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22 March 2016      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports               npj Quantum Information is an online-only open access journal providing important updates on quantum information research and theory. Recent published articles include: Multilayer microwave integrated quantum circuits for scalable quantum computing and Achieving quantum precision limit in adaptive qubit state tomography.                   Physical Sciences               Corrigendum: Localised excitation of a single photon source by a nanowaveguide ▶     Wei Geng, Mathieu Manceau, Nancy Rahbany et al.                 Generalized energy failure criterion ▶     R. T. Qu, Z. J. Zhang, P. Zhang et al.     Discovering a generalized criterion that can predict the mechanical failure of various different structural materials is one of ultimate goals for scientists in both material and …             Significant Broadband Photocurrent Enhancement by Au-CZTS Core-Shell Nanostructured Photocathodes ▶     Xuemei Zhang, Xu Wu, Anthony Centeno et al.     Copper zinc tin sulfide (CZTS) is a promising material for harvesting solar energy due to its abundance and non-toxicity. However, its poor performance hinders their wide …             23327Enhanced photoelectric conversion efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells by the incorporation of flower-like Bi2S3:Eu3+ sub-microspheres ▶     Bingyu Xu, Guofeng Wang, Honggang Fu     In this paper, TiO2-Bi2S3 and TiO2-Bi2S3:Eu3+ composite photoanodes were successfully designed, which can not only fully absorb visible light but also transfer the electron from …             Gradient Permittivity Meta-Structure model for Wide-field Super-resolution imaging with a sub-45 nm resolution ▶     Shun Cao, Taisheng Wang, Wenbin Xu et al.     A gradient permittivity meta-structure (GPMS) model and its application in super-resolution imaging were proposed and discussed in this work. The proposed GPMS consists of …             Higher-order Multivariable Polynomial Regression to Estimate Human Affective States ▶     Jie Wei, Tong Chen, Guangyuan Liu et al.     From direct observations, facial, vocal, gestural, physiological, and central nervous signals, estimating human affective states through computational models such as multivariate …             Corrigendum: Surfactant-Templated Synthesis of Polypyrrole Nanocages as Redox Mediators for Efficient Energy Storage ▶     Ki-Jin Ahn, Younghee Lee, Hojin Choi et al.                 Room-temperature local ferromagnetism and its nanoscale expansion in the ferromagnetic semiconductor Ge1–xFex ▶     Yuki K. Wakabayashi, Shoya Sakamoto, Yuki-haru Takeda et al.     We investigate the local electronic structure and magnetic properties of the group-IV-based ferromagnetic semiconductor, Ge1−xFex (GeFe), using soft X-ray magnetic circular …             Au-NiCo2O4 supported on three-dimensional hierarchical porous graphene-like material for highly effective oxygen evolution reaction ▶     Wei-Yan Xia, Nan Li, Qing-Yu Li et al.     A three-dimensional hierarchical porous graphene-like (3D HPG) material was synthesized by a one-step ion-exchange/activation combination method using a cheap metal ion exchanged …             Geometry, Electronic Structure, and Pseudo Jahn-Teller Effect in Tetrasilacyclobutadiene Analogues ▶     Yang Liu, Ya Wang, Isaac B. Bersuker     We revealed the origin of the structural features of a series of tetrasilacyclobutadiene analogues based on a detailed study of their electronic structure and the pseudo …             Fabrication, characterization, and biological assessment of multilayer laminin γ2 DNA coatings on titanium surfaces ▶     Guoli Yang, Jing Zhang, Wenjing Dong et al.     The purpose of this work was to fabricate a multilayer laminin γ2 DNA coating on a titanium surface and evaluate its biological properties. A multilayer laminin γ2 DNA coating …             Low-threshold optical bistability of graphene-wrapped dielectric composite ▶     Yang Huang, Andrey E. Miroshnichenko, Lei Gao     We theoretically study the effective third-order nonlinear response and optical bistability of the 3D graphene based composite consisting of graphene wrapped dielectric …             Pectin as an Extraordinary Natural Kinetic Hydrate Inhibitor ▶     Shurui Xu, Shuanshi Fan, Songtian Fang et al.     Pectin as a novel natural kinetic hydrate inhibitor, expected to be eco-friendly and sufficiently biodegradable, was studied in this paper. The novel crystal growth inhibition …             Erratum: φXANES: In vivo imaging of metal-protein coordination environments ▶     Simon A. James, Dominic J. Hare, Nicole L. Jenkins et al.                 Interface instability modes in freezing colloidal suspensions: revealed from onset of planar instability ▶     Lilin Wang, Jiaxue You, Zhijun Wang et al.     Freezing colloidal suspensions widely exists in nature and industry. Interface instability has attracted much attention for the understandings of the pattern formation in …             First Introduction of NiSe2 to Anode Material for Sodium-Ion Batteries: A Hybrid of Graphene-Wrapped NiSe2/C Porous Nanofiber ▶     Jung Sang Cho, Seung Yeon Lee, Yun Chan Kang     The first-ever study of nickel selenide materials as efficient anode materials for Na-ion rechargeable batteries is conducted using the electrospinning process. NiSe2-reduced …             3D-printed guiding templates for improved osteosarcoma resection ▶     Limin Ma, Ye Zhou, Ye Zhu et al.     