse brain under large-deformation dynamic indentation ▶     David B. MacManus, Baptiste Pierrat, Jeremiah G. Murphy et al.     The brain is a complex organ made up of many different functional and structural regions consisting of different types of cells such as neurons and glia, as well as complex …             Universality in boundary domain growth by sudden bridging ▶     A. A. Saberi, S. H. Ebrahimnazhad Rahbari, H. Dashti-Naserabadi et al.     We report on universality in boundary domain growth in cluster aggregation in the limit of maximum concentration. Maximal concentration means that the diffusivity of the clusters …             CdS-Nanowires Flexible Photo-detector with Ag-Nanowires Electrode Based on Non-transfer Process ▶     Yanli Pei, Ruihan Pei, Xiaoci Liang et al.     In this study, UV-visible flexible resistivity-type photo-detectors were demonstrated with CdS-nanowires (NWs) percolation network channel and Ag-NWs percolation network …             Burning and graphitization of optically levitated nanodiamonds in vacuum ▶     A. T. M. A. Rahman, A. C. Frangeskou, M. S. Kim et al.     A nitrogen-vacancy (NV−) centre in a nanodiamond, levitated in high vacuum, has recently been proposed as a probe for demonstrating mesoscopic centre-of-mass superpositions and …             Chemical Vapor Deposition of Monolayer Mo1−xWxS2 Crystals with Tunable Band Gaps ▶     Ziqian Wang, Pan Liu, Yoshikazu Ito et al.     Band gap engineering of monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides, such as MoS2 and WS2, is essential for the applications of the two-dimensional (2D) crystals in electronic and …             The shear band controlled deformation in metallic glass: a perspective from fracture ▶     G. N. Yang, Y. Shao, K. F. Yao     Different from the homogenous deformation in conventional crystalline alloys, metallic glasses and other work-softening materials deform discontinuously by localized plastic …             Droplet Breakup in Expansion-contraction Microchannels ▶     Pingan Zhu, Tiantian Kong, Leyan Lei et al.     We investigate the influences of expansion-contraction microchannels on droplet breakup in capillary microfluidic devices. With variations in channel dimension, local shear …             Plasma functionalization for cyclic transition between neutral and charged excitons in monolayer MoS2 ▶     Y. Kim, Y. I. Jhon, J. Park et al.     Monolayer MoS2 (1L-MoS2) has photoluminescence (PL) properties that can greatly vary via transition between neutral and charged exciton PLs depending on carrier density. Here, …             Multi-target-qubit unconventional geometric phase gate in a multi-cavity system ▶     Tong Liu, Xiao-Zhi Cao, Qi-Ping Su et al.     Cavity-based large scale quantum information processing (QIP) may involve multiple cavities and require performing various quantum logic operations on qubits distributed in …             Full Valley and Spin Polarizations in Strained Graphene with Rashba Spin Orbit Coupling and Magnetic Barrier ▶     Qing-Ping Wu, Zheng-Fang Liu, Ai-Xi Chen et al.     We propose a graphene-based full valley- and spin-polarization device based on strained graphene with Rashba spin orbit coupling and magnetic barrier. The underlying mechanism is …             Corrigendum: Energy dissipation and error probability in fault-tolerant binary switching ▶     Mohammad Salehi Fashami, Jayasimha Atulasimha, Supriyo Bandyopadhyay                 Systematic Surface Phase Transition of Ag Thin Films by Iodine Functionalization at Room Temperature: Evolution of Optoelectronic and Texture Properties ▶     Muhammad Y. Bashouti, Razieh Talebi, Thaer Kassar et al.     We show a simple room temperature surface functionalization approach using iodine vapour to control a surface phase transition from cubic silver (Ag) of thin films into wurtzite …             A pilot-scale forward osmosis membrane system for concentrating low-strength municipal wastewater: performance and implications ▶     Zhiwei Wang, Junjian Zheng, Jixu Tang et al.     Recovery of nutrients and energy from municipal wastewater has attracted much attention in recent years; however, its efficiency is significantly limited by the low-strength …             EGCG in Green Tea Induces Aggregation of HMGB1 Protein through Large Conformational Changes with Polarized Charge Redistribution ▶     Xuan-Yu Meng, Baoyu Li, Shengtang Liu et al.     As a major effective component in green tea, (−)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG)’s potential benefits to human health have been widely investigated. Recent experimental …             Short and long time effects of low temperature Plasma Activated Media on 3D multicellular tumor spheroids ▶     Florian Judée, Céline Fongia, Bernard Ducommun et al.     This work investigates the regionalized antiproliferative effects of plasma-activated medium (PAM) on colon adenocarcinoma multicellular tumor spheroid (MCTS), a model that …             Nano-thick calcium oxide armed titanium: boosts bone cells against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ▶     Huiliang Cao, Hui Qin, Yaochao Zhao et al.     Since the use of systemic antibiotics for preventing acute biomaterial-associated infections (BAIs) may build up bacterial resistance and result in huge medical costs and …             Graphene oxide-assisted non-immobilized SELEX of okdaic acid aptamer and the analytical application of aptasensor ▶     Huajie Gu, Nuo Duan, Shijia Wu et al.     Okadaic acid (OA) is a low-molecular-weight marine toxin from shellfish that causes abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea, i.e., diarrheic shellfish poisoning. In this study, a …             Tailoring electromagnetically induced transparency with different coupling mechanisms ▶     Hai-ming Li, Shao-bin Liu, Shen-yun Wang et al.     Tailoring electromagnetically induced transparency with two different coupling mechanisms has been numerically demonstrated. The results show that EIT based on simultaneous …             Sparse cliques trump scale-free networks in coordination and competition ▶     David A. Gianetto, Babak Heydari     Cooperative behavior, a natural, pervasive and yet puzzling phenomenon, can be significantly enhanced by networks. Many studies have shown how global network characteristics …             That sinking feeling: Suspended sediments can prevent the ascent of coral egg bundles ▶     Gerard F. Ricardo, Ross J. Jones, Andrew P. Negri et al.     Spawning synchrony represents a common reproductive strategy in sessile marine organisms and for broadcast spawning corals, buoyancy of egg-sperm bundles is critical to maximise …             Heterogeneity induces rhythms of weakly coupled circadian neurons ▶     Changgui Gu, Xiaoming Liang, Huijie Yang et al.     The main clock located in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) regulates circadian rhythms in mammals. The SCN is composed of approximately twenty thousand heterogeneous …             Computer-aided multiple-head 3D printing system for printing of heterogeneous organ/tissue constructs ▶     Jin Woo Jung, Jung-Seob Lee, Dong-Woo Cho     Recently, much attention has focused on replacement or/and enhancement of biological tissues via the use of cell-laden hydrogel scaffolds with an architecture that mimics the …             Non-ionizing radiofrequency electromagnetic waves traversing the head can be used to detect cerebrovascular autoregulation responses ▶     M. Oziel, M. Hjouj, C. A. Gonzalez et al.     Monitoring changes in non-ionizing radiofrequency electromagnetic waves as they traverse the brain can detect the effects of stimuli employed in cerebrovascular autoregulation …             Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Inhibit the Cytochrome P450 Enzyme, CYP3A4 ▶     Ramy El-Sayed, Kunal Bhattacharya, Zonglin Gu et al.     