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22 November 2016      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports               npj 2D Materials and Applications is an online-only, open access journal that aims to become a top-tier interdisciplinary platform for scientists to share research on 2D materials and their applications. Part of the Nature Partner Journals series, npj 2D Materials and Applications is published in partnership with FCT NOVA, Lisbon, with the support of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS). The journal is now open for submissions.   Find out more >>>                  Physical Sciences               Towards ‘smart lasers’: self-optimisation of an ultrafast pulse source using a genetic algorithm ▶     R. I. Woodward, E. J. R. Kelleher     Short-pulse fibre lasers are a complex dynamical system possessing a broad space of operating states that can be accessed through control of cavity parameters. Determination of …             GeS2–In2S3–CsI Chalcogenide Glasses Doped with Rare Earth Ions for Near- and Mid-IR Luminescence ▶     Legang Li, Junyi Bian, Qing Jiao et al.     Chalcogenide glass has been considered as a promising host for the potential laser gain and amplifier media operating in near- and mid-IR spectral region. In this work, the IR …             Catalytic conversion of lignin pyrolysis model compound- guaiacol and its kinetic model including coke formation ▶     Huiyan Zhang, Yun Wang, Shanshan Shao et al.     Lignin is the most difficult to be converted and most easy coking component in biomass catalytic pyrolysis to high-value liquid fuels and chemicals. Catalytic conversion of …             Tuning the electrical conductance of metalloporphyrin supramolecular wires ▶     Mohammed Noori, Albert C. Aragonès, Giuseppe Di Palma et al.     In contrast with conventional single-molecule junctions, in which the current flows parallel to the long axis or plane of a molecule, we investigate the transport properties of …             In-situ growth of MnO2 crystals under nanopore-constraint in carbon nanofibers and their electrochemical performance ▶     TrungHieu Le, Ying Yang, Liu Yu et al.     Growing MnO2 nanocrystals in the bulk of porous carbon nanofibers is conducted in a KMnO4 aqueous solution aimed to enhance the electrochemical performance of MnO2. The rate of …             Peritoneal adhesion prevention with a biodegradable and injectable N,O-carboxymethyl chitosan-aldehyde hyaluronic acid hydrogel in a rat repeated-injury model ▶     Linjiang Song, Ling Li, Tao He et al.     Postoperative peritoneal adhesion is one of the serious issues because it induces severe clinical disorders. In this study, we prepared biodegradable and injectable hydrogel …             Anion-controlled dimer distance induced unique solid-state fluorescence of cyano substituted styrene pyridinium ▶     Gaobin Zhang, Xuanjun Zhang, Lin Kong et al.     Molecular packing arrangements play a key role in dominating the photophysical properties of luminophores in aggregated state but fine control of the molecular packing is a great …             Optical computing for optical coherence tomography ▶     Xiao Zhang, Tiancheng Huo, Chengming Wang et al.     We propose an all-optical Fourier transformation system for real-time massive data processing in high speed optical coherence tomography (OCT). In the so-called optical computing …             A graph-theoretical representation of multiphoton resonance processes in superconducting quantum circuits ▶     Hossein Z. Jooya, Kamran Reihani, Shih-I Chu     We propose a graph-theoretical formalism to study generic circuit quantum electrodynamics systems consisting of a two level qubit coupled with a single-mode resonator in …             Demonstration of reconfigurable joint orbital angular momentum mode and space switching ▶     Jun Liu, Jian Wang     We propose and demonstrate space-selective switch functions employing orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes in the space domain for switching network. One is the switching among …             A highly efficient, stable, durable, and recyclable filter fabricated by femtosecond laser drilling of a titanium foil for oil-water separation ▶     Sen Ye, Qiang Cao, Qingsong Wang et al.     It has been a long standing challenge to efficiently separate oil and water since prehistoric times, and now it has become even more desirable in oily wastewater purification and …             Highly Efficient Spin-Current Operation in a Cu Nano-Ring ▶     Benedict A. Murphy, Andrew J. Vick, Marjan Samiepour et al.     An all-metal lateral spin-valve structure has been fabricated with a medial Copper nano-ring to split the diffusive spin-current path. We have demonstrated significant modulation …             Realisation of magnetically and atomically abrupt half-metal/semiconductor interface: Co2FeSi0.5Al0.5/Ge(111) ▶     Zlatko Nedelkoski, Balati Kuerbanjiang, Stephanie E. Glover et al.     Halfmetal-semiconductor interfaces are crucial for hybrid spintronic devices. Atomically sharp interfaces with high spin polarisation are required for efficient spin injection. …             Anisotropic Strain Induced Directional Metallicity in Highly Epitaxial LaBaCo2O5.5+δ Thin Films on (110) NdGaO3 ▶     Chunrui Ma, Dong Han, Ming Liu et al.     