Osteosarcoma resection is challenging due to the variable location of tumors and their proximity with surrounding tissues. It also carries a high risk of postoperative …             Autonomous pump against concentration gradient ▶     Zhi-cheng Xu, Dong-qin Zheng, Bao-quan Ai et al.     Using non-equilibrium molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo methods, we have studied the molecular transport in asymmetric nanochannels. The efficiency of the molecular pump depends …             Robust Room-Temperature Quantum Spin Hall Effect in Methyl-functionalized InBi honeycomb film ▶     Sheng-shi Li, Wei-xiao Ji, Chang-wen Zhang et al.     Two-dimensional (2D) group-III-V honeycomb films have attracted significant interest for their potential application in fields of quantum computing and nanoelectronics. Searching …             Periodic forces trigger knot untying during translocation of knotted proteins ▶     Piotr Szymczak     Proteins need to be unfolded when translocated through the pores in mitochondrial and other cellular membranes. Knotted proteins, however, might get stuck during this process, …             Potential of mean force between like-charged nanoparticles: Many-body effect ▶     Xi Zhang, Jin-Si Zhang, Ya-Zhou Shi et al.     Ion-mediated interaction is important for the properties of polyelectrolytes such as colloids and nucleic acids. The effective pair interactions between two polyelectrolytes have …             Doppler effect induced spin relaxation boom ▶     Xinyu Zhao, Peihao Huang, Xuedong Hu     We study an electron spin qubit confined in a moving quantum dot (QD), with our attention on both spin relaxation, and the product of spin relaxation, the emitted phonons. We …             A p-i-n junction diode based on locally doped carbon nanotube network ▶     Xiaodong Liu, Changxin Chen, Liangming Wei et al.     A p-i-n junction diode constructed by the locally doped network of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) was investigated. In this diode, the two opposite ends of the …             The conifer biomarkers dehydroabietic and abietic acids are widespread in Cyanobacteria ▶     Maria Sofia Costa, Adriana Rego, Vitor Ramos et al.     Terpenes, a large family of natural products with important applications, are commonly associated with plants and fungi. The diterpenoids dehydroabietic and abietic acids are …             Magnetic Resonance Imaging Revealed Splenic Targeting of Canine Parvovirus Capsid Protein VP2 ▶     Yufei Ma, Haiming Wang, Dan Yan et al.     Canine parvovirus (CPV) is a highly contagious infectious virus, whose infectious mechanism remains unclear because of acute gastroenteritis and the lack of an efficient tool to …             Combination of simvastatin, calcium silicate/gypsum, and gelatin and bone regeneration in rabbit calvarial defects ▶     Jing Zhang, Huiming Wang, Jue Shi et al.     The present study was performed to determine whether simvastatin improves bone regeneration when combined with calcium silicate/gypsum and gelatin (CS-GEL). The surface …             A wearable biochemical sensor for monitoring alcohol consumption lifestyle through Ethyl glucuronide (EtG) detection in human sweat ▶     Anjan Panneer Selvam, Sriram Muthukumar, Vikramshankar Kamakoti et al.     We demonstrate for the first time a wearable biochemical sensor for monitoring alcohol consumption through the detection and quantification of a metabolite of ethanol, ethyl …             Roles of endothelial A-type lamins in migration of T cells on and under endothelial layers ▶     Kwang Hoon Song, Jaehyun Lee, HyoungJun Park et al.     Stiff nuclei in cell-dense microenvironments may serve as distinct biomechanical cues for cell migration, but such a possibility has not been tested experimentally. As a first …             In situ Fabrication of α-Bi2O3/(BiO)2CO3 Nanoplate Heterojunctions with Tunable Optical Property and Photocatalytic Activity ▶     Yu Huang, Wei Wang, Qian Zhang et al.     Exploring the full potential use of heterojunction photocatalysts containing bismuth has attracted considerable interest in recent years. Fabrication of well-defined …             Rapid bacterial antibiotic susceptibility test based on simple surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic biomarkers ▶     Chia-Ying Liu, Yin-Yi Han, Po-Han Shih et al.     Rapid bacterial antibiotic susceptibility test (AST) and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) measurement are important to help reduce the widespread misuse of antibiotics and …             Chiral nematic self-assembly of minimally surface damaged chitin nanofibrils and its load bearing functions ▶     Dongyeop X. Oh, Yun Jeong Cha, Hoang-Linh Nguyen et al.     Chitin is one of the most abundant biomaterials in nature, with 1010 tons produced annually as hierarchically organized nanofibril fillers to reinforce the exoskeletons of …             Erratum: Spectral variation of fluorescence lifetime near single metal nanoparticles ▶     Jia Li, Alexey V. Krasavin, Linden Webster et al.                 Demonstration of single crystal growth via solid-solid transformation of a glass ▶     Dmytro Savytskii, Brian Knorr, Volkmar Dierolf et al.     Many advanced technologies have relied on the availability of single crystals of appropriate material such as silicon for microelectronics or superalloys for turbine blades. …             Chiral quantum supercrystals with total dissymmetry of optical response ▶     Anvar S. Baimuratov, Yurii K. Gun’ko, Alexander V. Baranov et al.     