We report a detailed computational and experimental study of the interaction of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) with the drug-metabolizing cytochrome P450 enzyme, CYP3A4. …             Glucose is a key driver for GLUT1-mediated nanoparticles internalization in breast cancer cells ▶     Leonardo Venturelli, Silvia Nappini, Michela Bulfoni et al.     The mesenchymal state in cancer is usually associated with poor prognosis due to the metastatic predisposition and the hyper-activated metabolism. Exploiting cell glucose …             Microfluidic model of the platelet-generating organ: beyond bone marrow biomimetics ▶     Antoine Blin, Anne Le Goff, Aurélie Magniez et al.     We present a new, rapid method for producing blood platelets in vitro from cultured megakaryocytes based on a microfluidic device. This device consists in a wide array of …             Tuning Liposome Membrane Permeability by Competitive Peptide Dimerization and Partitioning-Folding Interactions Regulated by Proteolytic Activity ▶     Seng Koon Lim, Camilla Sandén, Robert Selegård et al.     Membrane active peptides are of large interest for development of drug delivery vehicles and therapeutics for treatment of multiple drug resistant infections. Lack of specificity …             Deployable Soft Composite Structures ▶     Wei Wang, Hugo Rodrigue, Sung-Hoon Ahn     Deployable structure composed of smart materials based actuators can reconcile its inherently conflicting requirements of low mass, good shape adaptability, and high load-bearing …             Lossless Airy Surface Polaritons in a Metamaterial via Active Raman Gain ▶     Qi Zhang, Chaohua Tan, Guoxiang Huang     We propose a scheme to realize a lossless propagation of linear and nonlinear Airy surface polaritons (SPs) via active Raman gain (ARG). The system we suggest is a planar …             Spatially resolved TiOx phases in switched RRAM devices using soft X-ray spectromicroscopy ▶     D. Carta, A. P. Hitchcock, P. Guttmann et al.     Reduction in metal-oxide thin films has been suggested as the key mechanism responsible for forming conductive phases within solid-state memory devices, enabling their resistive …             Self-arrangement of nanoparticles toward crystalline metal oxides with high surface areas and tunable 3D mesopores ▶     Hyung Ik Lee, Yoon Yun Lee, Dong-Uk Kang et al.     We demonstrate a new design concept where the interaction between silica nanoparticles (about 1.5 nm in diameter) with titania nanoparticles (anatase, about 4 nm or 6 nm in …             Non-blinking single-photon emitters in silica ▶     Freddy T. Rabouw, Nicole M. B. Cogan, Anne C. Berends et al.     Samples for single-emitter spectroscopy are usually prepared by spin-coating a dilute solution of emitters on a microscope cover slip of silicate based glass (such as quartz). …             35 Hz shape memory alloy actuator with bending-twisting mode ▶     Sung-Hyuk Song, Jang-Yeob Lee, Hugo Rodrigue et al.     Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) materials are widely used as an actuating source for bending actuators due to their high power density. However, due to the slow actuation speed of SMAs, …             Acoustic resolution photoacoustic Doppler velocimetry in blood-mimicking fluids ▶     Joanna Brunker, Paul Beard     Photoacoustic Doppler velocimetry provides a major opportunity to overcome limitations of existing blood flow measuring methods. By enabling measurements with high spatial …             Evidence for photo-induced charge separation between dye molecules adsorbed to aluminium oxide surfaces ▶     Ute B. Cappel, Davide Moia, Annalisa Bruno et al.     Excited state dynamics and photo-induced charge transfer of dye molecules have been widely studied due to their relevance for organic and dye-sensitised solar cells. Herein, we …             High-internal-phase emulsions stabilized by metal-organic frameworks and derivation of ultralight metal-organic aerogels ▶     Bingxing Zhang, Jianling Zhang, Chengcheng Liu et al.     To design high-internal-phase emulsion (HIPE) systems is of great interest from the viewpoints of both fundamental researches and practical applications. Here we demonstrate for …             Chemical Partition of the Radiative Decay Rate of Luminescence of Europium Complexes ▶     Nathalia B. D. Lima, José Diogo L. Dutra, Simone M. C. Gonçalves et al.     The spontaneous emission coefficient, Arad, a global molecular property, is one of the most important quantities related to the luminescence of complexes of lanthanide ions. In …             A Microstructured Fiber with Defined Borosilicate Regions to Produce a Radial Micronozzle Array for Nanoelectrospray Ionization ▶     Y. Fu, S. Morency, K. Bachus et al.     This work highlights the possibility of using microstructured fibres with predefined doped regions to produce functional microstructures at a fibre facet with differential …             The nature of hydrogen-bonding interaction in the prototypic hybrid halide perovskite, tetragonal CH3NH3PbI3 ▶     June Ho Lee, Jung-Hoon Lee, Eui-Hyun Kong et al.     In spite of the key role of hydrogen bonding in the structural stabilization of the prototypic hybrid halide perovskite, CH3NH3PbI3 (MAPbI3), little progress has been made in our …             Solitary Wave in One-dimensional Buckyball System at Nanoscale ▶     Jun Xu, Bowen Zheng, Yilun Liu     We have studied the stress wave propagation in one-dimensional (1-D) nanoscopic buckyball (C60) system by molecular dynamics (MD) simulation and quantitative modeling. Simulation …             Tunable integration of absorption-membrane-adsorption for efficiently separating low boiling gas mixtures near normal temperature ▶     Huang Liu, Yong Pan, Bei Liu et al.     Separation of low boiling gas mixtures is widely concerned in process industries. Now their separations heavily rely upon energy-intensive cryogenic processes. Here, we report a …             Transmission comb of a distributed Bragg reflector with two surface dielectric gratings ▶     Xiaobo Zhao, Yongyou Zhang, Qingyun Zhang et al.     The transmission behaviour of a distributed Bragg reector (DBR) with surface dielectric gratings on top and bottom is studied. The transmission shows a comb-like spectrum in the …             Weak localization effect in topological insulator micro flakes grown on insulating ferrimagnet BaFe12O19 ▶     Guolin Zheng, Ning Wang, Jiyong Yang et al.     Many exotic physics anticipated in topological insulators require a gap to be opened for their topological surface states by breaking time reversal symmetry. The gap opening has …             Combining the absorptive and radiative loss in metasurfaces for multi-spectral shaping of the electromagnetic scattering ▶     Wenbo Pan, Cheng Huang, Mingbo Pu et al.     The absorptive and radiative losses are two fundamental aspects of the electromagnetic responses, which are widely occurring in many different systems such as waveguides, solar …             Long-range superharmonic Josephson current and spin-triplet pairing correlations in a junction with ferromagnetic bilayers ▶     Hao Meng, Jiansheng Wu, Xiuqiang Wu et al.     The long-range spin-triplet supercurrent transport is an interesting phenomenon in the superconductor/ferromagnet () heterostructure containing noncollinear magnetic domains. …             Thermal electron-tunneling devices as coolers and amplifiers ▶     Shanhe Su, Yanchao Zhang, Jincan Chen et al.     Nanoscale thermal systems that are associated with a pair of electron reservoirs have been previously studied. In particular, devices that adjust electron tunnels relatively to …             The Critical Criterion on Runaway Shear Banding in Metallic Glasses ▶     B. A. Sun, Y. Yang, W. H. Wang et al.     The plastic flow of metallic glasses (MGs) in bulk is mediated by nanoscale shear bands, which is known to proceed in a stick-slip manner until reaching a transition state …             Structural and electronic features of binary Li2S-P2S5 glasses ▶     Koji Ohara, Akio Mitsui, Masahiro Mori et al.     