Highly directional-dependent metal-insulator transition is observed in epitaxial double perovskite LaBaCo2O5.5+δ films. The film exhibit metallic along [100], but remain …             Reversible strain control of magnetic anisotropy in magnetoelectric heterostructures at room temperature ▶     Margo Staruch, Daniel B. Gopman, Yury L. Iunin et al.     The ability to tune both magnetic and electric properties in magnetoelectric (ME) composite heterostructures is crucial for multiple transduction applications including energy …             Investigation of AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor structures on 200-mm silicon (111) substrates employing different buffer layer configurations ▶     H.-P. Lee, J. Perozek, L. D. Rosario et al.     AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) structures are grown on 200-mm diameter Si(111) substrates by using three different buffer layer configurations: (a) …             In-situ nano-crystal-to-crystal transformation synthesis of energetic materials based on three 5,5′-azotetrazolate Cr(III) salts ▶     Yu Miao, Yanxuan Qiu, Jiawei Cai et al.     The in-situ nano-crystal-to-crystal transformation (SCCT) synthesis provides a powerful approach for tailoring controllable feature shapes and sizes of nano crystals. In this …             Erratum: Lipid membrane-mediated attraction between curvature inducing objects ▶     Casper van der Wel, Afshin Vahid, Anđela Šarić et al.                 Macroscopic superpositions and gravimetry with quantum magnetomechanics ▶     Mattias T. Johnsson, Gavin K. Brennen, Jason Twamley     Precision measurements of gravity can provide tests of fundamental physics and are of broad practical interest for metrology. We propose a scheme for absolute gravimetry using a …             Fundamental Scaling Laws in Nanophotonics ▶     Ke Liu, Shuai Sun, Arka Majumdar et al.     The success of information technology has clearly demonstrated that miniaturization often leads to unprecedented performance, and unanticipated applications. This hypothesis of …             Magnesium alloy covered stent for treatment of a lateral aneurysm model in rabbit common carotid artery: An in vivo study ▶     Wu Wang, Yong-Li Wang, Mo Chen et al.     Magnesium alloy covered stents have rarely been used in the common carotid artery (CCA). We evaluated the long-term efficacy of magnesium alloy covered stents in a lateral …             Metal artifact reduction through MVCBCT and kVCT in radiotherapy ▶     Gao Liugang, Sun Hongfei, Ni Xinye et al.     This study proposes a new method for removal of metal artifacts from megavoltage cone beam computed tomography (MVCBCT) and kilovoltage CT (kVCT) images. Both images were …             Classification of Tandem Mass Spectra for Identification of N- and O-linked Glycopeptides ▶     Shadi Toghi Eshghi, Weiming Yang, Yingwei Hu et al.     Analysis of intact glycopeptides by mass spectrometry is essential to determining the microheterogeneity of protein glycosylation. Higher-energy collisional dissociation (HCD) …             Species-Specific Standard Redox Potential of Thiol-Disulfide Systems: A Key Parameter to Develop Agents against Oxidative Stress ▶     Arash Mirzahosseini, Béla Noszál     Microscopic standard redox potential, a new physico-chemical parameter was introduced and determined to quantify thiol-disulfide equilibria of biological significance. The highly …             An antibacterial and absorbable silk-based fixation material with impressive mechanical properties and biocompatibility ▶     Chenglong Shi, Xiaobing Pu, Guan Zheng et al.     Implant-associated infections and non-absorbing materials are two important reasons for a second surgical procedure to remove internal fixation devices after an orthopedic …             Ion mobility spectrometry as a simple and rapid method to measure the plasma propofol concentrations for intravenous anaesthesia monitoring ▶     Xin Wang, Qinghua Zhou, Dandan Jiang et al.     The plasma propofol concentration is important information for anaesthetists to monitor and adjust the anaesthesia depth for patients during a surgery operation. In this paper, a …             Main Effects of Diagnoses, Brain Regions, and their Interaction Effects for Cerebral Metabolites in Bipolar and Unipolar Depressive Disorders ▶     Hai-Zhu Tan, Hui Li, Chen-Feng Liu et al.     Previous studies suggested patients with bipolar depressive disorder (BDd) or unipolar depressive disorder (UDd) have cerebral metabolites abnormalities. These abnormalities may …             The effects of non-self-sustained oscillators on the en-trainment ability of the suprachiasmatic nucleus ▶     Changgui Gu, Ming Tang, Jos H. T. Rohling et al.     In mammals, the circadian rhythms of behavioral and physiological activities are regulated by an endogenous clock located in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). The SCN is …             Using instrumental variables to disentangle treatment and placebo effects in blinded and unblinded randomized clinical trials influenced by unmeasured confounders ▶     Elias Chaibub Neto     Clinical trials traditionally employ blinding as a design mechanism to reduce the influence of placebo effects. In practice, however, it can be difficult or impossible to blind …             A self-regenerable soot sensor with a proton-conductive thin electrolyte and a nanostructured platinum sensing electrode ▶     Peiling Lv, Takenori Ito, Akihide Oogushi et al.     