Since chiral nanoparticles are much smaller than the optical wavelength, their enantiomers show little difference in the interaction with circularly polarized light. This scale …             Delocalized Plastic Flow in Proton-Irradiated Monolithic Metallic Glasses ▶     Jaewon Heo, Sunghwan Kim, Seunghwa Ryu et al.     Creating new materials with novel properties through structural modification is the Holy Grail of materials science. The range of targetable structures for amplification of …             In situ synthesis of Bi2S3 sensitized WO3 nanoplate arrays with less interfacial defects and enhanced photoelectrochemical performance ▶     Canjun Liu, Yahui Yang, Wenzhang Li et al.     In this study, Bi2S3 sensitive layer has been grown on the surface of WO3 nanoplate arrays via an in situ approach. The characterization of samples were carried out using …             NMR Observation of Mobile Protons in Proton-Implanted ZnO Nanorods ▶     Jun Kue Park, Hyeok-Jung Kwon, Cheol Eui Lee     The diffusion properties of H+ in ZnO nanorods are investigated before and after 20 MeV proton beam irradiation by using 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Herein, …             Enhanced photovoltaic properties in dye sensitized solar cells by surface treatment of SnO2 photoanodes ▶     Kaustubh Basu, Daniele Benetti, Haiguang Zhao et al.     We report the fabrication and testing of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC) based on tin oxide (SnO2) particles of average size ~20 nm. Fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) conducting …             Pt-free carbon-based fuel cell catalyst prepared from spherical polyimide for enhanced oxygen diffusion ▶     Yuta Nabae, Shinsuke Nagata, Teruaki Hayakawa et al.     The development of a non-precious metal (NPM) fuel cell catalyst is extremely important to achieve globalization of polymer electrolyte fuel cells due to the cost and scarcity of …             Photo-induced Doping in GaN Epilayers with Graphene Quantum Dots ▶     T. N. Lin, M. R. Inciong, S. R. M. S. Santiago et al.     We demonstrate a new doping scheme where photo-induced carriers from graphene quantum dots (GQDs) can be injected into GaN and greatly enhance photoluminescence (PL) in GaN …             A new approach for fabrications of SiC based photodetectors ▶     Ali Aldalbahi, Eric Li, Manuel Rivera et al.     We report on a new approach to quickly synthesize high-quality single crystalline wide band gap silicon carbide (SiC) films for development of high-performance deep ultraviolet (…             Strain-induced magnetic domain wall control by voltage in hybrid piezoelectric BaTiO3 ferrimagnetic TbFe structures ▶     Olivier Rousseau, Raphael Weil, Stanislas Rohart et al.     This paper reports on the voltage dependence of the magnetization reversal of a thin amorphous ferromagnetic TbFe film grown on a ferroelectric and piezoelectric BaTiO3 single …             The effect of positioning cations on acidity and stability of the framework structure of Y zeolite ▶     Changshun Deng, Junji Zhang, Lihui Dong et al.     The investigation on the modification of NaY zeolite on LaHY and AEHY (AE refers Ca and Sr and the molar ratio of Ca and Sr is 1:1) zeolites was proformed by XRD, N2…             Thermodynamic theory of the plasmoelectric effect ▶     Jorik van de Groep, Matthew T. Sheldon, Harry A. Atwater et al.     Resonant metal nanostructures exhibit an optically induced electrostatic potential when illuminated with monochromatic light under off-resonant conditions. This plasmoelectric …             Nanoscale precipitates strengthened lanthanum-bearing Mg-3Sn-1Mn alloys through continuous rheo-rolling ▶     R. G. Guan, Y. F. Shen, Z. Y. Zhao et al.     We elucidate the effect of lanthanum (La) on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Mg-3Sn-1Mn-xLa (wt.%) alloy plates processed through continuous rheo-rolling for the …             Tuning-free controller to accurately regulate flow rates in a microfluidic network ▶     Young Jin Heo, Junsu Kang, Min Jun Kim et al.     We describe a control algorithm that can improve accuracy and stability of flow regulation in a microfluidic network that uses a conventional pressure pump system. The algorithm …             Analysis on the Radiation Property of the Bounded Modes of Periodic Leaky-Wave Structure with Finite-Length Using a Hybrid Method ▶     Zheng Li, Junhong Wang, Jianjie Duan et al.     In this paper the radiation property of the one-dimensional periodic leaky-wave structure is analysed using a new hybrid method, which involves the mode expansion method for …             Preferred Barefoot Step Frequency is Influenced by Factors Beyond Minimizing Metabolic Rate ▶     Matthew B. Yandell, Karl E. Zelik     Humans tend to increase their step frequency in barefoot walking, as compared to shod walking at the same speed. Based on prior studies and the energy minimization hypothesis we …             Multiscale method for modeling binding phenomena involving large objects: application to kinesin motor domains motion along microtubules ▶     Lin Li, Joshua Alper, Emil Alexov     Many biological phenomena involve the binding of proteins to a large object. Because the electrostatic forces that guide binding act over large distances, truncating the size of …             Effects of Microporosity and Surface Chemistry on Separation Performances of N-Containing Pitch-Based Activated Carbons for CO2/N2 Binary Mixture ▶     Min-Sang Lee, Mira Park, Hak Yong Kim et al.     In this study, N-containing pitch-based activated carbons (NPCs) were prepared using petroleum pitch with a low softening point and melamine with a high nitrogen content. The …             Influence of pH, competing ions, and salinity on the sorption of strontium and cobalt onto biogenic hydroxyapatite ▶     Stephanie Handley-Sidhu, Thomas K. Mullan, Quentin Grail et al.     