The atomic and electronic structures of binary Li2S-P2S5 glasses used as solid electrolytes are modeled by a combination of density functional theory (DFT) and reverse Monte …             Synthesis of Highly Crystalline Multilayered Boron Niride Microflakes ▶     Pervaiz Ahmad, Mayeen Uddin Khandaker, Yusoff Mohd Amin et al.     Boron niride microflakes of 2–5 μm in diameter and greater than 40 μm in length with multilayer structure and highly crystalline nature are synthesized in two states of catalysts …             Low-energy, Mobile Grain Boundaries in Magnesium ▶     Xiangli Liu, Jian Wang     The strong basal texture that is commonly developed during the rolling of magnesium alloy and can even increase during annealing motivates atomic-level study of dislocation …             Dramatic pressure-driven enhancement of bulk skyrmion stability ▶     I. Levatić, P. Popčević, V. Šurija et al.     The recent discovery of magnetic skyrmion lattices initiated a surge of interest in the scientific community. Several novel phenomena have been shown to emerge from the …             Group precipitation and age hardening of nanostructured Fe-based alloys with ultra-high strengths ▶     Z. B. Jiao, J. H. Luan, M. K. Miller et al.     The precipitation of nanoparticles plays a key role in determining the properties of many structural materials, and the understanding of their formation and stabilization …             Electron-phonon interaction and pairing mechanism in superconducting Ca-intercalated bilayer graphene ▶     E. R. Margine, Henry Lambert, Feliciano Giustino     Using the ab initio anisotropic Eliashberg theory including Coulomb interactions, we investigate the electron-phonon interaction and the pairing mechanism in the …             OCT-based label-free in vivo lymphangiography within human skin and areola ▶     Utku Baran, Wan Qin, Xiaoli Qi et al.     Due to the limitations of current imaging techniques, visualization of lymphatic capillaries within tissue in vivo has been challenging. Here, we present a label-free high …             Synthesis and transistor application of the extremely extended phenacene molecule, [9]phenacene ▶     Yuma Shimo, Takahiro Mikami, Shino Hamao et al.     Many chemists have attempted syntheses of extended π-electron network molecules because of the widespread interest in the chemistry, physics and materials science of such …             The Influence of Structure Heights and Opening Angles of Micro- and Nanocones on the Macroscopic Surface Wetting Properties ▶     Ling Schneider, Milan Laustsen, Nikolaj Mandsberg et al.     We discuss the influence of surface structure, namely the height and opening angles of nano- and microcones on the surface wettability. We show experimental evidence that the …             Dynamic nuclear polarization-magnetic resonance imaging at low ESR irradiation frequency for ascorbyl free radicals ▶     Shinji Ito, Fuminori Hyodo     Highly water-soluble ubiquinone-0 (CoQ0) reacts with ascorbate monoanion (Asc) to mediate the production of ascorbyl free radicals (AFR). Using aqueous reaction mixture of CoQ0 …             Self-Adaptive Spike-Time-Dependent Plasticity of Metal-Oxide Memristors ▶     M. Prezioso, F. Merrikh Bayat, B. Hoskins et al.     Metal-oxide memristors have emerged as promising candidates for hardware implementation of artificial synapses – the key components of high-performance, analog neuromorphic …             Spin-orbit coupling enhanced superconductivity in Bi-rich compounds ABi3 (A = Sr and Ba) ▶     D. F. Shao, X. Luo, W. J. Lu et al.     Recently, Bi-based compounds have attracted attentions because of the strong spin-orbit coupling (SOC). In this work, we figured out the role of SOC in ABi3 (A = Sr and Ba) by …             Nanoscale imaging of the photoresponse in PN junctions of InGaAs infrared detector ▶     Hui Xia, Tian-Xin Li, Heng-Jing Tang et al.     Electronic layout, such as distributions of charge carriers and electric field, in PN junction is determinant for the photovoltaic devices to realize their functionality. …             Graphene Facilitated Removal of Labetalol in Laccase-ABTS System: Reaction Efficiency, Pathways and Mechanism ▶     Shipeng Dong, Huifang Xiao, Qingguo Huang et al.     The widespread occurrence of the beta-blocker labetalol causes environmental health concern. Enzymatic reactions are highly efficient and specific offering biochemical …             On the Chemistry and Physical Properties of Flux and Floating Zone Grown SmB6 Single Crystals ▶     W. A. Phelan, S. M. Koohpayeh, P. Cottingham et al.     Recent theoretical and experimental findings suggest the long-known but not well understood low temperature resistance plateau of SmB6 may originate from protected surface states …             Construction of pH-responsive and up-conversion luminescent NaYF4:Yb3+/Er3+@SiO2@PMAA nanocomposite for colon targeted drug delivery ▶     Boshi Tian, Shaohua Liu, Wei Lu et al.     Colon-targeted drug delivery system has attracted much interest because it can improve therapeutic efficacy and reduce the side effect in practical clinic. Herein, we constructed …             Early detection of germinated wheat grains using terahertz image and chemometrics ▶     Yuying Jiang, Hongyi Ge, Feiyu Lian et al.     In this paper, we propose a feasible tool that uses a terahertz (THz) imaging system for identifying wheat grains at different stages of germination. The THz spectra of the main …             3D Oxidized Graphene Frameworks for Efficient Nano Sieving ▶     Pranav Bhagwan Pawar, Sumit Saxena, Dhanashree Kamlesh Badhe et al.     The small size of Na+ and Cl− ions provides a bottleneck in desalination and is a challenge in providing alternatives for continuously depleting fresh water resources. Graphene …             Microfluidic Screening of Electric Fields for Electroporation ▶     Paulo A. Garcia, Zhifei Ge, Jeffrey L. Moran et al.     Electroporation is commonly used to deliver molecules such as drugs, proteins, and/or DNA into cells, but the mechanism remains poorly understood. In this work a rapid …             Extracellular Forces Cause the Nucleus to Deform in a Highly Controlled Anisotropic Manner ▶     Kristina Haase, Joan K. L. Macadangdang, Claire H. Edrington et al.     Physical forces arising in the extra-cellular environment have a profound impact on cell fate and gene regulation; however the underlying biophysical mechanisms that control this …             Suicide Gene-Engineered Stromal Cells Reveal a Dynamic Regulation of Cancer Metastasis ▶     Keyue Shen, Samantha Luk, Jessica Elman et al.     Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are a major cancer-promoting component in the tumor microenvironment (TME). The dynamic role of human CAFs in cancer progression has been …             Combined strategies for optimal detection of the contact point in AFM force-indentation curves obtained on thin samples and adherent cells ▶     Núria Gavara     Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) is a widely used tool to study cell mechanics. Current AFM setups perform high-throughput probing of living cells, generating large amounts of …             Mid-infrared surface transmitting and detecting quantum cascade device for gas-sensing ▶     Andreas Harrer, Rolf Szedlak, Benedikt Schwarz et al.     We present a bi-functional surface emitting and surface detecting mid-infrared device applicable for gas-sensing. A distributed feedback ring quantum cascade laser is …             Strong hole-doping and robust resistance-decrease in proton-irradiated graphene ▶     Chul Lee, Jiho Kim, SangJin Kim et al.     Great effort has been devoted in recent years to improve the electrical conductivity of graphene for use in practical applications. Here, we demonstrate the hole carrier density …             Creating a zero-order resonator using an optical surface transformation ▶     Fei Sun, Xiaochen Ge, Sailing He     A novel zero-order resonator has been designed by an optical surface transformation (OST) method. The resonator proposed here has many novel features. Firstly, the mode volume …             Accelerating Gas Adsorption on 3D Percolating Carbon Nanotubes ▶     Hui Li, Chenyu Wen, Youwei Zhang et al.     