In recent years, exhaust sensors have become increasingly attractive for use in energy and environmental technologies. Important issues regarding practical applications of these …             Phosphorus K4 Crystal: A New Stable Allotrope ▶     Jie Liu, Shunhong Zhang, Yaguang Guo et al.     The intriguing properties of phosphorene motivate scientists to further explore the structures and properties of phosphorus materials. Here, we report a new allotrope named K4 …             High flux circularly polarized gamma beam factory: coupling a Fabry-Perot optical cavity with an electron storage ring ▶     I. Chaikovska, K. Cassou, R. Chiche et al.     We report and discuss high-flux generation of circularly polarized γ-rays by means of Compton scattering. The γ-ray beam results from the collision of an external-cavity-enhanced …             Robustness of a Topologically Protected Surface State in a Sb2Te2Se Single Crystal ▶     Chao-Kuei Lee, Cheng-Maw Cheng, Shih-Chang Weng et al.     A topological insulator (TI) is a quantum material in a new class with attractive properties for physical and technological applications. Here we derive the electronic structure …             Metadevice for intensity modulation with sub-wavelength spatial resolution ▶     Pablo Cencillo-Abad, Nikolay I. Zheludev, Eric Plum     Effectively continuous control over propagation of a beam of light requires light modulation with pixelation that is smaller than the optical wavelength. Here we propose a …             Charge storage mechanisms of manganese oxide nanosheets and N-doped reduced graphene oxide aerogel for high-performance asymmetric supercapacitors ▶     Pawin Iamprasertkun, Atiweena Krittayavathananon, Anusorn Seubsai et al.     Although manganese oxide- and graphene-based supercapacitors have been widely studied, their charge storage mechanisms are not yet fully investigated. In this work, we have …             Laser controlled atom source for optical clocks ▶     Ole Kock, Wei He, Dariusz Świerad et al.     Precision timekeeping has been a driving force in innovation, from defining agricultural seasons to atomic clocks enabling satellite navigation, broadband communication and …             Nonsequential double ionization with mid-infrared laser fields ▶     Ying-Bin Li, Xu Wang, Ben-Hai Yu et al.     Using a full-dimensional Monte Carlo classical ensemble method, we present a theoretical study of atomic nonsequential double ionization (NSDI) with mid-infrared laser fields, …             Quantitative identification of dynamical transitions in a semiconductor laser with optical feedback ▶     C. Quintero-Quiroz, J. Tiana-Alsina, J. Romà et al.     Identifying transitions to complex dynamical regimes is a fundamental open problem with many practical applications. Semi- conductor lasers with optical feedback are excellent …             Robust signatures detection of Majorana fermions in superconducting iron chains ▶     Hua-Jun Chen, Xian-Wen Fang, Chang-Zhao Chen et al.     We theoretically propose an optical means to detect Majorana fermions in superconducting iron (Fe) chains with a hybrid quantum dot-nanomechanical resonator system driven by …             Electronic structure of organometal halide perovskite CH3NH3BiI3 and optical absorption extending to infrared region ▶     H. X. Zhu, J.-M. Liu     The electronic structure and optical absorption spectrum of organometal halide perovskite compound CH3NH3BiI3 as a substituting candidate of well-concerned CH3NH3PbI3 not only …             Interplay between past market correlation structure changes and future volatility outbursts ▶     Nicoló Musmeci, Tomaso Aste, T. Di Matteo     We report significant relations between past changes in the market correlation structure and future changes in the market volatility. This relation is made evident by using a …             Generalised monogamy relation of convex-roof extended negativity in multi-level systems ▶     Tian Tian, Yu Luo, Yongming Li     In this paper, we investigate the generalised monogamy inequalities of convex-roof extended negativity (CREN) in multi-level systems. The generalised monogamy inequalities …             Multifunctional Indium Tin Oxide Electrode Generated by Unusual Surface Modification ▶     Sarra Bouden, Antoine Dahi, Fanny Hauquier et al.     The indium tin oxide (ITO) material has been widely used in various scientific fields and has been successfully implemented in several devices. Herein, the electrochemical …             Giant frequency down-conversion of the dancing acoustic bubble ▶     P. A. Deymier, M. Keswani, N. Jenkins et al.     We have demonstrated experimentally the existence of a giant frequency down-conversion of the translational oscillatory motion of individual submillimeter acoustic bubbles in …             A Direct Mapping of Max k-SAT and High Order Parity Checks to a Chimera Graph ▶     N. Chancellor, S. Zohren, P. A. Warburton et al.     