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25 October 2016      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports         Chemical Sciences               New Insecticidal Agents from Halogenation/Acylation of the Furyl-Ring of Fraxinellone ▶     Yong Guo, Ruige Yang, Hui Xu     Introduction of the halogen atom or the acyl group at the C-ring of fraxinellone was investigated. Some unexpected halogenation products were obtained with the different …             Synergistic effect of sunlight induced photothermal conversion and H2O2 release based on hybridized tungsten oxide gel for cancer inhibition ▶     Cong Wang, Yibo Gao, Xinghua Gao et al.     A highly efficient photochromic hydrogel was successfully fabricated via casting precursor, which is based on amorphous tungsten oxide and poly (ethylene oxide)-block-poly …             Pre-amyloid oligomers budding:a metastatic mechanism of proteotoxicity ▶     Fabrizio Bernini, Daniele Malferrari, Marcello Pignataro et al.     The pathological hallmark of misfolded protein diseases and aging is the accumulation of proteotoxic aggregates. However, the mechanisms of proteotoxicity and the dynamic changes …             Direct observation of photocarrier electron dynamics in C60 films on graphite by time-resolved two-photon photoemission ▶     Masahiro Shibuta, Kazuo Yamamoto, Tsutomu Ohta et al.     Time-resolved two-photon photoemission (TR-2PPE) spectroscopy is employed to probe the electronic states of a C60 fullerene film formed on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite …             Pharmacokinetic comparison between quercetin and quercetin 3-O-β-glucuronide in rats by UHPLC-MS/MS ▶     Le-Le Yang, Na Xiao, Xiao-Wei Li et al.     Quercetin is a natural flavonoid widely distributed in human diet and functional foods. Quercetin 3-O-β-glucuronide (Q3G) is present in wine and some medicinal plants. Quercetin …             Electrochemical Li Topotactic Reaction in Layered SnP3 for Superior Li-Ion Batteries ▶     Jae-Wan Park, Cheol-Min Park     The development of new anode materials having high electrochemical performances and interesting reaction mechanisms is highly required to satisfy the need for long-lasting mobile …             Colloidal Organometal Halide Perovskite (MAPbBrxI3−x, 0≤x≤3) Quantum Dots: Controllable Synthesis and Tunable Photoluminescence ▶     Ying Zhao, Xiangxing Xu, Xiaozeng You     Organic-inorganic perovskite materials, typically methylammonium lead trihalide (MAPbX3: MA = methylammonium; X = Br, I), are recently attract enormous attention for their …             Multilayer Dye Aggregation at Dye/TiO2 Interface via π…π Stacking and Hydrogen Bond and Its Impact on Solar Cell Performance: A DFT Analysis ▶     Lei Zhang, Xiaogang Liu, Weifeng Rao et al.     Multilayer dye aggregation at the dye/TiO2 interface of dye-sensitized solar cells is probed via first principles calculations, using p-methyl red azo dye as an example. Our …             Direct Analysis and Quantification of Metaldehyde in Water using Reactive Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry ▶     Simon Maher, Fred P. M. Jjunju, Deidre E. Damon et al.     Metaldehyde is extensively used worldwide as a contact and systemic molluscicide for controlling slugs and snails in a wide range of agricultural and horticultural crops. …             Ternary mixtures of ionic liquids for better salt solubility, conductivity and cation transference number improvement ▶     E. Karpierz, L. Niedzicki, T. Trzeciak et al.     We hereby present the new class of ionic liquid systems in which lithium salt is introduced into the solution as a lithium cation−glyme solvate. This modification leads to the …             Thermodynamic Calculation among Cerium, Oxygen, and Sulfur in Liquid Iron ▶     Fei Pan, Jian Zhang, Hao-Long Chen et al.     Thermodynamic calculation has been applied to predict the inclusion formation in molten SS400 steel. When the Cerium addition in liquid iron is 70 ppm and the initial Oxygen and …             d-PET-controlled “off-on” Polarity-sensitive Probes for Reporting Local Hydrophilicity within Lysosomes ▶     Hao Zhu, Jiangli Fan, Huiying Mu et al.     Polarity-sensitive fluorescent probes are powerful chemical tools for studying biomolecular structures and activities both in vitro and in vivo. However, the lack of “off-on” …             The universal characteristics of a thermodynamic model to conform to the Gibbs-Duhem equation ▶     Dong-Ping Tao     In a multi-component homogeneous system, the relationship between partial molar and molar quantity (RPMQ) is proved to be an equivalent relation of the Gibbs-Duhem equation. The …             Macroscopic irreversibility and microscopic paradox: A Constructal law analysis of atoms as open systems ▶     Umberto Lucia     The relation between macroscopic irreversibility and microscopic reversibility is a present unsolved problem. Constructal law is introduced to develop analytically the …             Study to explore the mechanism to form inclusion complexes of β-cyclodextrin with vitamin molecules ▶     Subhadeep Saha, Aditi Roy, Kanak Roy et al.     