In the field of electronic gas sensing, low-dimensional semiconductors such as single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) can offer high detection sensitivity owing to their …             Deep-UV nitride-on-silicon microdisk lasers ▶     J. Sellés, C. Brimont, G. Cassabois et al.     Deep ultra-violet semiconductor lasers have numerous applications for optical storage and biochemistry. Many strategies based on nitride heterostructures and adapted substrates …             R6G molecule induced modulation of the optical properties of reduced graphene oxide nanosheets for use in ultrasensitive SPR sensing ▶     Tianyu Xue, Shansheng Yu, Xiaoming Zhang et al.     A proper understanding of the role that molecular doping plays is essential to research on the modulation of the optical and electronic properties of graphene. The adsorption of …             Synthesis and characterization of vertically standing MoS2 nanosheets ▶     Han Li, Huaqiang Wu, Shuoguo Yuan et al.     Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) has been attracting much attentions due to its excellent electrical and optical properties. We report here the synthesis of large-scale and uniform MoS…             Thermodynamics and efficiency of an autonomous on-chip Maxwell’s demon ▶     Aki Kutvonen, Jonne Koski, Tapio Ala-Nissila     In his famous letter in 1870, Maxwell describes how Joule’s law can be violated “only by the intelligent action of a mere guiding agent”, later coined as Maxwell’s demon by Lord …             Large pinning forces and matching effects in YBa2Cu3O7-δ thin films with Ba2Y(Nb/Ta)O6 nano-precipitates ▶     Lars Opherden, Max Sieger, Patrick Pahlke et al.     The addition of mixed double perovskite Ba2Y(Nb/Ta)O6 (BYNTO) to YBa2Cu3O7−δ (YBCO) thin films leads to a large improvement of the in-field current carrying capability. For low …             Multi-functional reactively-sputtered copper oxide electrodes for supercapacitor and electro-catalyst in direct methanol fuel cell applications ▶     Sambhaji M. Pawar, Jongmin Kim, Akbar I. Inamdar et al.     This work reports on the concurrent electrochemical energy storage and conversion characteristics of granular copper oxide electrode films prepared using reactive radio-frequency …             Interfacial Atomic Structure of Twisted Few-Layer Graphene ▶     Ryo Ishikawa, Nathan R. Lugg, Kazutoshi Inoue et al.     A twist in bi- or few-layer graphene breaks the local symmetry, introducing a number of intriguing physical properties such as opening new bandgaps. Therefore, determining the …             Magnetic effects in sulfur-decorated graphene ▶     Choongyu Hwang, Shane A. Cybart, S. J. Shin et al.     The interaction between two different materials can present novel phenomena that are quite different from the physical properties observed when each material stands alone. Strong …             Sulphur Kβ emission spectra reveal protonation states of aqueous sulfuric acid ▶     Johannes Niskanen, Christoph J. Sahle, Kari O. Ruotsalainen et al.     In this paper we report an X-ray emission study of bulk aqueous sulfuric acid. Throughout the range of molarities from 1 M to 18 M the sulfur Kβ emission spectra from H2SO4 (aq) …             Thermally robust perpendicular Co/Pd-based synthetic antiferromagnetic coupling enabled by a W capping or buffer layer ▶     Ja-Bin Lee, Gwang-Guk An, Seung-Mo Yang et al.     Perpendicularly magnetized tunnel junctions (p-MTJs) that contain synthetic antiferromagnetic (SAF) frames show promise as reliable building blocks to meet the demands of …             An Atomistic-Scale Study for Thermal Conductivity and Thermochemical Compatibility in (DyY)Zr2O7 Combining an Experimental Approach with Theoretical Calculation ▶     Liu Qu, Kwang-Leong Choy, Richard Wheatley     Ceramic oxides that have high-temperature capabilities can be deposited on the superalloy components in aero engines and diesel engines to advance engine efficiency and reduce …             Generation of elliptically polarized nitrogen ion laser fields using two-color femtosecond laser pulses ▶     Ziting Li, Bin Zeng, Wei Chu et al.     We experimentally investigate generation of nitrogen molecular ion () lasers with two femtosecond laser pulses at different wavelengths. The first pulse serves as the pump which …             Fabrication of Triple-parted Stomata-inspired Membrane with Stimulus-responsive Functions ▶     Hyejeong Kim, Sang-Joon Lee     Hydrogels with controllable morphologies and functional movements present a wide range of practical applications. In this work, a triple-parted stomata-inspired membrane (SIM) …             Organic heterojunctions: Contact-induced molecular reorientation, interface states, and charge re-distribution ▶     Andreas Opitz, Andreas Wilke, Patrick Amsalem et al.     We reveal the rather complex interplay of contact-induced re-orientation and interfacial electronic structure – in the presence of Fermi-level pinning – at prototypical molecular …             Topologically nontrivial bismuth(111) thin films ▶     Meng-Yu Yao, Fengfeng Zhu, C. Q. Han et al.     Using high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES), the topological property of the three-dimensional Bi(111) films grown on the Bi2Te3(111) substrate were …             Continuous-wave phase-matched molecular optical modulator ▶     Shin-ichi Zaitsu, Hirotomo Izaki, Takao Tsuchiya et al.     In optical modulation, the highest available modulation rate is basically limited to the GHz frequency range at best. This is because optical modulation is often performed using …             Tailoring nonlinear optical properties of Bi2Se3 through ion irradiation ▶     Yang Tan, Zhinan Guo, Zhen Shang et al.     The nonlinear optical property of topological insulator bismuth selenide (Bi2Se3) is found to be well-tailored through ion irradiation by intentionally introducing defects. The …             Nitrogen-doped Carbon Microfiber with Wrinkled Surface for High Performance Supercapacitors ▶     Ruili Liu, Lixia Pan, Jianzhong Jiang et al.     In this work, nitrogen-doped carbon microfiber (NCMF) is fabricated via a facile co-assembly of natural silk and graphene oxide (GO) and the following thermal treatment. The …             Semimetallization of dielectrics in strong optical fields ▶     Ojoon Kwon, Tim Paasch-Colberg, Vadym Apalkov et al.     At the heart of ever growing demands for faster signal processing is ultrafast charge transport and control by electromagnetic fields in semiconductors. Intense optical fields …             Assortativity and leadership emerge from anti-preferential attachment in heterogeneous networks ▶     I. Sendiña-Nadal, M. M. Danziger, Z. Wang et al.     Real-world networks have distinct topologies, with marked deviations from purely random networks. Many of them exhibit degree-assortativity, with nodes of similar degree more …             Layer-switching cost and optimality in information spreading on multiplex networks ▶     Byungjoon Min, Sang-Hwan Gwak, Nanoom Lee et al.     We study a model of information spreading on multiplex networks, in which agents interact through multiple interaction channels (layers), say online vs. offline communication …             Giant absorption of light by molecular vibrations on a chip ▶     A. Karabchevsky, A. V. Kavokin     Vibrational overtone spectroscopy of molecules is a powerful tool for drawing information on molecular structure and dynamics. It relies on absorption of near infrared radiation …             Photoluminescence and photocatalytic properties of rhombohedral CuGaO2 nanoplates ▶     Linlin Shi, Fei Wang, Yunpeng Wang et al.     Rhombohedral phase CuGaO2 nanoplates with a diameter of about 10 μm were synthesized via low temperature hydrothermal method. Room temperature and low temperature …             Recurrent Spiking Networks Solve Planning Tasks ▶     Elmar Rueckert, David Kappel, Daniel Tanneberg et al.     