We demonstrate a direct mapping of max k-SAT problems (and weighted max k-SAT) to a Chimera graph, which is the non-planar hardware graph of the devices built by D-Wave Systems …             Atomistic switch of giant magnetoresistance and spin thermopower in graphene-like nanoribbons ▶     Ming-Xing Zhai, Xue-Feng Wang     We demonstrate that the giant magnetoresistance can be switched off (on) in even- (odd-) width zigzag graphene-like nanoribbons by an atomistic gate potential or edge disorder …             Bright blue-shifted fluorescent proteins with Cys in the GAF domain engineered from bacterial phytochromes: fluorescence mechanisms and excited-state dynamics ▶     Yusaku Hontani, Daria M. Shcherbakova, Mikhail Baloban et al.     Near-infrared fluorescent proteins (NIR FPs) engineered from bacterial phytochromes (BphPs) are of great interest for in vivo imaging. They utilize biliverdin (BV) as a …             Precise identification of Dirac-like point through a finite photonic crystal square matrix ▶     Guoyan Dong, Ji Zhou, Xiulun Yang et al.     The phenomena of the minimum transmittance spectrum or the maximum reflection spectrum located around the Dirac frequency have been observed to demonstrate the 1/L scaling law …             Empirically testing vaterite structural models using neutron diffraction and thermal analysis ▶     Bryan C. Chakoumakos, Brenda M. Pracheil, Ryan P. Koenigs et al.     Otoliths, calcium carbonate (CaCO3) ear bones, are among the most commonly used age and growth structures of fishes. Most fish otoliths are comprised of the most dense CaCO3 …             FPA-FTIR Microspectroscopy for Monitoring Chemotherapy Efficacy in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer ▶     Izabela Zawlik, Ewa Kaznowska, Jozef Cebulski et al.     Triple-negative breast cancer is the most aggressive breast cancer subtype with limited treatment options and a poor prognosis. Approximately 70% of triple-negative breast cancer …             A van der Waals-like Transition Between Normal and Cancerous Phases in Cell Populations Dynamics of Colorectal Cancer ▶     Kang Qiu, Li-fang Wang, Jian Shen et al.     Based on a deterministic continuous model of cell populations dynamics in the colonic crypt and in colorectal cancer, we propose four combinations of feedback mechanisms in the …             Red blood cell phase separation in symmetric and asymmetric microchannel networks: effect of capillary dilation and inflow velocity ▶     Francesco Clavica, Alexandra Homsy, Laure Jeandupeux et al.     The non-uniform partitioning or phase separation of red blood cells (RBCs) at a diverging bifurcation of a microvascular network is responsible for RBC heterogeneity within the …             How a High-Gradient Magnetic Field Could Affect Cell Life ▶     Vitalii Zablotskii, Tatyana Polyakova, Oleg Lunov et al.     The biological effects of high-gradient magnetic fields (HGMFs) have steadily gained the increased attention of researchers from different disciplines, such as cell biology, cell …             Mimicking the cell membrane: bio-inspired simultaneous functions with monovalent anion selectivity and antifouling properties of anion exchange membrane ▶     Yan Zhao, Huimin Liu, Kaini Tang et al.     A new bio-inspired method was applied in this study to simultaneously improve the monovalent anion selectivity and antifouling properties of anion exchange membranes (AEMs). …             Electronic Properties of Cyclacenes from TAO-DFT ▶     Chun-Shian Wu, Pei-Yin Lee, Jeng-Da Chai     Owing to the presence of strong static correlation effects, accurate prediction of the electronic properties (e.g., the singlet-triplet energy gaps, vertical ionization …             The structure and dynamics of Nano Particles encapsulated by the SDS monolayer collapse at the water/TCE interface ▶     Wenxiong Shi     The super-saturated surfactant monolayer collapses with the nanoparticles (NPs) at the water/trichloroethylene (TCE) interface are investigated using molecular dynamics (MD) …             General Solvent-dependent Strategy toward Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Graphene/Metal Oxide Nanohybrids: Effects of Nitrogen-containing Solvent ▶     Wei-Yao Kao, Wei-Quan Chen, Yu-Hsiang Chiu et al.     A general solvent-dependent protocol directly influencing the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in metal oxide/graphene nanohybrids has been demonstrated. We conducted the two-step …             A simple design for microwave assisted digestion vessel with low reagent consumption suitable for food and environmental samples ▶     Mehrdad Gholami, Shima Behkami, Sharifuddin Md. Zain et al.     The objective of this work is to prepare a cost-effective, low reagent consumption and high performance polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) vessel that is capable to work in domestic …             Na@SiO2-Mediated Addition of Organohalides to Carbonyl Compounds for the Formation of Alcohols and Epoxides ▶     Mohit Kapoor, Jih Ru Hwu     Alcohols and epoxides were generated by the addition of organohalides to carbonyl compounds in the presence of sodium metal impregnated with silica gel (Na@SiO2) in THF at 25 °C …             Observation and experimental investigation of confinement effects on ion transport and electrokinetic flows at the microscale ▶     Anne M. Benneker, Jeffery A. Wood, Peichun A. Tsai et al.     