Anthropogenic radionuclides contaminate a range of environments as a result of nuclear activities, for example, leakage from waste storage tanks/ponds (e.g. Hanford, USA or …             A rapid method to authenticate vegetable oils through surface-enhanced Raman scattering ▶     Ming Yang Lv, Xin Zhang, Hai Rui Ren et al.     Vegetable oils are essential in our daily diet. Among various vegetable oils, the major difference lies in the composition of fatty acids, including unsaturated fatty acids (US…             Contrast-enhanced optical coherence tomography with picomolar sensitivity for functional in vivo imaging ▶     Orly Liba, Elliott D. SoRelle, Debasish Sen et al.     Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) enables real-time imaging of living tissues at cell-scale resolution over millimeters in three dimensions. Despite these advantages, functional …             Multi-Shell Hollow Nanogels with Responsive Shell Permeability ▶     Andreas J. Schmid, Janine Dubbert, Andrey A. Rudov et al.     We report on hollow shell-shell nanogels with two polymer shells that have different volume phase transition temperatures. By means of small angle neutron scattering (SANS) …             Design of Advanced Photocatalysis System by Adatom Decoration in 2D Nanosheets of Group-IV and III–V Binary Compounds ▶     Hao Jin, Ying Dai, Bai-Biao Huang     Searching for novel photocatalysts is one of the most important topic in photocatalytic fields. In the present work, we propose a feasible approach to improve the photocatalytic …             Heteroepitaxial growth of Pt and Au thin films on MgO single crystals by bias-assisted sputtering ▶     Yulia Tolstova, Stefan T. Omelchenko, Amanda M. Shing et al.     The crystallographic orientation of a metal affects its surface energy and structure, and has profound implications for surface chemical reactions and interface engineering, …             Corrigendum: Tunable continuous wave emission via phase-matched second harmonic generation in a ZnSe microcylindrical resonator ▶     N. Vukovic, N. Healy, J. R. Sparks et al.                 Spontaneous Formation of Eutectic Crystal Structures in Binary and Ternary Charged Colloids due to Depletion Attraction ▶     Akiko Toyotama, Tohru Okuzono, Junpei Yamanaka     Crystallization of colloids has extensively been studied for past few decades as models to study phase transition in general. Recently, complex crystal structures in …             Vertical Microcavity Organic Light-emitting Field-effect Transistors ▶     Yongsheng Hu, Jie Lin, Li Song et al.     Organic light-emitting field-effect transistors (OLEFETs) are regarded as a novel kind of device architecture for fulfilling electrical-pumped organic lasers. However, the …             A MicroRNA-Mediated Insulin Signaling Pathway Regulates the Toxicity of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans ▶     Yunli Zhao, Junnian Yang, Dayong Wang     The underlying mechanisms for functions of microRNAs (miRNAs) in regulating toxicity of nanomaterials are largely unclear. Using Illumina HiSeqTM 2000 sequencing technique, we …             Solvent-Free Manufacturing of Electrodes for Lithium-ion Batteries ▶     Brandon Ludwig, Zhangfeng Zheng, Wan Shou et al.     Lithium ion battery electrodes were manufactured using a new, completely dry powder painting process. The solvents used for conventional slurry-cast electrodes have been …             Tunable Lattice Coupling of Multipole Plasmon Modes and Near-Field Enhancement in Closely Spaced Gold Nanorod Arrays ▶     Yu Huang, Xian Zhang, Emilie Ringe et al.     Considering the nanogap and lattice effects, there is an attractive structure in plasmonics: closely spaced metallic nanoarrays. In this work, we demonstrate experimentally and …             Applications using high-Tc superconducting terahertz emitters ▶     Kurama Nakade, Takanari Kashiwagi, Yoshihiko Saiwai et al.     Using recently-developed THz emitters constructed from single crystals of the high-Tc superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ, we performed three prototype tests of the devices to …             Real-time high-resolution heterodyne-based measurements of spectral dynamics in fibre lasers ▶     Srikanth Sugavanam, Simon Fabbri, Son Thai Le et al.     Conventional tools for measurement of laser spectra (e.g. optical spectrum analysers) capture data averaged over a considerable time period. However, the generation spectrum of …             Carbonate Doping in TiO2 Microsphere: The Key Parameter Influencing Others for Efficient Dye Sensitized Solar Cell ▶     Zaki S. Seddigi, Saleh A. Ahmed, Samim Sardar et al.     Four key parameters namely light trapping, density of light harvesting centre, photoinduced electron injection and electron transport without self-recombination are universally …             The Effect of Excess Electron and hole on CO2 Adsorption and Activation on Rutile (110) surface ▶     Wen-Jin Yin, Bo Wen, Sateesh Bandaru et al.     CO2 capture and conversion into useful chemical fuel attracts great attention from many different fields. In the reduction process, excess electron is of key importance as it …             Superconducting H5S2 phase in sulfur-hydrogen system under high-pressure ▶     Takahiro Ishikawa, Akitaka Nakanishi, Katsuya Shimizu et al.     