A recurrent spiking neural network is proposed that implements planning as probabilistic inference for finite and infinite horizon tasks. The architecture splits this problem …             Broadening the absorption bandwidth of metamaterial absorbers by transverse magnetic harmonics of 210 mode ▶     Chang Long, Sheng Yin, Wei Wang et al.     By investigating a square-shaped metamaterial structure we discover that wave diffraction at diagonal corners of such a structure excites transverse magnetic harmonics of 210 …             AST: Activity-Security-Trust driven modeling of time varying networks ▶     Jian Wang, Jiake Xu, Yanheng Liu et al.     Network modeling is a flexible mathematical structure that enables to identify statistical regularities and structural principles hidden in complex systems. The majority of …             Transdermal Delivery of siRNA through Microneedle Array ▶     Yan Deng, Jiao Chen, Yi Zhao et al.     Successful development of siRNA therapies has significant potential for the treatment of skin conditions (alopecia, allergic skin diseases, hyperpigmentation, psoriasis, skin …             Mechanism of Inhibition of Human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide-Induced Membrane Damage by a Small Organic Fluorogen ▶     Xiaoxu Li, Mingwei Wan, Lianghui Gao et al.     Human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP) is believed to be responsible for the death of insulin-producing β-cells. However, the mechanism of membrane damage at the molecular level …             Laser induced mortality of Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes ▶     Matthew D. Keller, David J. Leahy, Bryan J. Norton et al.     Small, flying insects continue to pose great risks to both human health and agricultural production throughout the world, so there remains a compelling need to develop new vector …             Hydrate-based heavy metal separation from aqueous solution ▶     Yongchen Song, Hongsheng Dong, Lei Yang et al.     A novel hydrate-based method is proposed for separating heavy metal ions from aqueous solution. We report the first batch of experiments and removal characteristics in this …             Investigation of allosteric modulation mechanism of metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 by molecular dynamics simulations, free energy and weak interaction analysis ▶     Qifeng Bai, Xiaojun Yao     Metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 (mGlu1), which belongs to class C G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), can be coupled with G protein to transfer extracellular signal by …             Chiral tunneling in gated inversion symmetric Weyl semimetal ▶     Chunxu Bai, Yanling Yang, Kai Chang     Based on the chirality-resolved transfer-matrix method, we evaluate the chiral transport tunneling through Weyl semimetal multi-barrier structures created by periodic gates. It …             Design of all-optical, hot-electron current-direction-switching device based on geometrical asymmetry ▶     Chathurangi S. Kumarasinghe, Malin Premaratne, Sarath D. Gunapala et al.     We propose a nano-scale current-direction-switching device(CDSD) that operates based on the novel phenomenon of geometrical asymmetry between two hot-electron generating …             Collective chemotaxis and segregation of active bacterial colonies ▶     M. Ben Amar     Still recently, bacterial fluid suspensions have motivated a lot of works, both experimental and theoretical, with the objective to understand their collective dynamics from …             Determination of thiol metabolites in human urine by stable isotope labeling in combination with pseudo-targeted mass spectrometry analysis ▶     Ping Liu, Chu-Bo Qi, Quan-Fei Zhu et al.     Precursor ion scan and multiple reaction monitoring scan (MRM) are two typical scan modes in mass spectrometry analysis. Here, we developed a strategy by combining stable isotope …             How Tissue Mechanical Properties Affect Enteric Neural Crest Cell Migration ▶     N.R. Chevalier, E. Gazguez, L. Bidault et al.     Neural crest cells (NCCs) are a population of multipotent cells that migrate extensively during vertebrate development. Alterations to neural crest ontogenesis cause several …             Tunable short-wavelength spin wave excitation from pinned magnetic domain walls ▶     Ben Van de Wiele, Sampo J. Hämäläinen, Pavel Baláž et al.     Miniaturization of magnonic devices for wave-like computing requires emission of short-wavelength spin waves, a key feature that cannot be achieved with microwave antennas. In …             Spin noise explores local magnetic fields in a semiconductor ▶     Ivan I. Ryzhov, Gleb G. Kozlov, Dmitrii S. Smirnov et al.     Rapid development of spin noise spectroscopy of the last decade has led to a number of remarkable achievements in the fields of both magnetic resonance and optical spectroscopy. …             Longitudinal spin separation of light and its performance in three-dimensionally controllable spin-dependent focal shift ▶     Sheng Liu, Peng Li, Yi Zhang et al.     Spin Hall effect of light, which is normally explored as a transverse spin-dependent separation of a light beam, has attracted enormous research interests. However, it seems …             Gateable Skyrmion Transport via Field-induced Potential Barrier Modulation ▶     Hiu Tung Fook, Wei Liang Gan, Wen Siang Lew     We report on the influence of pinning potentials on current-driven skyrmion dynamics and demonstrate that skyrmions can be gated via either magnetic or electric fields. When …             A simple method for the production of large volume 3D macroporous hydrogels for advanced biotechnological, medical and environmental applications ▶     Irina N. Savina, Ganesh C. Ingavle, Andrew B. Cundy et al.     The development of bulk, three-dimensional (3D), macroporous polymers with high permeability, large surface area and large volume is highly desirable for a range of applications …             Enhanced in vitro angiogenic behaviour of human umbilical vein endothelial cells on thermally oxidized TiO2 nanofibrous surfaces ▶     Ai Wen Tan, Ling Ling Liau, Kien Hui Chua et al.     One of the major challenges in bone grafting is the lack of sufficient bone vascularization. A rapid and stable bone vascularization at an early stage of implantation is …             ZIF-Derived Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbons for Xe Adsorption and Separation ▶     Shan Zhong, Qian Wang, Dapeng Cao     Currently, finding high capacity adsorbents with large selectivity to capture Xe is still a great challenge. In this work, nitrogen-doped porous carbons were prepared by …             High-Performance Flexible Solid-State Carbon Cloth Supercapacitors Based on Highly Processible N-Graphene Doped Polyacrylic Acid/Polyaniline Composites ▶     Yongguang Wang, Shaochun Tang, Sascha Vongehr et al.     Improving the solubility of conductive polymers to facilitate processing usually decreases their conductivity, and they suffer from poor cycling stability due to …             Novel Vertical 3D Structure of TaOx-based RRAM with Self-localized Switching Region by Sidewall Electrode Oxidation ▶     Muxi Yu, Yimao Cai, Zongwei Wang et al.     A novel vertical 3D RRAM structure with greatly improved reliability behavior is proposed and experimentally demonstrated through basically compatible process featuring …             Laser-initiated primary and secondary nuclear reactions in Boron-Nitride ▶     C. Labaune, C. Baccou, V. Yahia et al.     Nuclear reactions initiated by laser-accelerated particle beams are a promising new approach to many applications, from medical radioisotopes to aneutronic energy production. We …             Thermal equation of state of Molybdenum determined from in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction with laser-heated diamond anvil cells ▶     Xiaoli Huang, Fangfei Li, Qiang Zhou et al.     