Electrokinetic effects adjacent to charge-selective interfaces (CSI) have been experimentally investigated in microfluidic platforms in order to gain understanding on underlying …             Nanocolumnar Crystalline Vanadium Oxide-Molybdenum Oxide Antireflective Smart Thin Films with Superior Nanomechanical Properties ▶     Arjun Dey, Manish Kumar Nayak, A. Carmel Mary Esther et al.     Vanadium oxide-molybdenum oxide (VO-MO) thin (21–475 nm) films were grown on quartz and silicon substrates by pulsed RF magnetron sputtering technique by altering the RF power …             Interaction Control to Synchronize Non-synchronizable Networks ▶     Malte Schröder, Sagar Chakraborty, Dirk Witthaut et al.     Synchronization constitutes one of the most fundamental collective dynamics across networked systems and often underlies their function. Whether a system may synchronize depends …             Atomic Layering, Intermixing and Switching Mechanism in Ge-Sb-Te based Chalcogenide Superlattices ▶     Xiaoming Yu, John Robertson     GeSbTe-based chalcogenide superlattice (CSLs) phase-change memories consist of GeSbTe layer blocks separated by van der Waals bonding gaps. Recent high resolution electron …             Trade-offs between robustness and small-world effect in complex networks ▶     Guan-Sheng Peng, Suo-Yi Tan, Jun Wu et al.     Robustness and small-world effect are two crucial structural features of complex networks and have attracted increasing attention. However, little is known about the relation …             Piezoelectric extraction of ECG signal ▶     Mahmoud Al Ahmad     The monitoring and early detection of abnormalities or variations in the cardiac cycle functionality are very critical practices and have significant impact on the prevention of …             Solid-state NMR reveals differential carbohydrate utilization in diapausing Culex pipiens ▶     James Chang, Jugeshwar Singh, Sungshil Kim et al.     Culex pipiens is the mosquito that vectors West Nile Virus and other human-pathogenic flavivruses in North America. In response to shortened day length and lower temperatures, …             Thermal gradient induced tweezers for the manipulation of particles and cells ▶     Jiajie Chen, Hengji Cong, Fong-Chuen Loo et al.     Optical tweezers are a well-established tool for manipulating small objects. However, their integration with microfluidic devices often requires an objective lens. More …             Spatial Analysis of PAHs in Soils along an Urban–Suburban–Rural Gradient: scale effect, distribution patterns, diffusion and influencing factors ▶     Chi Peng, Meie Wang, Weiping Chen     Spatial statistical methods including Cokriging interpolation, Morans I analysis, and geographically weighted regression (GWR) were used for studying the spatial characteristics …             Tunable high-performance microwave absorption for manganese dioxides by one-step Co doping modification ▶     Guocheng Lv, Xuebing Xing, Limei Wu et al.     The frequencies of microwave absorption can be affected by the permanent electric dipole moment which could be adjusted by modifying the crystal symmetry of the microwave …             Spatial Hearing with Incongruent Visual or Auditory Room Cues ▶     Juan C. Gil-Carvajal, Jens Cubick, Sébastien Santurette et al.     In day-to-day life, humans usually perceive the location of sound sources as outside their heads. This externalized auditory spatial perception can be reproduced through …             Mechanism of Consistent Gyrus Formation: an Experimental and Computational Study ▶     Tuo Zhang, Mir Jalil Razavi, Xiao Li et al.     As a significant type of cerebral cortical convolution pattern, the gyrus is widely preserved across species. Although many hypotheses have been proposed to study the underlying …             Toward High Performance 2D/2D Hybrid Photocatalyst by Electrostatic Assembly of Rationally Modified Carbon Nitride on Reduced Graphene Oxide ▶     Jian Chen, Xiaochan Xu, Tao Li et al.     Efficient metal-free visible photocatalysts with high stability are highly desired for sufficient utilization of solar energy. In this work, the popular carbon nitride (CN) …             Characterizing Focused-Ultrasound Mediated Drug Delivery to the Heterogeneous Primate Brain In Vivo with Acoustic Monitoring ▶     Shih-Ying Wu, Carlos Sierra Sanchez, Gesthimani Samiotaki et al.     Focused ultrasound with microbubbles has been used to noninvasively and selectively deliver pharmacological agents across the blood-brain barrier (BBB) for treating brain …             Quantum dot-like excitonic behavior in individual single walled-carbon nanotubes ▶     Xu Wang, Jack A. Alexander-Webber, Wei Jia et al.     Semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes are one-dimensional materials with great prospects for applications such as optoelectronic and quantum information devices. Yet, …             The genesis of adiabatic shear bands ▶     P. Landau, S. Osovski, A. Venkert et al.     Adiabatic shear banding (ASB) is a unique dynamic failure mechanism that results in an unpredicted catastrophic failure due to a concentrated shear deformation mode. It is …             X-ray Scintillation in Lead Halide Perovskite Crystals ▶     M. D. Birowosuto, D. Cortecchia, W. Drozdowski et al.     