Recently, hydrogen sulfide was experimentally found to show the high superconducting critical temperature (Tc) under high-pressure. The superconducting Tc shows 30–70 K in …             A novel hydroxyapatite film coated with ionic silver via inositol hexaphosphate chelation prevents implant-associated infection ▶     Haruki Funao, Shigenori Nagai, Aya Sasaki et al.     Various silver-coated implants have been developed to prevent implant-associated infections, and have shown dramatic effects in vitro. However, the in vivo results have been …             Study of flux pinning mechanism under hydrostatic pressure in optimally doped (Ba,K)Fe2As2 single crystals ▶     Babar Shabbir, Xiaolin Wang, Y. Ma et al.     Strong pinning depends on the pinning force strength and number density of effective defects. Using the hydrostatic pressure method, we demonstrate here that hydrostatic pressure …             Smaller-loss planar SPP transmission line than conventional microstrip in microwave frequencies ▶     Hao Chi Zhang, Qian Zhang, Jun Feng Liu et al.     Transmission line is a basic component in all passive devices, integrated circuits, and systems. Microstrip is the most popular transmission line in the microwave and …             Plastic Deformation Modes of CuZr/Cu Multilayers ▶     Yan Cui, Oscar Torrents Abad, Fei Wang et al.     We synthesized CuZr/Cu multilayers and performed nanoindentation testing to explore the dependence of plastic deformation modes on the thickness of CuZr layers. The Cu layers …             Broadband Tunability of Polarization-Insensitive Absorber Based on Frequency Selective Surface ▶     Han Wang, Peng Kong, Wentao Cheng et al.     An innovative tunable and polarization-insensitive 1.6–8 GHz frequency selective surface (FSS) absorber was investigated in this study. The proposed FSS, which is in 4-axial …             A new hand-held microfluidic cytometer for evaluating irradiation damage by analysis of the damaged cells distribution ▶     Junsheng Wang, Zhiqiang Fan, Yile Zhao et al.     Space radiation brings uneven damages to cells. The detection of the distribution of cell damage plays a very important role in radiation medicine and the related research. In …             Weighted Uncertainty Relations ▶     Yunlong Xiao, Naihuan Jing, Xianqing Li-Jost et al.     Recently, Maccone and Pati have given two stronger uncertainty relations based on the sum of variances and one of them is nontrivial when the quantum state is not an eigenstate …             Far-red/near-infrared fluorescence light-up probes for specific in vitro and in vivo imaging of a tumour-related protein ▶     Chao Chen, Yongquan Hua, Yawen Hu et al.     As lysosomal protein transmembrane 4 beta (LAPTM4B) is an important biomarker for many solid tumours, development of small-molecule fluorescence light-up probes for detection and …             Efficient monitoring of the blood-stage infection in a malaria rodent model by the rotating-crystal magneto-optical method ▶     Ágnes Orbán, Maria Rebelo, Petra Molnár et al.     Intense research efforts have been focused on the improvement of the efficiency and sensitivity of malaria diagnostics, especially in resource-limited settings for the detection …             A new Bi-based visible-light-sensitive photocatalyst BiLa1.4Ca0.6O4.2: crystal structure, optical property and photocatalytic activity ▶     WenWu Zhong, YanFang Lou, ShiFeng Jin et al.     A new compound of BiLa1.4Ca0.6O4.2 is synthesized through solid state reaction, where the Ca substitutes, in part, the La site in a stable BiLa2O4.5 phase. The structure of the …             Negative-index gratings formed by femtosecond laser overexposure and thermal regeneration ▶     Jun He, Yiping Wang, Changrui Liao et al.     We demonstrate a method for the preparation of negative-index fibre Bragg gratings (FBGs) using 800 nm femtosecond laser overexposure and thermal regeneration. A positive-index …             Plasmofluidic Disk Resonators ▶     Min-Suk Kwon, Bonwoo Ku, Yonghan Kim     Waveguide-coupled silicon ring or disk resonators have been used for optical signal processing and sensing. Large-scale integration of optical devices demands continuous …             Long-range and high-speed electronic spin-transport at a GaAs/AlGaAs semiconductor interface ▶     L. Nádvorník, P. Němec, T. Janda et al.     Spin-valves or spin-transistors in magnetic memories and logic elements are examples of structures whose functionality depends crucially on the length and time-scales at which …             Realization of magnetostructural coupling by modifying structural transitions in MnNiSi-CoNiGe system with a wide Curie-temperature window ▶     Jun Liu, Yuanyuan Gong, Guizhou Xu et al.     The magnetostructural coupling between structural and magnetic transitions leads to magneto-multifunctionalities of phase-transition alloys. Due to the increasing demands of …             Phonon Transport at Crystalline Si/Ge Interfaces: The Role of Interfacial Modes of Vibration ▶     Kiarash Gordiz, Asegun Henry     We studied the modal contributions to heat conduction at crystalline Si and crystalline Ge interfaces and found that more than 15% of the interface conductance arises from less …             Load partitioning between the bcc-iron matrix and NiAl-type precipitates in a ferritic alloy on multiple length scales ▶     Zhiqian Sun, Gian Song, Thomas A. Sisneros et al.     