Host–guest inclusion complexes of β-cyclodextrin with two vitamins viz., nicotinic acid and ascorbic acid in aqueous medium have been explored by reliable spectroscopic, …             Revealing Deactivation Pathways Hidden in Time-Resolved Photoelectron Spectra ▶     Matthias Ruckenbauer, Sebastian Mai, Philipp Marquetand et al.     Time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy is commonly employed with the intention to monitor electronic excited-state dynamics occurring in a neutral molecule. With the help of …             Circular Dichroism Microscopy Free from Commingling Linear Dichroism via Discretely Modulated Circular Polarization ▶     Tetsuya Narushima, Hiromi Okamoto     In this work, we developed a circular dichroism (CD) imaging microscope with a device to suppress the commingling of linear birefringence (LB) and linear dichroism (LD) signals. …             Thermal treatment of hair for the synthesis of sustainable carbon quantum dots and the applications for sensing Hg2+ ▶     Yongming Guo, Lianfeng Zhang, Fengpu Cao et al.     A facile, simple and low-cost approach for synthesizing highly fluorescent carbon quantum dots (CQDs) from thermal treatment of sustainable hair has been developed. The resultant …             Application of Targeted Mass Spectrometry for the Quantification of Sirtuins in the Central Nervous System ▶     T. Jayasena, A. Poljak, N. Braidy et al.     Sirtuin proteins have a variety of intracellular targets, thereby regulating multiple biological pathways including neurodegeneration. However, relatively little is currently …             Aggregation of soy protein-isoflavone complexes and gel formation induced by glucono-δ-lactone in soymilk ▶     Sheng-Yang Hsia, Yu-Hsuan Hsiao, Wen-Tai Li et al.     This study investigated the glucono-δ-lactone (GDL)-induced aggregation of isoflavones and soy proteins in soymilk. High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis …             Comparative Study of the Catalytic Activities of Three Distinct Carbonaceous Materials through Photocatalytic Oxidation, CO Conversion, Dye Degradation, and Electrochemical Measurements ▶     Hangil Lee, Yeonwoo Kim, Min Ji Kim et al.     In order to compare the catalytic activities of reduced graphene oxide (rGO), graphene oxide (GO), and graphene, we conducted oxidation of 2-aminothiophenol (2-ATP) and reduction …             Charge Distribution Dependent Spectral Analysis of the Oxidized Diferrocenyl-Oligothienylene-Vinylene Molecular Wires ▶     Lixin Xia, Jing Wang, Caiqing Ma et al.     The vibrational spectra have been investigated for revealing the comprehensive structure of diferrocenyl-oligothienylene-vinylene complex, stimulated by the excellent …             Nondestructive, real-time determination and visualization of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin by luminescent oligothiophenes ▶     Ferdinand X. Choong, Marcus Bäck, Svava E. Steiner et al.     Enabling technologies for efficient use of the bio-based feedstock are crucial to the replacement of oil-based products. We investigated the feasibility of luminescent conjugated …             The stability and catalytic activity of W13@Pt42 core-shell structure ▶     Jin-Rong Huo, Xiao-Xu Wang, Lu Li et al.     This paper reports a study of the electronic properties, structural stability and catalytic activity of the W13@Pt42 core-shell structure using the First-principles calculations. …             Wax: A benign hydrogen-storage material that rapidly releases H2-rich gases through microwave-assisted catalytic decomposition ▶     S. Gonzalez-Cortes, D. R. Slocombe, T. Xiao et al.     Hydrogen is often described as the fuel of the future, especially for application in hydrogen powered fuel-cell vehicles (HFCV’s). However, its widespread implementation in this …             The room temperature crystal structure of a bacterial phytochrome determined by serial femtosecond crystallography ▶     Petra Edlund, Heikki Takala, Elin Claesson et al.     Phytochromes are a family of photoreceptors that control light responses of plants, fungi and bacteria. A sequence of structural changes, which is not yet fully understood, leads …             Lithium-Decorated Borospherene B40: A Promising Hydrogen Storage Medium ▶     Hui Bai, Bing Bai, Lin Zhang et al.     The recent discovery of borospherene B40 marks the onset of a new kind of boron-based nanostructures akin to the C60 buckyball, offering opportunities to explore materials …             Sensitive detection of copper ions via ion-responsive fluorescence quenching of engineered porous silicon nanoparticles ▶     Jangsun Hwang, Mintai P. 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