Current technologies for X-ray detection rely on scintillation from expensive inorganic crystals grown at high-temperature, which so far has hindered the development of …             Size Switchable Supramolecular Nanoparticle Based on Azobenzene Derivative within Anionic Pillar[5]arene ▶     Cai-Cai Zhang, Sheng-Hua Li, Cui-Fang Zhang et al.     A photo/thermal-switchable supramolecular nanoparticles assembly has been constructed based on an inclusion complex between anionic pillar[5]arene 2C-WP5A and azobenzene …             Fabrication of Multscale Fractal-Like Structures by Controlling Fluid Interface Instability ▶     Tanveer ul Islam, Prasanna S. Gandhi     Nature, in quest for the best designs has shaped its vital systems into fractal geometries. Effectual way of spontaneous fabrication of scalable, ordered fractal-like structures …             Angle-independent VO2 Thin Film on Glass Fiber Cloth as a Soft-Smart-Mirror (SSM) ▶     Nianjin Cai, Wang Zhang, Wanlin Wang et al.     Designing materials with a negative feedback function is beneficial for achieving temperature regulation inside a greenhouse. VO2 has been studied extensively because of its low …             Controlling signal transport in a carbon nanotube opto-transistor ▶     Jinjin Li, Yanhui Chu, Ka-Di Zhu     With the highly competitive development of communication technologies, modern information manufactures place high importance on the ability to control the transmitted signal …             Optimal 2D-SIM reconstruction by two filtering steps with Richardson-Lucy deconvolution ▶     Victor Perez, Bo-Jui Chang, Ernst Hans Karl Stelzer     Structured illumination microscopy relies on reconstruction algorithms to yield super-resolution images. Artifacts can arise in the reconstruction and affect the image quality. …             Materials characterisation by angle-resolved scanning transmission electron microscopy ▶     Knut Müller-Caspary, Oliver Oppermann, Tim Grieb et al.     Solid-state properties such as strain or chemical composition often leave characteristic fingerprints in the angular dependence of electron scattering. Scanning transmission …             Unconventional Increase in Non-Radiative Transitions in Plasmon-Enhanced Luminescence: A Distance-Dependent Coupling ▶     Eder José Guidelli, Ana Paula Ramos, Oswaldo Baffa     We used Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) from X-ray-irradiated sodium chloride nanocrystals to investigate how silver nanoparticle (AgNP) films enhanced luminescence. We …             Inkjet printing of TiO2/AlOOH heterostructures for the formation of interference color images with high optical visibility ▶     Aleksandr V. Yakovlev, Valentin A. Milichko, Evgeny A. Pidko et al.     This paper describes a practical approach for the fabrication of highly visible interference color images using sol-gel ink technique and a common desktop inkjet printer. We show …             Development and Characterization of Lecithin-based Self-assembling Mixed Polymeric Micellar (saMPMs) Drug Delivery Systems for Curcumin ▶     Ling-Chun Chen, Yin-Chen Chen, Chia-Yu Su et al.     Self-assembling mixed polymeric micelles (saMPMs) were developed for overcoming major obstacles of poor bioavailability (BA) associated with curcumin delivery. Lecithin added was …             Liquid Supercoolability and Synthesis Kinetics of Quinary Refractory High-entropy Alloy ▶     W. L. Wang, L. Hu, S. J. Yang et al.     The high-entropy configuration of equiatomic multicomponent alloys opens an effective access to the development of advanced materials. Here we report the synthesis of a new …             Challenges and constraints of dynamically emerged source and sink in atomtronic circuits: From closed-system to open-system approaches ▶     Chen-Yen Lai, Chih-Chun Chien     While batteries offer electronic source and sink for electronic devices, atomic analogues of source and sink and their theoretical descriptions have been a challenge in cold-atom …             Atmospheric oxidation and carbon contamination of silver and its effect on surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) ▶     Antti Matikainen, Tarmo Nuutinen, Tommi Itkonen et al.     Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is considered a highly promising technology for different analytical purposes. The applications of SERS are still quite limited due its …             Robustness of replica symmetry breaking phenomenology in random laser ▶     Federico Tommasi, Emilio Ignesti, Stefano Lepri et al.     Random lasers are optical sources where light is amplified by stimulated emission along random paths through an amplifying scattering medium. Connections between their physics …             Optic phonons and anisotropic thermal conductivity in hexagonal Ge2Sb2Te5 ▶     Saikat Mukhopadhyay, Lucas Lindsay, David J. Singh     The lattice thermal conductivity (κ) of hexagonal Ge2Sb2Te5 (h-GST) is studied via direct first-principles calculations. We find significant intrinsic anisotropy (κa/κc~2) of κ …             Silver-cotton nanocomposites: Nano-design of microfibrillar structure causes morphological changes and increased tenacity ▶     Sunghyun Nam, Brian D. Condon, Christopher D. Delhom et al.     