An understanding of load sharing among constituent phases aids in designing mechanical properties of multiphase materials. Here we investigate load partitioning between the …             Aqueous sodium borohydride induced thermally stable porous zirconium oxide for quick removal of lead ions ▶     Nadiya B. Nayak, Bibhuti B. Nayak     Aqueous sodium borohydride (NaBH4) is well known for its reducing property and well-established for the development of metal nanoparticles through reduction method. In contrary, …             Universal limiting shape of worn profile under multiple-mode fretting conditions: theory and experimental evidence ▶     Andrey I. Dmitriev, Lars B. Voll, Sergey G. Psakhie et al.     We consider multiple-mode fretting wear in a frictional contact of elastic bodies subjected to a small-amplitude oscillation, which may include in-plane and out-of-plane …             Controllable Hysteresis and Threshold Voltage of Single-Walled Carbon Nano-tube Transistors with Ferroelectric Polymer Top-Gate Insulators ▶     Yi-Lin Sun, Dan Xie, Jian-Long Xu et al.     Double-gated field effect transistors have been fabricated using the SWCNT networks as channel layer and the organic ferroelectric P(VDF-TrFE) film spin-coated as top gate …             TiO2-catalyzed synthesis of sugars from formaldehyde in extraterrestrial impacts on the early Earth ▶     Svatopluk Civiš, Rafał Szabla, Bartłomiej M. Szyja et al.     Recent synthetic efforts aimed at reconstructing the beginning of life on our planet point at the plausibility of scenarios fueled by extraterrestrial energy sources. In the …             Towards manipulating relativistic laser pulses with micro-tube plasma lenses ▶     L. L. Ji, J. Snyder, A. Pukhov et al.     Efficient coupling of intense laser pulses to solid-density matter is critical to many applications including ion acceleration for cancer therapy. At relativistic intensities, …             In situ Transmission Electron Microscopy observation of Ag nanocrystal evolution by surfactant free electron-driven synthesis ▶     Elson Longo, Waldir Avansi Jr., Jefferson Bettini et al.     The study of the interaction of electron irradiation with matter and the response of the material to the passage of electrons is a very challenging problem. However, the growth …             Photoconductive terahertz generation from textured semiconductor materials ▶     Christopher M. Collier, Trevor J. Stirling, Ilija R. Hristovski et al.     Photoconductive (PC) terahertz (THz) emitters are often limited by ohmic loss and Joule heating—as these effects can lead to thermal runaway and premature device breakdown. To …             Superconductivity in Ca-doped graphene laminates ▶     J. Chapman, Y. Su, C. A. Howard et al.     Despite graphene’s long list of exceptional electronic properties and many theoretical predictions regarding the possibility of superconductivity in graphene, its direct and …             Optimizing matching and analysis combinations for estimating causal effects ▶     K. Ellicott Colson, Kara E. Rudolph, Scott C. Zimmerman et al.     Matching methods are common in studies across many disciplines. However, there is limited evidence on how to optimally combine matching with subsequent analysis approaches to …             High applicability of two-dimensional phosphorous in Kagome lattice predicted from first-principles calculations ▶     Peng-Jen Chen, Horng-Tay Jeng     A new semiconducting phase of two-dimensional phosphorous in the Kagome lattice is proposed from first-principles calculations. The band gaps of the monolayer (ML) and bulk …             NMR Evidence for the Topologically Nontrivial Nature in a Family of Half-Heusler Compounds ▶     Xiaoming Zhang, Zhipeng Hou, Yue Wang et al.     Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) is expected to partly determine the topologically nontrivial electronic structure of heavy half-Heusler ternary compounds. However, to date, attempts to …             Superhigh moduli and tension-induced phase transition of monolayer gamma-boron at finite temperatures ▶     Junhua Zhao, Zhaoyao Yang, Ning Wei et al.     Two dimensional (2D) gamma-boron (γ-B28) thin films have been firstly reported by the experiments of the chemical vapor deposition in the latest study. However, their mechanical …             Precipitation of a new platelet phase during the quenching of an Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy ▶     Yong Zhang, Matthew Weyland, Benjamin Milkereit et al.     A previously undescribed high aspect ratio strengthening platelet phase, herein named the Y-phase, has been identified in a commercial Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy. Differential scanning …             Improving Low-dose Cardiac CT Images based on 3D Sparse Representation ▶     Luyao Shi, Yining Hu, Yang Chen et al.     Cardiac computed tomography (CCT) is a reliable and accurate tool for diagnosis of coronary artery diseases and is also frequently used in surgery guidance. Low-dose scans should …             Effects of intervalley scattering on the transport properties in one−dimensional valleytronic devices ▶     Jiaojiao Zhou, Shuguang Cheng, Wen-Long You et al.     Based on a one-dimensional valley junction model, the effects of intervalley scattering on the valley transport properties are studied. We analytically investigate the valley …             Silencing of the olfactory co-receptor gene in Dendroctonus armandi leads to EAG response declining to major host volatiles ▶     Ranran Zhang, Guanqun Gao, Hui Chen     In this study, a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based on homology genes of Orco was utilized to identify DarmOrco, which is essential for olfaction in D. armandi. The results …             Delayed signatures of underground nuclear explosions ▶     Charles R. Carrigan, Yunwei Sun, Steven L. Hunter et al.     