Here we report that the equation of state (EOS) of Mo is obtained by an integrated technique of laser-heated DAC and synchrotron X-ray diffraction. The cold compression and …             Perpendicular magnetic tunnel junctions with a synthetic storage or reference layer: A new route towards Pt- and Pd-free junctions ▶     Léa Cuchet, Bernard Rodmacq, Stéphane Auffret et al.     We report here the development of Pt and Pd-free perpendicular magnetic tunnel junctions (p-MTJ) for STT-MRAM applications. We start by studying a p-MTJ consisting of a bottom …             Critical dependence of magnetostructural coupling and magnetocaloric effect on particle size in Mn-Fe-Ni-Ge compounds ▶     Rongrong Wu, Feiran Shen, Fengxia Hu et al.     Magnetostructural coupling, which is the coincidence of crystallographic and magnetic transition, has obtained intense attention for its abundant magnetoresponse effects and …             Growth of Continuous Monolayer Graphene with Millimeter-sized Domains Using Industrially Safe Conditions ▶     Xingyi Wu, Guofang Zhong, Lorenzo D'Arsié et al.     We demonstrate the growth of continuous monolayer graphene films with millimeter-sized domains on Cu foils under intrinsically safe, atmospheric pressure growth conditions, …             A shape-anisotropic reflective polarizer in a stomatopod crustacean ▶     Thomas M. Jordan, David Wilby, Tsyr-Huei Chiou et al.     Many biophotonic structures have their spectral properties of reflection ‘tuned’ using the (zeroth-order) Bragg criteria for phase constructive interference. This is associated …             Reduced Graphene Oxide Thin Film on Conductive Substrates by Bipolar Electrochemistry ▶     Allagui Anis, Ali Abdelkareem Mohammad, Alawadhi Hussain et al.     Recent years have shown an increased interest in developing manufacturing processes for graphene and its derivatives that consider the environmental impact and large scale …             Surface Diffusion Directed Growth of Anisotropic Graphene Domains on Different Copper Lattices ▶     Da Hee Jung, Cheong Kang, Ji Eun Nam et al.     Anisotropic graphene domains are of significant interest since the electronic properties of pristine graphene strongly depend on its size, shape, and edge structures. In this …             Gas Sensing with Bare and Graphene-covered Optical Nano-Antenna Structures ▶     Bhaven Mehta, Kurt D. Benkstein, Steve Semancik et al.     The motivation behind this work is to study the gas phase chemical sensing characteristics of optical (plasmonic) nano-antennas (ONA) and graphene/graphene oxide-covered versions …             Dispensing of high concentration Ag nano-particles ink for ultra-low resistivity paper-based writing electronics ▶     Fuliang Wang, Peng Mao, Hu He     Paper-based writing electronics has received a lot of interest recently due to its potential applications in flexible electronics. To obtain ultra-low resistivity paper-based …             Ion-shaping of embedded gold hollow nanoshells into vertically aligned prolate morphologies ▶     Pierre-Eugéne Coulon, Julia Amici, Marie-Claude Clochard et al.     Ion beam shaping is a novel technique with which one can shape nano-structures that are embedded in a matrix, while simultaneously imposing their orientation in space. In this …             Electro-thermal control of aluminum-doped zinc oxide/vanadium dioxide multilayered thin films for smart-device applications ▶     J. R. Skuza, D. W. Scott, R. M. Mundle et al.     We demonstrate the electro-thermal control of aluminum-doped zinc oxide (Al:ZnO) /vanadium dioxide (VO2) multilayered thin films, where the application of a small electric field …             61Ni synchrotron radiation-based Mössbauer spectroscopy of nickel-based nanoparticles with hexagonal structure ▶     Ryo Masuda, Yasuhiro Kobayashi, Shinji Kitao et al.     We measured the synchrotron-radiation (SR)-based Mössbauer spectra of Ni-based nanoparticles with a hexagonal structure that were synthesised by chemical reduction. To obtain …             Self-organization of network dynamics into local quantized states ▶     Christos Nicolaides, Ruben Juanes, Luis Cueto-Felgueroso     Self-organization and pattern formation in network-organized systems emerges from the collective activation and interaction of many interconnected units. A striking feature of …             Inversion of Spin Signal and Spin Filtering in Ferromagnet|Hexagonal Boron Nitride-Graphene van der Waals Heterostructures ▶     M. Venkata Kamalakar, André Dankert, Paul J. Kelly et al.     Two dimensional atomically thin crystals of graphene and its insulating isomorph hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) are promising materials for spintronic applications. While …             Functionalized Thallium Antimony Films as Excellent Candidates for Large-Gap Quantum Spin Hall Insulator ▶     Run-wu Zhang, Chang-wen Zhang, Wei-xiao Ji et al.     Group III-V films are of great importance for their potential application in spintronics and quantum computing. Search for two-dimensional III-V films with a nontrivial large-gap …             In-plane Isotropic Microwave Performance of CoZr Trilayer in GHz Range ▶     Lulu Pan, Fenglong Wang, Wenfeng Wang et al.     In this paper, we investigate the high frequency performance of Co90Zr10/SiO2/Co90Zr10 trilayers. It is demonstrated that the in-plane isotropic microwave performance is …             One-way helical electromagnetic wave propagation supported by magnetized plasma ▶     Biao Yang, Mark Lawrence, Wenlong Gao et al.     In this paper we reveal the presence of photonic one-way helical surface states in a simple natural system- magnetized plasma. The application of an external magnetic field to a …             In Situ Characterization of the Local Work Function along Individual Free Standing Nanowire by Electrostatic Deflection ▶     Yicong Chen, Chengchun Zhao, Feng Huang et al.     In situ characterization of the work function of quasi one dimensional nanomaterials is essential for exploring their applications. Here we proposed to use the electrostatic …             Ultra-fast photo-carrier relaxation in Mott insulators with short-range spin correlations ▶     Martin Eckstein, Philipp Werner     Ultra-fast spectroscopy can reveal the interplay of charges with low energy degrees of freedom, which underlies the rich physics of correlated materials. As a potential glue for …             A theoretical prediction of super high-performance thermoelectric materials based on MoS2/WS2 hybrid nanoribbons ▶     Zhongwei Zhang, Yuee Xie, Qing Peng et al.     Modern society is hungry for electrical power. To improve the efficiency of energy harvesting from heat, extensive efforts seek high-performance thermoelectric materials that …             Light manipulation of nanoparticles in arrays of topological defects ▶     D. Kasyanyuk, P. Pagliusi, A. Mazzulla et al.     We report a strategy to assemble and manipulate nanoparticles arrays. The approach is based on the use of topological defects, namely disclination lines, created in chiral liquid …             Coexistence of multiple metastable polytypes in rhombohedral bismuth ▶     Yu Shu, Wentao Hu, Zhongyuan Liu et al.     Derivative structural polytypes coexisting with the rhombohedral A7 structure of elemental bismuth (Bi) have been discovered at ambient condition, based on microstructure …             Controlled Immobilization Strategies to Probe Short Hyaluronan-Protein Interactions ▶     Burcu Baykal Minsky, Christiane H. Antoni, Heike Boehm     Well-controlled grafting of small hyaluronan oligosaccharides (sHA) enables novel approaches to investigate biological processes such as angiogenesis, immune reactions and cancer …             Controlling herding in minority game systems ▶     Ji-Qiang Zhang, Zi-Gang Huang, Zhi-Xi Wu et al.     Resource allocation takes place in various types of real-world complex systems such as urban traffic, social services institutions, economical and ecosystems. Mathematically, the …             A novel gene delivery composite system based on biodegradable folate-poly (ester amine) polymer and thermosensitive hydrogel for sustained gene release ▶     Yi Yang, Hang Zhao, YanPeng Jia et al.     