The interactions of nanoparticles with polymer hosts have important implications for directing the macroscopic properties of composite fibers, yet little is known about such …             Design and Characterisation of Metallic Glassy Alloys of High Neutron Shielding Capability ▶     J. C. Khong, D. Daisenberger, G. Burca et al.     This paper reports the design, making and characterisation of a series of Fe-based bulk metallic glass alloys with the aim of achieving the combined properties of high neutron …             In-situ catalyzation approach for enhancing the hydrogenation/dehydrogenation kinetics of MgH2 powders with Ni particles ▶     M. Sherif El-Eskandarany, Ehab Shaban, Naser Ali et al.     One practical solution for utilizing hydrogen in vehicles with proton-exchange fuel cells membranes is storing hydrogen in metal hydrides nanocrystalline powders. According to …             Large-scale identification of human protein function using topological features of interaction network ▶     Zhanchao Li, Zhiqing Liu, Wenqian Zhong et al.     The annotation of protein function is a vital step to elucidate the essence of life at a molecular level, and it is also meritorious in biomedical and pharmaceutical industry. …             Evidences for Cooperative Resonance-Assisted Hydrogen Bonds in Protein Secondary Structure Analogs ▶     Yu Zhou, Geng Deng, Yan-Zhen Zheng et al.     Cooperative behaviors of the hydrogen bonding networks in proteins have been discovered for a long time. The structural origin of this cooperativity, however, is still under …             The Adhesive System and Anisotropic Shear Force of Guizhou Gastromyzontidae ▶     Jun Zou, Jinrong Wang, Chen Ji     The Guizhou gastromyzontidae (Beaufortia kweichowensis) can adhere to slippery and fouled surfaces in torrential streams. A unique adhesive system utilized by the fish was …             Dynamics of adsorbed polymers on attractive homogeneous surfaces ▶     Qing-Hui Yang, Meng-Bo Luo     Dynamic behaviors of polymer chains adsorbed on an attractive, homogeneous surface are studied by using dynamic Monte Carlo simulations. The translational diffusion coefficient D…             The fluctuating ribosome: thermal molecular dynamics characterized by neutron scattering ▶     Giuseppe Zaccai, Francesca Natali, Judith Peters et al.     Conformational changes associated with ribosome function have been identified by X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy. These methods, however, inform poorly on …             Run-and-pause dynamics of cytoskeletal motor proteins ▶     Anne E. Hafner, Ludger Santen, Heiko Rieger et al.     Cytoskeletal motor proteins are involved in major intracellular transport processes which are vital for maintaining appropriate cellular function. When attached to cytoskeletal …             Vibrational resonance, allostery, and activation in rhodopsin-like G protein-coupled receptors ▶     Kristina N. Woods, Jürgen Pfeffer, Arpana Dutta et al.     G protein-coupled receptors are a large family of membrane proteins activated by a variety of structurally diverse ligands making them highly adaptable signaling molecules. …             Employing Escherichia coli-derived outer membrane vesicles as an antigen delivery platform elicits protective immunity against Acinetobacter baumannii infection ▶     Weiwei Huang, Shijie Wang, Yufeng Yao et al.     Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) have proven to be highly immunogenic and induced an immune response against bacterial infection in human clinics and animal models. We sought to …             Critical Role of Energy Transfer Between Terbium Ions for Suppression of Back Energy Transfer in Nonanuclear Terbium Clusters ▶     Shun Omagari, Takayuki Nakanishi, Yuichi Kitagawa et al.     Lanthanide (Ln(III)) complexes form an important class of highly efficient luminescent materials showing characteristic line emission after efficient light absorption by the …             Cellulose nanofiber backboned Prussian blue nanoparticles as powerful adsorbents for the selective elimination of radioactive cesium ▶     Adavan Kiliyankil Vipin, Bunshi Fugetsu, Ichiro Sakata et al.     On 11 March 2011, the day of the unforgettable disaster of the 9 magnitude Tohoku earthquake and quickly followed by the devastating Tsunami, a damageable amount of radionuclides …             Modeling of hydrogen atom diffusion and response behavior of hydrogen sensors in Pd–Y alloy nanofilm ▶     Yi Liu, Yanli Li, Pengcheng Huang et al.     To detect hydrogen gas leakage rapidly, many types of hydrogen sensors containing palladium alloy film have been proposed and fabricated to date. However, the mechanisms and …             Scalable Synthesis of Ag Networks with Optimized Sub-monolayer Au-Pd Nanoparticle Covering for Highly Enhanced SERS Detection and Catalysis ▶     Tianyu Li, Sascha Vongehr, Shaochun Tang et al.     Highly porous tri-metallic AgxAuyPdz networks with a sub-monolayer bimetallic Au-Pd nanoparticle coating were synthesized via a designed galvanic replacement reaction of Ag …             Sacrificial Reducing Agent Free Photo-Generation of Platinum Nano Particle over Carbon/TiO2 for Highly Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction ▶     Rajashekar Badam, Raman Vedarajan, Kazuki Okaya et al.     