Radionuclide signals from underground nuclear explosions (UNEs) are strongly influenced by the surrounding hydrogeologic regime. One effect of containment is delay of …             Dynamic Balance of Excitation and Inhibition in Human and Monkey Neocortex ▶     Nima Dehghani, Adrien Peyrache, Bartosz Telenczuk et al.     Balance of excitation and inhibition is a fundamental feature of in vivo network activity and is important for its computations. However, its presence in the neocortex of higher …             A comparison of no-slip, stress-free and inviscid models of rapidly rotating fluid in a spherical shell ▶     Philip W. Livermore, Lewis M. Bailey, Rainer Hollerbach     We investigate how the choice of either no-slip or stress-free boundary conditions affects numerical models of rapidly rotating flow in Earth’s core by computing solutions of the …             In vivo acoustic and photoacoustic focusing of circulating cells ▶     Ekaterina I. Galanzha, Mark G. Viegas, Taras I. Malinsky et al.     In vivo flow cytometry using vessels as natural tubes with native cell flows has revolutionized the study of rare circulating tumor cells in a complex blood background. However, …             Triggered self-assembly of magnetic nanoparticles ▶     L. Ye, T. Pearson, Y. Cordeau et al.     Colloidal magnetic nanoparticles are candidates for application in biology, medicine and nanomanufac-turing. Understanding how these particles interact collectively in fluids, …             Voltage Controlled Magnetic Skyrmion Motion for Racetrack Memory ▶     Wang Kang, Yangqi Huang, Chentian Zheng et al.     Magnetic skyrmion, vortex-like swirling topologically stable spin configurations, is appealing as information carrier for future nanoelectronics, owing to the stability, small …             Controlled synthesis of Ni/CuOx/Ni nanowires by electrochemical deposition with self-compliance bipolar resistive switching ▶     Kyuhyun Park, Jang-Sik Lee     We demonstrate synthesis of Ni/CuOx/Ni nanowires (NWs) by electrochemical deposition on anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) membranes. AAO with pore diameter of ~70 nm and pore length …             Flexible heat-flow sensing sheets based on the longitudinal spin Seebeck effect using one-dimensional spin-current conducting films ▶     Akihiro Kirihara, Koichi Kondo, Masahiko Ishida et al.     Heat-flow sensing is expected to be an important technological component of smart thermal management in the future. Conventionally, the thermoelectric (TE) conversion technique, …             Ultra-high dynamic range electro-optic sampling for detecting millimeter and sub-millimeter radiation ▶     Akram Ibrahim, Denis Férachou, Gargi Sharma et al.     Time-domain spectroscopy using coherent millimeter and sub-millimeter radiation (also known as terahertz radiation) is rapidly expanding its application, owing greatly to the …             The isotype ZnO/SiC heterojunction prepared by molecular beam epitaxy – A chemical inert interface with significant band discontinuities ▶     Yufeng Zhang, Nanying Lin, Yaping Li et al.     ZnO/SiC heterojunctions show great potential for various optoelectronic applications (e.g., ultraviolet light emitting diodes, photodetectors, and solar cells). However, the lack …             Hybrid Microscopy: Enabling Inexpensive High-Performance Imaging through Combined Physical and Optical Magnifications ▶     Yu Shrike Zhang, Jae-Byum Chang, Mario Moisés Alvarez et al.     To date, much effort has been expended on making high-performance microscopes through better instrumentation. Recently, it was discovered that physical magnification of specimens …             Controlled Growth of Rubrene Nanowires by Eutectic Melt Crystallization ▶     Jeyon Chung, Jinho Hyon, Kyung-Sun Park et al.     Organic semiconductors including rubrene, Alq3, copper phthalocyanine and pentacene are crystallized by the eutectic melt crystallization. Those organic semiconductors form good …             Quasi two-dimensional astigmatic solitons in soft chiral metastructures ▶     Urszula A. Laudyn, Paweł S. Jung, Mirosław A. Karpierz et al.     We investigate a non-homogeneous layered structure encompassing dual spatial dispersion: continuous diffraction in one transverse dimension and discrete diffraction in the …             Surface wave excitations and backflow effect over dense polymer brushes ▶     Sofia Biagi, Lorenzo Rovigatti, Francesco Sciortino et al.     Polymer brushes are being increasingly used to tailor surface physicochemistry for diverse applications such as wetting, adhesion of biological objects, implantable devices and …             Is there an optimal basis to maximise optical information transfer? ▶     Mingzhou Chen, Kishan Dholakia, Michael Mazilu     We establish the concept of the density of the optical degrees of freedom that may be applied to any photonics based system. As a key example of this versatile approach we …             Frequency and amplitude modulation of ultra-compact terahertz quantum cascade lasers using an integrated avalanche diode oscillator ▶     Fabrizio Castellano, Lianhe Li, Edmund H. Linfield et al.     Mode-locked comb sources operating at optical frequencies underpin applications ranging from spectroscopy and ultrafast physics, through to absolute frequency measurements and …             Patterning highly ordered arrays of complex nanofeatures through EUV directed polarity switching of non chemically amplified photoresist ▶     Subrata Ghosh, V. S. V. Satyanarayana, Bulti Pramanick et al.     