Local anti-oncogene delivery providing high local concentration of gene, increasing antitumor effect and decreasing systemic side effects is currently attracting interest in …             Raman spectroscopy identifies radiation response in human non-small cell lung cancer xenografts ▶     Samantha J. Harder, Martin Isabelle, Lindsay DeVorkin et al.     External beam radiation therapy is a standard form of treatment for numerous cancers. Despite this, there are no approved methods to account for patient specific radiation …             An in-situ synthesis of Ag/AgCl/TiO2/hierarchical porous magnesian material and its photocatalytic performance ▶     Lu Yang, Fazhou Wang, Chang Shu et al.     The absorption ability and photocatalytic activity of photocatalytic materials play important roles in improving the pollutants removal effects. Herein, we reported a new kind of …             External characteristic determination of eggs and cracked eggs identification using spectral signature ▶     Chuanqi Xie, Yong He     This study was carried out to use hyperspectral imaging technique for determining color (L*, a* and b*) and eggshell strength and identifying cracked chicken eggs. Partial least …             Rolling stones and turbulent eddies: why the bigger live longer and travel farther ▶     Adrian Bejan     Here we report the discovery that even the simplest, oldest and most prevalent forms of evolutionary movement—rolling bodies and whirls of turbulence—exhibit the same body-size …             Plasmon Excitations of Multi-layer Graphene on a Conducting Substrate ▶     Godfrey Gumbs, Andrii Iurov, Jhao-Ying Wu et al.     We predict the existence of low-frequency nonlocal plasmons at the vacuum-surface interface of a superlattice of N graphene layers interacting with conducting substrate. We …             Synergistic interactions of blood-borne immune cells, fibroblasts and extracellular matrix drive repair in an in vitro peri-implant wound healing model ▶     Melanie A Burkhardt, Jasmin Waser, Vincent Milleret et al.     Low correlations of cell culture data with clinical outcomes pose major medical challenges with costly consequences. While the majority of biomaterials are tested using in vitro …             Selective Pyroelectric Detection of Millimetre Waves Using Ultra-Thin Metasurface Absorbers ▶     Sergei A. Kuznetsov, Andrey G. Paulish, Miguel Navarro-Cía et al.     Sensing infrared radiation is done inexpensively with pyroelectric detectors that generate a temporary voltage when they are heated by the incident infrared radiation. Un…             Quantitative secondary electron imaging for work function extraction at atomic level and layer identification of graphene ▶     Yangbo Zhou, Daniel S Fox, Pierce Maguire et al.     Two-dimensional (2D) materials usually have a layer-dependent work function, which require fast and accurate detection for the evaluation of their device performance. A detection …             Cuprous halides semiconductors as a new means for highly efficient light-emitting diodes ▶     Doyeol Ahn, Seoung-Hwan Park     In group-III nitrides in use for white light-emitting diodes (LEDs), optical gain, measure of luminous efficiency, is very low owing to the built-in electrostatic fields, low …             Spectroscopic Study of Terahertz Generation in Mid-Infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers ▶     Yifan Jiang, Karun Vijayraghavan, Seungyong Jung et al.     Terahertz quantum cascade laser sources based on intra-cavity difference-frequency generation are currently the only room-temperature mass-producible diode-laser-like emitters of …             Hierarchically structured activated carbon for ultracapacitors ▶     Mok-Hwa Kim, Kwang-Bum Kim, Sun-Min Park et al.     To resolve the pore-associated bottleneck problem observed in the electrode materials used for ultracapacitors, which inhibits the transport of the electrolyte ions, we designed …             A new ether-based electrolyte for dendrite-free lithium-metal based rechargeable batteries ▶     Rongrong Miao, Jun Yang, Zhixin Xu et al.     A new ether-based electrolyte to match lithium metal electrode is prepared by introducing 1, 4-dioxane as co-solvent into lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide/1,2-dimethoxyethane …             A first-principles study on the phonon transport in layered BiCuOSe ▶     Hezhu Shao, Xiaojian Tan, Guo-Qiang Liu et al.     First-principles calculations are employed to investigate the phonon transport of BiCuOSe. Our calculations reproduce the lattice thermal conductivity of BiCuOSe. The calculated …             Nanoarchitectured Nb2O5 hollow, Nb2O5@carbon and NbO2@carbon Core-Shell Microspheres for Ultrahigh-Rate Intercalation Pseudocapacitors ▶     Lingping Kong, Chuanfang Zhang, Jitong Wang et al.     Li-ion intercalation materials with extremely high rate capability will blur the distinction between batteries and supercapacitors. We construct a series of nanoarchitectured …             Nanoscale optical interferometry with incoherent light ▶     Dongfang Li, Jing Feng, Domenico Pacifici     Optical interferometry has empowered an impressive variety of biosensing and medical imaging techniques. A widely held assumption is that devices based on optical interferometry …             Non-electrolytic synthesis of copper oxide/carbon nanocomposite by surface plasma in super-dehydrated ethanol ▶     Dmytro S. Kozak, Ruslan A. Sergiienko, Etsuro Shibata et al.     Electrolytic processes are widely used to synthesize different nanomaterials and it does not depend on what kind of the method has been applied (wet-chemistry, sonochemistry, …             Non-Radiative Carrier Recombination Enhanced by Two-Level Process: A First-Principles Study ▶     Ji-Hui Yang, Lin Shi, Lin-Wang Wang et al.     Non-radiative recombination plays an important role in the performance of optoelectronic semiconductor devices such as solar cells and light-emitting diodes. Most textbook …             Watch your step! A frustrated total internal reflection approach to forensic footwear imaging ▶     J. A. Needham, J. S. Sharp     Forensic image retrieval and processing are vital tools in the fight against crime e.g. during fingerprint capture. However, despite recent advances in machine vision technology …             A perfectly stoichiometric and flat CeO2(111) surface on a bulk-like ceria film ▶     C. Barth, C. Laffon, R. Olbrich et al.     In surface science and model catalysis, cerium oxide (ceria) is mostly grown as an ultra-thin film on a metal substrate in the ultra-high vacuum to understand fundamental …             Quantitative molecular phenotyping with topically applied SERS nanoparticles for intraoperative guidance of breast cancer lumpectomy ▶     Yu Wang, Soyoung Kang, Altaz Khan et al.     There is a need to image excised tissues during tumor-resection procedures in order to identify residual tumors at the margins and to guide their complete removal. The imaging of …             High-Contrast Gratings based Spoof Surface Plasmons ▶     Zhuo Li, Liangliang Liu, Bingzheng Xu et al.     In this work, we explore the existence of spoof surface plasmons (SSPs) supported by deep-subwavelength high-contrast gratings (HCGs) on a perfect electric conductor plane. The …             Enhancing the energy density of safer Li-ion batteries by combining high-voltage lithium cobalt fluorophosphate cathodes and nanostructured titania anodes ▶     Gregorio F. Ortiz, María C. López, Yixiao Li et al.     Recently, Li-ion batteries have been heavily scrutinized because of the apparent incompatibility between safety and high energy density. This work report a high voltage full …             Ab initio molecular dynamics simulation of the effects of stacking faults on the radiation response of 3C-SiC ▶     M. Jiang, S. M. Peng, H. B. Zhang et al.     