Electrocatalytic materials for oxygen reduction reaction, currently dominated by platinum/carbon catalyst is marred by drawbacks such as use of copious amount of Pt and use of …             Mesoscopic packing of disk-like building blocks in calcium silicate hydrate ▶     Zechuan Yu, Ao Zhou, Denvid Lau     At 100-nanometer length scale, the mesoscopic structure of calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) plays a critical role in determining the macroscopic material properties, such as …             Regulating Mid-infrared to Visible Fluorescence in Monodispersed Er3+-doped La2O2S (La2O2SO4) Nanocrystals by Phase Modulation ▶     Qiwen Pan, Dandan Yang, Shiliang Kang et al.     Rare earth doped mid-infrared (MIR) fluorescent sources have been widely investigated due to their various potential applications in the fields of communication, chemical …             Enhancement of interaction of L-929 cells with functionalized graphene via COOH+ ion implantation vs. chemical method ▶     Meng-li Zhao, Xiao-qi Liu, Ye Cao et al.     Low hydrophilicity of graphene is one of the major obstacles for biomaterials application. To create some hydrophilic groups on graphene is addressed this issue. Herein, COOH+ …             Detecting trap states in planar PbS colloidal quantum dot solar cells ▶     Zhiwen Jin, Aiji Wang, Qing Zhou et al.     The recently developed planar architecture (ITO/ZnO/PbS-TBAI/PbS-EDT/Au) has greatly improved the power conversion efficiency of colloidal quantum dot photovoltaics (QDPVs). …             Terahertz molecular resonance of cancer DNA ▶     Hwayeong Cheon, Hee-jin Yang, Sang-Hun Lee et al.     Carcinogenesis involves the chemical and structural alteration of biomolecules in cells. Aberrant methylation of DNA is a well-known carcinogenic mechanism and a common chemical …             Imaging Cytometry of Human Leukocytes with Third Harmonic Generation Microscopy ▶     Cheng-Ham Wu, Tzung-Dau Wang, Chia-Hung Hsieh et al.     Based on third-harmonic-generation (THG) microscopy and a k-means clustering algorithm, we developed a label-free imaging cytometry method to differentiate and determine the …             Core-shell microstructured nanocomposites for synergistic adjustment of environmental temperature and humidity ▶     Haiquan Zhang, Yanping Yuan, Nan Zhang et al.     The adjustment of temperature and humidity is of great importance in a variety of fields. Composites that can perform both functions are prepared by mixing phase change materials …             Tunable graphene-based mid-infrared plasmonic wide-angle narrowband perfect absorber ▶     Hongju Li, Lingling Wang, Xiang Zhai     In this paper, the periodic double-layer graphene ribbon arrays placed near a metallic ground plate coated by a dielectric layer are proposed and analyzed by the coupled-mode …             Non-uniform Evolving Hypergraphs and Weighted Evolving Hypergraphs ▶     Jin-Li Guo, Xin-Yun Zhu, Qi Suo et al.     Firstly, this paper proposes a non-uniform evolving hypergraph model with nonlinear preferential attachment and an attractiveness. This model allows nodes to arrive in batches …             Triode for Magnetic Flux Quanta ▶     V. K. Vlasko-Vlasov, F. Colauto, T. Benseman et al.     In an electronic triode, the electron current emanating from the cathode is regulated by the electric potential on a grid between the cathode and the anode. Here we demonstrate a …             Magnetic Modes in Rare Earth Perovskites: A Magnetic-Field-Dependent Inelastic Light Scattering study ▶     Surajit Saha, Bing-Chen Cao, M. Motapothula et al.     Here, we report the presence of defect-related states with magnetic degrees of freedom in crystals of LaAlO3 and several other rare-earth based perovskite oxides using inelastic …             Alignment of Lyapunov Vectors: A Quantitative Criterion to Predict Catastrophes? ▶     Marcus W. Beims, Jason A. C. Gallas     We argue that the alignment of Lyapunov vectors provides a quantitative criterion to predict catastrophes, i.e. the imminence of large-amplitude events in chaotic time-series of …             Evidence for strong, widespread chlorine radical chemistry associated with pollution outflow from continental Asia ▶     Angela K. Baker, Carina Sauvage, Ute R. Thorenz et al.     The chlorine radical is a potent atmospheric oxidant, capable of perturbing tropospheric oxidative cycles normally controlled by the hydroxyl radical. Significantly faster …             Biomechanics of subcellular structures by non-invasive Brillouin microscopy ▶     Giuseppe Antonacci, Sietse Braakman     Cellular biomechanics play a pivotal role in the pathophysiology of several diseases. Unfortunately, current methods to measure biomechanical properties are invasive and mostly …             Giant suppression of phononic heat transport in a quantum magnet BiCu2PO6 ▶     Byung-Gu Jeon, B. Koteswararao, C. B. Park et al.     Thermal transport of quantum magnets has elucidated the nature of low energy elementary excitations and complex interplay between those excited states via strong scattering of …             Effects of behavioral patterns and network topology structures on Parrondo’s paradox ▶     Ye Ye, Kang Hao Cheong, Yu-wan Cen et al.     A multi-agent Parrondo’s model based on complex networks is used in the current study. 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