Given the importance of complex nanofeatures in the filed of micro-/nanoelectronics particularly in the area of high-density magnetic recording, photonic crystals, information …             A strategy to optimize the thermoelectric performance in a spark plasma sintering process ▶     Wan-Ting Chiu, Cheng-Lung Chen, Yang-Yuan Chen     Spark plasma sintering (SPS) is currently widely applied to existing alloys as a means of further enhancing the alloys’ figure of merit. However, the determination of the optimal …             Enhanced Performance of PbS-quantum-dot-sensitized Solar Cells via Optimizing Precursor Solution and Electrolytes ▶     Jianjun Tian, Ting Shen, Xiaoguang Liu et al.     This work reports a PbS-quantum-dot-sensitized solar cell (QDSC) with power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 4%. PbS quantum dots (QDs) were grown on mesoporous TiO2 film using a …             Multi-functional magnesium alloys containing interstitial oxygen atoms ▶     H. Kang, H. J. Choi, S. W. Kang et al.     A new class of magnesium alloys has been developed by dissolving large amounts of oxygen atoms into a magnesium lattice (Mg-O alloys). The oxygen atoms are supplied by …             A novel framework of classical and quantum prisoner’s dilemma games on coupled networks ▶     Xinyang Deng, Qi Zhang, Yong Deng et al.     Evolutionary games on multilayer networks are attracting growing interest. While among previous studies, the role of quantum games in such a infrastructure is still virgin and …             A Dual-Colour Architecture for Pump-Probe Spectroscopy of Ultrafast Magnetization Dynamics in the Sub-10-femtosecond Range ▶     C. S. Gonçalves, A. S. Silva, D. Navas et al.     Current time-resolution-limited dynamic measurements clearly show the need for improved techniques to access processes on the sub-10-femtosecond timescale. To access this regime, …             Towards understanding of heat effects in metallic glasses on the basis of macroscopic shear elasticity ▶     Y. P. Mitrofanov, D. P. Wang, A. S. Makarov et al.     It is shown that all heat effects taking place upon annealing of a metallic glass within the glassy and supercooled liquid states, i.e. heat release below the glass transition …             Interface Engineering to Create a Strong Spin Filter Contact to Silicon ▶     C. Caspers, A. Gloskovskii, M. Gorgoi et al.     Integrating epitaxial and ferromagnetic Europium Oxide (EuO) directly on silicon is a perfect route to enrich silicon nanotechnology with spin filter functionality. To date, the …             Suppression of Structural Phase Transition in VO2 by Epitaxial Strain in Vicinity of Metal-insulator Transition ▶     Mengmeng Yang, Yuanjun Yang, Bin Hong et al.     Mechanism of metal-insulator transition (MIT) in strained VO2 thin films is very complicated and incompletely understood despite three scenarios with potential explanations …             Phonon-assisted nonlinear optical processes in ultrashort-pulse pumped optical parametric amplifiers ▶     Oleksandr Isaienko, István Robel     Optically active phonon modes in ferroelectrics such as potassium titanyl phosphate (KTP) and potassium titanyl arsenate (KTA) in the ~7–20 THz range play an important role in …             Crystal Field Splitting is Limiting the Stability and Strength of Ultra-incompressible Orthorhombic Transition Metal Tetraborides ▶     R. F. Zhang, X. D. Wen, D. Legut et al.     The lattice stability and mechanical strengths of the supposedly superhard transition metal tetraborides (TmB4, Tm = Cr, Mn and Fe) evoked recently much attention from the …             Deep Learning in Label-free Cell Classification ▶     Claire Lifan Chen, Ata Mahjoubfar, Li-Chia Tai et al.     Label-free cell analysis is essential to personalized genomics, cancer diagnostics, and drug development as it avoids adverse effects of staining reagents on cellular viability …             Online Measurement of Exhaled NO Concentration and Its Production Sites by Fast Non-equilibrium Dilution Ion Mobility Spectrometry ▶     Liying Peng, Dandan Jiang, Zhenxin Wang et al.     Exhaled nitric oxide (NO) is one of the most promising breath markers for respiratory diseases. Its profile for exhalation and the respiratory NO production sites can provide …             Bacterial regulon modeling and prediction based on systematic cis regulatory motif analyses ▶     Bingqiang Liu, Chuan Zhou, Guojun Li et al.     Regulons are the basic units of the response system in a bacterial cell, and each consists of a set of transcriptionally co-regulated operons. Regulon elucidation is the basis …             Gene expression profiling gut microbiota in different races of humans ▶     Lei Chen, Yu-Hang Zhang, Tao Huang et al.     The gut microbiome is shaped and modified by the polymorphisms of microorganisms in the intestinal tract. Its composition shows strong individual specificity and may play a …             Universally Conserved Relationships between Nuclear Shape and Cytoplasmic Mechanical Properties in Human Stem Cells ▶     Oswaldo A. Lozoya, Christopher L. Gilchrist, Farshid Guilak     The ability of cells to proliferate, differentiate, transduce extracellular signals and assemble tissues involves structural connections between nucleus and cytoskeleton. Yet, …             Dioxins reformation and destruction in secondary copper smelting fly ash under ball milling ▶     Giovanni Cagnetta, Mohammed Mansour Hassan, Jun Huang et al.     Secondary copper recovery is attracting increasing interest because of the growth of copper containing waste including e-waste. 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