In this study, an ab initio molecular dynamics method is employed to investigate how the existence of stacking faults (SFs) influences the response of SiC to low energy …             Contact gating at GHz frequency in graphene ▶     Q. Wilmart, A. Inhofer, M. Boukhicha et al.     The paradigm of graphene transistors is based on the gate modulation of the channel carrier density by means of a local channel gate. This standard architecture is subject to the …             Coherently Tunable Triangular Trefoil Phaseonium Metamaterial ▶     D. M. Nguyen, Cesare Soci, C. H. Raymond Ooi     Phaseonium is a three-level Λ quantum system, in which a coherent microwave and an optical control (pump) beams can be used to actively modulate the dielectric response. Here we …             Local electron-electron interaction strength in ferromagnetic nickel determined by spin-polarized positron annihilation ▶     Hubert Ceeh, Josef Andreass Weber, Peter Böni et al.     We employ a positron annihilation technique, the spin-polarized two-dimensional angular correlation of annihilation radiation (2D-ACAR), to measure the spin-difference spectra of …             EPR Steering inequalities with Communication Assistance ▶     Sándor Nagy, Tamás Vértesi     In this paper, we investigate the communication cost of reproducing Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) steering correlations arising from bipartite quantum systems. We characterize …             A jumping shape memory alloy under heat ▶     Shuiyuan Yang, Toshihiro Omori, Cuiping Wang et al.     Shape memory alloys are typical temperature-sensitive metallic functional materials due to superelasticity and shape recovery characteristics. The conventional shape memory …             Interface Structure of MoO3 on Organic Semiconductors ▶     Robin T. White, Emmanuel S. Thibau, Zheng-Hong Lu     We have systematically studied interface structure formed by vapor-phase deposition of typical transition metal oxide MoO3 on organic semiconductors. Eight organic hole transport …             The heterogeneous energy landscape expression of KWW relaxation ▶     J. H. Wu, Q. Jia     Here we show a heterogeneous energy landscape approach to describing the Kohlrausch-Williams-Watts (KWW) relaxation function. For a homogeneous dynamic process, the distribution …             Competition in the presence of aging: dominance, coexistence, and alternation between states ▶     Toni Pérez, Konstantin Klemm, Víctor M. Eguíluz     We study the stochastic dynamics of coupled states with transition probabilities depending on local persistence, this is, the time since a state has changed. When the system has …             Enhancing performance and uniformity of CH3NH3PbI3−xClx perovskite solar cells by air-heated-oven assisted annealing under various humidities ▶     Qing Zhou, Zhiwen Jin, Hui Li et al.     To fabricate high-performance metal-halide perovskite solar cells, a thermal annealing process is indispensable in preparing high quality perovskite film. And usually such …             Cobalt Sulfide/Graphene Composite Hydrogel as Electrode for High-Performance Pseudocapacitors ▶     Xiaoqian Meng, Jin Deng, Junwu Zhu et al.     Graphene and its composite hydrogels with interconnected three-dimensional (3D) structure have raised continuous attention in energy storage. Herein, we describe a simple …             Remarkably enhanced thermal transport based on a flexible horizontally-aligned carbon nanotube array film ▶     Lin Qiu, Xiaotian Wang, Guoping Su et al.     It has been more than a decade since the thermal conductivity of vertically aligned carbon nanotube (VACNT) arrays was reported possible to exceed that of the best thermal …             Holey graphene frameworks for highly selective post-combustion carbon capture ▶     Shamik Chowdhury, Rajasekhar Balasubramanian     Atmospheric CO2 concentrations continue to rise rapidly in response to increased combustion of fossil fuels, contributing to global climate change. In order to mitigate the …             Facile synthesis of flexible macroporous polypropylene sponges for separation of oil and water ▶     Guowei Wang, Hiroshi Uyama     Oil spill disasters always occur accidentally, accompanied by the release of plenty of crude oil that could spread quickly over a wide area, creating enormous damage to the …             Pancreatic β-Cell Membrane Fluidity and Toxicity Induced by Human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide Species ▶     Emily H. Pilkington, Esteban N. Gurzov, Aleksandr Kakinen et al.     Aggregation of human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP) into fibrils and plaques is associated with pancreatic β-cell loss in type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, due to the rapidness …             Demonstration of Synaptic Behaviors and Resistive Switching Characterizations by Proton Exchange Reactions in Silicon Oxide ▶     Yao-Feng Chang, Burt Fowler, Ying-Chen Chen et al.     We realize a device with biological synaptic behaviors by integrating silicon oxide (SiOx) resistive switching memory with Si diodes. Minimal synaptic power consumption due to …             Post-illumination activity of SnO2 nanoparticle-decorated Cu2O nanocubes by H2O2 production in dark from photocatalytic “memory” ▶     Lingmei Liu, Wuzhu Sun, Weiyi Yang et al.     Most photocatalysts only function under illumination, while many potential applications require continuous activities in dark. Thus, novel photocatalysts should be developed, …             Chelating capture and magnetic removal of non-magnetic heavy metal substances from soil ▶     Liren Fan, Jiqing Song, Wenbo Bai et al.     A soil remediation method based on magnetic beneficiation is reported. A new magnetic solid chelator powder, FS@IDA (core-shell Fe3O4@SiO2 nanoparticles coated with iminodiacetic …             Regulatory role of hexosamine biosynthetic pathway on hepatic cancer stem cell marker CD133 under low glucose conditions ▶     Shu-Hai Lin, Tengfei Liu, Xiaoyan Ming et al.     Cancer was hypothesized to be driven by cancer stem cells (CSCs), but the metabolic determinants of CSC-like phenotype still remain elusive. Here, we present that hexosamine …             An ultrasensitive label-free electrochemical immunosensor based on signal amplification strategy of multifunctional magnetic graphene loaded with cadmium ions ▶     Faying Li, Yueyun Li, Yunhui Dong et al.     Herein, a novel and ultrasensitive label-free electrochemical immunosensor was proposed for quantitative detection of human Immunoglobulin G (IgG). The amino functionalized …             Conformational Flexibility of a Short Loop near the Active Site of the SARS-3CLpro is Essential to Maintain Catalytic Activity ▶     Chunmei Li, Xin Teng, Yifei Qi et al.     The SARS 3C-like proteinase (SARS-3CLpro), which is the main proteinase of the SARS coronavirus, is essential to the virus life cycle. This enzyme has been shown to be active as …             A universal mechanism of extreme events and critical phenomena ▶     J. H. Wu, Q. Jia     The occurrence of extreme events and critical phenomena is of importance because they can have inquisitive scientific impact and profound socio-economic consequences. Here we …             Intrinsic mechanical behavior of femoral cortical bone in young, osteoporotic and bisphosphonate-treated individuals in low- and high energy fracture conditions ▶     Elizabeth A. Zimmermann, Eric Schaible, Bernd Gludovatz et al.     Bisphosphonates are a common treatment to reduce osteoporotic fractures. This treatment induces osseous structural and compositional changes accompanied by positive effects on …             “Optical communication with brain cells by means of an implanted duplex micro-device with optogenetics and Ca2+ fluoroimaging” ▶     Takuma Kobayashi, Makito Haruta, Kiyotaka Sasagawa et al.     To better understand the brain function based on neural activity, a minimally invasive analysis technology in a freely moving animal is necessary. 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